Though it may seem strange, Sen. Wayne Niederhauser should be one of Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s biggest fans. I arrive at this surprising conclusion fairly simply. As one of the senator’s constituents, I recently received his latest legislative update. In it, he says, “This is the way government should be run — as […]
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By Maryann Martindale Published February 05, 201 If the Utah State Legislature was a spaghetti western, it would The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. With a 45-day session, time on the hill is precious. With a record-breaking 900 bills opened this year—a statistical impossibility to pass—one has to wonder if the legislators were paying
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Published: Friday, Dec. 16 2011 Above, West Valley City mayor Mike Winder asks a question of Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis about the eVerify law during a reception at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City, Thursday, August 11, 2011. (Brian Nicholson, Deseret News) West Valley City’s City Council reprimanded Mayor Winder for writing
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By Robert Gehrke Published: December 9, 2011 File Photo | The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab The group Alliance for a Better Utah filed a complaint Friday alleging that state Rep. Mike Noel violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits individuals from managing federal funds while being a candidate for political office. The complaint
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 09, 2011 Contact: Maryann Martindale Executive Director Alliance for a Better UTAH (801) 557-1532 maryann@betterutah.org BETTER UTAH FILES HATCH ACT COMPLAINT AGAINST REPRESENTATIVE MIKE NOEL Salt Lake City, Utah – In light of recent press statements with regard to the Hatch Act and potential violations by Representative Mike Noel, Alliance for
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By Maryann Martindale Published December 3, 2011 States’ rights are a funny thing. They are certainly fun to talk about and provide a great backdrop from which to criticize the federal government. Here in Utah, perhaps we should make criticizing the federal government a professional sport, perhaps an Olympic event, or perhaps Rep. Carl Wimmer
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By Sheryl Allen Published: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 How refreshing. Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, has an idea to change teacher employment laws, and he is consulting with teachers. He either has good instincts, or he may have read the extensive research which validates that top down edicts don’t result in much improvement in education.
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How refreshing. Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, has an idea to change teacher employment laws, and he is consulting with teachers. He either has good instincts, or he may have read the extensive research which validates that top down edicts don’t result in much improvement in education. Policymakers who collaborate with parents and professional educators
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Would Carl Wimmer repeal the charitable donation deduction? The answer to this question will speak volumes about the kind of America he will try to shape if elected to Congress. Recently, the Alliance for a Better UTAH contrasted a statement by state Rep. Wimmer to my prophet’s praise of the LDS Church’s welfare program. Wimmer
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Re the news story “Lee bill would slice tax on overseas profits ” (Tribune, Oct. 6): Sen. Mike Lee has called for a permanent reduction of the tax rate on repatriated foreign profits to 5 percent from the existing 35 percent rate. Defending this change, Lee suggests that the $1 trillion that could be repatriated
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