Big Game This Afternoon: WSU v. Montana State

Check out KLO Radio and/or ROOT Sports Teevee, if you can't drag your ass to the stadium

Not to worry. I don't bite much

Whattaya call a Montana State Football team that's 0-4 in 2016 Big Sky Conference play?  DANGEROUS; that's what.  Check out this morning's Brandon Garside story, which sets the stage for this afternoon's Stewart Stadium football tilt, wherein our WSU Wildcats will host a ticked-off Montana State Bobcats team, who'll no doubt be taking the field with a major chip on their shoulder:

• Weber State football: Wildcats go for 4 straight against Montana State

Kickoff's set for 1:30 p.m.  Check out KLO Radio and/or ROOT Sports Teevee, if you can't drag your pansey ass to the stadium.  Attention Cable Teevee subscribers.  Root Sports is likely on your channel lineup; Xfinity channel 52, for instance.

GO, Wildcats!

Updates:

• Opening drive: WSU 7, MSU Zip.
• WSU rollin' 14-0 in the first quarter, following MSU fumble.
• WSU up 21-0 in the first quarter, following a second MSU Fumble.
• Cats score again in the 1st Quarter  Score: 28-7.
• WSU scores again  Score: 35-14
• Bingo again.  WSU 42, MSU 14.
• Oops MSU scores.  Make it 41-21
• Bummer. MSU scores.  Make it 41-27
• It's now 45-27, after a WSU field goal, LOL.

WSU prevails, 45-27:  Here's the full skinny, via the Billings Montana Gazette:

• Weber State races past Montana State, 45-27

We'll fill in the Standard-Examiner version, once they get their slo-mo act together.

Too funny. The Trib beats the Standard to the punch:

• Weber State football: Wildcats get fast start and roll to 45-27 win over Montana State

Something from the Standard-Examiner, at long last:

• Weber State blows doors off Montana St. in 1st half, coasts to 4th straight win

Touche, Brandon Garside.

Bill and Hil, HAHAHAH!

Weird world, ainnit?

Too friggin' funny!

Bill and Hil, back in the Hippy Days

Big Congressional District 1 Debate. Rob Bishop's FatAss to be Kicked by Peter Clemens on 10/17/16

We're guessing Dr. Peter Clemens has 30 IQ points over Dumb Rob Bishop. Additionally, and unlike Bishop, Clemens isn't pocketing $millions in donations for selling off off Utah's natural resources to America's greedy billionaires.

Great news: A 1st Congressional District Debate between crooked Rep. Rob Bishop and honest Dr. Peter Clemens is set for Monday, October 17th at Weber State University in the Val A. Browning Center Austad Auditorium;  Here's the scoop, Peeps.  Check it out:

Be sure to add this to your calenders, Weber County Forum political wonks!

Hell Freezes Over: Glenn Beck Says Electing Hillary Clinton is the “Moral, Ethical Choice"

We are NOT making this up...

Via Paul Shoffner:

Let's have an Alternate Reality Festival, shall we?

• Hell freezes over: Glenn Beck says electing Hillary Clinton is the “moral, ethical choice”

No, no, no!

We are NOT making this up...

Layton Family Considers Lawsuit After Son Absolved Over Drugging Accusation

Should the dumbasses of the Clearfield Police Department pay for Mr. Ukena's upcoming mission?  We say YES.  Howbout You?

Another Standard-Examiner story invoking the mantra "Screw the Cops."

• Layton family considers lawsuit after son absolved over drugging accusation

Mr. Ukena, the exonerated former defendant, said he will return to work at Subway until November, when he’ll leave to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York.

Whattaya think, people? Should the dumbasses of the
Clearfield Police Department pay for Mr. Ukena's upcoming mission?

Another Standard-Examiner story invoking the mantra "Screw the Cops."

