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Did anyone else notice that Gov H’s speech on education and health last night could have been taken from the Democratic party candidate’s playbook?
It was interesting to hear him speak of reduced classroom sizes and retaining quality teachers through improved wages. It was interesting to hear him say that basic health care should not be [...]

For those of you in St George, Millard, Beaver, Iron, Garfield, Kane still trying to decide, here is a good visual and aural contrast of your choices for State Senate district 28.

Today the big red republican bus blew into town (Iron County).

Larry Daniel and I decided to give them a warm and hearty Iron County Democrats welcome:

Em’s Mormon Assault Vehicle (and some republicans felt assaulted!!)
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff got a kick out of the Equality Utah reference.
THEIR message? Vote Red. Vote Republican. America Needs Utah.
Stops included [...]

Death by a thousand cuts. That’s how they kill elephants in Africa. Before guns were invented, and still today for tribes that have none, you just keep stabbing that elephant until it falls over.
I can’t think of another way to describe what Emily Hollingshead (Senate District 28) and Larry Daniel (House District 72) are doing [...]

Please give Emily some money for yard signs.  I just gave $50, Ed just gave $50. You can too.  Emily is working her fanny off and she CAN WIN! (and yard signs work!)  Thanks Cliff
www.emilyhollingshead.com/donate.html

Update: Emily’s opponent has bought her name on Google too! Click AWAY!
A little known (in his own state) Utah State Senate republican candidate in the first real political race of his life, has taken the well know (as infantile) tact of registering his opponents name, Emily Hollingshead, in the pay-per-click services of several [...]

Utah likes to talk a lot about “Family Values” – Utah’s strong commitment to family and children is a major reason that we returned to Utah and why we live in Cedar City, because it is a great place to raise kids. 

The Hollingshead Family, 2006
In all things that affect Utah’s families, we should be setting [...]

If you live in Iron County and haven’t heard about the recent 1300% water district / property tax hike and the surrounding uproar, you are probably living under a rock, and not in Iron County.
It goes something like this: Last year, the water conservancy district charged a .000094 tax rate. So on a $200,000 [...]