My Follow-up Letter Today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz That Advocates Increased State Regulation of Tattoo Parlors in Utah

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Subject: No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful

https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/news/article/donor-eligibility-tatoos-piercings-rcbs.html

January 30, 2024

Dear Utah  State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

I would like to thank you again for having sent me a  November 27, 2023 (correction by me on date), reply letter inviting me to share with you concerns of mine about Utah.

I am concerned about the likelihood that the apparent current absence  of any regulation of tattoo parlors in Utah by the State Government of Utah may be harmful to the medical and emotional health of many Utahns and visitors to our state.

Above  is an online link to a copyrighted May 17, 2023, report by the American Red Cross. That report is entitled "Can I Donate Blood If I Have a Tattoo or Body Piercings?" 

Some key statements from that report:

"Tattoos and Blood Donation  

"In most states, a tattoo is acceptable if the tattoo was applied by a state-regulated entity using sterile needles and ink that is not reused. The same goes for cosmetic tattoos (including microblading of eyebrows only): if they were applied in a licensed establishment in a regulated state using sterile needles and ink that is not reused, then they are acceptable. 

"If you received a tattoo in a state that does not regulate tattoo facilities, then you must wait three months after it was applied. Currently, the only states that DO NOT regulate tattoo facilities are District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming."

That report apparently indicates that anyone in Utah  who recently obtained a tattoo in the "Beehive State" must wait three months after the date of that tattoo before he or she might  possibly  be permitted by the American Red Cross to donate blood to that non-profit organization.

There may be a legal liability incurred by the State Government  of Utah from the current  absence of a State of Utah-certified assurance that only  sterile needles are being used by respective  tattoo parlors in Utah for customers requesting to be tattooed on their own body  inside a tattoo parlor in our state.

There may also be a legal liability to the State of Utah from the current absence of an official State Government of Utah certification that the ink being  used by each tattoo parlor in Utah is "not  reused" ink.

Lengthy delays on the ability of Utahns who have a new tattoo on their body to donate blood to the American Red Cross during a major medical crisis in our state, such as might occur from a major storm or earthquake, could be potentially disastrous for Utah and Utahns.

 

House Majority Leader Schultz, I would like to also point out that the apparent decision by the Utah Legislature not to impose prohibitions on emblazoning of tattoos  on any particular   specified organs or  specified body parts of Utahns or visitors to Utah may also be endangering the medical health of Utahns and visitors to the our state.

Directly below is an online link to a recent copyrighted report that cites factual reasons for  warning against ever requesting a tattoo on any of the specifically cited  parts or organs of one's own body:

https://brightside.me/articles/7-parts-of-your-body-you-should-never-get-a-tattoo-on-and-heres-why-796590/

I hope to hear from you soon, Majority Leader Schultz.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time staff member and current Utah restaurant employee  John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, UT 84111. My cell phone: (512) 993-7305. My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

I am the founder and only approved member of the factually focused and non-proselytizing "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion" (no prospective second member is currently permitted by me to formally  apply for membership in my factually focused and public health-minded "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion", a non-proseltyzing new and politely non-Christian religion that seeks to promote public safety and prevention of diseases).

Subject Heading of My Letter Today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz: 'No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful'

 I am very glad I wrote and sent this letter today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz. 

The subject heading for the letter is: "No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful".

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Sent: Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:27 AM

Subject: No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful

https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/news/article/donor-eligibility-tatoos-piercings-rcbs.html

January 30, 2024

Dear Utah  State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

I would like to thank you again for having sent me a  December 6, 2023, reply letter inviting me to share with you concerns of mine about Utah.

I am concerned about the likelihood that the apparent current absence  of any regulation of tattoo parlors in Utah by the State Government of Utah may be harmful to the medical and emotional health of many Utahns and visitors to our state.

Above  is an online link to a copyrighted May 17, 2023, report by the American Red Cross. That report is entitled "Can I Donate Blood If I Have a Tattoo or Body Piercings?" 

Some key statements from that report:

"Tattoos and Blood Donation  

"In most states, a tattoo is acceptable if the tattoo was applied by a state-regulated entity using sterile needles and ink that is not reused. The same goes for cosmetic tattoos (including microblading of eyebrows only): if they were applied in a licensed establishment in a regulated state using sterile needles and ink that is not reused, then they are acceptable. 

"If you received a tattoo in a state that does not regulate tattoo facilities, then you must wait three months after it was applied. Currently, the only states that DO NOT regulate tattoo facilities are District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming."

That report apparently indicates that anyone in Utah  who recently obtained a tattoo in the "Beehive State" must wait three months after the date of that tattoo before he or she might  possibly  be permitted by the American Red Cross to donate blood to that non-profit organization.

There may be a legal liability incurred by the State Government  of Utah from the current  absence of a State of Utah-certified assurance that only  sterile needles are being used by respective  tattoo parlors in Utah for customers requesting to be tattooed on their own body  inside a tattoo parlor in our state.

There may also be a legal liability to the State of Utah from the current absence of an official State Government of Utah certification that the ink being  used by each tattoo parlor in Utah is "not  reused" ink.

Lengthy delays on the ability of Utahns who have a new tattoo on their body to donate blood to the American Red Cross during a major medical crisis in our state, such as might occur from a major storm or earthquake, could be potentially disastrous for Utah and Utahns.

House Majority Leader Schultz, I would like to also point out that the apparent decision by the Utah Legislature not to impose prohibitions on emblazoning of tattoos  on any particular   specified organs or  specified body parts of Utahns or visitors to Utah may also be endangering the medical health of Utahns and visitors to the our state.

