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Show Web site: 'k wwclippertoday.com s ztalkfclippertoday.com lelleif 0 4 . ... C S JtJ.lL- '7 5E sa; gr-i'- - V n must be saved for good of nation, county Hill AFB readers will remember SomeEdsel.a Ford car entry late 19S( k. Still others will be able to recall having owned a Studebaker or maybe even a ludson. Packard, 1 or DeSoto. At the time those vehicles were first rolled out. all shiny and new. they looked as if they'd last and that nothing forever would ever replace them. But then, wasn't that a No what a lot ot people thought about eight-trac- k players? In short virtually nothing lasts forever, or is assuied that it will never leave the stage ol life. We have that sort ol a potential demise with Duv is ( 'i unity 's verv own I hll Aii I nice Base. Since its eailv beginnings at the start ol Woi Id Wat ll.it has grown to become the single largest employer in the state Nearly 25,000 people, mote than 10 percent ol them civilians. diaw a paycheck Imm the base It has been highlighted much in the news.ol late. as the vvai in Iraq took center stage Its idle has been heralded as v it.. to the nation's defense. And. indeed it is. But. that doesn't guuiuntee that I IAFB will neccssanly be around forever. much less nunc than the next lew ye.us There's this ugly phenomenon called the Base Realignment and Closure Commission due to convene for business again next yeai Some big decisions could be made by 2005. Those decisions. involving politicians and otlieis. could decide the lutuie oi demise of military installations neat and far. Up to 100 such facilities could be stricken from the active list II AFB could sutler the same late as Defense Depot Ogden now an industrial and business centei in north Ogden. I oi just as bases in Texas and California saw the axe within the past decade, actually bringing jobs and more importance to APB's Air Digistics Center -now one of only three in the there are those who nation would be more than happy to repav the lav or by closing I hll down Ihe likes of Senator Orrm I latch are not taking the posxibil-ilol a liuht to keep MAf'B open I linhtly And lie's been on the hll the one in Washington. DC. for more than two decades. Id him. the senators and representatives whose constituents have gibs and icceive benefit from military installations in their hometowns are mine than names. ITrey aie forces to be icckoned with. ( omplacency is our worst enemv." was the message trammeled out Fv members of the I 'tali Detense Alliance to the I )av is ( 'hantber of Commerce membership last w'eek. And Senator I latch said last week that nothing short of continued vigilance is needed to keep watch over IAFB and its continued presence and 1 1 v 1 well-bein- g Ihe departure of Rep. Jim I.uiscn Irom the congressional scene, where he served as chairman ol the powerful House allairs committee. gives cause lor concern. A tiny state like Utah, with its 2.3 million people, compared to a California, with 15 times that many, could spell ruin for 1 IAFB. 'Hint's regardless of the caliber of woi k force, its efficiency or any other substantive measures. Ihe battle" may about be won in liaq. But it is just begin-ninI nrili-tar- y ti hue. Quote of the day T hose who trust us, educate us. - George Eliot DIUIHIK Iraq war merely feeding Bush's ego Editor: I.et me see it I've got this straight- Bush uses the pretext that the I hiited Nations was taking too long to find haq's Weapons ol Mass Destruction (WMD) which lie was positively certain Iraq was hiding, and which he asserted liaq was ready to use against America and the world, so he invaded Iraq in spite of the U.N!s objections, theieby causing the prcmatuie deaths ol over a hundred young Aniencans and the deaths ol thousands ol Iraqis at a cost ol ovu $70 billion So ai. Bush has not lound one WMD! What's going on? Was this WMD scare tactic just a Republican propaganda foisted on a gullible Ameiicnn public as fact to just if v the vvai? It sure looks that wav doesn't it? I would rntliei pieter that not one American hie had been sact diced to Bush. Cheney, and Rumsfeld's egos, and that the $70 billion used on Irqq had been put to better use here at home on iducation. f Rocky then vs. Rocky now I fiont-iunne- me bv tossing all his good will in the dumpster. le was vvumg on his initial Mam Street Plaa stand. The smart political move. one to placate almost all sides, was to say he personally opposed the EDS ('hutch's tree speech restrictions but that a previous mayor and council