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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER _ October 5 1999 - Hiring Practicesof the erminally An Courier staff the last elections; they. didn’t. know they’d have to represent. of yutzes to run my government? me, that I'd be mapEine to town. » person to apply for the job is this kid down the street who has experience But ‘now, with a new Bares amin the® ‘corner, I can change all of that. Sol get-all excited, thinking that the © 3 _ nately, my plan would be more like soon-to-be- newly- elected officials are anarchy and for some reason anarchy watering the lawn. Or, you're the going to listen. to. my concerns and fied to represent me will surely get is looked upon poorly in this country. owner of a five-star restaurant and you — we'll have brew pubs and coffee shops o <— 7. angry abo 1 something, like-maybe a Unfortunately, we seem to only. care need a new head chef, so Wanda, who - _ and mandatory quiet time until noon mae - four-story. ‘commercial monstrosity enough to take a stance when someputs the weenies on the rotating cookevery day and something other than . being erected next to their house, and thing negative has happened, when its _ the Tri-Mart open on Sundays, when I a he or she” will step into the ring and er at the Quickie Mart gives you your only completed application. Or you - find out that the only people running é challenge the incumbent. Kind of like - time to react. Unfortunately, we don’t seem to care enough to use foresight for city council are the same ones that — live in Park City and you need a new 2a duel. We could have elections year~and preventative measures and spark | were already in office. ‘The < ones s who’ i : plastic surgeon, so your daughter who round. cup a duel during. the — fight don’t represent me. Sa e ee ‘has been experimenting on ‘Barbies of ‘em? Too ells in the lcci: process, a form of public hiring, it’s just a matter of voting for whomever is the lesser of all the evils who signed up. Either that or not voting at all. Being one to constantly complain, | realize that if I don’t vote, I have no right to be irri-. so that rules out option B. not their problem that I happen to value different things than they do. I’m faulting the people who want tosee changes happen, like me. So what, do I run for office? Not a_ chance. I ran for office once and it just about killed me. The mudslinging. The personal attacks. The name calling. The : nails. The skeletons The broken advancing from — behind my ten- “acre oa, one resident. will say time. aeSbia You're esi to ‘build -that water patk with a giant inflatable monkey Fey aides just be es elections, but they haven’t happened yet. I’ve voted for Homer Simpson, Mickey Mouse, “Oh yes | am,’ » wills say hs developer. and the high school lunch lady before. “P’m None of them ever won, mind- you, but in my opinion, they were the right gonna tell my elected official,” will say the resident. Opies ibis to him, buddy,” will say the developer. ‘And then the resident eH challenge person for the job of representing me at the time. I’m feeling a little women’s rights- ish this time. . Maybe. I’ll pencil in Marge. no mM | irritated | am. black eyes. = i vote. And So I incumbents. Jt’s — $198,000 E70 NW Cottonwood Circle $359,800. -1230-N. Valley Hills Blvd. $345,000 1190 N. Aspen Cirlce —— E pee = i tated, Pm not ealtwan he - Do you hire any maeapemaaes $320,000 1395 N. Valley Hills Blvd. a ‘ COYOTE LN $269,000° 630 E. Lakeview Drive VALLEY HILLS ape offers to do the work. ee me. Which is fine since I didn’t live here during - I’ve seen, not a single person sitting in an elected office here represents employer of elected officials, why does it always seem like I’m hiring a bunch | Let’s. say you’re a fire chief and you need another fireman and the only I’m Guilting the system. "Phe one ‘det F says we have to fill that seat, whether the winner will have the right to hold a qualified individual is ready to step _ that office for four years or until the up to the job or not. If Midway” was ~ — hiring. someone ‘to chop down trees, — next angry citizen challenges him or her, and the whole process starts over which it appears ‘they do regularly, the again. “city would: surely wait until: it found _-someoneé who was. able to control ae Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that chainsaw. (preferably with great night _ way. Unfortunately, we have pre-set, vision). oe should the process of scheduled election times. Unfortu- there. And I’m bettin’ that from what an the developer to a duel. Only instead of swords, it will be a challenge to the metaphorical death via words. And . voter, was junior ‘igh. ET sce jap Terai registered closet. And that stan a my It’s an. easy. raay I’m Midway. airmen if in point, Wy aa" Case one for me to pick on because | live _ f i Sometimes it takes a little while to find the right person to-do a job. So a smart employer leaves the job opened until filled, right? TTT Tn Pe ce - Opinion: by Jean Croasmun, rere - Who in their right mind could ever represent a girl like me? $460,000 Regis a Cadillac Ca plus $5000 wit Coldwell Banker's le _ SweepstakesVALLEY HILLS OR . ~ Must sign up a on the tour to: a R. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL| 500 N . |