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The verdict is in: A $20.7 million loss (“City loses $20.7 million lawsuit to Overlake developer,” June 23) plus $3.5 million flushed down the toilet in legal fees clearly qualifies former Tooele C...
Shopping locally can keep community unique
Tough economic times such as the current recession usually result in a number of marketing strategies designed to attract buyers and their money into businesses of all types. One such strategy tha...
Tough economic times such as the current recession usually result in a number of marketing strategies designed to attract buyers and their money into businesses of all types. One such strategy tha...
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Great Salt Lake quality requires ongoing study
Certainly, the Great Salt Lake is one of Utah’s crown jewels — though perhaps the least understood. The Transcript-Bulletin’s editorial, “What’s in the Great Salt Lake should not be a mystery” (...
Certainly, the Great Salt Lake is one of Utah’s crown jewels — though perhaps the least understood. The Transcript-Bulletin’s editorial, “What’s in the Great Salt Lake should not be a mystery” (...
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Tooele County’s travel budget justified by need for training
Last week, the Transcript-Bulletin included a piece by Sarah Miley detailing the travel budgets of various Tooele County departments, “County spends more on travel” (May 12). In tough economic t...
Last week, the Transcript-Bulletin included a piece by Sarah Miley detailing the travel budgets of various Tooele County departments, “County spends more on travel” (May 12). In tough economic t...
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Mass transportation isn’t the answer for this county
Most mass-transit systems are incredible costly failures. One Japanese train line that was losing $4.9 million a year actually hired a cat as station master to boost ridership. The American Public...
Most mass-transit systems are incredible costly failures. One Japanese train line that was losing $4.9 million a year actually hired a cat as station master to boost ridership. The American Public...
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Difficult days in diagnosing Down syndrome
Shaunti Feldhahn (commentary): When I was growing up, seeing people with Down syndrome was common, and as a Special Olympics volunteer, I was touched by how much they loved life. But today, 90 ...
Shaunti Feldhahn (commentary): When I was growing up, seeing people with Down syndrome was common, and as a Special Olympics volunteer, I was touched by how much they loved life. But today, 90 ...
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Punishment must become tougher for sex offenders
Curtis Crittenden, Christopher Burton, Benjamin John Magness, James Allen Kern, Beth Anne Marie Lake, Christopher Michael Wood — the list goes on and on. It’s the list of pedophiles and child por...
Curtis Crittenden, Christopher Burton, Benjamin John Magness, James Allen Kern, Beth Anne Marie Lake, Christopher Michael Wood — the list goes on and on. It’s the list of pedophiles and child por...
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Shaunti Feldhahn (commentary): Every now and then, the stock market exhibits irrational exuberance or pessimism. But these days, the market’s long-term trend is not irrational. For the first ...
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A story in the March 19 issue of the Transcript-Bulletin reported on the plight of a Tooele man who spent some $32,000 to fit his home with solar panels in an effort to conserve electricity, “Sol...
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A summary of the events of the 2009 Utah Legislature General Session seems in order, as the session officially ended on March 12. While many people will tout the reformed liquor laws as evidence ...
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Andrea Sarvady (commentary): Barbie just celebrated her 50th birthday, and still the debate rages on among concerned moms: harmless doll or body-image bruiser? Barbie’s one thing, but I can’t ...
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It’s amazing what can happen in the course of one little year. The fortunes of a nation can be completely altered in such a short span of time. I remember driving around Tooele a year ago and see...
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Shaunti Feldhahn (commentary): What a difference a decade makes. When star Olympic swimmer Gary Hall tested positive for pot in the late ‘90s, he was suspended for three months and lost all hi...
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Last Wednesday, the Utah State Senate passed two new laws intended to instill a sense of ethics in a legislature rated by national observers as one of the most loosely regulated in the nation. Wh...
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The article “Demand runs high for charter school slots” (Feb. 26), which was run in the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin, brought some things to mind that I want to share. My family and I moved to Tooel...
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