Weber State Football Game-Day Thread - Updated

Weber State looks for  gets 3rd straight win at tonight's homecoming against Portland State

Big doins in Ogden this evening, WSU Wildcats fans. Here's the Standard-Examiner lede, via Ace SE Sports Reporter Brandon Garside:

OGDEN — Fresh off a bye week, Weber State is geared up for homecoming Saturday night against Portland State.
The Wildcats (2-2) will go for their third-straight win of the season, a streak the purple and white haven’t achieved since 2010 in Ron McBride’s penultimate season.
The Vikings (2-3) are coming off a spectacular 2015 season that ended in the second round of the FCS Playoffs with a No. 6 national ranking. Now, PSU is 1-1 in conference play with a 45-20 win over Idaho State last week and a 45-31 loss to Southern Utah.
“We’ve got to be able to match their physicality. They’re tough. They’re not going to give up,” WSU head coach Jay Hill said. “They’re going to battle you to the bitter end so we’ve got to be ready to do the same things ourselves.

Read Mr. Garside's full story, Peeps:

• Weber State looks for 3rd straight win at homecoming against Portland State

If you can't make it to Stewart Stadium for tonight's big homecoming game, Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on KJZZ TV. It will also air on 1430 AM with Steve Klauke and former Wildcat David Hale on the call. Added bonus.  You can also catch tonight's live game video online, we're told, via Big Sky Sports, in the unlikely instances wherein you might be working late in your job cubicle (or prison cell), and/or had your Big Screen TeeVee "repoed."

Go Wildcats!

Update 10/8/16 9:00 P.M.:  The Wildcats slide by with another "thin" win, 14-10.  Bravo Wildcats!

Devastating New Ad Shows Trump Saying All the Things Dumb Mike Pence Claims He Never Said -Updated

Via political genius Rhonda Lea Nally (Certified Journalist):

Hay! You know, if you're going to say it on camera--when you know you are being recorded and people can go back and listen to it--you really ought to think about what you are saying or it can come back to haunt you.

Here's the proof, about which the lively Ms. Nally properly alludes:

• Devastating new ad shows Trump saying all the things Dumb Mike Pence claims he never said:

Check it out, Peeps!

Wake the hell up, my Republican friends...

Update 10/8/16: The pot sickens. Trump pretty much kills off his presidential ambitions, with an ill-timed, candid video:

• Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005

The Trump preidency is now "dead meat," we'll now predict.

Conservative Pundit: Donald Trump Is ‘God’s Anointed Choice For President’

Save this one to your "humor files" folder, Peeps:

"In a column today, far-right radio host Laurie Roth writes that "several people" 'have been awakened and given visions and words from God as to who would become President' and they were (additionally told by God) that, quoting again, 'all told that Donald Trump was God’s anointed choice for President.'

Roth reportedly wonders if God is using Trump to “conquer evil” and “build back a country that God loves,” citing a chapter of the Bible that she believes points to a Trump election victory.

Here's the Laurie Roth bloglink, Peeps (wethink):

• BlogWire: Get Ready – God will have mercy on America this election and make her God’s light on a hill again

“Pray for a Donald Trump victory and expect greatness,” she writes. “Don’t do this because Trump is mouthy and imperfect but because he will honor Israel, is a sincere and new Christian who prays to the living God, has exceptional ideas for leadership and who has been prepared for this job…perhaps even by God. I believe God has spoken. You vote accordingly.”

(Don't laugh, people. Many crazed right-wingers listen to Laurie Roth, we're told.) Even more crazed crackpot Mormons try daily to get Ms. Roth's telephone number, we're also duly informed.

So.  Are Republicans crazy enough for your tastes, as the 2016 election fast approaches?

Your Blogmeister's take? 2016 Republicans are total looniebirds.

So what say you, Weber County Forum political Wonks?

Giants Whoop Mets

HAHAHAHAHA!!!  With Madison Bumgarner on the mound, the SF Giants whoop the NY Mets, 3-0 in tonight's NLDS game!

Here's tonight's box score

It'll be wonderful to see the Giants back in the playoffs, no?

