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  • You can't have it . . . here ya go

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    One week ago, news media outlets received letters from the Transportation Security Administration denying their requests toquickly obtain access to a video of Rep. Jason Chaffetz's TSA encounter at Salt Lake International Airport in September. The TSA said the media outlets hadn't provided enough evidence that the surveillance video qualified' [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:51pm EDT
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  • Hatch's love-hate relationship with budget analysts

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    The venerable D.C. publication Congressional Quarterly singled out Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch on Monday for his inconsistent comments about the nonpartisan financial estimates generated by the Congressional Budget Office. In short, Hatch has said CBO is spot on when the analysis backs up his position and way off when it [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:22pm EDT
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  • False Cheney Alarm

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    Last week we wrote about President George Bush's quick pop-in to Central Utah for a hunting trip. One of the Carbon County residents who staked out the airport to see the president depart said that she was told that Vice President Dick Cheney was also with the group. It turns [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 6:05pm EDT
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  • This just in -- McCain wins in Utah

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    Election watchers may have been surprised to learn that President Barack Obama suffered a 260,000-plus-vote defeat in Utah to John McCain during this week's primary in the race for, uh, president.It's the gospel truth, according the Salt Lake County Clerk's Web site, which contained a link Tuesday night to the [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 12:06pm EDT
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  • Hatch a no-show in Kennedy memoir

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    In his memoir "True Compass" the late Sen. Ted Kennedy gives a somewhat revealing look at his unique life as a member of one of the nations most famous families and as one of the nation's most widely-known politicians. But not once in 507 pages does he mention his friend [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
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  • No More Junkets

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    House Speaker Dave Clark, who used to play wide receiver during his days at Brigham Young University, jumped at the chance to catch the Cougars play Oklahoma in Dallas last Saturday.Although the trip was arranged by contract lobbyist Dave Stewart, the speaker says he paid for his plane fare and [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:18pm EDT
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  • Politics or official business?

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     Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch was called away to eulogize Sen. Ted Kennedy at a service in Boston today, so he didn't preside over an economic forum at Utah Valley University as scheduled.But former Republican presidential hopeful Steve Forbes and Sen. John McCain's leading economic adviser Douglas Holtz Eakin were there. They' [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 2:37pm EDT
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  • Sore winner

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    The late Sen. Wallace Bennett, R-Utah, did not take kindly to a challenge by former U.S. Rep. David King, D-Utah, in 1962, and Bennett carried that grudge for years. King, who lost that race against Bennett, died recently at his home in Maryland. But records released by the Justice Department [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 6:08pm EDT
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  • One more Buttars update

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    It's back.Sen. Chris Buttars' lengthy list of questions/criticisms about Democrats' health care reform bill is back on the Republican Senate blog after it was pulled yesterday when this blog and others pointed out that it was strikingly similar to a chain email making the rounds.The is time it has some [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 6:15pm EDT
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  • Buttars update

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    The senatesite.com has removed its post on Sen. Chris Buttars' health-reform questions that appear to have actually come from a chain e-mail.Under the heading "move along citizen," the blog of the Republican majority acknowledges that the post of Buttars' list of questions, developed after he "read and re-read the bill" [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 7:16pm EDT
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  • I Share Your Concern

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    This morning, Sen. Chris Buttars, Senate chairman of the Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee, kept an audience on the edge of its seat as he ran through a long list of questions that went to his concerns about the congressional health reform bill under consideration. Now you can [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
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  • Hatch on uninsured

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    Congress is deadlocked over how to deny millions of Americans quality health care, and Utah's own Orrin Hatch is trying to break the stalemate, The Onion reported this week."We have over 40 million people without insurance in this country today, and that is unacceptable," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said. "If" [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 11:57am EDT
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  • Hatch's Forte

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    It makes you feel so warm inside that it should be the story line for the next big Broadway musical: The down-on-his luck imprisoned hip-hop artist and the U.S. Senator moonlighting as songwriter brought together by their love of music and Carly Simon. Gives you a warm feeling, kind of [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 6:36pm EDT
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  • Better Late Than Never

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    Writing the story last week about Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s legacy, I pointed out that in his 4-and-a-half-plus years as governor, he hadn't sat to have his formal portrait painted.It was a tidy little symbol, I thought, of a Huntsman administration that left a handful of items unfinished -- health' [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
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  • Save us ... please

