Curtis Haring

Bills to Watch: SJR 6, Joint Resolution Amending State Taxing Authority, Sen. Casey Anderson

Freshman Senator Casey Anderson (R-Cedar City, District 28), who has not even been in office long enough to make a baby, feels that he is ready to fundamentally change our taxation system by making it more difficult to increase taxes. Yes, SJR 6, Joint Resolution Amending State Taxing Authority, is some good ol’ fashion red [...]

Bills to Watch: HB 253, Voter Registration Amendments, Rep. Kraig Powell

I am getting sick of the annual attacks Republicans in the legislature lob towards a citizens right to vote. Every year they try (often successfully) to make it just a little bit harder for you to exercise your right to participate in your government. If they are not trying to put the administration of elections [...]

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Bills to Watch: HB 199, Elimination of Daylight Saving Time, Rep. Jim Nielson

Yes, another year has passed, and another legislator is proposing the elimination of Daylight Savings time.  Last year Representative Wilcox thought it would be a great idea and the year prior Representative Sumsion took a crack at it. This year, it appears that Representative Jim Nielson (R-Bountiful, District 19) drew the short straw at the conservative caucus [...]

Bills to Watch: HB 245, Amendment to Definition of Smoking in Utah Indoor Clean Air Act, Rep. Bradley Last

It is interesting to see just how far legislators are willing to go to stamp out smoking all together in Utah. Representative Bradley Last (R-Hurricane, District 71), for example, is willing to go so far as to attack stop-smoking devices from being in the public’s air. By proposing HB 245, Amendment to Definition of Smoking in [...]

Bills to Watch: HB 63, Mobile Home Park Residency Act Amendments, Rep. Janice Fisher

It is an understatement to say that Utah has poor renters rights, placing greater worth on landlords and property owners. In the class of renters, there is an even worse off group of people – those living in mobile homes. State and local laws are so bad that, currently, mobile home renters have no process [...]

Bills to Watch: HJR 10, Joint Resolution on Legislator Eligibility, Rep. John Dougall

We start the Bills to Watch series with an announcement.  I, Curtis Haring, wish to announce my candidacy for State House Representative of American Fork so that I can formally run against the proposer of HJR 10 – Joint Resolution on Legislator Eligibility, Rep. Dougall (R-American Fork, District 27). Normally this would pose a problem [...]

Bills to Watch is back for its Fifth Installment!

Man, things are kind of dusty around here – I mean, it has been a while since I have done anything on this blog…but man, the cobwebs! I want to let you know that the BTW series will be back for its fifth installment starting tomorrow. It should be an interesting session, if only because [...]

Endorsement: Ben McAdams for County Mayor

From the moment Ben McAdams threw his hat into the ring for Salt Lake County Mayor, I was excited. Over the years I have watched McAdams, first as an adviser for Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, and then as my state senator; and every time I have had the pleasure to work work with [...]

My Republican Neighbor and the Sweaty Palm

Now, it may come as no shock that my apartment complex is filled with, shall we say, people who are slightly further to the right than I. After all, I do pay my rent to Zions Property Investment and my office window is in the shadow of the Church Office Building. Overall, I have no [...]