Does the public really care about HB477 ? It’s a fair question. Because while the media is stirring a tempest, without public support, it will never get outside of the teapot. When the bill changing Utah’s decades old GRAMA law was proposed in the closing days of the Utah Legislative session, the press went crazy. […]
Utah Legislature Watch: See what happens when voters pay attention?
March 7, 2011 by
House Bill 477 has caused quite the stir up on Capitol Hill, Utah. Let me explain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up: Last week, Rep. John Dougall presented House Bill 477 to limit GRAMA (Government Records Access and Management Act) requests from including text messages and instant messages. Within 72 hours, it had passed […]
Much ado about immigration in Utah
July 14, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia There’s a scandal brewing in Utah over a list of alleged illegal immigrants that was sent to a number of government leaders with a demand for action. A conservative bastion in the west, even the lone Democrat in Utah’s congressional delegation, Jim Matheson, votes with his Republican colleagues almost as often as he does with Nancy […]
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