Utah Legislature Watch

The Salt Lake Tribune yesterday published an article on a group of Utah Senators on a mission to get as many legislator pledges as possible to block any proposals on raising taxes.

But one legislator makes this point:

Senate Minority Leader Pat Jones, D-Holladay, agrees, saying the anti-tax pledge locks in serious policy decisions before hearing from the public.

“I’m not saying I would vote in favor or against [tax increases]. I’m just saying we need to do our due diligence and listen to the public input. … It’s their money and we owe it to the citizens to have public input on what these cuts would mean to them,” she said. “To say we’re going to go ahead and have the solution before we even get the public’s input, I think, is very premature and even irresponsible.”

Wow, what a concept!

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