Rep. Dixon Pitcher - What he is working on?

As many of you know, Rep. Dixon Pitcher is our newly elected representative for Leg. District 10.  Since the legislature has now started I was eager to learn what he is working on.  Some of you may remember this is not Mr. Pitcher's first time in the legislature and so we can expect him to hit the ground running.  Fortunately I was able to have a good discussion with Rep. Pitcher on Friday about his goals and upcoming plans.

Through our discussion Rep. Pitcher explained some of the long range infrastructural programs that will be coming up.  There are some potential new highway projects and sign ordinances that are in the works.  Unfortunately due to the 7 percent budget cuts most of the programs will be way down the line.  But the ground work will be set now.

One piece of legislation he is working on is the potential for new Greenbelt Tax laws. This could be huge for tax payers and give cities more open space. We will look for more in this in the future, but he has some good ideas on the topic.  We also discussed new school bullying laws and contributions controls.

In the end it sounds like he has some good things going.  He is very excited about his committee assignments, especially his leadership position.  Realize it is very rare for a new legislator to receive a leadership position, but because he has served in the past he was granted seniority and given the vice chair position on the House Business and Labor Committee.  This is huge for our Leg District and I am looking for good things from Mr. Pitcher.

Here is Rep. Pitcher's Legislative Profile: Profile

We will keep you posted on his progress and what he brings to South Ogden.

Dixon Found

Shortly after my last post, "Where is Dixon Pitcher?"  A number people emailed me to put me in my place regarding Mr. Pitcher and his campaign.  However I stand by my original assessment.  But the kicker was Dixon's phone call to me earlier this evening.  He was incredibly open to my suggestions and we talked a lot about the campaign.  I still think he needs a website and a few other things.  But I can tell he is busy.

Also, I received his first campaign mailer today, just in time for early voting.  I am sure this was his strategy.

Where is Dixon Pitcher?

With the election now only two weeks away, I can’t help to be concerned about our legislative district race between Dixon Pitcher and Randy Rounds. For the past few weeks we have seen a growing number of campaign signs for Randy Rounds, he has walked the streets and knocked on doors. I have received a number of mailers and spoken to him personally. But where is Dixon Pitcher? I know there is a lot of timing that goes into putting up your signage and sending out mailers. Therefore we should see more from him in the next week but I feel he has lost some real ground and is not connecting with voters.

This district has always been strong for the Democratic Party and because of Rep. Brent Wallis and his amazing, tireless campaign work; it was won by the Republicans. Dixon Pitcher has not shown me even a shred of the energy that Wallis showed us. Which leads me to believe this district will go back to the Democrats in 2011. I have had one phone call from Mr. Pitcher asking if I wanted some signs and if Randy had visited my neighborhood. But after that, I have seen nothing. By this point, Mr. Wallis had hit nearly every door in South Ogden. The first of October he had a huge campaign rally and had tons of us going door to door meeting with potential voters. We had maps, clipboards, email addresses, etc. We went to sponsored “meet the candidate” dinners at voters homes and really got to know Brent Wallis. He was out there changing people’s minds who had voted one way for 20+ years.

Many have accused Randy Rounds for poorly written campaign literature, but at least he has some! Mr. Rounds has a website, flyers, posters, signs and more. It hasn’t been updated since May, but it at least it is there. http://randyrounds.weberdemocrats.org/

Mr. Pitcher – Nothing. He is still using his info@jumping.com email as the way to contact him. But gathering more info is difficult.

Currently over 100 people have come to my blog searching for info regarding Dixon Pitcher and Randy Rounds. Randy Round’s readers are staying for over 5 minutes, Dixon pitchers only a few seconds. This either because my blog sucks or that there is nothing to say, we haven’t seen him.

In all fairness, maybe he just isn’t campaigning in my precinct because Randy Round grew up a block from my house and still has family here. However, aside from a few meet the candidate nights, as I have driven around and spoken with other people; they all have the same question:

Where is Dixon Pitcher?