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Show Editorials FORUM CHRONICLE VMien J A being (tone. is v GUjrmricU 35 West Utah Aue. Payson, Utah 84651 everyone thinks the same, not much thinking Robin's roost Letters to the Editor P.O. Box 385 (801)465-922- IRoost Publishers Kent and Robin Fuelienbach Managing Editor iRobtn IFudlmbacb Kent Fuelienbach Advertising Bookkeeping Circulation Layout Have you ever been so tired you were asleep on your feet? What about so dry you could spit cotton? Or so sad your heart was bleeding? Or so spooked your skin crawled? If so,. youre a victim of superlative syndrome, the excessive use of comparisons to explain things. Other S.S. examples are: Shes so ugly her face could stop a train. My mouth is so stale it tastes like the bottom of a bird cage. My stomach has such heartburn there must be a dragon living there. Im so hungry, I could eat a horse. That joke was so stale it should have gone out with last years garbage. Some of the S.S.s paint pretty good pictures, dont they? No wonder everyone uses them. But the S.S. users often suffer from another disease associated with S.S. Its called inflamed euphemisms. To be an I.E. user (pun intended) you understate everything to make it seem less disagreeable than it is. For example: Joes uncle passed away yesterday, rather than Joes uncle died. I.E. sufferers cant say anything distasteful or of questionable tact. If youre plagued with I.E., Mother would be ailing rather than so sick she threw up ail night. Junior would get potty trained, sister would have a few blemishes, and brother would buy a car that needed a little fixing up. You can guess what the I. E.s mean. Molly Brown had a classic I.E. line in the song Beautiful People of Denver, when she was talking about the upper class refinement. She said, You dont say backhouse, you say the shed. The trouble with those I. E.s is that each was as bad as the other in the eye of the class she was addressing. At that time, no one was even supposed to know what she was referring to. If youre unlucky enough to be infected by both these diseases at once, you may find yourself overstating understatements, something like this. Im so exhausted from developing this literary treatise my ideas ache. Sarah Johns Paula Taylor Diana Spencer Mike Chatuitn Kelly Knight Reporter Mike Olson Is The Payson Chronicle (UPS 421-160- ) published each Wednesday at 35 Wett Utah Aue., Payson, Utah. Second class Postage Is paid at Payson, Utah Post Office 84651, and entered as second class mall. Postmaster send address changes to Payson CHRONICLE, P.O. Box 385, Payson, Utah 84651. Rates Single copy Utah County year Outside Utah County year .25 tlO.OO $ 15.00 Editorial A Payson City Satire Sunshine Law should include legislature at the City Office they are doing the Year End Budget Down Sunshine Law, When Utah Legislators passed the and other school it for made councils, boards, city illegal they to to closed hold the except public meetings public agencies to discuss certain specified issues. No vote or decision can be made by these public bodies behind closed doors. Unfortunately, the legislature which passed the law exempted its own committee meetings and caucuses. Some of the most important decisions made by the state legislature, affecting taxes, budgets and spending, are often made in secret party caucuses and closed committee meetings. This is the peoples business that is being discussed ii behind closed doors. We have a right to know how and why eiaws are made that affect our pocketbooks and lives. But you can be sure the legislators do not want to open their secret huddles to the public. That would make it so they would have to explain why they are planning actions beforehand rather than after the vote, and every legislator knows you cant explain the intricacies of legislation to poor dumb taxpayers they just dont understand. Fortunately, the Utah Constitution has provided the voters a way to force the legislature to do what they want done. By filing an initiative petition containing the required number of signatures (60,000 in this case) of registered voters with the Lt. Governor, any bill supported by such a petition will be placed on the ballot of the next general election. Proponents of changes in the Sunshine Law are currently circulating petitions throughout Utah to get amendments to the law on the ballot next November. The proposed amendment changes the original law to include the Utah Legislature, its committees, subcommittees, party caucuses and the rules and sifting committees. A copy of the petition is' available, for your signature at the CHRONICLE Office, and the Payson City Office. Copies will also be available at the town meetings to be held in Payson tonight. We urge all concerned citizens to sign this petition and open the decision-makin- g process of the state legislature to public scrutiny. so-call- ed i Shuffle," a dance most cities do around this time every year. The new City Administrator is giving dancing lessons to City Officials and Employees; hoping to put some new pizzazz in the old dance steps. He has been rather successful so far. I have seen a lot more people waltzing" to side stepping" issues work, and polkaing" around. Speaking of the City Budget, rumor has it that 400 loads of sand have been included in next year's budget allowance for the race track. There is such a need for beautification up there that the sand will no doubt be used to build a giant sand castle in the center of the track. A welcoming committee has been formed to welcome new Businesses into Town. They mentioned that they would like to give each new business a gift, one that would be suitable and have lasting value, but some new businesses have already gotten ' the shaft" and that seems to last a long time. Between Intermountain Farmers and First Security Bank, there are some serious pot hole problems; instead of fixing the road, City Officials have decided to start charging for the car wash we get when we drive d holes. through the Thats a clever way to raise just revenue, but somehow don't think it's going to work. Councilman Don Christiansen has been appointed to act as as Mayor Protem on an don't know needed" basis. about you, but I'm