The Davis School District will have a $250 million bond proposition on the ballot Nov. 3. The bond will assist the district in building new schools and improving existing schools. Just like bond measures passed in 1997, 2002 and 2006 (the 2006 and 2002 bonds passed by a margin of [...]
Today is the municipal primary election for Bountiful and North Salt Lake cities, as well as the Salt Lake City Council District 1 primary. Polls are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
Please make time to vote and exercise your great privilege and responsibility as an American. In all races [...]
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Tonight is my Legislative Wrap-up Town Meeting. For those of you who will not be able to attend, below is the handout for this evening that includes a brief summary of selected bills as well as several links where [...]
This Saturday will be an opportunity for Davis County residents to become involved in the political scene on a local level. Both Democratic and Republican Davis County parties will be holding their annual conventions on Saturday. I encourage all residents to attend, participate in elections of county party officers, make [...]
I will be holding a Legislative District 20 wrap-up town meeting on Thursday, April 30, 7:00 pm, at the Bountiful Library. We will have a chance to discuss the highlights of the 2009 legislative session and where we should go from here. I’ll be sending out an email informing those [...]
The Senate voted today on the latest version of HB2, the bill detailing the funding for public education, including charter schools. The vote was 15-9. The full text can be found here, along with the four amendments, [le.utah.gov]. I talked to our Sen. Dan Liljenquist about this version of [...]
Today we finished up the House bills. I know I said that yesterday, but we really did finish them today. One of those last House bills was mine, HB 446, “Medicaid Restricted Account Amendments.” It passed 62-0. It basically amends Utah’s Medicaid Restricted Account in order to meet the requirements [...]
There were some records broken on the floor of the House today:
Most votes in a day: 50
Longest bill yet: 205 pages
Most amendments to a bill: 18 (3SHB 187)
There was a huge rush on the floor of the House today as this was the last day we are supposed [...]
I enjoy idioms and thought I’d share a few of my favorites from the Capitol:
Don’t let perfect get in the way of good.
This is a solution in search of a problem.
Sure we need a seat at the table, but we don’t need to drink the Koolaid.
In the majority caucus on Friday the fiscal analyst presented us with the areas of the state budget receiving backfill in the way of one time money from the Federal Stimulus package. This proposed budget has the support of the House and Senate majority leadership teams and the Governor. We voted to [...]
Kern River Gas Transmission Company is proposing to construct and operate a new 28 mile, 36 inch diameter natural gas pipeline through Morgan, Davis, and Salt Lake Counties as part of their Apex Expansion project. The project expands part of an existing pipeline that extends from southwest Wyoming through Utah [...]
Many of you are aware of the Springhill Landslide that is occurring in North Salt Lake. I am including a link to the Utah Geological Survey page that includes background information on their monitoring of this slide since 1998, movement rates and changes. It is important to note that this [...]
I have a daughter who is a freshman on the track team at BYU. Last weekend she participated in the Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She placed 7th in the mile and 9th in the 800 meters. Watching her run over the last [...]
