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• John Curtis votes to remove deadline to ratify Equal Rights Amendment

  13-02-2020 23:56
  
  In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex."There is no expiration date on equality,'' said Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California, the resolution's sponsor.The House approved the resolution, 232-183, sending it to the Senate. Five Republicans — including Utah Rep. John Curtis — joined 227 Democra
  
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• Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert always believed he would be an NBA All-Star

  13-02-2020 23:33
  
  Chicago • It would be easy to look back at Rudy Gobert’s All-Star Game snub of a year ago — in which he famously shed a a few tears as he recounted breaking the news to his disappointed mom — and then to fast-forward to this year’s All-Star Game selection and conclude that at least he didn’t have to wait that long to accomplish his goal.Thing is, the Utah Jazz center hasn’t merely dreamed of being an All-Star over these past couple seasons. It’s bee
  
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• [NBA] - All-Star rewind—reviewing the best performances, stats and moments so far this season

  13-02-2020 23:25 via sportspyder.com
  
  We've reached the All-Star break, which seems like a perfect time to look back and review how this season's gone so far for the Utah Jazz. ***SPOILER ALERT: It's been pretty great***
  
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• Barr: Trump tweets on cases make it ‘impossible’ to do job

  13-02-2020 23:06
  
  Washington • Attorney General William Barr took a public swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the president’s tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and cases “make it impossible for me to do my job.”Barr made the comment during an interview with ABC News just days after his Justice Department overruled its own prosecutors — who had recommended in a court filing that Trump’s longtime ally and confidant Roger Stone be sentenced to 7 to 9
  
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• Jeff Clawson: Dear Cousin Mitt, Now I’m proud to be your relative

  13-02-2020 23:00
  
  Cousin Mitt,You don’t know me, but our families come from virtually the same emigration, religious and genetic roots.My father was Richard Romney Clawson, son of Shirl Young Clawson and Gertrude May Romney — and apparently we are first cousins thrice removed. My late father was always very proud and complimentary of you, while I, as a first-generation non-Mormon and liberal, have to date been quite critical of you politically, albeit not personally, over the more recent nationally tu
  
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• Eye on the Y: For Cougar basketball forward Dalton Nixon, it’s gotta be the shoes

  13-02-2020 22:49
  
  Eye on the Y is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter covering BYU athletics. Subscribe here.By now we’re all familiar with Dalton Nixon, right?The 6-foot-7 senior forward has been an important cog in the Cougars’ machine during his tenure here, but did you know he has a sizable (and impressive) shoe collection? The Daily Universe wrote about Nixon’s “addiction” recently, talking to the Cougar about how his collection started and what the sneakerhead loves
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - When others doubted, Rudy Gobert believed. The Jazz center is exactly where he always thought he’d be — playing in the NBA All-Star Game.

  13-02-2020 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  Chicago • It would be easy to look back at Rudy Gobert’s All-Star Game snub of a year ago — in which he famously shed a a few tears as he recounted breaking the news to his disappointed mom — and then to fast-forward to this year’s All-Star Game...
  
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• $ 545M available in Utah’s unclaimed property trove

  13-02-2020 22:15
  
  Have you checked the state’s unclaimed property website lately? You should.The Unclaimed Property Division took in $56.4 million in lost or abandoned property at the end of last year, adding to the existing stockpile that now totals $544.6 million, says State Treasurer David Damschen.Comprised largely of uncashed checks, safe deposit contents, unpaid insurance benefits or dormant bank accounts, the money is available for rightful owners to claim.“We encourage Utahns to check mycash.u
  
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• When others doubted, Rudy Gobert believed. The Jazz center is exactly where he always thought he’d be — playing in the NBA All-Star Game.

