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• A Legislative Pay Raise? Really?

  —The World, According To Me

  Every state employee with whom I have regular contact is worried they may not have jobs due to budget cuts at the end of the legislative session, but a raise for the Legislators? No problem.
  
  From DNews:
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Executive Appropriations Committee accepted a [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 11:50am EST
  

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• Mittens!

  —The SideTrack

  Utah.  The proving ground for losers?  Warchol:
  2012 may be a long way off, but Mitt Romney, Utah's favorite presidential candidate, is launching a counter-attack on would-be opponent Sarah Palin. Romney will arrive in Salt Lake City March 13 for a mega-book signing to promote his “No Apology: [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 10:58am EST
  

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• Mittens!

  —Wasatch Watcher

  Utah.  The proving ground for losers?  Warchol:
  2012 may be a long way off, but Mitt Romney, Utah's favorite presidential candidate, is launching a counter-attack on would-be opponent Sarah Palin. Romney will arrive in Salt Lake City March 13 for a mega-book signing to promote his “No Apology: [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 10:58am EST
  

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• Curtis Haring New Executive Director, Fair Boundaries

  —The World, According To Me

  Salt Lake City, Utah, December 14, 2009 – Utah Fair Boundaries announced Monday that it has hired Curtis Haring as its Executive Director to run day-to-day operations.
  
  Haring, a life-long resident of Salt Lake City, has worked and advised on numerous political campaigns.
  
  “We are thrilled to have [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 10:40am EST
  

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• Sutherland Institute recommending changes to SLC’s nondiscrimination ordinanaces

  —KVNU's For The People

  Number of comments: 15
  

  PRESS RELEASE
  Date: December 11, 2009
  Contact: Jeff Reynolds
  Phone: (801) 355-1272

  A complete transcript of Mero’s speech is available at: http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploads/Religious_Freedom_Mero_12-10-09.pdf
  A webcast of the event is available at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2893090

  SUTHERLAND RECOMMENDS STRENGTHENING SLC’S NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES

  SALT LAKE CITY — December 11, 2010 — Sutherland Institute, a conservative, state-based public policy organization, [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 2:36pm EST
  by Tyler Riggs

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• Despite Frigid Single-Digit Temperatures, Up To 1,000 Utahns Show Up To Greet Sarah Palin At The Salt Lake City Costco

  —Voice Of Deseret

  Temperatures dropping as low as 3 degrees Fahrenheit overnight did not deter a final total of around 1,000 hard core Utah supporters of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin from showing up on Wednesday December 9th to get her signature on a copy of her book, "Going Rogue". At [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:10pm EST
  

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• Utahns Can Meet Both Senate Candidate Cherilyn Eagar And Sarah Palin At The Salt Lake Costco Book Signing On December 9th; Costco Membership Required

  —Voice Of Deseret

  
  Utah U.S. Senate Republican candidate Cherilyn Eagar, who is now the leading Republican challenger for incumbent Bob Bennett's Senate seat, announces that she will be present at Sarah Palin's book signing to be held at the Salt Lake City Costco at 1800 South 300 [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:42pm EST
  

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• News Advisory: Granato to collect signatures for Fair Boundaries in Davis County

  —THE UTAH AMICUS

  
  
  
  SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senate candidate Sam Granato will walk to collect signatures in Davis County for the Fair Boundaries Initiative on Saturday, December 5 at 9:30 a.m.  Mr. Granato will be joined by Jamie Nagle, Syracuse City’s new [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:52am EST
  

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• News Release: Granato Encouraged by Poll Results, Utahns' Desire for Change

  —THE UTAH AMICUS

  
  Granato Encouraged by Poll Results, Utahns' Desire for Change
  
  SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senate candidate Sam Granato said he is encouraged by the results of a recent Deseret News/KSL-TV poll indicating Utah voters are ready for a new representation in Washington.
  
