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View or Read Gov. Huntsman’s Speech
If you missed the governor’s state-of-the-state speech last night, you can watch it via streaming video on the state’s Web site. You can also read it here.
Rocky's State-of-the-City Speech
The S.L.C. Mayor's Office website has posted a pdf file of Mayor Rocky Anderson's 2006 State-of-the-City speech delivered Tuesday. He covers a lot of topics, including the Brokeback Mountain movie controversy. To read the speech, click here.
Chamber’s Legislative Priorities
Check out the Salt Lake Chamber’s new Policies and Issues section of its Web site, where you will find a PDF of the Chamber’s legislative priorities.
Weber County GOP Website
The Weber County Republican Party has a new website. To check it out, click here.
Fun With Those Pesky Reporters
The Salt Lake Chamber is sponsoring an opportunity on Thursday to meet the local news media and hear their choices for the top news story of 2005. Their presentations will be followed by a question and answer session. There will be networking and continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. followed by a panel presentation from 7:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Here is a list of the participants:
- Terry Orme, Managing Editor for News and Business, The Salt Lake Tribune
- Brian Mullahy, Anchor, KUTV 2 News
- Marc Giauque, Reporter, KSL Newsradio
- John Klemack, Reporter, KSTU Fox 13
- Chris Jones, Reporter, ABC 4 News, KTVX-TV
- Jonathan Brown, Host of KCPW's Morning Edition, KCPW 88.3/105.3 FM
- Lucinda Dillon Kinkead & Dennis Romboy, Reporters, Deseret Morning News
- Jenny Brundin, News Director, KUER
- Jaqueline Hurtado, for KUTH-Univision
- Keith McCord, Weekend Anchor, KSL TV 5
The Master of Ceremonies is Jennifer Napier-Pearce, InsideUtah.com podcast. The sponsor of the event is the Newspaper Agency Corporation. Location is the Marriott-City Center, 210 South State. Cost is $15 for Chamber members and $20 for non-members. Register Now or call 328-5050, or jsexton@saltlakechamber.org.
Get to Know Your Legislators
Name & District: Rep. Brad King, District 69, southeastern Utah
 Occupation: College Administrator
Education: AS College of Eastern Utah, BS Brigham Young University, MED Brigham Young University, doctoral work at UNLV
Growing up: Born in Brigham City, February 12, 1956. Five years in Orem, then public school in Price
Fondest memory: Fishing with my father
Childhood ambition: To become a teacher
Family: Wife, Tami, son Skyler (24), Kitani (21 and recently married), Hunter (17), dog Ed (4)
Why politics: I've always been interested in politics; I've been involved in party politics since I was 18.
My perfect day: Carbon Dinos win, Golden Eagles win, Cougars win, Jazz win
Hobbies: golf, music, reading, foreign films
First job: construction
Motivations/ambitions: Become a grandfather and find a type of cuisine that I don't like (I've been trying for six years and I'm failing miserably)
Hottest issue you're watching: Budget
Biggest challenge: Being right, but being in the minority
Alarm clock: My stomach
Proudest moment: The day I became a father
Political ideology: I am a conservative Democrat
Soundtrack: John Meyer
Personal motto/mission statement: If you always spend less than you bring in, you'll always have change in your pocket
Most embarrassing moment: The time I was called on to present a Senate Bill and I wasn't aware that I was the House sponsor (it passed despite my lack of preparation)
Inspiration: my wife
Retreat: Southeast Utah
Favorite book: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Favorite movie: Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Indulgence: Anything that a diabetic shouldn't eat
Mentor: Senator Mike Dimitrich
A small insight into my psyche: I think my favorite movie said it all
My top priority for the 2006 session: Education
Hot issue in 2006 session: Budget
The 2006 session will be remembered for: The year with the big "surplus"
The surplus: we must look at the surplus in relationship to our long-term vision of prosperity
Utah's tax system: we are in desperate need of tax reform, not just tax change
Tax cuts: Tax cuts should also be made based on a long-term vision
Education funding: This year is an opportunity to address some desperate needs in public education. Optional all-day kindergarten is a key to our future progress.
Immigration: Until the federal government establishes a vision for immigration, the states will not be able to make rational decisions.
Transportation: Making Highway 6 safer ought to be a top priority.
USTAR: Funding USTAR has the potential of putting Utah in charge of its own economic destiny by allowing us to select what kind of industry and jobs we promote in our state.
My district is cool because: It has the most beautiful variety of landscapes on the face of the earth, from the Native American ruins on the Train of the Ancients and natural bridges in San Juan County to the arches in Grand County, the San Rafael Swell in Emery County, and the nine-mile canyon and Range Creek in Carbon County. You will find nothing more diverse nor more spectacular anywhere in the world.
I like serving in the Legislature because: the issues are compelling, the challenges are intriguing, the people involved are fascinating, and I like to serve my constituents in a way that could not be done anywhere else.
My philosophy of government: I believe that government can be part of the solution and not just part of the problem. I believe that government should honor the will of the majority without ignoring the rights of the minority. I believe we should be judged in government by how we treat our seniors, our veterans, our children, and our disabled.
Running for political office is: a solemn responsibility whose rewards are not always immediately evident. Everybody should try it.
Blog Watch
Paul Rolly reports that Fred Lampropoulos is back in the political game... At the Senate Site blog, Sen. Michael Waddoups has a post about a "smokin' issue"... Evolution in Utah has some thoughts on whether teaching evolution destroys faith in God... Casserole Bar issues a statement on behalf of Larry H. Miller (see also here)... The Transcendent Sycophant, The Chronicles of Will and Policy Blog come to Miller's defense... Reach Upward has a long, thoughful post on Utah's revenue surplus... Part of Plan questions the wisdom of making it legal to drive around with a loaded weapon given Utah's recent dearth of stagecoach ambushes... The Crow's Nest shares a joke about consultants... Planet Legislature tries to decipher the meaning of a speech by House Speaker Greg Curtis... Rep. Steve Urquhart finds an unintentional message in a recent Trib editorial... SLCSPIN says it's 9 and counting for Mayor Rocky Anderson... Jennifer Killpack-Knutsen's "radical cheerleading" gambit makes the Chicago Tribune... New Sysyphus says Sen. Orrin Hatch has been instrumental in helping Sen. Ted Kennedy turn his life around.
Washington Watch
Hatch Preparing Biogenerics Legislation
According to article, Sen. Orrin Hatch is preparing legislation to resolve the up-in-the-air regulatory status of biogenerics (UPI). |
