Weber County Forum

• The Ogden Streetcar Corridor Must Run Up 25th Street

  Number of comments: 22
  Be sure to sign the online petition, and register your support for a 25th Street alignment
  
  By Dorrene Jeske
  Ogden City Council Member
  
  UTA has posted information and maps for the Ogden Downtown to WSU/McKay-Dee corridor on their website. You can find the 11-page document www.rideuta.com/files/Ogden_WSU_briefing%20materials32309.pdf. It [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:45am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: OUR VIEW: Mayor's Salary Not Top Priority

  Number of comments: 14
  Your WCF blogmeister admits he's stumped, and poses a sincere reader query
  
  Interesting example of how something which we believe was really a non-story has proliferated out of all reasonable proportion on the pages of the Standard-Examiner (and elsewhere) during the past week.
  
  Last Sunday the SE [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:13am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: "Mt. Ogden Golf Course Losing Money! Really!"

  Number of comments: 6
  Mayor Godfrey again presents the golf course "problem" as one with only two possible solutions
  
  By Monotreme
  
  The Standard-Examiner has seen fit to repeat the "Mt. Ogden Golf Course Losing Money! Really!" meme one more time:
  • Upgrading Mt. Ogden Golf Course to take money
  Mayor Godfrey [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:50am EST
  by RudiZink

• WSU Game Day Thread

  Number of comments: 17
  “We’ve just got to worry about ourselves,” said WSU coach Ron McBride. “We put ourselves in this predicament."
  
  From this morning'sStandard-Examiner front page sports story:
  OGDEN — Weber State University fans will not only be cheering for the Wildcats today as they take on Cal Poly, but they’ll'" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:57am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner Editorial: Time to Stop Double Dipping

  Number of comments: 5
  Note to our "fiscally conservative" state legislature: Are you listening?
  
  We don't want the day to completely slip away, without shining the spotlight on a fine lead editorial appearing in this morning's Standard-Examiner. In a most craftsman-like fashion, editorial page editor Doug Gibson draws a bead on a quirky' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by RudiZink

• Ogden Veteran's Home Dedication Ceremony Report

  Number of comments: 2
  It was awe-inspiring to be a part of such a patriotic event
  
  By Dorrene Jeske
  
  I attended the dedication ceremony for the Veteran's Home yesterday, which was the subject of a front page article in this morning's Standard-Examiner:
  • Ogden veterans home hosts grand dedicationAt 9:30 AM, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by RudiZink

• Ogden Veteran's Home Dedication Ceremony Report

  Number of comments: 1
  It was awe-inspiring to be a part of such a patriotic event
  
  By Dorrene Jeske
  
  I attended the dedication ceremony for the Veteran's Home yesterday, which was the subject of a front page article in this morning's Standard-Examiner:
  • Ogden veterans home hosts grand dedicationAt 9:30 AM, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by RudiZink

• Streetcar Stakeholder Meeting! Very, Very, Very Important!

  Number of comments: 39
  Please come let them know that you support a 25th Street alignment
  UPDATE: Dan S. live blogs from the stakeholders' meeting
  
  From the Trolley District Website community calender:
  When: Thu, November 19, 1:30pm – 3:30pm Where: Weber Center - 2380 Washington Blvd. (map) Description: The stakeholder committee' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:30am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: City OKs the Use of Eminent Domain

  Number of comments: 21
  At this point the obvious unanswered question is "Why now?"
  
  By Dan Schroeder
  
  Today's Standard-Examiner article answers the question that I posed yesterday afternoon:
  • City OKs use of eminent domain / Land to be used for Ogden River Redevelopment Project AreaEminent domain has been approved' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by RudiZink

• Sign the Streetcar Petition!

  Number of comments: 1
  We're down to our last night before the stakeholders make their final recommendations
  
  By Chris Bentley
  
  Hello, dear friends!
  
  Well, we're down to our last night before the stakeholders make their final recommendations. That means that there's still time to make a difference in this historic and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:12pm EST
  by RudiZink

• Bits And Pieces From Last Night's Emerald City Council Meeting

  Number of comments: 30
  City Council Notes - 11/17/09
  
  By Dan Schroeder
  
  I arrived in the council chambers just after 6:00, so I missed the Board of Canvass meeting which took place at 5:50. I would assume that the vote was duly certified, and that there were no surprises in the final [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:56am EST
  by RudiZink

• Powder Mountain Update: A New Citizen Petition

  Number of comments: 13
  Please do your part to help free the beleaguered Ogden Valley citizens from Utah-style corporo-fascist tyranny
  
  There's more frenzied activity on the Powder Mountain Township front, as the valiant citizens of Ogden Valley mobilize yet again to get our from under the Powder Mountain Developers' thumb. House [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:10am EST
  by RudiZink

