I respectfully disagree with David Rasmussen's assumptions that Utah land transfers from the federal government to the state of Utah would be a financial disaster for the state of Utah based upon some 1969 thinking ("Sale of public lands," Feb. 1). Rasmussen seems to forget that Utah is the very best fiscally managed state in the entire country. We are also the lowest-cost state in the delivery of health care and we would be a lot better off educationally if those lands were returned to the state of Utah.
Utahns are not about to mismanage public lands. We appreciate the outdoors too much. Bar none, this is the greatest state on the planet, run by fiscally and environmentally responsible elected officials, which is more than I can say about the federal morass we have today. We are fiercely independent and don't need transplanted Easterners nor Eastern-based congressmen dictating how our lands are managed.
Frank Overfelt
Cottonwood Heights
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It's not necessary to look very far at all to find literally THOUSANDS of examples of current mismanagement of Utah's lands -- both public and private.
For example: Overgrazing. Private lands are frequently overgrazed -- whereas More..
"Utahns are not about to mismanage public lands."
Right now, there is a bill being proposed, H.B. 68, that would take away much of the public easement that exists on Utah's rivers and streams and give that easement over to More..
Utah won't mismange pulic lands?
Pull your head out of the sand and look around.
Urban sprawl is out of control,
Rio Tinto (Kennecott),
Oil refineries,
Coal and uranium mining,
Anything for a More..