Remembering 2011 Milestones
October 19th: Lee Announces Mobile Office Hours
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Lee announced the launch of his Mobile Office Hours. The project is an effort to reach constituents across Utah who might not otherwise be able to meet with casework officers at Senator Lee’s offices in Salt Lake City and St. George. The Mobile Office will hold events in multiple locations throughout all 29 counties within the State. The full schedule will appear on Senator Lee’s website and be updated periodically.
“I want my office to be open and available to all Utahns,” said Senator Lee. “The best way to achieve that is by going directly to them. Utahns deal with a range of issues – from Social Security to veterans benefits to navigating the bureaucracy of the federal government – and I want to be there to help them get answers.”
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Thoughts and prayers are with fallen police officer Jared Francom’s family and the Ogden PD today.
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Around the Water Cooler
Thousands mourn slain Ogden police officer
Slain Ogden police Officer Jared Francom was described at his funeral Wednesday as an affectionate joker who was also a dedicated officer who took his law enforcement job seriously.
Ogden police Sgt. Troy Burnett, who was Francom’s supervisor when he started with the department seven years ago, recalled that Francom got into a fender-bender with his car, but still managed to arrive at the scene of a domestic dispute, to help Burnett.
Burnett said that when he asked Francom why he didn’t simply report that he was unable to make it, Francom responded: “Sarge, when I heard you arrive on scene, I just couldn’t stand the thought of you waiting on me.”
Added Burnett, “That’s the kind of officer Jared was, he wouldn’t let a fellow officer down.”
Class Warfare and the Buffett Rule
The political season has barely begun, and yet we already know that class warfare will be President Obama’s key issue in the 2012 general election. It’s even reared its ugly head in the Republican primaries, with the candidates trying to paint front-runner Mitt Romney as a cold-hearted capitalist and Rick Santorum proposing targeted tax breaks for the “working class” manufacturing sector.
But none in the GOP can compare with the progressive intelligentsia’s obsession with tax increases on the rich to raise revenues and achieve social justice.