The basis of their anger toward these proposed changes is fear. Fear of losing their power grip on Utah’s politics and fear of being accountable to the citizens they were elected to serve.

Their frequent argument against ethics reform and contribution limits is that it will discourage new people from running for a public office. It may very well discourage people like themselves from running, but that would leave more opportunities for those whose who are interested in public service rather than self service to become involved in state government.