Salt Lake Tribune | 1996-01-14 | Page 2

_TheSalt Lake Tribune SUNDAY PERSPECTIVE Sunday, January 14, 1996 Utah'sPolitical Newsletter by Paul Rolly 2ND DISTRICT The candidatelist for the 2nd Congressional District seat expected to be vacated by incumbent Republican Enid Greene Waldholtz has shrunk totwo in the Democratic Party. The Republican side has taken on theimage of the Energizer Bunny. The number of hopefuls just keeps growing and growing and growing For the Democrats, two lawyers, who on the surface seemtobein different ideological hemispheres, will fight for the Democratic nomination. Sensing a good possibility of recapturing theseat leaders of Democratic interest groups who in the past put their sweat behind candidates who fit their ideological profiles are now saying: Get behind the winnable candidate andavoidapri. mary The Democratic contenders are Jim McConkie. a Mormon Democrat whose views on social/moral issues are consistent with mainstream Republican views, and Ross “Rocky Anderson, a civ il rights lawyer whohas beenin the middle of several battles carry ying the bannerof the moretraditional, liberal Democratic soldier. A third po sibility State Rep, Kelly Atkinson, D-West Jordan, has decided not to run for Congress and will seek instead the State Senate seat in the southwest area of Salt Lake County Two of McConkie’s staunchest supporte are Atty. Gen. Jan Graham and Utahns for Choice founder Annette Cumming, the latter more ideologically suited to the Andersoncontingent. But several Democratic observers and insiders say intramural squabbling has given was to a bigger goal: electing a Democrat Supporters of Graham believe she needs a conservative Democrat. like McConkie, on the ticket to survive an expected ferocious attack from the Republicans. Grahamis the only Democrat to hold statewide elective office. Many Democrats also believethey cannot afford a primary. The last Democrat to have a primary raceandstill win the general election was former Gov. Scott Matheson in 1976. Themost obvious difference between McConkie and Anderson, sofar, can be traced to the case of Rachael Bauchman, the West High School student who sued the Salt Lake City School District over the school choir singing songs with religious connotations andinreligious environs. Anderson is representing Bauchmanand McConkie is representing students who believe they have a right to sing religious-oriented songs. On the Republican side, Jon Huntsman Jr., the Salt Lake City industrialist and former U.S. ambassador considered by many as the front-runner, has also said heis considering a run at the 2nd Congressionalseat. Other possibilities: State Community DevelopmentDirector Carol Nixon; former Salt Lake City Attorney Paul Hatch, who is directing the National Republican Governors Association; Ken Woolley, a Salt Lake businessman; and ToddNeilson, a CPA,former FBI agent and partnerina Salt Lake accountingfirm that has handled several high-profile bankruptcies. taken himself out of the race, citing business and family considerations. He is administering the massive Huntsman Cancer Center effort, recently the recipient of a $150 million infusion from the Huntsman family and other donors. An interesting development in GOP circles is that two formeraides to Waldholtz, the embattled congresswoman whohas notvet let the party know her future plans in the wakeof her electionfraud and personalfinancial scandals, have indicated an interest in running for her seat. David Harmer, Waldholtz campaign manager in 1994 andher chiefofstaff in Washington for about three months before resigning last spring, acknowledges heis talking to other Republicans about being a candidate to succeed his old boss. So is Greg Engeman, who ran Waldholtz’ Utah office until he quit in the midst of the scandal lastfall Stephen Rees, the state senator who is giving up his Salt Lake Countyseat sioner Brent Overson in the GOP convention this year. Greg Sanders, Democratic candidate in the First Con- gressionalDistrict, says he will not take PAC moneyfor the campaign. “Maybe I'mcrazyor naive, but L intend to argue that Congress is run by special inter. ests, so I will begin by not accepting moneyfromspecial interests,” he says. Ted Stewart, director of the State Department of Natural Resources, has written a letter to the Human Services a Department expressing his concern that about 300 peace officers in the TAKING PRECAUTIONS Park Service and