Progress in Utah must always come in "baby steps." There are blaring headlines all across the Utah print media this morning, with stories from the Standard-Examiner, Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune, reporting that Utah's quirky private club system stands on the verge of abolition. Key "stakeholde...

The Utah legislature moves one step further along its inexorable path toward keeping the public's nose out of the government's "private" business The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah legislature has moved one step further along its inexorable path toward keeping the public's nose out of the g...

Time still remains to drive a stake through this citizen-unfriendly bill's heart There's disheartening news for advocates of transparent government this morning from this morning's Salt lake Tribune , wherein Cathy McKitrick reports that Governor Huntman's office has intruded itself at the eleventh ...

The insider lowdown on how the wheels are falling off the Boss Godfrey Administration Wienermobile By WhatWardRUin Nothing like spending four days with an "insider" to get the low-down on what's going on at City Hall. Seems there is a growing riff between Godfrey and his head cheerleader John Patter...

Research reveals that that the Red States appear also to be the "Red Light" states There's a shocking news story that's been circulating across online media outlets and newspapers this week. Well... at least WE were shocked. Here's one version of the story, from Tuesday's PC World online edition: â€...

Progress is being made, however slight As our Utah legislature moves within five days of the end of its 2009 General Legislative Session, we'll devote a little electronic ink to a couple of areas of legislation which have been favorite topics of discussion here at Weber County Forum. Contrary to the...

For the publication of legal notices, newspapers remain the best way to go We'd like to make brief note of another excellent editorial in this morning's Standard-Examiner, wherein the Std-Ex editorial board take strong exception to a bill now pending in legislature (SB 208), which would take paid le...

More bars on 25th Street? A new furnace for the Marshall White Center? News is a mite slow on this Emerald City Monday morning, but there are nevertheless a couple of important items coming up on tomorrow evening's city council meeting agenda, for which we'd like to provide our readers a heads-up. O...

Contact your State Representatives; urge them to help correct the mess that the legislature clumsily created We'll briefly shine the spotlight on the latest development on a subject which we haven't covered recently on Weber County Forum, the Powderville Town incorporation mess. This morning's Stand...

A "significant wrench thrown into the middle of an otherwise very productive session" We learn this morning from the Standard-Examiner and the Salt Lake Tribune about more blowback resulting from state Senator Bigmouth's most recent bad behavior. GOP legislators shut down all legislative business fo...