In today’s Salt Lake Tribune: Skull Valley: Former leader out as Goshutes elect a new slate: Leon Bear defeated, but his uncle is elected in mail ballot; results must still be verified
After years of controlling the tribal elections and able to remain as the tribal leader as a result, Leon Bear is now out after a recent election voted in new leadership.
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Last night the school where Tom and I work, City Academy, had its grand opening to celebrate our new downtown location. FOX 13 news was there and had a piece on us at 9pm last night (it’s mentioned on their website).
Here is the article in today’s Deseret News just as the ribbon was cut to the building (I’m standing in the front with my camera):
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650201572,00.html
New home for S.L. charter school
Eleventh-grader Peter Clyde celebrates after cutting the ribbon Tuesday at a ceremony for the new downtown location of City Academy at 555 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City. The academy, one of Utah’s oldest charter schools, serves more than 150 students in grades 7-12. It was established in 1999.
It seems that a common response I get about using the train is how much time it takes and that peoples’ family time is more important than spending time on the train, thus the excuse for using their cars to commute.
Today’s Deseret News has a feature on how much time people spend in their cars to commute to and from work.
The study by The Road Information Program (TRIP – a nonprofit organization that studies roads and congestion in several states.) shows that Utah motorists are wasting up to 76 hours and 56 gallons of fuel annually, just sitting in traffic. And depending what roads you use, the numbers go even higher. Traffic congestion costs Utah drivers as much as $1,275 a year in wasted time and fuel.
Over the past few months, TRIP looked at data from state and federal agencies, as well as research and planning groups, to complete the study that lists the 25 most-congested roads in Utah. For each of those roads, the study estimated how much time and money people waste while stuck in traffic.
“Commuters are losing a lot of time and wasting money because of growing traffic congestion,” said Frank Moretti, spokesman for TRIP, a transportation-research group based in Washington, D.C.
Utah County had 14 of the 25 most congested roads, while Salt Lake County had eight of them, according to the study.
The most expensive route to drive is I-15 in Utah County, from Orem’s University Parkway to 1600 North, the study showed. Motorists using that route spend $1,275 each year on traffic delays. Drivers there lose about 76 hours of time annually in traffic and waste about 56 gallons of fuel.
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I saw with excitement that the article about the SLCo District 5 race, in which I am a candidate, was published in today’s paper. As I read the article I became sorely disppointed that I was mentioned once as a candidate running. The entire article focuse on the GOP having a “firm hold” in this race and the republican candidate is expected to win. (This explains why I haven’t seen any signs of the republican candidate.)
The article very generously gave time to both the republican and democrat candidate, with quotes from them both and answers to questions they were asked and I was not.
Needless to say, I’m not happy. I feel I have been discriminated against, even though I paid the same filing fee and have completed all the required paperwork reqire to run for this office.
I would appreciate anyone who feels inclined to write a letter of disppointment to the editor of the Tribune regarding this.
Here is my response to the article’s author:
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I’ve been seeing gigantic billboards for Orrin Hatch’s U.S. Senate Campaign. They are pretty sickening. They have adjectives supposedly describing him, along with the phonetic spellings and dictionary definitions. Well, I’ve come up with some of my own for Orrin that I think should replace the billboard spectacles:
Last week I posted a piece on the fact that the U.S. population was expected to hit the 300 million mark any day. Well it has. And Utah has contributed to that growth.
The United States hit the population milestone at about 5:46 this morning, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The nation’s population clock, online at http://www.census.gov, was at 299,995,920 at 5 p.m. Monday.
“It’s something worth celebrating,” said Dan Griswold, director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. “We’re a unique nation. We have a large population and a high standard of living. That magnifies our influence.”
As if our “influence” needed any more magnifying.
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Sunday’s Deseret News had two articles on third parties:
A look at some of the third-party candidates
and
Utah’s third parties hope to be first choice: More than a quarter of candidates are not Republicans or Democrats
The first article was pretty short, so I’ll repost it here. Julina Hatch, candidate for U.S. Senate on the Desert Greens ticket, is featured in both articles:
Here is a glimpse into the background of a few the third-party candidates interviewed by the Deseret Morning News:
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Today I received my sample ballot (Salt Lake County) in the mail, as per Utah Law (all candidates must receive a sample ballot in the mail). In the photos below, you can see Desert Greens Candidates listed as follows:
Chuck Tripp, Salt Lake County Council At-Large
Deanna Taylor, Salt Lake County Council, District #5
Tom King, State House, District #43
Julian Hatch, U.S. Senate
Kathy Dopp is also running in Summit County for Summit County Clerk.
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When I got on to my blog this morning I noticed all my customized features were gone. I”m not sure what is going on but I hope it is repaired soon.
I will not be blogging for the next several days. Taking a much needed break away from civilization.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 