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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 29, 2012
Utah retail stores are on track to see some of their best sales this holiday season. But unless our congressional delegation drop their partisan opposition, next year they’ll be facing huge losses and we’ll be seeing huge tax hikes. After the 2012 election, major Republican players and elected officials across the country started recognizing that [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 5, 2012
Utah Representative Wayne Harper, currently running to become Senator Harper, is urging Utah courts to show leniency to his former intern, who has been convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Eric Ray, former intern to Republican Representative Wayne Harper, was convicted in September of sexually abusing a teenage girl at Brigham Young University. Ray [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 17, 2012
When will they realize that we have longer than 30 second memories? Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is drowning his credibility and integrity in the bathtub, just so he can take a weak potshot at President Obama. Remember Romney’s welfare work requirement scandal? He got nailed by news networks and fact-checking organizations nationwide when he started [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 4, 2012
Salt Lake City – Yesterday afternoon, Utah State Senate Republicans once again postponed the inevitable passage of a statewide Non-Discrimination law. But was there something a little screwy about the committee hearing? Non-Discrimination laws had big backing this year. A statewide survey, conducted by the highly respected Dan Jones & Associates, revealed that 75% of [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 28, 2011
As I’m reviewing the 2011 Utah political history, I’m struck by how often I hear people such as Carl Wimmer, Stephen Sandstrom and Mike Lee spouting off about only supporting the Constitution in its original form. I an only say, “What utter nonsense and lack of vision.” Do you have a dollar bill? Take it [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 14, 2011
SLC, Utah – Senator Chris Buttars has finally retired (you know, now that he has that free-for-life health insurance)! Join the Utah LGBT community as we give the now-former Senator ”Black Baby Pig Sex” Buttars the send off he deserves! Tomorrow at 8pm. Club JAM has very kindly offered to host our little soiree.. we’ll [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 11, 2011
Denver, Colorado – The 2nd of the State Senate Committees passed the civil unions bill last night by a vote of 5-4. As predicted, it ran right down the party lines. The Catholic Church is lining up to fight against the proposed law, which would give gay couples some of the rights of marriage The [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 11, 2011
New York – Homophobic State Senator Carl Kruger, one of only 4 Democrats who last year voted against legalizing gay marriage, has just been outed by the New York Post! Seems he has a wealthy, live-in, gynecologist boyfriend to keep him from getting too lonely! The story came out as Kruger and boyfriend Michael Turano [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 11, 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Long time Utah Republican Senator Chris Buttars has finally retired. At the end of the last day of the Utah Legislative Session tonight, Buttars announced that he will never darken the doorway of the Senate again. Good riddance! Buttars will forever be remembered for his racist and homophobic statements, from calling a bill [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 3, 2011
Michigan – Senate Republicans are trying to quickly shove through a resolution which would strip state employees with domestic partners of any benefits. Their claim is that it would cost the state too much money, “this has nothing to do with social issues” they say. The benefits were only just approved January of this year, [...]
"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.