Directly below is an online link to a recent copyrighted report that cites factual reasons for  warning against ever requesting a tattoo on any of the specifically cited  parts or organs of one's own body:

https://brightside.me/articles/7-parts-of-your-body-you-should-never-get-a-tattoo-on-and-heres-why-796590/

I hope to hear from you soon, Majority Leader Schultz.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time staff member and current Utah restaurant employee  John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, UT 84111. My cell phone: (512) 993-7305. My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

I am the founder and only approved member of the factually focused and non-proselytizing "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion" (no prospective second member is currently permitted by me to formally  apply for membership in my factually focused and public health-minded "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion", a non-proseltyzing new and politely non-Christian religion that seeks to promote public safety and prevention of diseases).

My Most Recent U-Turn Laws Letter to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz

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Subject: Is UT Hurt by Not Enough Median U-Turns In Our State

https://www.findlaw.com/traffic/traffic-tickets/illegal-u-turn-state-laws.html

January 29, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

As a convenience to you, I am also offering you this copyrighted state-by-state report highlighting state laws in regard to U-Turns.

I am concerned that possibly the state laws of Utah in regard to U-Turns may be more complicated and therefore  more difficult to obey  than the comparable laws in most other states.

I hope this is helpful to you and your other honorable colleagues in the Utah State House of Representatives.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City.

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On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 10:14 PM, John McMillan

<mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

January 27, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

This is a friendly follow-up note to the letter I wrote and  sent you last night about public safety concerns of mine relating to motorists'  attempted or completed  U-turns at roadway intersections here in Utah.

I am also concerned about a possible current lack of full consolidation and analysis of  statewide records in regard to recent motor-vehicle accidents and recent  Road Rage Incidents in Utah that each involved an attempted or completed U-Turn by a motorist  on a roadway or highway  here in Utah.

House Majority Leader Schultz, do you believe it can   save dozens of lives each year  in our state if the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Department of Public Safety can jointly identify for the Utah State House the 10, 20, 50, or 100 street intersections or highway intersections in Utah  where the largest number of U-turn-related motor-vehicle collisions occurred during the most recent one-year period or specified multi-year period  that resulted in a medical  injury requiring hospitalization?

If your answer to the above question is "yes", do you plan to ask the Utah State  House  to authorize funding for an immediate computer-assisted thorough review of the above-described Motorist U-Turn Accident injury statistics for our entire  state?

I hope to hear from you soon.

With Friendly Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time employee and current Utahn restaurant-industry  employee as well as  single adult white Anglo-Saxon English-Scottish-German-ancestry lifelong-citizen of the USA and permanent Utahn resident  John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

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On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 10:23 PM, John McMillan

<mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

https://www.ksl.com/article/18433891/is-a-freeway-u-turn-ever-legal

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/police-respond-to-car-crash-after-driver-makes-unsafe-u-turn-in-salt-lake-city/#:~:text=Utah%20State%20Code%20Section%20802,vehicle%20approaching%20from%20either%20direction

https://www.ksl.com/article/50201925/police-investigating-crash-caused-by-trooper-making-u-turn

https://kutv.com/news/local/3-injured-after-illegal-u-turn-causes-crash-on-sr-18

https://www.shmoop.com/drivers-ed/utah/u-turns.html

https://www.findlaw.com/traffic/traffic-tickets/illegal-u-turn-state-laws.html

https://star981.com/do-we-love-doing-u-turns-too-much-in-utah/

https://www.in.gov/indot/traffic-operations/median-u-turns/

January 26, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

Thank you again for your very thoughtful December 6, 2023, reply letter to me in which you invited me to send you follow-up letters about concerns of mine relating to Utah.

I am very  concerned that  the possible current absence of a "Utah Median U-Turns Traffic Safety  Design and Construction Project" for our entire state may be playing a role in numerous preventable  injuries ---including fatal injuries---- occurring each year to Utahn motorists, bicyclists, electric bike riders,  scooter-riders, and pedestrians throughout  our state.

Directly above is a copyrighted online report about Median U-Turns that is provided by the State Government  of  Indiana's Department of Transportation state agency.

 Some key paragraphs  from that report:

"A Median U-turn (MUT) is a type of intersection in which some left-turns or crossings from the mainline road or secondary crossroad are made using indirect, downstream U-turn movements. Intersections of this type are common and have performed successfully in other states, notably Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and North Carolina.

"MUTs are a subset of design styles referred to as alternative, non-traditional, or innovative intersections, which also include roundabout, continuous green T, quadrant roadway, and displaced left intersections. While they differ in style, what these designs all share is a reduced number of conflicting traffic movements in comparison to traditional intersections, and that characteristic improves safety performance and lowers travel delay where certain traffic and site conditions are present."

Utah House Majority Leader Schultz, I would like to respectfully recommend that you please ask the Utah State House for generous funding toward the proposed  design and construction of numerous "Median U-Turns" throughout Utah that can help save numerous motorists' lives and pedestrians' lives each year on our state's roadways.

I have also included with this letter numerous online links to recent copyrighted reports about the current often-chaotic, very  confusing, and very  dangerous "U-Turns Tradition" at traffic light street  intersections  here in our state---a very precarious "status quo" that recks  havoc on public safety efforts for Utah and Utahns in our increasingly densely populated and fast-growing state.

I also sense that the current over-reliance on conventional U-Turns at traffic light intersections here in Utah may be partly responsible for the alarming recent increase in Road Rage-related violence on Utahn roadways.

Incidentally,  I myself do not recall having ever resided in any state other than Utah where I have directly witnessed as frequent an occurrence at traffic-light street intersections of a motorist attempting to make a U-turn at that intersection, often with other motorists and pedestrians being startled and unnerved by that very  abrupt U-Turn maneuver on the roadway.

I hope this brainstorming letter is helpful to you and your other nobly idealistic colleagues in the Utah State House of Representatives.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, former Texas DPS full-time permanent staff member and the founder and only member of the non-proseltyzing and public-safety-minded, permanently-alcohol-free and tobacco-free, politely non-Christian and implicitly deistic "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion".

My Murray (UT) native Father, Dr. Calvin McMillan, consistently placed a heavy emphasis on driving very safely on highways and roadways, including here in Utah, and took great pride in never being the driver in any motor- vehicle accident anywhere in the USA or any foreign country.