Standard-Examiner: Awaiting Public Defense Changes, Data Says Prosecutors Paid More Than Defense

One more reason being broke in Utah Totally Sucks!

Via Studebaker Legal Services PC:

County attorneys are involved to varying degrees in the selection of defense counsel, the negotiation of defense attorney compensation, and the oversight of defense counsel performance. Having county attorneys involved in right-to-counsel decisions means that the defender’s courtroom adversary is the one ultimately responsible for whether the defender gets the next appointment or contract.
This shows a clear conflict of interest in justice. In order for defendants to get the right to effective counsel, there must be an independent group overseeing and funding the indigent defense system. Without this independent group, lower class people will continue to be trampled on by the justice system.

The Standard is also all over this story. Read up, Peeps!

Awaiting public defense changes, data says prosecutors paid more than defense

One more reason being broke in Utah Sucks!

House District 29 Candidates Talk Gun Rrights, Legalized Medical Cannabis, More

Vote Angela Urrea, people!

Via Cathy McKitrick of the Standard-Examiner:

FARR WEST and PERRY — In Utah’s House District 29, Republican incumbent Lee Perry seeks a fourth two-year term, and Democrat Angela Urrea believes it’s time for fresh perspectives on Utah’s Capitol Hill.
“I’m trying to give people an alternative,” Urrea said. “Perry is a nice guy ... but I don’t agree with a lot of his positions.”
Her website, angelaforutah.com, points to a perceived disconnect between state lawmakers and the people they represent as the reason she decided to enter the political fray./blockquote

Here's Ms. McKitrick's full story, peeps:

• House District 29 candidates talk gun rights, legalized medical cannabis, more

Your blogmeister has the highest regard for the clever, well educated, and street-smart Ms. Urrea. As for her opponent, the dull Mr. Perry, it's time for this bozo to consider retirement, wethinks.

Vote Angela Urrea, people!

Kewl Ogden City Video History - Check It Out, Ogden Peeps!

It's a great time to be a part of Ogden, and the best is still to come!

Good video stuff, eh, Ogden Lovers?

It's a great time to be a part of Ogden, and the best is still to come!

Posted by Ogden City Government on Thursday, September 29, 2016

And when you tout Ogden City's revival, don't forget to thank Heidi Harwood and Bill Parker, who had the guts to add the first couple of classy gems (City Club and Brewskis)  to Ogden's then floundering 25th street

Oh, yeah!

Scram, Mister Peterson

C'mon, peeps.  Ya gotta love this.  Here in Northern Utah, we have this 'sackless' Jeremy Peterson, Realtor guy, sitting in the catbird seat, and defending his crackpotted and gerrymandered legislative District 9 seat

C'mon, all.. We all know this nitwit needs to go.  Here's the SE story concerning this disturbing situation/race, by the way:

• House District 9 voters have two distinct options this November

You can do one of two things in this race wethinks, District 9 voters:

• Vote this idiotic moron, i.e. Jeremy Peterson OUT!
• Pick a Mature Candidate, i.e, Kathie Darby; https://www.facebook.com/kathiedarbyutah/

C'mon, people.  Tell your local Republican Party to "Stick it" Sheesh.

How to Stream Tonight's First Presidential Debate Online, No Cable Required Updated 2X

Do NOT let the cat get your tongues...  Be sure to throw in your own 2¢!

Via Lifehacker.com:

Scary, ainnit...?

Tonight, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will meet for their first debate. Here’s how to tune in for free online, even if you don’t have cable.
The debate begins at 9PM ET/6PM PT.Host of NBC’s Nightly News Lester Holt will be moderating the debate. Tonight, all the questions will come from the moderator, but Facebook will be collecting questions throughout tonight’s debate for the next presidential debate on October 9th.

Read up, Peeps:

• How to Stream Tonight's First Presidential Debate Online, No Cable Required

You're all invited to join in at any time on the anticipated discussion here on Weber County's FIRST and FOREMOST political blog.

Do NOT let the cat get your tongues...  Be sure to throw in your own 2¢!

