They All Smile in Happy Valley
Utah County might seem like a serene, family friendly, church going community whose values are uncompromising and shared by just about everybody there. But in politics, it seems that they like to chew each other's legs off. And they like to do it anonymously.
An anonymous blogger, with the site, utahconservative.blogspot.com, is becoming increasingly aggressive against Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem, and Senate Majority Leader Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, even suggesting that Valentine should not be allowed to run next election as a Republican because he broke the party's by-laws.
The accusations supporting the great shunning of Valentine are false, however, which has been pointed out in responses to the blog.
But whoever controls that site remains undaunted, repeating calls for Valentine's ouster as a Republican in good standing.
The claim is that Valentine urged people to vote for Democratic Sen. Brent Goodfellow of West Valley City instead of his Republican opponent, Christy Achziger. It posted an e-mail sent from an Alpine School District board member to the Granite District board, urging support for Goodfellow and quoting Valentine as endorsing the Democrat.
But the Alpine Board member had sent a follow-up e-mail, saying some of the things in the previous message were incorrect and retracting statements about Valentine. Also, Valentine publicly endorsed Achziger and paid for a speed-dial phone message to voters on her behalf.
But utahconservative.blogspot.com sent another missive this month claiming the Utah County Republican hierarchy is covering up for Valentine.
That particular blog came into existence last year about the time Rep. Margaret Dayton of Orem announced she was challenging Sen. Parley Hellewell in the Republican convention. The blog was extremely pro Dayton and anti-Hellewell.
It disappeared from existence after someone threatened legal action, but it reappeared soon after.
When an extremely nasty letter went out against Dayton, again anonymously (must be the Utah County way), the blog turned against Valentine and Bramble.
Some wondered that if it was controlled by pro-Dayton forces, they might have thought Valentine and Bramble were behind the cowardly attack against Dayton. But Valentine had publicly endorsed Dayton and sent a letter to delegates after the attack, denouncing it and reiterating his support of Dayton.
Dayton is now in the Senate and Valentine is her leader.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
An anonymous blogger, with the site, utahconservative.blogspot.com, is becoming increasingly aggressive against Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem, and Senate Majority Leader Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, even suggesting that Valentine should not be allowed to run next election as a Republican because he broke the party's by-laws.
The accusations supporting the great shunning of Valentine are false, however, which has been pointed out in responses to the blog.
But whoever controls that site remains undaunted, repeating calls for Valentine's ouster as a Republican in good standing.
The claim is that Valentine urged people to vote for Democratic Sen. Brent Goodfellow of West Valley City instead of his Republican opponent, Christy Achziger. It posted an e-mail sent from an Alpine School District board member to the Granite District board, urging support for Goodfellow and quoting Valentine as endorsing the Democrat.
But the Alpine Board member had sent a follow-up e-mail, saying some of the things in the previous message were incorrect and retracting statements about Valentine. Also, Valentine publicly endorsed Achziger and paid for a speed-dial phone message to voters on her behalf.
But utahconservative.blogspot.com sent another missive this month claiming the Utah County Republican hierarchy is covering up for Valentine.
That particular blog came into existence last year about the time Rep. Margaret Dayton of Orem announced she was challenging Sen. Parley Hellewell in the Republican convention. The blog was extremely pro Dayton and anti-Hellewell.
It disappeared from existence after someone threatened legal action, but it reappeared soon after.
When an extremely nasty letter went out against Dayton, again anonymously (must be the Utah County way), the blog turned against Valentine and Bramble.
Some wondered that if it was controlled by pro-Dayton forces, they might have thought Valentine and Bramble were behind the cowardly attack against Dayton. But Valentine had publicly endorsed Dayton and sent a letter to delegates after the attack, denouncing it and reiterating his support of Dayton.
Dayton is now in the Senate and Valentine is her leader.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
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