Big Game Tonight! Weber State Wildcats v. Sacramento State Hornets

Check back later peeps, for the final, final

Big football game tonight WSU fans, as Ogden's hometown football team graciously opens up Stewart Stadium, to host the Sacramento Football "Hornets" squad, for the very first game of the 2016 Big Sky Football season!

Kickoff: 6 pm

Interesting background info:

Weber State and Sacramento State have met every year since the Hornets joined the Big Sky in 1996. Weber State holds a 12-8 all-time series lead but Sacramento State has won three of the last four meetings. The Wildcats are 9-1 all-time against the Hornets in Ogden.

Here's the story from the Standard-Examiner:

• Weber State football energized for home opener against Sacramento State

Here's more and better info from the WSU Football Website:

• Wildcats host Hornets in home opener Saturday

And the Sacramento Bee has a few words about this:

• FOOTBALL HEADS TO WEBER STATE FOR NON-LEAGUE GAME

How can you catch tonight's game? check this out.
Game starts at 6:00 pm, BTW:

• Kjzz Teevee
• KLO Radio
• Big Sky TeeVee

Check back later peeps, for the final, final

Update 9/17/16 9:07 p.m.:  WSU wins, 14-7!:

• Weber State football: Wildcats win home opener against Sacramento State
• Clark lifts Weber State past Sacramento State in narrow 14-7 win

Weber State Football Game Day Thread: WSU v. University of South Dakota

We're doing our best to not get too worked up over this, but we're keeping our fingers crossed

Our beloved Weber State football squad hits the road this afternoon, seeking its first win of the season today, as the Wildcats travel to Vermillion, S.D., to take on the University of South Dakota Coyotes.  This afternoon's  game will begin at 1:00 p.m. MT, Wildcat fans.

Check out the WSU website for the full skinny:

• Wildcats hit the road at North Dakota Saturday

As per usual, rabid 'Cats fans can follow the game via a variety of online sources, of course:

• Streaming Online Audio: KLO 1430 AM/103 FM
• Streaming Online Video: The game will be televised by ESPN3 and also streamed on WatchESPN and the ESPN app. It can also be seen online for free here through goyotes.com.

Added bonus:  WSU's current foe (South Dakota) has figured out a delightful way to glean WSU Wildcat Love, (pregame, at least):

• Bigger than sports: South Dakota shows class in gesture to Jay and Sara Hill

GO!  Wildcats (and coyotes) HAHAHA!

Halftime Update: WSU over SD 28-21 at the half!

Final, final:  WSU Chokes: SDU wins it 52-49!

• Weber State squanders late 21-point lead in loss to South Dakota

Congressional District One Questions

Time to send fatass Rob Bishop  packin', wethink.

As the 2016 General election rapidly approaches, we'll gratuitously lodge several questions for our Weber County Forum readers in Utah's Congressional 1 District, peeps:
We'll reel them out in no particular order:

• Who's Stealing Our Public Lands?
• So who does fatass Congressman, Mr Bishop represent, anyway?

Time to send Tub O' Lard Rob Bishop packin', wethink.

Dallas Morning News Declines to Endorse GOP Nominee for First Time Since 1964

"Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote," opines the "reddest" editorial board in possibly the reddest state in America

Via NBC News:

The editorial page of the Dallas Morning News is declining to back the Republican presidential nominee for the first time since 1964.
In a scathing editorial, the paper wrote that Donald Trump is "at odds with nearly every GOP ideal this newspaper holds dear. "
"We have no interest in a Republican nominee for whom all principles are negotiable, nor in a Republican Party that is willing to trade away principle for pursuit of electoral victory," the paper wrote. "Trump doesn't reflect Republican ideals of the past; we are certain he shouldn't reflect the GOP of the future. Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote."
The missive comes as a new poll from the Washington Post shows a dead heat among voters in Texas, a traditionally red state.

Read up, Peeps!

• Donald Trump is no Republican

"Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote," opines the "reddest" editorial board in possibly the reddest state in America.

Labor Day Holiday Special

Have fun... but stay safe

Have a safe and sane Labor Day holiday, peeps!

(Kudos to Ozboy's twisted cousin, Johnny, for furnishing this fine graphic image of himself on Labor Day 2015.)

WSU v. Utah State Football - Updated

Great news people, which is leaving your hard-hearted blogmeister dang-near teary-eyed.

College football is ineluctably back again as it is every year. And check out tonight's headline:

Here's the lede story from the Standard-Examiner:

• Weber State confident it can compete in football opener against Utah State

Consider this the first pro-WSU Football story from your blogmeister this year (expect MANY. OTHERS, )

View tonight's WSU-Aggies game here, people:

• Mountain West Conference online

Tonight's game broadcast will also break new turf, peeps, as the first football game ever to be broadcast on Twitter:

Utah State vs. Utah State vs.Weber State U.:



Check it out, Wildcat fans.

Go, Wildcats!

Update 9/2/16 9:00 a.m.:  Unfortunately, last night's game outcome didn't work out as Coach Hill planned. The Standard's Brandon Garside has the story:

• Weber State football: Wildcats bulldozed by Utah State in season opener

Weber State will now hit the road to take on South Dakota at 1 p.m. MDT Saturday, Sept. 10.

Duelling Editorials: How Politically Exclusive Can a Utah Mormon Newspaper Get?

The Deseret News argues with itself

Whoa. How politically exclusive can a Utah Newspaper (The D-News) get? Read up, folks:

• Exclusive: Hillary Clinton: What I have in common with Utah leaders
• Exclusive: Donald Trump: Utah can help make America great again

Rate 'em, Peeps

WSU Football Coming Right Up

Thursday, September 1 -- Weber State @ Utah State

Football is getting closer. Just 23 days until September 1 when Tre'von Johnson and the Wildcats take on Utah State. ‪#‎WeAreWeber‬ ‪#‎WeberState‬ ‪#‎BigSkyFB‬ 🏈

Can't wait, No?

