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Show 2 The Magna Times, Thursday, September 3, 1992 Dear Editor: I am impressed most by a candidates past actions, rather than by his political rhetoric. Lest we forget, there are two candidates for Governor who led the fight against the tax reduction initiatives in 1988. Republican Mike Leavitt and Democrat Pat Shea are both heavily backed the state employees and the education community unions. They are establishment and special interest candidates. Mike Leavitt has endorsed the UEA legislative goals for next year, which would necessitate more tax increases to implement. Mr. Leavitt is a member of the College Board of Regents, which is after more tax money. He is also endorsed by the insurance industry of which he is a major role player. Any legislation affecting the problems of health insurance in the state may involve a conflict of interest if he were elected Governor. Personally, I do not believe their read my lips statements about not increasing taxes if elected. Democrat Doug Anderson says he may raise taxes, and he supports abortion on demand. As far as I am concerned, there only two peoples choice candidates for Governor, Republican Richard Eyre and Independent Merrill Cook. They are both honest, dedicated, and capable. I would like to see either one of them become Governor. I will be voting for Richard Eyre at the primary election. ten-poi- nt Bob Wright Orem Dear Editor: The U.S. Senate forerunners were involved Covens and Cannon in check kiting scandals. Do we want" people with records like that in the Senate? Owens floated 92 checks for $118,900 in the closed House bank, and he knew what had gone on yet didnt announce it to the public. He said that he wasnt asked the right questions. Well, Wayne, both JFK and Nixon had some problems with breaking the rules. Kennedy admitted it, and all is practically forgotten. Nixon didnt know when to stop lying, and look where it got him. Cannon floated nine checks for his campaign for $8,326,58, six of which were payroll checks to campaign employees for $6,574.70, and paid only $95 in service fees. Sounds like the Deseret House bank. Due to the House bank scandal, 73 congressmen have retired or been beaten in primary elections; projections predict that 100 congressmen will end up losing their jobs because of it, the highest turnover rate in 20 years. Adam Campbell West Jordan Dear Editor: I am impressed with Bob Bennett. All I know about Mr. Bennett is what Ive learned through his TV commercials, and comments my friends have made in the past month or so. I am impressed with the simplicity of his ideas, and the way theyre straight to the point. This is one of the things that has made it easy for government to the lack of get out of hand simplicity. Dear Editor: The future of the state of Utah is in our children and we need to do all we can to ensure that they are protected from abuse and have their rights as individuals preserved. Utah needs to protect its children by passing stiffer laws to punish perpetrators and provide greater legal protection for victims. Amendments to the Child Abuse Act were a step in the right direction. The amendments redefined serious physical injury to include both physical and emotional injuries. Now, even injuries to children that may not be permanent or result in the loss of bodily functions will result in prison time for the perpetrator. The creation of the Childrens Justice Center in Utah has also been a big help. The staff at this center provide emotional support, referral resources, and family support services, as well as a safe environment for children to report and discuss what has happened to them. The number of reported child abuse cases has risen 300 in the last six years. Child abuse cases are very difficult to prosecute and the increasing number does not make it any easier. When things its hard to understand. If you cant understand what a person is saying, then you cant trust him either. I trust Bob Bennett, and believe in the solutions he has presented for many of the ills in government. USPS 325-58- 0 8980 West 2700 South Magna, Utah 84044 J. HOWARD STAHLE Publisher BONNIE STAHLE Advertising Manager - Office Manager GARY BLODGETT Editor KENT GOBLE Sports Editor - Feature Writer DEANNA JONES Arts & Entertainment Editor Typesetter SHARON LINSCHOTEN Staff Writer STACEY T. CASE Staff Writer DALE SIMONS Sports Columnist BEN CLARK Sports Photographer - Writer DANA JONES Layout Published each Thursday Subscription $15 per year $18 per year out of state Second class postage paid at Magna, Utah 84044 d and officials to make sure the perpetrators are