  Fifty-eight' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:15pm EST
  

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• Senator McCoy to Resign

  —The Senate Site

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  December 1, 2009
  
  
  SENATOR SCOTT McCOY TO RESIGN FROM THE UTAH STATE SENATE
  Citing the need to focus on his legal career and earn a living for his family, Senator will resign post Friday
  
  SALT LAKE CITY - Today Senator Scott McCoy confirmed that [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  

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• Dan Jones November 2009 Poll Shows 69 Percent Of Utahns Now Favor Gay Nondiscrimination Protection In Housing And Employment

  —Voice Of Deseret

  After the Salt Lake City Council, with support of LDS Church leaders, passed two anti-discrimination ordinances for gays in housing and employment on November 10th, 2009, the Deseret News and KSL Channel 5 engaged pollster Dan Jones to find out how this move affected Utah attitudes statewide. [...]

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:27am EST
  

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• Challenger #1 for Matheson

  —The World, According To Me

  Tribune:
  
  Dave Glissmeyer, a reform-minded independent with homes in Salt Lake City and St. George, has filed to run against Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson for Utah's 2nd Congressional seat.
  
  "People do a lot of complaining about government doing too much or not enough," Glissmeyer told The [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

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• Accused Killer Donald Younge Appears In Third District Court In Utah In The Amy Quinton Case

  —Voice Of Deseret

  
  On November 24th, 2009, the preliminary hearing for accused killer Donald E. Younge finally began in Third District Court in Salt Lake City, Utah. Younge is accused of stabbing Amy Quinton to death and seriously wounding Erin Warn on August 3rd, 1999. After testimony by [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

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• Utah Crime: CQ Press 2009 Crime Report Shows Salt Lake City The 89th Most Dangerous City In The U.S. In 2008, Compared To 69th In 2007

  —Voice Of Deseret

  Despite a seemingly endless procession of media reports about drive-by shootings, home invasions and robberies in the Salt Lake area, it appears crime in Salt Lake took a slight downturn in 2008.
  
  On November 23rd, 2009, CQ Press released their annual crime report, entitled "City Crime Rankings" [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:57pm EST
  

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• Party Lines - Will SLC’s policy on discrimination influence the Legislature? By Rob Miller, Davis County Democrat

  —THE UTAH AMICUS

  
  On Nov. 10, 2009, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints declared its support for nondiscrimination ordinances that will extend protection in matters of housing and employment in Salt Lake City to those with same-sex attraction. Moments later the Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

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• Hardline Social Conservative Utah State Senator Chris Buttars Endorses Salt Lake's Nondiscrimination Ordinances, May Sponsor Statewide Legislation

  —Voice Of Deseret

  The influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah is still quite strong. One week after the LDS Church spoke out in favor of Salt Lake City's two new nondiscrimination ordinances, a very unlikely source has also spoken out in favor of them.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:50pm EST
  

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• Anchorage Daily News Providing Excerpts Of Sarah Palin's Book, "Going Rogue"; Utah Not Yet A Declared Stop On Her Book Tour

  —Voice Of Deseret

  Update November 19th: Sarah Palin has just included Salt Lake City on her book tour; post title changed to reflect this information.
  
  
  Interested in finding out what's in Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue", before you buy it? You're in luck. The Anchorage Daily News' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

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• Representative Matheson and the Democratic Party

  —Pete Ashdown's Journal

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  When I ran for Senate in 2006, Representative Jim Matheson was kind enough to meet with me more than once to offer help and advice. I met with him in both his Salt Lake City office and his Washington D.C. office. In one of those meetings he reflected upon the [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:40am EST
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• Pro-Family Sutherland Institute "Blindsided" By Official LDS Support Of Salt Lake City's Gay Nondiscrimination Ordinances

  —Voice Of Deseret

  The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that the noted pro-family Sutherland Institute was "blindsided" by the expression of support for the two Salt Lake City gay nondiscrimination ordinances expressed by an official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Salt Lake City [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  

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