Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Utahns, by and large, are an industrious, forward-looking people. We’re not prone to idleness and we believe strongly in progress in most facets of life. However, this is a week that tests our nature — a week...
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In 2009, we argued that the county needed a multifaceted solution to the problem of reckless and illegal shooting in our wild places. This should involve a public shooting range, designated outdoor shooting areas, a crackdown on...
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For a time, it seemed as if House Bill 363, the brainchild of Rep. Bill Wright that aimed to ban discussion of contraception in sex education classes in public schools, would meet little opposition. Running under the...
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One of the best aspects of municipal government is how unglamorous it can be. The nuts-and-bolts work of repairing roads or providing police protection rarely yields much political grandstanding. The notion of a city council being so...
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Last year, in an editorial titled “Public websites all need rapid improvement” (Feb. 15, 2011) we pointed out that the websites of Grantsville City, Tooele City and Tooele County were all rated as subpar compared to government...
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Short sales and foreclosures have helped to drop home prices in the Tooele Valley to their lowest level in six years. That’s getting more buyers interested in the real estate market again. However, some are finding out...
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The biggest election in years looms this November. In addition to choosing a president, Tooele County voters will be tasked with voting for a U.S. senator and representative, a governor, two state representatives, a county commissioner and...
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Last March, when the longtime organizers of the Tooele Arts Festival announced they were taking a one-year hiatus from producing the annual summertime event, more than a few people were worried this meant the end of a...
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Last year, we made the argument in an editorial that annual “state of” addresses were a worthwhile undertaking for leaders of even the smallest towns, on the rationale that citizens deserve at least one update per year...
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It was reported in last Thursday’s edition of the Transcript-Bulletin that four schools in the Tooele County School District failed to meet standards for adequate yearly progress (AYP) this year set by the federal No Child Left...
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