Hang On There, Sparky

Apparently, the Gov-elect's Chief of Staff is thinking up ways of getting the legislators out among the people:

"We're excited to get out to the people of Utah, away from Salt Lake City" for the speech, Chaffetz said. "You'll see Gov. Huntsman out among the people all the time, and it's good to get the Legislature out, too."

Um, does he know legislators are each elected from a certain part of the State and that we're only in session 45-days out of the year? I think today -- as I go to my full-time job and take my kids swimming and exchange a Christmas gift at Christensen's and take in a movie -- I'll offer constituents photo ops. When my neighbors and friends ask what the heck I'm doing, I'll proclaim I am being one of them; you know, man-of-the-people.

Give me a break.

A State-of-the-State speech in rural Utah is cool, and I support it, but I would think, with the general session just 20-days away and no specific legislative recommendations having been offered by the incoming-administration, Jason has more pressing concerns than getting "the Legislature out more."