  13-02-2020 22:10
  
  Chicago • It would be easy to look back at Rudy Gobert’s All-Star Game snub of a year ago — in which he famously shed a a few tears as he recounted breaking the news to his disappointed mom — and then to fast-forward to this year’s All-Star Game selection and conclude that at least he didn’t have to wait that long to accomplish his goal.Thing is, the Utah Jazz center hasn’t merely dreamed of being an All-Star over these past couple seasons. It’s bee
  
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• Witness criticizes Salt Lake City library security guard’s treatment of apparent book thief

  13-02-2020 21:44
  
  A community organizer is calling on the Salt Lake City Public Library to fire one of its contract security guards and ensure the remaining staff are retrained on deescalation techniques after a uniformed official allegedly attacked a man who appeared to be trying to steal a book.A video of the incident, which happened at the city’s downtown main branch around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, shows a security guard screaming at a man and throwing items at him as he walked toward the door. “That&r
  
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• Behind the Headlines: Tune in to KCPW to hear Tribune reporters discuss the week’s top news stories

  13-02-2020 21:40
  
  Rep. Chris Stewart is reportedly in the running for intelligence chief. A pornography warning label bill advances at the legislature. And a Utah lawmaker proposes banning elective abortions — if Roe v. Wade is overturned.At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune government and politics editor Dan Harrie, and reporters Jessica Miller and Bethany Rodgers join KCPW guest host Marcie Young Cancio to talk about the week’s top stories. Every Friday at 9 a.m., stream “Behind the Headline
  
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• One Utah Republican voted to remove a deadline holding back the Equal Rights Amendment

  13-02-2020 21:35
  
  In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex."There is no expiration date on equality,'' said Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California, the resolution's sponsor.The House approved the resolution, 232-183, sending it to the Senate. Five Republicans — including Utah Rep. John Curtis — joined 227 Democra
  
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• Charles M. Blow: The Notorious Michael R. Bloomberg

  13-02-2020 21:27
  
  Let’s state some facts: Michael Ruben Bloomberg notoriously expanded stop-and-frisk in New York City to obscene proportions, violating the bodies and constitutional rights of mostly minority men and boys, and not only defended the policy, but mocked his detractors and bragged about it.What Bloomberg did as mayor amounted to a police occupation of minority neighborhoods, a terroristic pressure campaign, with little evidence that it was accomplishing the goal of sustained, long-term crime re
  
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• Bill seeks to block arrests of borrowers that allow high-interest lenders to seize their bail money

  13-02-2020 21:26
  
  Rep. Brad Daw — who for years has battled high-interest lenders in Utah — says he was flabbergasted when he read that one of them is managing to jail borrowers who owe it money and then seize their bail.“I thought, ‘I can’t believe this is happening,” the Orem Republican said.Daw now is pushing legislation designed to stop the practice. In a surprising twist, he says payday lenders in Utah are supporting his bill, HB319, which was introduced Thursday.“Pa
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Rudy Gobert | 2020 All-Star Journey

  13-02-2020 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Donovan Mitchell | 2020 All-Star Journey

  13-02-2020 20:58 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Legislators spank UTA for languishing ridership and storm service delays

  13-02-2020 20:50
  
  Some legislators sent a message Thursday that they are not yet happy with the Utah Transit Authority, even after they restructured the scandal-tainted agency.A few verbally spanked UTA for stagnant ridership growth, recent service delays and proposals to extend expensive rail lines instead of focusing on buses.“I’m disappointed,” said Rep. Brady Brammer, House vice chairman of the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee.For example, he noted that while
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Jordan Clarkson could be the first Utah Jazz player to win Sixth Man of the Year

  13-02-2020 20:47 via sportspyder.com
  
  Clarkson is building a firm case to be in the running for the award.
  
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• Judge throws out defamation suit by former Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves against his colleagues

  13-02-2020 20:40
  
  A judge has thrown out the defamation lawsuit of former Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves, who claimed fellow commissioners and a county employee had spread false and disparaging allegations about him following an investigation into sexual harassment.Fourth District Judge Robert Lunnen verbally dismissed the case during a hearing earlier this week, with a formal written order to follow.Graves, a one-term commissioner, won the seat by securing the party nomination at the 2014 County Republican
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week - 2.13.20

  13-02-2020 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  Threes of the Week presented by Mountain America Credit Union
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Dunks of the Week - 2.13.20

  13-02-2020 20:37 via sportspyder.com
  
  Dunks of the Week presented by Wasatch Front Ford Dealers
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Rudy Gobert & Donovan Mitchell — Best pre All-Star moments from Utah Jazz duo

  13-02-2020 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are headed to Chicago to represent the Utah Jazz in the All-Star game. Here's some of their best moments from this season....
  
