It was an absurd ask from the beginning: A tax overhaul that touches every pocketbook in the state, and a two-week window for Utahns to digest it.
The death of House Bill 441 last week was preordained. The challenge now is to prevent more of the same.
Gov. Gary Herbert tried to imply at a Thursday press conference that this has somehow been a heroic effort that only Utah’s leaders could pull off.
"It would have been easy to kick it down the road as we see too often on tough issues around the country.