• A Couple of Potential Red Meat Items on Tomorrow's Council/RDA Calenders

  Number of comments: 51
  The council is presented with a chance to correct a Gang of Six Council error; and the nasty subject of Eminent Domain arises on the tomorrow's RDA agenda
  
  There's nothing in the Northern Utah print media which we could properly label as nutritious Weber County Forum political red meat [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:47am EST
  by RudiZink

• House District 10 Pre-2010 Legislative Session Open House

  Number of comments: 5
  Attend the public meetup with House Representative Brent Wallis on November 19
  
  Received this missive via email from House District 10 Representative Brent Wallis last night:
  Hi Rudi: I am going to be hosting an Open House Thursday, November 19th at 6:30 p.m in South Ogden City Hall,
  [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:46am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: How Much Should Your Mayor Make?

  Number of comments: 44
  A tacit admission that another pizza delivery boy and ne'er do well is a bad idea for Ogden?
  
  By Monotreme
  
  The Standard-Examiner carries this interesting story this morning on the front page of the hard-copy edition:
  • How much should your mayor make?
  In it, Mr. Schwebke' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:05am EST
  by RudiZink

• College Game Day Open Thread

  Number of comments: 4
  Two Utah collegiate games we'll be closely watching today. Read all the pregame hype here
  • WSU v. NAU
  • Utah v. TCU
  The WSU home field kickoff is set for 1:00 @ WSU's Stewart Stadium. The Utah/TCU game starts @ 5:30 p.m.
  
  WSU fans who are [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by RudiZink

• Sign the Streetcar Corridor Alignment Petition

  Number of comments: 8
  Let the UTA bureaucrats know that the lumpencitizens of Emerald City WILL NOT SETTLE for a hokey 36th Street streetcar alignment
  
  For those following current developments in the ongoing UTA Ogden Streetcar study, please take note that one of our gentle readers has furnished a copy of a [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:15am EST
  by RudiZink

• Lifties and Smarties

  Number of comments: 33
  Ogden's two-party political system
  By Dan Schroeder
  It’s time to admit it: Ogden has a two-party political system.
  One party includes Mayor Godfrey, his department heads, city council members Johnson and Stephenson, and majorities of the Chamber of Commerce, local realtors, and the Standard-Examiner management.
  The other party includes council' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:01am EST
  by RudiZink

• Ogden Streetcar Planning Update: Sign the Danged Petition

  Number of comments: 18
  One last chance to tell the mind-number UTA/UDOT bureaucrats what's up with the Lumpencitizens of Emerald City
  Happily, the little glitch in the online petition software which was earlier reported in this space... has now been fixed
  
  In the wake of yesterday's WCF article, wherein we shined the [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:45am EST
  by RudiZink

• Ooops! 3 Vacant Ogden Buildings NOT Ready

  Number of comments: 17
  Let us hope that at least the news editors of the SE understand now just how easily they were played by the administration last month
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  Have to hand it to the Standard-Examiner for putting on public display today the extent to which it got royally played [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:39am EST
  by RudiZink

• Audit Calls For End to Rehiring Retirees

  Number of comments: 11
  Double dippers may cost state retirement system $900 million in coming decade
  "It was evident in the cases we reviewed that retiring was, with few exceptions, simply a maneuver to begin drawing both a pension and a salary," the audit said. "Returning to work soon after retiring suggests the retirees" [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:10am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner Letter: Many Want a 25th Street Streetcar Route

  Number of comments: 15
  Don't let Utah transportation bureaucrats toss the public input out with the trash
  
  There's not much Emerald City news to report about this morning. Believe us... we've looked. Nevertheless we did find one Weber County Forum-topical item over on the Standard-Examiner website this morning which we believe ought to' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:24am EST
  by RudiZink

• Tuesday Morning Emerald City News Roundup

  Number of comments: 21
  More on Friday's Powdervillian fundraiser, a post-election editorial critique, and a Standard-Examiner website outage update
  
  Three Standard-Examiner items worthy of note this morning. We'll briefly reel them off one by one:
  
  1) Last week we provided a heads-up about the latest development in the Powder Mountain [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:41am EST
  by RudiZink

• Another Blue Sky Utah Mega Ski Resort Hits the Bankruptcy Auction Block

  Number of comments: 7
  More circumstantial evidence that its a good thing that Emerald City citizens didn't sip the Godfrey/Peterson/Lift Ogden Kool-aide
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  The Salt Lake Tribune has a story up about a much touted mega ski resort development in Utah, Elk Meadows, once touted as a can't fail exclusive up-market [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:35pm EST
  by RudiZink

