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• [NBA] - Training Camp notes: Donovan Mitchell getting on the same page with Conley, Bogdanovic

  03-10-2019 23:23 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell and his new backcourt mate, Mike Conley, got a chance to work out together for a couple of days during the summer. That might have helped them get a jumpstart on things in training
  
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• | Donovan on Bogdanovic: “I make the joke that [he] just shoots 90 percent from 3." »https://on.nba.com/30JTpxd 

  03-10-2019 23:10 via twitter.com
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• Michelle Quist: The conservative case for the Equal Rights Amendment

  03-10-2019 23:07
  “Both male and female citizens of this State shall enjoy equally all civil, political and religious rights and privileges.”No, that’s not the language of the Equal Rights Amendment. That’s the language that has been in the Utah Constitution since 1895, Article IV, Section 1. In other words, Utah passed its own state-wide ERA a long time ago.Utah has the chance to be the 38th state – the deciding state – to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment.“Equal
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: Why lefties should watch Fox News

  03-10-2019 23:07
  I try to limit my intake of 24-hour cable TV news, because as a medium, on balance, I think it’s bad for America. Though Facebook has suffered more scrutiny and reputational damage for its role in 2016, it was cable, not social networks, that went gaga pumping up Trump during the campaign. Today, it’s the toxic feedback swirl of Twitter and cable — and a president and a press corps that spend all hours feeding on one another’s digital droppings in a dystopian circle of li
  
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• David Ibarra: I’ve seen the candidates up close, and I support Mendenhall

  03-10-2019 23:05
  As a recent former candidate for Salt Lake City mayor, you can imagine I’ve spent hundreds of hours thinking, reflecting upon and discussing what our great capital city needs for the future. I have been to every single mayoral debate and have listened to both Luz Escamilla and Erin Mendenhall speak dozens of times — outlining their positions, adding more information, and going toe to toe with each other’s ideas. So, as I’ve made up my mind who I’m going to vote for
  
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• Finland agrees to return Native American remains to tribes

  03-10-2019 22:37
  Cortez, Colo. • Finland has agreed to return to Native American tribes ancestral remains and artifacts taken more than a century ago from what is now Mesa Verde National Park in the Southwest United States.The White House announced the agreement during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. The agreement involves the remains of about 20 people and 28 funerary objects.The remains and items were excavated by a Swedish researcher in 1891 and later became part of the collection at the Na
  
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• GREENbike quadruples its service area around Salt Lake City

  03-10-2019 22:33
  Salt Lake City GREENbike announced Thursday that it just quadrupled its service area — and for the first time, the rental bikes are also available at a station outside Salt Lake City.Its rental stations are now scattered over 8 square miles, instead of the previous 2.1.“With today’s new locations, GREENbike’s 42 locations can now be found [between] 2100 South and North Temple, and from 700 West to 900 East,” said Ben Bolte, founder and director of GREENbike.The firs
  
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• basketball being back >>>>>>>>>>pic.twitter.com/hHJxcKMXbM

  03-10-2019 22:12 via twitter.com
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• Utah alumni are thriving in other football programs, such as USU. Do the Utes miss them?

  03-10-2019 22:00
  During each home football game, Utah’s athletic department shows video-board highlights of former Utes playing in the NFL.The school could add a reel of Utah alumni who are starring for Utah State. Aggie receiver Siaosi Mariner, tight end Caleb Repp and defensive lineman Nick Heninger are among USU’s top performers this season as graduate transfers from Utah, where USU coach Gary Andersen spent the 2018 season working with the Ute defensive linemen.Elsewhere, Armand Shyne is Texas Te
  
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• “I think it’s preferable to be efficient than be fast or slow.”pic.twitter.com/cIMo6cS8nQ

  03-10-2019 21:43 via twitter.com
  “I think it’s preferable to be efficient than be fast or slow.”pic.twitter.com/cIMo6cS8nQ
  
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• “[Me and Mike] are jelling a lot faster than I thought already.”pic.twitter.com/jwE8fPpD6Z

  03-10-2019 21:31 via twitter.com
  “[Me and Mike] are jelling a lot faster than I thought already.”pic.twitter.com/jwE8fPpD6Z
  
