O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:10:{i:0;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:75:"Comment on Senate Approves Miltary Property Tax Exemption by Kenneth Cotner";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/1408/comment-page-1#comment-4548";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Kenneth Cotner";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:20:09 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=1408#comment-4548";s:11:"description";s:720:"I would like to extend my sincere appreciation as a current Utah Service Member.  Even though there are many of us that are coming up on the end of our careers.  This is a positive move in continued and needed support for our service members.  As a disabled VET I am always looking at ways to help our Military community.  In the upcoming months I will be medically retired with a disability rating from the VA for combat related injuries.  It is a sad day seeing my career coming to a close but with people like our Senators and Representatives of the state of Utah we will always have support.  Please express my sincere thank you to all that made this possible.

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						Kenneth L. Cotner";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:742:"<p>I would like to extend my sincere appreciation as a current Utah Service Member.  Even though there are many of us that are coming up on the end of our careers.  This is a positive move in continued and needed support for our service members.  As a disabled VET I am always looking at ways to help our Military community.  In the upcoming months I will be medically retired with a disability rating from the VA for combat related injuries.  It is a sad day seeing my career coming to a close but with people like our Senators and Representatives of the state of Utah we will always have support.  Please express my sincere thank you to all that made this possible.</p>
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";}s:7:"summary";s:720:"I would like to extend my sincere appreciation as a current Utah Service Member.  Even though there are many of us that are coming up on the end of our careers.  This is a positive move in continued and needed support for our service members.  As a disabled VET I am always looking at ways to help our Military community.  In the upcoming months I will be medically retired with a disability rating from the VA for combat related injuries.  It is a sad day seeing my career coming to a close but with people like our Senators and Representatives of the state of Utah we will always have support.  Please express my sincere thank you to all that made this possible.

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						Kenneth L. Cotner";s:12:"atom_content";s:742:"<p>I would like to extend my sincere appreciation as a current Utah Service Member.  Even though there are many of us that are coming up on the end of our careers.  This is a positive move in continued and needed support for our service members.  As a disabled VET I am always looking at ways to help our Military community.  In the upcoming months I will be medically retired with a disability rating from the VA for combat related injuries.  It is a sad day seeing my career coming to a close but with people like our Senators and Representatives of the state of Utah we will always have support.  Please express my sincere thank you to all that made this possible.</p>
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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329416409;}i:1;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:91:"Comment on The Democratic Plan for Utah by Morning Bulletin Jan. 26, 2012 | New Senate Site";s:4:"link";s:76:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/1182/comment-page-1#comment-4496";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:53:"Morning Bulletin Jan. 26, 2012 &#124; New Senate Site";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:39:43 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=1182#comment-4496";s:11:"description";s:95:"[...] The Democrats&#8217; response to the State of the State can be found on their blog. [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:111:"<p>[&#8230;] The Democrats&#8217; response to the State of the State can be found on their blog. [&#8230;]</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:95:"[...] The Democrats&#8217; response to the State of the State can be found on their blog. [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:111:"<p>[&#8230;] The Democrats&#8217; response to the State of the State can be found on their blog. [&#8230;]</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1327595983;}i:2;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Comment on Doctor Dmitrich by MJ Gardner";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/987/comment-page-1#comment-4401";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"MJ Gardner";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 24 May 2011 05:05:52 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=987#comment-4401";s:11:"description";s:32:"Photo credit goes to MJ Gardner.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:40:"<p>Photo credit goes to MJ Gardner.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:32:"Photo credit goes to MJ Gardner.";s:12:"atom_content";s:40:"<p>Photo credit goes to MJ Gardner.</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1306213552;}i:3;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Comment on Senate Democrats Statement on Veto Override of HB 328 by Joshua";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/985/comment-page-1#comment-4393";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Joshua";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 09 May 2011 04:18:04 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=985#comment-4393";s:11:"description";s:2173:"This is very disappointing.  Not only is it going to cost the state more money to be open 5 days a week, it&#039;s going to have a negative impact on the social benefit from the 4 day state employee work week.  I remember when it first went through how pleasant it was to have little traffic on Fridays.  

Besides the congestion relief, the state is frequently needs to ask it&#039;s residence to reduce traffic to help with smog.  This flies directly in the face of that.  Of course, I&#039;m sure some of our representatives are happy driving to the capital in their gas guzzlers on Friday.  Who cares about some of the worst air quality in the nation right?  I do.

