Voice of Utah

Overheard . . . . A Sandy senior (watching a video ode to LaVar, as the narrator intones, "When LaVar Christensen says something, you know he means it"): "That's the first joke of the day!" In fairness to LaVar, though, it's true: LaVar does mean what he says. That's the scary part.

3.4: The average number of comments it takes over on KSL.com before someone completely loses it. As a group, KSL.commenters must be the strangest grouchiest in Utah. "Weather blamed for number of accidents"--seems harmless enough, yet it took only two posts for Les M. to accuse S.W. of having "Nothing Better To Do With Your Time Than Nitpic!" Four posts into "Mother Claims Father Snatched Children From School," Jennethann S. was shrieking, "Get your facts right!" And don't even try to count the conspiracy theories rolled out under "Bride Who Claims Parents Kidnapped Her Speaks Out". Mike M. put it best when he wrote, "I think strange forces must have taken over KSL.com." Alas, Mike, they were already there.

As goes Bluffdale, so goes Utah? First, the Bluffdale City Council stripped the town's mayor of her powers, replacing her with a city manager more suitable to them. Then Syracuse did the same thing. Now it's Lehi's turn, according to today's Provo Daily Herald. http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/196605/ There's something missing in all this, the Herald laments . . . let's see, what was it again? . . . oh, yeah: the voters! What's next, the state legislature stripping the governor of his--um, nevermind.

Tags: politics, utah

One thing we know is that, if LaVar Christensen does manage to unseat Jim Matheson in the Second District, he won't be sending obscene instant messages to male pages. How do we know this?

Will run out of bandwidth before getting to "how my favorite young stud doing" part

No dirty Abraham Lincoln quotes available

Only time has ever heard word "horny" was during '94-'00 Utah Jazz seasons

Will restore traditional GOP values; thus, page will be sitting on Congressman's knee instead of at computer

Department of Toothlessness . . . When the Utah Department of Commerce sinks its teeth into an investigation, it doesn't let go--well, unless the target doesn't feel like being investigated. We may have thought Huntsman's call for an investigation into high gas prices was a bit silly, considering that Utah had been among the lowest in the U.S. for months, but if you're going to do something, at least pretend to do it. According to today's Deseret Morning News ("Gas price study finds increased profit margins"), "Of the 24 retailers to which the department submitted information requests, only four provided information." Refineries also refused to disclose profit margins. The Department went ahead and issued a "report" anyway, the results of which can be summarized as "heck if we know." If we are ever investigated by a government agency, please let it be the state Department of Commerce.