History clashing with Today

http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_11829373

http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_11882229


Ok to sum the subject of these articles up, they concern a future FrontRunner (commuter rail) and an ancient native american site.

I don't care how invaluable something could be to the future (even if it is something like mass transit) it pales in importance to knowing about our past. If we don't know or care about our past civilizations we greatly hurt our present one. Things this old just don't pop out of no where everyday and to destroy them is unacceptable in my mind. I would bet money that there are acres of undeveloped residential land (that will not be developed anytime soon) where this station AND business park could go instead of this site. Plus those undeveloped areas may even be CLOSER to Draper than this site is.

We don't have huge ancient monuments that can't be overlooked (like the pyramids) in this state, or frankly hardly any in the entire country. Ancient people here lived WITH the land and as a result their remnants are rare and often have been reclaimed by the land. Its easy to just turn the ignition and bulldoze a piece of land, but its much harder to restore and remember everything that that bulldozer buries.

As for Greg Curtis, what he did as Speaker of the House (Utah Legislature) was absolutely wrong! I don't care if he did it in session or not, he abused his position as Speaker. When there is an obvious law on the books, and you are representing a person whose interests conflict with that law, you yourself are in a conflict of interest! The fact the he was Speaker adds insult to injury because even if he didn't mean for it to happen, his position influenced people and their subsequent decisions. If any other person had done this (esp if part of the minority party), they would have been busted on the spot and kicked out of their jobs or the Legislature.

I really hope that the Governor vetoes this bill, and if he doesn't I will be very disappointed and sad because we will have lost yet another small piece of the puzzle to what life was like thousands of years ago.