City Weekly has an interesting one in the ongoing John Swallow saga/scandal. Timothy Lawson wants to be the next Lieutenant Governor of Utah. (The jury’s still out on whether the story will wind up being a saga or a scandal… right now, I’m guessing the latter. In the meantime, the story just got stranger.) Over […]
Utah’s School Grading moves education the right direction
September 14, 2013 by
Maybe the Utah legislature really does hate public education. Or maybe the legislature just wants to make it easier for parents to know how their school is doing. On September 1, Utah’s public schools received grades based on criteria set by the Utah legislature and set down in statute. For the first time ever, parents […]
Senator Lee wants to protect paid journalists, but not bloggers.
September 6, 2013 by
In America, we believe in equal protection under the law. That law includes the First Amendment and its protection of speech. “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” In forty-eight states, called shield laws (or a shield rule, in Utah) laws on the books protect journalists from being forced […]
Matheson, the man afraid of his constituents?
August 31, 2013 by
Alone among the Utah congressional delegation, Congressman Jim Matheson stopped holding town halls in 2007, over five years ago. What is he afraid of? As children head back to school and leaves begin to change, Members of Congress are coming to the end of the August recess and preparing to return to Washington, D.C. They’ve […]
Jones’ proposed tax increase hurts families with children
August 26, 2013 by
Senator Pat Jones proposal to raise taxes on families with children to send more money to Utah teachers sounds like a way to boost education dollars. In reality, Jones’ $400 million proposal takes from those who need it most: Parents with children. If passed, the bill would create jobs in education and allow schools to […]
Bennion faces a conflict of interest in his advocacy for the FOP
August 14, 2013 by
The leader of the Salt Lake County Republican Party has made a grave mistake in calling a rally to protest findings that two West Valley police officers used deadly force without justification. Further, because SLCo Party Chair Chad Bennion is employed by the Fraternal Order of Police, he faces a conflict of interest which prevents […]
Gill and Bennion in the press: a study in restraint and the lack thereof
August 14, 2013 by
It’s hard to tell who feels more “fortunate” right now: the “prosecutor,” the “press,” or the “politician.” The first, Sim Gill, has just finished a difficult investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed woman by West Valley police in November of 2012. His findings, relying heavily on forensic evidence at the scene of Danielle […]
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