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• Gordon Monson: The Pac-12’s tattered flags go on flying upside down

  13-02-2020 20:23
  
  Remember when Utah used to fly all those Pac-12 flags, expressing such pride in being part of an elite association, one that was not just a cut above the Utes’ previously dreaded mid-major designation, but also a cut above other power conferences?To do so anymore is to raise the tattered banner of a kind of halfway house between P5 prominence and Group of Five desperation. It’s one thing for Pac-12 schools to be competitively sagging in sports that are outside the far-reaching, large
  
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• Scott Groene: Red Rock Wilderness Act drives Utah’s wilderness debate

  13-02-2020 20:21
  
  With the reintroduction of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act in Congress last week, it’s worth reflecting on how far wilderness has come in Utah.Over the past 15 years, more than one million acres of public land in Utah have been protected as wilderness. And through land exchanges, litigation and management plans, hundreds of thousands of additional acres of redrock canyons and mesas have gained some form of protection.During that same time, Utah politicians from top to bottom have s
  
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• Rudy Gobert & Donovan Mitchell — Best pre All-Star moments from Utah Jazz duo

  13-02-2020 20:14
  
  Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are headed to Chicago to represent the Utah Jazz in the All-Star game. Here’s some of their best moments from this season. The All-Star break is here for the Utah Jazz, and they have to feel fantastic with where they are currently at. With 36 wins, the Jazz have their […]
  Rudy Gobert & Donovan Mitchell — Best pre All-Star moments from Utah Jazz duo - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Gail Collins: Searching for the perfect Trump antidote

  13-02-2020 20:08
  
  Perhaps you think New Hampshire sent us a mixed message. After all, Bernie Sanders won but the moderates got more votes, and Tuesday night three different candidates seemed to be giving victory speeches.What does the Democratic rank-and-file really want? Well, the answer is: Ralph in Michigan.Ralph is the symbol of all the people in swing states who went for Barack Obama and then turned Republican in 2016. Democrats want him back! They care way less about finding a candidate with the perfect hea
  
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• Red All Over: Mel Tucker’s move from Colorado to Michigan State speaks to Power Five haves vs. have-nots

  13-02-2020 19:14
  
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering Utah athletics. Subscribe here.Let’s pretend for a moment that you have a position making, for argument’s sake, $50,000. In the first year of said position, things went well. Your boss thinks you’re doing a good job, his bosses think you’re doing a good job. There is optimism for the future with you in that spot.Then, one day, a company in the same field comes along and offers you $100,000 to do the same job. However, in additi
  
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• Navajo files to intervene in Arizona utility rate case

  13-02-2020 18:33
  
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation has filed to intervene in a rate case for one of Arizona’s largest utilities as it seeks ways to make up for the loss of coal revenue and develop renewable energy projects.The tribe filed the request this week in the Arizona Public Service Co. case. The utility operates the Four Corners Power Plant and owned a share of the Navajo Generating Station, both on the Navajo reservation.NGS shut down last year, and APS plans to close the Four Corners plan
  
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• Tribal officials press for more, and more predictable, federal funding

  13-02-2020 17:36
  
  Washington • Tribal officials this week raised issues ranging from polluted water to underfunded police but there was one message they all had for House lawmakers – the government needs to be a more reliable partner on critical projects.Those comments came during the second day of testimony by Native American representatives from across the country – including a number from Arizona – who outlined their funding priorities for fiscal 2021 to a House Appropriations subcommitt
  
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• Trump’s plan to create a uranium stockpile excites Utah mines

  13-02-2020 17:17
  
  The Trump administration’s newly proposed budget would throw a $1.5 billion lifeline to the struggling U.S. uranium industry, long battered by declining demand and cheap imports.If approved by Congress, Trump’s proposed “uranium reserve” would spend up to $150 million annually for 10 years to buy domestically sourced uranium, much of which would be mined in Utah and neighboring states, to protect the nation “in the event of a market disruption.”This strategic
  
