O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:25:{i:0;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-5279638397041498579";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-08-22T07:36:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-08-22T07:57:30.707-06:00";s:5:"title";s:44:"The 'Mormon Mosque' flap wasn't just in 1903";s:12:"atom_content";s:1411:"This morning's Tribune has a  piece about how fear-driven religious prejudice of the short aimed at Muslims these days was also aimed at Mormons back in 1903.<br /><br />While the article is interesting, if it implies that LDS Temples haven't been subjected to protests since then, it's behind the times.  Ask anyone associated with the building of new Temples for the Church - many, if not most, are protested.  I remember hearing of one a few years back that eventually had to be relocated, local resistance was so strong.<br /><br />Any Utah Mormons inclined to be prejudiced toward New York Muslims (or Tennessee Muslims, etc.) should spend some time out of state first.  It's not just in the South that Mormons are viewed are still viewed with distrust by a significant portion of the public.  Thank goodness for America's long history of religious tolerance, which makes this whole 2-Blocks-From-Ground-Zero-Mosque flap a sad day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/THEsEQkhbsI/AAAAAAAABLU/vN8YfobNovg/s1600/MosqueProtest.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/THEsEQkhbsI/AAAAAAAABLU/vN8YfobNovg/s400/MosqueProtest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508232270930079426" border="0" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/5279638397041498579/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=5279638397041498579";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/5279638397041498579";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/5279638397041498579";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/08/mormon-mosque-flap-wasnt-just-in-1903.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"9";}}i:1;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-1479204477129658930";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-07-20T09:46:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-07-20T10:08:06.623-06:00";s:5:"title";s:46:"The "gender bias" Utah legal profession survey";s:12:"atom_content";s:1633:"We read yesterday's article in the Tribune titled <a href="http://sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49949399-76/women-utah-attorneys-female.html.csp">Gender bias taints Utah legal profession</a>, which gave us a chance to raise a few questions.  Months ago, while the blog was on hiatus, one of us received an e-mail that included the questions from this survey, which seem a bit . . . problematic.<br /><br />We know someone who started to fill out the survey, but discovered to her dismay that the "anonymous" survey requested enough information that it would not have been difficult to identify her.  Years out, position in firm, number of attorneys in firm -- when you're talking female attorneys in a state with relatively few firms, that pretty much narrows it down.<br /><br />The survey also asked questions that were literally impossible for her to answer.  Are you satisifed with the nature of your "assignments," it asked.  Assignments?  At her firm at least, partners' work is self-generated and/or voluntarily accepted; the question could only be appropriate for a junior attorney.<br /><br />The survey was further weighted because -- for reasons not identified in the article -- it was limited to attorneys who have been out 25 years or less.  Often, with seniority comes power and autonomy, and we suspect that answers would have reflected that.  How recent were the anecdotes about discrimination?  This particular attorney has some lulus from early in her career, but nothing recent.  Times (may) have changed.<br /><br />We'll reserve judgment until we see the final report, if it ends upposted somewhere.  To be continued...";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/1479204477129658930/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=1479204477129658930";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/1479204477129658930";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/1479204477129658930";s:4:"link";s:78:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/07/gender-bias-utah-legal-profession.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:2;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-4315731764898220027";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-07-09T09:39:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-07-09T10:08:07.448-06:00";s:5:"title";s:52:"Where's Utah's money from the China 14 "trade" trip?";s:12:"atom_content";s:589:"Quickpost today:  It's been three years now since Utah tax dollars sent some 14 legislators and staff on a controversial <s>vacation</s> trade trip to China, including some legislators who had already announced their retirement (Mike Dmitri, Dan Eastman), and Sen. Howard "Utah Taxpayers-For-My-China-Trip Association" Stephenson.<br /><br />This trip was essential for our economy, House leader David Clark assured taxpayers.  It would generate contracts, trade deals, etc.  We hope it panned out.  Did it?  We've wondered.  How about a list of those contracts we've scored, Sen. Bramble?";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/4315731764898220027/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=4315731764898220027";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/4315731764898220027";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/4315731764898220027";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/07/wheres-utahs-money-from-china-14-trade.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:3;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-281516858444573175";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-07-08T09:06:00.004-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-07-08T09:49:09.353-06:00";s:5:"title";s:57:""Highlights" of Sen. Hatch's Town Hall Meeting last night";s:12:"atom_content";s:2369:"Many moons ago, my mother called me while watching the Iran-Contra hearings on TV.  "You should see this," she reported.  "Hatch is sounding reasonable."  At times last night, I could have returned the call.  At others, not so much.<br /><br />Hatch continued to appeal -- try to, anyway -- to the Tea Party /Convention crowd, filling long answers with lots of commiseration about how "they" have ruined everything, "they" are in cahoots with mainsteam media ("Thank goodness for Fox News"), "they" are would-be socialists, etc.  Rather patent pandering, I thought.<br /><br />But I have to give him credit:  He didn't kowtow on everything.  He defended his TARP vote.  He defended the DREAM Act and didn't use the term "illegals," as many questioners did (he said "persons who are here illegally as undocumented workers").  He suggested that reaching across the aisle can be appropriate.  He praised adversaries before stating that he simply disagrees with them.  He expressed regret that Bob Bennett is out.<br /><br />In short, except for one yelling match that seemed a bit staged (but effective), he was civil.  When the rather rabid crowd  attempted to drown out a Democrat's question about health care, he pointed out that she has a right to express her views.  