Candidate Filings
Of the 75 House seats up for grabs, Republicans failed to field a candidate in 1, and Democrats failed to field a candidate in 19.
posted by steve u. at 3/27/2006
Utah House of Representatives
posted by steve u. at 3/27/2006
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I like trolling....
All I can say is duh! hehe
I must say though, that while I have nothing personally against you or your wife, Steve, it is a terrible conflict of interest to me that you are on the education committee and that she is running for the state school board. I do hope that it is in the interest of improving education and not in the interest of furthering a political agenda against it, as seems to be some of the motivation of some nowadays.
Ryan,
I have a record on education issues in the legislature. Sara has her own record in many ventures, including community council and working with our local schools. Those records each stand on their own. However, I'd say all of it is done in the interest of improving education. At the ballot box, though, that will be for voters to decide.
I notice that Don L. Miller is running against you.
The only failure is your inability to see the future. The democrats have record numbers of qualified candidates running this election, record numbers. One of those candidates is Don L. Miller.
He is one of those democratic success stories.
Since I can see that your language is filled with words like failure, I thought that I might comment. I notice that the current movement in the West regarding democratic leadership is optimistic, a character I believe breeds success. Success=POSITIVE.
Using the word failed is just a symptom of your fear. As a former republican may I state the obvious; you can't trust republicans with money.
Birdie,
Spin is important; I probably should have said that the Democrats succeeding in forfeiting 25% of the House races.
Our system requires participation. I am glad that the voters in district 75 will have choices in November. For the good of the system, it's unfortunate that voters don't have such choices in many other races.
When Democrats and the media trot out their tired frustration with Utah's "one-party system," it's worth remembering that only one party bothered to show up for 19 of the 75 races (which, if you are right, is a record showing).
Sometimes those "improving education" measure come along big special interest lines whether it's the teacher unions or the voucher liberals. I think we need to improve education along real lines.
It is indeed a BIG BIG BIG conflict of interest for you to be on the education committee and your wife to be on the state school board. From what I've seen in recent elections, it seems along the lines of controlling educational policy and promoting certain things.
I approved of your HB 181, but there were also some things that do need mentioning too. The Reading Initiative did HELP out the schools, at least in those areas where the funds were appropriated in beneficial ways (e.g. reading specialists). A math initiative would not have HURT either.
Actually, I would like to see strong community programs geared to helping schools succeed. When a community comes together on education, wonderful things can result.
Recent measures seem to be bent more on creating divisions and stratification and increasing blame, negativity, resentment towards education and educators, and such (at least it has been the case in my neighborhood).
We need to work together collaboratively rather than combatively.
I agree that we need to work together, but does your party understand this?
Yes, birdie, I think Republicans can work together with education. I will admit that the special interest people are really trying to cloud the issue, but I think it can be done
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