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Show mm wmnw ' vr fvrrm'M wwriwm y. "rwrsTyvrimyrwr Opinion Tontiiwd firm Page 9 t s . t ... State's Joint Highway on,--.- 5 made by virtue of the funds gen- her authority to override the forerated by the recently passed est plan and close the entire 1 sales tax that does not have forest to leasing? Listen up. to be shared with the state, According to Public Land News, Letters j SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBERS!. 1W7 Commissi- Served as a member of the Western Kane County Special Service District Served as a member ofthe Utah Association of Municipal Power Service. 20. Conducted studies ofKanab's Dombeck. This is the tyranny of Court decision held that neither special interest factions that the the BLM nor the Forest Service founders of this country warned could withhold land from oil and us of more than two hundred gas leasing to protect wilderness values without requesting county or school district. Because a publication dealing with pub- years ago. of the increased revenue to the lic land issues, "Flora said in her The oil and gas industry is and receiving permission from city by virtue of this tax, we can Record of Decision that the pub- challengingMs. Floras decision, congress. Flora has neither rebegin to look at the things our lic demands no leasing in the but the process is long and costly. quested nor has she been granted citizens asked for during our Division because the lands pro- However the industry challenge such authority from congress. recent survey, i.e. storm drain- vide a huge buffer east of three is decided, enviShe flaunts the court decision. ronmental extremists will have But there is no legal consequence age, swimming pool, street im- major wilderness areas. We are told by both Bureau of won. If the industry should ulti- for her to be concerned about as provements, etc. I want to thank all of you who Land Management and Forest mately prevail and cause the there would be for mere citizens serve or have served on our Service representatives that leasable portion of the forest to if they were to do the same. She Boards and Commissions insur- their plans, developed in open be reopened, they will have spent basks in governmental immuanti-indust- ry power system to ascertain whether to sell, lease, or keep. ing the proper functioning of public processes, are their many millions of dollars. Time nity. If and when she is over21. Considerable time spent on such things as our Library, Parks bibles" and that all land deci- will be lost and the price of ex- turned, several years down the the issue of our Justice Court and Recreation, Golf Course, sions are derived from the plans. ploration will have escalated. road, she will not have lost one and the litigation connected with Heritage House, Beautification, It is through the planning pro- Companies will become discour- paycheck. In fact, with the plauPlanning and Zoning, Boards of cess, they say, that democracy aged and leave for less hostile dits she has received from her it 22. Were able to finally reduce Adjustments and Grievances, and fairness are engaged and environs. Other forest manag- boss, she will likely be rewarded Kanabs power costs to be com- Airport and Industrial Develo- the publics interests are served. ers will pick up the gambit and with a promotion. But what can be said of a public apply it in their areas if for no pment There are several lessons here petitive. a thanks like to Gloria Flora? servant She other reason win to favor Finally, than special that the public must heed. First 23. Worked with LNG, a liquid Ad Hoc who the Committee has dictates of the her with boss. their Similar tactics and federal wilderness rejects plan. foremost, gas company, in an effort to bring worked so hard for the last seven She in falls then with Coloare in is in in terms of lost itself league already showing up costly piped liquid gas to Kanab, this is months to recommenextremstrident environmental rado and Moab in the of provide district economy opportunity. But desnow before the state's Public dations will who that us ists not demand BLM. Public land help protect only huge managers in ignating wilderness is only the Utilities Commission. 