KVNU's For The People

I haven’t posted yet about my experience here in Denver for a couple of reasons. First, there has been so much going on I haven’t had much time. Taking it in, so to speak. Second, I’m no good at forcing a post unless I have something to say.

It is amazing to see what the DNC [...]

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Before I go into a tirade, I’ll concede this argument: Attending college in Logan, Utah is dirt cheap compared to other places in the country.

Having said that, it’s still pretty expensive for some kids, and prices continue to go up at a rate that exceeds increases in what us poor students make in wages.

So what [...]

The Herald Journal — Logan Art Cinema’s future darkens.

It’s tough to tell whether I’m sad or apathetic about the news that the Logan Art Cinema could be in its last days. I’ve only seen a handful of movies there (Shawn of the Dead, An Inconvenient Truth and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) and the [...]

Mileage vs. safety? Number of natural gas car conversions explodes – Salt Lake Tribune.

It’s interesting to see this article come out because the topic of natural gas for cars has popped up randomly in my life about three times this past week. Most recently, I was getting a ride with Logan Taxi and the operator [...]

Sources: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP candidate – CNN.com.

CNN, Drudge, Huffingtonpost and everyone else in the free world (except the Obama text message) are reporting that Barack Obama has selected Joe Biden as his VP running mate. So much for the bumper stickers.

The Herald Journal loves to print “Breaking News” heard from a police scanner. Some of us are scanner buffs, but reporting things heard on a scanner is against the law. See below. In my opinion, the HJ is breaking federal law by always harping “we heard on the police scanner”.  I would love to know [...]

Logan police are investigating an apparent homicide case involving a husband and wife that reportedly happened on the west side of Logan late Thursday. The incident was at a home near 200 West and 200 North.

Also, Friday morning, police apprehended two suspects in connection with a bank robbery at the Zions Bank branch on 1400 [...]

TIME says Mitt is McCains man

According to TIME Magazine’s Mark Halperin, two unnamed GOP sources have confirmed that John McCain will select Mitt Romney as his choice for his vice presidential candidate.

Also, according to the Huffington Post, the smart money for Obama’s VP is on Joe Biden, and the much vaunted text message announcement can [...]

We’re taking nominations now for Friday’s Failure, Fiasco and Feat. Who do you think was the biggest failure of the week? What was the biggest fiasco? And who is deserving of the award of the biggest feat of the week? Nominate away.

For days at a time I will forget how angry the notion of an unchecked “surveillance state” makes me. I’ll hardly go on about it at all. Then, unexpectedly, I’ll find myself in a conversation with a “limited-government” Republican or Libertarian who in turn enthusiastically defends the handing over of their basic rights [...]

Lawmakers Put Sex Offender Bill Through the Paces – KCPW.

Once again lawmakers know better than parents how to care for kids. This proposed law, which would require a registered sex offender who has been given permission to go places with the parent’s child (say, picking them up from school) to have written permission — not [...]

Fee-way: Could toll roads replace gas taxes in Utah? – Salt Lake Tribune.

I think toll roads are inevitable in Utah, and the express lane toll is the first step. But just because they’re inevitable doesn’t mean they’re a good idea, however.

Congestion pricing seems to be a good idea though and could probably be successful in [...]

IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY IN UTAH

Today Utah Foundation has released a research brief entitled “Improving Teacher Quality in Utah.” The brief is available online at www.utahfoundation.org.

This brief, part of the Utah Priorities Project, is one [...]

BloggingHeads

A great webcam debate from one of my favorite sites, bloggingheads.tv.  The topic is “A Divided America” and the role of religion in politics.  (Length 43:36)

At Tuesday night’s Logan Municipal Council meeting, the council discussed “districting” the council, so that each member would be elected to represent a district.

KVNU’s Craig Hislop conducted an interview with Councilwoman Tami Pyfer and it will be heard on KVNU’s For the People tonight. The general consensus seems to be that of the five-member council, [...]

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The new addition to the Logan Justice Building caught fire early Wednesday afternoon. Logan Fire Chief Mark Meaker says the fire started on the roof of the southeast side of the building, which is adjacent to Logan City Hall. [...]

August 18, 2008

For Immediate Release
Contact
Rob Miller
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Utah Bloggers Prepare For Democratic Convention in Denver
Intensive Planning and Fundraising Top Last Minute Efforts

Salt Lake City, Utah – Rob Miller, owner of the political blog The Utah Amicus, and Vice Chair of the Utah State Democratic Party, has assembled a team of Utah political bloggers and activists to travel [...]

KVNU has learned that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be speaking at Utah State University at noon on Sept. 15. The speech will be held in the Ballroom of the Taggart Student Center, according to John DeVilbiss, executive director of PR and marketing for the school. This is very exciting [...]

You know how on the show there are often “liners” where the man with the big radio voice says something? He’s in the intro: “Live from the 610 KVNU studios at the Radio Ranch it’s For the People, your daily dose of perspective on local, state, national and world issues…” and he says some other [...]