Utah is famous for resolutions proclaiming such things as we're the best, Jell-O tastes great and the Dubhe (not to be confused with a doobie) is the official state star.
So with the Legislature in session, perhaps lawmakers should pass a resolution thanking South Carolina for doing more than any other entity to make the Beehive State look normal.
After all, it's been a pretty tough go for Utah's image lately. There's been the prosecution of polygamist Warren Jeffs, the raid in Texas of transplanted Utah and Arizona polygamists and "Big Love" -- not to mention mediocre leg wrestler and uber-modest Congressman Jason "do you know who I am?" Chaffetz and state Sen. Chris Buttars' plethora of quotes.
But South Carolina has rescued us.
Consider: Gov. Mark Sanford's ill-advised detour from the Appalachian Trail to Argentina; Congressman Joe "You Lie" Wilson (who also said legendary segregationist Strom Thurmond was smeared by his African-American daughter for making her existence public); Sen. Jim DeMint's comparison of the Obama Administration to Nazi Germany, which he described as a social democracy; and now Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer's admonition that if the government gives assistance to poor people "they will breed," comparing them to "stray animals."
If Utah ever wanted to change its tourism slogan from "Life Elevated," a good one would be "We're Not South Carolina."
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What a guy: When a car carrying a family was involved in an accident at 1067 E. South Temple about 10 p.m. Friday, a man came out of a nearby house, noticed his car was blocked in by emergency vehicles and walked up to the paramedics working on an injured 5-year-old girl, demanding they move their vehicle immediately.
When the paramedics tried to ignore him, because they were busy, he approached other emergency personnel, demanding they do something so he could leave. He then yelled at some other people leaving the same house to move their vehicle that was behind him so he could back up and leave.
One police officer on the scene wanted to give a ticket to the man, who eventually left in his silver SUV, license plate 364MKB. But there is no city ordinance against being a flaming A-hole.
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Double the pleasure? Salt Lake City residents living in the Country Club area just above Sugar House will be pleased to know they are represented by two people in the Utah House of Representatives while everybody else in the state get only one.
At least that is according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
In our annual roster of the Utah State Legislature, printed in Monday's edition, we list Rep. Roz McGee, a Democrat, as the representative for District 28. But we also list Rep. Brian King, a Democrat, as the representative for District 28.
Actually, McGee retired from the Legislature and moved to North Carolina. King was elected to that seat in 2008.
But this will provide fodder for conspiracy theorists who want to believe the "liberal" Tribune is secretly trying to boost the ranks of the Democrats in the Legislature.
