Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February Your view air mayor gjo the editor: What a frustration it has been after spending a week confined to home to spend the next one in the hospital struggling to breathe while having ime on my hands to read and listen to how Mayor Doug npson is mostly con-- 1 that we keep our Cache secret to our“dirty” alley selves He has done an incredible disservice to the people here t It’s all fine that some strides have been made to encourage ess pollutant by encouraging par pooling and bus and discouraging idling But the answers really lie in “Joe Citizen” in every person doing their part lnfortunately most gripe a little about die problem and then go oh with doing as little as possible But the repeated remarks of “media hyperbole that exaggerated the situation” and “our air in Cache Valley is generally very good” etc just tend to give those people the-- ' excuse to feel that “too much of a deal is being made out of a little problem” and “why should I put in the extra energy to help a problem that isn’t really there” As my hospital bill increased daily the more I heard of that attitude the more I’d like to have shoved his inhaler that Mayor Thompson ‘lias had to reach for a little more often” down his throat ' All this unappreciated time on my hands that has cost me ' thousands dollars and of put ' me far behind in my business and personal duties Take note the PM 25 levels of Cache Valley have been 2 and 3 plus times as high as they have been in the large cities of Utah that have been well known for serious pollution for many years Don’t let the “not anywhere as bad a$ ' reported” statements that have been reported dairy in our newspaper lure you intocom-placenc- y By Todd R Nelson Christian Science Monitor I (Gross Media Product) And it’S not that I lade leadership qualities unless that means merely “playing to win” stiffing tire competition and keeping my eyes on the prize earned buying low sell- ing high The mensch in me wants assurance Friday night f was finally discharged to continue my treatment at home after a very long expensive and ftustrat-ing week Herald Journal’s “Pollution PR" article was a little more than I could take all about the press conference held in Salt Lake where the “biggies" all got together to pat themselves on die back “back off the hyperbole of the media reports of nation's worst air” but according to Mayor Thompson “nicely to ' protect our image here” Our citizens may well be receiving actual permanent health damage Meanwhile our mayor is mostly worried about hiding the facts from the ' outside world not affecting JLJSU recruitment or business iemployee recruitment from ' ' pthcr areas So go ahead people of Cache Valley coughchoke-sputteand dke- - but please do it quietly so that We don’t let on that our airhas been and will again become dangerous U isn’t good for our TO” enhances the profession and the community And I’m pretty sure that lots of enlightened contemporary entrepreneurs share my defini-- ’ ' - : Candida Jensen Logan Dump Claricston landfill site To the editor 'v-:- ? I just read with interest the article found in the Jan 23 edition of The Herald Journal v The caption to the article stales “snowfall levels raise ' cgpubt oyer proposed landfill ' ne” Fm sure that was just one of the reasons feir objec-t-k of the landfill site for Clarkston residents and in my : 'opinion one ofthe maia tea-sons for not having the landfill ? rlifyilDihrfChtanB Clarkston is a wonderful place to five despite the winter and ' blizzard conditions we have here For those da the sofid ' ' i : wmte advisory board who’ voted for the landfill site in Clarkston obviously didta’t take dus into conridention b ' I lanobrainerfiomlhe u — I want a the bling-blin- g thoughtful “toolbox” from the ' master builder So before I take the elevator back down to the street here’s nty pitch: Teach us about creativity teamwork and a deeper sense of social profit by assigning tasks that : leverage a surprise bottom line — say making money while also providing quality healthcare profit sharing and ' flextime for employees How about creating an enterprise zone in a neighbor-hood where people need jobs? What if the Big Apple's star real estate mogul sent his minions down to street level to solve a housing problem for a fewhomeless families? Qr get kids hooked up with junior achievement dubs instead of negotiating a bargain price for (self-anointe- d) I’ve got this ethical baggage — think business should be about making good things happen for everyone And if that gets me a ride on the down elevator so be it I guess I want to leverage all’ the wrong things a i ? moved by the proximity and touch of celebrities Last week when Sam boss of the day got a handshake from Trump I got the impression he would never wash that hand again He had won something merely by this fleeting brush with greatness fuse “The Apprentice” with even though he was fired at the end of the show real mentoring as the title And we Americans love orir implies or real leadership ll This is not Bill Moyers’s Jourcompetitions nal after alLIt’s infotainment: Nothing says entertainment like ending each episode with The Art of the Deal meets both a lucky winner and a “Fear Factor” It relies on goat who exits the field of batgood old American fascina-tle vowing a comeback “You tion with celebrities luck' haiven't heard the last of me suckers and money Mr Trump Wait ‘til I own my As a society we're known first building” our for indulging plutographic But I’m hung up on the tendencies in primetime We show’s undeveloped promise like to see the With such a large Audience rich — our royalty? — living ' it’s We an opportunity for some see like their to large No their hangouts things unique mentoriiig from wonder winning apprentices Trump’s business acumen and ' get to glimpse Trump's crib ' street smarts However we calories Lose and ride on his private plane! get only empty media That’s Gatsby-esqu- e (Hair the 'Winter ‘Sfues Morepoignantly we’re tion of “profit motive” I’m surprised The Donald ' doesn't see the potential for an innovative deal in the making rather than recycling prime- time charades arid scavenger hunts for the sake of expanding the Trump brand For instance let's not con- an ounce of gold I know I’ve got this ethical baggage — I think business should be about making gixxl things happen for Everyone And if that gets me a ride on the down elevator so be it I guess I want to leverage all the wrong things Or are they the right things at an inctinve- nient time : prime time? " Give me a call Donald when it’s time to get fired up It's an entrepreneurial idea don’t you think? Making a show based on prime-tim- e business doing good? We could call it The Art of the ’ Social Capitalist” or just “The Mensch” Who says there are no second acts in ' American life? 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