• Spotlight on Today's Most Peculiar Standard-Examiner "Comic" Insert

  Number of comments: 6
  A Mark Shurtleff campaign propaganda piece, posing as a tribute to the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution?
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  In this morning's Standard-Examiner, there is an insert, a comic book treatment of the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, followed by a comic book' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:30am EST
  by RudiZink

• Special Notice to the Voters of Ogden's Ward 1

  Number of comments: 0
  Two days remain to validate twelve Ward 1 provisional ballots
  
  This morning we have a quick heads-up for the voters in Ogden City Ward 1. As everyone knows, council incumbent Jesse Garcia was narrowly edged out by Godfreyite challenger Neil Garner by a preliminary vote tally of [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:25am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner Guest Commentary: Golf Course Plan Should Preserve Intrinsic Value

  Number of comments: 9
  Time for our new city council, we think, to grab the bull by its horns
  
  The Mt. Ogden Golf Course story is back on the discussion front-burner, with this morning's most-excellent Hoyle Sorenson Guest Commentary:
  • Golf course plan should preserve intrinsic valueMr. Sorensen refers to the four' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: Does a Post-Election Power Shift Loom For the Emerald City Council?

  Number of comments: 20
  Will the SE Editorial Board recognize that fixing the admittedly abysmal state of Mayor-Council relations will require a substantial communications shift on the part of the Mayor and his staff, and not just on the part of the Council?
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  This morning's Standard-Examiner has up an interesting' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:45am EST
  by RudiZink

• The River Project Graduates From Firetrap to "No-Fee Landfill"

  Number of comments: 52
  That's how it works (and will continue to work) with Ogden City government, so long as Boss Godfrey remains at the mayoral helm
  
  Eye popping front page story in this morning's Standard-Examiner, reporting that Boss Godfrey's once ballyhooed Ogden River Project, which the administration brokered into the hands' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by RudiZink

• Veteran's Day Parade Tomorrow A.M.

  Number of comments: 9
  Join your blogmeister tomorrow in downtown Ogden to thank our U.S. military veterans, reservists and active-duty troops for their service to our country
  
  Although we've been hog-tied with personal business for most of the day, there's one more immediately upcoming local event we'd like to spotlight this evening, before' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:53pm EST
  by RudiZink

• Powder Mountain Update: Union Station Fundraiser Scheduled For Next Friday Night

  Number of comments: 5
  Fundraiser: Music, dinner and melodrama
  
  During the past two months we've maintained our lazer focus on Ogden City politics, and the 2009 Ogden City Municpal Election in particular. Over that time however we've unfortunately neglected another topic near and dear to hearts, the still-ongoing Powder Mountain Township [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:30am EST
  by RudiZink

• Thursday Morning Open Topic Thread

  Number of comments: 18
  A couple of non-red meat items to kick off the day's discussion
  
  There's not much in the way of "red meat" news in Emerald City this morning, so we thought it might be a good idea to set up an open topic thread. But first, here are a couple [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by RudiZink

• The Desert News Kickstarts a New Discussion About Two Citizens' Initiative Petitions Which Are Well Worthy of Your Attention

  Number of comments: 4
  Arrange to affix you signatures to the Utahns for Ethical Government and Fair Boundaries Redistricting Initiative Petitions via the contact information listed below:
  
  The Deseret News carries a good editorial this morning, once again touting the Utahns for Ethical Government (UEG) citizen legislative ethics initiative petition drive, which [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:30am EST
  by RudiZink

• 2009 Ogden City Municipal Election Results

  Number of comments: 108
  Real-time vote tallies delivered to our readers through the technological marvel of electrons zipping along through little wires
  
  As promised in today's earlier article, and as we've done every year since the founding of Weber County Forum in 2005, we're once again delighted to provide a real-time feed' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  by RudiZink

• 2009 Ogden City Municipal Election Results

  Real-time vote tallies delivered to our readers through the technological marvel of electrons zipping along through little wires
  
  As promised in today's earlier article below, and as we've done every year since the founding of Weber County Forum in 2005, we're once again delighted to provide a real-time [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  by RudiZink

• Election Day: The Polls Are Open

  Number of comments: 67
  A rare opportunity to elect a veto-proof majority of fiscally conservative council grownups
  
  Here we go folks. Our sidebar countdown clock has clicked down to zero. The glorious day we've all been anxiously awaiting has now arrived. Your neighborhood polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by RudiZink

• A few Back-burner Items in Advance of Tomorrow's Municipal election

  Number of comments: 21
  The results of our online website ratings poll; and some belated info from Ward 3 candidate Stephens
  
  OK folks. Now that we're on the threshold of tomorrow's critical municipal election, wherein the Emerald City Lumpencitizens are once again compelled to stand up for their conservative fiscal values and important [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:13pm EST
  by RudiZink

