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Show Partisan Politics Wins Again Over By Milt . Interest Bissegger Editorial Writer In previous issues the Gazette has commented on some of the negative aspects of our y While we system. support the system in principle, as the best possible vehicle for a democratic government, once again a classic example has come to light of the interests of a party being more important than the interests of the voters. We refer, of course, to the recent ouster of Senator Carl Petterson from the position of Majortiy Leader of the Democrats in the Utah Senate.' We can understand the desire of party leaders to encourage solidarity among party members, to try to maintain party strength through a unified position on particular issues. .And we can understand disciplinary action on the part of a party against one of its members for malfeasance in office. Such actions by an elected official would discredit the party as well as defraud the voters. But in the case of Sen. Pettersson there was no malfeasance and we dont understand why two-part- whole-hearted- ly two-par- ty of strictly partisan considerations should be the only ones Of Pettersson. Sen. to with to the party respect importance most significance to the voters is the question of how faithstate fully Sen. Pettersson has defended the interests of the and his constituents and if he has acted in conformity to the high standard of personal ethics which should govern the actions of all politicians. And what we really resent most is the interjection of party politics into virtually all political activity, to the exclusion of public interest. The statement of the Democratic Party leadership has emphasized, that Sell. Pettersson has failed to abide by the rules ot the party and voted too many times with the Senate President Ernest Dean, Dem, was quoRepublicans. ted as saying, Several attempts were made.. .to get him behind us.. .but he indicated he would not be part of the caucus.' What this means, no matter what euphemisms the not toe the line . party uses, is that Sen. Pettersson would He would not bow to the pary's will. Although Sen. Dean uid the party didn't disagree with Sen. Pettersson's voting recwd. it's hard to believe ms position on issues was completely divorced from the action taken against him. The Democratic leadership insists that the ouster was over organizational matters. But all this means is that his actions on the Senate floor with respect to issues was wrong; in any legislative body the issues arc almost always decided basis of party-lin- e votes. It's not as though the Democratic Party had a set of principles which distinguish it from all other parties, which make it a unique institution. Philosophically there is nothing to Distinguish a Democrat from a Republican or, for that matter, from an American Party member. Philosophically there are Democrats in this state who range from the right to the left, just as there as Republicans who fit most of the niches on the political spectrum. So after all the double-talby the Democrats is over and done, the fact remains that Sen. Pettersson was ousted because he didn't vote like the party wanted him to vote. The voters deserve better treatment than this. Until the parties make party membership and loyalty secondary to responsibility to the electorate, more and more voters are Until that going to reject party membership and activity. time we say to all the parties, 'a pox on all your houses'. on the k Perhaps the real significance of Sen. Petters son's ouster statement of Sen. Hughes Brockbank, Minority leader, who was quoted as saying thiii, 'if Sen. Pettersson wanted to take the standard loyalty oath', to the Republican Party, they would be glad to have him join with them. It's a sad commentary on state politics when loyalty to the party is the overriding test of the performance of a politician. can be found in the Pi publican Senate MAR Per Copy Source September c . ; , 2 1976 . ft tflif. 19, 1975 Elections Begin Sandy City Wont Use Their New Primary Election This Year But Campaign Goes On '' Road crews put finishing touches on children to attend school. eight-foo- t pathway that parents helped instigate to provide a safer route for their Parents Get Partial Satisfaction On Highway Safety Problem two-part- Sch- will now have an eight foot asphalt pathway to walk to and from school. ool The PTA held meetings with state, city, and school district officals to try to obtain chtemporary busing for the ildren who were forced to walk along Redwood Road to The parents had been schoescorting the children to ol to help convince officials that some action was necessary on the issue. stAfter many meetings the eight-foo- t a to decided put ale the wad asphalt strip along have a could children so the the place to walk. However, to had district school city and the to lay fiirnish the material walkway. A group of parents headed by Mrs. Jcannic Shuster has been seeking temporary busing until the walkway is com- Alta View Kids Have Nature Show pleted. . Students from the Alla View Elementary School show olT their displays in a Nature Show held Thursday at the school. The display was for the students and also their parents. The contest was for students from kindergarder age thru the third grade. The displays were judged by judges for their apPrizes were awarded to those pearance and creativeness. students whose displays were picked by the judges. According to the state trafengineer's department the traffic flow on redwood road and 