Not running, no hitters and sweet, sweet sugar

Just cleaning out some stuff that didn't really warrant stories but might be interesting:

• Utah County Commissioners went to San Francisco recently to get bonding approval for their portion of I-15 reconstruction. First of all, Larry Ellertson and Gary Anderson should know better than to fly directly into SF. You fly into Oakland, save $150 in taxpayer dollars, and take transit or your rental across the bay. Second of all, the three commissioners decided to take in a Giants game while they were there. It was, of course, Jonathan Sanchez's no-no. Lucky.

• Jason Chaffetz and the rest of the congressional delegation released fundraising dollars for

the quarter. The 3rd District rep still has a little of that Utah sugar beet in him, or at least the industry's money. He picked up $500 from the Snake River Sugar PAC, $1,000 from the

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Co-op PAC and $5,000 from the

American Crystal Sugar PAC. (It was part of a freshman event organized by Texas Rep. Mike Conaway. But I argue Chaffetz has a deeper understanding. See, in America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the something something.)

• UVU police still aren't releasing what the white powder was that caused a massive shut down. We know it was a powdered food product and that police are still examining video in the case.

• Steve Turley isn't running for Provo mayor. There were a lot of rumors floating around about the councilman's ambitions and at least one animated discussion with one of the candidates outside a local restaurant.