He didn't point out the inconsistencies of demanding no more "charity" spending while simultaneously requesting better benefits under Medicare, more spending on Utah projects, etc.<br /><br />Several questioners thanked Hatch for his service, but said it's time for him to go.  And perhaps he sealed his fate when he disagreed with the owner of a transportation company who demanded dramatically that President Obama be impeached (to much hooting and hollering from the 'out-there' crowd).  Then again, he did win some attendees over, and voters have short memories.  Either way, it's great theater.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TDXwupEB0LI/AAAAAAAABLM/m9gWeQq6a3M/s1600/TownHallImpeachmentList.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TDXwupEB0LI/AAAAAAAABLM/m9gWeQq6a3M/s400/TownHallImpeachmentList.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491560004735586482" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:147:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/281516858444573175/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=281516858444573175";s:9:"link_edit";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/281516858444573175";s:9:"link_self";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/281516858444573175";s:4:"link";s:79:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/07/highlights-of-sen-hatchs-town-hall.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:4;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-3312524607579464187";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-07-05T10:02:00.006-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-07-05T10:40:49.334-06:00";s:5:"title";s:50:"Utah conservatives, repeal the car dealer blue law";s:12:"atom_content";s:2142:"Yesterday, as I drove past a car dealership, I saw a couple of prospective buyers navigate the barrier to check out a car.  Of course, they couldn't buy the car, thanks to our all-wise legislature.<br /><br />We are often told by the conservative wing of our legislature that the government should not unduly interfere with private business, let the market decide, etc.  I will never believe this is a sincere view unless our legislature repeals the un-conservative law it passed several years ago barring car dealerships from being open on Sunday.  Oh, technically the dealership must be closed on Saturday or Sunday, but realistically, which one are 99.9% of dealers going to choose?  The statute (Utah Code sect. 41-3-210) reads:<br /><em><blockquote>(11) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (11)(c) [trade shows], or in cases of undue hardship or emergency as provided by rule by the division, a dealer or salesperson licensed under this chapter may not, on consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday, sell, offer for sale, lease, or offer for lease a motor vehicle.</blockquote></em>That's right; you can't even <em>offer</em> to sell a car - so much for that free speech thing.  At the time, I asked a senator what in the world was going on, and received the candid response that the legislator pushing the law - a Democrat, if I recall - had done so as a favor to Larry H. Miller.  Good grief.<br /><br />That was then, this is now.  Car dealers should be able to decide for themselves whether to be open 7 days a week.  What's next - movie theaters can't show movies on consecutive Saturday-Sundays?  Realtors can't show houses on Saturday and Sunday?<br /><br />This is a bad law.  Conservative up, Legislature, and get rid of it.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TDIJ7sH1ReI/AAAAAAAABLE/8mr1f74EaBk/s1600/Cardealer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TDIJ7sH1ReI/AAAAAAAABLE/8mr1f74EaBk/s400/Cardealer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490461816778999266" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/3312524607579464187/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=3312524607579464187";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3312524607579464187";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3312524607579464187";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/07/utah-conservatives-repeal-car-dealer.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"8";}}i:5;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-2252308366054921080";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-07-04T11:10:00.007-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-07-04T12:08:43.731-06:00";s:5:"title";s:83:"UHP's illegal-fireworks checks shows how Arizona's law could allow racial profiling";s:12:"atom_content";s:1715:"KSL had a rather illuminating <a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&amp;sid=11411118">story</a> yesterday on how our tax dollars are spent busting Utahns who bring illegal fireworks back from that fireworks-coddling Wyoming. Perhaps most enlightening was the way that the UHP cop blithely seemed to admit making pretext stops in order to check for fireworks.<br /><br />"Between the 4th and the 24th of July you could almost patrol the entire month and you're going to find something," the trooper was quoted.<br /><br />According to the ride-along reporter, his first stop was for "a tailgating infraction." Seriously? The next stop was "suspected drowsy driving." (Apparently he wasn't driving poorly enough to suspect drunk driving.) No fireworks found, darn it. Finally, the trooper lucked out with a speeder who, for reasons unknown, fessed up information about his fireworks stash that he had no obligation to volunteer.<br /><br />This is what I believe opponents of Arizona's new immigration law fear. Under the law (which I have read, including the House amendment), there does have to be an initial unrelated stop, but it can be for anything, including infractions and violation of local ordinances. As we can see from these fireworks busters, that leaves a lot of room for "unrelated" stops.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TDDOCVSymbI/AAAAAAAABK8/nVWxqC_1gzc/s1600/CopsMotorcycle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 323px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490114485235653042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TDDOCVSymbI/AAAAAAAABK8/nVWxqC_1gzc/s400/CopsMotorcycle.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/2252308366054921080/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=2252308366054921080";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2252308366054921080";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2252308366054921080";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/07/uhps-illegal-fireworks-checks-shows-how.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:2:"17";}}i:6;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-752946010769748208";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-07-02T08:43:00.005-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-07-02T09:35:52.036-06:00";s:5:"title";s:39:"Can Utah's leaders bring back civility?";s:12:"atom_content";s:2316:"<div>It's been discouraging to see political "dialogue" become so divisive and, yes, even hateful on both sides. I always believe that pendulums swing back, but I was wondering what it would take to bring back basic civility.<br /><br />I see things happening in Utah:<br /><br />Gov. Herbert has <a href="http://sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49862458-76/immigration-herbert-governor-radio.html.csp">announced</a> that he wants a meeting on immigration in which participants speak in a "respectful" fashion.