24. Involved with a large project the small balance we have in our wilderness tracts but who also these areas are subtly and some- beginning and not the end of a reserves. I just wish I could demand huge defacto wilderness times not so subtly manipulat- process. As Ms. Flora has demat the Dworshak Dam in Idaho city do more than just say thank tracts outside wilderness to pro- ing the rules and even their own onstrated, to bring cheap power to Kanab. many more millions tect the wilderness. to of you." acres destined to be locked are plans discourage exploration 25. Everyone has spent a great Kanab is Ms. a Flora's decision has zero on lands wilderness near on and great community amount of time as a result of up outside designated wilderPresident Clintons designation and so are the people who live legitimacy but this does not lands proposed for wilderness ness at the hands of agency and of the Grand Staircase National here. Thank you for letting me matter. She enjoys total support designation by environmental- environmental activists. Second, serve you these last four years. from her boss. Forest Service ists. federal public servants, each of Monument. Let's all in our Director and Clinton If interest city whom participate have sworn an oath to appointee, special 26. Roger Carter and Jim Matson manipulaand attend our Mike Dombeck. to tion of land government city According have spent many days attemptmanagement plans uphold the Constitution and the council and the Public Land Dombeck and provide meetings News, agency complicity in such laws of the United States, are ing to negotiate lower power council and with best our Lauded decision Floras in an Mayor manipulation is not enough to not above caving to special incosts .on our. contract with on issues will the 2 October to letter all Forest incense the public then consider terest factions and becoming input they Deseret Generation. These efhave to with in the Service next is true struggle the employees.This forts will continue during 1998. legalistic brinksmanship petty tyrants in their own right. conservation leadership, he is these people are playing with We have spent an inordinate few years. Wayne Hunt Sincerely, quoted as saying. Not quite Mr. the law. In 1980, a U. S. District amount of time with issues such Price, Utah Viv Adams as: impact fees; swimming pool; natural gas; parks; youth cenWilderness concerns ters; curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and storm drains, road improve- Dear Editor Parents, now is the opportunity for your investment in Nintendo equipment and games to pay off the Southern Utah Nintendo Challenge to be held at the Kanab Elementary School on Saturday. at old and worn out One of the ments; city dirty little secrets 3. 1998. in and behind January the the wilderness debate is equipment general The event begins with preliminaries from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contestants are given nine minutes to services we as a city could afford that it is not just about locking to provide our citizens. up millions of acres as desig- acquire their highest score playing game 1. Scores will then be rallied and contestants divided into Let me assure you that you nated wilderness. We are also four age groups. Finalists will be announced at 1:30 for the championship play-oto run from 6 p.m. have a city manager and stafT proposing, without realizing it, The Southern Utah Nintendo Challenge is open to anyone at any age level. Proceeds go toward that is second to none in this that many millions ofadditional state. Also, the city streets, sew- acres be locked up outside the (Friendship and Cultural Exchange Society) of Kanab. Lunch items will be sold. Advance entries are $5. Registration at the door is $7. Admission for spectators is $1. Contestants recreation and and wilderness as buffer ers, parks designated for can a better score, but will pay an additional $5 per try. For more information, call Tad crews play are again to zones Protect the wilderpower outstanding, 5 Casebolt at or the Kane County Office of Tourism (435) small 3 numbers ness.- Citizens should undergiven that their KANE). prevent them from being every- stand the magnitude of the dewhere during emergencies, such ception that is being foisted upon aa our September floods. them by environmental extremOur city Police Department ists. A graphic example is playhas demonstrated over and over ing out in the forests of Idaho their ability to maintain law and and Montana. order in our community and alThe Rocky Mountain Division ways drop their personal activi- of the Lewis and Clark National ties to respond to the needs of Forest in Montana is a 777,537 our citizens. We are fortunate to acre tract that lies adjacent to have an outstanding volunteer three rasyor designated wilderfire department that has proven ness areas including the Bob their value to the community Marshall, the Great Bear and a during times of fire and other wilderness called Scapegoat. Of emergencies and they serve the three quarter million acres without pay to keep our commu- in the Bocky Mountain Division, nity safe. We will soon have a only 341,233 acres are available new library designed to make for exploration, oil end gas acyour visits there most eryoyabJe. cording to the forest plan. But I want to' promise you that forest supervisor, Gloria Flora, your city is in good hands. We has decided that the will not have an excellent new Mayor allow leasing anywhere in the and a progressive city council. I forest, regardless of what the look forward to the community forest plan says. wide improvements that will be Where does Ms. Flora derive . 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