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The 2014 Utah Legislative Session: Rebecca Lockhart’s quest for power
The governor should just say it. Utah House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart wants his job – real bad. Polite as he always is, Gov. Gary Herbert has been unwilling to suggest that Lockhart is gunning for his...
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Count My Vote Compromise: The bears beat Goldie Locks
Remember Goldie Locks? She’s the girl from the tale “The Story of the Three Bears.” Be it the Three Bears’ beds, chairs or porridge, Goldie Locks entertained a couple of options before deciding on one...
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Medicaid expansion: Princes in legislature ought to try being paupers
Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper In “The Prince and the Pauper,” Prince Edward has the misfortune of switching places with a pauper, Tom Canty. After leaving the royal courts of his father King...
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It’s Not Really About “Libraries”
I live in Weber County and have for most of my life. I am the 7th child of 13 so, out of necessity, I learned to be thrifty. I learned early in life how to live within my means. I also learned how...
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No to Medicaid Expansion
I was asked at a recent town hall about Medicaid Expansion and how I would have voted. I said they didn’t have the answer and I wouldn’t have voted for them. I was less than clear about what I would...
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Fundraising Woes for Luz Robles
Speaking of website problems… You want to talk about Healthcare.gov? Instead, let’s discuss RoblesForCongress.com. Anyone notice that you cannot donate at the website for Luz Robles, Chris Stewart’s...
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2014 Utah Convention Election Forecast
By Josh Light Today delegates will go to the polls in Utah to determine who will represent their party. PoliticIt has applied the It Score algorithm to find out who will likely be the representatives....
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Dark Money Group Sues IRS Over Targeting, Disclosure
by Kim Barker ProPublica, April 30, 2014, 2:20 p.m. A conservative nonprofit sued the Internal Revenue Service Monday because the agency targeted it for extra scrutiny and disclosed the group’s...
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Utah GOP Presidential Primary vs. Caucus
Why would the Utah Republican Party decided to elect their presidential nominee in their caucus, rather than go with the primary election system? What is the difference between Utah Republican...
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FISC Court Rules Bulk Data Collection Can Continue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled the National Security Agency may temporarily resume its bulk collection of Americans’ domestic phone call records, the...
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The Last Republic
Making the World “Safe for Democracy” We have heard this phrase for decades. Usually to justify attacks on foreign soil. But, was the attack on the Utah Caucus System another way to “make the world...
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The 2014 Utah Legislative Session: Rebecca Lockhart’s quest for power
The governor should just say it. Utah House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart wants his job – real bad. Polite as he always is, Gov. Gary Herbert has been unwilling to suggest that Lockhart is gunning for his...
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Standing Up for What is Right
One day after lunch I was on my way to meet up with my other 3rd grade friends for recess. As I walked down the almost empty hall, I saw a girl crying. I went over and asked her what was wrong. She...
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RINOs in a One-Party State
RINOs in a One-Party State As Utah has basically become a one-party state (Republican), there are more people running for office as Republicans who were once Democrats. The state’s caucus/convention...
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Factions of the Party
Today there are many different Factions of the Republican Party There are people who call themselves “moderates”. Moderate is generally considered as average. Moderates are an average between Democrats...
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The Great Divide in the GOP
The Great Divide in the GOP There is a great divide in the Utah GOP. Sometimes it is so bad that people liken it to a civil war. So, what is going on? Decades ago my county was predominantly Democrat....
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Who’s behind the ironically named ‘Count My Vote’ initiative?
–written by Joe Levi in 2015– “Count My Vote” (CMV) is a movement that advertises that your vote is somehow “not counted” in Utah’s Caucus and Convention system that favors neighborhood elections and...
View ArticleUtah Republican Party Grass Roots Officials sign letter countering Salt Lake...
Fourteen grass roots Utah Republican Party officials sign a letter countering the claim against Lisa Shepherd current Utah GOP State Secretary contained in a recent Salt Lake Tribune Article entitled...
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