Show kJLmr ruf Jfid t- ii a ii y p A A irnTi (Dim Saturday November 29 2003 A4 The Herald Journal How medical industry bought Medicare bill By Daniel Schorr Christian Science Monitor Medicare bill which has burgeoned Trom the original idea of helping the tLjg longer simply already provide to their workers There sire benefits for doctors for office in a '0 hospitals for managed health organi- congressman s nations The winners of these goodies home district were theAmerican Medical Associa- Today it can tion and the lobbies for the pharma-involve huge ceutical industry for business and for monetary HMOs and hospitals favors to polii-icmix of- Where in this supporters The lobbyist once ' healthcare provjders was the lobby someone who patrolled the lobbies to buttonhole legislators has graduated ' for the consumers? That should have been the member AARP to big K Street firms deploying cam- -' fish to fry had But the AARP other paign money along with argumentsNo to confined influence-wieldin now being an advo- longer The plays cate for the elderly the AARP is itself the big leaguesThe energy bill in the insurance business It endorsed blocked for the moment by a Senate administration bill to (he now-passfilibuster would provide nearly $24 the dismay of many of its members billion over 10 years in tax breaks favor like : ul high-power- ed - - er w forJ ed mm Soapbox i’VVVr‘'“W - tv the currently ineffective “Bear River Herald Journal editorial page The far more in common than is com-i- f monly believed Far too often iutifi-- j social arid political infrastructure fpr Association of Governments'! dia-Jrial borders have constrained the evaluating discussing working and logue The time has come for a valggjjjgS y possibilities of our beautiful and solving issues of broad concern sirii - $ entity with strong citizen " potential-lade- n has been in not Cache a As studentMply developed jlrepresentationthat can tackle the valley I have found that the Already inexcusable with a‘3 planning issues that Logan and its vValley rat institutions and rou- population nearing 100000 this neighboring governments have to Otherwise' development need is especially acute with ouri failed tines of daily lifeipj b soorii the will need tend to reinforce planning rapidgrowthWe push to the Wellsville I Mountains a failure from which we ratherthan break modeling 'and debating entities that caririot recover While we recei ve link concerned citizens to govern" down these bound o the editor nerve intent’s centers' to planning every riectiorij fserVice divisions ariesThe Theopen On TuesdayNpv25 t season' of we have yet to seeany coi Wildlife the of Division between Mormon planning eje “A Pilgrim Table’? had one factual and the Utah Wolf Forum" f’crete action Even ait agricultural n Resources error that needs to becorrectedThe 1 ?V d concemingthe return of wolves protection bond was recently article stated ‘It’s still against federal Lbetweeri sparked in part by USU’s own work declined by the Cache County law to brew beer oraleinyourpwrif is a rare example of such infrastruC-rCounci I The words and actions of home” That was the case at the time Utah devotees of 5 governments can no longerbe Artdersoriand Deetz published in reconciled As a slightly butchered g Public Radio and those of KVNUi Recently the Utah Statesmari Ak kk —k nys' “f we do not nu" — ki:k - I" — will reach where - St ley-wi- de ’ r 5 Home brewing rftncluded iri The Herald journal regarding the proposed North Logan Cemetery DistricLThis letter stated 'that we gave out little orpoinfornia tion before the electjonThe fact js information about thecemeterymam tenance district was presented to thej bitizens of Jvlorth Logan city in many 'different waysTwopagesdf 1 legal j f andnon-Mormo- 1 j year-roun- informa-'ti'o'- M included in the September sfcNorth Logan newslettera half page i ff the October newsletter arid a Half page WMM n the November newsletter It was IfEpi di scussed before both of the Meet- -' Candidates nights ori Oct 1 and OfcUffL rind at an open house Information was oassed to all Were -- - M22 differences of opiniori cannot and should not be erased these comriiu-i There is one important fact that ? : seems to continue to be rnissed there are 608 properties iii North Logan that paid $12077 last year in taxes to the Hyde Park Cemetery District These' citizens cannot leave the Hyde Park District until there is either a new to move into or a cemetery that will provide a Similar serv ice We are trying to plan for the fulure of North Logan city with the ceirielery park' and open space There are many North Logari citizens who