Joseph McMullin: 'The Legislature seems more concerned with pushing through an ideological agenda than responding with common sense to the huge, pressing problems that affect everyone in our state.'
Legislators applaud after Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Mathew Durrant gave his speech to the legislature, on opening day of the 2023 session, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.The way democracy is supposed to work: Ordinary people give power to representatives to act on the people’s behalf. Elected officials do the hard work of listening and researching so they can act in the interests of all those they represent.
This rushed and clearly orchestrated process of fast-tracking the bill through the Legislature sends a loud message that listening to everyone was not the legislators’ priority. For our part, the huge crowds of concerned parents and educators filling the rooms at the Capitol clearly communicated a message along the lines of “Hold on! We’re not on board! Please take some time to listen and adjust!” But our legislators already had a plan.
At the level of the biggest picture, there is Exhibit 3, the matter of budgets. Currently the Legislature is working with billions of dollars in budget surplus and instead of funding public education and moving Utah up from its rank as the 51st worst-funded public education system in the entire country , legislators talk excitedly about tax breaks, as if there’s no productive use and no pressing need for that money.
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