Utah Republican Senate President Michael Waddoups has backed Utah’s decision to refuse federal unemployment assistance money, saying all those danged lazy unemployed people need be more “self-sufficient,” a decision the The Salt Lake City Tribune calls “cruel and stupid.” (The Central Utah Project is a federal water project and is a fine example of [...]
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Randy Miller, founder of the Utah League of Independent Voters, got so fed up with his state senator that he put him up for sale on eBay as a fundraiser for ULIV. That’s when the fun began. “The action caused a small stir in the local press, the Independent political blogosphere and on Twitter, and [...] I can already hear anti-gun proponents howling about how gun-crazy the West is. But the M1911 was invented by a Utahn, and is not only of historical interest, it’s still in use. Republican Rep. Carl Wimmer said the state should have the gun as one of its state symbols to honor John Browning, a [...] California, along with many other states, has unfunded public pension obligations that it hasn’t the remotest possibility of being able to meet. A Stanford study last April determined California’s unfunded pension liabilities to be $500 billion. That’s right, California owes half a trillion dollars and it hasn’t a clue where the money will come [...] Participant in meeting to determine how to make California Secretary of State website even less helpful and more difficult to use. You may have heard that California isn’t business-friendly while nearby states are. Here’s an example, a comparison showing how Utah is way more friendly than California in the seemingly simple act of registering [...] Fallout exposure from Nevada tests. Wikipedia A bill in Congress sponsored by congressmen and senators from several Western states seeks to increase payments to those affected by radiation from atomic blasts in Nevada during the 1950’s. It would also make it easier for victims to prove claims and expands the eligibility area to [...] Unemployment is highest in states where the real estate bubble and subsequent crash was the worst. Compare California to Utah, where Polizeros contributor DJ lives. You can put a fork in a gigantic new coal fired power plant proposed for rural Sugard, Utah, because it’s done. Yesterday the Utah Supreme Court struck a major blow against the plant by ordering it to start back at square one in the pollution permit application process. It’s because trying to do “clean coal” [...] Five acres of land zoned for agricultural and residential in southern Utah (located near a freeway with water rights for a home) sold three years ago for $110,000. A few days ago it went at a foreclosure auction for $14,500. That’s a 87% drop in price. Many other properties in the area are also [...] Same-sex marriage momentum building, Utah activists say |  | ||||
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