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Utah lawmakers fail to represent downtown Salt Lake living because they don't understand it.

On a recent Sunday, my kids asked me if they could spend the afternoon at the downtown Main Library. I often let them go without me but on that day, I wanted to join.

On a recent Sunday, my kids asked me if they could spend the afternoon at the downtown Main Library. I often let them go without me but on that day, I wanted to join. I told them to head out and that I'd meet them after I was done washing dishes. Some time later, I arrived and found them engaged in a serious chess match using the life-size set available on the Library's ground floor.

Seeing that they'd be preoccupied for a while longer, I located a corner to do some writing.

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