<br /><br />Doug Wright on KSL is polite to callers with whom he disagrees. Wright also influences others - for example, when Wright was covering the primaries with Enid Greene and Ethan Millard, we noticed that Greene was a little more respectful of Democrats than usual (even using the correct term "Democratic party," for example). KSL, meanwhile, is removing The Screecher from its lineup.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TC4FQTDvEnI/AAAAAAAABKs/3rdnpQrFmk8/s1600/Hannity.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489330773363200626" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TC4FQTDvEnI/AAAAAAAABKs/3rdnpQrFmk8/s320/Hannity.jpg" /></a><br />The Church issued a mission statement this year which declared Church principles to include "integrity, civility, morality and respect for all people”.<br /><br />The Utah Supreme Court has adopted guidelines for civility for the practice of law in Utah.<br /><br />So, something can be done. It won't be by people like Sen. Hatch, who is (in our perception) nervously catering to the uncivil crowd, but by entrenched leaders who aren't worried about getting out of an upcoming convention. It will also require ignoring the people who have no desire for a return to politeness. It can be done.</li><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TC4FYDQWv5I/AAAAAAAABK0/uDBcBV-urS8/s1600/HerbertSpeaks.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 145px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489330906560118674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TC4FYDQWv5I/AAAAAAAABK0/uDBcBV-urS8/s400/HerbertSpeaks.jpg" /></a><br /></div></div>";s:12:"link_replies";s:147:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/752946010769748208/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=752946010769748208";s:9:"link_edit";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/752946010769748208";s:9:"link_self";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/752946010769748208";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/07/can-utahs-leaders-bring-back-civility.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:7;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-3056559624782356010";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-06-28T07:31:00.004-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-06-28T08:25:04.525-06:00";s:5:"title";s:48:""Zero tolerance" for white-collar crime in Utah?";s:12:"atom_content";s:1607:"Poor Gov. Herbert, sometimes he's like doddering Grandpa Gary, who says things that are kind of out there, and we just pat his arm and say, "Sure, Gramps, That's right."<br /><br />Yesterday, we read an article on how the sky is blue and grass is green and Utahns lost more than $1 billion to fraudulent schemes last year. The state has "zero tolerance" for white-collar crime, the article quoted Gov. Herbert. Oh, boy - where to start?<br /><br />Also in the news yesterday: A man named Terry Wayne Brown used affiliation fraud to steal $35,000 from an Orem woman. He got 90 days in jail and restitution. A woman named Michelle Kittredge stole more than $500,000 from her employer, and got 6 months in jail followed by home confinement. In Weber County, a man named Bart Andersen who embezzled more than $250,000 from his employer at least got 1-3 years in jail, but with work release. And those are people who actually got charged by local prosecutors, those who haven't, say, had breakfast with a legislator...<br /><br />Utahns don't want to pay more taxes to build more prisons, so maybe we can't complain about all this wrist slapping for white-collar crime. No tolerance for it? It's a nice thought.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TCiveoH5dqI/AAAAAAAABKk/FTPdDu74kDM/s1600/HerbertFraud.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487829086652429986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TCiveoH5dqI/AAAAAAAABKk/FTPdDu74kDM/s400/HerbertFraud.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/3056559624782356010/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=3056559624782356010";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3056559624782356010";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3056559624782356010";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/06/zero-tolerance-for-white-collar-crime.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:8;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-659259107885160462";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-06-27T05:25:00.005-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-06-27T07:19:09.579-06:00";s:5:"title";s:35:"Those darned competent day laborers";s:12:"atom_content";s:3013:"In an hour, I will head out to exercise my legal right to pick up a couple of independent contractors to help me mulch. I don't know of any law against this in Utah, and I could do it under Arizona's new law, too, because the places I go have cutouts. (Arizona's law -- which I have actually read -- prohibits picking up day laborers only "if the motor vehicle blocks or impedes the normal movement of traffic.")<br /><br />I hadn't considered picking up guys off the street until a conservative GOP friend suggested it, and told me where to go. Before doing so, I tried:<br /><ul><li>asking co-workers for teenagers wanting to earn good $ through manual labor. Perhaps we have all grown too old together, because I no longer get Yeas on that. (Unfortunately, my own former source of labor had the nerve to grow up.)</li><p></p><li>using a professional labor service. For one job, they sent a guy who didn't want to do lifting and a scrawny guy, both in spite of my "heavy-lifting" warning. So long, beautiful kitchen island.</li><p></p><li>using a landscape service. For one job, I asked for 10 workers, and got 2. Oh, 10 guys showed up, but most took long smoke breaks every hour, or stood yakking even as I dragged piles of dead tree limbs past them.</li><p></p><li>placing KSL ads. My first yielded a former landscaper laid off for months, currently relying on Church assistance. Score! But after showing up a few times, he just faded away. I got no response to my next ads.</li></ul><p>Finally, I drove, somewhat nervously, to a place suggested by my friend. "They surround the car," he warned, but just be firm. A Kentuckian named Louis was the first to my car, and as he helped me move some salvaged bricks, he didn't stop for smoke breaks, or stand around, and at times he ran even with fully-loaded tongs.<br /><br />My next few experiences were the same: guys who wanted to work hard, well, and efficiently, and whom I had to urge to take occasional water and lunch breaks.<br /><br />Were the first stream of helpers American citizens? I think so. Were the latest? I haven't asked, and they haven't told. (Unlike many KSL.commenters, I do not assume illegality from the mere fact of a person's race or name.) If they are not, all I can say is: I pay the same high hourly wage to everyone, I have insurance if anyone gets injured, and I work right along side them. Based on my own experience, can I say these men took jobs that Americans did not want to do? No, but they took jobs that Americans did not want to do <u>well</u>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TCdLkt_gP8I/AAAAAAAABKc/UYRRY4SCAO0/s1600/MulchPile.