Stupid News Day
I saw this in the online edition of the Salt Lake Tribune via Fark.com:
Utah Lawmakers Defend Bill to Bypass Voters
Utah's Republican senators want to lead the charge nationwide to recapture some of the power state legislatures once held before a constitutional amendment allowed people to vote for their U.S. senators directly.
Utah Senate President John Valentine said SB156, which would allow legislators to pick Senate candidates, as long as the political parties agreed, has nothing to do with sitting Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett.
It's an effort to bolster the power of state leaders, who are more equipped to crack down on unfunded programs foisted upon the states by the U.S. Congress, he said.
This is my favorite part:
"We know more than voters do," Valentine said. "They don't get the chance to hear all that we do."
All of a sudden, I'm glad my State Senator is a Democrat.
Utah Lawmakers Defend Bill to Bypass Voters
Utah's Republican senators want to lead the charge nationwide to recapture some of the power state legislatures once held before a constitutional amendment allowed people to vote for their U.S. senators directly.
Utah Senate President John Valentine said SB156, which would allow legislators to pick Senate candidates, as long as the political parties agreed, has nothing to do with sitting Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett.
It's an effort to bolster the power of state leaders, who are more equipped to crack down on unfunded programs foisted upon the states by the U.S. Congress, he said.
This is my favorite part:
"We know more than voters do," Valentine said. "They don't get the chance to hear all that we do."
All of a sudden, I'm glad my State Senator is a Democrat.
posted by Michael at
8:52 AM
3 Comments:
I swear, there is not an honest politician in this nation. What we need is to do away with career politicians. What ever happened to all those term limits we were hearing about?
By
dilliwag, At
January 26, 2006 8:14 PM
No, Derek, those were tern limits. You know, the birds. Can't have too many of those lying around.
By
Your Host, At
January 26, 2006 8:51 PM
I'm in favor of tern limits. Stupid birds!
Oh, yeah, the other kind would be great, too. Too bad we'll never get any career politician to vote for a bill that will effectively end his state-supported career.
Maybe we should start a ballot initiative....?
By
Michael, At
January 27, 2006 8:20 AM
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