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As you know, the Utah Legislature, after much hand-wringing, allowed Salt Lake City to keep its registry in which unmarried people can list their designees for possible benefits traditionally available to spouses.
But legislators didn't want it called a ''domestic partnership'' registry, so the city is looking at a name change.
So, we asked our readers at sltrib.com to come up with suggestions for the registry's name. And here they are:
From "cynicle" - "The Rainbow Roster."
From "stinkingliberal" - "Friends of Buttars-Ruzicka."
From "Bieter" and "unbelievableslc" - "The Ruzicka Registry."
From "partonme" - "The Not Equal But Separate Registry."
From "proudtobeme" - The "Household Registry."
From "golfandjazz" - The "Real Family Values" Registry.
From "lurpy" - The "Get Back in the Closet Benefits List."
From "stiny bring me a danish" - The "It's Not Gay-Marriage Registry."
And, finally, this from "Nancy Hanks," who combines Gayle Ruzicka and Sen. Chris Buttars - "Butticka's Registry."
A freedom tax? It appears that free expression in Salt Lake City is no longer free.
The city's Parks Division recently sent a letter to organizations that have applied for special event permits alerting them to a new policy in which applications are accepted up to one year before the event date.
The letter also noted that a $100 processing fee is required for special events at city facilities. And a $5 processing fee is required for "free expression" activities.
We have your number: Each of the legislative interns assigned to state lawmakers this year was assigned a government e-mail address for use during the session. Also, interns provided their cell phone numbers so coordinators and legislators could reach them.
So, regardless of their political affiliation, where they live, or what school they attend, the interns received a solicitation via their government-issued e-mail addresses to join the David Leavitt for Congress campaign.
One Hinckley Institute of Politics intern, Lauren Carpenter, e-mailed the campaign expressing her concern about soliciting political volunteers through government e-mails. A campaign staffer then called her on her cell phone to discuss the point.
It concerned her even more that he had access to her cell phone number.
Leavitt is challenging 3rd District Rep. Chris Cannon for the Republican nomination.
Nobody's home: The staff of the Utah House of Representatives took the rest of the week off after the end of the legislative session Wednesday.
Understandable.
But if you called the House on Friday, a recorded voice would have told you to dial 9 to leave a message. When you complied, you would have been told that was an invalid choice. You would then have been told to dial 0 for assistance. That, too, was an invalid choice.