May 2012 Blog Posts (5)

I attended the Utah Payer’s Association 34th Annual Conference and was impressed with Governor Gary Herbert's speech. Here are my notes.

I Tax increases actually decreases money to government

Some people are surprised that more criminals in jail actually reduces crime rate

Governor Pat Quinn, governor of Illinois saw a multi-billion dollar budget gap and…

My son Michael was elected to be the Sophomore Class President for next year at Rockwell Charter High School.

This was my setup to watch the Eclipse on Sunday May 20th. I duct taped my binoculars to my camera tripod and focused the image onto a white board. With the binoculars focused correctly you could see the 3 major sun spots.

I taped a large piece of Styrofoam to the front of the binoculars to throw a shadow so the eclipse could be…

Today at 8am, Eagle Mountain held the Grand Opening for its latest park, the "Mid Valley Sports Complex".

Mayor Heather Jackson threw out the first pitch. It was "low and outside", but in her defense, she was throwing into a stiff northerly wind.…

Brandon Watters, Chair of EM05, has written one of the most succinct reports of the GOP Utah County and Utah State conventions. I got permission from him to post it here on my web site. Shout out to Brandon, our local "Radio Personality". He also has a Call to Action on the Vote by Mail campaign that is being pushed by our the GOP State Leadership.

I am however, delighted to report that, at both our county convention on April 14^th and our…