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• Eye on the Y: The injury bug is bouncing around the Cougar football and men’s basketball teams

  03-10-2019 21:29
  Provo • Y’all, it’s been a crazy last few days.It seems that the injury bug is still going around, affecting football and men’s basketball in a major way.After the Cougars’ football loss at Toledo, Micah Simon said the team’s main priority during the bye week would be to simply get healthy. Three days after the road game, it was confirmed that quarterback Zach Wilson had surgery on his right (throwing) hand and will be out 6-8 weeks.That’s the latest blow
  
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• Utah Rep. Ben McAdams says he is like a juror in the impeachment inquiry — so he won’t say much and will be impartial

  03-10-2019 21:21
  Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, says that with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump underway, he now sees himself as a juror who must remain impartial — so he won’t react to every new development.“I will not prejudge the outcome. I see my role like a juror in a court proceeding and it is important for me to remain impartial until the process is concluded,” he said. “While this process is underway, I don’t intend to react to every news headline or t
  
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• Neon Trees’ Elaine Bradley sings of faith and doubt in side project, Noble Bodies

  03-10-2019 21:20
  Elaine Bradley describes the music of Noble Bodies, her new — and, in a way, old — band, as “music for your existential crisis.”“A lot of it is basically just processing what life is and why, and what’s the whole thing,” said Bradley, who has been and still is the drummer for the megaselling band Neon Trees. “What is God? What does that mean? What are we here? We question a lot of things.”In the music industry, Noble Bodies would be called Br
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Latter-day Saints leader defines gender as ‘biological sex at birth’ and a Utah woman charged with lewdness after being topless in her own home

  03-10-2019 20:41
  Dallin H. Oaks, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke to a group of high officials in the church and defined gender as “biological sex at birth.” The National Parks Service opens Utah’s ‘Mighty 5’ to ATVs. And a West Valley City woman fights a lewdness charge after her stepchildren saw her topless in their own home. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune managing editor David Noyce, reporter Jessica Miller and editorial page editor Georg
  
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• Not just Ukraine, Trump now calls for China to probe Bidens

  03-10-2019 20:40
  Washington • President Donald Trump, ensnared in an impeachment inquiry over his request that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, on Thursday called on China to do the same.“China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White House. Trump said he hadn’t directly asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to investigate Biden and his son Hunter but it’s "certainly something we could start thinking about.&
  
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• Bipartisan report says Trump’s abuse has pushed federal science to a ‘crisis’

  03-10-2019 20:37
  Washington • In a single month in 2017, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency blocked scientists from speaking at a climate change conference, its Interior Department forwarded a policy letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection only after deleting concerns from biologists about a border wall’s effects on wildlife, and the FBI issued a crime report that omitted dozens of tables of data on homicides and arrests.That October was fairly typical for the Trump
  
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• [Last Word On Sports: Last Word On Pro Basketball] - Trades the Cleveland Cavaliers Should Make this Season

  03-10-2019 20:35 via sportspyder.com
  There are a few Cleveland Cavaliers trades that should take place this season. They are in an excellent position moving forward in terms of CAP space.
  
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• Gordon Monson: Dell Loy Hansen could make RSL great again — if he changes his mind and his MO

  03-10-2019 20:30
  Dell Loy Hansen is a smart man who has stacks of cash, billions of them, but he still has much to learn.Sports team ownership is different in key respects than business ownership in, say, real estate holdings. The right amount of money has to be thrown at both, but in sports it must be properly shepherded by specialized experts, unimpeded by an inexperienced owner, hired and set free and valued to do their jobs properly, people who have a high degree of acumen in their specific realm.There&rsquo
  
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• Businessman David Ibarra endorses Erin Mendenhall, his former opponent in Salt Lake City’s mayoral race

  03-10-2019 20:28
  Standing on the steps of Salt Lake City Hall on Thursday, nearly a year after he announced his own bid for mayor there, businessman David Ibarra threw his support behind former opponent Erin Mendenhall.It was an “easy” decision, Ibarra said, touting the candidate’s background in environmental advocacy and air quality work and her six years of experience serving as a councilwoman for Salt Lake City’s District 5.“We can not make a mistake, frankly, like I believe we m
  
