Opinion – Letters to the Editor
Police do get it wrong
Reading the letter by senior citizen Kay Singletary (“Police mistake caused embarrassment,” Feb. 15) brought back fresh and unpleasant memories of a similar incident that I experienced at the hand...
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Sant salary is suspect
After reading Mayor Patrick Dunlavy’s “State of the City” address (Feb. 18 issue) and how he was dealing with the tough economic times, I read the article on the next page regarding Tooele City’s ...
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No show of sportsmanship
This is sportsmanship? To the student body of Tooele High School: You are all classless dolts who have no clue about decency or fair play. To shout “traitor” at a high school basketball player [du...
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City workers must show respect
In the older days, when a person treaded in a mischievous manner onto a burial ground, they were in violation of disturbing the grave and paid the consequences. The Tooele City Cemetery grave care...
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Partisan system working fine
Perhaps Matt Rowley should define for me the meaning of “nonpartisan” (“Time is right for a nonpartisan county commission,” Feb. 9). If Tooele City is his example and he doesn’t know the politics ...
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Red state leaders just say no
I’ve been observing our political system at work here in Utah and nationally. In the many years I spent working in quality assurance, I have to relate back to many observations I have made over th...
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Police mistake caused embarrassment
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On Friday, Feb. 5, I was stopped in Tooele while driving west on Vine Street by [Tooele City Police Department] Officer [Anya] Brennan for speeding. I had no problem with that, if that is what I wa...
Other options for new jail
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Is a new jail really needed (“Sheriff says new jail needs to be built quickly,” Feb. 9)? For $22 million? Why not reoccupy existing, empty military barracks at the Tooele Army Depot? Beef up fencin...
New threat is heroin
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Recently the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that more G.I.s died from heroin overdose than combat in Afghanistan. Heroin abuse and dependence is epidemic in the United States and ...
Return borrowed scrapbooks
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My friends serving on the Grantsville Sociable Committee have asked if they could borrow my mother, Beverly Stromberg’s, scrapbooks that she made of each play that the Grantsville Opera House Memor...
Great cartoons
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I wanted to tell the creator of the cartoon on page A4 that he does a great job — last night (Jan. 26 cartoon) as well as others, including the one about Mike Johnsen losing his place on the school...
Repeating lies
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If a lie is repeated often enough, people will believe it. Misinformation can be checked with a simple Google search. What we now call the Pledge of Allegiance was not written by the founding fathe...
Praise for EnergySolutions
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I would like to thank EnergySolutions. Thank you for my son’s job — who has been out in the desert for 13 years. Thank you for your charity and taxes in our county. The people who complain the loud...
‘Messiah’ production excellent
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My wife, son and I attended the community presentation of the “Messiah” Sunday evening, with our reluctant teen in tow, and absolutely loved it. We have attended the “Messiah” other years, and enjo...
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