• Two More Strong Election-Oriented Editorial Pieces From the Standard-Examiner

  Number of comments: 9
  The SE advances a plan to get out the vote; and a regular SE guest contributor delivers a helpful civics lesson
  
  There are two strong editorial pieces in this morning's Standard-Examiner, each of them propounding the laudable theme of "getting out the vote" for tomorrow's Emerald City Municipal Election.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:45am EST
  by RudiZink

• A Standard-Examiner Editorial Page Our WCF Readers Won't Want to Miss

  Number of comments: 31
  If we didn't know better, we'd swear the Standard-Examiner is finally in touch with the true sentiments of the lumpencitizens of Emerald City
  
  Fantastic Standard-Examiner editorial page today. We'll award today's editorial page effort a solid "A" grade. On second thought... let's make it an A+:
  
  First, the' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 6:44am EST
  by RudiZink

• WCF Halloween Special: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

  Number of comments: 9
  A recent poll of American 5th graders shockingly finds that 63% could identify the cartoon character Jack Skellington, while only 14% could identify Al'ghol, the ghoul that dwells in burial grounds!
  
  
  In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
  Have fun tonight kids...
  
  But watch your backs.[...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Consultant to South Salt Lake: Don't Bond For Market Station

  Number of comments: 3
  Keeping Ogden from sinking deeper into the debt hole the Godfrey administration has dug for it will depend on the independence of the Council members we elect Tuesday
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  The SL Trib has a story up this morning which is well worthy of a good close look, [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:30am EDT
  by RudiZink

• WSU Wildcats v. Montana Grizzlies Game Day Thread

  Number of comments: 6
  This could indeed be THE BIG WSU college football week of the season -- but make no mistake -- it's NOT about revenge
  
  No need to overemphasize the importance of today's Game. If our WSU Wildcats can hang a loss on league rival Montana, our Wildcats can bring themselves [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• The Gondola-Examiner Issues Its First Two Emerald City Council Endorsements

  Number of comments: 8
  What a shame that the lumpencitzens can't vote at regular intervals to fill the Standard-Examiner publisher's seat
  
  Three days before the 2009 Ogden City Municipal Election, just as earlier threatened, the Gondola-Examiner finally comes out this morning with its first two Ogden City Council endorsements. It appears to [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Is At-Large Seat "A" Council Candidate Mark Hains in Violation Of Ogden City Campaign Finance Disclosure Ordinances?

  Number of comments: 46
  Hains's own campaign finance reports reveal $3000 in donations from a single political action committee entity
  
  by Dan Schroeder
  
  Lest Mr. Phipps grab all our attention...
  
  There's a very interesting entry in the disclosure form just filed by Mark Hains, a candidate for the Ogden City [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:44am EDT
  by RudiZink

• 2009 Emerald City Election Update: A Thoroughly Embarrassed David Phipps Speaks With the Press

  Number of comments: 19
  Phipps hints he may seek emergency relief from his election disqualification through the courts
  
  Scott Schwebke has augmented yesterday's brief report this morning, concerning Council Seat "B" David Phipps's disqualification from the November 3 election, with a fleshed-out story, reporting that Mr. Phipps may [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Breaking: Boss Godfrey's Hand-Picked Realtor Carpetbagger Ejected from the City Council Race

  Number of comments: 44
  2009 Ogden Municipal Election ALERT!
  
  By Jennifer Neil
  
  This just in:
  • Phipps disqualified from Ogden election
  OGDEN -- City council candidate David Phipps has been disqualified from Tuesday's general election because he failed to file a campaign finance disclosure statement in on time.
  Phipps, who was [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:44pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• The Third Set Of Emerald City Council Candidate Financial Disclosure Reports Are Now On File

  Number of comments: 11
  Seven out of eight of them, anyhow
  
  Let us point out this timely 2009 Ogden municipal election story in this morning's Standard-Examiner, reporting on the third set of council candidate financial disclosure statements which were due for filing in the city recorder's office by 5:00 p.m. yesterday. According [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:51am EDT
  by RudiZink

• KSL News: Hard Times for Utah

  Number of comments: 7
  Government budgets much worse than anticipated
  
  By Danny
  
  It looks like times will be getting a lot harder in Utah:
  • Government budgets worse than anticipatedFrom the article:
  
  Sales and use taxes, which fund general government and higher education, slumped 23 percent, nearly $100 million.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:07am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Wednesday Afternoon Standard-Examiner Mailbag.

  Number of comments: 18
  Additional material offered hopefully to pry our normally chatty WCF readers out of their evident drowsiness
  
  Since reader comment traffic is a mite slow today, we thought it might be useful to feature a few of today's Standard-Examiner Letters to the Editor this afternoon, dealing with issues involving Tuesday's' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Wall Street Journal: Dude, Where's My Car?

