The new political arm of the Green Party of Utah has launched its website, Desert Greens.
Parts of it are still under construction, but should be updated often.
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Tom happened to be in the Elections Office yesterday finalizing the process for the Desert Greens Green Party of Utah to become registered and…..
Lo and behold who should appear?
(no, not Santa and his eight tiny reindeer….)–
Orrin Hatch and his entourage this year!
Cute rhyme, huh!
Orrin Hatch filing for candidacy for 2006 (photos taken by Tom King):
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First I arrived. Then two more people. Then two more. Then two more. All together there were 7 of us. There was no flurry of activity nor were there people headed into the dinner to honor Orrin Hatch for his political service to Utah. I had been told that the event had been publicized in Utah Policy.
We walked around both the Little America and Grand America Hotels and could find no indication of an Orrin Hatch event. One person, Julian Hatch (Green Party of Utah candidate for U.S. Senate) went into the Grand America and Paul went into the Little America Hotels to inquire as to where the Orrin Hatch dinner was. No one had any record of it.
Dang. They must have heard we were coming. And we had some nice homemade nut cakes, too!
We considered roaming the streets and making a video called “Orrin and Me” – in search of Orrin Hatch, but we decided to save our energies, newly made posteres, fliers and nutcakes for tomorrow night’s regular weekly sidewalk vigil instead. Maybe next time.
The only republican-looking person among us, Paul, took off his bike helmet and combed back his hair in preparation to walk inside the Little America Hotel to inquire about the dinner for Orrin Hatch.
Here we are, prepared for our “nutcakes” rally:
Brighide, Pete, Deanna, Eileen, Julian (Paul and Shea had left)
So, where was Orrin?
He was in Utah County, where the Utah County Republicans had their Lincoln Day Dinner, at which Orrin Hatch was present. **That’s** where he was!
(I searched Utah policy and found that the dinner had been publicized once on January 20 for a February 21 dinner. Looks like we were given the wrong date.)
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….which most Utahns, including myself, do not want and will do whatever it takes to see that it doesn’t happen, according to a Deseret News Poll, most Utahns would want PFS specially taxed.
However it has already been determined by a federal court that such taxes are deemed “unconstitutional”.
PFS is a consortium of electric companies that is seeking to store 44,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel rods at the site, located on the Goshute Reservation in Utah, west of Salt Lake.
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A telling phenomenon. Notice the oxymoron: Hatch purports to support humanitarian efforts like elder abuse prevention and the hunger problem in America, yet defends the oil industry’s profit making ventures and opposes taxing those profits.
Hatch pitches bill to address elder abuse
Hatch resolution aims at feeding the hungry
Hatch blows his stack over the proposed tax on big oil
An ethics group has revoked an award previously bestowed on Orrin:
This week’s Salt Lake City Weekly
makes a brief mention of Julian Hatch’s challenge to the eternal incumbent Orrin Hatch for the U.S. Senate seat
It’s now been 5 days since the press release went out announcing Julian Hatch’s candidacy.
And still no word of it in the Utah newspapers.
Jen’s Journal mentions it; Ken Sain mentions it; and it’s mentioned on Utah Policy’s Blogwatch today.
Another release went out this morning announcing the press conference this Saturday. There will be more information on this blog regarding that soon.
I wonder if the local papers will pick this up or will keep trying to ignore Hatch v. Hatch?
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Brighton News
Free Republic
Democratic Underground
Politics1.com
einnews
yahoo news
new jersey newsflash
U.S. politics today
etalkinghead
huffington pos
cbs news
Still nothing in the local papers, Trib or D-News. What gives with them?
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As Outreach Coordinator for the Julian Hatch for U.S. Senate Campaign, I was excited to learn that the press release I issued to Utah Media Outlets reached the Associated Press, resulting in the announcement getting published in about 20 national and international outlets, including the London Guardian.
Two Utah television stations picked up the story.
Nada in the two major papers in Utah – the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News.
So this morning I have emailed the press release to about two dozen news reporters at those two papers, pointing out that the news has been released internationally. Let’s see if that gets any coverage.
Meanwhile we are preparing for a Campagin Kickoff Press Conference next Saturday, November 19th just prior to the GPUT’s film screening of the new Walmart movie. I’ll provide more details here in a few days.
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Earlier this week a BLM official would not sign a permit to build a railroad spur leading to its nuclear waste storage facility on the land of the Goshute Indians in Tooele County, Utah.
Apparently there is a moratorium on land use and until that is lifted by Congress, or until the Air Force completes a resources study, according to the BLM official, he won’t sign the permit.
The article also refers to U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch’s “opposition” to the PFS site and he has publicly applauded the BLM’s efforts to “uphold the law”, placing an obstacle in the path of the further development of this site.
(Of note, however, is that Orrin Hatch still supports the building of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada….)
I am happy to see that obstacles such as this are occuring. It’s still a long road to getting PFS to completely go away, to getting Yucca Mountain shut down. Citizens across the nation do not want the waste transported through their communities. And these citizens are willing to put their bodies on the line in protest – me included. Keep the waste where it is.
Deseret Morning News graphic
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Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 