Rhett Wilkinson is a lead project manager for The Exoro Group, a public affairs firm in Salt Lake City. A senior in journalism and political science at Utah State University, he has previously interned in Utah Congressional and Gubernatorial offices and for the Deseret News. Opinions are his own. Utah Speaker of the House […]
Poll Results from “Insiders” on the Utah Nomination System
May 10, 2013 by
A couple of days back, I presented a very brief summary of the debate occurring in the Utah Republican and Democratic Parties about the efforts of an outside group, the County My Vote committee, to influence how Utah’s parties conduct their nomination system. You can read it here. I posted a poll of my readers asking […]
LaVarr Webb’s insiders weigh in on Utah’s nomination system [POLL]
May 8, 2013 by
Don’t forget to vote in the poll at the bottom of this post! If you’ve been following inside politics around Utah of late, then you know that the talk among the party insiders–in both the Republican and Democratic Parties–has largely centered around whether Utah’s caucus system needs an update, should be jettisoned to make way […]
Time for more government oversight of abortion practices
May 6, 2013 by
Because I believe that the scope of government should be limited, I believe that less governmental regulation is, generally better. It raises the cost of doing business and–when it isn’t saving lives–it just sucks money out of the economy. Congress–and the Utah Legislature–should have a very good reason before creating a new regulations that will […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights makes Obama look conservative
May 1, 2013 by
Irony. One minute a federal judge is telling the Food and Drug Administration that it has to allow Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, to be sold over-the-counter to women as young as 15, and in the next, the Obama Administration is appealing the ruling, arguing the contraceptive is too untested to be allowed to teens […]
Vaniloquence…?
April 25, 2013 by
I’ll get right to the point: there’s a new blog in town, and I recommend you check it out: VANILOQUENCE It’s the newly inaugurated site of local (to Salt Lake City) journalist Chris Vanocur. He defines “Vaniloquence” as a “Vain or foolish talk,” but the blog is anything but. It may show a lighter side the news […]
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