Show Letters to the Editor Dear Editor Please publish the enclosed open letter to the Humane So Society Society Society So- So In the next edition of ot your weekly newspaper 9 The Humane Society of Utah Salt Lake City Utah Dear Mr Little I have received a copy of your Memo to the City Councils in regard to Ani Animal mal Adoption Policies Policies Policies Poli Poli- cies and I note that you have excl excluded Sanpete County among other counties as a qualified area for adoption of animals for one or two of the following reasons 1 You state illegal and In Inhumane inhumane in- in humane destruction of animals by their law enforcement agencies agencies agencies agen agen- cies or animal control agen agen- cies 2 Ordinances deemed to be inhumane or and/or illegal Mr Little I charge you by this letter with being reactionary reaction reaction- ary and biased and of restricting restricting restricting restrict restrict- ing Sanpete County from authorized authorized authorized auth auth- adoption of animals for tor reasons other than you have listed In your Notice First of all there has come cometo cometo cometo to my attention as County At Attorney Attorney Attorney At- At torney no inhumane destruction of animals by any law enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment official of Sanpete County or of any animal control agency and I know of no inhumane or ordinance ordinance ordinance or- or on the books on Sanpete County which would justify you not allowing adoptions on this basis In addition to this your actions seem to me to be reactionary and not based on any good foundation because of the fact that any adoption of an animal should be made upon an Individual basis and given to a person whom your agency would find would take care of the animal animal animal ani ani- mal and give it the loving care that It needs By your putting Sanpete County on this list for alleged inhumane destruction of animals by law off officers leers and inhumane inhumane in in- in humane ordinances you are in effect discriminating against every citizen of Sanpete County regardless of whether the Individual in indi individual in- in di vidual may be a fit and proper proper proper pro pro- per person to adopt or take an animal Into their home or to take care of the same I particularly charge you with making the edict as to Sanpete County based upon a recent conflict conflict conflict con con- between the Humane So Society Society Society So- So and the Sheriffs Sheriff's Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment wherein the Sheriffs Sheriff's Department De Department De- De has refused to employ or retain a Mr John Fox of the Humane Society as a Deputy De Deputy Deputy De- De Sheriff to Investigate violations violations violations vio vio- lations of the Humane laws because be- be cause Mr Fox is not a resident resident resident resi resi- dent of Sanpete County as Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete County officials have de deemed deemed deemed de- de emed to be a requirement under the law In short Mr Little I charge you with reactionary and In Instituting instituting instituting in- in your policies for reasons reasons reasons rea rea- sons other than listed In your letter and further charge that your actions are discriminatory against persons who may be otherwise fit tit for tor adoption of ani animals ant ant- mals and further call upon you as the Executive Director of the Humane Society to lift this restriction against Sanpete County or to make public your real reasons as to why you will not allow adoptions San pete County Yours very truly Louis G. G Sanpete County Attorney Dear Editor Questions Why has all the work stopped on the water lines Are we to have dangerous open ditches all winter Are contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts being li lived ved up to I think we should have these answers soon W W. W J. J Farnsworth Jr Manti Mantl Dear Editor A little noticed little noticed bill wh which ch passed the Senate recently recent recent- ly would alter a fundamental concept of our constitution constitution- private ownership of land Under Under Under Un Un- der the name of Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Assistance Assistance Assist Assist- ance the Senate voted to un undermine undermine undermine un- un dermine the concept of private ownership of land by dragging the US U.S. into planning a more efficient system of land use The states will be forced to tomake tomake tomake make such state controls as will satisfy the federal require require- ments All citizens are urged to at attend attend attend at- at tend the public meeting to be beheld beheld beheld held by the State Legislative Council Friday Sept 28 at pm p.m. at Snow College You must be there to protect your right to own and control your property Who is better off oft He who owns or he who controls Sincerely Bruce Johnson Young drivers are still in involved involved involved in- in in traffic accidents in numbers far disproportionate to their ratio to licensed dri drivers vers as a whole reports The Travelers Insurance Compan Compan- ies In 1972 almost drivers under 25 were killed in auto accidents |