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487437765167562690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/TCdLkt_gP8I/AAAAAAAABKc/UYRRY4SCAO0/s400/MulchPile.jpg" /></a><br /></p>";s:12:"link_replies";s:147:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/659259107885160462/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=659259107885160462";s:9:"link_edit";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/659259107885160462";s:9:"link_self";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/659259107885160462";s:4:"link";s:80:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/06/those-darned-competent-day-laborers.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:9;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-1286399314173115059";s:9:"published";s:29:"2010-06-24T09:36:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2010-06-24T09:39:12.248-06:00";s:5:"title";s:24:"Back from the quasi-dead";s:12:"atom_content";s:219:"Geez, you go away for a while, and next thing you know it's been a year, not that anyone necessarily would have noticed.  Voice of Utah is back now, and <s>scared</s> anxious to become immersed in Utah politics again...";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/1286399314173115059/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=1286399314173115059";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/1286399314173115059";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/1286399314173115059";s:4:"link";s:65:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2010/06/back-from-quasi-dead.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:10;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-504489338218446117";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-06-12T12:03:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-06-12T12:12:50.236-06:00";s:5:"title";s:70:"Southern Utahns:  The law is the law!  (Except the ones we don't like)";s:12:"atom_content";s:1045:"There's probably a diagnostic code in the DSM for someone who voluntarily reads comments on the KSL.com forums (masochist comes to mind).  I am often <s>scared</s> amazed at the sheer hostility exhibited by posters there, but at least they're consistent, I told myself.<br /><br />Not so.  On the artifact-indictment case, we are mystified by the number of people shrugging, "Everyone does it," or "It's a dumb law," criticizing the government for enforcing the law and even blaming the prosecutors for the apparent suicide of indictee (and alleged recidivist), Dr. James Redd.  In many instances, these are the same posters who screech, "THE LAW IS THE LAW!!!!!!!!!" every time some liberal scofflaw declines to kick an illegal immigrant in the shin.<br /><br />This pick-and-choose attitude makes me suspect that many "Law is the Law" screamers probably violate laws left and right just because they don't like them.  I guess I'll make a list of laws to read and decide whether I like them, starting with the most inconvenient ones, of course.";s:12:"link_replies";s:147:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/504489338218446117/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=504489338218446117";s:9:"link_edit";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/504489338218446117";s:9:"link_self";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/504489338218446117";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/06/southern-utahns-law-is-law-except-ones.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:2:"11";}}i:11;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-8451178066754446804";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-06-10T21:08:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-06-10T21:24:45.157-06:00";s:5:"title";s:43:"Sen. Hatch almost does something newsworthy";s:12:"atom_content";s:1076:"<div>Slow news day? That's the assumption when one sees a <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12563037"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Tribune article</span></strong></a> about something that Sen. Orrin Hatch almost did that would warrant an article if he had done it, which he didn't.</div><br /><div>Sen. Hatch almost hit a pedestrian. He did the same thing that every one of us has experienced at one time or the other: come uncomfortably close to an unseen bicyclist or pedestrian with our car, and then stress about how close it was. He even reported the non-event to Capitol security. He wasn't drunk, he wasn't speeding, it was raining -- this is newsworthy how...?</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SjB4tp61ZpI/AAAAAAAABJ8/0EsQJU0RDuA/s1600-h/HatchToe.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345905483430848146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SjB4tp61ZpI/AAAAAAAABJ8/0EsQJU0RDuA/s400/HatchToe.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/8451178066754446804/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=8451178066754446804";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/8451178066754446804";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/8451178066754446804";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/06/sen-hatch-almost-does-something.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"7";}}i:12;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-3324598011018573870";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-06-10T09:49:00.006-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-06-10T10:09:48.351-06:00";s:5:"title";s:64:"Utah's home-developer welfare bill: as hypocritical as it looks?";s:12:"atom_content";s:1151:"We're still amazed that our state legislators, who purport to decry government spending for private purposes, happily gifted their real-estate developer buddies with an <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705309645/Utahns-dash-for-Home-Runs.html?pg=2"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>almost gone</strong></span></a> $6,000 taxpayer-funded incentive for the purchase of new, unlived-in homes (<em>i.e.</em>, for developers, not the poor schmucks trying to sell their existing homes).<br /><br />Other than the dollar amounts, how is this different philosophically from the much-lambasted bailouts? Ivory Homes, etc., overbuilt and made unfortunate business decisions, so now they're getting taxpayer assistance. Sounds familiar...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/Si_Z2DM7HjI/AAAAAAAABJc/e5-cD_i4aFQ/s1600-h/IvoryBailout.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 260px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345730805307743794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/Si_Z2DM7HjI/AAAAAAAABJc/e5-cD_i4aFQ/s400/IvoryBailout.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/3324598011018573870/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=3324598011018573870";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3324598011018573870";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3324598011018573870";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/06/utahs-home-developer-welfare-bill-as.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"5";}}i:13;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-6700178721567629704";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-06-03T07:03:00.004-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-06-03T07:32:54.167-06:00";s:5:"title";s:45:"Herbert's Lt. Gov - the dumbest Trib poll yet";s:12:"atom_content";s:975:"On its website, the Salt Lake Tribune runs periodic "polls" to drum up clicks.  