This is yesterday’s news, but it’s still a win for the small guy, and, frankly, hilarious. It started five months ago when Bank of America filed foreclosure papers on the home of a couple, who didn’t owe a dime on their home. The couple said they paid cash for the house. The case went to court and […]
Tweets aside, should Utah’s attorney general be appointed?
April 20, 2011 by
Should the attorney general be appointed by the chief executive of the state? Or should states continue to elect their lead legal adviser and prosecutor? Utah, along with forty-three other states, elects the state’s attorney general in a general election along side other statewide offices, such as governor, lieutenant governor, and so on. The attorney general’s job, […]
The Utah Compact on Immigration
November 12, 2010 by
If you care about immigration, an interesting thing happened a couple days ago. Some of Utah‘s leaders–religious, political, and secular–joined together to propose an a set of principles on to guid the immigration reform discussion. It is seen as an alternative to recent proposals such as those passed in Arizona and proposed for Utah by […]
Polygamists in the news; Kingstons running for office
October 8, 2010 by
Polygamy is a unique aspect of Utah’s history, a piece the past that many wish they could just run away from, especially the Mormons, if just because of the mockery that it seems to draw from those only loosely familiar with how it fits into their history and doctrine. These days, in contrast to what […]
Governor Herbert “isn’t an attorney.”
July 22, 2010 by
Just in case you were wondering, Utah Attorney General wants to make it clear: Mark Shurtleff is in charge of the investigation into “the List,” now and Governor Herbert is not, let me repeat, not an attorney. (and by “The List,” I am referring to this) All cleared up? “The governor is not an attorney, […]
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