Community Comments The degree to which we in this nation have allowed ourselves to become protected and regulated by a growing federal government is really appalling. Our Washington correspondent, Helene C. Monberg, who recently attempted to find out why it takes so long to get an energy-resource industry into production when we are existing in an energy crisis, has developed a feature for this week's T-I (Page Bl) which you won't believe. One potential oil-shale developer in Colorado told our reporter that his company was required to obtain a total of 83 permits to carry out its program. Another firm reported that it had to deal with thirty separate agencies 19 state, 9 federal and 2 local in developing a mineral project. The feature is well developed, and really a little frightening. We highly recommend it to our readers. sjt Grand County's Economic Development Committee Commit-tee is having a hard time getting it all together. Monday morning, when the committee met for its regular bimonthly bi-monthly breakfast meeting, four members had their breakfast at the Greenwell, the other four met at the Ramada. What limited business that got action, transpired over the telephone. But all reported they had an enjoyable visit. sjt The involvement of Grand County, kids in the special Moab City Recreation ski program at Powderhorn Resort near Grand Junction has been tremendous this season. Over 150 turned out the first week, and over 130 the second. Director Glen Richeson stated that snow conditions were great, and that Powderhorn officials were doing their best to take care of the Moab young people. Rental equipment, however, is limited. The resort is offering complete rental equipment to Moab youth at cut rates, but they couldn't come up with enough the first week, the demand was so great. In the remaining four weeks of the program, only the first fifty kids wanting rental equipment will be allowed on the bus, and preference will be given those with season passes, Mr. Richeson stated. I took my family to Powderhorn last Saturday, and was pleased at the way the Moab kids were behaving themselves. For a community surrounded by a hundred miles of desert, the learn-to-ski opportunity provided in this unique program is great. I don't know whether or not I'd be able to enjoy a day of skiing crammed between long bus trips that start at 5:30 a.m. and end at 8:30 pxn., but the young people don't seem to mind the travel. Persons whose children are. not involved, and who are interested, can get full details of the program by contacting Mr. Richeson. sjt I can't help but applaud the action of Grand County Commissioners this week, who publicly protested to Governor Scott Matheson a plan to provide welfare money to families of Carbon-Emery miners who are voluntarily off their jobs because of a nationwide strike by the United Mineworkers of America. And I can't agree with one legislator who said recently, "I don't think there is a taxpayer in Utah who could stand to see miners' children going without food and living in cold houses." I suppose that if I were a member of a union such as UMW, and my union decided to strike, that I would strike right along with the rest. But I'm darned if I'd let my family go without food or live in a house without heat, even if I had to scrape up the basics by shoveling snow and carrying garbage for whomever would hire me. And I don't think I would feel very good, morally, about taking welfare handouts when my being without work was a matter of my own decision.