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Show Page The Garfield County Insider March 10, 2011 BEAK THE UDS AC v ig hi Pi, li , ruirftl- r •••••,:s. ' I t!Itt tt ,•• :•• ••0 ft. • • • 11 • Ve*I17; •••i !!!!!!!1 l!!!!11. If WM • ,„4!!!!!!!!!' J AT ." I 111.11 I ■• =Nal A 2.11 1lea 011.1111•1. • .81•111110111111Nlim 1 •r r■ •-• • ' ■ •- -• • U At the behest of Gov. Gary Herbert, Utah legislators are rethinking their rush to overhaul Utah's premier sunshine law, the Government Records Access and Management Act. That means there is still time to keep Utahns from having the most secretive government in the nation. Gov. Herbert and legislators — notably Sen. Chris Buttars — are to be commended for stopping the momentum on this significantly flawed legislation and the cloaked process that produced it. Now they have to honestly address the weaknesses in the bill, which would make it harder and more costly for people to know what their government is doing. Opponents of this bill welcome the chance to address legitimate concerns about GRAMA and find a practical compromise that allows government to operate both openly and efficiently. It is time for the dialogue that should have happened in the first place. Here is how legislators voted last week on HB477. If your legislators voted against the bill, let them know you appreciate their judgment. If they voted for HB477, let them know you want more open government, not less. HOUSE Yeas (61) • Johnny Anderson, Roger Barrus, Jim Bird, Derek Brown, Mel Brown, David Butterfield, LaVar Christensen, David Clark, Fred Cox, Brad Daw, Brad Dee, John Dougall, Jack Draxler, Jim Dunnigan, Rebecca Edwards, Steve Eliason, Julie Fisher, Gage Froerer, Brad Galvez, Francis Gibson, Richard Greenwood, Keith Grover, Stephen Handy, Wayne Harper, Lynn Hemingway, Neal Hendrickson, Chris Herrod, Greg Hughes, Eric Hutchings, Don Ipson, Ken Ivory, Todd Kiser, Brad Last, Becky Lockhart, John Mathis, Kay Mclff, Ronda Rudd Menlove, Michael Morley, Merlynn Newbold, Jim Nielson, Mike Noel, Curtis Oda, Patrick Painter, Lee Perry, Jeremy Peterson, Val Peterson, Dixon Pitcher, Kraig Powell, Paul Ray, Holly Richardson, Douglas Sagers, Stephen Sandstrom, Dean Sanpei, Kenneth Sumsion, Evan Vickers, Curt Webb, Mark Wheatley, Ryan Wilcox, Larry Wiley, Brad Wilson, Carl Wimmer Nays (12) • Patrice Arent, Jackie Biskupski, Joel Briscoe, Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Tim Cosgrove, Janice Fisher, Brian King, David Litvack, Carol Moss, Marie Poulson, Jennifer Seelig, Christine Watkins Absent or not voting (2) • Susan Duckworth, Bill Wright SENATE Yeas (21) • Stuart Adams, Curt Bramble, Allen Christensen, Gene Davis, Margaret Dayton, Lyle Hillyard, David Hinkins, Scott Jenkins, Peter Knudson, Dan Liljenquist, Mark Madsen, Wayne Niederhauser, Ralph Okerlund, Stuart Reid, Howard Stephenson, Jerry Stevenson, Daniel Thatcher, Stephen Urquhart, John Valentine, Kevin Van Tassell, Michael Waddoups Nays (7) • Chris Buttars, Pat Jones, Karen Mayne, Ben McAdams, Karen Morgan, Luz Robles, Ross Romero Absent (1) • Dennis Stowell Utah Broadcast Association • Utahns for Ethical Government • Utahns for Open Government Utah League of Women Voters • Fox 13 News • KTVX • KUED • KUTV • The Provo Daily Herald • The Herald Journal • The Salt Lake Tribune • The Ogden Standard-Examiner and 58 member newspapers of the Utah Press Association UMW MI M I ct |