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	<title>Brian's Utah Weblog</title>
	<link>http://www.utahbrian.com</link>
	<description>Celebrating Utah, Family, Our Wildlands, And Civic Participation</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Have Utahns Killed Immigration Reform?</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/22/have-utahns-killed-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/22/have-utahns-killed-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Comprehensive Immigration Reform isn&#8217;t going to pass in 2010.  It was introduced only because President Obama promised to try.  Congress isn&#8217;t going to advance the bill in a year when there are ten million unemployed Americans and ten million undocumented immigrants working in America.  You can explain why those two numbers don&#8217;t have any real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote For Jim Matheson</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/22/vote-for-jim-matheson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/22/vote-for-jim-matheson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s simple.  I&#8217;ve seen Claudia Wright campaigning and met her friends and she&#8217;s great, but she isn&#8217;t going to best Morgan Philpot in November.  Jim Matheson will.
Folks who think a Democrat without name recognition and with no intention of getting her hands dirty raising at least half a million dollars can be competitive in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doesn&#8217;t Money Matter In Politics Anymore?</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/14/doesnt-money-matter-in-politics-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/14/doesnt-money-matter-in-politics-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m disappointed in the Republican candidates.
Here in Utah, the Republican candidate usually wins statewide races.  This year we have a United States Senate seat up for election and the two candidates for the Republican nomination are reporting a week before the primary that they have raised only $218,000 and $182,000 each.  That includes all money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chevron Oil Spill Cleanup in Liberty Park</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/14/chevron-oil-spill-cleanup-in-liberty-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2010/06/14/chevron-oil-spill-cleanup-in-liberty-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Standard Oil of California (dba Chevron) was out in force in Liberty Park.  They had a lot of big trucks and one little canoe with a U-shaped boom trying to clean up oil slicks in the pond.  The Trib says the ducks and geese have been taken to Hogle Zoo for scrubbing.
The water looks browner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More On Partisanship In The 2009 Utah Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2009/12/02/more-on-partisanship-in-the-2009-utah-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2009/12/02/more-on-partisanship-in-the-2009-utah-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at last year&#8217;s legislature, Utah Democratic Party Executive Director (and Utah politics guru) Todd Taylor asked, &#8220;Would you consider posting or sending me a list of the 58 partisan votes? It is interesting where the difference in the Parties really are versus what people think they are.&#8221;
Yes, it is interesting. Overwhelmingly the real differences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Legislature 2009 Partisanship</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2009/11/30/utah-legislature-2009-partisanship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2009/11/30/utah-legislature-2009-partisanship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we see our Utah Legislature gearing up for the 2010 general session, here are the partisan voting percentages for the 2009 Senate.
The methodology for this table is explained in this post.
(Updated Tuesday because I cut off Senator Dayton&#8217;s entry cutting and pasting the first time.)


Senator
Party
D Votes
R Votes
Missed Votes
Democratic Percentage


Dayton
R
3
55
0
5.17%


Okerlund
R
3
55
0
5.17%


Stephenson
R
2
54
2
5.17%


Waddoups
R
2
54
2
5.17%


Buttars
R
1
52
5
6.03%


Jenkins
R
4
52
2
8.62%


Killpack
R
1
48
9
9.48%


Madsen
R
2
49
7
9.48%


Knudson
R
5
50
3
11.21%


Bramble
R
1
45
12
12.07%


Niederhauser
R
5
49
4
12.07%


Stowell
R
6
50
2
12.07%


Urquhart
R
6
50
2
12.07%


Christensen
R
6
49
3
12.93%


Liljenquist
R
6
48
4
13.79%


Valentine
R
5
46
7
14.66%


Greiner
R
8
45
5
18.10%


Hinkins
R
13
43
2
24.14%


Hillyard
R
9
37
12
25.86%


Bell
R
12
39
7
26.72%


Van Tassell
R
13
40
5
26.72%


Jones
D
42
14
2
74.14%


Mayne
D
43
14
1
75.00%


Davis
D
44
13
1
76.72%


Morgan
D
49
9
0
84.48%


Goodfellow
D
49
1
8
91.38%


Robles
D
53
3
2
93.10%


McCoy
D
54
2
2
94.83%


Romero
D
55
3
0
94.83%


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		<title>Utah Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/19/utah-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utahbrian.com/2008/05/19/utah-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category>politics</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Friday I visited the credit union to update some signature cards.
The banker (what do I call a credit union banker?) asked me whom I intended to vote for for President of the United States this year.  You shouldn&#8217;t offend your banker so it&#8217;s best not to discuss politics, but I can&#8217;t suppress my faith [...]]]></description>
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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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