Yearly Archives: 2009

Kern River Gas Transmission Project

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 … Continue reading

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Springhill landslide

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 … Continue reading

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Heading into the bell lap

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 … Continue reading

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Sweet inspiration

Every week during the session I have received a postcard from a little girl who is part of the Utah Christian Home School Association. She usually shares a quote from a founding father or from the Bible and relates it … Continue reading

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March madness

There is an increasing intensity up on the hill as the days of the session are drawing to a close. We’re spending more time on the House floor and less time in committees. In fact, Wednesday morning is the last … Continue reading

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Budget resources are available

The FY2010 Budget Proposal and Restoration List is online now. The link is: http://www.le.utah.gov/lfa/JML_Restorations_02-26-2009%20Overlay.pdf Staff Budget recommendations: http://www.le.utah.gov/interim/2009/pdf/00000050.pdf Potential State of Utah Proceeds from the Selected American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Programs (i.e. Federal Stimulus Package): http://www.le.utah.gov/lfa/HR1.pdf

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A big thank you shout out

You may notice the great graphic presentation of some of the data from the surveys in an earlier post today. I am so grateful to two constituents whose expertise and efforts have made sharing this information with you possible: Dwight … Continue reading

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Knowledge is power

First off, I’m including two links where you can get your hands on some really great information, possibly more than you may ever wish to have: 1. http://legislature.utah.gov/asp/lfa/lfareports.asp This is the link to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and it has … Continue reading

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Survey Results

I wanted to begin to post the results from the surveys that over 600 of our constituents returned. Below is a statistical breakdown of Question #1: “In light of the declining tax revenues please rank from 1 to 10 the … Continue reading

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It’s no Harry Potter

Today was a fun day for me because my daughter spent the afternoon at the Capitol with me. Actually, she came first to participate in the “Clean Air” rally at the Capitol at noon. She was there with about 300 … Continue reading

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