In this, the year of the citizen initiative, Utahns have taken lawmaking into their own hands at a level not seen in decades, perhaps ever. It will be two more weeks before we know which of four initiatives have enough signatures to be on the ballot in November — but we already know who is feeling threatened.
Two of the four faced late rescission campaigns, in which petition-signers were tracked down and asked to take back their willingness to let the people vote.
The Tribune’s Lee Davidson reported this week that a bishop and Relief Society president in at least one LDS ward in Davis County organized a rescission effort over the medical marijuana initiative.