Are we legislating too much? What might be the effect of passing a law each time we find a problem? I was struck by a photo posted by Utah state legislator Dan McCay recently. It was a shot of the voting screen in the Utah House of Representatives during a vote on something called “Dumb […]
Could the proliferation of laws by state legislatures lead to overcriminalization?
Meet Derek Brown of Utah’s 49th Legislative District
The following is a profile I wrote about Derek Brown, representative to the legislature from Utah’s 49th district, for Examiner.com (Please click on over and read it there!). Truth be told, a lot more could be written about Derek than I was able to squeeze in to the profile. He’s got an infectious good humor about everything, and it’s easy to talk to him about almost anything under the sun. I hope he’s able to win reelection this fall because we need more like him in public service.



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