Show I Tuesday October 21 2003 A4 The Herald Journal ? Your view Get the lights on Main Street fixed council seats should puUically declare where they stand on the issue of routing nonresidential traffic through residential neighborhoods To the editor I am writing in regards to the light on 400 North and Main Traveling eastbound I have been This will be appreciated by the : many Logan residents who are against increased traffic noise outside their homes against increased stopped and waited through at least numbers of vehicles speeding three light changes without the against increased chances of their lights changing The westfamilies getting cancer and asthma bound lights work Sometimes the from exhaust fumes against turn arrows come on without anydecline in their property values as one in the turn lanes and I wonder well as against the tearing up of why curbside trees in some cases Now my question is how can the state or the city of Logan or Sandra and Charles Romesburg ' whomever spend millions of our dolLogan on Main the east-bou- by' nd lars on getting lights fixed and me of the busiest intersections in town does not even work right half the time? Now whoever is ip charge of this mess needs to get their job done and get the lights figured out get them fixed ' once and for all and maybe the flow of traffic might get a little bit better Street Mad at liberals so-cal-led mad at the voters To the editor To all of you war protesters and Democratic presidential ' candidates: The whole bunch of ' you are nothing more than a bunch of tellers of fabricated false tall David Miller about President Bush’s guid- ' Logan ' talesthis nation and the truth is not ing ' in you You really believe the ter-- rorists are taking note of what Bush is saying Well they aren’t It’s your words they are swallowing hook To the editor line and sinker Our enemies don’t This letter is in regards to the need weapons of mass destruction council meeting that city Logan when they have you aiding and ' was held on Wednesday Oct IS It abetting them on a daily basis As l'r time was totally unbelievable with goes by your clamor gets Councilmembers Randy Watts U louder and louder Finally when it c Tami Pyfer and Stephen Thompson reaches its peak — bam- we have ' voting down the lifesaving updated been destroyed from within — Fire the for ' Depart city thanks to you! equipment ment Their reasoning whs because I recently read in The Herald ' it was purchased before it Was able where Sic Carter I mean Dick to come to the council Fire Chief Cuter has been diatribin again! Mark Meeker only had three days Well folks Logan just had a pri' to accept the proposal of the new mary election and unfortunately 91 lifesaving equipment He had to " 'percent of its registered voters make that decision with the knoWl chose to sit on their lazy kisters i edge he has of the equipment ' and not vote That tells me that knowing how much savings he' they have more dollars than sense : would be saving the city and yet They are willing to pay higher also knowing that he is to go taxes higher light water sewer before the council Right he took a and garbage fees and exorbitant ' ' risk but one he felt comfortable in salaries for key personnel includbecause he would be saving the ing the mayor I am thinking that it city money and raising the lifesav-- J might be appropriate if we voters ing equipment His decision in the - i- who went to the polls and ' run would save the city over picked candidates whom we hoped " long $50000 Now does not the city will straighten out this mess some hire the best qualified people in of our elected officials have gotten management areas? Why does the ' this city in—band together and file n d lawsuit asking the city council feel the necessity to nonvoters to pay our added costs put them down and tell them no? Was this a good decision on the too Here are three examples of v ' council's part or was it just a poor voter turnout: 85 out of 1652 power play You tell me? There just 5 percent 46 out of 2591 just ' were two councilmembers who 2 percent 34 out of 1169 just have good heads on their shoul- 3percent The General Election is ders Tom Kerr and Allan Allred coming up Tuesday Nov 4 So you who could see cost versus power nonvoters will have a chance to and voted in the right direction So redeem yourselves and prove you ' if a member of your family dies are people and not because the Fire Department did robots I am voting not have the updated equipment for Steven C Hicken in Seat 1 Steven C Taylor in Seat 2 and you know who to thank for that Also is it not the taxpayers’ Peter G Brunson in Seat 3 and money they are voting with? Do hope that you voters will follow suit you think any of us as citizens of Logan would have voted down updating lifesaving equipment at a Elwin Allred savings of $30000? I say “No” Logan Now the citizens of Logan will ' have to come up with the extra amount of money just because a few councilmembers were doing a Letters to the editor and other perpower play How can anyone be so stupid? This power play should tell sonal columns in the Herthe citizens of Logan what to look ald Journal for in a councilmembcr and what may express not to look for in a councilmember lib--era- ls 4 Voters want answers not spin ' How can council nix fire equipment? - " ' j class-actio- - civic-mind- mind-numb- ' Randall Andersen Logan Candidates should weigh in on traffic To the editor All candidates for Logan city ed ed opinions that 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 com1 Ext 3020 mentary (Phone: cmocoltumOhjnewscom) See information box at bottom of page for more details 752-212- il: facts but the public perceived him porters “the silent majority” as uncaring Nobody is silent in today’s America Richard Nixon is the classic case Everybody has a voice whether it’s of a president who declared war on over the Internet through call-i- n shows or one of the many polls conthe media His vice president i he Bush administration is mi ducted to take the public’s tempera- the called reporters Agnew Spiro offensive to shore a l' nabobs of ‘nattering negativism” ' tore up support'' V the war as well as of But the same complaint coming Supporters " for the war critics have urged Bush to better & from