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Show I Eft psalsft JET Debate oves involvement in Bosnia should end We will do so again if requested, just about sums the extent of Clintons resolve in Bosnia. That up was his comment after Sundays air attack on the Serbs. After months of wavering on what to do about the senseless killing in Bosnia, he finally decided, after it was requested by NATO and the United Nations, to allow two U.S. fighters to drop three mark 82 bombs on Serbs near Gorazde. Its the classic case of too little too late. As Bosnias U.N. Ambassador, Muhamed Sacirbey said, We all know its too late for quite a few lives have been lost. Indeed, there were 65,000 residents of the Muslim safe haven of Gorazde, plus a small number of U.N. military observers and aid workers under siege by Serbian tanks which bombarded the area. The Serb attacks on Gorazde began two weeks ago. The toll: 100 dead and 430 wounded. This in one of six safe areas under U.N. protection. That protective blanket was put into place in June when the Untied States signed on to a U.N. resolution calling for all necessary measures to protect safe areas. How many lives were lost and how much money spent since that protection began? Why did over 500 more people have to be wounded or die in the last two weeks in one of the safe areas? Why wasnt the order to intervene issued the first day? Those questions cannot be answered based on this one incident involving one of the six safe havens. Today the debate continues on whether or not the U.S. should be involved in Bosnia. USA TODAY reported Monday there was an debate within the Clinton adminapparent week-lon- g istration on whether force should even be considered in Gorazde. Defense Secretary William Perry said the prevailing Pentagon view was that air strikes would have little effect in Gorazde an opinion some say gave the Serbs a green light to attack. As the debate continued the body count rose. ' A 5T' This public debate on what the U.S. role should be in Bosnia has gone on for two years. During that time the United Nations has built a 30,000 member peacekeeping team in the former Yugoslav federation. The U.N. toll has been 79 deaths, 845 wounded and a cost of $1.6 billion. Whether or not they should be there is still an unanswered question. But it must be resolved. One news report on the recent air strike quoted a ham radio operator monitoring the frantic messages coming from trapped Muslims in Gorazde. People told me.. .there is no God anymore. They say first there is America and then there is NATO. America has set itself up as the peacekeeping big brother of the underdogs. The problem is the enemy is not as easily defined as it once was. U.S. action could be swift and sure when Communism threatened to snuff out weaker countries. Today it is not clear what ideology we are trying to save. Regardless, the price of debate on whether or not we should be involved is too great to continue the debate. The U.S. needs to decide the criteria, prepare a checklist, and develop a formula. Hopefully the lives of innocent women and children will be an important issue to be factored into the decision. In his The Principles of Psychology William James wrote, There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. Clinton must end the debate, and his misery. Soccer fans shouldnt denigrate Miller Several readers were exuberant this week. ..They figured they had beaten the odds by calling in winning nominations for the Cyclops Annual Dumb Quote of the Year Award. One reader even called his nomi nation a slam dunk. That reader a former Sheriffs Department paramedic referred to a Davis County Clipper news story in which Sheriff Glenn Clary stated it was not a conflict of interest to use a county vehicle during work hours to pick up a Republican delegate list since, Technically by law I only have to work one day a month. So its not a conflict. Said the reader, If the Sheriff can declare its proper to use county in Yw UEA too powerful for candidates in Your that letters of the April 5 Clipper that the first two letters were written by Sheryl Allen and Kim R. Bumingham. Mrs. Allen confirms that she is ...the Legislative District 19 House of Representatives candidate endorsed by the UEA... being vacated by the seat 1954-198- 1990-prese- ISSN: 1061-122- 3 y on published No. Publication (USPS 149-18and New Years at Bountiful, Tuesday and Friday except the week of Christmas Utah Second class postage paid at Bountiful, Utah. Address all correspondence semi-weekl- Subscription rate: 50e per copy. to P.O. Box 267, Bountiful, Utah 84011-026$20.00 per year, Mailed: $30.00 per year. d: News Advertising Circulation 295-225- 1 292-205- 8 Classified 292-2022 FAX 295-304- Kim R. Bumingham who goes on to fill the appointment with the Utah State Centennial Commission. In a county in which the politics of both the