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Show Cause for lamentation "Where will it all end?" This lament can be heard daily by economic planners, young homeowners, shoppers, and close watchers of Washington scene. This week, for some reason, has given everyone more reason to lament. Pinion pines. It was reported last week that pinion pines, particularly par-ticularly those found in prevalence in Eastern Utah, emitted scents that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's standards. The ramification is that development could actually be halted because the trees (Nature, Mother Earth) exceeds the EPA standard. The standard may win a battle against Mother Nature. Hard to believe, isn't it? Chubs and suckers. Again, very important to Eastern and Central Utah and of vital concern to the Central Utah Water Project. The chub and sucker, (remember how many thousands of dollars have been spent on cleaning up the trash fish in reservoirs throughout the state?) might soon be designated an endangered species, thereby halting development in areas where the junk fish can be found. Hamburgers. Some Potomac pinhead has found, or so he claims, that when hamburger is put on a hot grill, it emits a bacteria that "may" cause cancer. Now we are all for eliminating cancer or any terminal disease, but, gee whiz, lets not throw some expensive EPA or USDA standards on the good old backyard burger without a little more investigation, combined com-bined with some good common sense. And the list goes on and on. It is a week like this that tends to get we little folk, who live far away from the shadow of the Washington Memorial, down. |