First by-law change submitted was to address the seating of delegates for the state convention. The proposed change says that the “Counties shall submit a current, updated and final list of state delegates to the State Party no later than 5 pm eight days before the state nominating convention.
Jackie DeGaston rose to amend the [...]
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Proposed by-law changes
January 23rd, 2010
Utah GOP Has New Vice-Chair
January 23rd, 2010
Today’s central committee meeting met to elect a new vice-chair after Morgan Philpot stepped down to run for Utah’s second Congressional district.
Nominations were made, including one from the floor. Kitty Dunn, Chad Bennion and Mike Ridgway were the nominees. Mike Ridgway gave the the first speech, wherein a breach of decorum occurred before [...]
Just a little giddy
January 20th, 2010
If you are a Republican, that is. Last night’s victory for Republican Scott Brown in very liberal Massachusetts was the political shot heard round the world – or at least across this great land of ours. Brown was polling at something like 28%. Even 2 weeks ago, he was down by nine [...]
Statement on Senator Killpack
January 16th, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY – Statement by Dave Hansen, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party, regarding the arrest last evening of State Senator Sheldon Killpack.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Senator Killpack and his family at this time. As he has indicated in his statement he accepts full responsibility for his actions and consequences. [...]
Morgan Philpot Resigns
January 16th, 2010
Former state legislator Morgan Philpot announced today via Facebook page and Twitter that he is resigning as the Utah GOP vice-chair effective January 23d. His resignation allow the Republican State Central Committee to elect a new vice chair at the meeting to be held that day. Kitty Dunn, current political director, is the only [...]
More good news for the GOP
January 15th, 2010
New polling on a “generic congressional ballot” show Republicans pulling ahead of Democrats by close to double digits. The latest survey by Rasmussen reports show a 45% to 36% lead, the biggest Republican lead in years.
The number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats is also the lowest it has been in seven years.
According to [...]
Mid-term elections looking bright for GOP
January 9th, 2010
Almost a year out, mid-term elections are looking good for Republicans to pick up a number of seats in both the House and Senate.
In the last few weeks, several key Democrats have decided to retire instead of seek re-election, including Senator Dodd of Connecticut. His retirement, however, will likely allow the seat to remain in [...]
Why We All Hate the IRS
January 9th, 2010
In an outrageous story out of Seattle, single mother Rachel Porcaro was audited for not making enough money. She works at a hair salon and made $18,992 at $10/hr. The all-knowing IRS decided that based on their spreadsheet of incomes in the Seattle area, she could not “make it” on less than $36,000. [...]
Increasing the debt ceiling
January 7th, 2010
The federal government hit their credit limit recently (not that they haven’t been pushing it all year). Instead of re-evaluating their spending habits, tightening their belts and learning to live within their means, they just raised the limit. Aiming for a high of $1.9 trillion, they tried to make this increase seem a [...]