Show GMIIMM Tuesday September 24 2002 A4 The HeralcTjoumal Regional view Students win with Leavitt’s decision ©ICOKlMfln ro&Wi funding to states that allow undocu- mented immigrants to pay tuition An exception is made if the students resstate grants ident tuition as well Utah does so and hopes to implement the new law resident based on its provisions Utah’s case is made somewhat murkier by its latest changes to the From The Salt Lake Tribune: te Situdcnts who attend I three out-of-sta- te years of high school in Utah should !e allowed to attend its colleges and universities as residents even those without citizenship Gov Mike Leavitt's decision to test the legality of forging ahead — without federal approval — with Utah's tuition law for undocumented students is a worthwhile exercise out-of-sta- tuition law That law bases residency on semester hours The tuition law for undocumented immigrants bases residency on years in the state not semester hours: There is little equivalency between the two since the time it takes to complete 60 hours of school depends on any number of variables including whether the student works while attending school The state’s compliance with the federal exception would be much clearer if the tuition law required two years of residency But even without a clean comparison between the immigrants and the Leavitt is right to examine his options for implementing the Taw without playing the federal waiting game Many willing and able students and Ultimately the state could benefit if his office can make the legal case: te te ' With much opposition the 2(X)2 Legislature passed the law which grants resident tuition to illegal resi- dents who graduate front Utah high schools As the US Supreme Court recognized decades ago in Plyler v Doe most of these students did not choose to be illegal They were brought here by their parents Having had no choice in the' matter it makes little sense for the state to punish the students especially if they have been accepted into Utah’s system of higher education These students are on their way to becoming educated vital members of the te community The legislation has yet to be implemented however because of federal law which blocks federal Your view America will suffer in war with Iraq To the editor Win the war in Iraq lose the war on terrorism George Bush has done an excellent job orpolarizing the world into two easily defined camps The US versus the world While I am sure he would like to see himself as a “knight in shining armor” defending America against our foreign foes I think he has become more of an “international bully” Bush reminds tne a lot of the typical playground bully who is usually bigger stronger and more likely to use force than his adolescent classmates George Bush may get his way with Iraq but then the America (and Bush) haters across the globe will have one dear target Ask any 13- who has ever been to the year-ol- d movies Does a big bully ever have a chance against an army of little guys? All of us know the Disney ' plot whether it’s leeches in the sleeping bag buckets of mud or grease on the door handle Real ter- rorists of course are just as creative but with more deadly results George Bush is inviting the unthink- -' able and it is the American people who will ultimately suffer going north C Use 10th west as a Logan bypasstruck route as originally intended (In the school area build an overpass or skywalk for children and other pedestrians This safety feature works well in SLC and in other cities) D Leave the island area as it exists Preserve the homes and properties keeping this historic-areintact and safe for the children and - neighborhood surrounding Wilson school Consider the fact that the pro-posed 4th East dugway would ! k necessitate widening of the section of 4th East from 3rd South to Canyon road but then what? Doesn't this also demand a widening of the road where all die traffic will come north off a new 4th East dugway? And what about the road south of 3rd South going through River Heights? Is River Heights willing to open its neigh- borhoods to alterations and widening of its roads? (We have been told that River Heights is not in favor of this) So consider the possibility: Will we end up with dollar 4th East bottlenecked boondoggle? I hope not four-bloc- multi-milli- By Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn United Feature Syndicate La nation that prides itself on family values' it see ms as though we le are doing just about everything to discourage marriage First on the list is the inexcusable marriage-ta- x penalty that causes married couples to pay more to the IRS than each of the pos--sib- would pay if they were single This was an unintended quence of years of tax tinkering by our elected officials and now though our senators and representatives acknowledge the problem they claim that rectifying it would bust the budget This of course is nonsense because they could simply perform additional tinkering that raises other rates to lower married rates Next are the divorce laws They vary dramatically from state to state raising the question of whether they are generally too lenient or too complex It is well known that approximately 50 penrent of marriages in America end in divorce Would