And what about the cost of the employees.  With gas prices where they are, I&#039;m sure there are many unhappy employees knowing they are going to now have to increase their fuel expense by an additional 20% every month.  

What about that roughly million dollars of savings.  Think of the things that could be used for.  How about giving it to education or invest in something that will really give our taxpayers some value.  

Last time I checked, I didn&#039;t even see a fiscal note on the bill.  Do the yeas just think the money that&#039;s been saved is going to now magically appear?  The truth is that now we&#039;re going to have to budget for that extra cost, which I&#039;m sure isn&#039;t done in it&#039;s current state.

The Governor has made it a point to make sure necessary services are available on Friday and the state employees are working hard to make that happen.  With the current technology today, and the fantastic efforts of state employees, we can and have already seen amazing services provided to not only accommodate for Friday, but for any day of the week.  Good work Governor. 

This veto to override is nothing more than the House and Senate, that are in favor of this bill, spitting in the face of the Governor and the state employees in order to mend their hurt pride.  Maybe you guys should listen to the 70% of us that like the 4 day work week for our state and the million dollars of savings.  At least we now all know who to vote out next time around.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2215:"<p>This is very disappointing.  Not only is it going to cost the state more money to be open 5 days a week, it&#8217;s going to have a negative impact on the social benefit from the 4 day state employee work week.  I remember when it first went through how pleasant it was to have little traffic on Fridays.  </p>
<p>Besides the congestion relief, the state is frequently needs to ask it&#8217;s residence to reduce traffic to help with smog.  This flies directly in the face of that.  Of course, I&#8217;m sure some of our representatives are happy driving to the capital in their gas guzzlers on Friday.  Who cares about some of the worst air quality in the nation right?  I do.</p>
<p>And what about the cost of the employees.  With gas prices where they are, I&#8217;m sure there are many unhappy employees knowing they are going to now have to increase their fuel expense by an additional 20% every month.  </p>
<p>What about that roughly million dollars of savings.  Think of the things that could be used for.  How about giving it to education or invest in something that will really give our taxpayers some value.  </p>
<p>Last time I checked, I didn&#8217;t even see a fiscal note on the bill.  Do the yeas just think the money that&#8217;s been saved is going to now magically appear?  The truth is that now we&#8217;re going to have to budget for that extra cost, which I&#8217;m sure isn&#8217;t done in it&#8217;s current state.</p>
<p>The Governor has made it a point to make sure necessary services are available on Friday and the state employees are working hard to make that happen.  With the current technology today, and the fantastic efforts of state employees, we can and have already seen amazing services provided to not only accommodate for Friday, but for any day of the week.  Good work Governor. </p>
<p>This veto to override is nothing more than the House and Senate, that are in favor of this bill, spitting in the face of the Governor and the state employees in order to mend their hurt pride.  Maybe you guys should listen to the 70% of us that like the 4 day work week for our state and the million dollars of savings.  At least we now all know who to vote out next time around.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:2173:"This is very disappointing.  Not only is it going to cost the state more money to be open 5 days a week, it&#039;s going to have a negative impact on the social benefit from the 4 day state employee work week.  I remember when it first went through how pleasant it was to have little traffic on Fridays.  

Besides the congestion relief, the state is frequently needs to ask it&#039;s residence to reduce traffic to help with smog.  This flies directly in the face of that.  Of course, I&#039;m sure some of our representatives are happy driving to the capital in their gas guzzlers on Friday.  Who cares about some of the worst air quality in the nation right?  I do.

And what about the cost of the employees.  With gas prices where they are, I&#039;m sure there are many unhappy employees knowing they are going to now have to increase their fuel expense by an additional 20% every month.  

What about that roughly million dollars of savings.  Think of the things that could be used for.  How about giving it to education or invest in something that will really give our taxpayers some value.  

Last time I checked, I didn&#039;t even see a fiscal note on the bill.  Do the yeas just think the money that&#039;s been saved is going to now magically appear?  The truth is that now we&#039;re going to have to budget for that extra cost, which I&#039;m sure isn&#039;t done in it&#039;s current state.

The Governor has made it a point to make sure necessary services are available on Friday and the state employees are working hard to make that happen.  With the current technology today, and the fantastic efforts of state employees, we can and have already seen amazing services provided to not only accommodate for Friday, but for any day of the week.  Good work Governor. 

