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Matter of Opinion archive for June 10, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009

Talk about paperwork

Good ol' Dave Ammons, veteran AP newsman turned flack for the Secretary of State. His blog is full of interesting tidbits, including the following, as stolen by me:Sponsors of Referendum 71, the attempt to overturn legislation expanding domestic partner benefits, have had to design their…

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Tasers and mental illness

A man who suffered from a mental illness was Tazed along a Utah highway. He died. His father is in charge of putting together a conference for editorial writers in Salt Lake City, which is how I found out. There has to be a better…

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