Bogged Down By Buttars

The amazing thing about free speech is the fact that you will be held responsible. There are consequences to what we do and what we say. District 10 is a vibrant community with immense growth and that ought to be reflected in their Senate representative. Buttars not only represents District 10 but also the state of Utah. The least that we could expect from someone in this position is a filter on what they say.

The Legislative session has been bogged down in Buttars

Former President of the Senate John Valentine joined the show. He thought that the general consensus of the meeting yesterday was that Senator Buttars should be removed from two of the committees including the powerful Senate Rules Committee. Senator Valentine thought that Senator Waddups action to remove Senator Buttars from these committees was the appropriate thing to do.

The biggest observation that Senator Valentine made was that we can sometimes lack respect in our discourse. To say that every person that speaks carelessly is totally without morals is not reasonable. Your public officials live in a fish bowl and everything that they do is in plain view and sometimes they forget that.

Caller Toby voiced his disagreement of Doug and Doug’s support of Governor Huntsman. Toby felt that Governor Huntsman was left-wing on his environmental issues. Doug affirmed that Governor Huntsman will not always tell you what you want to hear but he will be candid with us and that is what is important. Doug gave Toby the last word in which he chose to say that there are no public officials that accurately represent the political views of the state.

Senate Majority Leader Pat Jones joined the show to comment on Senator Buttars. What Senator Jones called for this week was to clarify, rectify, by removing him from the Judiciary Committee, and then let it die. The Republicans are very embarrassed by Senator Buttars actions. The fact is that a majority of Republicans and even Democrats agree on the topic of marriage between a man and a woman but Senator Buttars’ comments are inappropriate.