Letters
Rep. Garn’s story seems implausible
Editor: “When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn’t like it, and I didn’t inhale, and I never tried again,” Bill Clinton. Didn’t inhale? Maybe, but I doubt it...
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Allen has served well in Legislature
Editor: Many thanks to Sheryl Allen for her invaluable representation of South Davis County residents for many years.  How we hate to see her leave the Legislature where she has so ably represente...
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Lambaste automobiles instead of streetcars
Editor: After reading “Centerville residents lambaste streetcars” (Clipper 3/4/2010), I thought to transfer residents comments of outrage to automobiles. Traffic is certainly a “safety and securit...
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Stop repeal of in-state tuition bill
Editor: In 2002, Utah lawmakers did something marvelous for social justice, higher education and the state!  They passed HB 144, a bill that would allow undocumented students (who are in good acad...
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Kudos to Office Depot for good service
Editor: We don’t take the opportunity to praise those who have done a good job. I would like to take a minute to thank Office Depot for their kindness this week. I bought the wrong product and ope...
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Country should live within a budget
Editor: I don’t like the government being in debt and still spending money. I’m 12, and I don’t get to spend more allowance than I earn, so why should our country? I’m glad that even in these hard...
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It’s time to reform political process
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Editor: More than ever we need to end or limit partisanship and partisan bickering in our state and nation. The traditional rhetoric to this dilemma has been a pitch to support brand X or candidat...
Consolidate school districts to save
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Editor: For the benefit of the students of Utah, it’s time to consider the apparently unthinkable. School districts have been divided to the benefit of graduates in school administration. By conso...
Bountiful City could use more parks
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Editor: I recommend that we have more parks in the city of Bountiful, Utah. I believe we do not have enough places for family gathering in the city. I think there should be a place for playing or ...
Mueller Park should purchase iPads
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Editor: I recommend Mueller Park Junior High should get iPads for the school computers. Because they are less money and are way cool. The school computers are sort of slow and have so many problem...
Newspaper great way to communicate
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Editor: My name is Andrew Judd and I am working on my communications merit badge in Kaysville. One of the requirements that I need to do is write to an editor of our local newspaper about what I t...
Concerned about city’s recycling
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Editor: Thank you for your follow-up article on the Centerville curbside “separation” program. I thought I would point out a couple of items that were surprisingly lacking in the comments by the ...
National News
Anti-abortion Democrats to vote for health care bill (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a large gavel as she emerges from a Democratic Caucus meeting with from left, Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., John Lewis, D-Ga., and at right is Rep. Jim Clyburn, on Sunday, March 21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - President Barack Obama and Democratic House leaders resolved a long-standing dispute over abortion Sunday, securing crucial support from a handful of lawmakers and setting the stage for a historic vote on a comprehensive health care overhaul.


Sun Mar 21 15:46:31 -0500 2010
Militant group in Kabul with draft peace deal (AP)

Afghans carry a man injured in an explosion in Khost, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, March 21, 2010. Two other civilians died and four were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a crowd of people celebrating the Afghan New Year at a mountaintop shrine in eastern Afghanistan, a police commander said. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)AP - Thirteen Afghan civilians died in violence Sunday as the nation's hard-line vice president expressed hopes for reconciliation and representatives of a militant group with ties to the Taliban brought their own draft of a peace deal to the capital.


Sun Mar 21 14:37:56 -0500 2010
Partial results show French left wins regions vote (AP)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - France's opposition Socialists and their allies handily defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections Sunday, according to partial official results after a vote that helps set the stage for the 2012 presidential race.


Sun Mar 21 15:09:23 -0500 2010