Just to kick-start some discussion on an otherwise slow news day, we'll revert as a lead-in to yesterday's strong Standard-Examiner editorial, which lambastes Utah state legislative leadership (GOP leadership -- who else?) for gouging the Utah Democratic party with a ridiculous $14,250 fee to fully release a lousy three boxes of records of the state redistricting process, pursuant to the Democratic Party's (and the Utah media's) still-unfulfilled GRAMA requests:
The Standard hits the nail suarely on the head, wethinks:
Many might presume that this noxious stance of Utah Republicans is due to their ignorance of what transparency in government means. However, that may be too simple of an explanation. Given the Legislature’s history, it’s likely that Republicans are taking this thuggish stance because they can.And in the interest of putting a finer point on this grade-school-style conundrum, we'll link for our WCF readers' reference a fine Bernick Utah Pulse editorial piece, which reveals some of the grubby background political nitty-gritty, and opines in no uncertain terms about what Utah GOP "leadership's" arrogant posturing really means for those who seek transparency in Utah government:
Given a feckless state executive branch and the overwhelming GOP majority in the Legislature, this and similar disrespect for the taxpayers’ business will probably continue.
Plainly Utah's GOP legislative leadership learned nothing at all from last year's HB 477 debacle. Indeed, as the Standard also earlier warned, they're back to their old tricks again, only with a slightly different citizens be damned gameplan.
And still, Utah voters keep electing these same arrogant and secretive charlatans over and over again...
And the beat goes on in Utah, Land of the Sheeple...
6 comments:
OT Rudi, so please excuse....
For the love of safety what is it going to take to get one little light bulb changed at the Port Ramp at Pineview?....I've talked to the folks on site with American Land and Leisure...they tell me it the Forest Service's light and they can't do anything about it...so I talked to the Forest Service....they say the would have to get a lift to get to it and what with tight budgets they just cant do that....I offered to get a lift there at no cost....oh, we can't do that....liability concerns....what the...??? That light has been out for well over 2 years...lots of folks either put in or take out in the evening...what in the world are the entry fees for? Why is the ramp open at night or early morning if you can't even see the damn thing? It's an accident waiting to happen that does not need to happen. As the Blues Brother's would say...we're with the government, we're here to help you....whatever....
LOL! A light bulb? "...liability concerns..."? Too funny!
This state is not only the home of caveat emptor (buyer beware), but of User Beware. There are people still blaming the lady killed in pineview for swimming in the water instead of the boaters that hit her and left the scene.
That area is not a swim only zone nor a no boating zone...I and alot of others have seen her many times and even out in the main channel of middle inlet at nearly dark. One time out there she came within 30 feet of our boat...thanksfully we heard her first...not excusing thier behavior, but swimming in a area like that in the dark with a dark cap on is asking for trouble. Tragic thing that didn't need to happen by any standards or actions.
Changing requirement for the Utah protected iniative process is the way to avoid all iniatives without having the courage to repeal a Utah State Constitutional right.
Well said...same old stagnation
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