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FLASHBACK 1992: For the physically challenged, it's a life and death struggle to stop further budget cuts.
As most people know, the real problem is the skyrocketing cost of medical care, but politicians find it easier to cut programs than to get control of medical costs. This is the fourth year in a row that Medicaid has been threatened.
In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism. Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all.
Title: Disabling the Handicapped Author: Rich Tuttle Date: Aug. 26, 1992 It's an unusually high stakes poker game being played in the reception room right outside Governor Norm Bangerter's office. The bets do not involve money, they involve competing interests.
One player…
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