Monday, July 18, 2011

Salt Lake Tribute Attributes Firing of Utah Archaeologists to a Combination of Political Retribution and a Lack of Respect for the Past

The positions of state archaeologist Kevin Jones and assistants Derinna Kopp and Ronald Rood were eliminated, not only to save money, but to settle scores. The three had become an annoyance to some of the powerful people in the Legislature, governor’s office and the Utah Transit Authority, and they had opposed powerful real estate developers. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/52175670-82/state-ancient-utah-archaeologists.html.csp

2 comments:

  1. the picture stands out as of visual but those three men or amazing for being able to transition like that with utahs government

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  2. I've actually visited something like this before . its amazing . only wish we could go in side of there .
    - Brittany Collay
    period 4

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