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Show THAT REVENUER MAY BE THE BEST FRIEND YOU'VE GOT! Sound ridiculous, you bet! unless you believe that laws are written to be obeyed, by all the people, and that i if the law is a bad law which every state has some of they should be changed not violated and ignored. ! The world is full of hypocrites and the state of i Utah has its share. A hypocrite in case you didn't know, ; ,is anybody who gives lip service to one concept, but by1 their physical actions or vote, refute what they say. They are the ones who want to have their cake and eat it too-Unfortunately, too-Unfortunately, these are the people who over a good 1 many years, have stiffled every attempt Iby referendum, i and the legislature to permit liquor by the drink, and j paramutual betting at Utah's tracks. After all the ruckus of last weekend, the huge amount ; i of unfavorable publicity over the big city tv stations and ' j Cedar City radio stations; few who do not know Milford and Beaver County, would believe that it is not the worst den of inequity since the Garden of Eden. But if we are to believe the broadcast media, some of which aired every half hour with stories ranging from Vegas gamblers have . i foothold in Milford to Attorney General closes paramutual i , I . I at Milford track, we are not foolish enough to be- lieve that these stories did not find their basis in the news j releases from the Attorney General's office, though as of , ;this writing, no word of any arrests or of charges have been received by this writer, j Truth is though that there was plenty of betting going on whether there was paramutual or not, will be left J to the attorney general, since we were busy elsewhere and neither witnessed his agents, or the inferred gambling but every Tom, Dick and Harry who could read a program, pro-gram, could find someone to bet against his horse. There was no attempt to stop this betting, nor is there at any I of the other tracks throughout the area. This shows hy- pocracy within the attorney general's office. We've heard many cuss the revenuers, and special agents who are sent on these forages into the never-never lands. They're called leaches, parasites, snipes, and any other name that comes to mind- Few would honor them, and few will help them, put wait ! In three states we've seen these men, who are blamed for enforcing the law, at the expense of those who wish to break it, succeed in changing the very laws they had to inforce. In Iowa, Oregon and Washington, liquor laws were much the same as Utah when I lived in each state. For years, the Attorney General had ignored the laws most of the time, and only when pressure was exerted, did he send out his henchmen to crackdown. And then, in each state, an attorney general was elected elect-ed who said "The law is on the books, so long as it is, ' I will enforce it" He said, "if the people of the state don't like or want these laws, they should vote to change them." And in each case, they did at the very next election. So, that revenuer may be the best friend you've got because, if he, through the attorney general's office, does his job, the hypocrites, who vote against paramutual betting, bet-ting, but make every race meet and bet a wad; the hypocrite hypo-crite who votes against liquor by the drink but insists his favorite bar, make special exceptions for him, because he can't be seen entering the liquor store; the hypocrite who votes against liquor by the drink to keep her old man out of the bars forcing him to buy a drunk (bottle) instead of a drink and home to bed will be forced to make a decision that would return the freedom of choice .! to the individual. We challenge the Attorney General if you are going to make a stand if you believe in your job of enforcing the laws then go to it, but don't stop with Milford, a little town of 1600 population with its biggest attraction of the year, a two day race meet. We challenge you to start at home, in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Logan, Bountiful and every town, community and hamlet in the state, hit every bar, every race track, every ball game, and i stop all betting, all illegal drinking, and you will truly be doing your job- And we promise, there are a couple of laws on the books you won't have, when next you're elected. ; i |