This veto to override is nothing more than the House and Senate, that are in favor of this bill, spitting in the face of the Governor and the state employees in order to mend their hurt pride.  Maybe you guys should listen to the 70% of us that like the 4 day work week for our state and the million dollars of savings.  At least we now all know who to vote out next time around.";s:12:"atom_content";s:2215:"<p>This is very disappointing.  Not only is it going to cost the state more money to be open 5 days a week, it&#8217;s going to have a negative impact on the social benefit from the 4 day state employee work week.  I remember when it first went through how pleasant it was to have little traffic on Fridays.  </p>
<p>Besides the congestion relief, the state is frequently needs to ask it&#8217;s residence to reduce traffic to help with smog.  This flies directly in the face of that.  Of course, I&#8217;m sure some of our representatives are happy driving to the capital in their gas guzzlers on Friday.  Who cares about some of the worst air quality in the nation right?  I do.</p>
<p>And what about the cost of the employees.  With gas prices where they are, I&#8217;m sure there are many unhappy employees knowing they are going to now have to increase their fuel expense by an additional 20% every month.  </p>
<p>What about that roughly million dollars of savings.  Think of the things that could be used for.  How about giving it to education or invest in something that will really give our taxpayers some value.  </p>
<p>Last time I checked, I didn&#8217;t even see a fiscal note on the bill.  Do the yeas just think the money that&#8217;s been saved is going to now magically appear?  The truth is that now we&#8217;re going to have to budget for that extra cost, which I&#8217;m sure isn&#8217;t done in it&#8217;s current state.</p>
<p>The Governor has made it a point to make sure necessary services are available on Friday and the state employees are working hard to make that happen.  With the current technology today, and the fantastic efforts of state employees, we can and have already seen amazing services provided to not only accommodate for Friday, but for any day of the week.  Good work Governor. </p>
<p>This veto to override is nothing more than the House and Senate, that are in favor of this bill, spitting in the face of the Governor and the state employees in order to mend their hurt pride.  Maybe you guys should listen to the 70% of us that like the 4 day work week for our state and the million dollars of savings.  At least we now all know who to vote out next time around.</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1304914684;}i:4;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:75:"Comment on Senate Democrats Statement on Veto Override of HB 328 by Tiffiny";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/985/comment-page-1#comment-4391";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Tiffiny";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 07 May 2011 21:19:59 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=985#comment-4391";s:11:"description";s:190:"I agree!!!  Why are people okay with the legislature mandating something that will cost tax payers a million dollars more a year when only 30% of those surveyed hate the four day work week?!";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:198:"<p>I agree!!!  Why are people okay with the legislature mandating something that will cost tax payers a million dollars more a year when only 30% of those surveyed hate the four day work week?!</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:190:"I agree!!!  Why are people okay with the legislature mandating something that will cost tax payers a million dollars more a year when only 30% of those surveyed hate the four day work week?!";s:12:"atom_content";s:198:"<p>I agree!!!  Why are people okay with the legislature mandating something that will cost tax payers a million dollars more a year when only 30% of those surveyed hate the four day work week?!</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1304803199;}i:5;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:85:"Comment on Senate Democrats Statement on the Death of Osama Bin Laden by Alec Therins";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/982/comment-page-1#comment-4389";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Alec Therins";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 02 May 2011 22:44:22 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=982#comment-4389";s:11:"description";s:140:"Michael, If you read the details, they attempted to take him alive. Only after he and his guards opened fire did the Navy Seals return fire.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:148:"<p>Michael, If you read the details, they attempted to take him alive. Only after he and his guards opened fire did the Navy Seals return fire.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:140:"Michael, If you read the details, they attempted to take him alive. Only after he and his guards opened fire did the Navy Seals return fire.";s:12:"atom_content";s:148:"<p>Michael, If you read the details, they attempted to take him alive. Only after he and his guards opened fire did the Navy Seals return fire.</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1304376262;}i:6;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:88:"Comment on Senate Democrats Statement on the Death of Osama Bin Laden by Michael Barnett";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/982/comment-page-1#comment-4388";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Michael Barnett";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 02 May 2011 19:49:23 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=982#comment-4388";s:11:"description";s:146:"His murder was not &#039;justice&#039;.  There was no trial or due process.  What happened goes against the democratic nature of American society.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:156:"<p>His murder was not &#8216;justice&#8217;.  There was no trial or due process.  What happened goes against the democratic nature of American society.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:146:"His murder was not &#039;justice&#039;.  There was no trial or due process.  What happened goes against the democratic nature of American society.";s:12:"atom_content";s:156:"<p>His murder was not &#8216;justice&#8217;.  There was no trial or due process.  What happened goes against the democratic nature of American society.</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1304365763;}i:7;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:90:"Comment on Nine Liquor Stores to Remain Open-Senator Romero’s Response by Ronald D. Hunt";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/976/comment-page-1#comment-4386";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Ronald D. Hunt";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:30:41 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=976#comment-4386";s:11:"description";s:496:"Smith,

The cut was designed to cause the next years budget shortfall, if revenue continues to be short they will continue to have an excuse to cut things.

