The Minuteman Project is designed to send volunteers to the U.S.-Mexican border to guard against the influx of undocumented immigrants.

When Huntsman's staff didn't get back to Segura right away, he told the governor's receptionist that if he didn't get a meeting within a week, he would go to the press and expose Huntsman's indifference to his issues.

The threat is reminiscent of those made a few years ago by Arnold Gaunt, another self-appointed protector of our borders. He sent notes into the House Republican caucus on the last night of the legislative session threatening political ruination for any Republican who voted for a bill giving the children of undocumented immigrants in-state tuition rates to colleges and universities if they had attended high school in Utah.

After several of the threatening notes were sent into the caucus, Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas came into the hall and told Gaunt if he didn't knock it off he would "beat the crap" out of him.

That sent Gaunt scurrying through the Capitol like Chicken Little, yelling, "Security, Security . . .."

Technical difficulties: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson wanted to make an impression on the mayors attending the conference on environmental protection and climate control that he is hosting.

He ordered the two experimental hybrid buses in the Utah Transit Authority's stable to transport the mayors from Salt Lake City to the conference venue at Sundance to show his commitment to atmospheric protection.

One of the hybrids had mechanical problems, however, and never got out of the garage. So half the mayors traveled in a hybrid and the other half rode in a less environmentally friendly diesel-fueled bus.

Technical difficulties II: The Disability Law Center (DLC), a private, nonprofit organization that provides a variety of services for people with disabilities, has for the past two years been in litigation against the state, alleging its lengthy waiting list violates federal laws requiring services for disabled people.

The State Division of Services for People with Disabilities Web site provides links to the Web sites of other agencies providing services for disabled people.

But when the DLC asked to have its Web site included, the state division balked, reportedly because of the lawsuit.

After some bantering back and forth, however, the state's benevolent side prevailed and the DLC was notified its Web site will be included after all.

Heads-up: Remember the controversy over the power outages to repair wind-caused damage near the mouth of Parleys Canyon last month when an elderly woman on oxygen support died after the second, unannounced outage?

Well, there will be a planned outage for maintenance work in that same area this week, and Utah Power is making sure everyone gets advanced notice.

A "power interruption notice" was left on the doorsteps of residences between 3300 South and 3600 South above Wasatch Drive announcing the power will be off Thursday between 9 a.m. and noon.

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