Division of Wildlife Republican leaders in the Utah State Resources were not included in Goy Legislature have not given up their Mike Leavitt's proposal to give Utah quest to change the state law governing HighwayPatrol troopers an 11 percent selection of a replacement legislator pa: e. Three names that have when a vacancy occurs. They want to surfaced in Democratic Party meetings pick the successorinstead of having the as possible candidates for governor are governor makethe selection. But Gov. former state Rep. Paula Julander of Mike Leavitt is resisting. During this Salt Lake City, former state Sen. Kar] legislative session, leaders plan to take Swan of Tooele and former Davis Couna silent poll. If a majority of legislators indicate they would vote for a bill to Commissioner J. Del Holbrook.. Salt Lake County Commissioner Randy changethe law, they will runthe bill. If Horiuchi and Salt Lake City Mayor they do not get a majority, they will not Deedee Corradini, whose feudsthe past run thebill and get into a losing fight four years led Horiuchi to campaign for with the governor during an election Corradini’s opponent last fall, may be year. working together on a party fund-raiser a this summer. Planners of the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner are putBACK-ROOM SMOKE ting together a staff that would include State Sen Brent Richards, R-RiverHoriuchi and Corradinias co-chairs of ton, s jays he maychallenge Republican the event incumbent Salt Lake County Commiseel EARTHWEEK: A._DIARY OF THE PLANET ea WarmestYet Remembering King’s earthweek@ aol com Ry h Scientists at the British {(\ Meteorological a Office aU announced that the world's average temperature was 18 degrees Fahrenheit above normal Dream for America - wwwslip.net/~eartheny te re - Kyusyur, oS eta Siberia during 1995. This is further proof that global warming has_ +6 truly resumed following a brief pause oneheart at atime. Monday, many Americans will observe the 67th anniversary of thebirthofslaincivil-rights leadt Martin Luther King Jr. Since 1983 when President Reagan signed into law the na- tion’s newest holiday. all 50 states have designated some form of an official observance to commemorate the American who challenged the nation to liveup to its ideals. In Utah, the day is known as “Human Rights Day/Martin Luther King Jr.” And in New Hampshire. it is called “Civil Rights Day” becauseof strong opposition to designating a day in honor ofKing To understand King’s life and legacy, we mustlook back at what many believe was the turning point in Ameri racerelations. In 1955, a black woman named Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Ala., and took a seat near the front. When a white man entered the bus and found no seats near the front, the bus driver ordered Parks andotherblacks to move to the rear so that the white man could haveher seat Parks, who workedas a department store seamstr refused to move — although four other black passengers did so. She was promptly arrested for breaking Alabama's segregation laws. Those laws requiredblack citizens to give up their seats and move to the back whenever the ‘white section” (front portion of the bus) was filled. Blacks also were forced to stand and give their seats in the “black section (back of the bus) wheneverall other seats werefilled. Segrega- ap- ed, preferring therelative securi ty of his pulpit. But Nixon told Fromthat day forward, the civ il-rights movement was energized by the braye and eloquent minis ter who helped organizethe suc cessful Montgomery bus boycott King. who was acquainted with Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent resistance, understood the real battle was for hearts and minds of white America. He sought to change one person and if it became twice that much above normal, whichis a lot warmer?’ Drought @) Worsening drought across Somalia has forced an esti mated 800,000 nomads from the Sol and Sanaag regionsin the northwest of the coun- try to areas bordering Ethiopia. The Djibouti-based Horn of Africa Development Agency said the 250-mile migration began six months ago january 12,1996 ¢K01996 Chronicle Fe King as a symbol of thecivil-rights movement and America itself Shinika Sykes can beseenin the ratification of the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited poll-tax requirements for voting Earthquakes A strong temblor in the S| Russian Far East wrecked or damaged the homesof several thousand people in the samearea where amuchmore powIsland caused no injuries mainly and the 1965 Voting Rights Act outside when it struck. whichdid away with the arbitrary barriers to voting = earthquake, westernIndia, southern accidents caused by an ice storm Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador. northeast Colombia, western China, central and southern parts of California, Utah, and along the AustriaHungary border. that glazed many highways. Blizzards Commerce and transporta- tion were brought to a standstill across a wide area from the Ohio Valleyto Atlantic Canada by a powerful nor'easter that dumped the heaviest snowfall in decades across the region. Approximately 100 people died from the wintry conditions, mainly in traf- khstansince Dec. 23 havekilled at least 100 people andinflicted up to $5 million in damage, according to Earth movements werealsofelt 7 = 200 others were injured in traffic coast, Cyclone Hubert lost force fic accidents. Cold air fromthe storm last May 28. The quake on Sakhalin because residents, frightened by foreshocks, were spending the night |.» i? streamed as far south as Cuba where 50-year minimum temperature records were broken Snowstorms sweeping Kaza- erful quake destroyed an entire town in federal elections; the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which acknowledged blacks’ rights in public accommo: dations and to fair employment Fireball Residents around Tokyo Killer Caterpillars The southern Brazil states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul are being weretreated to a streaking meteor so bright that it was able to be seen inthe atternoonsky. One observer said it was: ‘an orange object with sparks following it on a southeasterly path. and looked like a huge firework going off.” A 19-year-old studentin Tsukuba found what is believed to be part of the meteor after seeing it fall about 150 feet in front of his car. Tropical iP ne aS pre eal Soy Boni invaded by a growing number of caterpillars, whose type can sting with a venom sotoxicit can kill Nine people have died during the past two years from the venom which, if left untreated, can lead to high fever, bleeding from the nose and ears, and kidney failure as well as death. The problem has become more acute in recent years across tural areas becauserats, birds and other natural predators of the cater "2 pillars have beenkilled bytheusefs of lashed thei Indian Ocean js ; island of Mauritius with hurricanedtorce: winds bat now begun to spread into urban gs Pen ee elcl’ intensifying andtaking aim at MadaSi 2 : areas: where the media now inform the population howto identify the gascar. Residents ofthelatter were reinforcing their homes and moving toxic fertilizers. The insects have caterpillar and to avoid its stin °@!"P hai, awayfrom flood-pronerivers as the Additional Sources: U.S. Climate Analysis many, at least 10 people died and storm approached the northwest Center, US. Earthquake Information Cente television reports. In western Ger- in the Kuril Islands, the aftershock Theheight of King’s influence America’s consciousness came March on Washington” in 1963. blacks. rich and poor. gathered for what was then the largest civ il-rights demonstration in Ameri ca’s history King’s “I Have a Dream speech pointed to the primeval dreamand affirmation of Ameri s to live out the true nation’s creed We hold these truths to be self- evident; that all men arecreated equa Even though it HOG HEAVEN Land-use planners in Clark County, Wash. have kept 20 acres in agriculture. The county VIEWS AROUND THE WEST had told the land’s owner, builder Rieh Jochim, that he could build only two homes on his 20 acres, rather than the 20 homeshe intended. So Jochim now plans toraise hogs in therural but suburbanizing area. He will start with 300 hogs, but if all goes well, he ‘end up ? ARMED BUT NOT DANGEROUS Special alert to Rep. Helen Chenoweth of Idaho andSen. Larry Craig of Idaho. In another exa ple of government inefficiency, out of all races, creeds andnationalities may one day live together in ra- the 7,500 federal land managers who carry guns while patrolling 650 million a res of the public’s forests, parks andrivers, guns have America itself. A symbol of the land of freedom wherepeople of ial harmony and equality Shinika Sykes is The Tribune's new Reader Advocate. Because of the new role, she no longer will contribute to Peopleof Color CIRCULATION NUMBERS delisery