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• Utahns approve of law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, poll says

  13-02-2020 17:13
  
  Many Utah lawmakers were alarmed last year when they learned that federal law enforcement had used facial recognition technology to scan thousands of photos in the state’s driver license database for suspects.Legislators peppered Department of Public Safety Commissioner Jess Anderson with questions in a September meeting, as a researcher claimed that "nearly every Utah adult has been affected by facial recognition technology.” They debated an initial bill on the issue in November and
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Women’s group sticks up for Romney, tithing jitters revealed, an apostle meets a president

  13-02-2020 17:13
  
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.More Romney fallout
  (Senate Television via AP) In this image from video, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks on the Senate floor about the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington,
  
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• Washakie’s Jacob Kingston says $30 million from his biofuels fraud went to his Utah polygamous sect

  13-02-2020 17:11
  
  Jacob Kingston, testifying against his former co-defendant for a fifth day, says he sent about $30 million in fraud proceeds to the polygamous sect to which he belongs, the Davis County Cooperative Society.“That’s what Isaiah and I allocated,” he said on Wednesday, referring to his brother, Isaiah Kingston, the chief financial officer of Washakie Renewable Energy. Jacob Kingston was the CEO.“When Isaiah and I would do our budgets for the year,” Kingston added a mome
  
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• Now wearing a Miami Heat jersey, Jae Crowder returns to Salt Lake City

  13-02-2020 17:11
  
  Jae Crowder took shot after shot during pregame warmups on the floor of Vivint Smart Home Arena. It was a familiar sight for Utah Jazz fans who have gotten to know Crowder over the last few years.There was one difference: his jersey. But it was a different jersey than the one he wore in December, the last time Crowder was in Salt Lake City.Then, Crowder was a member of the Memphis Grizzlies. But on Wednesday, he donned a Miami Heat jersey.“It’s just fun,” Crowder said postgame
  
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• China reports spike in virus cases with new way of counting

  13-02-2020 17:06
  
  Beijing • China on Thursday reported a sharp spike in deaths and infections from a new virus after the hardest-hit province of Hubei applied a new classification system that broadens the scope of diagnoses for the outbreak, which has spread to more than 20 countries.Japan reported its first death, a woman in her 80s who had been hospitalized since early February. She is the third confirmed fatality outside of mainland China, after deaths in the Philippines and Hong Kong.The new diagnostic a
  
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• [Deseret News] - Exploring the Utah Jazz’s case as a championship contender

  13-02-2020 17:05 via sportspyder.com
  
  The question hanging over Utah’s success is this: Are the Jazz good enough to contend for a championship, as everyone in Salt Lake hoped would happen with Utah’s offseason acquisitions?
  
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• Utah needs to focus on homeless shelter capacity, feds say

  13-02-2020 16:30
  
  Robert Marbut, the federal government’s top homelessness official, praised Utah’s “amazing” improvement in addressing homelessness on Wednesday — but said there are still several obstacles the state needs to address.“I think you’re probably about 85% of the way there but you’ve still got 15% more to go,” he said.Some of those challenges center around current processes — like a lack of data collection and central leadership — while
  
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• A.G. William Barr agrees to testify as Democrats question his leadership

  13-02-2020 16:09
  
  Washington • Attorney General William Barr has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month, appearing for the first time before the panel as questions swirl about whether he intervened in the case of a longtime ally of President Donald Trump.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., released a letter Wednesday to Barr “to confirm your agreement to testify” on March 31. In the letter, Nadler and committee Democrats write that they have conce
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My son wasn’t invited to a neighbor’s birthday party and I’m a bit hurt

  13-02-2020 15:11
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • My family moved into our house about a year ago. I have a neighbor who I really like and I’ve always assumed she likes me too. We have kids the same age who play together, but I recently saw on Instagram that her son had a birthday party to which my son was not invited. I’ll admit that I was both surprised and a little hurt by this realization. What’s your advice for handling this? I’d really like to be on good terms with this neighbor. Should I tal
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Assistant coach Johnnie Bryant & wife Vanessa talk about living in SLC

  13-02-2020 14:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  Initially not planning on staying in Utah longterm, Utah Jazz Johnnie Bryant and his wife Vanessa talk about what they love about the state and the challenge...
  