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• BYU picked to finish third in the WCC men’s basketball poll; Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws earn preseason honors

  03-10-2019 20:24
  The BYU men’s basketball team has been the West Coast Conference’s third-best team in recent seasons.So, even with the Cougars now piloted by a new coach (Mark Pope), it’s no surprise they were picked to finish third again in the WCC annual men’s preseason poll released in Las Vegas Thursday.The Cougars were again picked to finish behind No. 1 and national powerhouse Gonzaga (79 points, seven first-place votes) and Saint Mary’s (75, three first-place votes).The Coug
  
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• Gail Collins: On Trump, you can’t trust Romney to stay the course

  03-10-2019 19:45
  Down with Republican wimps.You know the ones. They’re trying to avoid taking on Donald Trump while looking sort of sad about the way our president wanted to trade military aid to another country for dirt on a political opponent.Or just evading. “I don’t know what law he’s violated yet,” said Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.This is not really to the point, given that Congress can remove a president for a terrible misuse of power that isn’t literally against a law. A
  
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• Red All Over: Ute gymnast MyKayla Skinner settles for alternate status in World Championships

  03-10-2019 19:41
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Utah gymnast MyKayla Skinner professes to have a good attitude about being named an alternate for the five-woman U.S. team that will compete in the World Gymnastics Championships, beginning Friday in Stuttgart, Germany.The role has to be something of a letdown for Skinner after the thrill of being named to the team, but she will remain in contention for a berth on the U.S. Olympic team for the Games in Toky
  
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• PacifiCorp’s 20-year electricity plan for Utah dials back on coal, amps up on wind and solar

  03-10-2019 18:36
  Utah’s electricity customers will be getting a lot less of their power from coal and a lot more from renewable sources over the next several years under a plan PacifiCorp unveiled Thursday.The owner of Utah’s largest utility plans to retire 16 of its costliest coal-fired power-generation units by 2030, reducing its coal generation by 3,000 megawatts. PacifiCorp still expects to get 20 more years of life from Emery County’s Hunter and Huntington plants.But two major Wyoming coal
  
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• Trump calls for China to investigate Bidens

  03-10-2019 18:33
  Washington • Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump on Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China.“China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White House. Trump said he hadn’t directly asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to investigate Biden and his son Hunter but said it’s "cert
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Quin Snyder already trusts new star Mike Conley

  03-10-2019 18:15 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley has only been around the rest of his new teammates a few days upon the start of the Utah Jazz training camp, but he’s already gained the trust of his head coach Quin Snyder in a matter of a few hours. “It’s unusual that you trust a...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Joe Ingles credits his wife Renae for keeping him in the NBA

  03-10-2019 17:46 via sportspyder.com
  Renae Ingles is the reason we have our beloved Aussie sharpshooter on the Utah Jazz
  
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• The Russell Nelson era is focus of ‘Mormon Land’ live tonight at Salt Lake City’s downtown library

  03-10-2019 17:29
  To mark the 100th episode of our “Mormon Land” podcast, an expert panel will discuss how a 95-year-old leader is reshaping The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, overhauling prominent policies and sacred ceremonies, loosening some rules while tightening others, even changing how people refer to the religion.Just Wednesday, he announced a step toward gender equity in the faith, allowing girls and women to act as official witnesses at baptisms and temple sealings.Tonight&rsqu
  
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• Surprise! It won’t rain on LDS General Conference

  03-10-2019 16:47
  It’s General Conference weekend in Salt Lake City, which — according to local myth — just about guarantees rain, right?Not this year. Well, not on Saturday or Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints headed to the Conference Center for weekend sessions won’t need raincoats, unless they’re out and about on Friday afternoon, when there’s a 40 percent chance of rain. But the NWS forecast calls fo
  
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• Forever 21 may close 3 Utah stores

  03-10-2019 16:37
  Days after it filed for bankruptcy, Forever 21 has announced that three of its Utah locations could close by the end of the year.The clothing retailer's stores at the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, The Shops at South Town in Sandy and the Tanger Outlets in Park City are on a list of 178 locations that may close unless Forever 21 is able to negotiate lower rent on the properties. The company released a statement that it expects “a significant number of these stores will remain open an
  