Republican and Democratic parties is almost completely dominated by the UEA, it is no surprise that she is endorsed by the UEA, a Office Hours: 8.30-5.3- 0 DEADLINES Mon. with a consistent political agenda. Dee Bumingham, brother of Kim, was likewise elected secretary-treasur- TUESDAY PAPER Monday Noon Classified Ads.... 1 hurs. 5pm Display Advertising If Proof Required and Color 24 Hours In Advance ................Wed. & Photos 5pm News Articles Accepted Until 1 1am Mon. Obituaries Friday 5pm Public Notices DEADLINES Display Advertising Classified Ads POSTMASTER Sod and delegate to the Republican state and county conventions from District 23 with declared support for Sheryl Allen. No surprise here either! Its all in the UEA family and only further illustrates the political control of candidates at the grass roots level...a control that will continue until ordinary otherwise frustrated and discouraged citizens begin to take back control over the political process. UEA-support- County and Utah wake up and begin to take such control, it will be a foregone conclusion that Mrs. Allen will be elected to serve in the Utah House ...with other Davis (County) legisla- thru Fri. tors who have received UEA endorsements including Nancy FRIDAY PAPER uesday 5pm ;;yjJ Wednesday Noon P O Box 267, Bountiful, Utah chung of address to Dsvis County Cltppor, 84011-026- 7 shot. Well, you be cant get any dumber Lyon, Lane Beattie, Karen Smith, Kim and Haven Barlow, Bumingham... I have not seen or read the spurious campaign flyer to which Mrs. Allen objects, and she is clearly not a Democrat because of her impressive Republican credentials. It is unfair, perhaps, to brand her for what may seem to her detractors to be rather some wondering if she were in the right party. As she points out, party affiliation is not the issue. The UEA control of politics, however, is a serious issue that the people of Davis County and Utah should face at mass rallies, party conventions and at the polls. For this reason, and for this reason alone, I would urge rejection of any candidate that receives the d endorsement of any powerful, lobby on the basis that, no matter how well meaning, they cannot serve all of their constituents without being prejudiced toward that lobby that endorses them. John G. Kinnear Power letter was necessary timely ; Editor, As a resident of Bountiful I would personally like to thank Clifford C. Michaelis, and those power directors who have served us in years past, for their conscientious efforts to provide our community with a supply of affordable, and dependable electric power. They have been innovative, resourceful, knowledgeable, and have, in my opinion, maintained the public trust while serving in this position. Recently, Mr. Michaelis mailed an urgent message to the citizens of Bountiful. The letter addressed upcoming decisions which are to be made by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation concerning the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam, a major power-generatin- g If all the 7,000 facility. These decisions, to be made by the Bureau, should strongly honor the consensus of opinion that has been reached by the many agencies and consumer groups that have given prior input to studies and to the inter im operation procedures for Glen Canyon Dam that are now in place. Their decisions should be based on the good science contained in the Draft Environmental Statement which has been completed. Their decisions should be made on facts, and not on the unproven suppositions or fears expressed andor imposed on the Bureau by special interest groups. The Bureaus decisions on the operation of Glen Canyon Dam could have a significant and negative impact on the future cost and possible source(s) of our electric power. In that letter, we as citizens were urged to write to the Bureau of Reclamation and express our concerns about decisions that could: (1) ultimately raise our power rates, (2) would force the very inefficient use of Glen Canyon Dam as a major, efficient and clean power producer, and (3) would ultimately dictate the use of less efficient, potentially polfired generation luting, fossil-fufacilities. Mr. Michaelis' letter was sent to inform us as citizens of an issue of major concern to each of us, and as a request for our help. By sending the letter to each of us, Mr. Michaelis was in keeping with his public duties as our Power Manager, and in keeping with the public trust. In the Friday, April 1, 1994 issue of the Davis County Clipper, the Opinion column featured an article entitled Urgent power message leaves out some facts. The article and was an environmentally-biase- d uninformed criticism of our Pow'er letter Manager and the which he sent to us as citizens and power consumers. The Opinion article itself contains a number of el well-intend- errors and irrelevant arguments, questionable and