Where I Stand

A colleague once told me that Utah's public records law would let me see how my own workload and salary compared with others in my department. What I found changed the course of my career.

Let me tell you plainly where I am on Utah's water. I am not an expert. I could pretend otherwise, but I would rather tell you the truth and then tell you what I do about it.

When I first read Amendment B, I answered the way I suspect a lot of people will. Quickly. Then I went back and read it again, more than once, and changed my mind.

In 2018 Utah voters approved an independent redistricting commission. I support it, and my first reason is the simplest one available: The voters approved it.

I taught teachers for twenty-five years. Most of what I watch happen at the Legislature is an attempt to fix one leg of the chair at a time, and that is not how chairs work.

Affordability is not one problem with one fix. There are specific things a state legislature can do about it, though, and these are the three I keep coming back to.