“It only takes a few anti-angels maneuvering to the top of the government food chain, pursuing their own greed, ambition and ideology, to eat away the public interest, devour nature and undermine our future.”
, more than any petition since Moses invented petitions. Still, three state agencies have approved it, and Gov. Cox has rebuffed requests to meet with its opponents.
The Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola triggered 50,000 public comments, more than any project in UDOT history. Thewere in opposition. But in Utah, where democracy is on life support from severe gerrymanderitis, UDOT has not committed a single molecule of concern over what the public wants. It’s all about what a handful of powerful, legislature-connected “non-angels” want.
In the last 50 years, protecting nature has gone from a boutique issue to the heart of the greatest threat humankind has ever faced. President Lincoln once asked us to return to the “better angels of our nature.” Utahns will need to return better angels to Capitol Hill if we are to save nature.has had a 42 year career in clinical medicine, and has been working for a cleaner environment for Utahns for the last 20 years.
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