have lived here for 20 years or more and would like tohe buried here This is their ' home " If toe North Logan citizens want to know the trite facts about what is going on in their city at the very least they should read the Noith Logari city newsletter each month The December new sletter has more detailed informa- dis-tri- et ' ’ '- r : It is now legal for an adult 21 years uITto 100 gal- (jfagc or Ions of beer in a single year Beer brewed at home must be intended forr personal use Home brewing activity doesn't require licenses permits or ' fees Licenses permits and fees are bev- -' only required when any alcoholic ' is for sale erage produced The skills of home brewers of toe 1980s spawned the booming micro brewery business of the 1990s We are rapidly approaching the 25th anniver- sary of legalized home beer brewing in the Uniled States It is legal to recreate all aspects of the Pilgrim's ' diet at home There are no guarantees any of toe foods will taste good it is all in the skill of thechef andor dldetow : brewer ' Dirk Howard -i- - ' -- — -- 1- ‘" is important executing! f downtown such apian without formal publicf whose interests and motivations are § ewhere their Thdse who ' package ambitions and mxilvWiimi upon our community as somehow being in our interest Without consulting and working with us are not to be trusted The development of Powder Mountain is a case in point The ' developer aided by a compliant County Council' repeatedly pitched his project as being in the county’s best interest If we did not approve the zoning change we were told toe area' would be overrun by tawdry development This rhetorical trans- and public posing of intieresf by powerful corfipanies is an increasingly common tactic and in toe ceaseless hurricane of advertis- ' ing and public relations hubris the lost have ability to many people discern when the “powers that be” kelf-intere- st - tally wrong and must be radically overhauled to connect citizens and governments in Cache Valley Elections once every few years are pot a tight enough leash on those who serveus As a consequence Cache Valley is on a trajectory toward death by assimilation America is populated by innumerable towns coast to coast with no identity or center rt besides toe nearest Logan has also been targeted by national retail chains Presently the Word Mno" w hen uttered to powerful corporations is simplynot inthe vocabulary pf our planners Logan officials have repeatedly justified such permissiveness by predicting that “big-bostores would other- wise simply ipQve to the next town They also cite the need to recoup the itJPII theiI' while: keeping firmly connected to the heritage we bring with has acted as a spokesman for usu at ' Wal-Ma- x” ' t "-- This column arid other personal columns in The Herald Journal may express opin- ions that do not align exactly with your own If you dis- agree please respond with a letter to the editor or contact editor Charles McCokum about a possible guest com- Ext 320 mentary (Phone: 752-212-1 cmccoiluni hjnewscom) See for information box at bottom of more details pe The ii Herald Journal l V The Opinion page is inltndad to acquant realtors wsh a variety of viswpoinls on maRars G-NlN- oTpiitocimportancaandpnjvittonisntoereof toe community witt a torwn tor toair viawa Personal columns cartoons and Mtois Irem realtors redact toe opinions of toair aritors and creators Eittoriala under toe hearing "Our Vtetf represent toe views of toe Hewd Journal edkoriai board Members d toe etMotM board: DARREUEHRUCMtenyaiftor CmOYYURTHIfaatoraeoiStar BRUCE SMnHubWwr CHAfUSMoCOLLUMAnanagingodtor £S0 titfa amchisiont an more Bkfhf tohgathatdtmt oft mukitak eftoagues tfian tfoougfi tty - the EcotogicalCoalition of Students Smitofield 000X0 tiU p participation is a precise example of Cache Valley’s current weaknesses t)n several occasions We have threats to pur identi- - M informed that Logan is'courting yet -- Cion Soqnitur 4ALVO most special arid precious land let us make needed course correction now i fdiCtioiL’ The Herald Journal wetobmas laltors io toe editor PoianMy Itoeious or oltonsiire toners wiN not be putSiahed Ixwever and toe editor reserves toe right to adit al leders to conform tothetongtoandstyterequiremenlsoftoe tenars should be: Typernttananddoubtoapaoed No more Ban 450 words in lengto Addresaad and Muds daytime phone number for purpoaaa of varificaion Signed by toe autoor IreMduato am imitod to one pubfishad attoin any 30Uay partod Addreas tonatsto hjtonsrtthjnews-ooGuest oonv msniarias are also waloome and are run tf tot-to- r tosaiNosdscmlion — jdpLmndtfmdaMaiuKjmt(lg72rl96i) : |