Last night, Governor Herbert ignored our calls. He signed HB 477 into law. The Senate earlier this week recalled and delayed the law so it now will not go into effect until July 1st. With the promise of a special session to fix the bill. I promise you nothing will change. Either way this is a lose/lose for Utah. We are now the less democratic state in America. We might as well succeed from the Union, put the M1911 on the flag and call it a day. We are laughing stock across the nation.
Read more here:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51388385-76/access-bill-government-legislature.html.csp
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"Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday he signed the amended version of HB477 — a bill restricting access to many government records — to allow more time to discuss further changes."
What sort of twisted logic is that? "Hmm, the current law has existed and worked well for many years. This new bill is obviously deeply flawed but I'm going to sign-it anyway to 'give us time' to get it right."
There is no urgent reason for this law to pass now and revise later. If they intend to fix it, don't pass the law until it is fixed.
I'm embarrassed for Governor Herbert for making such a ridiculous statement, skeptical about his true motivations, and angered that he and the legislature expect us to swallow their excuses.
Sorry, the governor's quote came from here: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705368319/Gov-Herbert-explains-decision-to-sign-controversial-HB477.html
After I ranted about this on facebook, someone pointed out one political reality: If Herbert had vetoed, it passed by a veto-proof majority so the house/senate could have simply voted again and put it into effect now.
Not that I like Herbert's decision, but do you think that politically, making them delay the effective date was all he had in his power to do?
Thanks for the quote Mike. Funny Stuff.
Tealwren, you are right he was in a corner, but I would have hope he would have still vetoed it to send a clear message to the legislature this is a bad bill (which he admits). Who signs a BAD LAW into law and admits it? Instead he is taking the heat for the legislature instead of giving it back to them. I actually think enough people would have been under pressure to not overturn the veto. Either way, you want to play politics give it back to the guys who wrote the law. I promise this will follow Herbert all the way to the polls.
I just got an email from Rep Pitcher stating that he voted against HB 477's final voting. I am not sure what changed between the Senate and the House, but it probably wasn't much. This seems like political jockeying to me.
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