Local Voters Will Have 2 Primaries to Pick Candidates ‘Super Tuesday’ Presidential Primary Is March 3; County, State Primaries Are on June 30
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Stallions edge Buffs in region dual See A8 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY February 4, 2020 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 71 $1.00 Local voters will have 2 primaries to pick candidates ‘Super Tuesday’ presidential primary is March 3; county, state primaries are on June 30 TIM GILLIE candidates. EDITOR The Democratic Party allows Tooele County voters will all registered voters to vote in get to vote in two primaries its primary. The Republican this year, with ballots for one Party, however, allows only of those primaries due to be voters registered with the mailed in about a week. Republican Party to vote in its The state of Utah partici- primary. TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO pates in the “Super Tuesday” Voters cannot vote in Tooele County School District Community Learning Center staff explain the career and technology pathways available at the center during presidential primary on March both the Republcian and Granstville High School’s CTE open house on Thursday night. 3 and the regular county and Democartic primaries, accord- state primary election will be ing to the lieutenant governor’s held on June 30. office. Ballots for the Super The last day to change Career and Technical Education Tuesday primary will be mailed party affiliation for the Super next week, but the catch here Tuesday primary was Feb. 3, is voters can only receive a but voters may still change ballot for a party’s primary if opens doors for local students they are eligible to vote for its SEE VOTERS PAGE A7 ® Half of high school students complete at least one CTE pathway TIM GILLIE EDITOR Welding, nursing and agri- cultural mechanics systems are three of the many career and technology pathways that local high school students can pursue and were featured at recent open houses for Career and Technical Education pro- grams. Tooele High School held a CTE open house on Jan. 28 and Grantsville High held one on Jan. 30. Stansbury High TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTOS will hold its CTE open house Lori Johnson, foods teacher, helps students make a microwave cake. Stephen Lowry (below left), TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO on Feb. 24 in conjunction with health science instructor, discusses health science pathways and careers with a student at the CTE Triston Dunn signs in with Kary Griffith, county Democratic party secre- open house at GHS. Holly Johnson (below right), GHS floriculture instructor, demonstrates how to tary, at the Tooele County Democratic Party’s Mock Iowa Caucus at Clark its Stallion Stampede — a make a boutonniere during the GHS CTE open house. Johnsen Junior High School on Monday night. traditional night for clubs to recruit new students. The open houses are designed to help students and parents learn about the variety If Tooele were of career and technical educa- tion programs offered by the Tooele County School District, both at the schools and at the Iowa the caucus Community Learning Center, according to Kristy McLachlan, the school district’s CTE direc- winner would SEE EDUCATION PAGE A7 ® be Warren TIM GILLIE chairman. EDITOR Keil was hoping for a turn- While Iowa Democrats were out of around 50 people, but still tabulating their caucus with Monday’s snowstorm and SNOWY results Tuesday morning, cold weather, he said the 20 Tooele County Democrats who showed up wasn’t a bad MONDAY know their winner. turnout for the party’s first Elizabeth Warren emerged Iowa-style caucus. CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO as the frontrunner Democratic “They have to worry about Looking north down presidential candidate in the weather in Iowa, too,” he Tooele City’s Main Tooele County as a result of said. Street on Monday a mock Iowa caucus held by Greg Dunn, Tooele County morning. Monday’s county Democrats at Clarke Democartic Party vice chair- snowstorm dropped Johnsen Junior High School on man, started the evening with over nine inches of snow in some areas of Monday night. an explanation of the process. Tooele City. “We thought this would Along one wall in the cafete- not only be something fun to ria were large signs that fea- do, but also an opportunity to tured each candidate’s name. learn more about the candi- There were signs for Joe Biden, dates,” said Mike Keil, Tooele County Democratic Party SEE CAUCUS PAGE A7 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 Transportation Sweet Salt sells Buffs hold off HOMETOWN B1 open house modest clothing Ben Lomond OBITUARIES A6 See A2 See A3 See A8 OPEN FORUM A4 SPORTS A8 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY February 4, 2020 County ‘willing to be considered’ for inland port But no agreements have been made for 