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Show Drops by Clipper j Hansen mends broken fences I Congressman Jim Hansen, a wily veteran of more than three decades in politics, dropped by the other day to mend a few J fences with the Clipper. Seems they were trampled during the 1 last election. I We were glad to see him. We welcomed the chance to meet I the 1st District Representative up close and assured him we I bear no malice. In fact, we think he's a pretty darn good Rep- I resentative that he has the best interests of his native Davis I County at heart. I The Clipper is striving to be an objective, nonpartisan I newspaper. A forum where all political view can be aired, ex-I ex-I amined and we hope, debated. I But it seemed to Hansen and his aides felt that we tended to I lean toward his Democratic opponent in the recent election and I took "personal shots" at the Republican incumbent as he suc-I suc-I cessfully battled for a sixth term. "We get good press, we get bad press that's the way it I goes' Hansen said, battered figurative hat in hand. "In this business we go back to the biblical admonition, 'Every word I that man shall speak we give an account thereof.' " That's just I part of a newspaper's job, he conceded. I Well, OK, maybe we did appear to be giving more space to I Hansen's opponent. But there was a reason. During the elec-I elec-I tion, voters and the Utah media, including the Clipper just I couldn't find the congressman at critical moments. I For example, the Davis County League of Women's Voters, I in a letter to the Clipper had complained that Hansen was l unavailable and unresponsive to them during the election. We 1 heard similar complaints from other newspapers. I The Clipper seeking direct comment on issues, contacted J aides to Hansen on three different occasions during the elec-1 elec-1 tion, but he was never made available to us. I Now, with the election behind him, Hansen seems to have I more time for the folks back home. We're happy about that. |
