I must commend my Senator, Luz Robles (D – Salt Lake, District 1) for proposing SB 59 – At-Risk Student Provisions. Having grown up on the West-side of Salt Lake my entire life, I know first hand the effect gang activity can have on a school. Furthermore, as a volunteer with the Salt Lake Peer [...]
Archive for the ‘Democrats’ Category
Bill to Watch: HB 247 – Lobbyist Restriction Modifications, C. Moss
I always find ethics reform on the hill a rather fascinating exercise and I liken it to a wheel spinning in the mud – sure, there is a lot of noise and movement but, ultimately, nothing gets done. What makes this year interesting is that Republicans have vowed to put ethics reform on the agenda [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 237 – Restriction on Use of Wireless Telephones in Vechiles by Minors, P. Riesen
Representative Phil Riesen (D – Millcreek, District 36) continues to fight for a restriction on cell phones in cars. Last year he was unsuccessful in passing a bill that would eliminate cell phone use for everyone (the bill was substituted in committee and died there), so he is trying again with HB 237, a bill [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 144 – Medical Language Interpreter Amendments, R. Chavez-Houck
This time last year, I wrote about Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck’s (D – Salt Lake – District 24) HB 144, a bill that allowed medical language interpreters into hospitals so that those who speak little to no English can understand the medical procedures they (or those they love) will have. Thankfully, this bill passed, and Representative [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 38 – Restrictions on High Occupancy Vehicle Lane, K. Morgan
I have been amazed by the flurry of arguments surrounding Karen Morgan’s (D – Salt Lake – District 
SB 38 – Restrictions on High Occupancy Vehicle Lane. The bill adds seven lines of text to the HOV (carpool) lane laws and, if it were to pass, would open up the carpool lane to any [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 222 – Land Use Meeting Notice, T. Beck
Anyone who knows me, knows I am a fan of public involvement in our governmental process. I am also a firm believer that all politics is local. That is one of the reasons I am a fan of Trish Beck’s (D-Sandy-District 48) HB 222 – Land use meeting notice. The bill itself basically cleans up [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 91 – Traffic Control Signs for Bicycles, C. Spackman-Moss
I have never been much of a bicycle rider, I much prefer my car. The most obvious reason for this is that I don’t have a bicycle friendly commute, as I would imagine most people don’t. Now, in my particular case, my job often requires me to meet people in far flung reaches of the [...]
Sit down with the next Governor of Utah
When I first got the invite to sit down with current mayor Corroon, I was expecting to be “talked to,” to my surprise, I came in to sit down with a candidate and politician who is willing to listen to (and even accept) the ideas of a rag-tag group of bloggers who more often than [...]
Endorsement – Ben McAdams for Senate District 2
I have the impression that many people in the Democratic community were shocked to discover that Senator Scott McCoy would be stepping down from his post effective last Friday in order to peruse personal and professional goals. Though I understand the toll that being a legislator can take on an individual, I was, none the [...]
Matheson ensures challenge in 2010
It seems as though Representative Jim Matheson has ensured an intra-party fight at next years state Democratic convention with his promised no vote on HR 3962 – the front running heath care reform bill going before the House Saturday. In the past, I have been understanding of Representative Matheson’s tenuous position as Representative of the [...]
