Dan Liljenquist didn't resign

On September 19th, in comments to this site, (see here) George said that he would treat me to lunch at my favorite place if Dan Liljenquist were elected and didn't resign. Well, George, Dan Liljenquist was elected and is currently participating in the 2009 Utah Legislative session. Time to pay up?

Representative Roger Barrus wants our opinion

I received a mailer last week from my Representative, Roger Barrus. On the mailer he said that he wanted the opinion of his constituents. You can help give him your opinion by taking his survey at his website at http://www.rogerbarrus.com/involved.htm. The current survey will close next Monday, so go make your opinion known.

Don't delay DTV switch

The US Senate approved a measure yesterday to delay the switch to DTV by 4 months. (see here) The US House must now pass the measure for the delay to actually happen. I am very much against delaying the switch for a couple of reasons.

First, I believe that the majority of those who will not be ready for the switch on February 17th will still not be ready for the switch in June. It's not like there hasn't been plenty of time to get ready for the switch. There has also been several ad campaigns to let people know about the switch. In the interest of full disclosure, I subscribe to cable TV, so the removal of the analog signal will not affect me.

The other thing that I have a problem with is the fact that a converter box retails for between $50 and $70. The converter box has a circuit board in it. It contains no moving parts (except for a small fan in some models). A DVD player on the other hand contains a circuit board as well as the DVD drive itself. One would think based on this that a DVD player would be more expensive than a converter box, however, a DVD player can be had for less than $30. Why the discrepancy? I believe it's because of the government coupons (subsidy). If there weren't any government coupons, I believe that these converter boxes would retail for less than $20. Let the coupon program go away so that we will know the true price of the converter boxes. Remember that selling price is based on supply and demand. I doubt there is any demand for a converter box at the full retail price of $50.

He used a Bible!

To dispel any rumors that were floating around the internet about President Obama not using a Bible while taking the oath of office, I'm posting a picture that shows the "Lincoln Inaugural Bible" being held by Michelle Obama while her husband places his hand on it to take the presidential oath of office. I didn't vote for Barack Obama, but, I am hopeful for his presidency.

2009, Year of Municipal Elections

Since it is an odd numbered year, it means that municipal elections are to be held this year in Utah. In Woods Cross, we will have two council member seats up for re-election as well as the mayor's seat. The two council members who are up for re-election this year are Jon Hadlow and Tamra Dayley.

I haven't heard yet if any of the incumbents have decided to run for re-election. It should be a very interesting election season. Our fees have gone up significantly over the last two years. It will be interesting to see if any challenging candidates decide to capitalize on this.

Fortunately, we won't have to worry about campaigns to start up until much later this year.