First published in Range Magazine. What are the biggest keys to success? In Stanton Gleave’s case, stubbornness and bullheadedness, sometimes referred to as patience, persistence and perseverance. Stanton Gleave presides over a sprawling family sheep and cattle ranching operation headquartered in remote Piute County, Utah – which some have suggestedContinue Reading
UPDATED Among the other things Millard County Government has come to be known for, transparency is not necessarily one of them. So it’s hard to know exactly what is going on with this year’s Millard County Republican Primary Election, and most importantly, WHY. But we often get what we payContinue Reading
It’s a county election year here in Millard County and it’s interesting to sit back and watch as all the popular buzzwords come out of the woodwork. The primary point of buzzwords is to try to impress and create emotional effect. Perpetually, the single biggest buzzword in thisContinue Reading
Applying Lessons from the California Gold Rush to the Tech Rush of the 21st Century In Millard County, with IPP’s plans to shut-down the current coal-fired power plant in 2027, and possible replacement with a natural gas-fired power plant (which still needs to be permitted by the EPA, etc), thatContinue Reading
Preface: Millard County’s “new” land-use ordinances started causing major problems right from the outset — with the Deseret Heritage Subdivision at the old Millard County Fairgrounds in Deseret — and they have been causing problems for property owners ever since. We now have at least four years of history toContinue Reading
Watch the Video. Millard County is voting entirely by mail this year. A lot of people have asked how the Vote by Mail system works, and how they can be assured that they are casting a private, secret ballot. This short Video explains it.Continue Reading
We love our neighbors. We’re just glad they’re a full section (640 acres = one mile) away. I had been fairly warned. When we brokered a deal to sell a piece of property adjoining our ranch to some folks from the city, Tammy, the sharp, suburban wife in theContinue Reading
According to the Golden Rule: Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You. DUE PROCESS is the Golden Rule of Principled Government. It is one of the most basic, fundamental, universal concepts of American government, reflected in both the Utah State and U.S. Constitutions, applicable to manyContinue Reading
For most people, it seems, the concepts and principles of “Equal Protection” and “Due Process” seem somewhat hazy. What do they even mean? Most of the time stories of unlawful unequal treatment have to do with discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and usually happen somewhere else, far away —Continue Reading
First published in the Millard County Chronicle-Progress. There have been significant recent developments in the renowned Bundy cases in Las Vegas which seem to have received little, if any, attention here in Millard County. In addition to the Bundy cases’ general relevance throughout the West, Millard County has a directContinue Reading