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Governor Huntsman asked the Attorney General's Office for an independent legal analysis of the voucher referendum situation. They released it today.

6 Comments:

 Dwight J. Barrett said...

The State of Utah should be issuing a statement for the world to read. That statement should read. Why is our state not backing up Britain? What is wrong with you leaders? Are you going to step and take a stand? It is time we show the world America is not going to put with radical dictators taking soldiers hostage. Here is what I feel should have been done with Iran.
Great Britain should have declared war after 24 hours. Iran is seeing if Britain has any guts and of course they don't. The United States should have declared war one hour later. All out war. Not limited war like in Iraq.
I’ve always been of the opinion that one captured man is worth the whole nation going to war and right now!!

Thank you very much Dwight J. Barrett



This is my opinion and my opinion only and doesn't reflect the opinions of any one else.

3/28/2007 9:06 AM  

 Anonymous said...

There has been an interesting discussion going on about representative democracy vis-a-vis doing the public will.

I would hope that our leaders would be willing to experiment and take bold stands. If they governed based on polls nothing would ever happen.

The best example of this is light rail. The citizens hated this idea and even voted against it. Visionary leaders moved forward and now we can't wait to vote in more tax money for light rail.

It's not always as black and white as it may seem. I applaud the Governor and Legislature stepping out on the limb. Vouchers may not work but it's worth looking at and trying. I know that I want a world class education and any tools we can give teachers and parents and schools I am in favor of.

3/28/2007 5:19 PM  

 Anonymous said...

Has the attorney general or any other legal authority ruled on the legality of using public / school property for political purposes (i.e., harassing parents at parent/teacher conferences)? If this does violate the law, to whom can I report the violation?

3/28/2007 6:06 PM  

 GOP Sniper said...

Good Stuff.

3/29/2007 12:32 PM  

 Anonymous said...

To Anonymous #2: I think the relevant parts of the Utah Code are below. I'm not an attorney, but my lay read is that they can't use public resources to promote the referendum...but they can have "factual information" tables as long as those aren't staffed by paid public employees and they make access to the table available to BOTH sides. The intent of the law is probably to have a balanced presentation, but what bugs me is I think they'll say, "the law doesn't require us to find an opponent to the referendum...just to make sure it's 'available.'"

20A-11-1203. Public entity prohibited from expending public funds on certain electoral matters.
(1) Unless specifically required by law, a public entity may not make expenditures from public funds for political purposes or to influence a ballot proposition.
(3) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a public entity from providing factual information about a ballot proposition to the public, so long as the information grants equal access to both the opponents and proponents of the ballot proposition.

3/29/2007 3:58 PM  

 Anonymous said...

Good Stuff.

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Niro

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5/08/2008 12:36 AM  

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