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Buttars, Curtis fighting for political lives
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The reason this is important is it speaks to the value set that each man has and how it relates to us as voters in Utah.
Please elect the man with our values as his core beliefs. Vote for Greg Curtis!!
He has committed to take the rest of the sales tax off of food if reelected!!
We need to elect a man that has proven himself time and again in the legislature. Actions speak louder than words and Greg has proved his worth in getting things done for Utah.
And, as for tax cuts off food, Mr. Curtis is not responsible. There are many, many Democrats who worked to move this issue along long before Mr. Curtis ever joined the legislature and stole our idea.
Todd Taylor
Executive Director
Utah Democrats
Elder Jensen said, ten years ago, that the one-party system hurts Utah. Here's hoping for some more political diversity.
Curtis aspires to higher office. Patriots need to end his political career now.
Voting Libertarian sends Curtis a reminder that the record growth in the State of Utah's government under his watch as Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives won't go unpunished.
You show very little understanding of the issues. Curtis "stole" the idea of removing the sales tax of groceries from then Rep. Waddoups, who tried to pass it years ago. The Democrats in the legislature never had the skill, will or ability to repeal it. Not until Curtis became Speaker did this ever happen. $150 million in sales taxes on food was given back to the people who buy groceries.
So much for Curtis being in it for the real estate industry.
Seegmiller is probably a decent guy, for a union rep who wears an earring. But the truth is he opposed Amendment 3, which 71 percent of his district supported, so it seems like Seegmiller's support of gay unions is out of touch with his constituents.
Peter L.
Do not waste your vote on the same old political rhetoric.
Want't Change? Change YOUR Vote!
Buttars racist comments have shown him to be a bigot and a fool. Intolerance of others is NOT a Utah value.
Buttars abused his position to try to illegally influence a judge. Ethics, which Buttars lacks, is a Utah value.
It is time to get rid of Buttars so we can quit being the laughing stock of the state and country.
Curtis' routine disregard of ethical standards is not excusable by his claims to be an upstanding citizen. Truly ethical people do what is right all the time, not just when they think they might get caught. Of course, in Buttars' and Curtis' cases, they know it doesn't matter if they get caught, their buddies will protect them from any responsibility.
Vote out the corrupt and lets start anew.
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No his problems are much older. Remember his anti-evolution bill?
If nothing else at least the candidates have read the constitution.
Utah Democrats - Balance. Ethics Reform. Thoughtful Legislation. Good open Government. No back room dealing with Developers and rich fat cat campaign donors.
Vote for Seegmiller and bring about good open government!!!
Sorry folks...I know where Buttars stands on the issues and while I disagree with some of what he stands for, Rendell is a completely unknown commodity and I can only assume that as a democrat he is in opposition to some of my values.
Buttars gets my vote.
A State Senate seat in Utah is almost 3 times as large by population as a House seat. They surveyed fewer callers and yet still have a 5.9% margin of error? Not necessarily a red flag but no confidence either.
5.9% margin of error is pretty big. That is roughly 6% and outside the range of professionalism that most pollsters use. One way that professionals read this is to subract 6 points from one candidate and add 6 points to the other. Thus instead of being 45-44 it could be as spread as 39-50. or the other way 51-38. That is an enormous margin of error. Good polls work to get the margin of error down to less than 3%.
In years past Dan Jones has released polls with margins of error as high as 14%. Why anyone reads a single poll he does is beyond me.
He falls into the category of propaganda more than anything else. Remember how he called it for Eskelson over Cook and Cook won by 11%?
Ug
The fact that they are not releasing any numbers there tells me that Greg Hughes is winning by a large margin and since that doesn't jive with the political editors agenda, don't cover that part of the story.
Speculation but easy to come to. Just presume that the political editor of the Deseret News likes Democrats this year and make reasonable assumptions based on it. You will not be spot on but ball park close every time.
"Butters is clear where he stands on issues and he isn't owned by anyone by any policial interest group. So I'm voting for Buttars."
He is owned, lock stock and barrel by Gayle Ruzicka and the Utah Eagle Forum. If Gayle wants something done in the Senate, Buttars is at the top of her list to call.
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Please vote Curtis back to the house. It is important for our district.
With Curtis as our Representative we have the strongest voice up at the legislature.