Letter: This is no time for a soft-shoe approach

Utah seems to be undergoing a cleansing of biblical proportions: pestilence, earthquake, economic collapse, and, if all the empty shelves are any indication, famine as well.On top of this, we have ideological warfare. Public health officials everywhere in America are taking a hard-nosed stand. Their job is to prevent loss of life.Politicians, on the other hand, like Gov. Gary Herbert and other business-oriented Republicans here and elsewhere, want to preserve business and get votes for their par