JM Bell | January 18, 2007
Republicans lost their Congressional majorities, in part, because the American people were fed up with the “Culture of Corruption” in then Republican dominated Washington DC. The surviving Republicans in the Senate, however, are not getting the message. Sadly, in both chambers of the Congress, Utah’s Republicans aren’t getting it either. Senate Republicans are blocking Congress [...]
JM Bell | January 16, 2007
JM Bell | January 15, 2007
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune reports state Republican lawmakers have selected a new target for their animus during this year’s legislative session; Salt Lake County. Angry County Mayor Peter Corroon and other county officials are unwilling to ignore the interests of the taxpayers they represent by quickly and perhaps carelessly approving a multi-million dollar loan to [...]
JM Bell | January 15, 2007
George Pyle, from the Salt Lake Tribune, is leaving Utah to move and work in Buffalo. BUFFALO! George has been a treasure for the Tribune and for its readers. I know I’m going to miss George’s prose on the editorial page and the Editorial Board’s Plato’s Cave blog. Thanks, George, for the years you worked [...]
JM Bell | January 11, 2007
JM Bell | January 10, 2007
Yeah, I know press releases on a blog are kinda boring, but, this one is cause for a little bit of your time, and I don’t do this very often. Pardon my indulgence… New Democratic Congress Increases Minimum Wage for Utah’s Working Families Democrat Matheson’s Vote Represents up to 77% of Utahns Views Republicans Cannon [...]
JM Bell | January 10, 2007
This is from the KSL Comments Board from H.J. Simpson: “If we wouldn’t do this large of an explosion in a different country, why are we doing it in ours? “ THAT is a great question.
JM Bell | January 10, 2007
January 9, 2007 NNSA/NSO Divine Strake EA Comments PO Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518 To Whom It May Concern: The Utah State Democratic Committee (hereafter referred to as the USDC or Utah Democratic Party) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Draft 2006 Revised Environmental Assessment for the Large-Scale, Open-Air Explosive Detonation Divine Strake [...]
JM Bell | January 10, 2007
As the President prepares to announce an increase of an additional 20,000 American troops for the civil war in Iraq, editorials in newspapers across the country are joining the wide-ranging criticism of the war’s escalation. Calling it “a futile gesture” and noting that there “is nothing novel” about the President’s latest tactic, editorials from Atlanta [...]
