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	<title>Brian's Utah Weblog</title>
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	<description>Celebrating Utah, Family, Our Wildlands, And Civic Participation</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Utah Democratic Party Convention 2008, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/11/utah-democratic-party-convention-2008-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/11/utah-democratic-party-convention-2008-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Utah Democratic Party held our state convention at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace on Friday and Saturday May 9th and 10th.  It was exactly two years ago at the Jefferson Jackson dinner of 2006 that our late great governor Cal Rampton addressed the assembled Democratic Party of Utah as our keynote speaker.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Democratic Party Convention 2008, Orton And McCoy</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/11/utah-democratic-party-convention-2008-orton-and-mccoy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/11/utah-democratic-party-convention-2008-orton-and-mccoy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 05:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The  convention excitement started early this year with an email from Senator Scott McCoy (D-SLC).  (Scott is my senator and I campaigned for him.)
Dear Utah Democratic Delegates,
I write to share some information with you that you might find relevant to your decision in electing our Democratic National Committeeman at the state convention on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elected Delegates At The State Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/09/elected-delegates-at-the-state-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/09/elected-delegates-at-the-state-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 05:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So Far the district delegates:
Carlos Vasquez, Connie Neilson, Lisa Alcott, Ross Romero, Jordan Apollo Pazell, and Emily Rushton for Clinton.
Cathy Snyder, Scott McCoy, Kelvin Lynn Davis,  Kurt Bestor, Theodore A Cowan Jr,  C. Millicent Lewis, and Brian Spittler for Obama.
There are two more Obama delegates to announce from District 2 once the final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insider And Opposition Parties In The Utah Legislature</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/30/insider-and-opposition-parties-in-the-utah-legislature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/30/insider-and-opposition-parties-in-the-utah-legislature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most roll call votes in the Utah legislature are unanimous.  Votes are held for show on easy issues while our representatives chat with each other and lobbyists.  That&#8217;s okay — it&#8217;s their job.
But on the controversial votes where not everyone is automatically voting aye, there are distinct patterns by party.  Republicans are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebecca Walsh Link</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/29/rebecca-walsh-link/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/29/rebecca-walsh-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Rebecca Walsh of the Salt Lake Tribune for the link to Brian&#8217;s Utah Weblog.  She noted my ratings of the partisanship of the Utah legislature these past few sessions.  Here are a few links to those posts.

2008 House and Senate
2007 House and Senate
2006 House and Senate
2005 House and Senate

Notice that, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Lake County Democratic Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/26/salt-lake-county-democratic-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/26/salt-lake-county-democratic-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of fun was had at the Salt Lake County Democratic convention.
Turnout was good.  Lots of candidates for national delegate positions were working the halls to build up support.  They&#8217;ll be chosen in two weeks.  The women candidates for Obama delegate from District 2 are working especially hard.  There are almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Watch For At The Democratic Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/25/what-to-watch-for-at-the-democratic-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/25/what-to-watch-for-at-the-democratic-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Salt Lake County Democratic Convention is tomorrow at 1:00 pm at Jordan High School.  There will be the usual business and speeches.  A new chair will be appointed, almost certainly Vice Chair Weston Clark.  A new vice chair to take his position will be appointed to take his place, if necessary.
The real excitement will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah&#8217;s Final Superdelegate Could Reverse The Will Of The Voters</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/10/utahs-final-superdelegate-could-reverse-the-will-of-the-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/10/utahs-final-superdelegate-could-reverse-the-will-of-the-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic National Convention delegates fall into many categories — DNC members, pledged and unpledged elected officials, pledged district and at large delegates, alternates, and add-on delegates.  Nearly the last of these to be picked in most states are the add-on delegates.  Intended to give statewide winners a boost and balance affirmative action goals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Council Discusses Why Your Taxes Are About To Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/09/community-council-discusses-why-your-taxes-are-about-to-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/09/community-council-discusses-why-your-taxes-are-about-to-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed another informative community council meeting tonight.  If you&#8217;re in Salt Lake City or another city around Utah with community councils, you should go to your meetings, too.  Salt Lake County has them in unincorporated areas, also.
My local council is Liberty-Wells and we did our usual business talking about grants, sidewalk repairs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNCC Comes To Town</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/07/dncc-comes-to-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/04/07/dncc-comes-to-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The DNCC came to Salt Lake City to make us feel involved in the nominating convention in Denver coming up in August.

The event was at 11:00 AM on Friday but even so turnout was suspiciously packed with elected officials.  I counted two mayors and at least a dozen Utah Senators and Representatives along with three [...]]]></description>
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