At Holiday Oil, the Wagstaff brothers keep their dad’s vision alive
Lee Benson writes: "Brothers Scott and Mike Wagstaff are the leaders of one of Utah’s most successful home-grown businesses.
"Their company, Holiday Oil, turned 60 this year. Year-in, year-out its growth has been as steady as a metronome. In July they’re set to open their 75th store. By the end of the 2020s they plan to hit 100. They have 1,000 employees on their payroll, and counting.
"How have they survived, thrived and expanded when so many other family-run gas station businesses have been kicked to the curb, engulfed by the fuel companies and the big corporations?
What’s their secret?
"Basically it boils down to four words:
"What would Jerry do?"
Read more about the Wagstaff brothers and Holiday Oil.
Jacob Hess writes: "The Utah Compact was a declaration of five core principles to 'guide Utah’s immigration discussion' — first signed by community leaders, clergy, business and law enforcement representatives in 2010 and later reaffirmed in 2019.
"Those who initiated it were 'concerned about the tone of Utah’s immigration discussion,' with a wary eye on hard-line legislation in other states that could lead to more family separations. Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, and one of the original Utah Compact signatories, remembers the response from some leaders in other states who were 'happy to see that a conservative state could have such a balanced approach.'
"The signatories promoted these five standards as something leaders in Utah could leverage 'as they address the complex challenges associated with a broken national immigration system ...'
"The Deseret News today takes a look at each of the principles in the Compact and asks experts in the immigration field to weigh its principles against what’s happening in the country. Is there any alignment?"
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