  Number of comments: 5
  Flaws in the "new urbanism" model?
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  Interesting and possibly important: Today's Wall Street Journal has an interesting story here about empty-nesters returning to inner cities to live carless lives in urban condos. What caught my eye was this paragraph:
  Demographers and economists have predicted that [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: FBI says Ogden Crime Stats Down -- UPDATED

  Number of comments: 10
  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
  
  Regular as clock work, and on the eve of a pivotal Ogden City municipal election, wherein control of the majority of Ogden City Council seats is up for grabs, the Standard-Examiner comes through with another Godfrey administration tout piece, announcing once again that Boss [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:46am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Rep. Hansen Apologises to Phipps

  Number of comments: 48
  Let's not over-focus on the technicalities surrounding Mr. Phipps's residency
  
  Fascinating story in this morning's Standard-Examiner, wherein Scott Schwebke reports that House District 9 Representative Neil Hansen has graciously issued an unsolicited apology to Ogden City Council Seat "B" Candidate David Phipps, for his perceived overreaction to information' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 8:30am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Monday Morning Standard-Examiner Letters Mailbag

  Number of comments: 36
  Spotlight on two thoughtful and timely SE reader submissions
  
  To kick off this morning's discussion, we'll highlight a couple of this morning's hard-copy edition letters to the Standard-Examiner which are particularly timely today, as we stand poised on the brink of our 2009 Emerald City Municipal Election, which looms' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:07am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Deseret News: Ethics Debate Heating Up Online

  Number of comments: 9
  UEG petitions await your signatures at two centrally-situated Ogden locations
  
  Interesting and informative Deseret News article this morning, reporting on the latest developments regarding the Utahns for Ethical Government (UEG) citizen legislative ethics initiative petition drive, which we've been hawking here on Weber County Forum for the' [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 10:01am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Weber County Forum Game Day Thread

  Number of comments: 8
  Lots of pivotal Northern Utah football games to watch today
  
  Order your Delivered Pizza right now. Today's Northern Utah college gridiron action should be most interesting.
  
  OK first here's this one, where The Zoobies face off against the TCU Mountain West Conference "so far best" powerhouse.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:59pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Ogden Council Hires its Own Legislative Lobbyist At A Definite Bargain Rate

  Number of comments: 8
  Boss Godfrey's own "sneaky" actions bring on the inevitable consequences
  
  Encouraging Scott Schwebke story in this morning's Standard-Examiner, reporting that our Emerald City Council has now followed up on its earlier-reported course of action and hired its own legislative lobbyist:
  • Ogden hires lobbyist for $10,000
  This [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:35am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Friday Funnies: 2009 Emerald City Municipal Election Update

  Number of comments: 43
  The latest tactic in the 2009 "Lawn Sign Wars"
  
  On or about September 29, the Standard-Examiner published the following Don Carver letter, making note of the proliferation of ghastly Council Seat "B" Candidate David Phipps signs scattered all across Ogden City, on the scores of residential properties owned and/or [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Spotlight on This Morning's Special Standard-Examiner 2009 Election Feature

  Number of comments: 5
  Nine new Standard-Examiner items begging for your attention... do your duty, folks
  
  The Standard-Examiner is evidently trying to get its act together in advance of the November 3 election, with a special WeberPlus Section feature which appeared in this morning's edition, under the title, "Determining Ogden's leaders." Much of [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:30am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Jon Greiner Gets His "Day in Court"

  Number of comments: 18
  Scott Schwebke reports on Jon Greiner's now-ongoing Hatch Act administrative hearing
  
  The Standard-Examiner describes the latest episode in the long-simmering Jon Greiner Hatch Act Saga,with this morning's Scott Schwebke story, which reports that our Ogden Police Chief/State Senator is now mired in the midst of a multi-day administrative [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 8:30am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Emerald City Tuesday News Roundup

  Number of comments: 21
  A reminder that early voting starts today; and a report that Boss Godfrey's "Council Nanny Plan" has fizzled out
  
  There are a couple items in this morning's Standard-Examiner which we believe to be worthy of note.
  
  First, Bryon Saxton provides a helpful reminder that early voting for [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:20am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: Outlet stores in downtown Ogden?