punished and well-define- children protected. It is important that Utah have an Attorney General who is committed and dedicated to protecting our children. Jan Graham, the current Solicitor General, has developed the skill to prosecute abusers and make sure convictions stick. Since Jan is a mother, I would expect that she has strong convictions about sensitive and difficult matters such as child abuse. Jan Graham is a candidate who will protect the rights of Utahs children. The people of Utah need Jan Graham to be our next Attorney General. left-leani- ' Whos for kids and whos just kidding? Approximately 20 thousand potential Utah voters want to know. The Utah Coalition for Americas Children is mix of educators, child advocates, parents, and medical a unique, to is move the discussion and debate over childrens issues Its goal personnel. to the top of the election year agenda. During the weeks before the upcoming elections, Utah Children, on behalf of the Utah Coalition, will be sharing childrens stories through a series of feature articles. These stories will highlight some of the major issues facing children in Utah. The Utah Coalition hopes that an educated citizenry will bring questions about these featured childrens issues to the top of candidates agen-das by asking informed questions, expecting thoughtful, educated responses, laws and public and voting for candidates who are dedicated to kids is and coalitions concise: clear The dont vote but message policy. concerned adults do, and these adults are ready to make their preferences known at the ballot box. Since 37 percent of Utahns are under the age of 18, childrens issues should take a priority position in debates over our states future and Utah children need our help. While Utahs infant mortality rate and child death rate decreas- d indicators show a need for serious ed during the last decade, other attention. During the last decade, Utah had more low babies, more births to single mothers, a higher juvenile custody rate, and more children living in poverty. Approximately 100,000 Utah children have no health in- In 1991, there were 10,179 verified cases of child abuse, a 20 percent increase over 1990. Also in 1991, the number of homeless children increased by 70 percent. These figures illustrate both the importance and the urgency of the Utah Coalitions educational efforts. The Utah Coalition's concerns are reflected pro- by voters nationwide who are locking for candidates with posals. The State of the Child, a national poll conducted for the Coalition of the 6,000 for Americas Children showed that almost three-fourtAmericans surveyed listed the health and education of children as their se- cond election year priority. Their priority concern was the economy and jobs, Politicians, even those not running for office, are beginning to hear these con- cerned citizens. Utahs Senator Orrin Hatch (Rep.), stated, Twenty years from now, when I shall be observing America from retirement, I hope to see that our cherish- ed institutions are in the hands of our younger generation who are not only good stewards of what we have built, but who are also able to meet the challenges of a new century. To achieve this, we need to care for, nurture, and educate children today. New York Governor Mario Cuomo (Demo.) , in his June 1992 address to the Democratic National Convention, stated: ... We must lift ourselves above our immediate concerns ... Children in need may not be my children or your children, but they are our children. They are the future of our nation, and they need your help. non-partis- an Kick Ms!) Sign and the So oppressive foraysin expansionist ' ) Grenada, and elsewhere at an end. As explained by Meese, Reagans successes were not the result of a series of miraculous coincidences or Irish luck, but Reagans commitment to a philosophy which he pursued relentlessly, utilizing his enormous leadership skills. Recent revelations support the Meese view: Newsweeks disclosure pf the back channel between Reagan and Pope Jon Paul II through which tHy saved Poland from communist tyranny; and The Washington Post acepuht of William Caseys travels to Afghanistan, on instructions from Reagan; to V ' help eject the Soviet Union. Meeses Reagan is a far cry from the man portrayed by some of the riiedia and his detractors alternately, and mutually exclusively, a somnambulistic ly child-relate- birth-weig- hs TOPICS Gulf, we took off. the mPanaJheersian and its Union was no m6re Utah Children child-friend- d y, Rene Clarke by MarUumePraser JIM, you LOOK DOWN THE MOUTH WHAT ) WRONG? values be protected. That was the rub. The lease tract was 17 miles southeast