My current  solo-occupancy bolt-locked and fully locked studio  rental apartment unit  home address ever since June 1, 2022:

535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell  phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

My 'Hazardous U-Turns' Follow-up Letter Tonight to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz:

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

To: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>, "Mike Schultz" <mikeschultz@le.utah.gov>, "contactudot@utah.gov" <contactudot@utah.gov>, "emcmillan@utah.gov" <emcmillan@utah.gov>, "Joe Dougherty (DHHS)" <joedougherty@utah.gov>, "Cameron Roden" <croden@utah.gov>, "Gay Lynn Bennion" <glbennion@le.utah.gov>, "marie.stewart" <marie.stewart@slcgov.com>, "Marsha Judkins" <mjudkins@le.utah.gov>, "Paul A. Cutler" <pcutler@le.utah.gov>, "mballard@le.utah.gov" <mballard@le.utah.gov>, "Aaafoundation Info" <info@aaafoundation.org>, "media@utahsafetycouncil.org" <media@utahsafetycouncil.org>, "Utah Press Assn Director Brian Allfrey 2022" <ballfrey@utahpress.com>, "Utah Peace Officers Association 2022" <homeupoa@gmail.com>, "University of Utah Student Newspaper 2022" <press@chronicle.utah.edu>, "Deseret News 2022" <dnweb@deseretnews.com>, "newsmedia@ldschurch.org" <newsmedia@ldschurch.org>, "Angela Romero" <angelaromero@le.utah.gov>, "Utah Restaurant Association 2022" <info@utahrestaurantassociation.org>, "Utah Apartment Association 2022" <info@uaahq.org>, "UT_Webmanager" <ut_webmanager@hud.gov>, "Attorney General of Utah" <uag@utah.gov>, "Uag" <uag@agutah.gov>, "leo.abila" <leo.abila@slcgov.com>, "todd.mitchell" <todd.mitchell@slcgov.com>, "mike.brown" <mike.brown@slcgov.com>, "accessibility@allstate.com" <accessibility@allstate.com>, "ryanwilcox@le.utah.gov" <ryanwilcox@le.utah.gov>, "Office of Gov. Spencer Cox" <govcomm@utah.gov>, "Utah Lt. Gov. 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Strong" <mstrong@le.utah.gov>, "kcullimore@le.utah.gov" <kcullimore@le.utah.gov>, "Joel Briscoe" <jbriscoe@le.utah.gov>, "Jplumb" <jplumb@le.utah.gov>, "Him-roi" <him-roi@umail.utah.edu>, "contactus@imail.org" <contactus@imail.org>, "foundation@imail.org" <foundation@imail.org>, "American Traffic Safety Services Assn 2022" <customerservice@atssa.com>, "media@utahsafetycouncil.org" <media@utahsafetycouncil.org>, "Aaafoundation Info" <info@aaafoundation.org>, "chad.atkinson" <chad.atkinson@slcgov.com>, "California Crime Prevention Officers Assn 2022" <info@ccpoa.us>, "Utah Apartment Association 2022" <info@uaahq.org>, "Adult Protective UT Supvr Chad Hansen" <cbhanse@utah.gov>, "Univ of Utah Criminology Dir. Heather Melton" <heather.melton@soc.utah.edu>, "Utahia Info" <info@utahia.org>, "American Traffic Safety Services Assn 2022" <customerservice@atssa.com>, "County Council Member Bradshaw" <arbradshaw@slco.org>, "Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall 2021" <mayor@slcgov.com>, "Salt Lake City (UT) City Council" <council.comments@slcgov.com>, "emcmillan@utah.gov" <emcmillan@utah.gov>, "Joe Dougherty (DHHS)" <joedougherty@utah.gov>, "Paul A. Cutler" <pcutler@le.utah.gov>, "DenverPostEditors" <newsroom@denverpost.com>, "Cyprus Credit Union" <shauna.denos@cypruscu.com>, "University of Utah Student Newspaper 2022" <press@chronicle.utah.edu>, "Internships" <internships@romney.senate.gov>, "Uag" <uag@agutah.gov>, "mgwynn@le.utah.gov" <mgwynn@le.utah.gov>, "karilisonbee@le.utah.gov" <karilisonbee@le.utah.gov>, "lescamilla@le.utah.gov" <lescamilla@le.utah.gov>, "tweiler@le.utah.gov" <tweiler@le.utah.gov>, "derrinowens@le.utah.gov" <derrinowens@le.utah.gov>, "mkennedy@le.utah.gov" <mkennedy@le.utah.gov>, "dipson@le.utah.gov" <dipson@le.utah.gov>, "Utah Public Radio 2022" <tom.williams@usu.edu>, "membership@utahretail.com" <membership@utahretail.com>, "jason@utahrisk.org" <jason@utahrisk.org>, "shianne@utahrisk.org" <shianne@utahrisk.org>, "david@utahrisk.org" <david@utahrisk.org>, "ann@utahrisk.org" <ann@utahrisk.org>, "Utahtourism Info" <info@utahtourism.org>, "shianne@utahrisk.org" <shianne@utahrisk.org>, "Utah Hospital Association 2021" <jill@utahhospitals.org>, "Utah Medical Association 2021" <info@utahmed.org>, "Mike Weichers" <mweichers@ch.utah.gov>, "Rori Andreason" <randreason@midvale.com>, "Kimberly Foster" <kimberly.foster@wvc-ut.gov>, "Utah Transit Authority" <llasker@rideuta.com>, "Utah Farm Bureau Federation 2022" <aubree.thomas@fbfs.com>, "pedbikesafety@dot.gov" <pedbikesafety@dot.gov>, "safety.program@dot.ca.gov" <safety.program@dot.ca.gov>, "American Association of Transportation Officials 2021" <info@aashto.org>, "region8@dot.gov" <region8@dot.gov>, "The State of Idaho" <itdcommunication@itd.idaho.gov>, "media@nmag.gov" <media@nmag.gov>, "Arizona Republic Newstips" <newstips@arizonarepublic.com>

Sent: Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 10:14 PM

Subject: Re: Is UT Hurt by Not Enough Median U-Turns In Our State

January 27, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

This is a friendly follow-up note to the letter I wrote and  sent you last night about public safety concerns of mine relating to motorists'  attempted or completed  U-turns at roadway intersections here in Utah.

I am also concerned about a possible current lack of full consolidation and analysis of  statewide records in regard to recent motor-vehicle accidents and recent  Road Rage Incidents in Utah that each involved an attempted or completed U-Turn by a motorist  on a roadway or highway  here in Utah.

House Majority Leader Schultz, do you believe it can   save dozens of lives each year  in our state if the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Department of Public Safety can jointly identify for the Utah State House the 10, 20, 50, or 100 street intersections or highway intersections in Utah  where the largest number of U-turn-related motor-vehicle collisions occurred during the most recent one-year period or specified multi-year period  that resulted in a medical  injury requiring hospitalization?

If your answer to the above question is "yes", do you plan to ask the Utah State  House  to authorize funding for an immediate computer-assisted thorough review of the above-described Motorist U-Turn Accident injury statistics for our entire  state?

I hope to hear from you soon.

With Friendly Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time employee and current Utahn restaurant-industry  employee as well as  single adult white Anglo-Saxon English-Scottish-German-ancestry lifelong-citizen of the USA and permanent Utahn resident  John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android

On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 10:23 PM, John McMillan

<mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

https://www.ksl.com/article/18433891/is-a-freeway-u-turn-ever-legal

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/police-respond-to-car-crash-after-driver-makes-unsafe-u-turn-in-salt-lake-city/#:~:text=Utah%20State%20Code%20Section%20802,vehicle%20approaching%20from%20either%20direction

https://www.ksl.com/article/50201925/police-investigating-crash-caused-by-trooper-making-u-turn

https://kutv.com/news/local/3-injured-after-illegal-u-turn-causes-crash-on-sr-18

https://www.shmoop.com/drivers-ed/utah/u-turns.html

https://www.findlaw.com/traffic/traffic-tickets/illegal-u-turn-state-laws.html

https://star981.com/do-we-love-doing-u-turns-too-much-in-utah/

https://www.in.gov/indot/traffic-operations/median-u-turns/

January 26, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

Thank you again for your very thoughtful December 6, 2023, reply letter to me in which you invited me to send you follow-up letters about concerns of mine relating to Utah.

I am very  concerned that  the possible current absence of a "Utah Median U-Turns Traffic Safety  Design and Construction Project" for our entire state may be playing a role in numerous preventable  injuries ---including fatal injuries---- occurring each year to Utahn motorists, bicyclists, electric bike riders,  scooter-riders, and pedestrians throughout  our state.

Directly above is a copyrighted online report about Median U-Turns that is provided by the State Government  of  Indiana's Department of Transportation state agency.

 Some key paragraphs  from that report:

"A Median U-turn (MUT) is a type of intersection in which some left-turns or crossings from the mainline road or secondary crossroad are made using indirect, downstream U-turn movements. Intersections of this type are common and have performed successfully in other states, notably Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and North Carolina.

"MUTs are a subset of design styles referred to as alternative, non-traditional, or innovative intersections, which also include roundabout, continuous green T, quadrant roadway, and displaced left intersections. While they differ in style, what these designs all share is a reduced number of conflicting traffic movements in comparison to traditional intersections, and that characteristic improves safety performance and lowers travel delay where certain traffic and site conditions are present."

Utah House Majority Leader Schultz, I would like to respectfully recommend that you please ask the Utah State House for generous funding toward the proposed  design and construction of numerous "Median U-Turns" throughout Utah that can help save numerous motorists' lives and pedestrians' lives each year on our state's roadways.

I have also included with this letter numerous online links to recent copyrighted reports about the current often-chaotic, very  confusing, and very  dangerous "U-Turns Tradition" at traffic light street  intersections  here in our state---a very precarious "status quo" that recks  havoc on public safety efforts for Utah and Utahns in our increasingly densely populated and fast-growing state.

I also sense that the current over-reliance on conventional U-Turns at traffic light intersections here in Utah may be partly responsible for the alarming recent increase in Road Rage-related violence on Utahn roadways.

Incidentally,  I myself do not recall having ever resided in any state other than Utah where I have directly witnessed as frequent an occurrence at traffic-light street intersections of a motorist attempting to make a U-turn at that intersection, often with other motorists and pedestrians being startled and unnerved by that very  abrupt U-Turn maneuver on the roadway.

I hope this brainstorming letter is helpful to you and your other nobly idealistic colleagues in the Utah State House of Representatives.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, former Texas DPS full-time permanent staff member and the founder and only member of the non-proseltyzing and public-safety-minded, permanently-alcohol-free and tobacco-free, politely non-Christian and implicitly deistic "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion".

My Murray (UT) native Father, Dr. Calvin McMillan, consistently placed a heavy emphasis on driving very safely on highways and roadways, including here in Utah, and took great pride in never being the driver in any motor- vehicle accident anywhere in the USA or any foreign country.

My current  solo-occupancy bolt-locked and fully locked studio  rental apartment unit  home address ever since June 1, 2022:

535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell  phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

My 'Proposed Utah U-Turn Medians' Letter That I Wrote and Sent Today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

To: "Mike Schultz" <mikeschultz@le.utah.gov>, "contactudot@utah.gov" <contactudot@utah.gov>, "emcmillan@utah.gov" <emcmillan@utah.gov>, "Joe Dougherty (DHHS)" <joedougherty@utah.gov>, "Cameron Roden" <croden@utah.gov>, "Gay Lynn Bennion" <glbennion@le.utah.gov>, "marie.stewart" <marie.stewart@slcgov.com>, "Marsha Judkins" <mjudkins@le.utah.gov>, "Paul A. Cutler" <pcutler@le.utah.gov>, "mballard@le.utah.gov" <mballard@le.utah.gov>, "Aaafoundation Info" <info@aaafoundation.org>, "media@utahsafetycouncil.org" <media@utahsafetycouncil.org>, "Utah Press Assn Director Brian Allfrey 2022" <ballfrey@utahpress.com>, "Utah Peace Officers Association 2022" <homeupoa@gmail.com>, "University of Utah Student Newspaper 2022" <press@chronicle.utah.edu>, "Deseret News 2022" <dnweb@deseretnews.com>, "newsmedia@ldschurch.org" <newsmedia@ldschurch.org>, "Angela Romero" <angelaromero@le.utah.gov>, "Utah Restaurant Association 2022" <info@utahrestaurantassociation.org>, "Utah Apartment Association 2022" <info@uaahq.org>, "UT_Webmanager" <ut_webmanager@hud.gov>, "Attorney General of Utah" <uag@utah.gov>, "Uag" <uag@agutah.gov>, "leo.abila" <leo.abila@slcgov.com>, "todd.mitchell" <todd.mitchell@slcgov.com>, "mike.brown" <mike.brown@slcgov.com>, "accessibility@allstate.com" <accessibility@allstate.com>, "ryanwilcox@le.utah.gov" <ryanwilcox@le.utah.gov>, "Office of Gov. Spencer Cox" <govcomm@utah.gov>, "Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson 2021" <beckiepage@utah.gov>, "jsweeney@sltrib.com" <jsweeney@sltrib.com>, "Fox News SLC 2022" <news@fox13now.com>, "nbauer@abc4.com" <nbauer@abc4.com>, "Jennifer Gardiner" <jgardiner@abc4.com>, "CBS News '60 Minutes' Editors and Reporters" <60m@cbsnews.com>, "Utah Safety Council" <safety@utahsafetycouncil.org>, "Las Vegas Sun newspaper 2022" <feedback@lasvegassun.com>, "DenverPostEditors" <newsroom@denverpost.com>, "Cyprus Credit Union" <shauna.denos@cypruscu.com>, "California Crime Prevention Officers Assn 2022" <info@ccpoa.us>, "Los Angeles Times" <newstips@latimes.com>, "utahdistrict02@gmail.com" <utahdistrict02@gmail.com>, "Angela Romero" <angelaromero@le.utah.gov>, "Internships" <internships@romney.senate.gov>, "Joel_wellum" <joel_wellum@lee.senate.gov>, "Mayor Wilson" <mayor@slco.org>, "llstringham@slco.org" <llstringham@slco.org>, "suharrison@slco.org" <suharrison@slco.org>, "Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall 2021" <mayor@slcgov.com>, "Salt Lake City (UT) City Council" <council.comments@slcgov.com>, "Utah Public Radio 2022" <tom.williams@usu.edu>, "news@ksl.com" <news@ksl.com>, "Joel Briscoe" <jbriscoe@le.utah.gov>, "Jplumb" <jplumb@le.utah.gov>, "Jen Dailey-Provost" <jdprovost@le.utah.gov>, "Arizona Republic Newstips" <newstips@arizonarepublic.com>, "media@nmag.gov" <media@nmag.gov>, "The State of Idaho" <itdcommunication@itd.idaho.gov>, "DenverPostEditors" <newsroom@denverpost.com>, "San Jose Mercury News Editors" <webfeedback@mercurynews.com>, "Letters" <letters@seattletimes.com>, "karilisonbee@le.utah.gov" <karilisonbee@le.utah.gov>, "mgwynn@le.utah.gov" <mgwynn@le.utah.gov>, "Utah Republican Party" <info@utgop.org>, "tlee@le.utah.gov" <tlee@le.utah.gov>, "Utah State Univ Communications 2022" <ucom@usu.edu>, "Utah State University Provost 2022" <provost@usu.edu>, "mediarelations@weber.edu" <mediarelations@weber.edu>, "amy.stutzenberger@uvu.edu" <amy.stutzenberger@uvu.edu>, "Utahtourism Info" <info@utahtourism.org>, "lish.harris@utahtech.edu" <lish.harris@utahtech.edu>, "jyl.hall@utahtech.edu" <jyl.hall@utahtech.edu>, "byu-info@byu.edu" <byu-info@byu.edu>, "sociology@byu.edu" <sociology@byu.edu>, "Molly Sween" <mollysween@weber.edu>, "Westminster College Legal-Risk Mgment-Safety2022" <bbuckley@westminstercollege.edu>, "scott.stuck" <scott.stuck@slcgov.com>, "chad.atkinson" <chad.atkinson@slcgov.com>, "emcmillan@utah.gov" <emcmillan@utah.gov>, "mayor@murray.utah.gov" <mayor@murray.utah.gov>

Sent: Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 10:23 PM

Subject: Is UT Hurt by Not Enough Median U-Turns In Our State

https://www.ksl.com/article/18433891/is-a-freeway-u-turn-ever-legal

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/police-respond-to-car-crash-after-driver-makes-unsafe-u-turn-in-salt-lake-city/#:~:text=Utah%20State%20Code%20Section%20802,vehicle%20approaching%20from%20either%20direction

https://www.ksl.com/article/50201925/police-investigating-crash-caused-by-trooper-making-u-turn

https://kutv.com/news/local/3-injured-after-illegal-u-turn-causes-crash-on-sr-18

https://www.shmoop.com/drivers-ed/utah/u-turns.html

https://www.findlaw.com/traffic/traffic-tickets/illegal-u-turn-state-laws.html

https://star981.com/do-we-love-doing-u-turns-too-much-in-utah/

https://www.in.gov/indot/traffic-operations/median-u-turns/

January 26, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

Thank you again for your very thoughtful November 27, 2023 (correction by me on date), reply letter to me in which you invited me to send you follow-up letters about concerns of mine relating to Utah.

