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Show Two sides to story; yet slip hurts I held off writing this column, which in many ways really should have appeared ap-peared in last week's paper. However, I learned a long time ago that every story has at least two sides, and I wanted to know both sides of what happened concerning the "proposed" resolution of the Iron County Commission Com-mission concerning MX. Well, I learned the other side this week, and I still see the issue as very grey, not white or black, but certainly some of both. weeks previous the Commission had approved Commissioner James L. Clark meeting with Major Bob Mc-Mains Mc-Mains to draft a resolution, and that had been entered in the minutes and should have been placed on the agenda by County Clerk Clair Hulet. However, Hulet wasn't at the meeting two weeks earlier and never got the message from the substitute clerk to do so. Thus, although the law was violated, the intent had not been to deceive anybody or violate the public's right to know. However, I still cannot let the misunderstanding or human error go completely . unnoticed. These types of things are unfortunate, and no matter how the commissioners look at it, they shouldn't have acted on the matter. I cannot go as far as others and say that it was a deliberate attempt to deny public input, but I can say that the same end was reached. There was very little imput. In fact, citizens didn't come to the meeting because they were told the issue wasn't on the agenda. Probably even more unfortunate is the fact that the resolution went to Washington, D.C, with a very strong pro-MX group without the word "proposed" at the top. Again, the problem was human error or misunderstanding, but the fact still remains that it went, and the people in Washington, D.C, see it as a finalized resolution. It seems a word of advice is once again necessary for the commissioners. They know the law. I, personally, don't think they go against it totally deliberately. However, I also feel, and this incidence in-cidence is a good example, that they don't go out of their way to make sure it is complied with. In that manner, it may be unlawful; but, more importantly, it is certainly a violation of a trust placed in them by the citizens of Iron County. By BRUCE LEE True, the resolution was passed without appearing on the agenda, a violation of both the spirit and the letter of the Utah "Sunshine" Law. But also true is the fact that two |