For a period spanning 2 years, 2011 – 2012, I had the best floor attendance record for floor votes in the entire Utah legislature. I wanted to hear what Rep. King, Rep. Powell, Rep. Bird, and Rep. Noel were going to say. Even though I had read the bills in advance, discussing them could cause me to change my mind or figure out a better | Read More »
Working to improve, but not gut, our neighborhood election caucus system. We appreciate the grassroots nature of this process, with neighbors gathering to discuss political issues and candidates. A system that that does NOT favor the incumbent, wealthy or famous. The Caucus System in Utah is the best way to make sure a grass roots process can work over large amounts of money. It is | Read More »
Fair Elections in Utah vs Count My Vote “Count my Vote” or Buy my Vote? One of the principles of those wanting to gut the neighborhood election caucus meeting and convention system we have in Utah, is this: ” A system that provides inherent advantages to those who are incumbent, wealthy or famous is not acceptable.” http://utahpolicy.com/view/full_story/21947725/article-Principles-for-an-Acceptable-Nomination-Process I find this statement amazing, because I agree | Read More »
The Utah caucus system is the best way to make sure grass roots movements can work over large amounts of money. It is the only way someone with $100,000 can go against someone with $2,000,000 in election funds. There were about 60,000 republicans in Utah that went to the neighborhood caucus elections in 2010 to elect the 3500 delegates. Add to those numbers to democrats | Read More »
Utah’s Greatest Resources are its People An educated workforce is critical for a prosperous economy Utah’s teachers are heroes and should be respected for key work they do to help families. According to the Utah State Office of Education, Utah has the nation’s lowest administrative costs and our schools are rated by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce as providing its citizens a better return | Read More »
Courtesy of Comcast. More of these videos for other candidates are available at Comcast On Demand, Utah. Vote Utah 2012. This video is a little rough, as they didn’t allow edits or redos after we started recording and I had not used a teleprompter before. http://youtu.be/ZsmlM1Cag8w Fred C. Cox, Conservative Republican, Utah Architect. Utah House of Representatives Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Energy Independence, Education Excellence. Currently | Read More »
Dan Liljenquist for US Senate from Utah setting the record straight about missed floor votes http://youtu.be/hdYccKBN70Y Last Utah General Legislative Session for 2011, I remember seeing bill after bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Liljenquist pass the house. I was amazed at the respect he and the bills had. I was amazed at how both republicans and democrats voted for them. For example, his 2011 | Read More »
My original post is at: http://www.fredcox4utah.blogspot.com/2012/03/dan-liljenquist-for-us-senate-for-utah.html Last Utah General Legislative Session for 2011, I remember reading though and seeing bill after bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Liljenquist pass the house. I was amazed at the respect he and the bills had. I was amazed at how both republicans and democrats voted for them. For example, his 2011 SB 180 Medicaid Reform bill passed both houses | Read More »
The US Constitution provided for a balance between small population states and large ones. This is one of the reasons for the Senate having 2 per state and the House being divided based on population. The current US Presidential Electoral System keeps part of that concept so that voters in California, New York, and a few others do not decide who is elected, ignoring the | Read More »
Much has been written and said about September 11, 2001, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, but one story much less known is the one about the band of boats that came together to rescue nearly 500,000 New Yorkers from the World Trade Center site on the day the towers collapsed. http://fredcox4utah.blogspot.com/2011/09/boatlifters-unknown-story-of-911.html 12 minutes worth watching.
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