Dan Rydalch probably didn’t see this coming. The Stockton mayor must have felt supremely confident in his authority and his prospects for re-election when he suspended Cpl. Josh Rowell on Oct. 20 f...
One week left for voters to do their homework
Quiet municipal elections often affect people’s lives far more than loud presidential ones do, and next week’s election is likely to be one of the most impactful locally in recent years. That’s be...
Big issues demand more info from school district
Early last week, stories began circulating about a large number of students coming down with the H1N1 flu at Tooele High School. Some people said most of the student body was ill. Others theorized...
Power line route doesn’t meet our ‘siting criteria’
It’s a textbook example of corporate obfuscation: First, tell people you’re going to build power lines through their valley in order to provide for their future electricity needs. Next, propose se...
As congestion grows, left turns need rethinking
It would be nice to think we can mitigate mounting traffic congestion along SR-36 by building new cross-valley roads, increasing mass transit ridership or carpooling. The reality of growth trends ...
In times past, the label “environmentalist” was not a compliment in Tooele County. It conjured up images of someone out of touch with the real-world concerns of working people — a dangerous idealis...
It was reported in last Thursday’s edition of the Transcript-Bulletin that four schools in the Tooele County School District failed to meet standards for adequate yearly progress (AYP) this year se...
For many county residents, today will come and go without any knowledge an election is being held. That’s a shame, considering municipal elections give us the local leaders who often impact our com...
Balancing private property rights with public access rights is rarely an easy task. That’s why we’re impressed with the solution worked out recently by county officials to vacate ownership of sever...