Bill Alert: HB60 would ban UTOPIA construction outside member cities
In a completely ill-considered move, Rep Curt Webb is running a bill, HB60, which would restrict any municipal fiber network (but, curiously, not cable, DSL, wireless, or any other technology) from...
View ArticleMore than a coincidence? HB60 would kill access to UTOPIA as CenturyLink...
We’d like to think that incumbents are a well-oiled lobbying machine, but they often do things so ham-fisted and amateurish that you’re left wondering if Gomer Pyle is in charge. This week is proving...
View ArticleBill Alert: HB60 held again
Rep. Curt Webb has held HB60 again to make some additional modifications. It will be heard again either Wednesday or Friday. I’ll post more as it becomes available, though notice of the agenda change...
View ArticleBill Alert: HB60 dropped from the agenda AGAIN
I’m beginning to think that Rep. Curt Webb is trying to win a “most indecisive legislator” award or something. I’ve gotten word (from three sources) that HB60 has been pulled from the House Government...
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Was HB60 an inside play by the Utah Taxpayers Association? All signs point to...
Once HB60 hit the wires, I was quick to file a GRAMA request to find out what kind of communication Rep. Curt Webb had been receiving on the bill. Most of it is angry emails from Utah residents, many...
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The Legislature punts on new anti-UTOPIA bills, but for how long?
from Wikipedia In yesterday’s meeting of the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee (listen here), legislators sought to get a deeper understanding of what the Macquarie deal is and how it works....
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