| Show From Page One 4A Saturday December 2 2000 Public reaction Question: What are your views concerning UEA planned walk-ou- t on Tuesday? “I think Walkout Tribune From 1A From 1A In a move hinting at even more legal tangles Michael P the middle of their contract period “What kind of standard are we setting for our kids?” Ceely said “Is this honesty and integrity?” Most districts plan to schedule a makeup day later in the school year But Ceely said she saw no reason to deprive her family of days off because of a choice made by teachers “If there’s a makeup day I will not send my child” she said administration” - Mike Stott Kaysville father of three all of his children are in private schools good thing Teachers June to put up with a lot of crap and they deserve mot e money to put up with it” -- Shelsea Johnson -ayton senior at Layton High School “I’m all for it Nothing seems to happen $ They promise promise and promise and nothing happens It’s sad they June to do this to get someone’s attentiem” - Janiece Bingham Rjverdale retired teacher AT&T Kearns is related to family that is managing AT&T “I feel like they (the teachers) ate holding us hostage every time they do tJiis The Legislature them increase an every gives it’s still not good j ear and eftough” I - Dena Mecham Kaysville mother of one child in school and gingham’s daughter “I’m not too happy alrout it They keep saying they’re doing it for the kids but I wish grey’d be honest and say kiey're doing for themselves” J Carrie Briscoe West Point ptother of two children For that reason he said the deal is unfair to him on several levels: It prevents him from having a chance to buy the Tribune and it may not get AT&T the best price for the paper He called the deal by AT&T to sell it to MediaNews n around “sleazy” and an AT&T-MediaNe- end-ru- the Utah family said Frisch it is no coincidence that Deseret News Publisher Jim Wall is a former executive of the Denver Post he where MediaNews Singleton Frisch worked for Dean said Tribune management is convinced Wall and Singleton (who is not a Mormon) have agreed to a deal which will ultimately give the Deseret News more control of the Newspaper Agency Corp The Majestic teachers are checking into legal options to see if they can defy procedure and handles which printing advertising and circulation for both papers show up at school anyway “I don’t know what my legal rights are” said Cheryl Smith second-grad- e teacher “I would like to go to school though I would like to be here and have the kids here” Others say the action is Similar accusations were made in October when the rumor of a sale of the Tribune to the Deseret News first surfaced At that time the LDS Church which owns the Deseret News was allegedly with AT&T negotiating justified Ted Dilworth media specialist at Hillcrest Elementary in Ogden said he’s excited teachers are taking a stand “It will make a statement” Dilworth said “We’re not just looking for a quicky band-ai- d Tribune staff reporters petitioned their editors to release news of the sale Deseret News Publisher Wall said all rumors of involvement by his paper in this sale are just as false as they answer” Dilw'orth a UEA member said supporting his eight children on his salary is hard but considers buildings the the Tribune but has no financial link to it He does own stock in depart from the Weber District’s decision to close schools and allow them to report to work Principal Susan England took the request to the district which refused it due to safety and personnel issues “There are a few (teachers) that are really angry - that want to work” England said One of them is Fran Bush who estimated three out of four Majestic teachers do not back the walkout Bush is not a union member The fourth-grad- e teacher said the perennial threat of strike has grown tired and hollow “I don’t have any confidence in it domg any good” Bush said “It’s a stopgap next year we start over again” tpe Salt Lake Observer and a relative of the Tribune’s original owners also said he wants to try to buy the paper and may file a lawsuit against Several angry teachers at Majestic Elementafy in North Ogden asked their principal to properly to the teachers The funds seem to get stuck in property plant equipment and publisher of the Kearns now-defun- ct were last tune “You know people kept telling me we were lying when we said ‘We’re not buying the Tribune”’ he said “Now they know the truth” He repeatedly insisted “we’re not party to the purchase” and said any hint that MediaNews is acting as some sort of front for the Deseret News which is owned by the LDS Church is equally false The LDS Church issued a inefficient school to be the worst problem faced by teachers “It’s frustrating I’ll be the first to admit that but I also enjoy what I do and it’s worth it to me to stay” Parent Lamont McDonald of Roy also supports the walkout He said teachers are desperate because they are getting no help from the state Legislature i r-- r statement late Friday also denying any hand in the sale Wall said he hoped the sale to MediaNews would quash any rumors the Church is trying to kill newspaper competition in Salt Lake City “I hope we compete even better” he said “The Tribune is an awfully good newspaper The Deseret News is an awfully No to walkout This is a list of school districts that will not participate in a one-dawalkout the Utah Education Association has called for Tuesday: y Beaver Daggett Duchesne Grand good newspaper and people have a choice and will continue to have a choice” Wall did say he hoped the sale would make it possible for the Deseret News to switch from afternoon to morning publication a move it has Granite Iron Kane North Sanpete North Summit Piute Rich Sevier South Summit Tmtic Uintah wanted to do for years Jody Lodovic executive vice president and chief financial Standard-Examine- descendcnts the right to buy the Tribune in 2002 in that “It is a non-issu- e nothing has changed in that regard" he said “Whatever is there is there” He said there could be ” changes in the agreement over the Newspaper and there may be changes which will be typical any time a partner’s interest changes” the However undertaken “They’ve contractual gives the Still undecided: Logan determines whether one is Jvarranted at the hearing scheduled for today "There can no ruling until there is Evidence taken” he said J The US Supreme Court Session was a vigorous one with the justices pelting lawyers on Ibe Jaoth sides with questions After challenging Olson on whether the court had the authority to step in hey pressed Gore's attorney Harvard constitutional law Scholar Laurence H Tribe on Avhether the Florida court should Stave considered extending the deadline The justices seemed divided on the issues and some legal experts questioned whether the court which is ideologically split on most issues would be able to Bush won the state’s crucial 25 electors by beating Gore