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Show People, Politics & Policy a d County Commission responsible f for Timp Mental Health graft ; 3. News, used to pick on the cot- - mission from time to time just to keep them on the up and up. Tte . would get madder than hor '- because they could not manipulate '' her. The average person just never really gets to hear the full stav I Having sat on the Timp Meoli Health's Board of Directors bete I have some sense of how far out t i balance things have become and it is shocking. It is sad to see these people violate the public trust, but put i ' perspective, these things have bee ' with us since the founding oi k . country. The only guarantee it have to prevent it is to stay involved and speak out. Last Monday nigh1, was one of those occasions to do jus that at the mass meetings. You an right. At times it is a pure pain, aoi a pain that we would like to if without. Remember all that e necessary for evil to triumph is In good people to do nothing. These good people are people like yu People who just want to raise 1 family and live in peace. What the ladies like Li4 Chipman have done to save Genen is a monument to the average American! Linda and the ote have paid a dear price for U victory. They have been harassed. By E. MARK BEZZANT The recent revelations of graft at the Timp Mental Health is of such profound proportions the public ought not to rest until the full story is brought to light, and appropriate action is taken to correct the problem. Unfortunately, the mentality that promotes that kind of behavior has not been completely rooted out. The county commissioner assigned to oversee the Timp Mental Health has some hard questions to answer. Prior to Malcolm Beck and Brent Morris taking office, the commission had almost lost all perspective. Republicans sent a clear message that this would not be tolerated and ousted one commissioner in their convention. One commissioner still remains and, unfortunately, is unopposed on the Republican ticket, from the southern part of the county. Sadly enough the democratic candidate has little hope of beating the incumbent, in-cumbent, because of the large number of Republicans in the county. This is a time the Republicans need to do some soul searching. This is a time Ken Creer and Jim Mangum need to do what Ronald Reagan did-change parties and put an end to this kind of government. intimidated and threatened, hi they have pressed on, against tht odds. They won. It is high time that a cle message, a chilling messaged sent to those remaining in offc that double talk will not j tolerated. Feeding at the p trough will not be tolerated. The-are The-are too many hard working pf-in pf-in government to allow a fe E spoil the efforts of the rest. l& hope that others will come for and help clean up the reman problems. Plainly stated, County 0 missioner Gary Anderson should!1 into private law practice. Ted Jones deserves some He has more green per inch fflfr of his barber shop than an) Maybe the pool hall will mowfJ place this year. We get far better government out of our parttime city mayors and councilmen that these people who are looking for a cusshy job in the name of serving the people. This matter, will all of the implications reaching farther than the Timp Mental Health, should not be brushed under the rug. These people have a sacred trust and the public should hold their feet to the fire. After the last revelations dealing with county government I asked for the minutes of the county meetings to be sent to me so that I could watch for things worth printing. The minutes of those meetings were so skimpy that little could be discerned from them. Kris Radish, from the Deseret |