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"The Utah town hall meeting was not peppered with ringers, but the U.S. Congress certainly is, starting with the six Trump cheerleaders Utah sent."
— uterebel
commenting on the Feb. Tribune editorial, "Chaffetz should investigate, not emulate, the president"
"This state should be a gold mine, a money tree for recreation and tourism. Instead, we want to overgraze desert (and stiff the BLM for their cut-rate grazing charges), strip mine for minerals, collect bribes for oil and gas leases, dig up native grave sites for salable artifacts, and open up the desert for four-wheelers, giant pig farms and jeep monkeys. More roads, bubbas. We'd like to build some new coal-fired power plants, but nobody will finance that."
— Al Packer
commenting on the Feb. 16 sltrib.com article, "Outdoor Retailer is leaving Utah over public lands issues, a move Herbert calls 'offensive'"
"All religions threaten the Enlightenment values that America was founded on."
— regulator_Johnson
commenting on the Feb. 17 Washington Post / sltrib.com article, "This group believes Islam threatens America: 'It's a spiritual battle of good and evil.'"
"You probably want to sound smart, but you don't. Certain religions have made their peace with Enlightenment values and adjusted their doctrines and viewpoints accordingly. Certain religions haven't."
— pckillah1
commenting on the above comment
"I'm tired of these quasi-governmental organizations ... If anything UFA, League of Cities and Towns, and now Mountain Accord need to be seriously pulled back. Clip their wings, provide actual oversight. Time to shut these organizations down."
— Iheartutah
commenting on the Feb. 15 Robert Gehrke column, "More daylight is what's needed to clear up cloud over canyons plan"