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Show & tL i ! 4 Public Officials Goal A ,ot. tatepity probably the greatest deficiency in pdictical system today. This is not say that there is a of principle among most of our elected and appointed Bcwl. Moat of them attempt to follow what believe to be the right COURSE OF ACTION. Bat all they too often this nght cotine of action consists of following strictly those tandanU or procedural rules that they consider to be most Important, but which are frequently at variance with what woold be in the best interest of the public these officials are supposed to serve. AR of us have many couses which compete for our time and loyalty. Most of ns soon find a way to adjust our lives to meet the demands placed upon us in the mis' that best and we are relatively free to make that determination. Thus, we make a decision to devote what we consider the appropriate amount of time to family, job. wr u . But friends, church, comomunity, poiitical.recrration. etc. when a person becomes a servant of the people, by election or appointment, he or she, of necessity, must give up some of that freedom of choice because they have, at that point, become a representative of the public interest. In theory we don't ask a public official to compromise his obligation to his family or church, but public interest does demand that anything outside his family and religious interests be secondary to his duty to the public. The fact that public officials are not always governed by this concept of integrity is evident in their every day actions. For example, in the Jordan School District the administrative-requiremenof sticking to their bus schedule and not making disexceptions, even for hazardous conditions, prevents the trict from giving transportation to grade school students who musht walk along Redwood Road to get to school. Providing for these childres's safety is dearly in the public interest and should take precedence, but the administrative requirement t precludes such action. In the City of West Jordan much time and money was spent dc, duping a master plan for the orderly development 1,10 city and public interest dictates that the master plan i Mowed as much as possible. But the City Council has. . the last three years, violated the letter and spirit of that irasii-plan at least five times with respect to the location of industrial or commercial In one case the enterprises. iiiujvcd lying to the public; in another, the interest of a land speculator was held to be more important than the public or the master plan. In Sail laike City, the City Commission is attempting to use Hat arc called increment bonds to obtain funds rather than general obligation bonds. The latter require approval by the taxpayers in an election; the former do not. Clearly public unci est requires that public indebtedness be approved, when-c.c- r possible, by the taxpayers. I'i "I'uiiis the most flagrant abuse of the public interest for students ; from the state and national legislative bodies, and state and feseral bureaucracies. Utah is fortunate is having a legislature which is more responsive to the public interest than most. But all of us in Utah are victims of political party loyalties and administrative regulations which consistently take precedence over the public interest. The energy crisis has been with us for more than two years and whatever its real implications as to total energy resources in this country, public interest clearly indicated, that Congress and the President should have come up with a program to prevent future crises and provide for energy Conflicting party loyalties have been the reason for the failure of our elected officials to be able to agree on an energy program. Many more examples could be cited, but the problem will not be resolved until public indignation becomes strong enough to motivate the votes to demand that public officials subordinate all other interests to those of the people and country. We urge everyone to actively pursue this objective. comes UBRARV L'mVFRSITr OF OTAFI MAR2S 1976 Mothers march, demanding safer conditions solution has beI he c of K0 sludenls of I lenient jry School on l ho must Ki.lmssl Hoad. along a half mile lo and irurn selnatl along the Rcdw-oo- d Road, whose posted speed is 5(1 mph. Officials of Jordan School District. West Jordan City. and I'trah Slate Department id Transprtatkm met in West Jordan Citr Hall and toured the danger area Tuesday. A group of parents headed by Mrs. Jeannic Schuster has X en readied rvqurding been seeking temporary Members of the parents group to insure their children's safety await a safe crossing time on busy Redwood Road. The group was organized to protest the lack of busing for students living near the hazardous road near 70th South. Freeze-thaw- ? Rampton calls for road committee Governor Calvin L. Hampton says he is going to form a committee of experts to study whether asphalt provides an adaequate asphalt road surface. ! eded. The school district, which has refused lo grant the temporary busing, was accused last week hr the chairman of the House of Representative