I have never felt the urge to vote, but often find that I would not choose any of its options anyway, and they never offer None of the Above.  This morning is a good example.  The poll says:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SiZ2UZgI4KI/AAAAAAAABJU/8vbfLg8miV4/s1600-h/SLTribPoll060309.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 215px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SiZ2UZgI4KI/AAAAAAAABJU/8vbfLg8miV4/s400/SLTribPoll060309.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343088100736819362" /></a><br /><br />My first thought -- "A conservative to get through convention, because that's all that matters in a statewide race" -- isn't a choice; nor is "a conservative whose views are not consistent with the majority of Utahns."  I would be hard pressed to choose between those two.";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/6700178721567629704/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=6700178721567629704";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/6700178721567629704";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/6700178721567629704";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/06/herberts-lt-gov-dumbest-trib-poll-yet.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:14;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-2741202547605566226";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-05-20T20:07:00.001-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-05-20T20:09:04.570-06:00";s:5:"title";s:56:"LDS Church, please relocate your Oquirrh Mountain temple";s:12:"atom_content";s:2795:"Opening an envelope a while back, I noted that it was an invitation to tour another new temple. I usually make time for those, so I turned to my computer to enter the date, time, and--what?! It couldn't be.  It said South Jordan, but 11022 South 4000 West looks like Herriman, walks like Herriman, and quacks like Herriman, and even thinking about venturing into Herriman was enough to give me a headache.<br /><br />My Herrimaphobia is entirely rational. I spent a week in Herriman one day last month. Actually, I spent three weeks there on three separate days, requiring progressively more therapy.  The first time, after driving around aimlessly and calling the woman once again, I was finally told, "Oh, did I say I lived on X street? I meant Y."<br /><br />On the second occasion, I talked VOU2 into joining me to see some furniture advertised on Craigslist. The conversation -- well, more like a monologue -- on that delightful trip went something like this, with certain words replaced for tender eyes:<br /><div><em>"Where are we? . . . This place is a hole. . . . Are we still in Herriman? . . . It's not on my GPS. . . . What kind of idiot runs an ad on Craigslist for Helliman and doesn't put the coordinate? . . . Whoever laid out these streets was obviously drunk. This place is a [disappointing,] [confusing] [maze]! . . . I now hate this man, and I hate Herriman."</em></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/ShS1K-C-_2I/AAAAAAAABJE/4w7LVbvTSAw/s1600-h/HerrimanLuxury.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/ShS1K-C-_2I/AAAAAAAABJE/4w7LVbvTSAw/s320/HerrimanLuxury.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338090658399715170" /></a><div>It is a known fact that there is something wrong with everyone who voluntarily lives or drives in Herriman. This new temple is too close.  Please move it.</div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/ShS0utWjBkI/AAAAAAAABI8/GTKhB2UKFo8/s1600-h/OquirrhMtTemple.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/ShS0utWjBkI/AAAAAAAABI8/GTKhB2UKFo8/s320/OquirrhMtTemple.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338090172882028098" /></a><br />Thanks.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/ShS0C-H7ULI/AAAAAAAABI0/c4nKD56PniI/s1600-h/InviteCorrected.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338089421469864114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/ShS0C-H7ULI/AAAAAAAABI0/c4nKD56PniI/s400/InviteCorrected.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/2741202547605566226/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=2741202547605566226";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2741202547605566226";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2741202547605566226";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/05/lds-church-please-relocate-your-oquirrh.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:2:"18";}}i:15;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-3952103082039284894";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-05-12T14:15:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-05-12T14:31:16.916-06:00";s:5:"title";s:92:"An ex-Utahn cleared after 22 years on death row - that's why we don't rush it, Mr. Shurtleff";s:12:"atom_content";s:1029:"A few years ago, we read about a former Utahn, Paul Gregory House, whose death sentence for a 1985 murder in Tennessee had been upheld, even though almost half of the appeals court judges believed he was not guilty -- not just that reasonable doubt existed, but that he was in fact completely <em>innocent</em>.<br /><br />It took a few more years, and more appeals, until finally the United States Supreme Court said that House was entitled to a new trial.  The Court went even further, stating that this was a case in which no reasonable jury could have found House guilty, and that the evidence pointed to "another suspect."<br /><br />Prosecutors finally acknowledged that today, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/12/death.row.exoneration/"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">dropping all charges</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> </span></strong>against House and clearing him after 22 years on death row.  So now, we wonder, how does Mark Shurtleff feel about cutting off death row appeals?";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/3952103082039284894/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=3952103082039284894";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3952103082039284894";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/3952103082039284894";s:4:"link";s:79:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/05/ex-utahn-cleared-after-22-years-on.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:16;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-1973994438687495237";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-05-07T10:49:00.000-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-05-07T10:49:00.861-06:00";s:5:"title";s:52:"McMansion opponents:  You're mad at the wrong people";s:12:"atom_content";s:1138:"It must be extremely irritating to have someone move into a nice neighborhood full of conventionally sized homes, and then poke everyone in the eye with a hideous McMansion.  Fortunately or unfortunately, however, we live in America.  We have a right to do what we want with our property, as long as it's legal.<br /><br />And that's really the problem with most of these McMansion disputes in Utah:  Planning and zoning ordinances allow them.  We can't regulate bad judgment.  We can't make people be good or considerate neighbors.  