The Political Process Isn’t Rigged — It Has Much Bigger Problems

Ya gotta know that something awesome is about to happen, when David Wasserman announces: "All right, I need to vent."

Read up, Peeps. Awesome "stuff" like this doesn't roll around every day:

• The Political Process Isn’t Rigged — It Has Much Bigger Problems

Read up, as we suggested.

Tell Rep. Bishop: Protect Our Public Lands – Not BIG OIL!

You know what to do.  Do it on the internet

Via Western Values Project:

Rep. Rob Bishop’s public lands plan puts special interests ahead of what’s best for Utah – no surprise, given that 93% of his campaign contributions come from out-of-state special interests like Big Oil. Don’t believe what he said at the Congressional field hearing in Bears Ears.

Tell Rep. Bishop: Protect our public lands – not BIG OIL!

You know what to do.  Do it on the internet.

Salt Lake Tribune: Case Against Former Utah A.G. Mark Shurtleff Is Off; Swallow Prosecution Still On

Corruption case » Judge drops charges against ex-Utah A.G.; taxpayers off the hook for legal bills

As a followup to our coverage of the long-extended Mark Shurtleff public corruption matter, it's with considerable disappointment that we report the latest news.

Here's this morning's Salt Lake Tribune lede, Peeps:

A state judge dismissed criminal public corruption charges against Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday, ending the former Utah attorney general's two-year legal tussle.
Third District Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills signed the order, citing a state motion seeking the dismissal from the chief prosecutor, Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings.
The dismissal was granted without prejudice, meaning the case could be filed again, although that seems unlikely.
"#Hallelujah! #Justice! #gratitude," Shurtleff, a three-term attorney general, exclaimed on Twitter.

Read the full story here, Gentle Readers:

• Case against former Utah A.G. Mark Shurtleff is off; Swallow prosecution still on

Trib reader Caveat Emptor 100 nails it, wethink:

We, voters, may never find out enough information to validate the Davis County Prosecutor's decision. Certainly, the Supreme Court's decision in tossing VA Governor Mc Donald's prosecution is an important factor [citation added] ......
Remember, being a scumbag , accepting bribes, is legally acceptable, as long as no one can prove that you returned the "favor" with official action...... 

Looking at the bright side, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill assures us he remains prepared to to prosecute Shurtleff's successor, Attorney General John Swallow,on the separate charges which also remain pending; and Troy Rawlings is keeping his fingers crossed that Shurtleff's lawyers are blocked from collecting hefty court costs and attorney fees as a result of Shurtleff's fortuitous case dismissal.

CfA Demands Audit of Legislative Expenditures for Utah Land Transfer Lawsuit - Updated

"Utah, the best managed state," Har-har-har

Via Utah State Senator James Dabakis:

UGLY and SHOCKING: Fiscal conservatives my butt! So many first class plane tickets, expensive hotels, lobbying with tax money, luxurious meals etc with YOUR money! A sneak 129 page peek behind the translucent veil of totally closed state government. Explains why they were so insistent on keeping the details on the $14 million dollar state land lawsuit and its billing away from Rep Joel Briscoe and me. Thanks independent group The Campaign for Accountability for bringing facts to UTAH.

Read the good Senator's above-referenced article, peeps:

• CfA Demands Audit of Legislative Expenditures for Utah Land Transfer Lawsuit

Here's more from the Salt Lake Tribune and the Standard-Examiner:

• Are Utah taxpayers footing bill for land-transfer lawyers’ lavish travel?
• Public lands lawyers billed too lavishly

"Utah, the best managed state," Har-har-har.

The Trib piles on with yesterday's house editorial:

• Editorial: Utah ensures land-transfer lawyers win even if they lose

Don't let the cat get yer tongues...

Independance Day Special

Happy 4th of July, Peeps

Have a safe and sane holiday, folks.

Standard-Examiner: Jim Harvey Wins the Weber County GOP Primary with 56 Percent

Sour grapes on our part? YEP!

Bad news for Weber County Commissione candidate Caitlin Gochmour fans this morning, as set forth in the groovy graphic below:

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Here's the sad story, folks, via yeoman SE reporter Cathy McKitrick, in written form:

• Jim Harvey wins the Weber County GOP primary with 56 percent

Our positive takeway on this? Caitlin scored 44% of the primary election vote, as opposed to 20% in the crackpot Weber County GOP County nominating convention.

Thus, however, Weber County will nevertheless have yet another "good ole boy" GOP commissioner, with more "chins" than a Chinese phone book, inasmuch as the Weber County Democrats failed and refused to nominate a Weber County Commision candidate.:

Sour grapes on our part? YEP!

Primary Election Day 2016 Special

Happy Election Day! Celebrate and VOTE

42,214 = # of Registered Weber County Republicans
14,885 = # of Republican ballots received by mail
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27,329 = # of VOTERS who still have a job to do

BE A VOTER! You can VOTE at one of the 9 Weber County voting locations from 7 am – 8 pm today! Remember your ID. For more information, visit http://www.weberelections.com/where_vote.php @ Weber County Elections

Just over 3 hours left to VOTE!
You can check election results tonight at: http://electionresults.utah.gov/elections/county/weber
You can VOTE until 8 PM at one of the 9 Weber County voting locations. Remember your ID. For more information, visit http://www.weberelections.com/where_vote.php @ Weber County Elections

Update 6/28/16 7:46 p.m.:  Hang in there, WCF political wonks.  In less than an hour or so this tote board will start lighting up  Click the link below this sample pic, Peeps!

Utah Election Preliminary Results

• Utah Election Preliminary Results

Weber County Primary Election: Unaffiliated Voters Can Still Vote - Updated

Attention Weber County Forum political wonks:

Are you one of the 36,913 Weber County Unaffiliated VOTERS?
You can still VOTE!