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    The Salt Lake County Fair is building a fan club one signature at a time.With County Mayor Peter Corroon threatening to cancel the 2010 fair because of budget cuts, the fair board is passing out petitions to change the mayor's mind."People really enjoy it," said fair spokeswoman Aimee Edwards, who [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 5:16pm EDT
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  • Utah hottie

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    A Utahn has snagged a spot on the coveted "50 Most Beautiful People of Capitol Hill" rankings by the newspaper The Hill.Melissa Adamson, a red-headed Democrat from Salt Lake City, earned a spot out of 500 submissions to make the paper's annual listing of hotties, where she was referred to [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:42am EDT
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  • Chaffetz (hearts) Chaffetz

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    One of the best Facebook notifications in recent weeks:"Jason Chaffetz suggested you become a fan of Jason Chaffetz. ... Jason became a fan of Jason Chaffetz on Facebook and suggested you become a fan, too."Well, at least he's for himself.-- Thomas Burr [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:34am EDT
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  • Utah Goes 0-Fer

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    If you're wondering where Utah is in spending its federal stimulus dollars, join the club.As part of the stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year, each state was supposed to set up a Web site detailing where the money was going and what the net effect was going to' [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:30am EDT
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  • Democrats are dogs

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    Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has admitted there's a Democrat in his family: his dog. Chaffetz, appearing in the weekly CNN feature called Freshman Year, made a partisan slap at those evil liberals."We do have a Democrat in our family: Meet our dog Myoa," Chaffetz says. "She's just always waiting around" [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 4:10pm EDT
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  • Scared to speak out

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    South Salt Lake had a rather uncommon occurrence at a recent City Council meeting: an outpouring of public comments.Residents and nonresidents spoke up to protest the proposed sale of Workman Park to the Utah Transit Authority.Tammi Diaz, a South Salt Lake community activist, said there's a reason for low public [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
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  • Sandy aims for All-Star Game bounce

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    Sandy's Redevelopment Agency agreed last week to kick in $15,000 to be a sponsor of Wednesday's Major League Soccer All-Star Game.The match will shine international attention -- and an ESPN audience -- on Real Salt Lake's new Rio Tinto Stadium at 9256 S. State St.Plus, the sponsorship pays down the [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
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  • Cutting remarks

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    Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder couldn't have been more blunt about his opposition to budget cuts.If the County Council slashes spending any further, he warned, the Sheriff's Office may have to close the newly reopened Oxbow Jail or eliminate beds at the Adult Detention Center."I can only use one'" [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 1:52pm EDT
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  • In Corroon's office, Workman's name still comes up

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    Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon doesn't seem to mind having his predecessor's name printed on his news releases and on his speeches and on his notepads.Instead, the second-term Democratic mayor is spreading the news about county happenings on the blank backside of former Republican Mayor Nancy Workman's letterhead. "Why'" [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 5:37pm EDT
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  • Oops, wrong committee

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    Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz strode into the House Natural Resources subcommittee meeting on National Parks, took his seat and, when called on, launched into his opening statement about water projects, including a bill he's sponsoring that would impact Magna.Chaffetz was gently informed that he was in the wrong room and [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 12:51pm EDT
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  • Short-winded Hatch

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    Supreme Court confirmation hearings are supposed to be a chance for senators to probe a potential justice to determine if he or she is qualified. But all too often they turn into jab fests by senators, more comfortable making speeches than asking questions.POLITICO counted up the words during this week's' [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
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  • Hatch: I'm funny

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    Sen. Orrin Hatch got caught by several reporters just off the Senate floor the other day and was asked about a proposal to pay for health care reform by levying so-called "sin taxes," such as an increased federal tax on alcohol.Hatch compared the sin tax with that of a tax [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 9:22pm EDT
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  • New fight, same split decision

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    South Salt Lake's mayor and City Council quibbled over funding last week for the Chamber of Commerce. The dispute was settled, as many are on the closely divided council, with a tie vote.Mayor Bob Gray pushed to lower the city's contribution to the South Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, citing [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 7:06pm EDT
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  • Unhand That Senator

    This was a big week for Al Franken, who finally became Minnesota's junior senator, about eight months after voters went to the polls.The whole thing could have been avoided if former Salt Lake County Republican Party Chairman James Evans had taken matters into his own hands. This week, we got [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 7:08pm EDT
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  • Chaffetz considers presidential bid

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    Never say never. That's Rep. Jason Chaffetz's philosophy. After that other paper in town reported this morning that the freshman congressman says he's been courted by some GOP delegates to run against Sen. Bob Bennett, I figured I best ask him myself about that and a few other spots. For [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
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  • When not in China . . .