All we can do is talk to our planning commissions and city councils about setbacks and restrictions <em>before</em> Mr. and Ms. Moneybags move in.  It's the annoying but American way.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SgJwtee_puI/AAAAAAAABIs/RJCJLavr-Zk/s1600-h/McMansionPatriot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SgJwtee_puI/AAAAAAAABIs/RJCJLavr-Zk/s400/McMansionPatriot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332948835339577058" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/1973994438687495237/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=1973994438687495237";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/1973994438687495237";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/1973994438687495237";s:4:"link";s:83:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/05/mcmansion-opponents-youre-mad-at-wrong.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"5";}}i:17;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-4081190902054349199";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-05-06T22:24:00.004-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-05-06T22:48:05.523-06:00";s:5:"title";s:16:"Jerry, yes it is";s:12:"atom_content";s:1665:"Read an interesting piece last week by not-one-of-my-usual-favorites,  Gordon Monson.  In it, Monson disagreed with Jazz coach Jerry Sloan's pronouncement that it is not his job to motivate his players.<br /><br />I think it is, too.  Yeah, they're professional, yeah, they should already be motivated, but sometimes you still have to state the obvious.  <s>Many</s> Some years ago when I was coaching Junior Jazz, our neighborhood team was undefeated, two games away from the league championship.  We were behind at the half, and I was frustrated.  As we trouped downstairs, I exclaimed, "Guys, where's the energy?  You've got to hustle!"<br /><br />My best player than said, in all sincerity, "You didn't tell us to hustle!"<br /><br />True.  It actually hadn't occurred to me.  But instead of saying, "I shouldn't have to," I accepted the criticism and said, "Well, I need you to, okay?  Do you guys promise to hustle?"<br /><br />They did, and they did.  I know there's an age difference and a pro-vs.-amateur difference, but pro basketball players these days are basically just big kids.  They've been spoiled and handled since their early teens.  So yes, Jerry, the sad reality is that it is your job.  Please do it. (But first, get rid of Boozer.)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SgJmh-zUwqI/AAAAAAAABIk/SgZDh51Q8uc/s1600-h/SloanHustle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SgJmh-zUwqI/AAAAAAAABIk/SgZDh51Q8uc/s400/SloanHustle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332937642740073122" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/4081190902054349199/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=4081190902054349199";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/4081190902054349199";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/4081190902054349199";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/05/jerry-yes-it-is.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:18;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-7091438167824849912";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-05-02T10:20:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-05-02T10:27:04.730-06:00";s:5:"title";s:57:"A repost:  The plight of the Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover";s:12:"atom_content";s:3036:"We don't usually do this, but this week's <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&amp;sid=6301475"><strong>news</strong></a> that the Enola Gay hangar at Wendover has been placed on the list of endangered landmarks prompts us to reprint a post from August 2007:<br /><br />This morning's Trib had a nice <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6542893">feature</a> on Wendover, Utah. A couple of lines from the article struck a memory:<br /><blockquote><em>WENDOVER - The first atomic bomb. The world land-speed record. Wendover Will.</em> <div align="center"><em>. . .</em></div><em></em><em>Toward war's end, Col. Paul Tibbets and the crew of the Enola Gay trained in Wendover to drop the first atomic bombs - dubbed Little Boy and Fat Man - on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Along with Smith, Tibbets is an icon in Wendover.</em></blockquote>The crew didn't just train in Wendover. The Enola Gay mission actually <em>launched</em> from Wendover. On June 14, 1945, the newly manufactured B-29 was ferried from Nebraska to the army base there. On June 27, 1945, it took off from Wendover for the South Pacific. After stops at Guam and the Marianas Islands, the aircraft carried out its historic mission on August 6 and 9, 1945, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered a month later.<br /><br />The memory? Driving around on a quest for Mildred's, a restaurant on the Utah side that makes its own veggie burgers, noticing a historic marker, stopping to read it, and exclaiming, "THE Enola Gay?" The most important military mission in U. S. history was launched from Utah?<br /><br />One reason it was hard to believe: This is what the hangar that housed the Enola Gay looks like now.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/RrVLSPqbjeI/AAAAAAAAAK4/-4ceplYhuhw/s1600-h/EnolaGayHangar2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095061330253811170" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/RrVLSPqbjeI/AAAAAAAAAK4/-4ceplYhuhw/s400/EnolaGayHangar2.JPG" /></a> Granted, the Enola Gay's mission remains controversial. Co-pilot Robert Lewis himself wrote, "My God, what have we done?" Nonetheless, this mission has enormous military and historical significance. The hangar from which it was launched shouldn't look as though it has been condemned. To Utah legislators, we say: Next time you have an extra, say, $36,000 or so to spend, how about shifting some of it toward the long-envisioned restoration project out at Wendover. In the meantime, the project accepts donations via PayPal to the e-mail address support(at)wendoverairbase.com.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/RrVRr_qbjfI/AAAAAAAAALA/sB4YR4drMcI/s1600-h/WendoverWillHangar.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095068369705209330" border="0" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/RrVRr_qbjfI/AAAAAAAAALA/sB4YR4drMcI/s320/WendoverWillHangar.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/7091438167824849912/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=7091438167824849912";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/7091438167824849912";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/7091438167824849912";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/05/repost-plight-of-enola-gay-hangar-at.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"1";}}i:19;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-181155822869898050";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-05-01T11:44:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-05-01T12:09:07.375-06:00";s:5:"title";s:60:"Wow - the Minuteman guy finally admits it's about brown skin";s:12:"atom_content";s:1378:"It's always interesting when the Minutemen guys say that their illegal immigration obsession isn't just anti-brown-skin racism.  "Yeah, right," one thinks.  "That's why your bunch lies in wait on the KSL.com website praying that the next mug shot will have a slightly darker tone."