Letters: An idea for better air

Published: Wednesday, March 6 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Summary

I am writing with an idea about helping our community to have better air quality. Many people are able to work from home. My mom works for a company that lets her work from home one day a week.

I am writing with an idea about helping our community to have better air quality. Many people are able to work from home. My mom works for a company that lets her work from home one day a week. I think that companies should allow their employees to work from home on poor air quality days. This would help by reducing pollution and would help to save gas. Maybe companies who offer this option to their employees could get a tax credit from the state for being conservation-minded.

Hunter Knott

Sandy

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one old man

Ogden, UT

This is a great idea from someone who is probably quite young. Good for some serious thinking!

Unfortunately, though, there are a lot of jobs that won't work that way. It's hard for a cashier in a grocery store to check More..

8:18 a.m. March 6, 2013
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procuradorfiscal

Tooele, UT

Teleworking is a trade-union scam.

Government employee unions have been pushing it as their number one issue in DC for years, and many federal offices there have been forced to implement it.

Traffic and pollution haven't More..