State and National

Increasing your taxes without notice?

Ogden School District is asking voters to vote in favor of a 29% property tax increase during a special election on June 25, 2013. According to a resolution posted on the School District website, this tax rate increase, from 0.001240 to 0.001603 per dollar, is to “fund the repair, maintenance, and operation of the Ben Lomond High School and Ogden High School swimming pools.”

The Utah Republican Organizing Convention was held in Sandy Utah on the 18th of May of this year.  Approximately 1,500 of the 2,500 State delegates attended.  As in past years, principles and politics were evident.  Speakers referred to a common theme that the two should coincide, with some emphasizing principles.  For example, the proposed order of business had candidate speeches and elections first, but there was a proposal from the floor to consider principle-based amendments and resolutions first.  The principle-based group wanted principle matters first because they view

Freedom in his Heart

Stan Ellsworth, the Harley motorcycle riding “biker dude” star of the American patriotic BYUtv show, American Ride, came dressed in his biker duds and speaking in his “eloquent” baritone drawl.  The occasion was the Annual Awards and Recognition Banquet of the Utah Sons of the American Revolution held in Salt Lake on April 20th of this year. Pleasant View citizen, Doug McGregor, Vice-President of the Sons of the American Revolution introduced Stan.

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Lee Reacts to NSA Tracking Phone Records

WASHINGTON—Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today release the following statement in response to the National Security Agency’s seizure and surveillance of Americans’ Verizon phone records.

Local Citizens Group Support Getting Out of Obamacare
(Say they support the Constitution by Removing Utah from Unconstitutional Obamacare)

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Photo: Moab Under Canvas Safari Tent, Moab Under Canvas Luxury Camp

A Moab Getaway for Utahns

Now opening on June 21st for its first season, Moab Under Canvas is the perfect weekend getaway for the Utahn looking to escape without going far.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Lee Responds to IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee released the following statement regarding revelations that the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting conservative groups:

Teach M y Child Rule of Law - Not Democracy

The Coalition For Constitutional  Education          May 6, 2011 edition Reposted