had signed an agreement and he would grudgingly agree to the spurt of the contract. ( )f course. Rocky didn't do that. I le put on his gloves and tned to spar with the Church, then confused his followers by seemingly switching positions, and finally moved back to the middle ground with the plan that makes the Church pay again. The folks are still angry with him while many voters think Rocky sold out. then he angered his own 1 pro-Chur- anti-Chur- police force by urging an investigation into the I habeth Smart case and several questionable homicide cases from the past., then he feuded with the City Council and lost the Olympic "legacy" reminders to the University ol I 'tah... Ilien he with had to fight on two fronts a laivton legislator and a Rose Park legislator who both tried to withhold state funds fionr Rocky's metropolis Controversy and more controversy. While there might not be broad support in his own citv for the egaev I lighwav. I'm sine many Salt Fake residents questions Rockv'x decision to om legal action against a project that isn't a "hot button" city issue. Again, look at the fate of Mei rill Cook. Voteis might admire a politician with attitude, but not when he veers to silliness or inep 1 titude. The final nail in Rockys political coffin is his backtracking on Noidstroms request to move to Gateway. Rocky then was adamant that Gateway live up to its deal restricting to no more than 45.000 square feet. People admired his stand; the city wouldn't be held hostage by an clothing store. A deal was a deal was a deal. But Rocky changed when the LDS Church agreed to purchase and save" Crossroads Mall. Rocky now sw itched positions and. even worse, mentioned that Nordstrom might look for city money to help it move to ( iateway Voters want their elected officials to march forward, not do a 1370 South 500 West P.O. Box 267 Circulation Department: Subscription rate: 50tf per copy. Hand-delivere- Bountiful, Utah 295-225- 1 84011-026- 7 $25.00 per year. Mailed: $35.00 per year. 149-18- semi-weekl- y So despite the vocal support ol L7d Smart. Rocky Anderson will not gain a second term in office. He could have won with the hi import of active LDS voters (a minority in the city), but he can't win when people scratch their heads and wonder what he's up to next. Rocky was elected as a xtiaight-uguy who could lead. Instead. Salt Dike City has a mayor who does the polka. p ADMINISTRATION R. Gail Stahle ext 119 or 120 Publication No. (USPS on published Tuesdays and Thursdays at Bountiful, Utah. Periodical postage paid at Bountiful, Utah. Address all correspondence to P O. Box 267, Bountiful, Utah 8401 dipsy-doodl- MAIN TELEPHONE Clipper Publishing Co., Inc. 1061-122- multi-millio- te Davis County Clipper ISSN- medical research, the environment, the homeless, unemployment, etc.. Moreover, to give Americans more light on Bush's motives for the war. be advised that the Bush has administration already awarded the Iraq reconstruction, n sole source, dollar contract to Cheney's former employer before he became Vice President. Were other contractors here and abroad allowed to bid on this humongous dollar contract? Not a chance! In the meantime, the super ungrateful Iraqis are now cursing us and want us out of their country right now. They dont want monster Saddam but they dont want the Americans either in spite of the fact that we gave them their freedom at a great cost in lives and money! It's a lose-los- e situation that we never should have allowed Bush to get us into! Gil Montano GMIA Miqwehtvnet a buffoon The ier expiessed in this column are the opinion of the writer ami not nci essanlv those of the ownership or manage-men- t of this next spaper oor Rocky Anderson. lex now become as popular as a Dixie (hicks conceit at the Pentagon All local citv mnv ors should take note, it you plan on being study Rocky and do the opposite. I never used to feel this wav In fact, sev eral years ago I remarked to a doubting Dry ton Mayor Jerry Stevenson that r Rocky would be the in the next Salt Dike City election. I based it on the theory' that Rocky drew a sympathetic media, had a solid base in antisuburban Democrats, and was viewed by many as a man ol a political pntion principle saint of lost (but noble) causes. But that was Rocky Then. Rrxky Now is a changeling Voters admire leadership and don't mind a bit if people from other geographic area think their guy is controversial. What they dont want is a buffoon. Voters cast ballots for Cien. Pattons, but toss Don Quixotes out of office. Rocky Anderson