(UNEDITED)I have watched government grow in power and reach. Tragically what has been good for government is not good for America. Like Benjamin Franklin, I fear, that our democracy will failfrom within. A few will steal the freedoms from the masses. I have stood idly by and watched as our elected officials made a career out of politics. The problems of this great land I laid at there feet when in reality the failure was mine. When I phone a senator to register my concerns I am greeted by a voice that was not at all interested in my input but wanted me to understand my senators point of view. I am ashamed when I watch talks from our capitol and see people bickering back and forth

(UNEDITED)Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I want to take a moment to express my thanks to those individuals who participated in the 2010 Point-In-Time Count of the Homeless in Weber County. There were many agencies that collaborated to make this count both successful and accurate. And there are some not-so-well known individuals and/or groups deserving of acknowledgement. There were thirty-six individuals who volunteered on Wednesday, January 30th, 2010 to go out into the community and approach and conduct a fifteen question survey of our often neglected residents.

On Friday, March 31, 2008, I had a guest commentary on the subject of the exit from I-15 to eastbound to I-84 published in the Standard-Examiner. That commentary was instigated after two truckloads of apples rolled over on the bridge. Now there has been at least three additional accidents. The design of the interchange does not meet the U.S. Government Bureau of Public Roads standard that states the interstate was to be designed for 70 miles per hour, except in the mountains where 55 mph could be used. In my mind, the I-84 exit does not meet that criteria.