Political grandstanding… Utah style.
Over the weekend I heard a Gary Herbert for Governor advert on the radio. In this ad, our illustrious Governor-by-Default decided to “address” the issue of immigration reform. Of course, the ad didn’t actually explain Herb’s position, nor did he offer any solutions. It did, however, live up to traditional GOP political positioning: attempt to [...]
Carl Wimmer, Beau Babka, Jim Winder – Idiots Seeking Elected Office
A note to Carl Wimmer: “Conservative, Principled, Effective” – my ass! If you had any principles you’d follow the damn rules and keep your signs off of public property. How long have you been in the legislature Carl? Seriously, you can’t be troubled to follow the damn rules? Oh, that’s right, you’re part of Utah’s [...]
Take back Utah!
Utah’s resident crazy brigade is out in force again, still arguing that Utah should take control of federal land within the state and sell it off to private enterprise. The justification for this, they tell us, is that by having these lands in private hands the state would generate more revenue from property tax. While [...]
Utah’s ridiculously stupid conservatives
Apparently there is roughly $140 million in federal funds available for education in Utah. Our elected idiots, in conjunction with the religo-nazis at the Sutherland Institute, are now arguing that Utah should reject those funds in order to “keep the feds out” of Utah’s education system. We live in a state with one of the [...]
Greg Bell: another brick in the wall.
The Utahns for Ethical Government group is reporting that they now have enough signatures (95,000) to put their initiative on the 2012 general election ballot. This initiative calls for a number of ethical reforms for the Utah Legislature, and has been opposed (go figure) by the Utah’s Republican establishment. In other (not-so) surprising news, Utah’s [...]
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