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[MLNews!*] 4-12 Utah Post Olympic's 2002: The AfterMath


1-Utah Jobless Rate Climbs in March
2-SLOC Tops Capitol Gift List
3-[SLTrib] Lobbyist Gifts Up, Reporting Still Low
4-Utah Legislature Cuts Education $31 Million-Students "Walk Out" To Protest
5-Help Immigrants! Rocky Anderson Sez
6-Utah Enhancement Laws 2002: Fax Action Email ALERT!*
Legislature-House of Reps: Current Roster
Legislature-House of Reps: Current Roster
7-[SUWA] ACTIONS FOR UTAHNS

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1. Utah Jobless Rate Climbs in March
The 5.9 percent unemployment rate translates to approximately 68,900 Utahns who wanted to work but were without gainful employment last month, a 53 percent jump from March 2001 when 45,100 workers were without jobs.
"Layoffs continue to swell the ranks of the unemployed," said Ken Jensen, Workforce Services senior economist.


2. SLOC Tops Capitol Gift List BY DAN HARRIE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
The Salt Lake Organizing Committee began the year declaring it would "take the high road" and not give Olympic tickets to state legislators and other elected officials.
Later admitting it had distributed 50 pairs of unsold Closing Ceremony tickets to lawmakers, the nonprofit SLOC said it would not publicly report the gifts because it had canceled its lobbyists' state licenses


3.[SLTrib] Lobbyist Gifts Up, Reporting Still Low
"Most of the goodies were Olympic tickets from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC), including $88,500 for 100 Closing Ceremony tickets given to state lawmakers.
Other groups doling out free Olympic tickets were power company PacifiCorp, telecommunications giant AT&T and the Utah Association of Realtors." .....

4.Utah Legislature Cuts Education $31 Million: Granite High Students Walk Out To Protest Layoffs of Teachers
" The Legislature cut next year's public education budget by $31 million. Districts end up cutting much more, however, as they deal with issues similar to Granite's."


5.Help Immigrants! Rocky Anderson Sez
Salt Lake City's mayor is asking residents to help families of undocumented workers deported or held in jail.
Rocky Anderson says selective enforcement of immigration laws -- particularly the arrest of dozens of workers at Salt Lake City International Airport in December -- leaves many families without the means to pay for rent, medical bills, food and clothing.
So Anderson is starting the "Family to Family Program," through which Salt Lake Valley residents can meet the families of fired or jailed workers and help with time or money.


6.Utah Enhancement Laws: Fax Action Email ALERT!*
Possession of a Controlled Substance (marijuana)
Penalty
Any person who violates the law explained above by possessing less than one ounce of marijuana is guilty of a Class B Misdemeanor. The maximum penalty for a Class B Misdemeanor is [1] 180 days in jail and/or [2]n fines and assessments of $1850.00
Enhanced Penalty
A person guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon a second conviction of possession of Marijuana in the amount described above. The maximum penalty for a class A Misdemeanor is [1] one year in jail and [2] fines and assessments of $4,625.00.

A person guilty of a third degree felony upon a third or subsequent conviction of possession of marijuana in the amount describe above. The Maximum penalty for a third degree felony is [1] five years in prison and [2] fines and assessments of $9,250.00.

Legislature-House of Reps: Current Roster

Senate: Current Roster


7.[SUWA] ACTIONS FOR UTAHNS
Utah-based redrock wilderness fans:
This is a special alert for you Utah-based fans of redrock wilderness. Sometimes, items exclusively for Utahns are overshadowed by more general national-level items, so we've got stuff just for you in this issue. Unfortunately, we don't yet have the ability to suppress sending this to every subscriber on the list, so apologies to everyone else...another alert will follow later this week.
1) VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
2) PROTECT WILDERNESS - RALLY AGAINST NUCLEAR WASTE
3) SUWA WELCOMES MARGI HOFFMAN