Grievances

Having developed a massive goose egg from banging my head against the wall, I have decided to create this page as a sort of therapy.  The goal is to list all of the arrogant, stupid, and/or despicable things the members of the Utah Politicians have done starting September 1, 2009.

Think I am being to negative? Check out my praise section by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Federal Senate

Sen. Orrin Hatch:

07/07/11 – Elitist – Claims that the poor just are not working hard enough because, if they did, our debt problem would be solved.

State House

Rep. Carl Wimmer (R) – District 52 – Herriman

09/03/09 – Hubris – Blocks Utah Democratic Party from viewing Tweets, claims he can’t be beat

05/10/10 – Election Rigging – Encouraging Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary to sway the results.

Rep. Becky Lockhart (R) – District 64 – Provo

09/12/09 – Censorship – Harassed Fair Boundaries volunteer as he was legally and peaceably gathering signatures for petition, eventually being asked to leave by the University of Utah College Republicans.

01/10/10 – Mad With Power, Ignoring the Law – Suggested redrawing political maps after it is discovered that one of her closest colleagues did not, in fact, live in his district.

Rep. Mike Noel (R) – Distrist 73 – Kanab

11/01/09 – Bullying – Threatens the job of a USU professor who disagrees with his stance on climate change.

01/15/10 – Opportunist – Claims we have to suffer in long lines at the DMV because an illegal immigrant killed a police officer.

08/04/10 – Zealot, Hate Mongering – Calls SUWA the “enemy of the state and the people and the children of Utah” after the successful negotiation, lauded by state and business leaders by avoiding the waste of state resources through a court battle.

State Senate

Sen. Mike Waddops (R) – District 6 – West Jordan

11/12/09 – Fear mongering, Intolerance – Insists on the “right to protect the image of my company” against gay employees “out flaunting the gay lifestyle” during work hours and has concerns about similar behavior among his tenants. “I’m not going to put up with that on any of my properties.”

Sen. Curt Bramble (R) – District 16 – Provo

09/25/09 – Elitist – Breaks rules of decorum at town hall meeting on ethics reform by shouting questions an, acting as though his questions were more important.

08/18/10 – Stupidity – Car spotted weaving in and out of the car pool lane and speeding through a construction zone displays the licence plate “Sen. 16″ alleges driver.

Sen. Lyle Hillyard (R) – District 25 – Logan

04/18/11 – Special Interests – Suggests law requiring college sports teams in Utah to play other teams at least three times a season because he is afraid his own school won’t see as high of attendance at games anymore.

Gone, but not forgotten:

Former Rep. Craig Frank (R) – District 57 – Cedar Hills

09/04/09 – Censorship - Deletes comments that are critical of his point of view on blog

Former Sen. Chris Buttars (R) – District 10 – West Jordan

01/22/10 – Stupidity - Honestly thinks that dropping the 12th grade is a good solution to fixing the state budget.

03/29/10 – Stupidity - Parks in a handicapped parking stall with State Senate license plate clearly visible.

Former Sen. Jon Greiner (R) – District 18 – Ogden

08/17/10 – Shortsightedness, Incompitance - When facing a housing crisis regarding reformed criminals, asks “Why is that my responsibility?”