replacement mi weekdays and S: all before 10 the most individualistic of all individualists — rodeo cowboys — are thinking of forming a with 1,000 in phasethree: a density of 50 hogs ED MARSTON has been 28 years since his assassination, King beenfiredonly 19times from1991 to the present playing with, riding on and — occasionally — even eating animals. Baker City, Ore., kept the 100,000-member Animal Protection Institute in Sacramento, Calif., in an uproar for years by holding an annual porcupinerace. The fun ended in 1991 when it was discovered that Oregonlaw allows porcupines to be shot but not raced. Nowthe town hopesa replacement has been found. Debbie Woodof the town's Chamber of Commercetold the July 14 Orego: FROM PORCUPINES TO PIGS Rural townslike to annoy urban people by SUBSCRIPTION RATES (4-week p Carrier Delivery (4-week period) | tunately for lovers of Western culture, the town has replaced something unique with a cliche: greased pig wrestling Q per acre. Jochimtold the July 2 Oregonian that while he could alsole; ally operate or build a church on theland, he’s a North Dakota boy, and hogs are what he knows. still is the symbol not only of the civil-rights movement but of eupine races, which everyone misses.’ Unfor- INDIVIDUALS, UNITE Tell usit isn’t so. The toughest of the tough nian It's brand new, andit’s hopefully going to bea big event, to take theplaceof the por- union, reports the Casper Star-Tribune a REAL HARDSHIP. Backpackersthink they have it hard, carry ing their lives on their backs. But listen to what Ed Rehberg, who travels in a bus con verted into a luxurious home, told The New York Times about Yellowstone Park’s narrow and potholed roads: It was so bad ‘‘we had to hold the television to keepit from falling. It was rough Ed Marstonis the publisher of High Coun try News, the biweekly newspaper ofnews and opinionthat covers Western lands and com munities. HCNwelcomes comments and sug gestions for “Heard” at P.O. Bor 1090, Paonia, Colo,, 81428 or [e-mail]. HOWTO GET CONNECTED FREE INFORMATION SERVICE: The Salt Lake Tribuneis available through Utah OnLine on your personal computerby THE INTERNET/WEB SITE @ © @ @ @ bune’s Internetaccess includes: 5 a.m. daily Utah OnLine provides: same-day mis ed overthe central Indian Ocean on the civil-rights movement and By Mail For ee zone of last week's Indonesian and an estimated 500,000 head of livestock have died becauseof the drought | TheSaltLake Tribune | y v hotlast year. What might theythink ing the gospel of equality and nonviolence across America The impact of of the him healready had promisedthat King would speak that evening +116 Onslow, W. Australia 3.2-degree rise predicted by 2050. ‘A lot of people thought it was very and were carry- community support King. a Georgianandnewto the state of Alabama, initially resist " Hubert Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia compared Britain's 1.8- degreerise in temperature with the tion of the black church as a source of leadership for equal rights and protest. It was King’s vision of the “brotherhood of man” that enabled himto link the black churchto the historic struggle for freedomand equality. By 1957, King and his associates had organized the Southern Christian Leadership, Conference Some250,000 people, whites and Sleeping-Car Porters, 1995, like parts of Siberia where it was 5.4 degrees above normal. Dr heir to a tradi- during a speech at the historic proached King, then a 27-yearold Baptist minister. to help rally Bonita nificantly hotter than average in Selma and voter-registration campaigns, Martin Luther King Jr. was at the center of some of the most turbulent years in the history of black America. King, through his father and tion laws were designed to deny had been arrested, E.D. Nixon, a 5.6 1991, the researchers said, As pre dicted by computer climate models, some regions of the world were sig- boro, S.C., lunch counter sit-in; from marches to Birmingham to blacks their rights as U.S. citizens. Such laws also robbed them of their dignity as human beings. When word spread that Parks member of the Brotherhood of 5.5 from the eruption of Mt. Pinatuboin Beginning with the Montgomery bus boycott to the Greens- grandfather. \ caused by a layer of volcanic ash we By Shinika Sykes Utah OnLineis available on the World Wide Web at www.sitrib.com 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 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