  Number of comments: 55
  The real puzzle is why the SE permits itself to be played like a violin
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  This morning's Standard-Examiner has another painful example of Ogden's home town paper's inability to distinguish between news and campaign-driven speculations by Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey:
  • Outlet stores in downtown' [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 6:02am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Bits and Pieces of 2009 Municipal Election Information on an Otherwise Slow News Sunday Morning

  Number of comments: 28
  A pitch for campaign donations for one our favored council candidates; and a spotlight on the heretofore seeming Ward 3 council candidate "invisible man"
  
  Red meat news has again slowed to a crawl this weekend, so we thought it might be appropriate this morning to devote some space to [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 11:54am EDT
  by RudiZink

• WSU Homecoming: WSU v. SSU Game Day Thread

  Number of comments: 14
  The University from Governornator "Arnold's" capitol city of Cal-E-Fornia shows up at Stewart Stadium to get their "Ass Kicked" today
  
  Regular as clockwork, the calender has rolled on by one week since our last WSU Game Day article; and we're thus delighted to open up another article and discussion [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 11:48am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Ogden City 2009 General Election Voting Guide

  Number of comments: 19
  Special Guest Commentary from Mayor Godfrey
  
  You’ve probably heard about how abusive I am toward the women on the city council. Some people think I’ve gotten even more crabby than ever since all my projects are going to pot. But in reality, my administration has always taken a [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 1:24pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Descente Tells the Geigers to Take a Hike

  Number of comments: 52
  For the very first time since 2005, "the Geigers" could not be reached for comment
  
  This is definitely encouraging news for Emerald City...
  • Father and son team resign from positions with Descente North AmericaSeems the Samurai businessmen in Osaka are not quite so nutty as we'd earlier' [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 4:12pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Sadly, We Seem to Have an Unqualified Candidate Running For the Emerald City "B" Seat in November

  Number of comments: 57
  Further probing questions concerning David Phipps's purported one-year Ogden residency
  
  It's it's been reported in the last night's post-debate comments that several debate attendees submitted the pointed question to At Large Seat "B" council candidate David Phipps, as to the specific date he established his Ogden City residency, [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Here's How it Works @ the Gondola-Examiner

  Number of comments: 9
  Insider insight into the process by which the Standard-Examiner unabashedly and wilfully prints mindless Boss Godfrey propaganda
  
  We're sure many of our readers were scratching their heads this morning, wondering about this morning's Scott Schwebke masterpiece (which we'll link below), dredging up for what [?]' [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:55pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Another Heads-up In Re Tonight's Council Candidate Debate

  Number of comments: 54
  Another correction; and a cordial invitation to join in the discussion on this dedicated council candidate debate thread
  
  OK, we're going to try this one last time. Please take note and re-mark your calendars. Tonight's 2009 City Council candidate debate, originally set for Ogden's Union Station, and then subsequently' [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:45am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: Tax Increment District Extended

  Number of comments: 6
  Fine tuning the facts on an otherwise good report on last night's RDA Session
  
  By Dan Schroeder
  
  Some responses to the details of Scott Schwebke's morning story, concerning last night's RDA session:
  • Tax increment District extended1. He never says how much money the taxing entities' [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Live Blog Posts From Tonight's Council Meeting

  Number of comments: 32
  Dan S. reports in real time via his wireless mobile device
  
  Well looky here. We're now suddenly getting live blog comments from tonight's council meeting, direct from Dan Schroeder's wireless mobile device. For those casual readers who feel like they're out of the information loop, Dr. Schroeder earlier [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:16pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Ogden Counci Candidate Debate Set For Tomorrow Night

  Number of comments: 28
  Another heads-up on what may prove to be the most important public event during the 2009 municipal election season
  
  The Standard-Examiner provides another reminder in this morning's edition of what could prove to be the most important and best attended public event during the 2009 municipal election season, tomorrow' [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:40am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Be Honest, Fair, and Conservative

  Number of comments: 59
  An open letter to the Ogden RDA Board (aka City Council)
  by Dan Schroeder
  Dear RDA Board members:
  I write concerning your agenda items for Tuesday, October 13, which call for extension of tax increment collection for the CBD Mall District and for associated mitigation payments to certain [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Emerald City Voters Beware

  Number of comments: 27
  Watch out for carpetbaggers and real estate interest candidates, who will represent the mayor and his cronies, not the citizens of Ogden
  
  By Ozboy
  
  There is a concerted effort this election for the mayor and his circle of cronies to win this council election [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 8:22am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Musings on the Topic of Candidate/Voter Apathy:

  Number of comments: 16
  The Standard-Examiner again falls down on its Fourth Estate obligations
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  Standard-Examiner executive editor Andy Howell has some interesting comments on the election in his "Behind the Headlines" column this morning [behind the firewall]:
  • We all know voter apathy. What about candidate apathy?He wonders if [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Big Sky Football: WSU Game Day Open Thread

  Number of comments: 15
  WSU Wildcats square off with Eastern Washington at 1:30 p.m.
  
