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Better UTAH Announces Launch of “KickALECout” Campaign

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 The Alliance For A Better UTAH Announces Launch of “KickALECout” Campaign and Renews Call On Utah Legislators To Abandon Alec _________________________________________________________________________ SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Over the past year, the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has garnered an increasing level of scrutiny and criticism as its

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Elected officials should perform duties with openness, transparency

Recently, the governor’s office deflected attention to the troubles at UDOT by saying, “External attempts to politicize the process are neither constructive nor appropriate. The governor has been very clear: Facts and performance, not politics, will govern the decision-making in these administrative processes.” But the Denice Graham story is as much about politics as was

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A heel to HEAL

It was disappointing to see Gov. Gary Herbert’s spokesperson, Ally Isom, refer to the environmental group HEAL Utah as “an extreme special interest group” after HEAL disagreed with Herbert’s appointment of Cody Stewart as his energy adviser (“Utah governor appoints former oil lobbyist as energy adviser,” Tribune, May 8). Extreme is an interesting word to

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Press Release: Better UTAH Responds to UDOT’s Delivered Check

Better UTAH Responds To UDOT’s Delivered Check ________________________________________ Salt Lake City, Utah – After more than a year of the unknown, Denice Graham, the wrongfully terminated UDOT employee, has finally received a check for her back pay. Despite the ruling by the Administrative Judge, UDOT Director John Njord has been holding Ms. Graham’s compensation hostage

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