POLITICS........OF BY AND FOR

Life is hard enough! It seems that at every turn there is a regulation, a rule, a tax a law, or another report to file. while I realize that many of these are necessary I cant help but feel that enough is enough. For crying out loud I work for the Government and my wages and benefits have helped me to raise my family, have provided security and opportunity for personal growth. But it seems that government whether its local state or federal keep growing and growing. Legislators pass bill with their name on it to show that they have done something while in office, even when often times there is no hope of being able to enforce the law or regulation. Many times they pass this off to the local government to enforce with no recourse for the locals to staff or to handle the increased work load. Yet it must be done! Other laws or regulations are duplicated or re worded so it makes them look like they have represented their constituents. And then the most wasteful of all are the ones that have no way of being enforced or carried out. My question is Why Why Why? Why make it more difficult for new/small businesses to survive? Why put laws in effect that police officers have no ability or time to enforce?
Oh how I wish the Government would remember these words Of, By  and For....... the people, not the Government!
                           BOB FITZGERALD
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Good morning Utah

Good morning one and all I hope this saturday morning finds you all well and that you have a well deserved weekend. As for me Im in my favorite place for early morning saturday. My local McDonald's! enjoying a breakfast burrito and my usual diet Coke. OK so I know its not the healthiest b-fast. As you know this periodical is just that a periodical. We've added a page that will keep you up on local national and world events but this page is for you. We are looking for "reporters" to add their stuff here. So get in touch with us. Heck if your stuff is good enough we'll give you your own page to regale us with your tails and news.

Whitney Houston dead at 48

UPDATE:  LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Grammy- and Emmy-winning U.S. R&B singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at age 48, her publicist said Saturday. The 48 year old singer died Saturday afternoon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, according to her publicists Kristen Foster. She did not specify a cause of death. Houston was to have appeared at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala Saturday night, the entertainment industry newspaper said. She allegedly was overheard dressing down an assistant in the Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday morning and that night allegedly got into an altercation with "X Factor" finalist Stacy Francis at an R&B appreciation event where she was described as "belligerent," the Reporter said. Her publicist had previously said Houston, who had been considered for a judges' seat on "X Factor," was at a spa Friday. A source close to Clive Davis was quoted by the newspaper as saying, "This is a sad day and it will be a sad Grammys weekend." The Newark, N.J., native was known for such songs as "Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," "Greatest Love of All" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." Her movie credits included "The Body Guard," "Waiting to Exhale" and "The Preacher's Wife." She previously was married to singer Bobby Brown, with whom she had a daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown.