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By Lyle Hillyard
Utah State Senator: Cache and Rich Counties

The other evening while in Salt Lake for legislative business, I left my meeting at 8:30 pm to walk to where my car was parked. As I was walking across the street, I ran into my former colleague, Ralph Becker, who was walking home after a busy day being Mayor of Salt Lake City. As we briefly chatted, I thought of two things: First, government work is not a "8 to 5" job. There are always more things to do than time to do them. Second, Mayor Becker is really committed to using less energy and his walking proved that. A leader leads by example. I felt a little guilty that I had driven my car about 5 blocks from where I was staying. Next time, I will be more careful and enjoy the air and exercise by walking whenever possible.

It also reminded me of complaining to my father when I had to walk to and from school (a full 5 blocks - but remember this is in Smithfield where blocks are really big) or from church (the full 3 blocks). When I said, “Do I have to walk?”, he would either say, “No. You can run!” or “You don’t have to, you get to”. When I have said that to my children as they were growing up, they reacted about as positive to that as I did. I wonder how their children will react.

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