  Well lo and behold, it's another WSU game day, as our Weber State Wildcats square off on the road in Cheney, Washington against last season's conference nemesis EWU. Just to get the pre-game juices flowing for WSU football fans, [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 10:57am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Former Ogden Manager Seeks to Drop Lawsuit Because Godfrey Drove Him to the Poorhouse

  Number of comments: 7
  Boss Godfrey beats down another righteous litigant from his ill-deserved, taxpayer funded bully pulpit
  
  By Ogden Lover
  
  Sad story on page 1 of yesterday's Standard-Examiner. Dean Martinez is dropping his lawsuit against the city because he's already spent $20K and is broke:
  • Former Ogden manager [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:45pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Hot Off The Press: Second Set of Campaign Financial Disclosure Reports Are Now Available For Viewing

  Number of comments: 53
  The Realtor-backed Boss Godfrey Ticket rakes in another large pile of dough
  
  For those readers closely following the money trail, we're delighted to provide the latest set of 2009 Municipal Election Campaign Financial Disclosure reports, which were filed with the Ogden City Recorder's Office on October 6, 2009. We're' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:40am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Two Election Stories The Standard-Examiner Has Neglected to Print

  Number of comments: 80
  Query: What's up with the Standard's spotty election coverage, people?
  
  To kick off today's discussion, we're going to take a novel approach this morning, and focus on two important 2009 municipal election stories which have not appeared in the Standard-Examiner. During this off-year election, and in the face of [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Wednesday Morning Emerald City News Roundup

  Number of comments: 10
  Four interesting story selections per gentle reader Ray
  
  By Ray
  
  Several interesting items in the Standard this AM. The first, Trentelman's article, in which it would appear St. Anne's has prevailed and rebuffed the Godfrey attempt to make the most political hay out of the proposed relocation. [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:40am EDT
  by RudiZink

• About Tonight's Weber County Women's Legislative Council Meet the Candidates Night

  Number of comments: 31
  Here's a first impression of the first of the Ogden City election 2009 municipal election public forums
  
  By Dan S.
  
  Just returned from the Weber County Womens's Legislative Council candidates' forum. All eight candidates were present and had plenty of opportunities to speak. After each gave an' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:23pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Just returned from the candidates' forum. All ...

  Just returned from the candidates' forum. All eight candidates were present and had plenty of opportunities to speak. After each gave an opening statement, there were plenty of questions from the audience.
  
  One person asked Phipps about his position regarding Mt. Ogden golf course. Phipps said that all options' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:23pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Tuesday Morning Emerald City News Roundup

  Number of comments: 43
  Selected bits and pieces, designed to provide fodder for yet another great WCF reader discussion
  
  In the absence of any blockbuster Ogden City stories from the northern Utah print media this morning, we'll shine the spotlight on these selected bits and pieces, which nevertheless may provide fodder for further' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 8:40am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: Ogden Police Are Allowed To Kick Criminal Ass In Ogden -- At least For One Remarkable Day

  Number of comments: 26
  More evidence that Matthew Godfrey is an idiot
  
  Interesting pre-election story in this morning's Standard-Examiner, referring to at least one day in Emerald City when Boss Godfrey allowed Ogden's Finest to actively bring down the heat on the criminal element in Ogden's sometime crummy central city (soon to' [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:19pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: Council Candidates Invited to Meet Public

  Number of comments: 2
  A chance to meet and greet the Ogden City Council candidates in a relatively informal setting
  
  For those who have not yet marked their calenders, the Standard-Examiner provides a Top of Utah section front page reminder this morning of tomorrow evening's 2009 Ogden Municipal Election event. As we briefly' [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Boss Godfrey Again Puts the Cart before the Horse

  Number of comments: 28
  Godfrey announces St. Anne's Center groundbreaking ceremony; St Anne's Board responds, "Slow Down, Mr. Mayor"
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  They're at it again! The Godfrey administration is trying to give the St. Anne's Center the bums rush out of downtown, and just as happened before, the St.Anne's Board is not' [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 10:15am EDT
  by RudiZink

• WSU gets Down And Dirty With MSU at 1:30 p.m.

  Number of comments: 10
  Our WSU Wildcats take the next step forward toward another Big Sky Championship Title (we hope)
  
  OK Weber State University football fans! It's once again time to publish our weekly WSU tout piece. This afternoon at 1:30 p.m., our home town college football team, the WSU Wildcats, square off' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Dan S. Online Critique Gets Promoted to the Standard-Examiner Print Edition

  Number of comments: 8
  We encourage all WCF readers to mosey on over to the Std-Ex site to throw in their own 2¢
  
  For those who may have missed it the first go-round, be sure to check out Dan Schroeder's letter to the editor, which found its way to the Standard-Examiner' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 8:15am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Standard-Examiner: New Name on Track

  Number of comments: 6
  Ogden Trolley District renaming: a prelude to a central city streetcar system?
  