HOW? On Tuesday, June 28 from 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM go to one of the 9 polling locations, take your ID, and ask for a Republican ballot.
WHERE? For a list of all 9 polling locations visit this site: Weber County Clerk - Elections - Where do I vote?

Dee Events Center, Marriott-Slaterville City Offices, North Ogden City Hall, Ogden-Weber Tech College Health Tech Building, Ogden Valley Branch Library, Pleasant Valley Library, Roy Municipal Center, Weber Center, West Haven, Utah City Hall

QUESTIONS?
If you still have questions you can call the Weber County Elections office at 801-399-8036.

Update 6/17/16 4:44 p.m.:  Hot-off-the press bonus via the Standard-Examiner's Cathy McKitrick:

• Utah's primary election day is coming up; here's how to get ready for it

Go Caitlin Go!

Standard-Examiner Letter: Weber County GOP Leaders Should Resign Over Harvey Campaign Funding

We'll enthusiastically join with Mayor Taylor's reasonable demand for Mr. Knighton'a and Ms. Pipkin's heads on a platter

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In the interest of sparking some political discussion after something of a lull,  as we stand poised on the brink of Tuesday's Utah Primary election, we're delighted to put the spotlight on this morning's boffo Standard-Exaxminer letter to the letter, submitted by none other than North Ogden City Mayor Brent Taylor, concerning Weber County GOP party shenanigans in the pending Weber County Commission primary race. The original  material's short and compact, so we'll simply incorporate the text in full:

It is outrageous that Weber County Republican Party leaders donated party funds to make the biggest contribution by far of the entire Weber County Commission campaign to one of the two candidates in a contested Republican primary election.
Out of fairness to all candidates, the state Republican Party bylaws strictly require neutrality of state party leaders in Republican vs. Republican primaries, and this principle should carry down to the county level. Instead, we have seen county party leaders and elites trying desperately to manipulate the election with mudslinging, rumor mills, and now by giving a massive amount of party funds to one candidate.
Thousands of the Republican Party dollars given to commission candidate Jim Harvey were donated by people like me who are supporting a different Republican candidate — which is exactly why it is so inappropriate to use party funds in a primary election.
In his famous 1796 farewell address, President George Washington spent nine paragraphs warning America against the "baneful effects of the spirit of party,” warning that “They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community.” Party has never been more important than people, and Washington’s words ring true today as we see party leaders who, instead of acting as neutral party officials, have manipulated the process and injected a veritable tsunami of party money to try and sway the outcome and to protect their preferred candidate and — more importantly — to protect their precious party power.
I call on Chairman Noall Knighton and Vice-Chairwoman Lynda Pipkin of the Weber County GOP and anyone else associated with this outrageous use of party funds in a contested Republican primary election to step down, and for Weber County Republican voters to look through the party-funded smokescreen at the real issues this election should be about.

Brent Taylor
North Ogden

We'll enthusiastically join with Mayor Taylor's reasonable demand for Mr. Knighton'a and Ms. Pipkin's heads on a platter.

So what say out Gentle Readers about all this, folks?

Standard-Examiner: Weber County Commission Candidate Forums Coming Up

Happily, by the time the primary election rolls around on June 28, each of these candidates will have been thoroughly vetted

Better late than never (we hope) we're delighted to report on the next two  events which are coming up, for those WFC political who are following the upcoming Weber County Commission election:

ROY — Who will become the next Weber County Commissioner? Voters who cast ballots in the June 28 Republican Primary will make that decision, and there are two opportunities this week to get acquainted with Caitlin Gochnour and Jim Harvey, the two candidates vying for the job.
* Ogden Liberty Forum Roundtable, 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 8, at the Southwest Branch of the Weber County Library, 2039 W. 4000 South, Roy.
* Weber County Republican Women Debate, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the Southwest Branch of the Weber County Library, 2039 W. 4000 South, Roy.

Check out yesterday's Cathy McKitrick story for full details:

•  Weber County Commission candidate forums coming up

Happily, by the time the primary election rolls around on June 28, each of these candidates will have been thoroughly vetted.

Sodden Warning: Don't be Dumbasses when the Weber County Commission Primary Vote Comes Up on June 28.

Okay folks,don't be Dumbasses When the Weber County Commission primary vote comes up on June 28.

First off, the Standard-Examiner today announces that your mail in ballots are already in the mail, headed stright to your postal mail inboxes:

• Primary ballots for Weber, Davis will soon arrive by mail

Don't dally people.  Send your ballots back with your 'X' in the box for Caitlin Gochnour'

Added bonus, the majority of smart Weber County mayors support the lovely,,delightful and competant Ms..Gochnour:

• Mayors praise Gochnour for leadership experience, conservative values

If, on the other hand, if you want to elect another life-long "good ole boy bureaucrat'; to the Weber County Commission, be sure to vote for the lame- brain "good ole boy" aka What's his name again? Oh yeah.  JIM HARVEY, lol.

Standard-Examiner Op-ed; Gochnour "Profoundly Ready" for the Weber County Commission

Yes. Join Mr. and Mrs. Hall, along with your blogmeister, on June 28, in electing Caitlin Gochnour to the Weber County Commission

Awesome endorsement from Alan and Jeanne Hall, the Gold Standard for Weber County political endorsements, as far as you blogmeister is concerned...

Here's the lede, peeps:

It is with the greatest satisfaction that we announce our wholehearted endorsement of Caitlin Gochnour for Weber County commissioner.
Rarely has there been a candidate so prepared and profoundly ready for public office. As we evaluate her past service as a two-term member of the Ogden City Council, her exceptional knowledge of our community's successes and challenges, plus a master's degree in public administration, we view Caitlin as the most qualified candidate and the best choice for the next Weber County commissioner.
We endorse and support her as an experienced selfless leader who loves the people of our community. Her focus will center on the daily lives of people young and old, rich and poor. We know she will listen to everyone’s opinions and suggestions and wisely manage the county’s budget. She’s a leader we can trust with our tax dollars.