<br /><br />This morning, the Tribune's <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12267241?source=most_viewed"><strong>article</strong></a> about the Church's declination to become a law enforcement agency contained a remarkable admission:<br /><br /><blockquote><em>Some LDS members are seriously questioning their faith as the church continues to recognize undocumented immigrants as worthy of baptism, temple entrance and missionary work while one of the faith's founding principles is to obey all laws, said Eli Cawley, chairman of the anti-illegal immigration Utah Minuteman Project.<br /><br />"The risk that the church runs by supporting illegal aliens is<br />the risk of alienating their own white membership," Cawley said.</em> </blockquote><br />And there it is.  It's about the skin color.  It probably doesn't hurt to admit it, as we suspect most people already had formed that conclusion.<br /><br />P.S.  Cawley, anyone whose faith is so shallow that it can't handle one disagreement with the Church on immigration law - which has no religious or Biblical overtones -- has a bigger problem.";s:12:"link_replies";s:147:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/181155822869898050/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=181155822869898050";s:9:"link_edit";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/181155822869898050";s:9:"link_self";s:70:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/181155822869898050";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/05/wow-minuteman-guy-finally-admits-its.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"6";}}i:20;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-2354770198467783727";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-04-30T08:43:00.004-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-04-30T09:28:44.548-06:00";s:5:"title";s:62:"Pandemic:  We owe former state Rep. Sylvia Andersen an apology";s:12:"atom_content";s:1803:"Although we think the current swine flu threat is exaggerated (36,000 Americans die annually and hundreds of thousands are hospitalized with 'regular' flu), it does illustrate a need for preparedness.<br /><br />Which prompts a fess up. Like Karl Rove and Susan Collins (R-Maine), who ridiculed the inclusion of pandemic preparation funds in the stimulus package, in 2006 we made fun of Utah state legislator Sylvia Andersen (R-Draper):<br /><blockquote><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Strangest campaign issue. </strong></span>Most websites stuck to the usuals, education, health care, seniors, etc. But if Sylvia Andersen, the GOP Leg. 48 candidate, is right about her constituents' primary interests, that must be one distinct district. Her three main issues? Education, health care/insurance, and pandemics. That's right, pandemics. Andersen writes: “I understand that the majority (if not everyone) in our district is concerned by pandemic outbreaks - or natural disasters.” Yeah, they'll be taking to the streets soon on that. What do we want? Pandemic preparation! When do we want it? Now!</em></blockquote>Although we wonder how much pandemic preparation was really on the minds of Andersen's constituents, she may have been on to something. Andersen was defeated in the GOP primary last year by Lavar Christensen, and we <em>know</em> what he thinks the biggest threat is...<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SfnCoG5bEJI/AAAAAAAABHs/xFJl_CtaRUE/s1600-h/CDCGayMarriage.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330505628271710354" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SfnCoG5bEJI/AAAAAAAABHs/xFJl_CtaRUE/s400/CDCGayMarriage.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/2354770198467783727/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=2354770198467783727";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2354770198467783727";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2354770198467783727";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/04/pandemic-we-owe-former-state-rep-sylvia.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"6";}}i:21;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-2462750711077508762";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-04-29T15:29:00.002-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-04-29T16:50:22.540-06:00";s:5:"title";s:80:"Michigan GOP to Huntsman:  If we wanted your opinion, we wouldn't be Republicans";s:12:"atom_content";s:849:"So, Utah <s>presidential candidate</s> Governor John Huntsman Jr. was <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705300251/Michigan-county-GOP-cancels-appearance-by-Huntsman.html"><strong>disinvited</strong></a> from a county GOP fundraiser in Michigan for not toeing the GOP line on civil unions. Remember the days when individual Republicans could have differing views on things and still be welcomed into the Big Tent?  Neither do we.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/Sfihdc_LN1I/AAAAAAAABHk/kRiM36YENe4/s1600-h/HuntsmanOwnViews.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330187686362429266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/Sfihdc_LN1I/AAAAAAAABHk/kRiM36YENe4/s400/HuntsmanOwnViews.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/2462750711077508762/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=2462750711077508762";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2462750711077508762";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2462750711077508762";s:4:"link";s:82:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/04/michigan-gop-to-huntsman-if-we-wanted.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"2";}}i:22;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-6130910200309091254";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-04-29T11:09:00.006-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-04-29T12:14:39.596-06:00";s:5:"title";s:75:"My take on yesterday's lovefest about Utah's judicial "fitness" requirement";s:12:"atom_content";s:3253:"A kind third party bought me a seat yesterday at a function at the Alta Club called "Interpreting the Judicial Fitness Requirement under the Utah Constitution." Other than a whopper or two by Sen. Lyle Hillyard (R-Logan) and an occasional "B.S.-alert" from Rep. Kay McIff (R-Richfield), it was more of a makeout session. My notes are fuzzy, so these may not be exact quotes:<br /><br /><strong>Moderator (President of the Utah Bar)</strong>: "So, how about that 'fitness' requirement, huh? And note that my question did NOT mention Judge Hilder. No, I do not have Judge Hilder in mind at all."<br /><br /><strong>Sen. Hillyard</strong>: "I assume that all judges appointed by Gov. Huntsman are qualified, so I have to dig deeper to find some way to torpedo them. Not that I've ever done that. And of course I'm not talking about Judge Hilder, either."<br /><br /><strong>Rep. McIff</strong>: "When I was nominated for the Supreme Court, then Lt.-Gov. Olene Walker asked me if I was a conservative or a liberal. I told her to put me down as a 'reasonable.'" (True statement; McIff said this.)<br /><br /><strong>Name-escapes-me</strong>: "I'm on a nominating committee. It's neat."<br /><br /><strong>Bob Yeates with Gov. Huntsman's office</strong>: "All the governor wants in a judge is someone who is smart, charming, has good people skills, can run the hundred in 10 flat, plays the trumpet, wants to work for half pay, and doesn't mind getting grilled by a bunch of nincompoops about his divorce."