of Jackson Hole, a hotbed of environmental activism in an otherwise conservative Wyoming state. I made the trip to Capitol Hill to brief the Wyoming Congressional delegation. Afterwards, before I got back to my office, all three members o the views on the subject: delegation had called Secretary Jim Watt with their revoke the lesse! Watt set up a meeting with President Reagan. The next day, in the: Oval Office, Watt told Reagan of the lease and the need to revoke it. Why?;ask-eReagan. Three reasons, responded Watt, Wallop, Simpson,. rand Jim, replied Reagan, environmentalists who dont want Us to Cheney. for search energy will always oppose us regardless of what we do. Tell the : to drill and pray for a discovery. company of conviction man and a I remember strong Ronald the That was Reagan beliefs, tireless in his comeven stronger resolve, a man with Ronald the also is effect. It into to Reagan recalled by Edmitment put them the on work definitive his in win Meese III Reagan Presidency : With Reagan: b 338 (Regnery-GatewaThe Inside Story pp.). of the details the forth Reagan Meeses reason for painstakingly setting revolution is straightforward: to provide an authoritative counter to the trashing of Reagan and his record by the liberal establishment and academics and writers. Exhibit A in the case for doing so is Times naming, as 1990 Man of the Decade, not Ronald Reagan of whom Margaret Thatcher said, He won the Cold War without firing a shot, but Mikhail Gorbachev, the man Reagan stared down at Reykjavik after holding firm on the Strategic Defense Initiative, the straw that broke the back of the evil empire. Meese reminds us that in 1981, when Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, the nation was in the midst of a national financial and emotional depression. As a result of the failed policies of the past, the economy was a basket case, our military had neither the stomach nor the supplies for war, America wore a Kick Me sign at the United Nations, and the Soviet Union was on the move in Afghanistan and Latin America. When Reagan left office, the economy was in its longest peacetime period of sustained growth, taxes were down, government regulation was down) the The very young victims, if they are even able to testify, are forced to endure the traumatic experience of recounting what has happened to them. Even then the admissability and validity of the child, the social worker, or the counselors testimony is questioned. The office of the Attorney General created the Child Abuse Protection Unit to help with the increased number of cases and have devoted time to training prosecutors s TOWN " by William Perry Pendley Chief President and Legal Officer of Mountain States Legal Foundation. 111r He served as an Assistant Secretary at the Administration UJS. Dept, of the Interior during the Reagan j- s. the U.S. Geological Survey Shortly after President Reagan was inaugurated, in northwestern Wyomwell a completed the environmental studies for gas well had been issued'a the to drill ing. Since the company which proposed would environmental how was federal lease years earlier, the only question Sincerely, Teri Kimble Layton ht child-specif- MAGNA TIMES The way we were: The Reagan are too complicated, ic forthright regarding the battle between Reaganauts and the pragma those close to Reagan who heard the siren song of Washington and sought to serve other masters. For those who voted for Reagan, and who still believe in America anits view of how Reiman future, Meese provides an encouraging went about changing the political landscape. Although written in a straiglit-surancforward, factual fashion, there is enough time and place narrative to provide a fascinating, insiders view of the Reagan Presidency. Because Meese was closer personally and professionally to Reagaq tK&n any other aide, and because Meese had the lead in matters of public policy, we have, for the first time, an authoritative perspective rich in facfcsand on the of substance the Reagan Presidency. Also fdir the personal insights first time, Meese who, as Attorney General, investigated the matter sets forth his view of what happened and why. From a historical alone make With Reagan Worth perspective, the chapters on reading. Reagan was an incredible political success, not just because of the way he communicated, but because of the substance of his communications. Reagan was a remarkable president, not just because he was a great leader, but because he knew the direction he was leading the nation, Meese doesnt just make his readers remember. He makes them nostalgic, behind-the-sce- ne e. Iran-Cont- Iran-Cont- ra ra |