| Show Top of Utah Standard-Examin- Call whose rights may be less dear or people who do not want to sue From 1C use of his land which Monterey City had been doing and some cases I lose But at “Some arbitration cases I win least my clients come to know their rights” he said There was also this week's 3rd District Court ruling against the Utah Department of Transportation UDOT had offered a Draper couple $13 million for property condemned for Interstate 15 expansion The couple felt the property was worth more and the court agreed to the bane of $24 million A Syracuse landowner who asked not to be identified said Call provided him excellent counsel but that the dty continues to be uncooperative He said he along with others are still appealing the city’s taking of his land for road expansion and for curb and gutter assessments These cases Call said should encourage officials to make sure their decisions are fair because the results of a lawsuit will be more unpredictable Call said in some instances the best he can do for his clients is to tell them they have a good case But if they dedde to take it to court they have to find their own attorney “Judges have almost always been biased against property owners but juries see things a different way And this is beginning to throw fear into the hearts of local government officials” “My job” he said “is to solve the problems without court action But it’s also my job to see that private land owners get a fair deal That’s why the Legislature created the position after all” Call said his clients are not usually the ones with miilion-dol-lclaims who can find good legal help Instead they’re more likely to be property owners ar Call said any pressure placed on him for doing his job comes from the government entities not Guns From 1C called the meeting at the request of Pauline Weggeland-Johnso- n who belongs to an informal women’s discussion group called “soul talk” The group of nine women asked to meet with Howell because in Weggeland-Johnsonwords “the last time we met we were all highly emotional on the ’s subject of Columbine High School and what’s happened in our own city We think it’s got to stop” Howell a gun owner who sup- ports certain firearms restrictions agreed to meet with the citizens and asked several of his fellow legislators - Sen Paula D- - Salt Lake Sen Millie Peterson Valley City lt Sen Karen Hale Lake and others - to attend as well For a change however the senators mostly listened instead er From 1C some of the dates of the alleged sexual acts changed Prosecutors had to amend it once more a week later after her preliminary hearing testimony changed about which residence where two of the sex acts alleged- hme almost ahvctys been biased against property owners but pries see things a different way And this is begmning to throwfear into the hearts of local government officials -Craig C a 8 Ombudsman his private clients A former Utah representative from Provo Call said he has both a background in commercial development and conservation The Plain City resident worked for Flying J as a community liaison in charge of permitting interstate travel centers nationwide He is also a former president of the Utah Heritage Foundation and national advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation Call said the private property of talked After hearing from sue politically But he urged them to call lawmakers to write letters women to the editor and to “let your voice be heard” lest the thoughts on guns and gun control Some of the middle-age- d women had grown up with hunting rifles around the house others had never laid hands on a firearm but they all agreed that the state of Utah should do more to keep guns out of the hands of minors criminals and the mentally ill One woman Merline Learning argued for an outright ban on handguns but most simply called for laws that would make it harder for certain people to obtain weapons gun lobby overwhelm the debate on the issue “We are in the minority on this issue” Howell said Democrats plan to propose several initiatives for a possible special session in the Snarr and Rodier Evans the from the “soul talk” group weighed in with their “Somewhere between the extremists and the ones who want total control on this are the rest of us” said Emma Lou Thayne Howell warned the women that they face an uphill battle in (pro-gu- Utah’s Republican-dominate- d Legislature if they pursue the is testimony of the niece who said he spent the night three times Kingston ‘Judges She said she was Kingston’s “third or fourth cousin” Asked if she had heard of the Kingston polygamous group she was interrupted by the defense’s objection calling the question irrelevant to gun-relat- fall: Laws calling for “smart technology” that would enable a gun to recognize its owner allowing only that person to fire the weapon A system to track the buying and selling of guns similar to the present system for automobiles A law banning juveniles with violations from owning guns as an adult A law prohibiting sales of handguns to anyone under 21 years old A law instituting background checks at gun shows The inclusion of information gun-relat- ThLrsdayJune31999 3C ombudsman role will be needed more and more as the state continues with its expansion of and deals with private property owners along the route of the proposed Legacy Highway The attorney said he has already dealt with the issue of Highway 89 expansion One case involved elderly homeowners in the identified corridor for the highway who were unable to sell their home WITH THESE TWO MEN WORKING FOR YOU "Dave Lennox" t “Even the Envision Utah program now being promoted will involve a lot of private land issues” he said Call can be reached at (801) 5 address is His nradmccall(a stateutus He said clients must always make the first contact with him YOU CAN COUNT ON LENNOX-- QUALITY & VALUE Your Local 5 537-345- Summaries of Utah law on private property rights and the ombudsman’s role are also available on the Department of Natural Resources home page which can be found at rrm Ask About Our Earlv You 625-422- 4 can reach reporter Pat Bean or pbean(astandardnet about mental illness in background checks to prevent the mentally ill from acquiring guns Equipping all guns with trigger locks to prevent accidental shootings Banning guns from schools churches and hospitals A law mandating that concealed weapons permits be renewed annually and requiring permit-holder- s to take an annual proficiency test The “soul talk” women promised to help in any way they can with what they called a “campaign of reason” on firearms in Utah Gun victims Snarr and Rodier Evans agreed “There is never a day I don’t ache to see Zach and talk to him and have him tell me he loves me” said Sy Snarr of her dead son “I don’t know what to do about it The only thing 1 can think of is that we need to start here in our government” Contact reporter Bob Ward at 4 or bwardstandardnet a case of alleged 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