with a tiny margin of 537 votes was not the issue before the Supreme Court The question it must decide is whether the Florida Supreme Court violated federal law by extending the deadline for certifying the election so that recounts could proceed in three heavily Democratic counties While hundreds of Bush and Gore supporters chanted outside the argument inside te the cavernous crimson-drape- d courtroom was rooted firmly in questions of law devoid of the partisan “spin” and political rhetoric that have been so prominent m the weeks since the election Chief Justice William H Rehnquist gave no clue when the court would a variety of ploys” said Mickey Galhvan son of former Tribune Publisher Jack Gallivan and a board member of the operating company “This is the boldest move to date Disappointment is the least of what we would say” The family members are asking Utah’s federal court to restrain AT&T from completing any sales agreement claiming the proposed sale to Media News would violate the families’ option agreement to order make the restraining English indefinite until the ACLU and state could later argue! the merits of the statute From 1A business transactions or private Larsen said the state is being individuals or conflict with sued because it must enforce federal statutes requiring use of laws whether they are passed other languages by the Legislature or by citizen But ACLU attorney Steve initiative Marsden said because the new The ACLU is representing a statutes says “no other language of local elected number may be used and English will be officials including Ogden be will exclusively used there Councilman Jesse Garcia and at the very least a chilling Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky effect” on people with little or Anderson plus a number of no English proficiency who that deal with organizations need government services minorities including the Utah of Chamber And rather than risk some Hispanic enforcement action against Commerce them Marsden said many Of the 26 states with Official government employees might English statutes Arizona’s has not be as helpful as they been to be found otherwise have been to those unconstitutional Marsden citizens from minority groups claims the Utah and Arizona statutes are almost identical choices his said The judge were to do nothing “and let’s but Larsen tried to separate see what happens or let’s not those two states on Friday take a chance That’s really the debate going on in my mind” “Nothing in the Utah statute prohibits Utah officials from speaking in another language ’’Larsen said as the Arizona And the risk to individuals’ First Amendmerit rights far outweigh the statute’s interest in advancing a common law tried But Nehring said the statute language the English language he said requires government meetings be held in English “How could a meeting occur without speaking” he asked Nehring exercised his discretion in saying he would rule on the constitutionality of You can reach reporter Ralph 4 or Wakley at (801) rwakleyCastandardnet the initiative following the Dec hearing rather than just deciding that day whether to 14 532-210- buy back the Tribune by July 2002 31 CROSSROADS OF THE WEST They said their biggest fear is that Singleton would sell enough of the Tribune’s interests in the NAC to the Deseret News to give the Deseret News control of the joint printing advertising and distribution company “Control over the NAC has a lot of impact on the Tribune” Frisch said Frisch said the Deseret News wants the NAC to concentrate on increasing its circulation which is about half of the Tribune’s Such an expensive circulation campaign “would mean reduced income for the Tribune” he said Deseret News control of that income could stream weaken the Tribune financially “and damage our ability to generate an independent news report” Michael Kearns dismissed denials of collusion by Wall and MediaNews “What else would they say?” he said SALT LAKE CUil SHOW IjECEFilBER 9n Wi'l 4H Mm H!lYd!l biEfifigSrl SALT PALACE i If Show Hours: 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“This is a continuation of a three-yea- r struggle by the Deseret News to wrestle control of the NAC away from the Tribune” Frisch said PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA I Court Agency Corporation however “It is possible It won’t change the relationship itself it might change the terms of the joint operating agreement We’ll sit down with the LDS Church r rule but constitutional scholars expect the court to move quickly perhaps early this week A bastion of tradition the high court had refused to allow cameras into the courtroom to broadcast the histone event but m an important concession the court released an audiotape and full transcript of the proceeding Scholars typically are reluctant to predict how the court will rule and on 1 nday the justices were as enigmatic as ever But some come up with a unanimous 'legal experts doubted that the decision court would issue a ruling so The central question whether dramatic that it would end the Florida dispute once and for all Michael Seigel an associate dean at the Levm College of Law at the University of Florida said that for the court to resolve the entire election fracas it would require a ruling so broad that it would contradict established legal notions of the proper jurisdiction of state courts i Bush's legal team contends that the Florida Supreme Court violated the US Constitution and federal law by changing the certification deadline from Nov 14 to last Sunday Nov 26 The Florida court said in its opinion that it reconciled conflicting state election statutes and considered the importance of the right to vote in deciding to extend the deadline and allow hand recounts to continue in the three counties But Justice Antonin Scalia Tuesday evening December 5 5 f)m until 9 pm In the Sears Court We know how much you love the little furry friends you share your life (and holidays) with So we've set aside a special "Pets-Onl- y Night" so your household pets can have their photos taken with Santa Bring Rover and Fluffy even Thumper the Rabbit (but please no horses snakes or other big or creepy creatures that may scare the reindeer and elves) and create a picture to remember A portion of all photo packages sold will be donated to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary questioned whether Florida’s electipn law mandated such recounts “I don’t see anything in the text of the statute that requires a manual recount” Justice Stephen Breyer asked whether the legal issue presented was no longer relevant since F lorida Secretary GATE Best Friends Animal Sanctuary MALL of State Katherine Hams had certified a w inner “How could it make a 36fh Street & Wall Avenue Ogden Phone 161 www manibucom 801-621- difference?” Breyer asked “What's the consequences of our going one way or the other now in this case?” tJOQCCAA Q3a4Q VISA GfP |
