Show i OurI Our I GLEN Says The people of Summit County should be commended on the I way they conducted the barn cam campaign am for and against school consolidation Even though there were sharp I differences of opinion the orderly order order- ly Iy and sincere efforts of ot both sides are evidences of the high quality of people that live inthe Inthe in inthe the area I have the greatest I respect for all of them I Sunday closing had a rough time As it came from the Senate Sen Sen- ate It did not include any stores with three clerks plus the own own- er The House amended the bill to include all places of business business busi busl ness and prohibit the sale of beer We sent it back hack to the agnate and they would not go along on this bails Finally after two previous a attempts attempts at at- tempts it was brought out on the last day and passed to allow t the e small stores to stay open In rn its present form it will not affect shy any by places of business Tn Ih the three counties I 1 represent ent Now G Governor vernor Rampton must decide to veto sign or just let It become law By increasing the number of ot Highway Patrolmen it is hoped we can cut down on some of the highway accidents However I could not go along with some of the safety measures One bill would have made It mandatory that you have seat belts bu buckled kled and encouraged road blocks by br atrol Highway to inspect and catch those not complying The Sifting strUng Committee have well over two hundred bills handed to them in one bunch To act intelligently on OD them requires requires requires re re- quires some thought and study We met at 5 am a.m. on on- two mornings mornIngs mornings morn morn- ings and after session until 10 pm p.m. getting them lined up according according according ac ac- cording to importance and some sort sort of system Sometimes in the past each committee member was given the opportunity to bring out his hist We discouraged this practice and tried to bring out the bills that affected the most people There are two ways to run a aj sitting sifting committee First you can get into the House Chamber and i refuse to go out and hear either I Iside side of any argument or second you can take time to listen Hatch carefully carefully carefully care care- fully to both sides aides of any ment I chose to do the latter It was wasa a time consuming affair but I learned earned a lot Nearly every controversial controversial con con- bill had good arguments ments ment for and against It I had bad to do it over the same procedure procedure dure would be followed Folks I although denied the right to to have a bill brought out feel better better bet bet- ter for having discussed it at some length |