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George Pyle has been a newspaper writer in Kansas, Utah, Upstate New York, and now Utah again, for more than 30 years - most of it as an editorial writer and columnist. Now on his second tour of duty on The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board, he has also done a stretch as a talk radio host, published a book on the ongoing flaws of U.S.agricultural policy and, in 1998, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. His most active bookmarks are Andrew Sullivan, Christopher Hitchens and Tina Brown. And he still thinks the Internet can be used for intelligent conversation and uplifting ideas.

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Paul Fraughton | The Salt Lake Tribune A guided tour takes place along the top of the dam on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011.
Published on Jan 18, 2012 11:32AM

- Flaming hypocrisy: Giant pipelines don't wash - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert would probably like to take a firm stand against the cockamamie idea of building a 500-mile pipeline to draw water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to slake the thirst of the rapidly growing Front Range of Colorado. The governor of Wyoming, after all, already has.
But, if Herbert marshals the evidence necessary to kill the plan, the collateral damage may be that he would also ruin the cockamamie idea of building a 139-mile pipeline to draw water from Lake Powell to drench the lawns and golf courses of the rapidly growing St. George area of Utah.
This is what happens when a boondoggle project that would benefit developers in another state is held up next to a boondoggle project that would benefit developers in your state. Opposing the first one — angering only people who can’t vote for you anyway — without undermining the second one becomes, well, awkward. ...

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