I am very  concerned that  the possible current absence of a "Utah Median U-Turns Traffic Safety  Design and Construction Project" for our entire state may be playing a role in numerous preventable  injuries ---including fatal injuries---- occurring each year to Utahn motorists, bicyclists, electric bike riders,  scooter-riders, and pedestrians throughout  our state.

Directly above is a copyrighted online report about Median U-Turns that is provided by the State Government  of  Indiana's Department of Transportation state agency.

 Some key paragraphs  from that report:

"A Median U-turn (MUT) is a type of intersection in which some left-turns or crossings from the mainline road or secondary crossroad are made using indirect, downstream U-turn movements. Intersections of this type are common and have performed successfully in other states, notably Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and North Carolina.

"MUTs are a subset of design styles referred to as alternative, non-traditional, or innovative intersections, which also include roundabout, continuous green T, quadrant roadway, and displaced left intersections. While they differ in style, what these designs all share is a reduced number of conflicting traffic movements in comparison to traditional intersections, and that characteristic improves safety performance and lowers travel delay where certain traffic and site conditions are present."

Utah House Majority Leader Schultz, I would like to respectfully recommend that you please ask the Utah State House for generous funding toward the proposed  design and construction of numerous "Median U-Turns" throughout Utah that can help save numerous motorists' lives and pedestrians' lives each year on our state's roadways.

I have also included with this letter numerous online links to recent copyrighted reports about the current often-chaotic, very  confusing, and very  dangerous "U-Turns Tradition" at traffic light street  intersections  here in our state---a very precarious "status quo" that recks  havoc on public safety efforts for Utah and Utahns in our increasingly densely populated and fast-growing state.

I also sense that the current over-reliance on conventional U-Turns at traffic light intersections here in Utah may be partly responsible for the alarming recent increase in Road Rage-related violence on Utahn roadways.

Incidentally,  I myself do not recall having ever resided in any state other than Utah where I have directly witnessed as frequent an occurrence at traffic-light street intersections of a motorist attempting to make a U-turn at that intersection, often with other motorists and pedestrians being startled and unnerved by that very  abrupt U-Turn maneuver on the roadway.

I hope this brainstorming letter is helpful to you and your other nobly idealistic colleagues in the Utah State House of Representatives.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, former Texas DPS full-time permanent staff member and the founder and only member of the non-proseltyzing and public-safety-minded, permanently-alcohol-free and tobacco-free, politely non-Christian and implicitly deistic "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion".

My Murray (UT) native Father, Dr. Calvin McMillan, consistently placed a heavy emphasis on driving very safely on highways and roadways, including here in Utah, and took great pride in never being the driver in any motor-vehicle accident anywhere in the USA or any foreign country.

My current  solo-occupancy bolt-locked and fully locked studio  rental apartment unit  home address ever since June 1, 2022: 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell  phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

My Politely Worded Follow-up Letter Today to the Attorney General of Texas in Austin

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

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Sent: Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 5:56 AM

Subject: Fw: Foloup: TXOAG Contacts DA re: NoReply to my 11-30-23 PIR

Dear Texas Attorney General's Office state agency  Officials,

I would greatly appreciate a follow-up letter on this legal complaint of mine from your Attorney General of Texas state agency at your earliest convenience.

Best Wishes,

Open Records complainant John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City,. Utah .

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Sent: Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM

Subject: Foloup: TXOAG Contacts DA re: NoReply to my 11-30-23 PIR

January 23, 2024

Dear Open Records Division  Officials for the Attorney General of Texas,

I have not received any follow-up letter from you in regard to my current Open Records complaint (below) with your state agency in Austin against the Travis County District Attorney's Office Public Information Coordinator in Austin.

Your state agency has assigned that civilly worded legal complaint of mine  an official ID number of OR-23-103287-IC.

My legal complaint refers to the alleged failure of the Travis County District Attorney's Office Open Records Coordinator  to send me any reply letter in response to my November 30, 2023-dated  Open Records Request to that DA's Office. That request was officially received by the DA's Office in Austin  at the start of the business day on December 1, 2023.

My request had sought "a copy of any and all documents on file with each applicable division or unit of your DA's Office that were each authored by someone other than me at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2021, and  which each  stated that I myself was or am victimized by  a felony crime."

I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor,  Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

My Date of Birth: 04-27-1957. I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 1:22 AM, John McMillan

<mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

January 15, 2024

Dear Admirably  Pro-Law-Enforcement Civic Leaders and Political Leaders,

 I was informed in writing  (below) by the Attorney General of Texas state agency on December 28, 2023,  that I  have been assigned an official complaint number on my current Open Records Request (public information request)  written complaint through the Attorney General of Texas against the Public Information Coordinator for the Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin, Texas.

My complaint alleges that the Travis County DA's Office failed to provide me with any written reply  in response to my politely worded  November 30, 2023, Open Records request to that county government agency in Austin.

The November 30, 2023, public information request of mine had sought "a copy of any and all documents on file with each applicable division or unit of your DA's Office that were each authored by someone other than me at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2021, and  which each  stated that I myself was or am victimized by  a felony crime."

I welcome any reply letter from the Attorney General of Texas or any of you pro-law-enforcement civic leaders and other government officials about this legal issue that has arisen in regard to the Travis County District Attorney's Office and me.

Sincerely and Best Wishes, 

complainant John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My Date of Birth: 4-27-1957. I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

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From: "OpenRecordsAssistance" <OpenRecordsAssistance@oag.texas.gov>

To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 9:21 AM

Subject: Office of the Attorney General, Open Records Division ID# OR-23-103287-IC

Dear Requestor:

Your complaint was assigned ID# OR-23-103287-IC

Additional documentation may be faxed to the Education and Enforcement Section of the Open Records Division at (512) 481-1992, submitted through our online form (https://oag.my.site.com/OpenRecords/s/) or mailed to P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711.

Please note, if you are using the online form, you must include the full complaint ID number provided above in order to submit your documentation.

Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please call the Open Government Hotline at (877) 673-6839.

Sincerely,

Education and Enforcement Section

Open Records Division

PLEASE NOTE: Any replies to this email will not be received

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

To: "Travis County DA's Office Open Records (2015)" <daopenrecordsrequests@traviscountytx.gov>

Cc: "chad.atkinson" <chad.atkinson@slcgov.com>, "leo.abila" <leo.abila@slcgov.com>, "Drew Hadley" <drew.hadley@slcgov.com>, "todd.mitchell" <todd.mitchell@slcgov.com>, "scott.stuck" <scott.stuck@slcgov.com>, "APD Officer James Turner" <james.turner@austintexas.gov>, "Mike King" <michael.king@austintexas.gov>, "State Bar of Texas Govt. Relations" <govt.relations@texasbar.com>, "communications@utahbar.org" <communications@utahbar.org>, "Adult Protective UT Supvr Chad Hansen" <cbhanse@utah.gov>, "Salt Lake County (UT) District Attorney 2022" <districtattorney@slco.org>, "National District Attorneys Assn Crime Prevention" <nbunn@ndaajustice.org>, "marie.stewart" <marie.stewart@slcgov.com>, "William Costello" <william.costello@austintexas.gov>, "Lelan Larroque" <lelan.larroque@austintexas.gov>, "Fbinaa Info" <info@fbinaa.org>, "csfc@nsa.gov" <csfc@nsa.gov>, "Humantrafficking" <humantrafficking@oag.texas.gov>, "TXGov Child Sex Trafficking Team 2020" <cstt@gov.texas.gov>, "public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov" <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>, "Josh Reno" <josh.reno@texasattorneygeneral.gov>, "Robert Kepple" <robert.kepple@tdcaa.com>, "Shannon Edmonds" <shannon.edmonds@tdcaa.com>, "Juan Acosta" <manager@pebblecreekapartments.net>, "APD Dist Rep Espinoza" <ruben.espinoza@austintexas.gov>, "Texas Apartment Association" <communications@taa.org>, "Utah Apartment Association 2022" <info@uaahq.org>, "Utah Hospital Association 2021" <jill@utahhospitals.org>, "Him-roi" <him-roi@umail.utah.edu>, "contactus@imail.org" <contactus@imail.org>, "Him-roi" <him-roi@umail.utah.edu>, "Texas anti-crime Fusion Center 2021" <txfc@dps.texas.gov>, "Texas Rangers (2015)" <rangers@dps.texas.gov>, "sug@esa.com" <sug@esa.com>, "slu@extendedstay.com" <slu@extendedstay.com>, "U.S. Department of Homeland Security" <private.sector@dhs.gov>, "tammymartin@texaspolicechiefs.org" <tammymartin@texaspolicechiefs.org>, "Utah Restaurant Association 2022" <info@utahrestaurantassociation.org>, "TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman" <kbesserman@tramail.org>, "Shawn Dick" <shawn.dick@wilco.org>, "People Against Violent Crime 2020" <pavc@peopleagainstviolentcrime.org>, "Rape Abuse and Incest National Network" <info@rainn.org>

Sent: Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:36 PM

Subject: correction Re: 11-30-23 PIR: TDCA docs stating I was victimized by felony crime

November 30, 2023

Dear Travis County District Attorney's Office Open Records Coordinator,

Directly below is the correct version of the following paragraph from tonight's Texas Open Records request that I wrote and  sent to your DA's Office in Austin, Texas:

"On January 19,  2022, an on-duty taxi driver transported me  from that hotel in Salt Lake City   to the 'Extended Stay America'  chain corporate-owned  hotel at 7555 S. Union Park Avenue in Sandy, Utah. I  rented and lived alone inside  a fully  locked  solo-occupancy room, Room 227, at that hotel."

Please note that I have also removed one total letter, "I", from the first sentence of that paragraph in the text of the  letter below. Please disregard the previous version of this Open Records Request that I sent you 22 minutes ago.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:14 PM, John McMillan

<mcmillanj@att.net> wrote:

November 30, 2023

Dear Open Records Administrator for the Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin, Texas,

This is a follow-up Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from your Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin a copy of any and all documents on file with each applicable division or unit of your DA's Office that were each authored by someone other than me at any time since 9 a.m. January 1, 2021, and  which each  stated that I myself was or am victimized by  a felony crime.

My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. My Date of Birth is 4-27-1957. I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.

My most recent rental apartment-unit home address in Austin, Texas,  was: Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Building 17, Austin, TX 78753. 

I relocated from Austin to Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 31, 2021.

My cell phone number ever since August 2019 has been and continues to be: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone  number as a rent-paying tenant at Pebble Creek Apartments in Austin was: (512) 342-2295.

I myself am a lifelong single gentleman. I have been completely celibate ever since one total occasion that occurred in 1995, when I lived alone inside a locked  solo-occupancy rental apartment unit in Baytown, Texas.

I officially  became a permanent resident of Utah on January 1, 2023. I have resided in Salt Lake County, Utah, on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since December 31, 2021. On the afternoon of December 31, 2021, I checked in as a paying  guest renting and living alone inside  a fully  locked  solo-occupancy hotel room at the corporate-owned "Extended Stay America" chain hotel Sugarhouse location at 1220 East 2100 South, Room 210, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On January 19,  2022, an on-duty taxi driver transported me  from that hotel in Salt Lake City   to the "Extended Stay America" chain corporate-owned  hotel at 7555 S. Union Park Avenue in Sandy, Utah. I  rented and lived alone inside  a fully  locked  solo-occupancy room, Room 227, at that hotel.

During my stay of residence at the cited Extended Stay America in Sandy, I submitted on February 14, 2022, a Home Invasion Anal-Rape  crimes report with the  Sandy Police Department.

The official case number assigned by Sandy Police to  that crime case in which I was the victim  was SY22-7423. A forensic DNA-swabs  sexual assault evidence medical exam was performed on me by a forensic nurse inside the University of Utah Hospital Emergency Room on February 14, 2022. The identification number on my rape evidence kit from that forensic medical exam on me is 21-0238. 

