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Park City, Utah, Political Official's Comment Irks Some.

By Christopher Smart, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 29--PARK CITY, Utah -- Some things are better left unsaid.

Cracking wise about tourists in Park City -- like wondering aloud about the Jazz's shot at a title or asking whether 3.2 percent beer is a manly beverage -- is bound to draw a negative reaction.

Folks in this tourist town are still wincing after Mike Marty joked at the county's Democratic convention recently that in Summit County "we rob tourists."

In this ski town, public observations like

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