
Utah Policy is reporting this morning that the Salt Lake County Republican Party has violated their own bylaws by sending a letter to West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder (aka Richard Burwash) attempting to discourage him from running for the office of Salt Lake County Mayor. The letter, on county party letterhead, indicates that while [...]
Senator Ben McAdams of Salt Lake City is bringing his non-discrimination bill back to the legislature this year. McAdams, who proposed this bill last year only to watch it die before it even saw the inside of a committee hearing, was instrumental in the crafting and passage of Salt Lake City’s non-discrimination ordinance back in [...]
Our Republican friends in the legislature are at it again. Last year they tried to kill your access to government records with HB477, this year they’re going one step further and want to take away your right to vote. The ringleader this time, Representative Kraig Powell, a Heber Republican, thinks he has devised a legal [...]
Since Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States in 2009 we’ve heard a great deal of bitching from the GOP and the rest of the conservative right. We’ve heard him called a socialist, we’ve endured the birth certificate nonsense and we’ve witnessed Congressional gridlock on a wholly unprecedented scale. During the New [...]
Senator Ben McAdams (D-SL) is bringing his anti-discrimination measure back to the legislature this year. He is proposing that the State of Utah adopt measures that incorporate the ordinances passed by Salt Lake City a few years ago, and subsequently by eleven other city and county governments throughout Utah. This time around, however, Senator McAdams’ [...]
Posted on 27 January 2012
Utah Policy is reporting this morning that the Salt Lake County Republican Party has violated their own bylaws by sending a letter to West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder (aka Richard Burwash) attempting to discourage him from running for the office of Salt Lake County Mayor. The letter, on county party letterhead, indicates that while [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 January 2012
Senator Ben McAdams of Salt Lake City is bringing his non-discrimination bill back to the legislature this year. McAdams, who proposed this bill last year only to watch it die before it even saw the inside of a committee hearing, was instrumental in the crafting and passage of Salt Lake City’s non-discrimination ordinance back in [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 January 2012
Our Republican friends in the legislature are at it again. Last year they tried to kill your access to government records with HB477, this year they’re going one step further and want to take away your right to vote. The ringleader this time, Representative Kraig Powell, a Heber Republican, thinks he has devised a legal [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 January 2012
Since Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States in 2009 we’ve heard a great deal of bitching from the GOP and the rest of the conservative right. We’ve heard him called a socialist, we’ve endured the birth certificate nonsense and we’ve witnessed Congressional gridlock on a wholly unprecedented scale. During the New [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 January 2012
Senator Ben McAdams (D-SL) is bringing his anti-discrimination measure back to the legislature this year. He is proposing that the State of Utah adopt measures that incorporate the ordinances passed by Salt Lake City a few years ago, and subsequently by eleven other city and county governments throughout Utah. This time around, however, Senator McAdams’ [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 20 January 2012
So our dear Governor Herbert is proud of the fact that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has rated Utah as the state with the best economic outlook in their “Rich States, Poor States” report. He’s so happy about the report that he’s hoping the legislature will give businesses a tax break during this year’s [...] Continue Reading