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Show Community Comments . . . I'tahns concerned over the flixid of legislation being considered con-sidered this session should note that much of the work before lawmakers is minor, technical -material needed to clear up silly land sometimes stupid portions , of the Utah Code. I One such piece of work is that which concerns changes for the Grand Valley Fire Protection District. UJ ii appears uiai uianu iuuni.v is the only area in the State of Utah which has a duly constituted Fire Protection District. The ancient law which authorizes the creation of such a district specifies that elections for board members must be conducted in the month of January on election years. It costs money to stage an election. Judges must be hired, ballots prepared and other expenses incurred. in-curred. It also follows traditionally in Utah that very few voters turn out at special elections. It only makes good sense to elect Fire District members at general elections, and that's what was recommended recommend-ed to our representatives earlier in the session. But it takes a law to change a law, and that's what all the activity is about. No problem, according to Sen. Omar Bunnell and Rep. John Garr, but a bill needed to be drafted and follow its course through both Houses to clear up a silly old law. And a lot of legislation being considered this year is just that minor. --sjt-- Of course a good deal of really important legislation legis-lation is also being considered, and residents with strong feelings about it should not hesitate to contact their legislators about their concerns. It's my personal observation that this session of the Legislature is doing a pretty sensible job. They have tremendous problems of balancing finances this year, and this is a problem that has not plagued them for the past five years, with funds surpluses being the commonplace. As the session approaches its windup, Legislators are beginning to face up to their responsibilities. I'm sure that some tax increases in-creases in some areas are going to be voted. However, How-ever, it is also very apparent that department belt-tightening belt-tightening is also going to have to be a result of critical analysis of budge requests by the Legislators. --sjt-- Irritated Californians forced to drive at 55 miles per hour on their trip to and from Las Vegas this past weekend can't drum up much sympathy from this coiner. I'm pretty sure that few people make the drive across the Utah desert between Moab and Price much more than I, and frankly, I like the slower pace of things. I won't claim total purity and insist that tin; speedometer never creeps much over 55, but I will admit that at least ten to fifteen miles per hour has been cut from my previous average driving speed. I know that many disagree, and that's fine. But I hope the .r.r) M 11 1 law sticks, and is pretty vigorously vigor-ously enforced. It makes for a whole lot more sanity and safety on the highways. I |