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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 17, 2012
Former Utah Governor, and the head of Mitt Romney’s transition team, Mike Leavitt is encouraging states to comply with Obamacare and setup insurance exchanges, rather than leaving things to the Feds. Last week, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that members of the Utah Legislature had sent a letter to Governor Gary Herbert, demanding that Utah [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 24, 2012
As we all (hopefully) head to the polls this year, we’ll not only be voting for candidates and judges, but also two different constitutional amendments. Below is my analysis and recommendations. Constitutional Amendment A: Required Severance Tax Deposits In The Permanent Trust Fund. My Recommendation: VOTE “NO” For those who don’t know, severance taxes are what the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 23, 2012
It seems that every Republican candidate is all in a twist over so-called “Obamacare” and the absolute “evils” it is perpetuating on Americans. But on the 2 year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, let’s look at what it has actually done.
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 21, 2012
It’s rare in the Utah Legislature to see serious topics up for debate, so I get excited when a substantive issue is introduced. But when supposition and theory are presented to the public as fact, as happened today, I call that borderline fraud.
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 14, 2011
Utah – Republican State Representative Carl Wimmer is focusing a large part of his campaign for Congress on a “Balanced Budget” amendment, but like many of his Republican buddies it seems that Wimmer’s ideas are anything but balanced. A balanced budget.. sounds like a great idea right? The idea of an individual, a company or [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | July 2, 2011
Utah – State House Speaker Becky Lockhart published on op-ed yesterday on immigration reform, doing her best to divert the anger of Tea Party delegates away from herself and back towards Utah’s Federal delegation. Think it will work? On June 18th at the Utah Republican Convention, Tea Party activist delegates over-threw the will of the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 14, 2011
My comment yesterday on Facebook that retiring-representative Jackie Biskupski should be replaced by another openly-LGBT House member caused quite a bit of stir. So let’s talk about it. The LGBT community is very fortunate to have a growing list of straight allies up on Capitol Hill. These allies are absolutely critical in the fight for [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 13, 2011
With today’s surprise announcement that Utah’s last openly-gay legislator, Jackie Biskupski, is retiring, rumors are flying fast and thick about who is going to throw their hat in for the special election to House District 30. I wanted to take a quick moment to give everyone an update. First I want to express my sincerest [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | June 2, 2011
Utah – With redistricting coming up this year, many in our state are already worried about what new damage Utah’s Republican-led Legislature will be dishing out. But although gerrymandering is expected, it’s rare that we see it bragged about like tonight. In an effort to try and convince the public that they will actually be [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 25, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland – A House Committee has passed a bill by a margin of 15-8 which adds both gender identity as well as gender expression to the State Non-Discrimination laws for employment and housing. If it passes the full House, it will then head over to the Senate. Press Release from Equality Maryland, via JoeMyGod: [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.