I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan.

My current address ever since June 1, 2022:

Wasatch Manor, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My current home phone: (801) 355-0850.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

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My Plea Today for a 'Utah Love Day' Annual Celebration on February 14 That Honors Both Mutual-Consent Platonic Love Relationships and Mutual-Consent Romantic Love Relationships in Utah

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

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Sent: Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Subject: Valentine'sDay Disenfranchises UTPlatonicLove Couples

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/09/how-to-adult-friends-relationships/

January 25, 2024

Dear Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

This is a revised and corrected version of the brainstorming letter I sent you earlier today.

Thank you again for your friendly December 6, 2023, reply letter to me in which you invited me to write to you about concerns of mine relating to Utah.

I am  a gainfully employed,  law-abiding, non-stalking,  platonicly polite, permanently alcohol-free, lifelong-tobacco-free, facially cleanshaven, lifelong tattoo-less, longtime celibate, lifelong-single, adult male white non-Hispanic permanent resident of Utah. I have  strong Utah ancestry and very strong LDS ancestry through the  "McMillan" and "Pugh" branches of my family tree here in Utah.

As I'm sure you are very aware, the Utah State House has a vital role in helping to promote healthy cultural  traditions here in the Beehive State. 

I am writing you today to ask you to please lend your very influential support as a state official  to a proposed State of Utah-approved  revision of the annual  Valentine's Day tradition in our state. 

In anticipation of the annual statewide celebration  of Valentine's Day that will occur  on Wednesday, February 14, I respectfully urge you to please ask your nobly idealistic colleagues in the Utah House to approve a very special non-binding Resolution as soon as possible.

I am referring to a non-binding State House  Resolution that adds PLATONIC LOVE RELATIONSHIPS  to the other personal   relationships that are   celebrated statewide each year on February 14.

The proposed non-binding Utah House Resolution might contain statements such as:

"Whereas Valentine's Day is a very special  annual civic celebration event for  many Utahns; and

"Whereas Valentine's Day in Utah is not an official state holiday; and 

"Whereas historical reports about the origins of Valentine's Day are conflicting and very unreliable; and 

"Whereas reports about the alleged slaying of the man who reportedly lent his name to Valentine's Day are very gruesome and severely undermine  the celebration of either romantic love or platonic love on February 14; and 

"Whereas promotion of kind-hearted love in mutual-consent personal relationships in Utah can help reduce the incidence of Domestic Violence throughout our state; and 

"Whereas the promotion of mutual-consent love in Utah is good for to the cardiovascular medical  health of all Utahns and inspires harmonious serenity and long-lasting romantic relationships as well as long-lasting romantic  marriages throughout our state; and 

"Whereas promotion of love in Utah can help prevent addiction to alcohol, tobacco, vaping, opioids, illicit drugs, and gambling  by many thousands of Utahns; and

"Whereas promotion of love in Utah helps prevent criminal conduct, including violent felony crimes, and specifically violent Hate Crimes, throughout our entire  state; and 

"Whereas mutual-consent romantic love relationships  in Utah often inspire creative cultural accomplishments such as the writing of heartfelt works of poetry and personal essays and short stories and theatrical plays and novels, and the creation of heartfelt works of visual art such as landscape paintings, portraits, vases, or statues of beloved persons; and 

"Whereas Valentine's Day each year is also  very beneficial to  the economy of our state through sales of thousands of Valentine-shaped boxes of candy, and through  thousands of romantic dinner outings in Utahn restaurants by 

romantic couples who are  paying guests, and through  romantic couples partaking of  Romantic Movies or Romantic Theatrical Plays as paying guests inside  movie theaters and stage theaters in Utah; and 

"Whereas many thousands of Utahns are under age 18 and are legally ineligible as minors to participate in a full  romantic love relationship involving full physical intimacy with a mutual-consent  romantic partner;  and 

"Whereas many youths in Utah are victims of parental abuse or neglect and can benefit emotionally from participating in an annual statewide celebration of platonic  love; and 

"Whereas many youths in Utah are bullied by schoolmates of theirs who hurl death threats at them; and 

"Whereas many thousands of Utahns are single adult  persons who underwent a divorce and who do not currently have a mutual-consent romantic love partner, and 

"Whereas many thousands of Utahns are widows or widowers who have chosen to lead permanently celibate lifestyles for the remainder of their own lives; and

"Whereas many thousands of Utahns are mothers or fathers or adoptive parents or   grandparents or aunts or uncles who have deep PLATONIC  love for a younger relative of theirs;

and 

"Whereas many thousands of Utahns benefit on a year-round basis from having heartfelt conversations with,  and receiving heartfelt  advice from, personal friends of theirs who are also platonic love companions of theirs; and 

"Whereas recent studies (see above copyrighted online link) have found that mutual-consent platonic personal relationships, including mutual-consent  platonic love relationships, enhance the emotional health and level of happiness and medical longevity of persons  involved in those platonic relationships;

"THEREFORE, be it Resolved by the Utah House of Representatives that Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Be Hereby Declared 'Utah Love Day'  In Honor of Both Mutual-Consent Platonic Love Relationships  and Mutual-Consent Romantic Love Relationships here in the Beehive State."

House Majority Leader Schultz, I hope this type of proposed Resolution appeals to you and your colleagues in the House.

With Friendly Best Wishes,

"Progressive Prohibitionist Religion" founder and only member (it is a new and non-proseltyzing politely non-Christian religion that does not agree to having a second member at any time in the foreseeable future) John Kevin McMillan.

I am the youngest grandson of Murray (UT) butcher shop owner Parley Neal McMillan of Murray and his devoted wife, Mrs. Alice Mae Pugh (maiden surname) McMillan of Murray. 

My solo-occupancy fully locked and bolt-locked  studio  rental apartment unit home address ever since June 1, 2022:

 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

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