An accusation that Jim Winder, Salt Lake County Sheriff, violated the Hatch Act by using government resources at campaign fundraising events has left Salt Lake County without its privately owned SWAT vehicle. Whether Winder will end up under investigation remains to be seen. Meanwhile, Salt Lake County’s SWAT may be hitching rides with squad cars for […]
Salt Lake County: Winder Loses County Its SWAT Vehicle After Using it on the Campaign
September 11, 2014 by
Getting Dirty in Salt Lake County’s Assessor Race
April 8, 2014 by
The campaign for Salt Lake County Assessor, one of the sleepiest elected offices in Salt Lake County (if not the whole state), is getting dirty. In the race between the old and the young, surrogates of Kevin Jacobs’ have accused Jake Parkinson, also a candidate for Salt Lake County Assessor, of making sexist and degrading […]
SB216 Cheats Unincorporated Salt Lake County
February 26, 2014 by
I could tell you that cheaters never prosper, but if you know anything about how legislation is passed, you know that’s a steaming pile of manure. With only fifteen days left in the Utah legislative session, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is making a last-minute push to pass legislation, introduced only last week (SB216, introduced […]
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 […]
Tact: a lesson in politics from Mike Mower
April 23, 2013 by
Tonight, I caught up with Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s chief of staff, Mike Mower, at a Salt Lake County Young Republican meeting. Mower had a few simple pieces of advice that I thought were interesting. Rather than push conservative talking points or take the opportunity to push the Governor’s agenda (ok, other than a plug […]
Salt Lake County Republican Convention Update
April 20, 2013 by
Saturday was the Salt Lake County Republican Party’s organizing convention. I attended as a delegate and also ran for one of thirty spots on the State Central Committee of the Utah Republican Party. As conventions go, this one was pretty blase. We were electing leadership, but none of the races were expected to be close, […]
A Tale of Two Governments
November 25, 2012 by
It’s a contrast that is impossible to miss: one government faces growth and another is struggling to compensate for spending beyond its ability to afford.
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