Read the rest of this exceptional endorsement here:

• Gochnour "profoundly ready" for the Weber County Commission

Yes. Join Mr. and Mrs. Hall, along with your blogmeister, on June 28, in electing Caitlin Gochnour to the Weber County Commission.

Awesome Mother Jones Video Which Has Gone Viral With No Known Antidote!

Happy viral video du jour, Peeps!

Seriously, people (especially Donald Trump fans). You need to watch this ancient film footage, with its very cleverly done Donald Trump voiceover!


Let's just say we're putting our toe into the water early in this 2016 Presidential Election Season, peeps.

Weber State Professor Recognized with Freedom of Iinformation Award

Let's just say we're vicariously proud of Dan Schroeder

Big News yesterday:

• Weber State professor recognized with 'freedom of information' award

Let's just say we're vicariously proud of Dan Schroeder, who was smart enough to keep the story alive by continuing to post on Weber County Forum, even whilst the major Utah media took an inexpicable snooze.

Congrats, Dan

Big Doins Tonight: Weber County Commission Candidates Debate - Updated

Check back in around 6:30 p.m. tonight, as we'll try to feature tonight's Standard-Examiner live-stream.

Big doin's in the Weber County Commision race this evening, as Weber County Commission candidates Caitlin Gochnour and Jim Harvey battle it out in tonight's debate.
The Standard has at least one great pre-debate story about this,  Read up, Peeps:

• Profiles: Republican candidates for Weber County Commission before the primary

Added bonus: Sorry about the crappy video quality, folks. I'll keep it linked, however, in the hope that Youtube will issue a proper recorded version, soon. Update 5/31/16: Happily, The Standard has uploaded a cleaned-up version:

• Watch Thursday's Weber Commissioner debate LIVE

Update 5/28/16 10:00 pm:  At risk of engaging in seeming overkill on this topic; Here's an excellent post-debate report from the Standard's Cathy McKitrick, highlighting some of  the high and low points of Thursday night's Weber County Commission Debate:

• Weber County Commission debate differentiates candidates Gochnour, Harvey

Carry on, people...

On His Deathbed, Former Republican Senator Apologizes For Donald Trump (Video)

As for the current situation in Utah's federal Senate delegation, and in hindsight, Your blogmeister would take Bob Bennett any day of the week, dead or alive, over his crackpot tea party replacement, Mike Lee.

Here's the video story, peeps:



Perhaps the Standard's Don Porter got it at least halfway right, after all, in the end:

• Sen. Bennett displayed lost eagerness to serve the people

"Unlike many of the politicians populating government today, Bennett was a statesman. In my book, that’s high praise," eulogizes  the ever curmudgeonly Standard-Examiner legend, Don Porter.

As for the current situation in Utah's federal Senate delegation, and in hindsight, Your blogmeister would take Bob Bennett any day of the week, dead or alive, over his crackpot tea party replacement, Mike Lee.

Howbout you, folks?

Standard-Examiner: The Weber County Commission Debate Matters

Dang right "this debate matters," Weber County voters

Via the Standard Examiner:

To provide a forum for candidates to inform Weber County residents about where they stand on the issues, the Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service at Weber State University is partnering with the Weber County League of Women Voters and the Standard-Examiner to hold a debate between the two Republican candidates for Weber County Commissioner, Caitlin Gochnour and Jim Harvey. Greg Halling, Standard-Examiner executive editor, will moderate the exchange.
The public is invited to the free event at 6:30 p.m. May 26 in Hurst Center Dumke Legacy Hall on WSU’s Ogden campus. If you have questions, contact Carla Price cprice@weber.edu/801-626-6252.

Here's the full SE story, folks:

• The Weber County Commission debate matters

Dang rights "this debate matters," people. The essential question is whether the corrupt GOP convention system will shove another "good old boy" down the Weber County lumpencitizens' throats, or alternatively, whether the smart, and politically dedicated Caitlin Gochnour, with eight years' proven experience on the Ogden City Council, will succeed in overturning the current County Commission logjam against an unproven political newcomer..

Caitlin Gochnour

Jim Harvey

Mark your calenders, folks, and plan to be in attendance..

This is bound to be a great debate, wethinks... perhaps the most important debate of the 2016 General Election Season, wethinks!

Selling a Birthright: What Would the West Be Like Without Its Federal lands?

Please read this article, even if you don't read anything else today (or this week..or next week)

• Selling a Birthright: What would the West be like without its federal lands?

Screw this little turd/scammer Ken Ivory, we say..

Seriously. Will the voters of Utah's troubled House Distict 47 ever give Utah any relief from the likes of Chris Butters and/or the current current sleazy but dapper dilletante, i.e. Leg 47 dipshit, Ken Ivory?

Who knows, now that Trump is the presumptive GOP presidential nominee?

The Independent:The Electoral Politics of the 2016 Western Freedom Festival

Vote Caitlin Gochnour for the Weber County Commission, Weber County Forum readers. Time to clean house on the free-spending Weber County Commission "good ole boy's men's club," wethinks.

Vote Caitlin Gochnour

Disturbing news from The Independent (a voice for Utah)  of all  places.  No we'd never heard of them it until today either.  But nevermind.  Check out this morning's disturbing lede:

Time to get your free VIP tickets for the taxpayer-funded 2016 Western Freedom Festival, this year held 9/11 weekend in Richfield, Utah. You just need to ask your county commissioners who childishly call themselves “The Posse.” I mean, who are they after to string up from a tree, taxpayers and student protesters?
The Posse consists of County Commissioners from Beaver, Garfield, Kane, Iron, Piute, San Juan, Wayne, Weber, Washington, and Sevier Counties.
The Posse annually spends over $100,000 in public funds supporting both the Western Freedom Festival and the American Lands Council that is associated with the event. It’s money down the toilet on political, marginally religious pet projects of no intrinsic value and with nothing to show for the expense.

