Only a few weeks to go before the legislative session ends. What the?? It only started a few weeks ago. What do these people do for the rest of the year - are we paying them for this. These are all questions I was asking my television last night in a rather loud voice (I wasn't shouting but well ok I was shouting) And to cap it all the important stuff, the state budget, immigration (Utah needs a guest worker's program imho) hasn't been finalised yet. Here are some of the frou frou bills that have passed into law. We have a state gun (HB # who the hell cares it was one of Carl Wimmer's the man who wants the U to allow open carry on campus) Landowners in rural Utah can now kill feral cats (that one died in committee - thank goodness), new rules on blood collection and procurement (for the vampires amongst you), new boating regulations, wolves have been delisted as an endangered species etc etc. Sure every representative thinks their bill is important but in the grand scheme of things is it. Is it really?
And then there is HB477 - this means we the public can't request our (or any) representative's electronic communications. So transparency in Utah government just took a turn for the opaque. The cheek of those so-called representatives one of them appeared on TV last night - fat - well-dressed - smug - republican - to express surprise that his constituents should be able to know every aspect of his life on the hill (not his private life) Um Duh!! He said that those who believe this bill is a bad thing are the people who believe in the black helicopters. If you hide your communications then hello bribes, back handers, back scratching - all the things that give politicians a bad name.
http://le.utah.gov/asp/passedbills/passedbills.asp
Thankfully after a massive public outcry HB477 has been repealed.
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