News Highlights
Good
analysis on poll results by Jerry Spangler
of the Deseret Morning News. Huntsman ahead
of Matheson 51-38 percent, but among highly interested voters
the spread is 8 points, 49-41 percent. Nancy Workman
and Peter Corroon are very close
in another Morning News/KSL TV survey.
Workman has 31% support; Corroon, 27%; and Independent Merrill
Cook, 12%. Jim Matheson will skip
upcoming Democratic Convention in Boston, The Salt Lake
Tribune reports.
Contributions to Society
As NBA stars are being hired by the Jazz and other teams, it's
interesting to compare their salaries with what we pay political
leaders and government workers. I'm as big a Jazz fan as anyone
else, and I don't question the market realities that demand
enormous sports salaries. Still, it's an interesting commentary
on society if what we spend our money on reflects what we value
most.
The Jazz will pay Carlos Boozer $68 million
over six years, or $11.3 million a year. That salary is hard
for most of us even to fathom. But here's some perspective:
Gov. Olene Walker makes $101,600 a year, less
than Boozer will make in one game. The average school
teacher makes around $39,000 a year, less than one-third
what Boozer will make per game. A teacher makes .00345 of what
Boozer will make annually.
The Lakers are wooing Kobe Bryant with a
7-year $136 million proposal, or $19.4 million per year. Attorney
General Mark Shurtleff makes $85,400 per year,
or somewhat less than a third of what Bryant will make in one
game. A typical Utah soldier
in Iraq makes from $18,000 per year to $36,000 per year, depending
on rank and length of service. An average Utah Highway
Patrol trooper makes $34,000 a year.
Bryant will make more than $50,000 PER DAY, 365 days a year.
- LaVarr
Webb
Convention Trivia
On July 16, 1964, Barry Goldwater accepted
the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, proclaiming,
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” and “moderation
in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” He went on to lose
to Democratic nominee Lyndon B. Johnson.
Since 1832, the Democratic Party has held 43 national conventions.
The 44th, starting July 26, will be the first ever in Boston.
Of the 43 Democratic nominees, 19 went on to win the election.
That number is padded by Franklin D. Roosevelt's four
nominations and wins, from 1932 to 1944.
- Source: National Journal Calendar of American Politics
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