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No one who reads The Tribune would disagree that the paper's editorialists are prone to criticize Utah's Republican leadership.
But when the Pew Charitable Trusts rated Utah as the fifth best financially managed state, and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranked the state as fourth best for its overall financial condition, The Tribune gave those studies short shrift on the very last page of the July 13 Utah section of the paper, next to the weather information, in comparative obscurity.
By comparison, news of the possible closure of a downtown liquor store was somehow worthy of front page coverage, complete with three photos. Who cares?
When The Tribune's obsession with Utah's booze business becomes more important than the condition of Utah's fiscal health, it suggests the need for a closer look at certain priorities, and political biases.
A little recognition for a job well done would be nice, notwithstanding those menacing Republicans. Right?
Richard Ewing Davis
Stansbury Park