The governor's decision came in response to recent allegations that the Utah Department of Highways and its successor, the Utah Department of Transportation is not producing long lasting road surfaces because of the asphalt crude's high wax content. Appropriations Committee of two violations of the law in regards to the busing of students. Rep. D. I.eon Reese. says that the hoard is breaking the law tw ice by not providing buses for the hazardous routes, and by cut ting down the distance it hauls students to school by mile from what the one-haHe also legislature set up. stall'd that when a spokesman fm- - the board claims that the halegislature eliminated the zardous routes, that it elimi A meeting nated nothing. was held on Thursday at the Majestic Elementary School, informed the parents on what action had been taken and what is to take place. Each group was told how it can help solve the problem. which opens attending high schools. attending the junior hand IA.3HA attending the There icnlary schools. kindergarden students also 349 students in 45 ' Photo class scheduled 1 -. 0 more students attended opening of schools in the an Schist! Kislrict. than w : anticipated. Enrollment 943-76- K 1 t on the fourth day of that 34.145 stud-ar- e attending the district Nils. The greatest change the estimated enrollment e when 147 kindergarden lents showed up who were expected. Over half of dcmcntarics had fewer enroll than were t Most schools were tin 20 of the estimated figures prepared by district bcforec the X)0 open-o- f of the students there were school. - w Children and parents march to school in hopes to guard the children's safety as bus passes them to pick up children that live far enough away to enable them for busing. Busy redwood Road has come under sharp criticism in the past two weeks due to the lack of busing, street lights or guards School Criticism of the highways was stressed last week in a news special aired by KSL Television. In the telecast, various engineers voiced differing points of view as to whether v V or not Utahs high number of was to due roads damaged breakup caused by the intense and rapid temperature fluctusummer. ations common in the Utah highway department crews continue to work on MS road repairs that have gone on all The state has been accused of using substandard asphalt in construction of the state's highway. area or that Utah asphalt producers were providing an from several surrounding stattions. wn due to the stale's regular inferior product. Engineers the Bureau of Public The state highway departmes, Work on freee-thacycle. interviewd in the program felt Roads andtwo engineers seleent has spent this summer complefor scheduled is thlsi temperature fluctuations) cted by KSL Television, the resurfacing bridge overpasses tion in about two weeks. was an idea that had been station that aired the allega on that have broken do in the public's mind for but surrounding many years states have nearly identical temperature variations as UtFees ays, 8:30 - 1 :30a.m. Photography buffs will have ah but haven't experienced pment and printing techniques will be S3S with a SI0 proand color films, their diffethe large number of asphalt an opportunity to pick up hints on. the popular art at rences and uses. cessing foe. damage as has Utah. EngiThe emphasis of the course neers supporting the state's Whitmore Library, 2I97E. Field trips will he Novem7000 S., October 2 will be geared for beginning asphalt producers daim the taken 22. ber Saturdays to nearby to intermediate levels, h is hot and cold fluctuations are Cottonwood Canyon and the coin The to unclass, a in this dear and Utah presented designed severe give more Sandy area. operation with the University derstanding and working knois giving us road problems. of Utah Division of Continuing For further information un wledge of cameras and their will be held Thufee payment and preregistraoperation; basic black and Hampton said- the committee Education, and Saturd white films, including develo tion, call or rsdays, will consist of road engineers A bus- ing until the safequards have been built. The Utah Slate Department of Transpteiatiun has agreed to blacktop an eight find strip along the east road shoulder for a sidewalk. However the city and school district would have lo furnish the material. West Jordan Mayor Junius Burton saiil he would study the city budget lo sec if all or part of the asphalt cost could be taken care of. The school distriet suggested the PTA could sponsor projects to raise any additional funds ne- Out How Do You See It? Him- do you see this? Well hopefully if you saw the same thing in your rearview mirror, you would immediately know to pull your ear over and allow it to pass. This is the headon view of the Sandy City Rescue unit and read through your mirror, reads. RESCUE. They could be in the process of trying to save someone's life. The Sandy Firemen and the Deseret Gazette in their efforts to purchase a EKG heart monitor hope this is one picture that will stay in your mind and he remembered. This could he the medical unit transporting your best friend, so pull over |