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| Seattle Church Zoning Compromise on the Way |
| King County Council members fighting over
proposed limits on the size of rural churches are on the verge of a
compromise, according to a report in the Seattle Times. The newspaper
says a vote on the compromise could come as early as next Monday, if
council members can agree on the environmental restrictions that
should be placed on churches and schools in rural areas. The dispute
led LDS Church officials and other religious leaders to openly
criticize a proposal by County Executive Ron Sims which would have
limited new churches and schools outside of the county's urban growth
boundary to no more than 10,000 square feet. |
| Hansen Stands By Puerto Rico Comments That Brought Criticism |
| Amid protests and demands for an apology, Rep. Jim
Hansen, R-Utah, is not backing down from his comments during a
National Public Radio interview last week. Comments came in response
to President Bush's remarks that called for recommendations to close
the Puerto Rican island of Vieques to live fire exercises. Hansen
called Puerto Rico a welfare state and the citizens recipients of big
federal money who are not required to pay taxes. |
| Democratic Endorsement Complicated by LDS Church Activity |
| In an article regarding Democratic Party
candidates for the District 5 seat on Salt Lake's City Council, the
Salt Lake Tribune identifies what it refers to as "the rift" between
Mormon and non-Mormon Democrats. The author of the article, columnist
Paul Rolly, states that this division in the party, so evident in the
Salt Lake City race, is what keeps Democrats throughout Utah "beneath
the boot heel of the state's Republican juggernaut." |
| Why Senator Bennett Can Be Trusted |
| Bob Bennett, Republican senator from Utah is a man who
really knows how to keep a secret. He never names names. Some people have
speculated over the years that Bennett knows one of the most tantalizing
political secret of the last half of the 20th century: the true identity of
the Watergate scandal's Deep Throat. |
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