(Haraz N. Ghanbari | The Associated Press)
President Barack Obama signs the payroll tax cut extension Friday in the White House Oval Office in Washington.
Editorial updates: Payroll tax, county auditor, Vaclav Havel ...
Published on Dec 23, 2011 02:32PM
Wednesday, we told Congress to extend the payroll tax cut.
Today, it did.
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Last Friday, we said that Salt Lake County Auditor Greg Hawkins had no cause to sue over the decision by the County Council to move his budget-writing functions over to the county mayor's office.
Thursday, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that, Hawkins may have a case, but not enough of one to justify any immediate order to void the council's decision.
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Thursday, we mourned the loss of Czech leader Vaclav Havel.
Today, world leaders past and present gathered for his funeral.
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