Update 9/25/16 9:42 p.m..: Exactly Right!

Update 9/27/16 10:55 a.m.: "How bad did it get? At one point, as Trump was groping blindly across the minefields of foreign policy, losing a foot here and a leg there, he announced, apropos of nothing, that “I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament.” Clinton smiled sweetly and exclaimed, “Whew, okay!” The audience at Hofstra University, sternly instructed to remain silent throughout the debate, ignored the rules and burst into laughter.
They were laughing at you, Donald, not with you."\

• Clinton delivers a beat-down

Update 9/27/16 3:50 p.m. Oh Shite. This sucks, eh fellow Republicans?

Weber State Football -- WSU Wildcats Narrowly Get By UC-Davis With a Giant UC Blunder

Wildcats Stumble Into Inadvertant Win

Here's the latest, in re our warm/cold WSU fan love/hate fanship dillemma Here's what your blogmeister is now slightly raving about, Wildcat Fans, as Weber State football eagerly opened up conference play last night at UC Davis with a "win!"

Read up, Peeps!

• Taylor Hintze lifts Weber State past UC Davis in conference opener

Nothing to rave about, we guess; but it's somehow nice to put another one in the Win Column, we guess.

The Wildcats are now 2-4 for the season, and 1-0 in the Big Sky Conference.

Great Photo Memes of 2016 Trial Version

Dig it, Peeps!

Here'a a great meme for our new upcoming Weber County Feature, "Great Photo Memes of 2016":

Dig it Peeps,

LOL!

WaPo: This Is How Fascism Comes to America

Don't be a dumbass. Fight fascism in its many creepy forms!

Via the Washington Post (the smarter nemesis of the Grey Lady):

Check out the lede

Republican politicians marvel at how [Trump] has “tapped into” a hitherto unknown swath of the voting public. But what he has tapped into is what the founders most feared when they established the democratic republic: the popular passions unleashed, the “mobocracy.” Conservatives have been warning for decades about government suffocating liberty. But here is the other threat to liberty that Alexis de Tocqueville and the ancient philosophers warned about: that the people in a democracy, excited, angry and unconstrained, might run roughshod over even the institutions created to preserve their freedoms. As Alexander Hamilton watched the French Revolution unfold, he feared in America what he saw play out in France — that the unleashing of popular passions would lead not to greater democracy but to the arrival of a tyrant, riding to power on the shoulders of the people.

Read the whole dang deal!

• This is how fascism comes to America

Don't be a dumbass. Fight fascism in its many creepy forms!

Fix Yer Dang Car or Prepare to Die, Slackers

Dang! Things that Black Folks can't do without being killed by police #345 - Having car trouble 

No Bullshit. Black folks can now get RANDOMLY KILLED for not maintaining their vehicles!

Here's the proof, peeps!

• Tulsa police release footage of officer killing unarmed black man with car trouble

Sick???. Of Course...Yes!

Keep on voting Republican, people!

Cheeto Goering Speaks Up and Tweets Again!

Go Junior Cheezy Poof! (Cheeto Goering?)

Dang! Just when we're  ready to call Mike Godwin concerning all the people linking the Nazis to Trump's campaign (exempting Cheeto Hitler because it's still hilarious), Donald Trump, Jr. (Mini Me?) goes out and links the Nazis to Trump's campaign with one tweet. Go Junior Cheezy Poof! (Cheeto Goering?)



Dig it, Peeps!

WCF Reader-submitted Video Links as of September 20, 2016

Via Will Markham, who submitted the video below, along with the crackerjack lede intro: "Arming rebel groups & destabilizing regions is what we do best. Over 60 years experience and counting." "Oh, and bombing brown people."

Here's the most recent linked video without any further ado:

George Carlin on ((( American ))) Foreign Policy ~ Bombing Brown People

RIP George Carlin.

Hillary... Because Trump is Totally Insane...

Just do it, people.

Face it. Trump totally SUX!

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:

Click to Enlarge Image

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]