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I have been writing articles about political candidates for over a decade now on various sites and finally decided to create my own. My goal has always been to provide accurate information to voters so they can make more informed decisions. John Mulholland is a software engineer that has been writing about candidates since 2015. […]
Continue ReadingEvery two year, the odd ones, there is county organizing convention for the GOP. This year it will take place on April 26th at Salem Hills High School. Chair Cristy Henshaw Cristy Henshaw is finishing up her first term as the Utah County GOP Party Chair and decided to run again. She has no challenger. […]
Continue ReadingWe need your help! Heading into the last week of the Utah Legislative session, legislative leaders are fast tracking Senate Bill 337 “Land Use and Development Amendments” which if passed, could fund a lot of bad development at a pace of 3 per year, without local approval and with a very limited public process and […]
Continue ReadingHB 267 – Public Sector Labor Union Amendments HB267 aims to dramatically curtail what public sector unions are able to do. Public sector unions consist of fire fighter and other emergency worker unions, police and other law enforcement unions, the Utah Public Employees Association which covers most state employees, and, the big one, the Utah […]
Continue ReadingHB 300 Amendments to Election LawThere has been a lot of confusion with HB 300 about Rep Burton’s proposed changes to mail in voting. The bill itself is quite long. I interviewed Rep Burton and he said that there were a couple of problems with elections recently and voter confidence had dropped. HB 300 is […]
Continue ReadingWith Brady Brammer winning the State Senate seat following the resignation of Dr. Mike Kennedy, his house seat is now open to a special convention to replace him. Here are the candidates. The special convention takes place on Saturday, December 7th at 10:00 am at Viewpoint Middle School.
Continue ReadingWith State Senator Mike Kennedy running for the Congressional District 3 seat, a special election to replace him has already started. This will only take effect if Kennedy wins. This will be voted on by Utah County Republican delegates in a special election on Nov 2nd. Brady Brammer Brady grew up in Orem and received […]
Continue ReadingKay Christofferson State house representatives are elected every two years and Kay Christofferson is up for reelection in State House District 53, as the Republican nominee. Kay was first elected in 2012 and has served 12 years. Kay has a background in civil engineering and currently serves as the chair of the House Transportation Committee. […]
Continue ReadingKirby Glad, reported to Utah Country GOP central committee members after speaking to many knowledgeable people regarding the election process, even reading the statutes himself. Kirby is a registered parliamentarian and somebody who both knows the process and insists people stick to it. The central committee happened on September 14th and after over 3 hours […]
Continue ReadingMany voters in Alpine School District will likely have a ballot initiative to consider this fall: Should Alpine School District be reconfigured into smaller districts? At the time of this writing, nothing is on the ballot, but several potential initiatives are moving forward. ASD Study For several months now, the ASD Board has been researching […]
Continue ReadingPreconvention I was able to interview most of the candidates for the races I covered and have write-ups. I noticed a disturbing trend though with the mailers, town-halls, and text messages. I was hearing a lot more about how loyal people were to Trump and a lot less about the Constitution. Convention day I arrived […]
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