<br /><br /><strong>Chief Justice Christine Durham</strong>: "We love the senate. Please don't cut our funding."<br /><br /><strong>Audience</strong>: "Zzzz..."<br /><br /><strong>Rep. McIff</strong>: "By the way, I think politics played a role in the Hilder confirmation."<br /><br /><strong>Audience</strong>: "Duh."<br /><br /><strong>Sen. Hillyard</strong>: "What?! Hilder who? I can't think of a single instance in which politics decided a judicial nomination."<br /><br /><strong>Audience</strong>: (Looks around for lightning bolt.)<br /><br /><strong>Sen. Hillyard</strong>: "We have lawyers at all our meetings to make sure that senators don't ask inappropriate things. Well, except the private meetings, of course, but we just talk about the Jazz at those. Really."<br /><br /><strong>Justice Durham</strong>: "I think you're great, especially the way you fund things, but I was just wondering. I hear that the NRA had a poster up at a local gun show recently that said, 'We got Hilder - keep the faith.' What do you think about that? I like your tie."<br /><br /><strong>Sen. Hillyard</strong>: "NRA? What's the NRA? I never talk to lobbyists, especially the State Bar, by the way, because nobody trusts that bunch, and heck, look at the time!"<br /><br />And that is how you avoid an elephant in the room at the Alta Club.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SfiWZRtat2I/AAAAAAAABHc/mbNfowjhsuE/s1600-h/HillyardNothingToSee.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330175519987775330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SfiWZRtat2I/AAAAAAAABHc/mbNfowjhsuE/s400/HillyardNothingToSee.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/6130910200309091254/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=6130910200309091254";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/6130910200309091254";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/6130910200309091254";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-take-on-yesterdays-lovefest-about.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:2:"67";}}i:23;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-2511647740828396672";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-04-23T18:10:00.007-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-04-23T19:59:10.618-06:00";s:5:"title";s:25:"Super Dell or Super Dole?";s:12:"atom_content";s:2500:"We weren't surprised to see that (self-named) "Super Dell" Schanze is <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12212130"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>back in court again</strong></span></a>. We were surprised to see that he apparently applied for, and was given, a court-appointed -- <em>i.e.</em>, taxpayer-paid -- attorney.<br /><br />How could this be? According to the <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705299285/Superdell-in-legal-trouble-again.html"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>D-News</strong></span></a>, Schanze says he is impecunious, and owes more than $1 million in back taxes.  So, a tax dodger gets a tax-paid attorney?  I wandered over to Schanze's blog seeking insight into this seeming irony.  As it happens, just yesterday Schanze posted his favorite quotes -- literally, his <em>own</em> quotes that he likes -- and from the sound of them, one wonders how he ended up on the public dole.<br /><blockquote><em>It is impossible for anything bad to happen to someone with a positive attitude. - Dell Schanze.</em></blockquote>Are you positive?<br /><blockquote><em>Everyone starts from the bottom; the sign of the true champion is the one that works his way up the fastest. - Dell Schanze</em></blockquote>What about the one that works his way down the fastest?<br /><blockquote><em>It is difficult having a lot because you want to share but many think you are arrogant for assuming others should want what you have. Dell Schanze</em></blockquote>The solution, apparently, is to be impecunious.<br /><blockquote><em>Today’s genius is tomorrow’s idiocy – Dell Schanze</em></blockquote>You're ahead of your time!  Hey, maybe this explains it:<br /><blockquote><em>Don’t worry too much about the future. If you put your effort into the here and now then the future will already be polished when you get there. – Dell Schanze</em> </blockquote>"And when I say future, I mean taxes."<br /><blockquote><em>Those that can’t call themselves stupid now and then need others to do it for them. - Dell Schanze</em></blockquote>You're welcome.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SfEajmD7QnI/AAAAAAAABHU/hoBMct0RlOg/s1600-h/SchanzeAwesome-crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328069032970764914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MA4eCEd1SZQ/SfEajmD7QnI/AAAAAAAABHU/hoBMct0RlOg/s400/SchanzeAwesome-crop.jpg" /></a>";s:12:"link_replies";s:149:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/feeds/2511647740828396672/comments/defaulthttp://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35563705&postID=2511647740828396672";s:9:"link_edit";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2511647740828396672";s:9:"link_self";s:71:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35563705/posts/default/2511647740828396672";s:4:"link";s:69:"http://voiceofutah.blogspot.com/2009/04/super-dell-or-super-dole.html";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Voice of Utah";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";s:3:"thr";a:1:{s:5:"total";s:1:"3";}}i:24;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563705.post-5481322447305076539";s:9:"published";s:29:"2009-04-22T20:52:00.003-06:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2009-04-22T21:43:15.951-06:00";s:5:"title";s:51:"Local media's inconsistent practice of naming names";s:12:"atom_content";s:1976:"Yesterday, KSL/the Trib/the D-News announced that Salt Lake City cops had, once again, <s>wasted taxpayer resources</s> done some smashing law enforcement work, arresting a bunch of would-be prostitutes and johns on North Temple.  This time, though, there was a twist:  "They're going to name names!"<br /><br />Like the proverbial car accident, I could not look away.  Might I know some of the patrons?  Inquiring minds wanted to know.  But when I surfed over to KSL.com tonight, I got . . . one name, of a guy who was a cop years ago.  Whoop-de-do.<br /><br />Did our local media decline to name names because they sensed this was a victimless crime that should remain a private matter between the men and their families?  Maybe, but I doubt it.  With our local media, there seems to be no rhyme or reason -- other than underlying speculation -- as to when names are named.<br /><br />A few years ago, an acquaintance with a somewhat high-profile job was charged with embezzling nearly $100,000 from a well known local company.  The News ran a piece on the charges, but omitted her name.  I was relieved for her sake, but bothered as a consumer of news.  Just the day before, the News had run a story on a much smaller theft in Davis County, and had named the person charged.  What was up with that?<br /><br />The bozo in Clearfield who shot a Carl's Jr. toilet remains anonymous, but the bozo who shot an Olive Garden chair in Provo was named.  What's up with that?  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