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    Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is still awaiting his confirmation as U.S. ambassador to China, but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy some good Chinese food. POLITICO's Playbook noted that Huntsman was spotted Sunday night in a Upenn sweatshirt (his alma mater and that of his dad) eating at Meiwah, [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 3:47pm EDT
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  • Death of Michael Jackson, Climate change bill

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    Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, made an odd comparison Thursday on Fox Business channel, saying that passage of the climate change/cap-and-trade legislation was akin to the death of pop icon Michael Jackson.Fox Business had just reported on Jackson's death when Bishop appeared to complain about the House fast-tracking the energy legislation, [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 12:50pm EDT
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  • Look who’s not balking at tax hike — the public

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    A crocheting competition would have proved more action packed than the Salt Lake County Council's recent public hearing on raising property taxes.No one -- aside from a smattering of staffers, county department heads and beat reporters -- showed up.So without a word from the public, the council ratified an earlier [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
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  • Unlike Rocky, Becker gets a pass for crossing picket line

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    Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson angered Utah Democrats when he did it. But Mayor Ralph Becker slipped across a union picket line to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Providence, R.I., last weekend with little notice."We were doing our best to not cross the picket line and" [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
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  • Cutting the budget — and the lights

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    Just hours after Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon announced that his administration would have to cut expenses even further to survive the nation's recession, the lights went out at the County Government Center.Computers went blank, escalators halted and traffic snarled at the bustling intersection of State Street and 2100 [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 3:47pm EDT
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  • Waddoups: King Triton

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    Dance lovers in Utah County can make state Senate President Michael Waddoups part of their world in an unexpected way.The Taylorsville politician is starring as King Triton in today's free performances of The Little Mermaid at 4 and 7 p.m. put on by The Dance Makers Studio at The Covey [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2009, 1:30pm EDT
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  • Accent envy

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    Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, poked fun at fellow House Republican Phil Gingrey of Georgia on Tuesday, taking aim at his drawl."I, unfortunately, don't have the wonderful accent that my good friend from Georgia has, but I will try and slur some words together to see if I can emulate that'" [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 12:20pm EDT
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  • Giving the council the boot

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    There's little love lost between Provo's mayor and its Municipal Council.Some of the jabs have been good-natured, such as Mayor Lewis Billings' remarks that his budget for awards to outgoing council members was paltry compared with the council's, to more hard-edged, such as when the council hired its own financial [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 12:49pm EDT
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  • A hoot of an idea

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    Mitt Romney said Monday he doesn't think his son, Josh, is seriously considering running for governor in Utah, an idea making the rounds with some politicos in the state. Asked whether his son would run for the office, the elder Romney dismissed the speculation. But, Mitt Romney added, "I'm sure" [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2009, 11:33am EDT
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  • Smile, you're on (gay) camera

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    Salt Lake County Councilman Max Burdick better hope that his Republican colleagues don't see this.The first-year councilman -- who distinguished himself less than two months after taking office as the only Republican to support health-care benefits for the same-sex partners of county employees -- made an unexpected appearance this month' [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2009, 9:39am EDT
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  • Congress all a-tweeter?

