Salt City Sinner

It's redistricting time! Hooray! The Trib explains : The Legislature’s Redistricting Committee will hold a field hearing at 6 p.m. Friday at the Lehi Junior High School Auditorium, 700 E. Cedar Hollow Drive, in Lehi. This public hearing is the first of 17 scheduled around the state. Utah, like every other state, is required to redraw its political voting maps every 10 years. The official purpose is to preserve the concept of “one person, one vote” by ensuring equal populations in every district. What could possibly go wrong? Wait...what's that, buried at the very bottom of the Trib's article? What's the very last sentence in the entire piece? The panel is comprised of 14 Republican lawmakers and five Democrats. I'm sorry, what was that? The panel is comprised of 14 Republican lawmakers and five Democrats. The panel is comprised of 14 Republican lawmakers and five Democrats. The panel is comprised of 14 Republican lawmakers and five Democrats.

Colorful fraudster and "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken crapped out a column on capital markets in today's Wall Street Journal - because, you know, nobody really has more credibility when it comes to finance than a guy who was convicted of six securities and reporting felonies. Whatever rigorous screening process is in place at the WSJ's opinion page did a fantastic job filtering that one out. It's a strange thing about right wing pundits - how many of them are actual , convicted-and-did-time , literal criminals. I suppose you could say the Republican approach to law and order is much the same as their approach to energy regulations or environmental policy: nobody understands the system like a real "insider."