Comments about ‘Ethics reform advances marred by petty politics’

i signed the petition to allow utah voters to decide on ethical reforms, figuring i could vote later, one way or another depending on the actions of legislators during this session. the reforms outlined in the utahns for ethical government initiative are unnecessarily strong, but i don't see any reason for an honest respectable lawmaker to object.
because utah legislators have attempted to make it more difficult for citizens to petition their government, i have now decided to actively promote the ueg petition and initiative.

During his first year in office, Barack Obama made the rounds of his constituents and tried to appease them all. For the pacifists there were promises to get out of Iraq. Self-loathing Americans were given a global, kow-towing, Presidential apology tour. The Marxist-librarian constituency was assuaged when he accepted communist literature from Hugo Chavez. To satisfy Rodney King — Can't We All Just Get Along? adherents, Mr. Obama promised to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo. Proponents of global environmental policy, universal health care, nationalized industry, and massive government, all got something. But the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgendered community, which worked so hard to elect Mr. Obama, wasn’t feeling the love. The President wouldn’t let them out of the closet, they argued, and their patience was wearing thin. POTUS had to give them reason to stay in the fold. The payoff came in his State of the Union Address, when Mr. Obama went off on another frolic and diversion in declaring, This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.

"Republicans in Utah have a lot of power. It is disingenuous of them to abuse that power.

Utahns are smart enough to see it."

If Utahns were smart enough to see it, we would have a different cast of characters on the hill already. Voter apathy and the acceptance of one-party politics as "true" will allow these legislators to get away with their heavy-handed and undemocratic (lower case d) tactics once more.

Voters get the elected representatives they deserve.

I did the very seem thing for the very same reason. Let the Utah voters decide in November. Why is the GOP so concerned about putting an ethics policy before the voters? Like you, I see no reason for an honest, respectable lawmaker to object. Their objections (especially the attempt to rescind signatures) have caused me, as well, to actively promote the UEG petition and initiative. My neighbors and I will be out and about with petitions on Saturday. Something needs to be done.

The supreme court just overturned a law limiting contributions to political campains. A 5-4 vote it was 5 republicans -4 democrats. You think these Republicans in this state are going to vote to stop the money that helps keep control on Utahs 1 party system? I got a bridge in california I'd like to sell ya.These people have no ethics

Actually the supreme court overturned a law preventing corporations from advertising for specific candidates. The limits on campaign contributions still stand. Not that there will not be more challenges to this petition by those that love the status quo. At least will get to see people's true colors here.

"Now these GOP lawmakers are usually a fairly reasonable bunch" Are you really using this to describe Utah lawmakers?