"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln
Greetings friends and neighbors, Many of you read this blog not because you agree with everything I have to say, but because you trust me to say it plainly and clearly without regard to any predispostions, or superficial politically correct nonsense. This however, is my final blog entry. At my age I must take charge of my own health, happiness and that of my family. I hope you will understand. I have recently spent six months trying to help all my neighbors in the district and community with their tax...
Greetings friends and neighbors,
I thought you might like to know what actually happened this session relative to property taxation issues and how the effort fared.
"It is 2 a.m. and the session is over. Despite our efforts, little was accomplished on the property tax side with the exception of killing bad bills such as tax deferral and creating special benefits for limited numbers of property tax payers.We did introduce the AV concept but there just wasn't any urgency felt on the part of legislators to deal with property taxes. Legislators were much more concerned about illegal...
For more information Contact: Don Bell (“D-Bell”) at (801) 745-1419,dkbell266@yahoo.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2008 D.W. Bell announces his candidacy as a Democrat for the Utah State LegislatureDistrict 8 seat currently held by Gage Froerer OGDEN – Don Bell, a decorated combat pilot as well as ("in")famous F-16 testpilot, announced today, March 4, that he will challenge Representative Gage Froerer for District 8 seat in the Utah Legislature. “Enough is enough, it’s time to send people to Capitol Hill who will represent all the people and not just special interests, it...
Greetings gentle readers,
What is becoming one of my favorite newspapers, The Daily Herald, from the Orem-Provo area has published a "local opinion" by George Handley. Believe it or not, George is apparently a BYU professor, native Utahn, Provo citizen, practicing Mormon and a life long Democrat. But that is OK, because I think after you read what George wrote you (like myself) will agree with the man. And I hope you will carefully consider what Mr. Handley has to say. The Rinos (Republicans in name only) most of whom have shown us just how corrupt they actually are...and who refuse Ethics...
The first figure is the conservative amount of monies taken from the Realtor, Developer, and Real Estate Finance special interests in 2006.
The second larger figure is the Total 2006 amount contributed by "special interests".
And the last two digit number (1-39) is a footnote which corresponds to notes which reveal additional special interest money given in the form of Jazz & concert tickets, meals, junkets (trips), green fees, etc.
Representatives:
Douglas Aagard* $4,050 $12,951 Sheryl Allen 3,300 37,829 Sylvia Anderson 3,500 30,560 Roger Barrus* 3,400 8,601 Ralph Becker*...
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