Too many Utah legislators ignore the community’s needs in this one-party, gerrymandered state. Yet they are wondering why citizens are gathering signatures on several issues that are smothered during business as usual.
Rep. Mike Schultz’s bill would void any initiative to raise taxes for schools. Only the legislators get to rule, even though the Utah Supreme Court has upheld the initiative process.
Rep. Mike Noel has no qualms in trying to get taxpayers to cover taxes on privatized land like his, suspiciously extracted from the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument. His conflict-of-interest actions adversely affect several other land-use issues.