7000 South is 7400 cars per day on a yearly average, with peak traffic flow at the same time children are going to and returning from school. fic , l8. i A Plan" prepared by the U. of U. Geography Department, this Summer, shows the need for a 'comprehensive, plan for the city. If elected. Adair has pledged to work for continued park and recreational improvements. He also stresses the importance of water storage and precurring additional water sources. Adair will work to continue upgrading the city's police force with modern equipment and more He training for personnel. also hopes funds can be made available to build more fire stations in outlying areas. Adair is a member of the Sandy Lions and has been instrumental in organizing Sandy Boys Baseball and is a Bicentennial member of the Committee. unavailable The two remaining candidates, John Winder and Lcland Cunliffe were not available for comment. professi-onal'Kiast- low-co- et st . grabs. About 80 students attending the Majestic Elementary Prospective candidates for many city government in south valley towns have overcome the first hurdle in the race down the campaign trail. Monday marked the deadline for submitting petitions announcing their candidacy, and the start of campaigning for primary elections if necessary in anticipation of final election day, Nov. 4. Sandy, in a recent attempt to open city government to more of its citizens by implementing a primary election will not be able to utilize the qualifying election. Only thr-si- x petitions were filed with city recorder Arthur Hunter for the three city council seats to be filled in November. According to Hunter, at least seven candidates were needed to hold a primary, so the y type election, that has been in use since Sandys incorporation 82 years ago will go virtually unchanged for two years until the mayor's office, presently held by DcwCy Bluth goes up for He is a member of years. years. Stocks feels annexation outthe Sons of Utah Pioneers and has served as a voting district side of the city boundaries chairman. He is a member of should be slowed but stated that "thera eye . some good . the BYU alumni association lands within the city that habv rccieving a degree in Hisven't been annexed that could tory in He also be advantageous". Mccham feels there is curfeels Sandy should attempt to rently "Tiki much government waste,", and that Sandy shiv encourage industrial and retail uid stop its continued annegrowth in order to use and maintain its strong, intelligent xation". work force realtor The Stocks have three chilGerald "Bud" Slocks, contractor. and head' of ihc First dren. birumbcnl Realty Group, 'will also he Incumbent councilman. Dick contending for a council seat. Slocks feels that Sandy has Adair has expressed his desire to continue his 2 'h years grown in population hut Sandy polities are "controlled by by filing for the November political clicks" and with the ballot. Adair feels his many years possibility of the city growing to as much as 40.000 people, in the construction business has given him great insight its time for a new political into the needs of Sandy City, base. The 2'j year resident of particularly in the areas of Chairas served has planning and zoning, engineeSandy, man of the Young Republicring and inspection. He feels ans as well as state nr city the study on Sandy City, entitled. "Sandv Citv - A Studv. chairman for more than 10 seats open The three council scats arc now held by councilmen; Joe Haun. J.C. Richards and Warren "Dick" Adair. Adair being the only councilman seeking Candidates appearing on the November ballot in Sandy will be Lcland A. Cunliffe. Sandra 871 S. 825 East; LcRoy. 818 E. 8375 South; Roger L. Mccham, 340 N. 1040 East; Gerald B. Stocks. John B. 8196 Main Dr.; Winder. 988 Darin Dr., and inrumhent Warren "Dick" 426 Alton Cir. only woman Sandra LcRoy, the only woman in the Sandy recc, feels the council is ready for a woman's vciwpoint. Mrs. her husband Michael, and their four children, the youngest of which is eleven and the oldest daughter a pre med student at the U. Of U.. have lived in Sandy for fourteen years. Mrs. LcRoy, employed by the County as a Deputy Constable, feels the city needs a revamp of its tax base. She feels, a building moratorium should be reinstated until the taxation problems have been cleared up. Roger Mccham will also be vicing for the council post in Mccham, his wife Sandy. and four children have lived in Sandy for two and a half y, This is the site for the new Grand Central to be built in Sandy. The location of the new development is 9400 South and 800 Fast. The project is being constructed by John Price and Associates. The area of Sandy is seeing tremendous growth as nunc and more companies are constructing their developments in this end of the valley. Bike-A-Ran- ia Last week the Majestic Elementary School PTA sponsThe ored their event concluded the school's week-lonbicycle safety drive. Officer Stan Shelby, from the S.L. County Sheriffs Department. was on hand Thursday and Friday with films a. g Concludes Bike Week amt other activities showing the children Ihc proper bicycle habits. Saturday Officer Shelby spent the day running the children through an obstacle course. More than 20 volunteer fathers joined Officer Shelby an helped the children register th cir bicylcs. They inspected the bikes for flaws ' and attempted to get them ready for An employee from licensing. the Spoke and Rim Bicycle shop was on hand to engrave registration numbers in the that did not already have es them. |