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    Maybe it's the next form of congressional debate.Instead of two members of Congress hashing out their differences on the House floor, following the staid rules and before a live C-SPAN audience, Reps. Jason Chaffetz and Jared Polis bantered on Thursday via Twitter about where to -- or in this case' [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
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  • Of racists, retaliators and revolutionaries

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    Salt Lake County Councilman Joe Hatch has renewed his push to give labor organizations a stronger voice when lobbying for the wages and work conditions of government employees.But the councilman specifically excluded three groups, which he suggested need not apply for positions representing the county’s staff.Hatch doesn’t want any group [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
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  • Huntsman criticizing Obama on China policy

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    Interesting political article in the May 28 Rolling Stone issue that just came out -- with Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., President Obama's U.S. ambassador to China designee, taking a swipe at the administration's policy on China -- or lack thereof."Instead of demonizing Obama as a socialist, Huntsman favors a more" [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 6:14am EDT
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  • Darn those Republicans

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    As Salt Lake County paid tribute to the late three-term Democratic Gov. Calvin L. Rampton this week by rededicating the Salt Palace Convention Center in his name, a summer wind whipped beneath the black plastic concealing the new moniker and revealed it prematurely. Democratic County Chairman Joe Hatch joked that [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2009, 8:09pm EDT
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  • Bad blood?

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    When President Barack Obama tapped Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to be the U.S. ambassador to China, loads of congratulatory comments flowed in. Sens. Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch praised the pick, of course, and even Sen. John McCain, whom Obama beat in the general election, heralded the choice. Republican [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 12:50pm EDT
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  • Orrin's Senior Moment

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    This just in: Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch will once again host his annual Conference For Seniors on May 26 at the Grand America Hotel.The headliner this year is (brace yourself) Jerry Mathers, you know "The Beave" from "Leave it to Beaver". Yes. THAT Jerry Mathers. Apparently Jimmie Walker was not [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 7:20pm EDT
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  • Council opts for a soft jab, not a hard punch

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    The Salt Lake County Council had every intention of raking the Utah Transit Authority over the coals for a penny-pinching plan that would raise rates and reduce routes for paratransit.But when the council's opposition letter was drafted -- courtesy of Democratic Councilman Jim Bradley -- the language was a little [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
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  • Facebook creates Bennett fans

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    Democrat Sam Granato may challenge Sen. Bob Bennett for his seat, so it was surprising to see him listed as a "supporter" of Bennett on Facebook. Then again, so is Rob Miller, vice chairman of the Utah Democratic Party, Democratic state Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck and . . . me. Problem [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 3:54pm EDT
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  • Tweets Are Forever

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    As quickly as Mark Shurtleff moved to take down his accidental Twitter posts yesterday announcing with a little bravado that he is in the U.S. Senate race against Bob Bennett, it is, as University of Washington professor Kirsten Foot put it, like putting toothpaste back in the tube.So, for those [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 7:21am EDT
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  • Ask The 8-Ball

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    Ohhh, Magic 8-Ball, keeper of political wisdom, will Attorney General Mark Shurtleff challenge Sen. Bob Bennett?A: "All Signs Point To 'Yes'."Shurtleff told me last week that he's planning to make an announcement regarding the race on May 20, after he gets back from his trip to Israel. He wouldn't say' [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
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  • Lawmakers getting all touchy, feely

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    There's the start of a pretty good discussion going on at senatesite.com.Sen. Lyle Hillyard, who has been in the Legislature longer than anyone else now on the Hill -- I believe he took office when it was still called "Deseret" -- is asking for suggestions how lawmakers can keep in [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
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  • Huntsman feaver reaching pandemic stage?

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    Forget swine flu. It's Huntsman fever that seems to be spreading this week. Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who is as coy as ever when pressed on the question of whether he's got presidential aspirations, received some major buzz on the heels of his trip to Michigan, where he appeared at [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2009, 6:37pm EDT
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  • Thank You For Your Support

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    Before Sen. Arlen Specter jumped ship from the Republican Party, it was becoming more and more likely that the veteran senator wouldn't be fend off GOP challenger Pat Toomey. Now, Toomey is being utterly written off, including, it turns out, by the vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Orrin' [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 11:46am EDT
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  • Huntsman standup

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    Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. took part in a panel discussion along with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday at the Milken Institute Global Conference. But what he offered at the conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. -- where his uncle was once mayor -- was more [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2009, 3:29pm EDT
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  • Satan's back bedeviling GOP

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    Satan this weekend made another appearance in Utah County Republican politics.GOP convention delegate Don Larsen, from Springville, pushed a resolution blaming Satan for opening U.S. borders to undocumented immigrants. Lucifer, it seems, is the mastermind behind what Larsen dubs the Hate-America anti-Christian Open Borders Cabal.The resolution was narrowly defeated.It wasn't' [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
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  • And now, Jenny Wilson's Top 10 list

