JM Bell | February 27, 2006
It’s unanimous! All of Utah’s US Senator’s fibbed to Utah citizens this week. For those of you who caught on any of a number of local and national news outlets this week, we caught Senator Hatch fibbing to the people of Utah. The worst part, as you can guess by now, is that he wrapped [...]
JM Bell | February 24, 2006
A lot of conflicting emotions surround this week’s legislative session. Democratic Senator Patrice Arent passed SCR001, the Anti-bullying resolution, which was wonderful, but not in enough time to save Democratic Representative David Litvack from a few tense hours at the hands of Rep. LaVar Christensen (R). Litvack’sHB90, the Criminal Penalty Amendments bill (re: the Hate [...]
JM Bell | February 17, 2006
Democrats in the Utah State House and Senate are continuing their fight to protect and expand Utah’s quality of life. The overt and blatant attempts (with some bizarre successes) by our Republican Legislature to seize any and all semblances of power are getting national and international attention. Utah State Democratic Party Chair Wayne Holland was [...]
JM Bell | February 3, 2006
We’re Watching, Are You? Sen. Chris Buttars, under the control of the Utah Eagle Forum’s Gayle Ruzicka, pitched his Origin of Life bill , ostensibly to wrest curriculum control from elected school boards, and has finally rolled out his own “soft repeal” of another chunk of the American landscape: barring certain clubs from high School [...]
JM Bell | February 3, 2006
Wayne Holland’s Tour of Warning On the afternoon of the President’s State of the Union address to Congress, Utah Democratic Party Chair Wayne Holland, Jr. gave an address of his own to a crowd gathered in St. George, UT. Tuesday’s event marks the first of many meetings scheduled statewide throughout the next two weeks, in [...]
