It is rare for me to utter the phrase “whoa, this is huge” when reading legislation for the bills to watch series. Usually I expect certain things from certain individuals or parties, and then just rant or praise the bill. But HB 223 – Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and Restaurant Licenses as proposed by Representative [...]
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Rubber Laws and Liquor
As the state is staring down a $1 Billion deficit, some difficult decisions have to be made regarding how we are going to balance our budget while still providing for the needs of the citizens of the state of Utah.
To be sure, cuts are going to have to be made to make sure that the [...]
Bills to Watch: S.B. 187 – Alcohol Amendments – J. Valentine
So, a crazy liquor bill is nothing new in Utah, but sometimes…well I just have to wonder what goes through the mind of our legislators.
Take, for example, S.B. 187 as proposed by Senator John Valentine (R – Orem, District 14). This is the infamous “Zion Curtain” bill that Senate President Waddoups thinks is so [...]
So Glad you are Paying Attention
The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that two weeks ago the Utah State Senate met to discuss liquor laws. In the meeting all twenty Senate Republicans decided against abolishing private club memberships in favor of a more common system of simply walking into a bar and getting a drink. Not one moderate who [...]
On Civil Disobedience
The actions of Tim DeChristopher this past Friday should be lauded. For those of you who may not know, DeChristopher was able to find his way into a Bureau of Land Management auction of various parcels of land around Zion National Park designated for potential oil drilling and bid on them; artificially raising the price [...]
All’s well that ends well…right?
Many of you may have seen this bumper sticker floating around your city:
So this leads me to the question, how low will gas go once Bush leaves the White House on January 20th? The national average right now is around $1.72 and dropping fast, at the current rate of reduction at $1.44 less per six [...]
Tomatoes and Terrorists
At this point I am sure that just about everyone has heard of the recent yanking of tomatoes off of our food shelfs and fast food joints. Normally the recall of one particular food item is newsworthy, but not particularly distressing.
The problem is that this is not the first time our food stores and [...]
God damn it, my job is terrible.
Now hold on, this is not a post about how the person in the cube next to me stinks or how the copy machine constantly jams paper…no this post is about the almighty dollar crushing our souls.
Now let me make things clear. I respect the need for our economy to grow and I understand that [...]
How the Taste for Physical Gratifications is United in America to Love of Freedom and Attention to Pubilc Affairs
So I am going to steal a chapter from Alexis deTocqueville’s Democracy in America because I found it particularly enlightening:
“When a democratic state turns to absolute monarchy, the activity that was before directed to public and to private affairs is all at once centered on the latter. The immediate consequence is, for some time, [...]
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children?!
I just have to laugh at the recent dust-up over the Blue Boutique moving to a more residential area.
Now as Rebecca Walsh pointed out in her column yesterday, Utah always seems to have the occasional “house of ill repute moving into a God fearing community” issue pop up every five years or so. Part of [...]