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    So what have Democrats done with their newfound control of Salt Lake County?Councilwoman Jenny Wilson offered this Top 10 list during the county's recent Democratic convention.With Democrats in power ...1 -- Change hasn't just come to the Obama administration, it has come to Salt Lake County as well.2 -- County' [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
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  • Detente With Davis

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    With a new mayor in office and two successful legislative sessions under its belt, Salt Lake City has thawed its icy relationships with GOP-led neighbors -- especially Davis County.Consider the $20 million the capital just secured to rebuild the North Temple viaduct. That bill hit a snag late in the [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
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  • How not to help your cause

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    You've got to hand it to Jack Thompson. The guy doesn't give up ... or know when to quit.Despite a threat from Senate President Michael Waddoups to have him prosecuted or waterboarded if he didn't stop his petulant e-mail crusade for a piece of legislation he drafted aimed at making' [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2009, 12:15pm EDT
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  • Orrin makes a funny

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    Sen. Orrin Hatch spoke Tuesday at a conference for the Motion Picture Association of America and had the crowd rolling in laughter after giving them the top things people wouldn't know without the movies:-- During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.--' [...]
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    Posted: April 21, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
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  • Orton memories

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    Utah Democrats are going online to collect memories of former three-term Congressman Bill Orton.The rememberances will be posted on the Democratic blog here and/or given to his family for private consumption.You can share your stories by sending them to orton@utdemocrats.org.-- Dan Harrie [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 12:37pm EDT
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  • Country First

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    I was a little surprised that Rep. Jason Chaffetz's favorite word to say on the House floor wasn't "cot." After all, the freshman Utah Republican loves to talk about how he sleeps on a folding bed at his office to save himself cash. But, no, "cot" doesn't even show up [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 8:18am EDT
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  • Life, Liberty and Irony

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    When he spoke to a raucous crowd of anti-tax protestors in front of the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in downtown Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff fired up the crowd with condemnations of a government nanny-state.Utahns, Shurtleff said, don't need government "wiping our noses and putting'" [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
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  • You say task force, law says strike force

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    . . . Let's call the whole thing off.The Deseret News had a story from Cedar City over the weekend describing Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's "plans to create a task force" that will focus on major felony crimes by people in the country illegally. Shurtleff's plan comes as no surprise [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2009, 4:59pm EDT
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  • Let us oft speak kinds words ...

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    Gloria Boberg, executive director of The Ark of Little Cottonwood Canyon, had a lot of hoops to jump through to land a group home for recovering addicts in Eagle Mountain.But it seems one council member thought she needed to take one more step to satisfy the image-conscious northern Utah County [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 2:34pm EDT
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  • Payday-loan reps on hot seat

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    Temperatures shot up as high as a payday-loan interest rate this week when Salt Lake City Councilman J.T. Martin grilled a series of industry representatives on their motives."Are you a paid lobbyist?" Martin asked the Utah Consumer Lending Association's Bruce Baird during a public hearing on a proposal limiting check-cashing' [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 2:28pm EDT
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  • Hatch takes on First Daughter

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    Coming on the heels of tax problems with three Obama administration nominees, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, didn't take kindly to the latest flub from Sasha Obama: not reporting $136 in allowance money. "Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about," Hatch threatened the 7-year old. "You will not walk" [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2009, 2:40pm EDT
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  • Fake bill signings

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    News outlets seem to be getting better than they were a few years ago about not reporting bill signings that are not, in reality, bill signings.Tuesday's ceremonial (read: media event) bill signing of the Share the Road license plate to fund bicycle safety programs only produced two inaccurate reports that [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2009, 1:11pm EDT
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  • We listen so you don't have to -- Mormon Times edition

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    This week on Red Meat Radio, Sen. Howard Stephenson and Rep. Greg Hughes check in with The Gay, delve into the pornographic underworld of video games, and dissect the demise of journalism with someone who knows a thing or two about it:-- State Sen. Scott McCoy is invited on to [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2009, 5:40pm EDT
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  • Awww

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    The Senate lauded the liberal lion Ted Kennedy when it passed a bill co-sponsored by he and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch to boost the ranks of America's service corps. The bill was renamed the, "Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act."But Kennedy also made a point to congratulate Hatch for coming [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2009, 10:18am EDT
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  • It does what again, senator?