Read the full article here, Peeps.

• The electoral politics of the 2016 Western Freedom Festival

That's right, gentle readers.  According to this report, "[T]he Posse (including the Weber County Commission)  annually spends over $100,000 in public funds supporting both the Western Freedom Festival and the evil American Lands Council  that is associated with the event. It’s money down the toilet on political, marginally religious pet projects of no intrinsic value and with nothing to show for the expense."

And there's's more to ponder "There is an election season underway wherein candidates for office may not agree with incumbents who believe they can misuse taxpayer monies and property to support pet causes and private concerts. As a taxpaying voter, neither should you."

Vote Caitlin Gochnour for the Weber County Commission, Weber County Forum readers. Time to start cleaning  house on the Weber County Commission "Good ole Boys Mens Club," wethinks. There's no way that the tight-fisted and sensible Ms. Gochnour would ever stand for this B.S, wethinks.

Breaking 2016 Election information

What a pity it is, wethink, that Standard-Examiner readers can't get accurate information from our home-town newspaper, although we'll compliment the Standard for at least having their heart "in the right place."

In the aftermath of Sunday's giant windstorm, here's a stirring editorial from the Standard-Examiner, which was inaccessable to us, due to the unfortunate Sunday-Moday power outtage, peeps:

• Utah, it's inexcusable that Lee, Love and Stewart are unopposed

Happily though, Crazy Mike Lee, et al. actually have a great a slate of worthy challengers, namely, those candidates who appear on the Weber County Elections and Utah Lt Governor's respective websites:

• Weber County Elections - 2016 List of Candidates
• Lt. Governor's Website 2016 Candiate Filings

What a pity it is, wethink, that Standard-Examiner readers can't get accurate information from our own home-town neswpaper, although we'll compliment the Standard for at least having their heart "in the right place," HAHAHA!

Gotta Admit I'm Feeling a Mite Sorry for My Old Pal, Matthew Bell

Gotta admit I'm feeling a mite sorry for my old pal, Matthew Bell, who was a friggin' kingmaker just a coupla years ago, when he served as Weber County GOP County Chairman.  After that, he generated his own election to the Weber County Commission, a position which was none too secure, so it would seem.  Now he's off into the Ozone layer.

• Utah GOP: Matthew Bell booted from House race; Weiler, Perry avoid primaries

How the mighty have fallen, NO?

Weber County Forum Endorses Caitlin Gochnour for Weber County Commission - Updated!

Farewell to the Weber County GOP "Good Old Boy's Club," we hope

The Standard's Doug Gibson has the original story:

• Harvey the Weber commission choice of GOP (convention) delegates; primaries loom

And surprise of surprises, here's the latest weird update, concerning the further total wierdness of Weber County GOP politics, wherein convention loser candidate Brad Dee inexplicably urges Caitlin Gochnour to withdraw from the commission race:

• Brad Dee withdraws from Weber County Commission race

We confess we're wondering what happened to Commissioner Matthew Bell, who folded like a cheap suit, under threat of Dee's Saturday's not-so-crippling County Convention candidacy.  Nevertheless, Mr. Bell also urges Ms. Gochnour to withdraw from the commission race, just as the cowardly incumbent Bell did:

Under current Utah Law, our favorite Weber County County Commisswioner Candidate, Caitlin Gochnour, is now poised to become our next Weber County Commissioner.

Farewell to the Weber CountyGOP "Good Old Boy's Club,." we hope

Weber County Forum thus endorses Caitlin Gochnour for Weber County Commission, we do say!

Go, Caitlin, GO!

Update 3/22/16 11:43 AM: Undeterred by crackpot Weber County GOP political hacks urging her to "obey" the Crackpot Weber GOP,  Caitlin Gochnour, WCF's favorite commission candidate, launches her own uninhibited 2016 County Commission campaign:

• Pressured to drop out, Gochnour kicks off campaign instead

Bravo, Mrs Gochnour!

Breaking: Huntsman Family Buying The Salt Lake Tribune

Thank you Mr Huntsman for keeping the Trib around for everyone!

Fantastic news from the Salt Laker Trib's Tony Semarad this morning. Here's the lede, Peeps:

The Salt Lake Tribune is being purchased by the Huntsman family, the newspaper's top editor, Terry Orme, said Wednesday.
Digital First Media executives, who manage Utah's largest daily for hedge fund Alden Global, confirmed they have entered into a purchase agreement with Paul Huntsman, son of Utah industrialist-philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr.
The sale price has not been disclosed.
In a statement released on news wires, Paul Huntsman said the family was "honored to be stewards" of Utah's largest newspaper.
"It is important that The Salt Lake Tribune continues in its indispensable role for our community and to be locally owned," Huntsman said. "We hope to ensure The Tribune's independent voice for future generations and are thrilled to own a business of this quality and stature."

Here's the full story folks:

• Huntsman family buying The Salt Lake Tribune

Thank you Mr Huntsman for keeping the Trib around for everyone!

Salt Lake Tribune: Judge Upholds Signature-gathering System Despite Utah Republicans’ Protests

Via the Salt Lake Tribune: 

A federal judge has upheld a new political nominating system that allows Utah Republican candidates to bypass the party's caucus and convention system in favor of gathering voter signatures instead — dealing a defeat to the state GOP.

U.S. District Judge David Nuffer's ruling Friday evening comes a week before the Utah Republican Party is set to choose candidates for Congress, governor and other offices at its convention.

Nuffer said the change "doesn't interfere with the state GOP's constitutional rights and is a legitimate action by the state to manage elections."

Judge upholds signature-gathering system despite Utah Republicans’ protests

ES@D,  James EVANS.

Latest Employment Deal Gave Dee Another Retirement Package

Happily, Greedhead Dee already has some serious opposition in his Commision run, including the ever-resourceful former Ogden City Council member Caitlin Gochnour

At the risk of appearing to be asleep at the switch, we'll belatedly resurrect Monday's most excellent Mark Shenefelt story, alerting the people of Weber County to another Weber County Government player, who's nipping at the heels of the legendary Jon Greiner, as possibly Weber County's most succesful goverment retirement "multiiple dipper -leaches."

