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Show Provo, Utah, Monday, November 18, 2002 THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HaiiTheHerald.com), Page A8 Conference aimed at civility, isn't Poll: Majority favors finishing Legacy !2igkay should The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - More Utah residents support finishing Legacy Highway, than abandoning it About 49 percent of those questioned in a Deseret NewsKSL-Tpoll conducted by Dan Jones & Associates favor finishing the road after the state meets its environmental study requirements. Anhei 34 percent say the state .: V shut down the project along a cuit Court of Appeals in Denver sided with Legacy opponents, shutting down construction for the fore- corridor from Farming-to- n Lake City and spend the to Salt money on light rail or commuter rail into Salt Lake City from the north. Ten percent want to give up on Legacy and spend the money on other road projects. Another 3 percent had other specific ideas and 4 percent didn't know what to think. In September, the US. 10th Cir seeable future, perhaps even for years, as highway planners redo environmental impact studies. Specifically, the court wants the state to take another look at the highway width, find another route such as the abandoned Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad that parallels Interstate 15 and consider right-of-wa- y is widened and waiting until commuter rail is in place. Of those 'polled, the majority of Legacy supporters live in Davis County. Sixty-nin- e percent of Davis County residents want Legacy built But 23 percent would rather the state give up the Legacy fight and spend the money on roads or light rail. Of those who felt that way, 61 percent are Democrats, only 34 percent are Republicans. 1-- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Dialogue Utah Conference was supposed to be a civil Tdrum tor people with diverse views. But the daylong event was anything but rival, especially on the topic of environ-mentalis- Hugh Thompson, deputy director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, got things going with a speech about "milenvironmentalists" itant whose sole agenda is to Tmng the management of natural resources to a halt But it was the president of the Sutherland Institute, a of Saturday's event held at the University of Utah Marriott Library, who prompted a handful of participants to walk out in disgust. In a speech titled, "Why I'm Not an Environmentalist," Paul Mero said those who believe nature has intrinsic value are because they disGenesis the regard model that says all creatures were put on earth to serve humans. He also accused of environmentalists employing junk science" to support their claims. Some audience members chastised Mero for violating the very principle underlying the conference: civility One participant accused all panelists of "forgetting to leave their at the door." LDS officials go to public Governors warn of layoffs, cuts not a other "It's not different that to geinput on plaza issue the situation is bad, threat, this is savings. "This is reality," Rowland said. In Arkansas, GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee, also newly stunned lawmakers last week when he proposed a sales tax increase that would generate $474 million for schools and more. Lawmakers can choose between the tax increase or budget cuts, he said. By ROBERT TANNER AP National Writer The Associated Press -- is Elder Lance B. Wickman, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and the church's general counsel, told The Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday. "The church isn't going to exert its influence on the politics. The citizens of this city are going to exert their influence on the people they put in office." On Thursday, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied to review an October ruling that the church cannot evict protesters or enforce rules of public conduct because the city retains a public easement through the plaza. The church announced Thursday it planned to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to gain control of the block, which the materials distributed Saturday refer to as "The New Church Plaza." 1 SALT LAKE CITY -Now the courts have spoken, LDS Church leaders want to know what the public thinks about conduct on stretch of Main a block-lon- g Street it bought from the city. The church on Saturday began delivering packets of information, including a letter from LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley to local church leaders, business owners and community representatives in Salt Lake and Davis counties. The church also has commissioned a poll of city resi- dents for their thoughts about the plaza. 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