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Gehrke: The Legislature shouldn’t meddle with voters who have taken matters into their own hands

All over the Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put together bills that could undercut initiatives that proponents have spent months trying to get onto the November ballot.

Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, has perhaps the most overt, a bill that would directly nullify the $700 million tax increase a group of prominent business leaders calling itself Our Schools Now is seeking to bolster Utah’s woeful public school funding.

Rep. Lee Perry, R-Perry, said a medical marijuana initiative is badly flawed, and he has legislative attorneys drafting a scaled-back alternative.

“If the [marijuana] initiative passes, I’m not sure our state agencies could implement it the way it’s drafted,” he said.