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    Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, is perturbed that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats support a tax change that would drop the amount wealthy people could deduct for donating to charity. So he went to the Senate floor armed with an amendment, ready to do battle. He found little resistance. That's' [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 5:16pm EDT
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  • Quote of the week

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    "My wife and I have three young kids. My son, Max, just turned 16. He got his driver's license. I want everybody to be warned that my son now has his driver's license. You have all been warned."From Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, on the House floor. With apologies to Max.-- [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
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  • Free press vital to democracy -- Don't print that!

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    Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff hasn't said yet whether he'll mount a challenge to U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, but he's keeping up his appearances and Twittering the ins and outs of his days.On Thursday, Shurtleff spoke at the University of Utah Chronicle scholarship and awards banquet, and he messaged [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 11:59pm EDT
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  • A stroll down deja vu lane: Workman hires daughter

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    Old habits die hard. Former Salt Lake County Mayor Nancy Workman is working with her daughter -- again.Workman lost her mayoral perch in 2004 after she used county funds to pay for an assistant for her daughter, Aisza Wilde, who, at the time, was chief financial officer at South Valley [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 12:28pm EDT
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  • Wanted: Creative and fertile minds

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    Salt Lake County has almost emptied its $48 million pot of parks and open-space cash.That leaves county leaders with the brow-furrowing question of how to spend their final dollars. Do they snatch up land along the Jordan River? Do they carve out a conservation easement around the future Utah Museum [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2009, 11:56am EDT
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  • Matheson vs. Shea

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    Rep. Jim Matheson, Utah's lone Democrat in Congress, has reportedly endorsed his pick for U.S. Attorney for Utah, though it's unclear whom Matheson is backing. But we do know who he's not backing: former BLM director and prominent Utah Democrat Pat Shea. "All the candidates that [Matheson] talked to appeared" [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2009, 5:02pm EDT
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  • Campaign on?

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    The nation's top political strategists -- Republicans and Democrats -- met this weekend just outside of Washington for the annual conference of the Association of Political and Public Affairs Professionals.Since my fiancee is a member, I tagged along for the conference and spent some time browsing the exhibit tables. The [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2009, 12:55pm EDT
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  • We Listen So You Don't Have To -- The Fix Is In

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    If you were wondering how the hosts of Red Meat Radio feel about KSL reporter John Daley, the answer is that they think he's crooked. I would have blogged that last week, but I'm crooked, too (not to mention lazy). But I'm trying to be good, so here's the run-down [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2009, 11:24am EDT
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  • Crickets greet SLC budget primer

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    Even during the worst recession many Utahns ever have witnessed, one financial truism remains: Budgets are boring. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker gamely staged a public workshop last week -- the first of three -- designed to gather public feedback on spending priorities as the capital crafts its 2009-10 [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 12:19pm EDT
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  • Game Over

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    Jack Thompson, who has crusaded nationwide against video game violence, didn't take the news well that Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. pulled the plug on Rep. Michael Morley's video game bill. Under the bill, which Thompson drafted, stores that sold mature-rated video games to children after advertising they would not (at' [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2009, 6:37pm EDT
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  • I Don't Get It

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    "He who laughs last had to have the joke explained to him."I read that somewhere, but I didn't get it. However, it kind of made sense after reading fellow blogger and erstwhile newspaper dinosaur Josh Loftin's recounting of a snippet from a Utah paper that made Jay Leno's stupid headlines' [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 6:44pm EDT
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  • Shot heard round the world

    Utah tourism gurus apparently already are talking about a marketing campaign touting the state's new looser liquor laws (after the Guv signs the bill, which he most assuredly will.)But word already has gone out far and wide.A casual search of the web reveals that news of the abandonment of the [...]
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    Posted: March 22, 2009, 7:51pm EDT
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  • A shot heard round the world

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    Utah tourism gurus apparently already are talking about a marketing campaign touting the state's new looser liquor laws (after the Guv signs the bill, which he most assuredly will.)But word already has gone out far and wide.A casual search of the web reveals that news of the abandonment of the [...]
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    Posted: March 22, 2009, 11:54pm EDT
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  • Document dump

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    President B