Bring it on
Sen. Howard Stephenson is hosting a weekly talk radio show that he says will be an antedote to the "grossly unfair" treatment of lawmakers by the news media.We're going to be taking names and kicking 'A' when it comes to reporters misreporting what happens. . . .Here's the KCPW interview with Stephenson.
When a reporter goes wrong, he or she will be held accountable by the legislators on this two-hour show.
The show, of course, follows an Internet assault on the Deseret News over an article several GOP leaders, including Senate President John Valentine, say was fabricated by politics editor Bob Bernick. The DNews has yet to offer a public response to the allegations.
Stephenson's show could be much more fun than even he imagines. With Howie and other lawmakers in the K-Talk hot seat, Utahns might waste a little of their Saturday morning to call in to nail them with challenging questions. Perhaps Majority Leader Curt Bramble could discuss tipping guidelines for pizza delivery girls.
Here's one: Who owns Sen. Stephenson?
Howie's day job is president of the lobbying powerhouse the Utah Taxpayers Association. Sounds like he represents slobs like you and me, right? Unfortunately, Stephenson won't tell us exactly who his contributors are or what they pay him to be Utah's ultra-unique lobbyist/lawmaker. (Once again the Utah Legislature is on the cutting edge: Why have lobbyists influence lawmakers when you can have lobbyist and legislator combined into one. I wonder if Howie expenses it when he takes himself to lunch?)
Am I being grossly unfair? Tune in (AM 630) Saturday, 8 to 10 a.m., to find out.
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I feel as though two hours of my life have been wasted forever by listening to this radio show. I hope it gets better. Howard did a good job for his first run, but can we lose the grammar lesson and the book reports. It was torture.
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Right on Glenn! Why should any legislator be able to have a job!! They should have to tell us everything about there personal life as well. How often they have sex, use the bathroom, eat, and fart each day.
Yes Glen Warchol!!! How dare legislators use a medium to defend their positions and communicate to the public. They have the objective journalists and reporters to do that for them, don't they?
The Left makes a big deal about "Howie" working for the Utah Taxpayers Association, but what about legislators who work for state and local government? They have an even bigger conflict of interest since they get to vote on taxes and appropriations that impact their paychecks and their entities' budgets.
Menlove - Utah State University
Dee - Weber County
Allen - Davis School District
Holdaway - Granite School District
Grover - Alpine (?) School District
Winn - Snow College
Greiner - Ogden City.
And probably some others.
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