UT Political Capitol

Back to @GovHerbert who says the business community is not at fault but more "our social gatherings." WUT??

State officials in #Utah indic that #Covid19 "patients in the state range from 19 to 90 yrs old.... many won't make it and those who do will suffer long-term effects of the virus." THESE MEDICAL OFFICIALS ARE SCARED ABOUT THE SURGE #utpol

The #Utah Senate is presently conducting business in special session and has 12 items on the second reading calendar, most from the House #utpol Here's a link glen.le.utah.gov/client.html?c=S

@MrsBrowniscool Sources telling us that GSD warehouse is completely out of sanitizer wipes. They have no reporting line of authority in place. See the Governor's press conf from today, #UTpol

SAFER—Student and Family Education Reboot. My idea to reopen: 1. Most Ss at home online 2. Ss who need in person will come to school but work online while there 3. Classes no more than 15 with a teacher as advisor to help with online work 4.High risk teachers work from home

LISTEN: Audio of 55 mins of President Trump's call with governors. youtube.com/watch?v=Xhkoue… Trump derided many governors as "weak." He said of protesters, "These are terrorists, these are terrorists...They're Antifa and they're radical left."

Rose Garden speech just now: "I will do it for the Governors if they can't get it done," seems like a good way to alienate those who could have been serious supporters. But NOOOoooo.

While we are at it, can we update Saint George, Utah to just St. George?

Utah bars are re-open. Only in Utah are people willing to risk their lives to spend $10 on a juice box with a metered shot in it. #utpol #COVID

#utpol #COVID19

@gopTODD A totally reasonable metric, wouldn't want to use something like fatalities per infected - why isn't the media focusing on the fact that no one has died from COVID-19 on Mars or Antarctica?

COVID-19 Fatalities per million

Worth noting - stolen from Reddit. #utpol

House is done for the day. I must admit, all things considered, this very special session for the House went off very well. #utpol #utleg

.@BradWilsonGOP asks @SueDuckworthUT to "Kindly calm down the parties in Magna." #utpol #utleg #shakeout

@inkedtater @USPS I mean, someone *does* need to pay for it. @RepBrianKing clarified that counties/states will ultimately pick up the bill if for some reason the postage isn't pre-paid.

WHY ARE BALLOTS CHARGED TO BE SENT AT ALL. THERE SHOULD BE NO POSTAGE FOR OFFICIAL ELECTION MAIL, @USPS. (I know, Congress has to fix this, but still)

.@kimfcoleman asks how campaigns would be able to observe counting in the event that county offices will be closed to the public during ballot counting #utpol #utelg

What is the over/under time that someone's speech will be interrupted by a pet/child/spouse during the #utleg session? #utpol

#utleg fiddling with the law to reduce city and county powers in light of COVID-19 response #utpol

So, traditionally, House members can vote by just giving a thumbs up or down to the clerk so they don't have to walk over to their desk and push a button. For some reason, this is still happening with the #Zoomislature even though they are in front of keyboards. #utpol #utleg