  Encouraging story on the Standard-Examiner front page, reporting on the efforts of residents of the Ogden Central Bench Historic District to upgrade the public image of their neighborhood. From this morning's Scott Schwebke story:
  OGDEN --' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 6:56am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Council Candidates Schedule 10/14/09 Debate

  Number of comments: 12
  Open public forum to meet and discuss the important issues facing our city
  
  By Jennifer Neil
  
  This from Bart Blair face book message:
  Bart Blair October 1 at 8:35pm
  I just returned from the "candidate debate meeting". It was a good meeting and we were able [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 7:30am EDT
  by RudiZink

• Meet the Candidates Night 10/6/09

  Number of comments: 5
  Everyone's invited to come and meet the candidates; see you there!
  
  By Jim Hutchins
  
  Council At Large Seat "A" candidate Ms. Van Hooser has posted the following to her Facebook Wall:
  What: Ogden Council Member Candidate Forum, Hosted by the Weber County Womens Legislative Council[...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Ogden City Council Debates: Back in the News For the Second Time This Week

  Number of comments: 20
  Lots of tantalizing questions to discuss this morning
  
  To kick off this morning's reader discussion, we'll highlight a pair of Ogden City municipal election stories provided by the northern Utah print media:
  
  First, we'll provide a link to this morning's Salt Lake Tribune story, wherein we believe reporter [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 7:45am EDT
  by RudiZink

• A Pair of Utahns for Ethical Government Post Public Hearing Writeups

  Number of comments: 26
  We predict the initiative measure will find its way to the 2010 ballot, despite last night's low citizen turnout
  
  On the heels of yesterday's reminder of last night's ethics reform public hearing, we're pleased to deliver two post-meeting writeups this morning:
  
  First, Standard-Examiner editorial page editor Doug [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• A Gentle Reminder of Tonight's Ogden Meeting

  Number of comments: 6
  Time to put our crooked legislators' feet to the fire
  
  By Ogden Dem
  
  Please come to the meeting tonight (Sep 29), 7 pm, at Mound Fort Junior High hosted by Utahns for Ethical Government:
  Tuesday, September 29, 2009--7-9 p.m.
  Weber County
  Mound Fort Middle School, Media' [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• The Prospect of Full Council Debates Ain't Quite Dead... Yet

  Number of comments: 55
  An invitation for control-freak Boss Godfrey to butt-out of the council debate situation
  
  Boss Godfrey's Channel 17 command performance Council Candidate "debates" are back in the news this morning, with this Scott Schwebke story, which reports that full debates, with ALL candidates in actually in attendance, may' [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• The Standard-Examiner Editorial Board is Afraid of Boss Godfrey

  Number of comments: 12
  The story headline says it all
  
  By Jim Hutchins
  
  I'd like to re-direct some of the current discussion to what I find to be an accurate and pointed open letter to the Standard-Examiner by Dan Schroeder. This one needs no elaborate introduction. The story headline says it all:[...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 9:25pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Lt. Governor Vows to Kill Ethics Reform

  Number of comments: 9
  Time to vote the rotten bums out
  
  By Ray
  
  Just saw the following news brief on ksl.com:
  • Utah LG may not let ethics initiative go forwardUtah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell may kill the pending citizen's initiative to create an independent ethics commission and a code [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• Note From a Disgruntled WCF Reader

  Number of comments: 75
  One reticent long-time WCF "lurker" chimes in to set the record straight... and for good measure... throws in a plea for good manners
  
  by Shane Osguthorpe
  
  One rainy autumn day during Ogden’s last election cycle, with nothing better to do, I made the mistake of posting a [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:00am EDT
  by RudiZink

• More Evidence That SE's Publisher and His Editors Don't Read Their Own Paper

  Number of comments: 22
  If the Publisher of the Standard Examiner is going to foist this kind of editorial embarrassment on readers, not to mention his staff, he should have the courage to sign his own name to the drivel
  
  By Curmudgeon
  
  Having just read the Standard-Examiner's Sunday morning editorial over' [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 9:46am EDT
  by RudiZink

• WSU v Portland State

  Number of comments: 13
  A variety of options for diehard WSU football fans
  
  Final score: WSU 36; PSU 29 -- WSU escapes within the skin of its teeth - whew!
  
  OK, WSU Wildcat football fans. Our home town college football team tangles this afternoon with league rival Potland State U.
  
  Game [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
  by RudiZink

• A Virtual Glut of 2009 Municipal Election Pieces

  Number of comments: 23
  We hardly know where to start
  
  This morning's Standard-Examiner is chock full of Municipal Election 2009 pieces, so we'll offer some very brief introductory commentary and then provide some links.
  
  First, we find in our morning Std-Ex a pair of dueling guest commentaries, wherein the two main factions [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by RudiZink