It’s impossible to attend the Utah State Legislature year after year as I have without developing a sense of cynicism. The majority of Utah’s legislators strike me as well meaning but useless when it comes to actually effecting changing. The few commonsense proposals that actually make it to the floor are usually killed [...]
If you’ve been following the saga, you know by now that Congressional leaders - including Barney Frank - realized that ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) would not pass if it included protections for transgender persons, so the trans protections were dropped.
This has led to some serious brouhahas (I don’t like the way that sentence reads but [...]
On a regular basis, I can count on someone saying to me, “Why do you get involved in that politic stuff? Does it really make any difference? Does it matter? You know, all politicians are crooks and the whole the political world is dirty. I can’t imagine why you’d get involved [...]
Today’s Tribune has the best article on the dynamics of the State legislature I have seen.Â
I’ve said before that I am a citizen advocate at the state legislature and I haven’t missed a session in years. In that time, I’ve seen legislators come and go, I’ve seen bills pass, fail, be brutally murdered, stabbed and [...]
Always the courageous voice of reason and truth, Utah Representative David Litvack reminded his Republican colleagues of the hypocrisy of their lofty perch on the rickety podium of “protecting the sanctity of human life.”
Listen to his summation in the committee hearing on Paul Rays unconstitutional abortion law, January 31st.
The story made NPR.
Transcript:
The role of government [...]
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