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Show tea The SaltLakeTribune OPINION Sunday, September 2, 2001 Schools HaveRules : d E R, i z f Rg, For StudentDiscipline THE PUBLIC FORUM Cecil Gurr’s Passion Consequences of Choice We Welcome Letters I would first like to thank those punishment was method, but itisno 1 When submitting letters to the Public Forum, please include your full name, signature, addréss and daytime telephone numbers. Informa- tion other than your name and the “longerallowed without priorparental Schoolscan still suspend city in which you live are kept confidential. - forgotten. I would also like to address those who have used my father’s name to I have been following the story of Lance Buchi and Tyler Montague when they jumped into the hot Cavern Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The last article was on the front page (Tribune, Aug.16). I am so sorry that they were so badly burned and have suffered so much, but I'd like to voice my opinion. Whentheytook thejob to work in the park they became young adults, and as adults they made the choice of their own free will to be outside at @ Because of the volume of mail received, not all submissions are published. § Mail to Public-Forum, The Salt Lake Tribune,P.O. Box 867, Salt Lake capriciously, the . Se Oe ce ay mane to Ie City, Utah84110 - the entire student body. sitrib.com. tect Reader vacation this . the individual student and @ Our e-mail address is letters@ 4 = Shinika Sykes, The Tribiine’s ReaderAdvocate,ison Pa 909; the federal With Property Taxes Is Unfair ofoffice ifwe don’t like the taxes they levy. In contrast, a water fee is a direct charge for services; we can make choices by changing our water-use regimen. But we have no choices regarding district property taxes, and the district will not allow a popular vote on whether we want to pay more property taxes for more water development. This is a classic example of $6. Ifit’s mine, I wantit. Seems Mr. Decaria is suffering from the delusion thatif this money remained in the Treasury, it would things. legal drug pushers - somehow find its way into that Social and users are aware ofthis, and must Security thing. Maybe it would, but be held accountable in order to keep history says it would be in the form of something new and expensive. After our communities safe. It was insinuated by one written all, Congress never met a new spendopinion that it was my father’s “pro- ing proposal it didn’t love. hibitionist attitude” that tool life, money back; or (B) No, you guys keep it to whatever pork project. ; my welfare; and/or (C) I'll send you my weekly paycheck, too. That way I can avoid life’s pesky decisions and cause ofhim and his work. I love him very much, I miss him, and I am forever grateful to him. SHALON GURR HANSEN Logan Q you can take care ofme. Mr.Decaria, why don't you write an equally nasty letter to your congressman and tell him toknock offthe spending, or you won't vote for him again? LINDA ADAMS Sandy Where’s Mine? Mr.President, where is my tax repaid federal of the gardens poor people don’t have large lawns. If they do, they can choose to reduce their lawn watering in favor of more uses, such as indoor water necessities. EL? ru ie iFi apSTERG ain pe = Lilet é Hi itf le A ij Uf & of frivolous like : lf EsEEE if Fal li A i 5 ‘Thesecond reason concerns waste. Government bureaucracies often attempt to hide the costs of their “services” by masking the way we pay for oom egrrordgeahinpsd facts.. Just to get it straight on the two “factual” arguments:: First, it costs about 10 times as much to successfully implant a nuclear device on a critical U.S. target, using undercover means, than to launch it on an intercontinental ballistic missile (assuming we have no anti-missile defensesystem). Second, “Star Wars” technology works: AsSen. John Glenn said when he made the decision to ride the space capsule, “From here on out it’s just they adults it is time toown up totheirown choices or decisions and should be Mean-Mouthed Whiners Every day I read another meanmouthed letter about the vile tax refund orrebate, or loan, or whatever it < Fundingthe Water'System BY DANIEL McCOOL choice to jump across or into the water, even not knowing if it was hot or @ Our fax number is (801) 257-8950. |