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• Americans for an Informed Electorate closes as criminal investigation continues

  03-10-2019 16:02
  A controversial political action committee co-founded by Joe Demma — a longtime campaign and government aide to Gov. Gary Herbert — says it has now ceased operations.But first, Americans for an Informed Electorate raised another $372,000 this year and spent all of it — including paying the people who run it $73,492, according to documents filed with the state, obtained through a records request.That comes after The Salt Lake Tribune reported earlier that the group raised big mo
  
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• New data shows a big increase in reported gropings at Utah’s colleges

  03-10-2019 15:39
  Reported cases of groping spiked at Utah’s colleges last year with accounts from 75 students — a tripling of the total from just three years ago.The data comes out of the annual crime statistics that universities nationwide are required to compile and release each October. In reviewing the 10 schools in Utah, almost all noted either the same or a higher number of inappropriate or unwanted touching cases in 2018, for a total of 19 more reports than 2017, when 56 were filed. “Tha
  
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• Political Cornflakes: What’s the meaning of the ellipses in the now-infamous Ukrainian call transcript?

  03-10-2019 15:13
  Happy Thursday!Questions are swirling around the publicized transcript of the call between President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president. The document released to the public contains several ellipses, fueling uncertainty about whether the punctuation marks signified missing words. A White House official has said the markings indicate a pause or “trailing off of a voice” rather than deletions. [WaPost]Topping the news: Jon Huntsman is leaving his post as U.S. Ambassador to Russia
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz fans, here’s your chance to be the NBA’s official food taster

  03-10-2019 15:12 via sportspyder.com
  Basketball fans and food lovers have until Oct. 7 to apply for the ultimate job: 2019 Official NBA Food Tester.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Mike Conley’s comfort level with the Jazz is already high, and the feeling is mutual

  03-10-2019 15:12 via sportspyder.com
  In his Media Day session on Monday, Jazz coach Quin Snyder called Mike Conley “an elite point guard,” but also went to great lengths to reiterate that he needed to observe all the new players operating within the framework of his system in order to...
  
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• Utah Jazz fans, here’s your chance to be the NBA’s official food taster

  03-10-2019 15:07
  Basketball fans and food lovers have until Oct. 7 to apply for the ultimate job: 2019 Official NBA Food Tester.The person who gets the post will travel to NBA arenas sampling hot dogs, pretzels, tacos, nachos, burgers, pizzas and sandwiches in pursuit of the best signature dish.Besides getting game tickets and an allowance to buy food, the tester also will receive $500 from Pickswise, an online sports site and the contest sponsor. The NBA is not affiliated with this promotion.The winner also wil
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah should show solidarity with California, force the NCAA to let college athletes get paid

  03-10-2019 15:06
  On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that could change college sports by — for the first time — guaranteeing athletes the right to make money off their name, image and likeness. You know, like the coaches do.This move is long overdue and, even though it doesn’t take effect for four years, it puts the NCAA in a bind.Since its inception, college athletics has operated with a plantation mentality in which universities and coaches rake in ridiculous amounts of money
  
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• San Juan County’s departing interim administrator David Everitt leaves a calmer commission in his wake

  03-10-2019 15:05
  When David Everitt was hired as interim administrator for San Juan County in early May, the county was in turmoil.It had been four months since the County Commission flipped to Democratic control after a high-profile voting rights lawsuit resulted in redrawn voting districts of the majority-Native American county.“It was really fascinating from a political and management standpoint what was happening in San Juan County,” recalled Everitt, who had been Moab City manager at the time an
  
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• ‘Joker’ raises issues about mental illness, Utah expert says

  03-10-2019 15:05
  When people see “Joker” at movie theaters this weekend, they might see a psycho killer, or an anti-hero, or a villain someday worthy of challenging Batman.Jenn Oxborrow, a licensed clinical social worker and executive director of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, sees something far too familiar: Someone struggling with mental illness.“He wanted power back, he wanted control, and he wanted to get accepted,” Oxborrow said after seeing the movie, which opens nationwide o
  
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• ‘Jesus was a zombie,’ ‘bless the dogs,’ ‘thou shalt not admit adultery’ — When kids speak at church, parents listen ... and cringe.

