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Rep. Mike Noel was quoted in "Heard on the Hill" (Tribune, March 4): "To me, the scariest voter is the uninformed voter." I agree but would add "the uninformed and misinformed voter."
Many of Utah's voters, and their representatives, seem to get their information from ideologically based and special interest-funded media echo chambers that deny facts and science and endorse wishful and fantasy thinking.
Joe Andrade
Salt Lake City