Posts Tagged “utah’s swamp”
Ronald Mortensen, Ph.D. / Columnist at Utah Standard News and Co-Founder, CitizensForTaxFairness.org / Last Updated July 29, 2019 Key Points · Utah’s Republican governor and Republican legislators created a funding imbalance by driving up income tax collections while suppressing sales tax collections. · Republicans then packaged this…
Analysis: Who was the major driving force behind the sales tax on services initiative? by Ronald Mortensen, Ph.D. – Columnist at Utah Standard News – 8/15/2019 Dr. Mortensen is a co-founder of CitizensForTaxFairness.org Question: – Who was the major driving force behind the sales tax on services initiative as reflected in HB441? Answer: The Salt…
Published February 21, 2018 Filed under USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint UnFair – Off Balance – UnMedicated Utah Media Bias Marches for Mitt, and NO ONE ELSE OpEd’s by Ed Wallace – 02/21/2018 The last time I saw this level of fawning was back in 1964 when girls…
Published February 6, 2018 Filed under Around The Web, Under Our Dome, USN Columnists. Total of 2 comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint Daryl Acumen: The Face Behind the Mask Edited by Ed Wallace / February 6, 2016 Ed’s Note: I extended Daryl Acumen the courtesy of reviewing and commenting or correcting this article. His…
Published January 12, 2018 Filed under Under Our Dome, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. OpE: Media in Lockstep Over Bateman and UTGOP Agreement About CMV By Ed Wallace / January 12, 2018 3:30 p.mIf nothing else, the Utah mainstream media is fairly consistent in being unfair by slanting their stories…
Published November 2, 2017 Filed under USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint 120 Questions for John Curtis that Utah deserves to have answered An open letter to John Curtis from contributors at Utah Standard News, compiled by Ed Wallace, Publisher of USN / 11-1-2017 / 3 pm Mr. Curtis,…
Published October 13, 2017 Filed under Under Our Dome, US News, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of 3 comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint JOHN CURTIS EXPOSED: A Trail of Sexual Harassment, Incompetence, and Broken Contracts By Ed Wallace and The Utah Yaks October 12, 2017 © UtahStandardNews.com Edited 10/16/2017 / 1:33 am / Added link…
Published October 3, 2017 Filed under USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint By Ronald Mortensen / Oct 3, 2017 / Columnist at Utah Standard News John Curtis, Republican candidate for the third Congressional District appears to be an ethically challenged flip-flopper. He, therefore, has what it takes to successfully…
Published March 14, 2017 Filed under Commentary, Under Our Dome, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint By Ed Wallace/ Mar 13, 2017 / Publisher at Utah Standard News Why would President Donald Trump, destroyer of the DC establishment and slayer of swamp creatures, encourage Orrin Hatch to run for…
Filed under Under Our Dome, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of 1 comment in the discussion. Republish Reprint By Ronald Mortensen / Dec 6, 2016 / Columnist at Utah Standard News The Masters of Utah’s Public Policy have launched a coordinated and well financed initiative to raise Utah’s personal income tax by 18% while leaving the…
Published December 1, 2016 Filed under Under Our Dome, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of 2 comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint By Ronald Mortensen, Nov 29, 2016, Columnist at Utah Standard News KEY POINTS: – UtahPolicy is part of an elite business group that is dedicated to maintaining its exceptional influence over public policy in…
Published November 7, 2016 Filed under Under Our Dome, USN Columnists. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint By Ronald Mortensen, 11/7/2016, Columnist for Utah Standard News After serving the United States during a portion of six separate decades (military, diplomat, international humanitarian responses), I am very concerned that we are currently controlled…
Published November 2, 2016 Filed under Election – 2016 – Utah, Under Our Dome, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint by Ronald Mortensen, columnist for Utah Standard News 11/2/2016 On November 1, 2016, the Utah Republican Party held a rally at the Utah state capitol building. The theme of…
Published October 28, 2016 Filed under Local, Wash. County, Under Our Dome, USN Columnists, Utah. Total of no comments in the discussion. Republish Reprint Oct 26, 2016 by Ronald Mortensen – USN Columnist On October 19, Evan McMullin and his running-mate, Mindy Finn, courted Republican office holders on Utah’s Capitol Hill. He invited them to…
By Ronald Mortensen, Oct 21, 2016, Columnist for Utah Standard News Reader Alert: This article contains adult content. “Rick Wilson is with us. Are you? It’s never too late to do the right thing,” reads the invitation to join the Evan McMullin-Mindy Finn campaign. “America deserves much better than either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton…