Pignanelli: At approximately the same time that LaVarr Webb purchases an alternative fuel automobile, the road will be available for him and his fellow Davis County travelers: sometime mid-century. (I have doubts about the alleged resolution.)

Webb: It appears another lawsuit might be avoided, so the highway is coming soon. All the easier for more of us Davis County folks to drive into Salt Lake City in our F-350 V-10 pickups, Escalades, Hummers, Suburbans and Excursions (diesel-powered).

When will Utah Democrats become the majority party?

Pignanelli: Prominent Utahns are nervous they may be outcasts in a future Democratic presidential administration. Thus, there is a rumor (actually, more of a hope) that the LDS Church will soon activate a modified version of its late 19th-century policy of having bishops proclaim that the congregation sitting on one side of the chapel will be Democrats and those on the other side remain Republicans. Readers are encouraged to exercise thought in selecting their pew on Sunday mornings, otherwise they may lose the opportunity to experience enlightened conversion to Democrat status without retribution from Republican neighbors.

Webb: With Howard 'the scream' Dean as Democratic chairman, and Hillary Clinton as the party's next presidential nominee, it's going to be a long, long, long time.

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Republican LaVarr Webb was policy deputy to Gov. Mike Leavitt and Deseret News managing editor. He now is a political consultant and lobbyist. E-mail: lwebb@exoro.com. Democrat Frank Pignanelli is Salt Lake attorney, lobbyist and political adviser. A former candidate for Salt Lake mayor, Pignanelli served 10 years in the Utah House of Representatives, six years as House minority leader. Pignanelli's spouse, D'Arcy Dixon Pignanelli, is executive director of the state Department of Administrative Services in the Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. administration. E-mail: nkp@xmission.com.