They need the cuts to maintain their &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Permanent Revolution&lt;/a&gt;. When they reach a point where they can&#039;t cut anymore they risk the chance that a different set of idea&#039;s will take hold and change the political landscape.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:482:"<p>Smith,</p>
<p>The cut was designed to cause the next years budget shortfall, if revenue continues to be short they will continue to have an excuse to cut things.</p>
<p>They need the cuts to maintain their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution" rel="nofollow">Permanent Revolution</a>. When they reach a point where they can&#8217;t cut anymore they risk the chance that a different set of idea&#8217;s will take hold and change the political landscape.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:496:"Smith,

The cut was designed to cause the next years budget shortfall, if revenue continues to be short they will continue to have an excuse to cut things.

They need the cuts to maintain their &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Permanent Revolution&lt;/a&gt;. When they reach a point where they can&#039;t cut anymore they risk the chance that a different set of idea&#039;s will take hold and change the political landscape.";s:12:"atom_content";s:482:"<p>Smith,</p>
<p>The cut was designed to cause the next years budget shortfall, if revenue continues to be short they will continue to have an excuse to cut things.</p>
<p>They need the cuts to maintain their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution" rel="nofollow">Permanent Revolution</a>. When they reach a point where they can&#8217;t cut anymore they risk the chance that a different set of idea&#8217;s will take hold and change the political landscape.</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1304037041;}i:8;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:89:"Comment on Nine Liquor Stores to Remain Open-Senator Romero’s Response by Smith Kennedy";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/976/comment-page-1#comment-4383";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Smith Kennedy";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:13:54 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=976#comment-4383";s:11:"description";s:477:"I wish everyone could see the irony in the majority in utah trying to do everything to &quot;Protect the Children&quot; but yet increasing the size of government and ignoring simple economics in deciding to cut 20mm from our Children and Social Programs.

While protecting the children should be important, we should not do it at the expense of alienating adults who are responsible enough to decide if they want to purchase liquor, not hide it all like it is a dirty secret.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:491:"<p>I wish everyone could see the irony in the majority in utah trying to do everything to &#8220;Protect the Children&#8221; but yet increasing the size of government and ignoring simple economics in deciding to cut 20mm from our Children and Social Programs.</p>
<p>While protecting the children should be important, we should not do it at the expense of alienating adults who are responsible enough to decide if they want to purchase liquor, not hide it all like it is a dirty secret.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:477:"I wish everyone could see the irony in the majority in utah trying to do everything to &quot;Protect the Children&quot; but yet increasing the size of government and ignoring simple economics in deciding to cut 20mm from our Children and Social Programs.

While protecting the children should be important, we should not do it at the expense of alienating adults who are responsible enough to decide if they want to purchase liquor, not hide it all like it is a dirty secret.";s:12:"atom_content";s:491:"<p>I wish everyone could see the irony in the majority in utah trying to do everything to &#8220;Protect the Children&#8221; but yet increasing the size of government and ignoring simple economics in deciding to cut 20mm from our Children and Social Programs.</p>
<p>While protecting the children should be important, we should not do it at the expense of alienating adults who are responsible enough to decide if they want to purchase liquor, not hide it all like it is a dirty secret.</p>
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1303877634;}i:9;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:67:"Comment on Utah Senate Democrats Statement on HB477 by marjorie day";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/archives/926/comment-page-1#comment-4379";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"marjorie day";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:38:34 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/?p=926#comment-4379";s:11:"description";s:86:"Thank goodness for sensible minds and the courage to stand strong in your convictions.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:94:"<p>Thank goodness for sensible minds and the courage to stand strong in your convictions.</p>
";}s:7:"summary";s:86:"Thank goodness for sensible minds and the courage to stand strong in your convictions.";s:12:"atom_content";s:94:"<p>Thank goodness for sensible minds and the courage to stand strong in your convictions.</p>
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