Love Named One of 10 Women to Watch in Politics for 2012
by Bryan Schott
06/10/2012 | 638 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The Daily Beast puts Mia Love at the top of their "10 Women to Watch in Politics" for 2012.

The website ranks Love right at the top of the list, which also includes Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Elizabeth Warren.

They call Love the "breakout star" of the Republican recruiting class for 2012.

It’s fitting that a newly drawn district would attract this particular candidate, who is a one-of-a-kind herself. The African-American Mormon is the mayor of Saratoga Springs, the Utah boomtown that claims an AAA bond rating, and is also a mom of three and a take-no-prisoners fitness instructor in her spare time. Those who know this daughter of Haitian immigrants say she’s even more than the sum of her parts, calling her “tenacious,” “dynamic,” and “a superstar.” 

The pro-life gun owner recently surprised the Utah old guard when she sailed through the Republican convention on the first ballot, an accomplishment that even longtime senator Orrin Hatch couldn’t manage, and has been tapped as one of the National Republican Campaign Committee’s “Young Guns.” According to the NRCC’s Andrea Bozek, “It’s a signal to our community that this is a candidate you should be watching.”
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 2927 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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