Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday November 6 2003 — A9 Locks Continued from At Residents can obtain the trigger locks by stopping by the Preston Police Department bn Monday through Thursday from 9 am to noon and again - from 1 to 5 pm Shaw said he'd like to limit the number of trigger locks to three per person but if resi- dents havemore than three guns in a gun case they can have more j “We've got enough that people can come in and get them’’ Shaw said “We would just as soon have them locked pfvup so the kids aind grandkids don't get them” Shaw said “We’re happy to do it” ' : j - !£& ' Continued from A 1 “There are some scary niim- here” Liechty told the bers in ‘ board “That Xa $60 million bond) is the only way we’ll be ready if this growth really happens Instead of reacting ' when the growth gets here we can be ready to implement the- - ' ' plan” The first part of the long' term plan which was drafted ' by a committee of principals administrators and parent representatives from the district ' over the past several months- : is property acquisition The draft calls for $5 million worth of property acquisition for future school sites by October '2005 Purchasing property now will ensure that the dis- trict will have places to build the necessary buildings over ' V the next 20 years Liechty said and then the district will not have to worry about the rising cost of land All it will do is get more and more expensive as time '! goe? on” Liechty said Board member Tamara Grange stud the board will f spend time discussing the plan at the next board meeting on : Nov 20 and that the board hopes to ask the voters to !§ approve the $60 million bond Si? - : : in “We need to be able to get ti§f ' leaders today As one of those leaders told us recently “you :see a niuch harder edge” ' among Republicans than just a - ' : fewyearsago And the Democrats have responded in kind adopting the notion that the legislative process is a jihad a holy war for political ' advantage with the public ' interest be damned Look what’s happened to SenTed Kennedy who had the audacity to cooperate with ' Republicans on a prescription drug benefit because he ' thought it was good public ' policy He’s been excoriated “ by fellow Democrats who don't want President Bush and v the Republicans to claim any success on the issue All this comes at a time when the country and the Congress remains closely divided along partisan Ones In the latest ABC News poll 46 ' percent of all voters identified ' with the Democrats and 4$ v percent with the Republicans As a result the Democratic leader told us bodi parties remain paralyzed by the fear that “any misstep oraccom- modation” will swing control of the Con gress to the other ' ' party And that makes it “extraordinarily difficult to reach a bipartisaa consensus” on an issue as risky as retirement security: In fact the leader predicted nothing will happen until there is “a crisis of such proportions it cannot be ignored” One thing is certain: that crisis will happen What's not certain is whether die political leadership will respond effectively So far they’re only making matters worse ' : : G&Q3D arsg) ! CEWilft © Q Ul |