  03-10-2019 15:04
  Children say hilarious things all the time, but there’s something especially funny when their unfiltered honesty comes during a solemn time at church.The Salt Lake Tribune asked its social media followers to share the most amusing, embarrassing or inappropriate words uttered by a youngster while sitting in the pews — munching Cheerios, no doubt — or attending Sunday school.No matter the religion — from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Catholicism to Pres
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: Should I tell my parents I want to elope?

  03-10-2019 15:03
  Dear Ann Cannon • I’m thinking of eloping with my fiancé. Should I tell my parents ahead of time? On the one hand, they may be upset to be left out. On the other hand, they may feel conflicted about attending my gay wedding anyway because they are very old school Mormons and us eloping gives them an out. They haven’t told us they don’t want to come to a wedding, but they don’t respond to any social media posts unless they’re just about my kids, and my da
  
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• Mike Conley’s comfort level with the Jazz is already high, and the feeling is mutual

  03-10-2019 15:00
  In his Media Day session on Monday, Jazz coach Quin Snyder called Mike Conley “an elite point guard,” but also went to great lengths to reiterate that he needed to observe all the new players operating within the framework of his system in order to have a true gauge of their capabilities and not be relying upon “preconceptions.”So then, on Wednesday, two days into the team’s 2019 training camp, what had the coach learned of the team’s major offseason acquisiti
  
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• Letter: The same dishonorable Mike Lee

  03-10-2019 15:00
  By now I would hope that most have read the transcript summary of the phone call between President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine.Zelensky, midway through the call said “ We are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.” Which is obviously dependent on more aid from the U.S.Trump’s response was, “I would like you to do us a favor, though” and begins a discussion that includes “the other thing there’s a lot of
  
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• Letter: Take Krugman’s prediction with a grain of salt

  03-10-2019 15:00
  An article ran on the Opinion Page of the Sept. 28 issue of The Salt Lake Tribune from New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and headlined, “Impeaching Trump is good for the economy.”For reasons not easily understood, the Gnomes of Oslo awarded Krugman the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008. A year later they awarded President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize — 10 months after he took office. But I digress. Krugman, like most star economists, has made his share of good and bad
  
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• Letter: Stewart is a disgrace to country and state

  03-10-2019 15:00
  An open letter to Rep. Chris Stewart:The Whistleblower Law specifically states that any complaints, especially ones that have been deemed credible and concerning, be turned over to Congress within a specified period of time. The law is very clear on this.The law was not followed by acting director of national intelligence, Jerry Maguire, regarding the conversation of Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine.Your comments directed toward your colleagues on the House Intelligence Committee &ndash
  
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• Letter: Here Mitt comes to save the day

  03-10-2019 15:00
  I haven't always been a big fan of Mitt Romney, but am seeing him in a new light now. Just maybe, as he saved the Salt Lake Winter Olympics, he can now save our democracy.I'm reminded of the days of Mighty Mouse cartoons with the theme song of "Here comes Mighty Mouse to save the day." Just substitute "Mitt" for "mouse."Bebe Ottinger, TaylorsvilleSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: ATVs will ruin the National Park experience

  03-10-2019 15:00
  In a week of distressing news, none was more depressing than The Salt Lake Tribune’s Saturday front page which revealed that ATVs will be allowed on the roads, including remote back roads, of Utah’s national parks. Brian Maffly’s story reported the main problems: the eventuality of permanent damage to these fragile and irreplaceable landscapes, and the impossible challenge of keeping these off-road vehicles on roads.While ATVs and UTVs may have their place on farms, ranches and
  
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• Letter: At least Romney has a moral compass

  03-10-2019 15:00
  In a raging political sea of impeachment, with Republicans heeding the destructive Siren call of Trump, there seems to be few who are rising to change the course. I am grateful that Mitt Romney has a moral compass. It is not mutiny to leave the party ship but the recognition that the “captain” is steering the boat with a crooked rudder.Elise Lazar, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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