The Ogden Standard-Examiner's editorial board smells a rat at the Legislature. I know it's hard to believe, but the S-E thinks Republican lawmakers may be planning to end run the public's decisive rejection of educational vouchers.

Voters defeated vouchers by a statewide margin of almost 2-1 in November, and those members of the Legislature who supported vouchers have since said they will not attempt such wholesale voucher legislation again. But they are, perhaps, counting on getting their way via another avenue: changing the composition of the State Board of Education.

Voucher opponents fear the mystifying process of nominating and recruiting board members coupled with the pro-voucher stance of Gov. Huntsman, "could transform the Board of Education into a voucher-friendly body."

In the final analysis, government isn't always about what most of the people want -- it can be about only what the people with power want. Obviously, they tend to get their way.

Want to know more? The Tribune's Paul Rolly goes into the complicated — some would say rigged — State Board selection game here.