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Show . J LULL Wasatch Canyon Reporter Utah Politics, always a bit frightening, has become downright terrifying of late. We have Jim Hansen trying to pimp and whore every bit of federal land that he can get his hands on, and the “rising star of the Republican party,” (Mrs.) Enid Waldholtz. If Mrs. Waldholtz is the rising star, then I am damned nervous about the black sheep of the Republican party. _ What could they possibly have waiting in the wings? — When Mrs. Waldholtz chose to blame all of her woes on the blithering idiot she calls a husband she went too far. We didn’t elect a precious wife, completely ignorant of complex financial dealings. We hired a savvy lawyer with years of experience unraveling the finances of companies in Chapter eleven. Surely balancing a personal checkbook wouldn’t be too much of a chore. Yet evidence is emerging that she was involved in financial impropriety in her first campaign, prior to her relationship with Joe Waldholtz. | Apparently the “through good times and ical action committee. One of his worst ideas, to sell ski area land to the resort companies, was universally panned...with the exception of Snowbird. After Snowbird’s ridiculous and unnecessary three-year battle with the forest service it is no wonder they would like to own their own land. With the exception of this one instance, I believe the current system, albiet balky, works to keep growth at reasonable and prudent levels. | Let me clue you in, Jimmy, we got one parcel of land we call Earth and it has to last us for...well, forever really. I realize you can further your political career, and maybe make a couple of bucks on the side by degrading our wilderness, but is this really the best course for | our country? I called Jim Hansen’s office to get the skin- part of Evil Greed’s marriage had an optional scapegoat clause. “These marriage vows null and void if dire political spin control is required.” Mrs. Waldholtz pulled the rip H.R. 260,.a National Park Service Reform Act. Instead I was sent two of the most tired articles cord on her marriage before Joe got his mid- — written by big Jimmy Hansen life crisis road trip out of Pennsylvania. Is this any way to stand by your man, even if he has - favorite quote is “Never in my 30 plus year — blown two million on very large suits and distortion abouta piece of legislation. The power lunches? Perhaps she could have waited until his arraignment. Mr. and Mrs. Waldholtz were held up to the Utah community as a paragon of a nineties family with proper values. Instead they have shown themselves to be liars and crooks, and incompetent ones at that. Popular rumor has Joe Waldholtz turning environmental zealots see the bill as key to states evidence on his wife, kind of an anniver- sary gift; and Mrs. Waldholtz threatening to return to Utah to bare all.:.a frightening thought. The question now, Mrs. Waldholtz, is not whether you should resign in disgrace, it is whether pinstripe power suits go with leg cuffs. Jim Hansen is the ranking member of the House Natural Resources sub-committee on national parks, forests, and public lands. Congressman Hansen has some very real fears that our parks system is becoming unwieldy and under funded. Jim Hansen’s idea of get aK FVLGAM Cale Olu) oe) a Hansen, if you have a question like this in the future, drop me a line. It’s like the quote about defining pornography- “I when I see it.” I believe the more land stuff away in any sort of protected area ny on his plans, voting record, and the like. I got nothing. I was forwarded to a Washington _ office, which was cool because I didn’t have to pay for it, (you the taxpayer did) and then rout- bad” est war in our history, or the 498,332 people killed. I think we can rationalize one park per 10,000 dead. We are supposed to be learning from history so as not to repeat our atrocities. Congressman Hansen has long been involved in the wilderness issue. His version of the Wilderness bill is very loose on development. It appears to support everything up to and including mini-marts. Allow me to help you define a Wilderness area. It does not have roads, oil pumps, clear cutting, or dams. It is not under water and there is no mining on it. It has wilderness and that is it...ergo the name. If it has a dam we call it a “wilderness destruction area.” If it has mining it would be a “mineral depletion and earth eradication area.” It is all pretty straight forward. Congressman ardship of the land appears to include selling it off to the fastest bidder with the biggest polit- ter for us in the long run. Let’s not give the earth to the multi-nationals without a fight. ed around and around. I asked for a copy of political career have their fundraising goals, and the media, which almost never reads legislation they report on, is pleased to assist their fellow liberals in this regard.” I mulled that over, deciding that I probably fall into the “environmental zealot, and “lie and distortion...media”’ categories. I really would have read his legislation if he had used his franking privilege to send me a copy. When I asked Congressman Hansen’s office for a copy of his voting record I received a confused “Huh?” Hansen is wielding considerable power and his office couldn’t even come up with crayon list of his current position on issues as feflected by his voting. I - continued to read his little missive and discov- ered an interesting Parks. ‘I wonder if tell the story of the how ay ee we heen I am very glad Hansen’s attempts to give away away our National Forests to the ski areas who use them has. failed oie iSé srably. Lets: ree vote him out before. he ee 8 away with some-. ae himself. My I seen more lies and opposition to Civil War we need 51 park areas to Civil War.” I don’t know need to honor the ested Thorabootie famous know it we can the bet- ang realy bad. The '‘Show™ eileen © ad This season is a gritter so far, but keep the faith. It will come. For those keeping score at home, January5 is the latest Alta has opened; Snowbird opened a day later on their worst season. I am confident things will work out sooner than that. Help Wanted- sate We are still looking for help in our sales department. Motivated and organized is the key. This is a full time position for someone who is seeking a job with a high degree of independance. 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