For those who haven’t had a chance to hear Governor Huntsman’s State of the State address from this evening, you can read it in it’s entirety here: http://www.utah.gov/governor/news_media/article.html?article=2301
It’s easy to see why he enjoys an over 90% approval rating. The thing I was most pleased with was the statement that he is reinstating major road projects representing $3.9 billion that had been put on hold in November. This will be a great stimulus to Utah’s economy.
On day 2 of the session we were in chamber for two hours and listened to and voted on about 20 bills. The complete list can be found on the legislative site. In the Education Standing Committee we unanimously endorsed a bill that defines a symbiotic relationship between SLCC and UCAT. Salt Lake Community College and the Utah College of Applied Technology will work together to provide technical education for thousands of students throughout the state. House Bill 15, sponsored by Rep. Ron Bigelow delineates how this restructuring will work. The bill itself can be found at: http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillint/hb0015.pdf. This bill had been in discussion all summer and represents a tremendous amount of compromise on both sides, but if the governance issues can be resolved as stated in the language of the bill students will be well served.
If you want to see the bills that will be discussed on the floor for the next day, the link for that information is: http://www.le.state.ut.us/jsp/jdisplay/allcals.jsp?user=&billlist=
Dear Becky,
Thanks for all the work you are doing. As to the State of the State I see we are in for another four years of the same.
” We need to reduce the dependency of the people on the government!!!” We need to set the example to the country and the world that government be ONLY to protect our borders and establish the courts. After that nothing else. Education, human resources, health, welfare, economic development, etc. need to be removed from the governmnent ASAP! The people can do much better on their own if government is not blocking the way with all its pomp and fanfair that gets no where but more in debt.
I can show how this can be done very quickly. I have tried to meet with the Governor and Lt. Governor to discuse these issuses, they would not even return any response what so ever. I am sure they think I am of no value.
What do you think?