12,000-acre project, says Milne okay with what’s proposed. I development that would cre- Permanent Community Impact will say that we’re not thrilled ate a significant number of Fund Board, the city manager TIM GILLIE Tooele Inland Port Project at this time he does not know about including property jobs. People have asked to of West Valley City — with EDITOR Area, obtained by the what the future potential of that’s not genuinely devel- reverse the flow of people out consent of the city council. If the Utah Inland Port Transcript Bulletin from the satellite port concept will opable, just to drive up the of the county for work, and Other board members Authority decides to expand to Milne, shows possible par- be because the IPA has not acreage number. Likewise, we here we have this,” said Milne. include: the chair of the a satellite concept, or is look- cels to be included running indicated how it plans to pro- want something in writing In 2018, the state Salt Lake Airport Advisory ing for a location that may be from the Tooele Army Depot ceed. from y’all, noting that you’ve Legislature established an Board — or the chair’s des- more friendly to the idea of an boundary south of state Route “As a co-chair of the personally spoken with a Inland Port Authority and ignee; the council member inland port, Tooele County is 112 across from Deseret Peak Satellite Working Group, there representative of each parcel designated the area in which from Salt Lake City Council willing to be considered. Complex to near Interstate 80. hasn’t been a meeting for included in the latest map and such an authority would District 1; the executive direc- That’s how a 12,000- In an email follow up to several months because we’ve that they’re okay with being have jurisdiction. After some tor of the Utah Department of acre plan for a satellite was Winn’s phone call, Milne received no further direction included in the proposal. That amendments in a 2018 interim Transportation; and the direc- hatched, according to Tooele wrote: “As noted in our phone by IPA or the Legislature on way we can say to anyone session, the Utah Inland Port tor of the Salt Lake County County Commissioner Shawn call this morning, Tooele the likelihood of using the that asks that we didn’t just Authority and its jurisdictional office of Regional Economic Milne. County and other counties model,” he wrote. flippantly include parcels we land boundary was established Development. Tooele City Mayor Debbie throughout the state have Despite a reference in an alone thought were fitting,” on 16,147 acres of land in The port authority receives Winn called Milne and heretofore merely expressed email to an executive session Milne wrote in an email to Salt Lake County’s Northwest tax increment revenue from expressed concern over a a willingness to be considered of the County Commission to Anthon Stauffer, with the Quadrant. property tax revenue within Salt Lake Tribune article for the hub-n-spoke model review the Romney Group’s Romney Group. The Inland Port Authority the boundaries of the port based on emails obtained by (aka “satellite port”) if it’s map, no plans have been In his interview with the Board consists of one board over the next 25 years. That a Government Records and going to be entertained by approved or agreements Transcript Bulletin Milne member each appointed means that as the properties Management Act request that either the IPA [Inland Port made, Milne said in an inter- assured that no closed-door by the Senate president, within the port are developed unearthed, for the first time Authority] or state Legislature. view with the Transcript agreements have been made. speaker of the House of they become more valuable publicly, a plan by the Romney Nothing more than expres- Bulletin. “If this comes to fruition Representatives, the Salt Lake and generate additional tax Group for a potential 12,403- sions of “we’d like to be con- “The County Commission there will be public meetings County Mayor, the chair of revenue. The port authority acre satellite to the Utah sidered” have taken place by reviewed this map and request and plans to mitigate things the Permanent Community will receive the tax revenue Inland Port in Tooele County. any of the counties thus far.” during an executive session like air pollution. ... People Impact Fund Board — from from that increase in value. A proposed map of the Milne goes on to say that this morning. We’re mostly have asked for some economic among the members of the [email protected] UTA/UDOT gathers citizen input for future transit plans ‘Strategic direction’ needed because of anticipated continued growth in Tooele Valley, official says CEILLY SUTTON growth in the county and STAFF WRITER asked for people’s opinions, Plans to evaluate and make were spread throughout the transit routes more effective room with a UDOT or UTA throughout Tooele County official standing nearby to were discussed Friday at explain them.