July 2009 Entries
Have you ever had a problem with Bountiful Power? Ever try to go to the Public Service Commission about it? A new Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board was set up by the 2008 Legislature, to help arbitrate disputes between contractors and power companies. However, in the case of Bountiful City, they claim that the Public Service Commission has no jurisdiction over Municipal Power Companies. Please see: http://tinyurl.com/nyopjt Bountiful City maintains that that any dispute falls under the Govermental Immunity Act, which stipulates that they must approach the City for remedy. Again this is another way of keeping the doings of Bountiful City out of...
It did not take long for the personal attacks to begin. Tonight in the Clipper, Jennie Johnson, daughter of Bountiful Mayor Joe Johnson came out swinging. It is admirable that she is defending her father. However, she does not address the particualr issues of Joe's lack of integrity brought to the forward by JoAnn Hamilton in last week's Clipper, but rather she attacked JoAnn Hamilton over what JoAnn has been doing to protect children in Davis County. This attack of course is due to JoAnn's letter to the editor the previous Thursday based on facts regarding Joe as witnessed by JoAnn. ...
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Bountiful City elections are coming. The Mayor and two City Council seats will be on the ballot this year (2009). We desparately hope that they will have some honest, open, and transparent folks win the election this year. However, that would have to be somebody other than those who hold these positions currently. We need good leaders.
A new group has popped up called CEAG (pronounced see-j). Please see http://utahceag.org/. A member from our group attended their public meeting last night at the Bountiful City Library. They seemed to be very honest, and one of their overriding platforms is to have transparency...