has astounded Place for snake iso jtside city wall EDITORIAL Rolf Koecher Tom Busselberg Russ Riggs Editor: This letter is in response to the letter published on Apul I. 2003, by Holly Barker regardin'.! "TV. language, music are pro- ni dr sll sulci en 1 lolly Barker. don't acr depting eo Iraq could become Editor: Not too long ago a man onw said, "This year will go down in history... Our streets will be aler. our police more efficient, ami ihe world will follow our lead into the future. This man was Adult Hitler. This man led the invasion of one country at a time, beginning in 1939 on the shores ol Poland and up to the extermination of 6 million Jews. His violence, his nationalism and Ins manufacturing for war blossomed like the tendnls of a lightning strike and affected the history of the world forev er. When will the media stop ijs blind-side- d coverage of the anility of what the Bush administn-tiois doing? This is the next Holocaust. Then next look out for occupation and oppression of Muslims and Muslim nations around the world, beginning heie at home in our pseudo-PrussiInnocent men. women ami children do exist in these This is the home to people like me and people like you tlim love their cultures and defend their territory; even under Ihe Publisherext 14 Executive Editorext. 126 News Editorext. 118 Sports Editorext. 129 Office Managerext. 113 and appreciated a l cl te ; c agree had that allowing or things into our mil ich. keep bad We need to things t of our community and as far o av way as possible and then still vv: tin ovu children about them. A ver nomous snake is truly only e outside of the city walls. so .lust like putting a McGruff sir n in mu window to inform nez - iglibors we are watching and av ware of what is going on, we xh wmld he willing to put up signs an i d voice our opinions about re amoving material that is our children. The con-p- t. in my mind, is the same. We fc it to make others aware that t dan-nnisl- -- ' vv c. et : s care and are We all want hie and ;oy ei concerned. our children to have fun in our minunity. them to be safe responsibility as L rents and neighbors to make six le tins happens. If we don't do In will" it. Shay McGill We also want t it cl is oui XV Bountiful "the next Poland gx si, - regimist leader Hussein. Ibis year in our American his-i may go down as a victory: ida nee of a ch as Saddam 0 v vvUnoN to say for the next? The st eels may he safer. Homeland cunty more efficient and the aid mnv not decide to stand w us through the Blitz Kreig htHund - the American otForces and the a r- - i ogance of the 'Liberators! Ihcre's talk about supporting roups, what about our gov-e- r Timent supporting us with maat home? We have our own tli c tte ts scverty IT mled nse. ctim own battles that and win in the without this hcre;our need to fight vv States non-xe- It's too soon to call this a viwhen a country is left desti-t- n iy leand poor. Ihe st is American people must uid behind the horrors of what iiheady happening. They must know that when go to work they are working x death, violence, blood-thirst- tli cy fi. 'AR y W Angela Palmer Salt Lake City peedee33(dyahoo.cotn FAX LINE 1 chi- needed and then trying to children about how tliev are is the best way to L a. 295-225- 1 com-Linit- unity and mm eel mate b; Being the father ol two young boys. I can appreciate lire concern this mother has lor hei children. Too much unsuper vised TV movies, and video games can be unhealthy for any child's mind. Ihe immoral, violent, and disturbing things children are with these activilies to exposed are frightening. Ihe Amencnn Board of Pediatrics has indicated that children under age eight associate truth with most things they see and hear. They are veil innocent and receptive to the environment around them. I also agree completely that and communities need parents to take a more active role in finding appropriate activities lm children. On this same note, taking a stance against and mil allowing things into our community that will hurt our duldienis something we all need to active ly be doing. I strongly believe that JoAnn he our our rthiuced. I first want to point out that agree with almost ev cry tiling that was said in the article bv I aie greatly ld'll. blems. OFFICE Annette Tidwell - E. mill ton's efforts in ' on behalf of II- 295-304- 4 PRODUCTION Hayes Powell . Production Managerext. 123 Advertising Managerext. 137 Circulation Managerext. Managerext. ADVERTISING Gene Milne . CIRCULATION Roy Millard Rosalie Millard .. ... . Subscriptions 120 19 1 |
