Monthly Archives: February 2009

While it is good news that Consolidated Energy has put their power plant plans on “hold”, unfortunately this issue is far from over. It seems that Consolidated Energy is leaving the window open to proceed with a petcoke power plant … Continue reading →

Wow! This was a big day. First of all, we had two Congressional visitors to the House chamber this morning. Congressman Jason Chaffetz spoke about the federal stimulus package that Congress had less than 12 hours to review before voting … Continue reading →

I am continuing to get lots of emails opposing the petcoke plant in West Bountiful. Today I even received copies of letters from students at Boulton Elementary in Bountiful, all of whom are opposed to the plant as well. They … Continue reading →

It is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln today. In the chamber this morning there was a group of 5th grade students from Lincoln Elementary (true) from Davis County who were led in a memorized recitation of … Continue reading →

Budget teaser. Six more days until the numbers are in that we’ll use as a basis for the FY10 budget. I’ll keep you posted.

Today both my committee meetings were cancelled which gave me a great opportunity to catch up on emails and do some research on upcoming bills. Just like there is no crying in baseball, in my opinion there is no whining … Continue reading →

Today was a day of “twos.” Two standing committee meetings, two sessions of chamber floor time, two presentations during lunch, two meetings in the evening, and two weeks and two days down of the session. In Political Subdivisions we saw … Continue reading →

Occasionally on the chamber floor we have groups come as guests of the legislature to receive special recognition for their contributions and community involvement. We have had two groups so far receive this honor: a group of teachers awarded an … Continue reading →

Sorry I missed the Friday update, but there were a few things I still want to share that came through the Education committee. One was HB131, which would prohibit course fees, rental and use fees, supplies and textboook fees for … Continue reading →

I forgot that I wanted to share a great resource I learned about at the breakfast the SL City Council and Mayor Becker held this week. It is a website called www.utahpulse.com. It you go to “legislation” on the orange … Continue reading →