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The state of Utah has 84,899 square miles, and Utah State Prison, Draper, has about 1 square mile.
State Rep. Brad Wilson, who championed the move of the Draper prison elsewhere, claimed his homebuilding company building townhouses a mile from the Draper prison property was a mere coincidence.
The odds are 1 chance in 84,899 tries that Rep. Wilson could hit that prison property to build his houses, and then be the sponsoring legislator to move the prison. Such a coincidence.
I don't know about his church, but my church taught me not tell big whoppers!
K.T. Magnusson
Salt Lake City