This is the fourth in a five part series: Monday focused on Salt Lake County Elections, Wednesday concerned itself with the Utah State House of Representatives while Friday was the Utah Senate. Next Tuesday will focus on federal campaigns, and I have decided to talk about a little race going on in California as well. [...]
Archive for the ‘Attorney Generals Race 2008’ Category
Mark Shurtleff attacks blogger after receiving $5,000 check.
This post is a summary of Sam E. Antar’s posting labeled Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne Pays Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to Defame a Blogger. – August 2007 Deputy Attorney General Richard Hamp invites Sam E. Antar to speak at the 14th Annual White Collar Crime Conference, Antar agrees to do so at [...]
Yes Virgina, Payday Lenders are a bad thing
Ohio State Representative Chris Widener (R) spoke on CBS’s face to face segment the other day regarding how payday lenders are harming the citizens of Ohio. Payday lenders are an epidemic in this state. Charging the poorest of the poor interest rates of approximately 520 percent APR. Something must be done to stop this predatory [...]
A Minor Injustice
I spent yesterday participating in two parades in Ogden and Logan for the Jean Welch Hill for Attorney General Campaign – and though I had a blast walking down their respective main drags, I was once again reminded of how hard it is for candidates challenging an incumbent. You see, time and time again, I [...]
Why I work for Jean
A short while ago I was approached by Rob Miller about working as the Deputy Campaign Manager for the Jean Welch Hill campaign. Politics, it seems, is much like the Mafia – just when you think you are out, they pull you right back in! At the time I decided to mull it over, I [...]
Support Jean Welch Hill!
So I am very proud to say that I am working on the Jean Welch Hill for Attorney Generals race as Deputy Campaign Manager. As you can probably expect, I will be writing many pro-Jean posts over the next few months. In the past I have made it a point to disclose my personal bias [...]