Archive for the ‘Democracy General’ Category

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 12:00pm

Listen to me tonight on Radioactive!

Tonight I will be on the KRCL FM 90 discussing various bills being discussed on the hill.  Joining me will be Misty Fowler over at Saintless, and I am told one other person…yet to be named.
So tune in to 90.9 FM at 6:00 PM or click here to listen online.

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 at 12:14am

Main Street Plaza Protest Scheduled

Posted by Curtis in Civics, Democracy General, Utah Politics

I received the following email and was asked to publish it – sorry it took so long to do so; I have had a rather hectic day.
Tomorrow morning (Sun, July 12th) at 9:00am, a group is meeting at the Main Street Plaza.  They invite those concered about the events on the Main Stree Plaza, both [...]

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 at 12:01am

Happy 233rd Birthday America!

American patriotism is not the vanguard of one political philosophy or party, indeed American patriotism can be defined by its utter indefinability.  This is because, like the rest of our nation, patriotism is an amalgamation of many ideas and people with only one defining attribute at its core: the love of the nation that allows [...]

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 11:35am

Becker Backs Down – Transparency Wins

Mayor Becker today announced that he will no longer push for the Public Safety Building to be located on Library Square, his preferred location. As I have discussed in the past, I am an overall supporter of the construction of a PSB in the downtown area, though I am mildly pleased to see that it [...]

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 at 4:34pm

In response to Coolest Family Ever Post

Posted by Curtis in Democracy General, Political Theory

Original post can be found here and is response to my post.

To profess that you stand for all free speech and then demand that someone steps down after making outrageous statements is not a contradiction.  I believe that people should be free to make stupid remarks, and that they should be free to suffer the [...]

Thursday, February 26th, 2009 at 6:27pm

Condoms, Buttars, and the Young Democrats of Utah

The next few days are going to be rather busy up at the capitol!
Youth Lobbying Day – sponsored by the Planned Parenthood Action CouncilFriday, February 27 from 8:45 to noon – Capitol Rotunda
From PPAC:

The Utah legislature has a reputation for being adults who only care about adults and make decisions for adults. ! And we’re [...]

Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 1:25pm

Bills to Watch: H.B. 116 – Uniform Fees on Canoes

Now I know that you are looking at the title of this bill and wondering what strange, bizarre, or outlandish thing goes on in H.B. 116 as proposed by Representative Mark Wheatley (D – Murray, District 35). Well, I need to be honest…there is nothing all that interesting about this bill.
Or is there?
Why would [...]

Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 6:45pm

You representin’?

Posted by Curtis in Democracy General

Kudos to Scotty Riding – he has put together the best interface I have ever seen for finding out who your state legislators are. It is clean, it is smooth, and man, I can only imagine how much work this took!

Click here to learn who your legislators are!

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 6:02pm

How a bill becomes a law – College Edition

Posted by Curtis in Civics, Democracy General

I have come to realize that my post regarding the status of bills may have been a bit complex for those who, shal we say, are not insane political nerds. For this reason I have decided to put together a sort of cheat sheet regarding how a bill becomes a law that is a [...]

Friday, January 23rd, 2009 at 4:41pm

Bills to Watch: H.B. 248 – Regulating the Use of a Wireless Communication Device While Operating A Motor Vehicle – C. Moss

As I was driving down I-15 at rush hour, I decided to check which bills were new and fresh on the Utah State Legislature web site when, all of a sudden I came across this little gem. Naturally this would distract me to the point where I nearly slammed into the back of a semi [...]

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