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Curtis, Seegmiller spar in debate
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Something has got to be done to shake up our legislature!
I e-mailed the same questions to Rep. Curtis. Not only were the responses thorough, they represented a level of understanding of the issues and details associated with those issues totally lacking from Mr. Seegmiller, and Rep. Curtis followed it up with a telephone call to make sure he had answered my concerns.
Seegmiller may talk the talk about being responsive, but he sure didn't walk the walk when it came to responding to my inquiries...and when he did, he didn't even answer the questions.
He claims he wants to be my "representative," but he was slow to respond, and when he did, he didn't understand the issues, nor did he answer the questions I asked of him.
He lost my vote.
Curtis kindly corrected Seegmiller when it was Curtis' turn to speak.
But I can understand the confusion in Seegmiller's response. He's flipped-flopped so much on gay marriage that I'm sure it is hard for him to remember where he stands one day to the next.
Regardless, if Curtis had made that gaffe you can bet the news would've reported it.
Greg can't remove the undo influence of special interests if he can't even tell who they are.
It is time to elect a rep. that can. Vote for Jay!
Mr. Curtis is among a handful of Republicans who have done serious harm to the party and to conservative principles. Electing Mr. Seegmiller would be a great help in purging the legislature and Republican party of some heavy-handedness. Being in the minority party, Mr. Seegmiller will be unable to do much serious harm.
Curtis has actively supported the school district split and rightly so. The east side needs to the opportunity to allow parents to take responsibility for their children's educations instead of the Teacher Unions. Eastside parents have the opportunity now to really know and understand their school board members.
If Curtis does not return to the legislature, there is a crowd of people who will gladly lead a vote in the house to reverse the decision and stop the completion of the eastside school district. Some think there is no way that can happen. But I think they better wake up and see the money that UEA is putting into the defeat of anyone who supported the division. It will be interesting in a few years when the UEA tries to have some influence on the leadership of that district.
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He can cry ethics reform all day until he realizes that his special needs are represented up there at the legislature as actively as mine. And then he will start to understand how the Democratic party is using him to cry a war cry that the voters of Utah will chant day in and day out without realizing that the Democrats enjoy the attention of the special interests even more so than the Republicans.
I feel very proud to have Curtis represent me. Has has supported ethics reform by voting for such reform in 2007, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997, and 1996.
He has constantly voted to cut taxes, although at times taxes have been raised by the legislature as a whole -- often against the vote of Curtis.
And the UEA is the biggest special interest out there. Anyone who is getting funds/support from the UEA is not going to be an independent voice. The UEA is the puppeteer behind the curtain.
Vote Curtis and let him continue to fund education, keep Utah in the black, and build the roads/infrastructure that set Utah apart.
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