Read up, Peeps!

• Latest employment deal gave Dee another retirement package

Happily, Greedhead Dee already has some serious opposition in his Commision run, including the ever-resourceful former Ogden City Council member Caitlin Gochnour, whom Weber County Forum is now poised to aggressively support, especially in the interest of putting this sixty-five year old greedhead yeehew (Dee) out to pasture where he belongs.

D-News: Utah Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Disputed State Election Law

Fascinating Utah Elections story in this morning's Deseret News, of all places.

Here's the lede, peeps:

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Supreme Court justices poked at the Utah Republican Party's interpretation of a controversial new state election law in a hearing Monday as hundreds of candidates work to get on the primary ballot.
Though lawyers for the GOP, Utah Democratic Party or the state didn't want to read the tea leaves afterward, questions from Justices Deno Himonas and Christine Durham might signal where the court is headed.
Republican Party attorney Marcus Mumford argued that the state can't tell political parties how to select their nominees for public office.
"This statute doesn't do that," Durham said.

Read up, WCF political wonks:

• Utah Supreme Court hears arguments over disputed state election law

Who wants to bet that the entrenched Utah political parties will NOT get creamed in 2016, despite the Utah Supreme Court's obvious wisdom?

Why Food Stamps and Free Tuition Don’t Have Anything to Do with "Satan’s Plan"

Don't be dumbasses, my fellow Mormans!!!

Now that the 2016 Utah political campaigns are in full swing, Utah Mormons are having their quadrennial debate about whether or not social programs like Pell Grants, food stamps, and subsidized housing are tools of the devil. According to one common 21st Century Mormon philosophy (which has been kind of dominant on my Facebook feed recently), this kind of income redistribution FORCES us to give to the poor, thus TAKING AWAY OUR AGENCY and denying us the blessings that would come if we CHOSE to give to the poor like God wants us to. You can use persuasion to convince people to be charitable, but don’t use compulsion, BECAUSE THAT’S SATAN’S PLAN!!!!!

Read up on at least one of  the solid counter-arguments, my Mormon Crackpot Jackesses Friends:

• Why Food Stamps and Free Tuition Don’t Have Anything to Do with Satan’s Plan

Don't be dumbasses, my fellow Mormons!!!

Attention, Utah/American Republicans

Here's our short but sweet opinion. peeps, neatly set forth and packaged under a clever graphic "meme":

This is a severe GOP problem, wethink,. We'll rely on what's left of the Post Cruz/Trump Republican party to explain themselves, in this post-GOP world, of course..

GOP Jackasses;  [Insert your crackpot GOP gibberish here]

Colorado Raised More Tax Revenue From Marijuana Than From Alcohol

Colorado... rakin' in the BIG Bucks!

Whoa! Colorado Raised More Tax Revenue From Marijuana Than From Alcohol, according to Time Magazine.

So whaddaya think, my fellow Utahns? Are we in Utah missing the boat for legitimate tax revenue, whilst the rest of the the Western US world keeps raking in the easy bucks?

Get Off Your Asses, In Other Words, Utah Democrats. SHEESH.

Are we missing the boat in Utah.... or what!

Get off your asses, in other words, Utah Democrats:

• Letter: Utah Democrats prove they have numbers

Screw the Republicans, No?

Added update:

• Colorado Raised More Tax Revenue From Marijuana Than From Alcohol

Sodden question peeps! Are we missing thwe boat in Utah.... or what!

Time for All Good Men and Women to Come to the Aid of Their Country.

Don't wimp out.  Vote instead.

Okay folks.  It's time for all all good men and women to come to the Aid of Their Country

Check out this link to find your Tuesday evening Caucus Locations.

• Find your caucus information

Don't wimp out.  Vote instead.

Crackpot Ted Cruz's Wacko Religious Pitfalls

Too weird, as Ted "Sleazy Rafael" Cruz hangs in there as a potential GOP presidential nominee here in Utah, in advance of Tuesdays Caucus meetings, so-called;



Does America suck? or is it just Ted Cruz who sucks?

Judge Limits Lawsuit Over (alleged) Attack at Snowbird's Oktoberfest

Mike Terry/Deseret News/File

Our take? Tea-totalimg Mormon Dopes from Provo should be permanently banned from Snowbird

What a bummer.  Snowbird Ski resort, one of Utah's bestest year round tourist draws, is once again under attack by anal retentive Utah mormons.  Here's the story, peeps:

• Judge Limits Lawsuit Over (alleged) Attack at Snowbird's Oktoberfest

Our take? Mormon Dopes from Provo should be permanently banned from Snowbird Octoberfest events in the first place. This event is for grownups, after all..  Buzz off, in other words, 18th century tea-totalers.

Breaking: 'Super' Dell Schanze Declares Candidacy for Utah's Governor

Given his extensive track record, we'll assume he'll be running as a Republican, yes?

Good news for Utah political wonks. Fresh off his 2015 Federal misdemeanor conviction, "Super Dell" Schanze throws his hat into the 2016 ring for the Utah gubernatorial race:

• 'Super' Dell Schanze declares candidacy for Utah's governor

Given his extensive track record of  "beyond the pale hijinks"we'll naturally assume he'll be running as a Republican, yes?

As the 2016 Federal and Utah elections aproach, it gets interestinger and interestinger, dunnit?

Medical Marijuana Bill Fails in Utah House Committee Vote

Via the ever savvy Ed Flint:

"Because, if Senators won't obey the church, representatives will..."

• Medical marijuana bill fails in Utah House committee vote

Our take? When the Utah legislative gavel falls down at around midnight on Thursday night, the Utah legislature will have accomplished nothing significant this year.

