NEWS ADVISORY
Contact: Fair Boundaries Coalition
Nikki Norton
774 South 1650 East #C
Clearfield, UT
435-513-2606
www.fairboundaries.org
Lisa Watts Baskin, LLC
Attorney at Law
819 East Springwood Drive
North Salt Lake, UT 84054
801-296-1676
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Public Hearings On Redistricting Standards
(Salt Lake City, Utah) – July 1, 2009 – Fair Boundaries coalition will host public hearings to
present their initiative, “Utah Redistricting Standards Commission,” and receive input from
citizens. Fair Boundaries believes that elected officials should not draw their own election
districts and effectively choose their own voters. An independent commission, without these
obvious conflicts of interest, should draw the maps to present to the legislature with guidelines that keep more of Utah’s local communities intact. Voters deserve accountability from leaders who represent their common interests.
The public hearings will take place at the following locations and times:
July 1, 2009
Bear River Region – Box Elder, Cache and Rich Counties
County Administration Building
Cache County Multipurpose Room
179 N Main Street
Logan, UT
6:30 to 8:00 pm
July 6, 2009
Central Region – Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne Counties
Snow College
Room 114 – Humanities Building
150 E College Avenue
Ephraim, UT 84627
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Mountain Region – Summit, Utah and Wasatch Counties
Sheldon Richins Building
6505 Landmark Drive
Park City, UT 84098
6:00 to 7:30 pm
July 7, 2009
Southeast Region – Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan Counties
Carbon County School District Office
251 W 400 N, Price, UT
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Uintah Basin Region – Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah Counties
Uintah Community Center
Classroom 3
610 South Vernal Avenue
Vernal, UT
5:30 to 7:00 pm
July 8, 2009
Southwest Region – Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington Counties
Kanab City Library
374 N. Main Street
Kanab, UT 84741
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Mountain Region – Summit, Utah and Wasatch Counties
Provo Library
550 North University Avenue
Provo, UT 84601
7:00 to 8:30 pm
July 9, 2009
Wasatch Front Region – Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele and Weber Counties
Salt Lake County Complex
Council Chambers
2001 S State Street, North Building
Salt Lake City, UT
7:00 to 9:00 pm
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I have video of last night’s hearing in Logan, and will have a “highlights” video up on CV Daily iShare by the end of the holiday weekend, if anyone is interested in seeing the Fair Boundaries presentation, and the public questions/comments at the event.