George W Bush strains in Iraq :i somehas because Bush explain the situation in Iraq and to credulity President level with the public about what lies have and that’s didn’t Nixon thing George W'® ahead It won’t work to blame die an arsenal of media in his corner Bush Vice The electorate has a can’t Bush he messenger credit might Tty as President '' to about the reconstnic- know Nixon right match the of outrage bly Dick the magnitude of and don of Iraq when it comes to going v the Cheney and commitment v with the media Bush has too many National The public also needs and influential media outlets in his cor-- " deserves candor about the future ' Security ? ner rooting for him to be taken v Advisor The fact is that we are in Iraq and seriously when he complains that Condoleezza Rice have given major most people want to know how the media is doing him in with its — albeit in recent days speeches long yve will be there how much daily dose of bad news from Iraq ' conflicting statements according to :v money it is going to cost and Anybody watching Fox News — which other nations are going to Sen Richard Lugar the'shoutin 7' Channel or tuning to die the help us They want to know if this reminding postcountry of v fests on television from “Cross- 1 1 threat - is a proper use ijf American troops and Iraq Sept posed by fire’’ to “Hannity and Colmes” is ' or whether as one sergeant said why they chose war instead of fur-hearing the Republican argument ' ther diplomatic pressure they are simply “ducks in a duck- - : for war unfiltered and unadulterat- ' Bush believes more progress is shoot’ When liyesand pocket- ed Nixon didn’t have any of those books are involved the American being made in Iraq than the news media assets or even talk radio ' ' expects answers public media report and he has begun which has evolved into an electron- What Bush and his top officials ' ic town hall for conservatives talking to news outlets that are not are doing should be more than a internormally granted presidential Thcy’rt working hard to put a posiexercise Bush has views in an effort to bypass the tive spin on the events in Iraq limited control over the kinds of mainstream media’s “filter” Bush claiming it is better to fight die terstories coming out of Iraq but he is not the first president who has rorists in the Mideast than in the has total control over what he and felt unfairly maligned by the Midwest his administration tell the Amerinational press The problem is that the bad news can people When young men and Americans being killed in Iraq at His father the former President for- women are dying in a far-oBush complained the media a rate of three to six a week and no the land have a people right eign weren’t giving him a fair shake on evidence of weapons of mass to know why his handling of the economy which destruction found in the country — he claimed was rebounding from are undercutting the original ratio- -' Political correspondent Eleanor Clift recession He was right about the nale for war Nixon called his sup contributed to this column By Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn United Feature Syndicate public-relatio- ns Kr-- r -- toe-to-t- oe ’ : I V : - ! - public-relatio- ns ff Lawmakers Hers is a list of addresses and phone numbers for some of Cache Valley’s representatives in government LOGAN-MAYO- R Doug Thompson 1567 Lynnwood 9 Ave Logan North Logan 84341 Darrel Lee Gibbons —representing the north district — 840 S 1 600 West Lewiston 84320 258-52S Brian Chambers —representing the northeast district— 654 E 2160 4 North North Logan 84341 COUNCIL Thomas Kerr 35 N 1400 East L 1 West Logan 84321 Assessor: Kathleen Howell 179 N 0 Main Logan 84321 Attorney: George Daines11 W 100 1 North Logan 84321 Auditor Tamara Stones 179 N 3 Main Logan 84321 Cieric JiU Zollinger 170 N Main Logan 84321 716-71Recorder Michael L Gleed 179 N 0 Main Logan 84321 Sheriff: Lynn Nelson 50 W 200 0 North Logan 84321 Treasurer: Karen A Jeppessen 179 NMain Logan 84321 716-839- 4 716-717- 752-057- Logan 84321 ' 1 752-315- Alan Allred 1535 E 1500 North 4 Logan 64341 753-822- Steve Thompson 37 S 200 West 9 Logan 84321 Tami Pyfer South PI 753-601- 52-13- 84321753-752- 9 Randy Watts 1110 Dr 84321 N Cedar Heights 753-202-3 CACHE COUNTY COUNCIL 8 CACHE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRANCH Executive: Lynn Lemon 120 N 100 38 753-689- LOGAN-MUNICIPA- 752-677- John A Hansen —representing the south district— 252 EMain Hyrwn 84319 245-658-4 Paul Cook —representing the southeast district — 445 Glenwood Circle ' 4 Providence 84332 Cory Yeates —representing Logan ' district No 1— 281 S 100 East Logan 84321 752-902-7 Kathy Robison —representing Logan district No 2— 335 N 400 West Logan 84321 753-5- 1 09 Craig Petersen —representing Logan district No 3— 1440 E 1220 716-710- 716-836- 716-712- 752-196- 50 716-718- 715-740- 9 Non Sequitur TWM Herald Journal J TVAE THINO k UTTLC NSMSKETl NGr DtPARTMCNTT rrv V NLCWP-9R(U- ccniNG To V&RO e Mu(UCMICS£0A C0A ‘Xjgfit ccncluswns art mon Ths Opinion page is Mended to acquaint readers with a variety of viewpoints on marten of public importance and provide memban of the community with a tonim tor their views Personal cotornne cartoons and letters from readers reflect the opinions of their writers and creators Editorials under the headtoa 'Our View represent the views of the Herald Journal editorial board Members of the editorial txrerd: DARRELL EHRUCKcity editor CINDY YURTHleaturas edHor ' BRUCE SMITHlpubisher CHARLES McCOLLUMmanaging edflor to Stfiatfatd out oft multitude of ttmgw than through any iQnd of autfiorilativt tdtetitm ’ — JufytUamt£tfaniAmaiun the Herald Journal welcomes tetters to the edRor FotanSaly fibetous or offensive tetters wi not be pubfirired however and the edflor reserves the right to edit al letters to conform to the length and style requirements of the newspaper Letters should be: Typewritten and double-space- d No more than 450 words in length Addressed and Include daytime phone number for purposes of verification Signed by toe author tndfwvduals are fimiled to one pubfished letter within any 3Dday period Address letters to hjiettarOhjnewscom Guest commentaries are also welcome and an run at theedrior'sdtocretton jurist (1S72-1X- ‘ |