Protests Target Local Walmart Operations
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELETRANSCRIPT Top teams in the state tougheningtoughening SHS girls up for region See A10 BULLETIN December 13, 2011 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 118 NO. 56 50¢ ‘Occupy’ protests target local Walmart operations by Lisa Christensen A group of employees gathered on the hilltop themselves for better wages and conditions,” STAFF WRITER parking lot, overlooking the lapping bicyclists, he said. “We’re here to raise awareness and pedestrians and motorists waving flags and support the workers of Walmart. We’re not The Occupy Salt Lake movement ventured holding up signs. against the truckers and we’re not against any west into the Tooele Valley on Monday as Justin Kramer, a participant and resident of workers.” part of a global effort to disrupt operations Salt Lake City, said the point of the protest was While the protest was mostly quiet, a few by some of the world’s largest corporations as solidarity with a larger movement that origi- protesters yelled slogans. a protest against corporate greed and wealth nated with the Occupy Oakland group. Their “Viva la revolution,” chanted a group of inequality. goal was to occupy the ports coming into three bicyclists. A score of protesters staged a demonstra- Oakland, and that objective traveled along the “Welcome to the police state,” cried Tom tion inside Tooele’s Walmart early Monday West Coast and to parts of the East Coast, he Zimmerman, a Salt Lake City resident, motion- morning, and again in front of Grantsville’s said. Inland, with the Occupy Salt Lake and ing to the dozen police officers from three Walmart Distribution Center shortly after 11 Denver movements, he said, protesters were different law enforcement agencies that had a.m. trying to make trucking for some companies gathered in the area. file / Maegan Burr From Walmart, the group traveled west, a little more difficult, and to speak out about Six officers from the Grantsville City Police Tooele City Councilman-elect Brad Pratt replies to a text after the meeting at the north end of the Grantsville City employee practices at Walmart that the groups Department were present, as were four troop- election on Nov. 7, 2011. Pratt says he needed to spend more as Cemetery and making the trek predominantly believe to be unfair. a newcomer in the race, while incumbents have campaign materi- by bike on SR-138 to a stretch of the highway “We’re trying to be a voice for the workers als built up from past elections. in front of Walmart Distribution Center 7026. and truckers who are not allowed to organize SEE PROTESTS PAGE A6 ➤ Most candidates spent little in council races by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Twelve city council candidates in Tooele and Grantsville spent a combined total of $15,937 in their quest to win seats in this fall’s election, with the major- ity of those expenses being paid out of the candidates’ own pockets. Most of that money was spent in the Tooele race, where candidates logged $13,968 in expenses com- pared to only $1,969 spent by Grantsville candidates, according to campaign finance reports filed Dec. 8 and posted on the Tooele County Clerk’s website on Monday. While the top spender in each council race was a winner, spending the most money did not necessarily translate into the most votes. In Tooele, newcomer Brad Pratt spent $7,877, which was almost half of the total spent in the election and far more than the $2,402 spent by Charlie Roberts in the second-most expensive campaign. However, incumbent Dave McCall came away from the election with the most votes — 1,574 compared to Pratt’s 1,298 — after spending only $605. Incumbents have an advantage over newcomers because they have campaign materials built up from past elections, according to Pratt. “Former candidates have signs and materials left that they can use again so they have less expenses,” Maegan Burr SEE SPENT PAGE A5 ➤ Occupy Salt Lake members bike down SR-138 as a semi-truck follows behind near the Walmart Distribution Center in Grantsville. The protest was part of a movement started by the Occupy Oakland group to make trucking more difficult for big corporations. Tooele City Council takes heat over meeting minutes SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:44 a.m. 5:03 p.m. said the city’s practices in regards to the work Thursday 7:45 a.m. 5:03 p.m. Open-government advocates meeting minutes are not in keeping with the spirit Friday 7:46 a.m. 5:03 p.m. Saturday 7:46 a.m. 5:04 p.m. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 or letter of the law. Sunday 7:47 a.m. 5:04 p.m. “The law is very clear that minutes must be Monday 7:48 a.m. 5:04 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue say city practices severely taken and a recording is to be made available to Tuesday 7:48 a.m. 5:05 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin the public for listening within 72 hours after the Wednesday 9:28 p.m. 10:31 a.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 restrict public access meeting,” said Campbell. Thursday 10:34 p.m. 11:02 a.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme David Reymann, an attorney with 12 years expe- Friday 11:42 p.m. 11:32 a.m. Saturday none 12:02 p.m. ALMANAC by Tim Gillie rience in media law with the Salt Lake City-based Sunday 12:50 a.m. 12:32 p.m. Statistics for the week ending Dec. 12. firm of Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, calls Tooele Intervals of clouds Colder with times of Intervals of clouds and STAFF WRITER Monday 2:01 a.m. 1:06 p.m. Mostly cloudy Mostly sunny Partly sunny Bright and sunny Temperatures Tuesday 3:13 a.m. 1:43 p.m. and sun clouds and sun sunshine City’s minute-taking practice blatantly illegal. High/Low past week 40/10 The Tooele City Council is being criticized by “Written minutes and a recording of all public Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 40/24 38 24 41 23 34 20 37 22 38 24 37 22 31 21 Average temp past week 25.4 open-government advocates for not keeping com- meetings, including work sessions must be kept,” Normal average temp past week 31.8 plete minutes of its public work session meetings said Reymann. “There is no ambiguity. The law is TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Dec 17 Dec 24 Dec 31 Jan 9 and failing to make audio recordings of those crystal clear.” Shown is Wednesday’s 40 weather. Temperatures are 37 38 38 meetings easily accessible to the public. Work session meetings are held prior to the Forecasts and graphics provided by 33 34 Wednesday night’s lows and Brigham Young University journalism profes- regular council meetings on Wednesday evenings, AccuWeather, Inc. ©2011 27 file / Maegan Burr Wednesday’s highs. sor Joel Campbell, whose main field of research is Tooele City Council members Scott Wardle, Shawn Milne, Mike Johnson and Dave McCall sit a work session meeting in open meetings laws and freedom of information, SEE MINUTES PAGE A7 ➤ November. 21 UTAH WEATHER 16 17 16 18 10 11 Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 35/16 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 37/19 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 38/15 39/21 38/21 38/22 19.19 19.10 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Households Kids hone 38/23 Erda 38/22 showcase the construction skills OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 41/25 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 32/6 38/22 33/19 0.00 0.40 0.26 0.69 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 38/22 Bauer Good valley’s brightest in Lego League 38/24 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 38/22 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 38/24 Christmas lights 35/22 37/15 See Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) See A3 Price complete 38/21 35/16 Good 15.0 Nephi forecast Rush Valley See B1 40/21 39/21 Ophir on A9 33/18 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 3.0 43/24 40/19 0.0 Green River Last Month Season 46/20 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 39/21 41/22 Moab 40/16 SNOWPACK Hanksville 47/23 Beaver 43/17 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 41/19 Ibapah 38/20 42/18 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 2.5 3.4 1.0 St. George 36/10 42/21 Average 6.1 3.5 2.1 46/29 Kanab 45/23 Eureka Percent of average 41% 97% 48% 37/20 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY December 13, 2011 First yellow alerts this winter issued for air quality 24-hour national air quality stan- by Rachel Madison dard is 35 micrograms per cubic STAFF WRITER meter for PM 2.5, which is the fine-particle pollution that can be Colder temperatures and little seen in the air in parts of Utah wind have conspired to cause the during the winter.