True acts of charity often go uncelebrated. I’d like to think that’s because they’re so common. In an age where “compassion” is just another puffed-up political mandate on the taxpayer’s dime, inna...
Residents deserve answers in Grantsville vs. Tooele lawsuit Grantsville sued Tooele in 2001 for breach of contract, claiming the city utilized land it gained from the Army to promote its own interests, instead of the interests of Tooele County. Nine years ...
Stockton Bar is a treasure that must be saved Meeting with Stockton’s Save Our Sandbar committee last week, I found citizens worried that their community was almost in the middle of a sand and gravel operation. Concerns for dust and noise see...
Guest worker program seems sensible immigration fix The long-argued question over immigration has grown bitterly divisive in recent months. Arizona appears to be the current standard bearer, and groups both in favor and opposed to the state’s law a...
Arts Festival puts Tooele on map in the best way A variety of things may come to mind when people think of Tooele County. Farms. Countryside. Hazardous waste. Out-of-staters often take interest in the county’s name — no, it isn’t pronounced “Too...
Republicans ought to rethink closed primaries The state primaries are finally upon us, thank goodness. If those automated phone ads had grown more frequent, I may have needed a second line for live calls. The phone blurbs are a common, if irk...
Kids’ bicycle safety starts with parents, community I’ve developed a cautionary habit, driving through the youthful neighborhoods of Tooele. Every time I pass children on bikes, my foot instinctively lurches for the brake pedal. I follow speed limi...
School is officially out, leaving youngsters everywhere footloose and fancy-free. Classroom cares have already been discarded by ecstatic youth, who for the next three months will turn their pursui...
Mention “the Arizona law” in a crowded room and you’re likely to evoke some pointed opinions. The border state’s new immigration policy has drawn the eye of the nation and, remarkably, much of the ...
Learning to ride a bike has long been a childhood right of passage. Most of us remember the exhilaration of speeding down the sidewalk for the first time without training wheels, and the seemingly ...
I commend the Tooele Transcript Bulletin for its extensive coverage of the issues surrounding Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed location of transmission lines in Tooele Valley. However, the artic...
Like most everyone in Tooele Valley, I was happy to hear of the graffiti ring bust a couple weeks back (“Police crack teen graffiti ring,” May 4). Tooele’s police department deserves congratulation...
It’s becoming clear to even the most ardent progressives that folks are fed up with big government. And no wonder. Debt is through the roof. Taxation is set to explode. Growing entitlements bankrup...
Although I attempt to keep my responses to articles I read to a minimum, the April 27 article (“Guv hosts closed-door meeting during Republican convention”) and editorial (“Private meeting tarnishe...
It’s mid spring and testing season is in full swing. Students and educators are at the culminating moment of the school year. It’s Super Bowl time in public education — minus the enjoyment or prote...