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Fight obesity battle at home
Bad news, Tooele County: We’re the most overweight group of folks in Utah, according to a new county health rankings report. On the bright side, most of the pounds are water weight. Never mind, t...
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States before feds is what U.S. Constitution intended
States’ rights. For some, the very term invokes images of Confederate flags and backwoods militias. At the very least it seems to suggest being out of step with mainstream America. So-called state...
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Retirement cuts would be final straw for teachers
Ever play Jenga? A group gathers around a stack of blocks and takes turns pulling pieces from the bottom of the pile to place on top. The idea is to keep pulling and stacking until the whole thing...
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Time for a nonpartisan county commission
The message that party ambitions and public interest are one and the same is a fallacy long pushed by insiders on both sides of the political aisle. Instead of representation, we get a corporate-s...
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Merit pay works in private sector, won’t in classroom
Education reform is an oldie but goodie in politics, and no related proposal has garnered more debate through the years than teacher merit pay. Rather than across the board salaries, educators wou...
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Fair Boundaries foes smack of paternalism
Too often a given party with years in office will bear the malignant fruit of self-interest. One such fruit is gerrymandering, where self-interested legislators draw up districts to contain the vo...
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EPA has no business regulating air quality
by Matt Rowley
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Perhaps I should be humbled an institution with the EPA’s size and power still has time to micromanage our local air. The federal entity has taken on a certain likeness to deity in recent years, mo...
Even in a big-box world, Tooele needs more choices
by Matt Rowley
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There’s one business in Tooele that you’re likely to visit soon, no matter who you are. Indeed, the place is so widely and frequently visited that we’ve probably bumped into each other there. Peopl...
Blame council, Roberts for $20.7 million lawsuit loss
by Sam Woodruff
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The verdict is in: A $20.7 million loss (“City loses $20.7 million lawsuit to Overlake developer,” June 23) plus $3.5 million flushed down the toilet in legal fees clearly qualifies former Tooele C...
Shopping locally can keep community unique
by Bob Henline
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Tough economic times such as the current recession usually result in a number of marketing strategies designed to attract buyers and their money into businesses of all types. One such strategy that...
Great Salt Lake quality requires ongoing study
by Walt Baker
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Certainly, the Great Salt Lake is one of Utah’s crown jewels — though perhaps the least understood. The Transcript-Bulletin’s editorial, “What’s in the Great Salt Lake should not be a mystery” (A...
Tooele County’s travel budget justified by need for training
by Bob Henline
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Last week, the Transcript-Bulletin included a piece by Sarah Miley detailing the travel budgets of various Tooele County departments, “County spends more on travel” (May 12). In tough economic ti...
Mass transportation isn’t the answer for this county
by Keith Smith
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Most mass-transit systems are incredible costly failures. One Japanese train line that was losing $4.9 million a year actually hired a cat as station master to boost ridership. The American Public ...
Difficult days in diagnosing Down syndrome
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Shaunti Feldhahn (commentary): When I was growing up, seeing people with Down syndrome was common, and as a Special Olympics volunteer, I was touched by how much they loved life. But today, 90...
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