sleeping a lot better knowing that we'd be in politically conservative hands if we could only get the Mayor out of town for a few day s . rain-fille- I I Sandy Thomas: . Survey results . : . (Continued from page 1 ) 8.8 said it is poor. Despite the problems facing the city, an overwhelming majority of the respondents to the survey said Payson is a good place to live. In fact, 25.3 say it is an excellent place to live, and 50.2 say it is a good place to live. 19.5 indicated Payson is a fair place to live while only think it is a poor place to 5.1 live. Some of the reasons for a favorable rating as a place to live were good to excellent water quality and air pollution control com(86.4), a fairly clean33.3 excellent, (5.8 munity fair) and fair good, and 40.2 to excellent homeowner care in. (2.1 excellent, property 35.4 good and 48.8 fair). However, 61 of the respond- ents said the appearance vacant lots was poor. of . City Recorder Ron Crump inspects a broken window in the mayor's office at the City Center. The double pane tinted glass window was broken sometime Saturday, night or Sunday morning when someone threw a large rock through the window. The impact sent shattered glass flying across the room. The rock narrowly missed the mayor's desk. The damage is estimated at several hundred dollars. Payson City Council discusses stop signs, curb & gutter i . Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Provo Eagles present a $140 check to Virgie Brock, an assistant at the Payson Library. The money will be used to purchase special Large print books for the library for use by senior citizens. The money came from the F.O.E. charity fund. Several years ago, the auxiliary made a similar donation to the library. The auxiliary officers are: President, Arlene Van Walder; Secretary, Pat Stubbs; and Historian, Blanche Clark. (Continued Town meeting from page 1 ) District will meet in the basement at Zions Bank with Councilman Alan Riley: Districts 2,3, and those in District 11 within Payson City will meet at the Payson 1 Juriior High School Cym with Councilman Crant Wlson; Districts 4 and 8 will meet at Barnett Elementary with Councilman Bob Sonju; District 5 will meet in the civic room (southwest entrance) at the City Center with Councilman Don Lankford; Districts 7 and 10 will meet with Mayor Tassainer at the Green Room in the Payson High School; and District 9 will meet in the Council Chambers at the City Center with Councilman Don Christiansen. All meetings will be from .. 7 to 8:30 p.m. . The Payson City Council heard a report of new stop signs on Arrowhead Road, named more members for the Payson Board of Review, and discussed a curb and gutter project, among other items, during the council meeting May 7. Payson Mayor Cary Tassainer began the meeting by thanking the council for the hard work they have done and the progress that has been made during the past three months. He also said he really appreciated the work the Planning Commission has done in bringing the city master plan to near completion. The mayor also thanked the members of the Payson Community Progress Committee for conducting and tabulating the Community Attitude Survey. Bill Berger, a spokesman for the residents of the Arrowhead Trail area, told the council, You men are always hearing from someone complaining. I came here tonight to tell you thanks for doing something about traffic on Arrowhead Road." V . Berger was talking about seven ordered stop signs the council traffic slow entering installed to and leaving Payson on the Arrowhead Trail in northeast Payson. Berger and other area y residents had requested a to the street on busy stop slow traffic and protect the many children living in the area. The request was made April 15. At that time, the council told Berger they would check the legalities involved and get back with him. y Rather than one stop, the city installed signs creating y stops on two intersections, one at 500 East and one at 750 East on the Arrowhead Trail Road. Berger reported that the signs have indeed slowed the traffic on Arrowhead four-wa- four-wa- four-wa- Trail. The council approved three more members for the city's Board of Reviews. The Board hears complaints of violations of the city's beautification ordinance and has the authority to require cleanup of property by owners. The new members are David Barton, Jane Johnson, and Lillian Gryna. They join Curtis Page and Spike Ball who were appointed earlier. The council discussed a curb and gutter project on Ridge Lane. The city is planning to install a water line on the street, including new connections to existing services and installing fire hydrants. The. property owners will provide curb and gutter in front of their property and a sidewalk. The city plans to provide rough grades and engineering for the project and to pave the road when the project is complete. Mayor Tassainer said the city is now ready to begin the project except there is a problem because the owner of one vacant lot has not been contacted and one property owner on the street has refused to participate in the project. The mayor pointed out that in order for the project to be a success, the entire street would have to be done. Otherwise, the road will just wash out where there is no curb and gutter' he said. The property ch , owners agreed to keep working on a solution to the problem of the reluctant property owner, and the city will attempt to locate the owner of the vacant lot. In other action, the council appointed Don Christiansen to serve as mayor protem whenever Mayor Tassainer is out of town. The council also directed City Administrator Glen Vernon to prepare a resolution to create and define a redevelopment district in Payson. Councilman Don Lankford said he would like to clarify an issue that arose from a previous council meeting. At that meeting, the council had the city administrator dictate the proper wording for a motion before the council. ,As a councilman, I will make my decisions based on the best information I can get. will also continue to rely on Mr. Vernon's expertise in matters of city government. In the matter in question, I made the motion, not Mr. Vernon. I merely relied on him to hielp get the wording in a precise manner." I |