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Friday Buzz
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Have a great holiday weekend!
To feel a little patriotic zeal, everyone ought to take in at
least one fireworks show, parade, or community celebration.
And everyone ought to eat at least one hot dog, hamburger or
green Jello at a picnic. Here's
a list of weekend activities statewide. Check out your community.
News Highlights: Ongoing Nancy Workman
saga: The
Salt Lake Tribune and KSL
TV report on the mayor commenting publicly for the first
time. Prosecutor David Yocom is accused of
engaging in a personal political vendetta as reported
by the Deseret Morning News. The Morning
News and the Daily
Herald report that Provo City is selling Provo
Cable to new iProvo service provider as Provo moves toward construction
of a ubiquitous fiber network.
2004 Utah Senate Races At-A-Glance
- Number of Races: 15
- Open Seats: 2, both Republican
(District 13, Bill Wright retiring; District 19, David Gladwell
retiring)
- Republican Seats Up: 14
- Democratic Seats Up: 1 (Mike
Dmitrich)
- Uncontested: None
- Five Safest GOP Seats: SD14,
John Valentine (R) vs Carilee Harper (D), performs 78.84 GOP;
SD25, Lyle Hillyard (R) vs. Matthew Everett (D), performs 75.81%
GOP; SD21, Sheldon Killpack (R) vs. Kyle Crosland (D), 75% GOP;
SD29, Bill Hickman (R) vs. Dixie Andrus (D), 73.69% GOP; SD24,
Leonard Blackham (R) vs. James Parker (D), 72.52% GOP
- One Very Safe Demo Seat:
SD27, Mike Dmitrich (D) vs. Phillip Peay (R), performs 80% Democratic
- Five Most Vulnerable GOP Seats:
SD19, open, Allen Christensen (R) vs. Jim Hasenyager (D), performs
50.08% GOP; SD20, Scott Jenkins (R) vs. Joe Hull (D), performs
50.79% GOP; SD01, James Evans (R) vs. Fred Fife (D), performs
51.50 GOP; SD08, Carlene Walker (R) vs. Lewis Richard Garrett
(D), performs 53.35 GOP; SD06, Mike Waddoups (R) vs. Cora Lee
Jckowski (D), performs 58.91 GOP.
National Conventions: If
you're really interested in the national conventions coming
up at the end of July (Democratic) and the end of August (Republican),
you can sign up for free daily e-mail alerts from National Journal
by going to this
Web site. National Journal does an excellent job
with these things and the free subscription also provides access
to other NJ publications during the conventions.
Political Web Site: If you
like to follow the presidential race, congressional races and
gubernatorial races, look at the latest polls and get “insider”
information, then Charlie
Cook's Web site is a terrific resource. There is a lot of
free information, but if you want the most up-to-date stuff
you pay a fairly hefty subscription fee for Cook's newsletter.
He rates both Utah's gubernatorial race and the 2nd District
congressional race as tossups.
- LaVarr Webb
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Patriotic Quotes
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"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are
created equal."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I know not what course others
may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."
- Patrick Henry
"They that can give up essential
liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty
nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
"America will never be destroyed
from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be
because we destroyed ourselves."
- Abraham Lincoln
"The right to freedom being the
gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift
and voluntarily become a slave."
- Samuel Adams
Patriotism is not short, frenzied
outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of
a lifetime.
- Adlai Stevenson
America is woven of many strands.
I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become
one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
- Ralph Ellison
"We will direct every resource at our command every
means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument
of law enforcement, every financial influence and every necessary
weapon of war to the destruction and to the defeat of the
global terror network."
- George W. Bush
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Friday, July 2, 2004
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Please submit calendar items to AgendaUtah@UtahPolicy.com
- July 2: The Sean Hannity Show broadcasts live
on KSL Radio from Gallivan Plaza, 1-4 p.m. Free.
- July 7: Utah Stonewall Democrats, 5:30 pm, State
Democratic Headquaters third floor conference room, 455 So 300 East,
SLC.
- July 10: Davis County Democrats No-Host Breakfast,
8:30 am to 10:00 am, Joanie s Restaurant, 286 North 400 West,
Kaysville. Contact Richard Watson (801) 292-6772.
- July 19-23: National Conference of State Legislatures,
Salt Lake City.
- August 3: Utah Log Cabin Republicans Monthly
Meeting, 7:30 pm, Room N4010, Salt Lake County Government Center,
2001 South State Street, SLC.
- August 5: Professional Republican Women (PRW)
and Utah Federation of Republican Women half-day Campaign School.
Keynote speaker Fred Lampropolous. Noon to 5 p.m. at Merit Medical,
1660 W. Merit Parkway (9800 S.), South Jordan. Cost $45, Contact
PRW 801-270-0802.
- August 5: Progressive Democratic Caucus Meeting, 6:30-8:00
pm, 455 South 300 East, Suite 102, SLC. Contact Craig Axford (801)
918-6017.
- August 14: Davis County Democrats No-Host Breakfast,
8:30-10:00 am, Joanie s Restaurant, 286 North 400 West, Kaysville.
Contact Richard Watson (801) 292-6772.
- August 24: Green Party of Utah Roots Local Monthly
Meeting, 12:00 pm, Sprague Library, 1100 East just past 2100 South,
SLC. Contact 486-2558. |
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