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• Utah’s uranium industry would benefit from Trump’s plan to create a $1.5 billion reserve

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  The Trump administration’s newly proposed budget would throw a $1.5 billion lifeline to the struggling U.S. uranium industry, long battered by declining demand and cheap imports.If approved by Congress, Trump’s proposed “uranium reserve” would annually spend up to $150 million for 10 years to purchase domestically sourced uranium, much of which would be mined in Utah and neighboring states, to protect the nation “in the event of a market disruption.”This strat
  
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• Utah lawmakers preparing red flag gun bills after original sponsor halts effort

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  Two Utah lawmakers — one Republican and one Democrat — are preparing bills that would allow the confiscation of a person’s guns under court order, despite the sponsor of a similar proposal saying last week that it lacks the necessary support to become law.Salt Lake City Democrat Rep. Joel Briscoe and Woods Cross Republican Todd Weiler have both opened bill files dealing with extreme risk protective orders — also known as red flag laws — in which gun owners deemed a
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Here’s how I’d reform Utah’s higher ed system

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  House Speaker Brad Wilson and Sen. Ann Milner unveiled an ambitious plan this week to reshape Utah’s post-secondary education, merging the governing boards of traditional colleges and universities with technical colleges.Combining the two, they suggest, would ensure a shared vision and eliminate bureaucratic redundancies, meaning a more seamless system for students.“This really provides the umbrella structure, we’re going to have the opportunity for some efficiencies that will
  
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• Polls shows Utahns aren’t concerned about facial recognition software. Lawmakers and privacy advocates say they should be.

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  Many Utah lawmakers were alarmed last year when they learned that federal law enforcement had used facial recognition technology to scan thousands of photos in the state’s driver license database for suspects.Legislators peppered Department of Public Safety Commissioner Jess Anderson with questions in a September meeting, as a researcher claimed that "nearly every Utah adult has been affected by facial recognition technology.” They debated an initial bill on the issue in November and
  
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• Letter: Republicans are siding with an immoral despot

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  It should come as no surprise to any morally stable person that the Republicans are siding with an amoral despot instead of a man who honored an oath and remained true to his convictions.Even Utah’s Mormon Republicans have rejected one of their own and pledged their cult-like allegiance to the king of cretins.The GOP is brimming with hypocrisy and is woefully low on integrity.David E. Jensen, Holladay Submit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Our vindictive president

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  I was appalled to hear that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his twin brother were fired and escorted out of the White House.Vindman was the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, and he listened in on Donald Trump's call to the Ukrainian president.I was moved to hear Vindman’s testimony. He said he told his father, "You made the right decision 40 years ago to leave the Soviet Union and come here to the United States of America in search of a better life for our family. Do not
  
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• Letter: Only Romney lived up to this oath

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines patriot as, “one who loves and loyally or zealously supports one’s own country.” Note the words “one’s own country” not “one’s political party.”It also defines an oath as “a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says.”The federal oath of office is: “I, ___, do solemnly swear (o
  
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• Letter: Keep putting out your flags

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has historically sponsored a fundraiser in which, for $25 a year, the Boy Scouts of America would put out flags on donors’ front yards marking national holidays such as Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Day, etc.I was honored to contribute to the Scouting program and particularly to have the flag in my yard on each of these holidays.Recently a Scout leader and a Scout came by and gave us the flag and stake to keep, presumably because the churc
  
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• Letter: If you want a change in Utah, you have to vote Democrat

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”— Franklin D. RooseveltAs I helped gather signatures for the tax referendum last month, I saw a pattern in what motivated people to sign.First, they were outraged by the tax reform law itself: the 177% spike in the sales tax on food and the decrease in the income tax which funds education.Second, they were fed up with Repub
  
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• Letter: Censure would be just plain wrong

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  Gov. Gary Herbert states that censuring Sen. Mitt Romney for his impeachment vote would be a “mistake.”No, governor, it would be just plain wrong.Phil Henriksen, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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