Sunday, December 26, 2010

More Waste! Time to fix 88-year-old mistake in Utah flag? | The Salt Lake Tribune

Rep. Julie Fisher (R-Fruit Heights) has joined the list of wasteful legislators with her new resolution to fix the State Flag. According to the Salt Lake Tribune (Time to fix 88-year-old mistake in Utah flag?) Rep. Fisher is frustrated because the "1847" on the flag doesn't conform to State Law and for 88 years we have ignored this horrible sin.  Now is the time to repent.
“It’s not the ugliness of the flag, it’s simply wrong,” says Fisher, who went back and read Utah state law about how the flag is supposed to look. “The ‘1847’ is supposed to be inside the shield. If you look at the state seal — which the flag is based on — it is inside the shield there"
Fisher has decided to have a little "fun" with the legislature and validate every one's State Flags.  In doing so she is now ignoring state problems like education, economic recessions and  immigration.  But we have ignored the State Flag too long!  Thousands of Utahn's have been breaking the law for 88 years and it is time we put this to an end before someone gets hurt.  Yes this resolution won't take long and will probably be cheaper than Rep. Wimmer's State Gun Bill.   But waste is waste and I am disappointed Rep. Fisher can't see the urgency of her job.

Sounds like Rep. Fisher and Rep. Wimmer need to get together and go bowling.  I am sure they could come up with some great wasteful ideas.

Comments welcome!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

It is irritating when people run for public office without any idea of how to make contributions that actually help improve the quality of life in Utah. Too many of our legislators have the same mentality of high school students who run for student body officer positions—“if elected I will make it against school policy to assign homework on Friday's.” It is pointless and “waste of time and money” legislation that no one cares about or needs! It’s what I call “DUH!” legislation, Dead Upon Hearing it!

BenJoeM said...

Thanks for the comment Phill, you are right this is DUH Legislation. However it is so DUH all the legislators will vote for it because it is not worth burning a bridge over. One day they will need a YES vote from Ms Fisher and don't want to lose it over the State Flag. It is a lame balancing act.