Comments about ‘Doughnuts for breakfast or pizza for lunch? Legislature weighs plans for 4 congressional districts’

The article stated that "One version of the doughnut plan envisions an intact Salt Lake County surrounded by rural districts." Sounds like "funny math" to me.

An intact Salt Lake County includes 1,029,655 residents per the 2010 census. If they divide the total population of the State (2,763,655) equally between the four Congressional Districts, there would still be approximately 339,000 Salt Lake County residents that will be located in one or more of the remaining three Districts. That "doughnut hole" will only contain 67% of the total population of the County.

I doubt that Corroon's opinions and admonitions will make much difference to the Republican legislature. This is the same guy who directed some pretty nasty accusations against the Republican governor less than a year ago.

Let me get this straight, the State Legislature determines the size and boundaries of school districts. What happened to local control and the local voters determining if a school district is too big, or too little or if two of them want to be combined. This legislature talks about the federal government stepping into the states rights, but it is okay for them to step in local school districts and mandate to them their boundaries. What hypocrites.

Further when the Republicans are designing districts to protect their party members then, just as Washington said in his final farewell address: "When the party wins the people loose." The people of Utah are loosing because my party, the Republicans, have lost their way and place party above the people who voted them into office.

I plead with all the voters in Utah to throw the baby out with the bathwater this next election and send a powerful message. We do not like what you as a group are doing and are demanding changes immediately. We the people need to retake our government, because the politicians have stolen it over the years.

Re: CougarBlue | 3:47 p.m. Aug. 20, 2011

Peter Corroon lost to Gov. Herbert 33% to 66% in the governor's race last November. The voters in Utah like our conservative politics and they aren't going to change their opinion anytime soon.

Obama isn't doing Democrats in Utah any favors as we watch him founder like the Titanic.

Rifleman, this has nothing to do with Obama.

It has everything to do with the Republican Party trying to divide and conquer Salt Lake City, which is known to be more liberal than every other county in the state.

Re: mcbillay | 11:10 p.m. Aug. 20, 2011

Obama had nothing to do with Peter Corroon losing the gubernatorial election to Herbert? How else can you possibly explain why Corroon didn't even carry Salt lake County in his 2 to 1 loss against a weak Republican?

Nothing wrong with Republicans in Utah doing what Democrats in states under their control are doing .... unless you believe in a double standard.

If it has to do with Peter Corroon, I am probably against it. I was appalled at his actions during his bid for the governor. I voted for him (I am staunchly conservative) the first time in Salt Lake County and felt that he did a great job. Then I think that he started listening to his parties idiocy and idealology on how to "win Utah." That is where I lost respect for him. I have 3 votes in my house that will vote for whomever runs against him (if he runs which I hear he will not). Yeah! Peter: I think a move to Colorado or Nevada is calling you. They love your kind of politics.

CougarBlue,
Redistricting has nothing to do with local school district boundaries. As part of the process the legislature determines the boundaries of state board of education districts. The state board consists of 15 members elected to represent their respective districts. They have constitutional authority for general control and supervision of public education in the state.