December 2015 Blog Posts (7)

Congratulations to Scott Lockwood of Herriman who won 2 Star Wars tickets sending the code indicating that he lives in Senate District 13 to Dave Lifferth by email.

Congratulations for Blake Scarborough from Eagle Mountain who won 2 tickets to Star Wars by communicating following @DavidLifferth on Twitter.…

Should Starbucks be considered a restaurant and be allowed to get a liquor license?

Some Other Responses:

S: A restaurant is a place where the majority of the revenues are from food and full meals are served. Starbucks is a coffee shop that might sell a few pastries etc. It no where qualifies as a restaurant. Now if they want to switch business models and serve alcohol, they might qualify for a tavern…

Today, UDOT Announced $25m for the design and construction of a one lane each direction frontage road of Mountain View Corridor from SR-73 to 2100 North. This will go to public comment.

For Immediate Release

UDOT ADVANCES REDWOOD ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN SARATOGA SPRINGS TO 2017

Funds to widen and reconstruct Redwood Road scheduled one year earlier due to rapid growth

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (Dec. 11, 2015) – Due to rapid population growth west of Utah Lake, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has decided to accelerate its…

This morning Governor Herbert released his budget recommendations for fiscal year 2017 and the remainder of fiscal year 2016.  We have reviewed the Governor’s proposal and summarized significant items for you below.  While this is not an exhaustive list, it should hit the highlights.  All amounts are General and Education Funds (GF/EF) unless otherwise noted.  Please do not hesitate to contact me or any other LFA staffer for more detail.



Overview:

FY 2017 budget recommendations…

For my next Senate District 13 Campaign promotions, I am giving away two (2) sets of two (2) tickets for a total of 4 tickets to Opening Weekend of Star Wars:The Force Awakens complete with a large bucket of Popcorn. I heard on the KSL Movie Show that Star Wars tickets for opening weekend are being scalped for $100 each. So consider each of these pair of tickets to be worth $200. I purchased the 4 tickets before the Thanksgiving…

Two of my friends, Tinoa Tuioti from New Zealand and Justin Moody who was born in Jamaica, became U.S. Citizens at a naturalization ceremony held at This is the Place State Park this past week. There were about 150 others that also became citizens. There was a very jubilant feeling and hugs and high-fives were passed around.

My Grandfather was born in Germany and immigrated to the U.S.A. with his parents through Ellis Island. It has been my…