Something wrong with this picture

The highest media attention is being given to historical legislation on liquor law reform.  While reform is not to be diminished in this area, there is something wrong with this picture. While our legislators spend our tax dollars and time deciding how to reform Utah’s [albeit] draconian liquor laws, there are still people in our [...]

Waddoups and Buttars – the connection

There has been a recent theme around the blogosphere about the connection between Senators Waddoups and Buttars.  Chris Buttars has made a mockery of the Utah Legislature with his constant barrage of moronic statements. Here is a link to an audio of Senate President Waddoups’ press conference announcing his removal of Buttars from the Judicial [...]

The truth about Buttars

How Chris Buttars keeps getting voted into office will always be a mystery to me. Today I discovered Seed, a blog with a post by Ed Brayton about Chris Buttars and the Utah Boys Ranch – and how he used his political position as a scare tactic to teens. The first person I met in [...]

Legislative Wrap

Today was the last day of the official Utah Legislature’s sesson for 2009. Activity today included: finalizing the budget to the tune of about $10.9 billion money to fund the growth in enrollment in public schools taking out the provision to keep the number of charter schools from expanding in the 2010-2011 school year The [...]

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