Trump Slogan: Make America Great Again

HaHaHa!

Keep on voting Republican, people, HAHAHAHA!

Another Great Week for Republican Values

It figures, dunnit?

Keep on voting Republican, people.

Keep on voting Republican, people.

Election 2016: Psychiatric Hospitals Filling Up with Time Travellers Sent Back to Kill Donald Trump

“He can’t be that bad, can he?”

New research has shown that every ten minutes someone claiming to the from the future sent back to save humanity is admitted to a hospital somewhere in the US.

Read up!

• Psychiatric hospitals filling up with time travellers sent back to kill Donald Trump.

Too funny, no?

We think so:

We Repeat: “This movie can’t be that bad, can it?”

C'mon Peeps; HAHAHA.

Idaho Statesman: Utah Lawmakers Face Hostile Crowd on Land Transfer

Screw Utah Republican Ken Ivory, sez the Idaho Legislature

Via the SLTrib's ever-savvy Pat Pagley:

People are wising up to the Utah land grab scam. Even Idaho refuses to get on board with our lawmakers' sure-to-lose lawsuit.

Read up:

• Utah lawmakers face hostile crowd on land transfer

Sadly, for Crackpot Utah Republicans who are pushing to commit $14 million of Your Taxpayer Money to this Don Quixote moment, "the auditorium in the Idaho Capitol was filled to an overflow crowd of hunters, anglers, conservationists and others opposed to the idea of transferring the public lands from federal management. "

"Nuff said"?

What a bummer, No?

Screw Utah Republican Ken Ivory, sez the Idaho Legislature

Panicking Mitch McConnell Says GOP Will Help Hillary Beat Trump If He Wins The Nomination

Keep your eyes peeled, people. Seeing is be believing, no?

Fascinating 2016 election theory, via Addicting Info.Com:

In the most surreal moment in modern American politics, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told panicking Republicans that the GOP would actively destroy Donald Trump’s election chances if it came to that. That rush of warm air you feel on your face? It’s the wave of radiation from the Republican Party’s nuclear meltdown. We’re witnessing the death of a major political party.

More....

 Things are getting truly desperate in conservative camps and the grim acceptance that this isn’t a bad dream and that Trump is almost surely going to win the nomination has begun to set in. It’s led to an odd plan. In a stunning report by the New York Times, Republican sources confirm that party leadership is planning to destroy Trump and give Hillary Clinton the win rather than let him have control of the GOP.

Read up. peeps:

• Panicking Mitch McConnell Says GOP Will Help Hillary Beat Trump If He Wins The Nomination

Keep your eyes peeled, people. Seeing is be believing, no?

It’s The Kochs, Not Republicans Prohibiting A SCOTUS Nominee Vote

Koch Brother Jackasses

Wake up. Here's the skinny:

It’s The Kochs, Not Republicans Prohibiting A SCOTUS Nominee Vote

Wake up, people.

The Evil Koch Brothers should be hobbled, knee-capped and crippled.

Seriously. these ancient and decrepit bastards should already be "out to pasture."

Weirdness in the 2016 Election

We expect there will be another five or six other Senate Republicans who'll jump ship from the crackpot Republicans, along with Kirk and Collins

Surprise of surprises, two vulnerable Republican incumbent US senators can read the way the blue state polling winds are blowing, and are breaking from the rest of their twisted fascist party, over blocking President Obama's eventual Supreme Court nominee.

• Senators Mark Kirk and Susan Collins are first break in Republican dam of Supreme Court obstruction

We expect there will be another five or six other Blue or Purple State Senate Republicans who'll jump ship from the crackpot Republicans, along with Kirk and Collins.

And so, What SAY YOU. lol?

Standard-Examiner: 14-year old Ogden-based Folk Prodigy Hitting it Big

Whoa!  Check out the lede, Peeps:

OGDEN — By all indications, Sammy Brue’s musical career is on a major upward trajectory.
Brue, 14, of Ogden, is an up-and-coming folk/Americana singer-songwriter who last year released his fist EP, “I Don’t Want You To Leave.” On his website,, the recording is described as one that “touch(es) on heartbreak, jealousy, God and suicide.”
Since the release, Brue has been featured in magazines like Rolling Stone and American Songwriter and has played well-known, long-established music festivals like the Newport Folk Festival and Summerfest. He’s sponsored by The Loar Guitars and is said to be close to a deal with high-profile record label.

Here's the full skinny on this story, via The Ogden Standard-Examiner's Mitch Shaw.

• Ogden-based folk prodigy and 14-year-old Sammy Brue hitting it big

And here are a few more classy samples of Mr. Brue's musical work so far: 

• Sammy Brue - Musical Samples 

Good luck with your budding musical career, Sammy Brue!

Breaking: Jeb Bush drops out of White House race

It's official::

• Jeb Bush drops out of White House race

Jackass Senator Cruz is licking his chops.

Utah School Superintendent Brad Smith Resigns After a Year-and-a half in Office

Former Ogden School Board Superintent Jackass Resigns; quits his fatcat Job, after 18 months.

• Utah school superintendent Brad Smith resigns after a year in office

"I'm not fit for this job," the retiring weakling State School Board Chief readily admits.

Thanks for helping to clear out the Trash, we say, Mr. Smith, you stupid and incompetent bastid.

House Stops Move to Undo ‘Count My Vote’ Compromise

Via Count my Vote: "We applaud the Utah House of Representatives for keeping their word and standing up for election reform. All Utah voters should have a voice in our elections"

The Trib has the full writeup. Here's the lede:

The Utah House quashed a move Wednesday that would have erased a 2-year-old compromise about how political parties pick their nominees.
By a 42-30 margin, representatives defeated an amendment that would have allowed parties to select their nominees by any method they choose. The Utah Republican Party has been suing to seek that power and overturn SB54, passed two years ago.

Read up, Peeps:

• House stops move to undo ‘Count My Vote’ compromise

And who's the asshat who advanced the amendment which was defeated on Wednesday?

"Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden, proposed the amendment to a bill that sought a "minor" (hahaha) change to how alternate delegates for conventions are chosen."
"I did run on a platform of preserving the caucus-convention" system, he said, adding he was elected after the SB54 compromise was enacted.

Yes. Weber County Forum also applauds the Utah House of Representatives. As for this Justin Fawson person... This dolt is now on our Weber County Forum political "hit list."

Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia Found Dead at West Texas Ranch

More wretched news for wretched crackpot Republicans:

• Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch

God bless America.

Update 2/13/16 5:00 p.m.:

• Justice Scalia Dead Following 30-Year Battle With Social Progress

This is much more accurate, wethinks!

Hitler Reacts to Ted Cruz

Fascinating comparison No?

• Ted Cruz/Adolf Hitler Speech comparison

Laugh your arses off, peeps.

Mises.Com: If You Want Bigger Government, Vote Republican

Click to expand image

So, is a vote for the GOP a vote for less government spending, more fiscal restraint, and "personal responsibility???" It's hard to see how one could possibly construe that from the historical record.

Read up, Weber County Forum voters:

• If You Want Bigger Government, Vote Republican

And don't be a political dumbass. Do NOT EVER vote Republican... unless you wish to be a slave to the evil Koch Brothers.

The Folly of ‘Taking Back’ Federal Lands

Awesome article via AdventureJournal.Com ...
 Read the "money quote," my fellow Utahns!

Anyone who wonders what Western states would do with U.S. land should consider what they’ve already done with it. In exchange for relinquishing all claims on public property, new states were awarded “trust lands.” Trust lands have generally been used to create revenue via oil and gas extraction, logging, mining, and outright sale.
For example, of Nevada’s original 2.7 million acres of trust land only 3,000 acres remain. In Colorado you can fish and camp on virtually all federal land and hunt on most. But you can’t hunt, fish or camp on most state land because it’s reserved for extractive industry.

Here's the link, beneath this marvellous article:

• The Folly of ‘Taking Back’ Federal Lands

Assuming you can read and comprehend... please do so.

Republicans are Morons, No? LOL

Read it and weep, American Conservationists

Top-notch cranky letter from highly articulate Standard-Examiner reader, Pam Wixom.  She's one smart gal, and she well frames the issues regarding the ongoing federal land-grab, naming names and clobbering this whole Koch Bothers backed effort to bribe all Republican to turn over all Utah Public Lands to the politically satanic Koch Brothers. Read up, peeps!

• Bishop, Chaffetz orchestrating a land grab on behalf of the oil industry

More...

•  Beyond the Bundys: The Far Right and the Future of Conservation

Read it and weep!

Longtime Weber County Employee Jim Harvey Files as Commissioner Candidate

Vote wisely in November, PEEPS!

Too Kewl!!!  With another election looming in November of this year, it looks like we already have a battle royal pending in the 2016 Weber County Commission race:

OGDEN — A familiar face in Weber County just threw his hat into the political ring.
Ogden resident Jim Harvey filed his intent to run as County Commissioner, challenging one-term incumbent Matthew Bell....

Both Bell and Harvey are Republicans, so the intraparty challenge could ignite this year’s primary season in Weber County. Both candidates have declared their intent to gather signatures, a new path to the primary that is currently being challenged in federal court. Both also intend to tread the traditional caucus/convention trail to try to secure their party's nomination.

Read up Peeps!

• Longtime Weber County employee Jim Harvey files as commissioner candidate

Vote wisely, People!

Bob Bernick's Notebook: Republican Candidates Really Like SB54

Hahahahaha, yes?

Fascinating story via UtahPolicy.com:  Here's the lede:

Guess who is using SB54’s new dual-track process to get on their political party’s primary ballot in 2016?
Republicans.
Especially Republican incumbents in the Utah House and Senate.
In fact, when I checked Thursday afternoon on the Utah Elections website, out of the 70 folks who have signed up for the petition route, all but one were Republicans.
The lone Democrat is gubernatorial candidate Vaughn Cook.

Read up, Peeps!

• Bob Bernick's Notebook: Republican Candidates Really Like SB54

Hahahahaha, yes?

Smirk.

Breaking: Crackpot Board of Education Superintendent Takes 90-day Leave Due To Admitted Sickness, Board Immediatly Names Replacement

Via the Standard-Examiners; Ace Reporter, Taylor Hintz:

Utah State Board of Education superintendent Brad Smith is taking a 90-day leave of absence to address health concerns, according to a statement from the board.
“We wish Brad all the best while he is away,” Board of Education Chari David Crandall said in a statement.
Deputy Superintendent Sydnee Dickson has been named acting State Superintendent of Public Instruction, with Rich K. Nye, associate superintendent of data, assessment and accountability being named as deputy superintendent.

• Board of Education superintendent takes 90-day leave, board names replacement

Although some internet mystics would call this situation more evidence of "Bad Karma," we'll just wish the poor bastard well.

Breaking: Former Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey Called as LDS Mission President - Updated

Alternate headline: Crazed and Annoying Mormon Polititian gets shipped off to "Virtual Siberia."

Here's the lede, peeps:

OGDEN — Former Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey has been called to be a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He will serve for three years as president of the church's Peru Lima North Mission in South America.
Godfrey will take over as leader of the mission from current President John Erickson on July 1 and will oversee dozens of missionaries and supervise the church's missionary work in the area.

And NO.  We are not making this up.

• Former Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey called as LDS mission president

Sadly there seem to be no LDS missions "off earth" or even in Antarctica.  Congrats to the Mormon Church however, for finding a place where "Elder" Boss Godfrey can do no further harm.

Update 1/9/16 10:00 a.m.: The Standard's Dana Ribington fleshes out yesterdy's D-News story, filling in important details which reporter Morgan Wilkins left out:

• Former Ogden mayor Matthew Godfrey surprised by mission president call