| OCR Text |
Show ' oi;- ' ! Community l Comments !: the k'" -,s fii m tavi tor a W.vk 'l" u' ll.HC S'll hittc-o hittc-o H MiVl!) tlHtt,ilt . -u; due to the m culled ,1 ..'u..u lV.y ot' Host" law ,u.i ..s p.-s.d recently lie liah l.-iJ.itiiiv. i , 3 .guesses that unv open ' on Sunday, .no for the par!, s: lil ijvn on Su:i v. And i' would Iv willing "Y; t!vc tiu'iv has been V irar rve:iu:it m . hu: t'h S.o. ix'O in the ivir.nuin.'y r ic state for tli.it matter) live the law won: into of-, of-, t. Scil. l'"'h is burdened with (i'xw.is;!:g image thrvnyh- i the West tliat is not par-t;'....'y par-t;'....'y i d. The Uoinmon ,v ojf Rest law, pushed . vv-h by a small and hit;li-O'.v'.'-a-l prvssure group j 6r.:I the past session if h Legislature, is making V "Piferent Work! of tah" kvk even more "D.f-im:." "D.f-im:." We have never boon in fa- oi siieh frevdom abndc,-K abndc,-K legislation. Aido from we rthieus implications in- aveJ. it runs cross-grain i the very spirit of compe-c,en compe-c,en on which self-sufficient k:v.riile America was -.ait. In fifteen years in tliis po-JK.i. po-JK.i. we have never seen th a widespread, wlx'.e- !sr:ed mass of opposition i ar.yii.Tg as groat as local iion seems to bo with res-id res-id to the Sunday clewing jr. It is our sincere belie! '.. ii left up to the voters, e la'.v wouldn't stand a ha.ee. yGe:".g the issue before tho iters is. haw ever, a detai!-1 detai!-1 natter requiring consid- tixe effort Aa initiative petition on the tatev-ide ba!'.ot requires that t least 41K0 registered vot-siza vot-siza a legal petition; an-i i.1 addition to that at least fji per cent of the register-Ed register-Ed vo:ers of fifteen out of 29 2' Utah's counties, be amor.g jese 42.CiO petitioners. The sirr-a cures must be no-sized, no-sized, ar.d stiff penalties ex-t ex-t br those who sign sorr.e-else's sorr.e-else's name to the pe-z-$xi. After they have been prap!eted. the petitions have :B be checked by county gerks to make sure the pe-frr.ers pe-frr.ers are actually regis-,ri regis-,ri voters. 'But despite the effort and ;t,!d tpe, we think the stakes ..re worth it. And with that , i mir.d, we requested and Ken-ed from Salt Lake hy this week official peti-: peti-: on forms which we are go-- to make available for " se who wish to sign. Hope-I Hope-I Ll;". if enough signatures re received throughout the 'ate, the voters of L'tah will a'e a chance in November i decide once and for all 1er or not they want a mandatory Sunday closing Smce we have a Notary ; blic on the staff at Moab w Print Co., 20 North bin, we will maintain tho ,etiiion forms there. We feel i people here should a'. st have the opportunity to eti:ion, officially, if they so "esire, and would remind m only that they must be pstered to vote, legal res- i'ents and must not sign any f arae other than their own. ' Sam Taylor |
