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Archive for the ‘Utah Politics’ Category
Legislative Wrap Up: Part I – Taxation and Government Spending
In a challenging year for budgets, the legislature decided to make continued cuts rather than even consider the thought of raising taxes. This suborn approach to addressing the budget created some interesting results. The first point that should be made is that education did, in fact, see a slight budget increase; but the reality was [...]
Final Status of Bills to Watch – 2011
Now that all is said and done, it is safe to say that they did not listen to what we said and will do what they feel must be done. Here is a breakdown of the final status of the bills Blue in Red Zion tracked over the past three months – We heard about [...]
Swallow to make a run for Senate? House?
In the waning hours of the legislative session, I decided to to head up to Capitol Hill and take in the festivities. At one point I returned to a very packed House gallery and found the first seat I could find. Quite by accident I discovered that, seated one row in front of me, none [...]
Status of Bills to Watch – The Final Countdown
With only a few days left in the session, we are starting to see some interesting moving and shaking as lawmakers work frantically to get their bills passed. Here is what we are currently seeing. Breakdown of Bills: Bill Status Possibility of Being Law Really alive? HB 11 – Inmate Health Insurance Amendments Second Reading [...]
Why Tim DeChristopher will be Found Guilty, and why he Should.
Let us begin at the most logical spot – the beginning. For those of you, perhaps outside the state, who are unaware of the Tim DeChristopher case here is a brief recap – in December of 2008 DeChristopher, a college senior at the University of Utah, entered a Bureau of Land Management land auction for [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 224 – Partisan School Board Elections, H. Stephenson
It must be throwback day here at Blue in Red Zion, after all, the topic today seems to be the resurrection of bad bills. Well, Senator Howard Stephenson (R – Draper, District 11) is continuing the trend by proposing SB 224 – Partisan School Board Elections – a bill that mimics Senator Curt Bramble’s from 2007. As a bit [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 399 – Environmental Litigation Bond, M. Noel
Two years ago, Representative Mike Noel (R – Kanab, District 73) proposed HB 379, that copies word for word this years HB 399 – Environmental Litigation Bond sans an amendment that was made on the floor of the House that actually made the original bill even more harmful to those who wish to challenge any environmental finding. [...]
Status of Bills to Watch
As one of my readers was kind enough to point out to be, I have not actually been updating you on the status of the various bills I have been writing about. With less than two weeks to go, it is probably best to update y’all. I also wanted to add some clarification, I have [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 270 – Modifications to Sales and Use Tax, S. Adams
I find it funny that, during these tough economic times and severe budget cuts, that Republicans still refuse to raise taxes. Thank goodness Senator Stuart Adams (R – Layton, District 22) is willing to make the hard decisions, and tax the lower and middle class. By proposing SB 270 – Modifications to Sales and Use [...]