Comments about ‘Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer has pet projects in mind’

Sounds good too me.

An accident is an accident what good will increasing fines do. Try spending spending some time drafting legislation for "real" issues Mr. Wimmer.

There is a bill that has been proposed before the US Congress that would require every proposed bill to include a statement regarding which provision in the US constitution gives Congress the authority to pass such a bill.

The concern, of course, is that all too often bills pushed by congress would not meet the test of constitutionality but there is nothing to prevent Congress from passing a piece of legislation that is clearly prohibited by the constitution.


The authority to govern under the constitution has some very specific and explicitly enumerated limits that frequently seem to get ignored in the rush to either gain control over the citizens or garner their favor by using the power to tax to buy their votes.

Since Bob states that Mr. Wimmer "is a strict constitutionalist", perhaps it would set a good example to the Federal congress to introduce such a bill here so that our legislators would be required to explicitly identify the section of the Utah Constitution that gives them the authority to pass each and every bill they propose.

Does anyone out there know what limits the authority of counties, cities, and special districts?

Carl, when are you going to run my bill to make Ponzi schemes legal?

There is something else to worry about this legislative session and it is right up your alley. Governor Herbert and Senator Hillyard hatched plans to cut public safety protection, by reducing BCI background checks and by cutting the number of police officers on the streets and investigators fighting violent crime.

Read my lips: It's the budget!

This guy sounds like a screaming liberal to me.

You have to look at some of the other bills he has proposed, which are listed next to this article. Carl Wimmer is anything but a liberal. He is one of the last hopes we have in this state for a limited controlled government. I attended his Patrick Henry Caucus event he had last night, so I think I can say with relative authority when I say the man is a true Statesman. He already said he will not be running the "traffic accicent" bill. As for the defending our property rights, he is dead on. Who could be against that?

The budget is one part of what occurs during the session, and there is no need to ignore other pressing issues simply because the budget is tight. I heard Wimmer last night say he and others will be proposing tax cuts to stimulate the economy, this sounds like a great idea.