unreferenced statements attributed to Mr. Michaelis, and it demonstrates a certain lack of knowledge and understanding of the technical subject matter and of the Draft Environmental Statement (Operation Impact of Glen good seats had been filled every night, Miller would have kept the Eagles in Utah. In fact, if 5,500 good seats had been filled Miller would have kept the team. But Miller rightly figured that losing $1 million a year was not a priority in his life. (The former owner reached a similar conclusion after he was forced to mortgage his house to keep the Eagles on ice.) Admittedly, Im not a great hockey fan. I dont follow any sport in which most of the players have last names ending with four consonants. But I and any other rationale person understands an elementary business principle: when you dont have a sufficient number of customers, close up the shop! Its understandable that hockey fans would not invite Miller to their sons or daughters wedding reception. But its ludicrous for them to boycott Millers auto dealership or try to form a posse to hunt him down. So for those who enjoy being ludicrous, I bestow the Dumb Quote Award. - d, Unless the people of Davis 4 holder told an Ogden sports editor that Larry Miller should well-funde- UEA-support- er 1892-195- 4 and Buy from Larry Miller Miller Boycott anything Larry Sells. Even worse, one season-ticke- t liberal thinking that would have Editor, How ironic Opinion enforcement. The Dumb Quote (er, the Dumb Quotes) come from the enraged Salt Lake Golden Eagle fans wishing to lynch Larry Miller for selling the team. At the final Eagles game, distraught fans hoisted banners proclaiming Dont Let Your Friends than that. The Larry Miller as Scoundrel act just doesn't wash. If anything. Miller should be thanked for keeping pro hockey alive in a community that didnt support it. Granted, only about 7,000 of the 14.000 Delta Center hockey seats allowed fans a decent view of the game. But one could say the same thing about the nosebleed section for Utah Jazz games and those seats, closer to Venus than center court are still sold out. For all their rage, hockey fans must blame themselves. When the Eagles won league championships, the team averaged only 4,000 paying fans. There were many nights when more people attended a Davis County Democratic Party caucus than showed up for a hockey game. Miller was forking over $3 million each year to keep the team and he was losing an average of $1 million for his efforts. According to Miller, he spread the word that he needed to sell the team but no local buyers raised their hands. So Miller did w hat any smart person would do he unloaded a liability. pinin i powerful teachers union Published by Clipper Publishing Co., Inc. 9 John Stable, Jr. publisher Sr. John Stable, publisher R. Gail Stahle publisher Judy Jensen managing editor 1370 South 500 West, Bountiful, Utah 84010 should be a shoo-i- n for the Dumb Quote. But while this nomination has merit, it doesn't fit the high standards of a true Dumb Quote. After all, theres nothing in the Davis County personnel manual that states elected officials must say sensible things. There is no rule that politicians (or weekly newspaper columnists) must score high on the SAT exam. No, this weeks winning Dumb Quote nomination deals with some- thing more emotional than law well-funde- semi-week- ly work time for private matters, he j Canyon Dam) and to which frequent reference was made. The issues associated with the operation of Glen Canyon Dam, and the generation, distribution and cost of power from that complex, are technical, political, financial and environmental in nature. In all fairness to Mr. Michaelis, in light of the bad and undeserving press he recently received, and due to the complex nature of the issues, I would suggest that he be given the opportunity to explain his position in an open public meeting within the very near future. This would give us, as power consumers, the opportunity to be informed and to ask questions. I would invite the Clipper Opinion staff to also attend, listen, and become educated. J.W. Gwynn Thanks to Haven Barlow for service Editor, Having served 42 years in the Utah State Legislature, the retirement of Senator Haven J. Barlow marks an record of legislative service. Even more remarkable is the quality of legislative service Haven provided to the citizens of the State of Utah. During his long tenure of service with numerous changes in legislative structure, procedures, and all-ti- responsibility, Senator Barlows integrity and quality of service remained steadfast. Haven and his wife Bonnies civic and church service exemplifies the qualities of good citizenship and sustains the ideals of our community. May Havens time and health permit him to continue in public service for the betterment of our community and state. John E. Jack Smith Former State Legislator |