there be more divorces if the laws made divorce easier or would there be Here is a list of addresses and phone (lumbers for some of Cache Valley’s representatives in government: Judie Alley' Logan This letter and other letters in the Heriald Journal besides dugway editor lam opposed to the proposed 4th East dugway plan The city's stated objective behind the proposal is to improve north and south traffic flow Instead of building a new 4th East dugway I believe that the city should: A Retain widen andor improve the existing 6th East dugway B Create a dugway or other access route directly from the east bench R Doug Thompson 1567 Lynnwood Ave' Logan may express opinions max do not align exactly with your own If you disagree please respond with a letter to the editor or contact editor Charles McCollum about a possible guest 1 Ext commentary (Phone: :cmccdlum 6 hjnewscom) 320 See Information box at bottom of page for more details 752-212- ail more marriages? Cohabitation was once frowrted upon but is now commonplace With the social stigma removed people know they can live with their “significant other" before making the" marriage commitment And this is where the tax laws and divorce laws kick in Ending a relationship requires nothing more than a moving van Ending a marriage ' requires attorneys waiting periods prolonged trauma and divorce settlements The last of these is being amply ' displayed in themessy divorce between' former General Electric Chairman Jack Welch and his wife who is demanding more than ! $365000 per month in the settlement This is why agree- ments come into play but do not go this route because they do not wish to contemplate divorce when they marry and because they do not want to spend the money on attorneys In short marriage in America can be expensive going in expensive ' going on (because of taxes) and very expensive going out So the incentive to cohabit is significant And where cohabitation may once have been chosen as a temporary lifestyle preliminary to making a lifetime commitment it is increasingly being chosen as a more permanent living arrangement This is especially true for childless couples There is still a social stigma about having children out of wedlock And even this stigma will vanish unless we change the biases of our laws Tax laws can be changed now and should be Divorce laws as they relate to divorce settlements should be changed to incorporate the basic CACHE COUNTY COUNCIL Darrel Lee Gibbons —representing the north district — 840 S 1600 North Logan 84341 non-marit- al pre-nupt- ial s most-couple- ge agreementsconcepts of which is to saythat the laws should state that a marriage partner may not lay claim to what the other partner has financially brought into and contributes during the marriage The problem is that such a law would discriminate against the housewife or Househusband This could be resolved with a formula that allocates a percentage to the earning partner At least a formula would create uniformity and reduce legal bills And finally comes the issue of divorce law complexity Marriage' should not be a prison To make it so is todisincentivize couples from entering into it Laws should written to encourage couples to reconcile usually through counseling but otherwise long time constraints and other roadblocks should be removed ' The current concept of making divorce expensive and difficult has only succeeded in increasing the incidence and duration of cohabitation Prediction: The marriage-tapenalty will be eliminated but little else will be done to reduce legal fees and trauma when marriages go awry pre-nupti- al non-inco- x Political correspondent Eleanor Clift contributed to this column ' Lawmakers LOGAN-MAYO- Options exist -- conse- on John Nicholson Logan To the When the knot becomes a noose LOGAN-MUNICIPA- 753-689- 9 COUNCIL L Thomas Kerr 35 N 1400 East Logan 84321 752-31Alan Allred 1535 E 1500 North 4 Logan 84341 Steve Thompson 37 S 200 West Logan 84321753-601- 9 ' Karen Borg 1670 N 1600' East 84341 3 Logan Tami Pyfer 521370 South PI 51 753-822- 753-696- 843? 1 753-752- 9 West Lewiston 84320 258-52Layne Beck representing the northeast district— 628 E 380 South Smithfield 84335 563-32John A Hansen —representing die south district— 252 EMain Hyium 38 29 84319245-658- 4 752-667- 8 CACHE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRANCH Executive: Lynn Lemon 120 N 100 West Logan 84321 716-717-1 Assessor Kathleen Howell 179 N Main Logan 84321 716-71Attorney: Scott Wyatt 11 W 100 North Logan 84321 716-83Auditor Thmara Stones 179 N Main Logan 84321 716-71Clerk: Jill Zollinger 170 N Main Logan 84321 716-715-0 Recorder Michael L Gleed 179 N Main Logan 84321 716-718- 0 Sheriff: Lynn Nelson 50 W 200 North Logan 84321 715-74' Treasurer Karen A Jeppessen 179 NMain Logan 84321 716-839- 4 00 61 Larry Anhder representing the southeast district — 3475 S 250 West Logan 84321 753-51Cory Yeates —representing Logan district No 1— 281 S 100 East Logan 84321 752r9Q27 Kathy Robison —representing Logan district No 2— 335 N 400 West Logan 84321 753-51Craig Petersen —representing Logan district No 3— 1440 E 1220 04 0? 23 00 i Mallard Fillmore Him MOCK at MaUHhkilMiNd ' in yommi Nopih opeum fcKEPA WHS? 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