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Senator Pat Jones addresses Washington County Democrats

Senator Jones articulated issues of concern to southern Utah Democrats. Education remains the most important issue in Washington County, but issues like the environment and affordable housing are also increasingly important to voters in the area. Democrats offer solutions that appeal to southern Utah's growing population of Democratic and independent voters, and the future offers excellent opportunity for the Party as a result.

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Read: Voucher Referendum not dead, but those opposed to it do raise some interesting questions

By Utah Democratic Chair, Wayne Holland Jr.

There was a flurry of articles in this morning's papers regarding the possibility the voucher referendum just launched to overturn House Bill 148 creating the most extensive voucher program in the country may be dead almost before it really got started. See the Deseret Morning News' New fight over vouchers, the Salt Lake Tribune's Loophole may ensure vouchers go forward, or the Daily Herald's Anti-voucher drive may be dead.

Voucher supporters seemed almost gleeful arguing those initiating the referendum should have filed to overturn House Bill 174, which amended the original law- House Bill 148- creating the voucher program in the first place. "It appears they filed a referendum against the wrong piece of legislation" crowed Senate Majority Leader Curtis Bramble in the Salt Lake Tribune. In the Deseret Morning News Bramble argued "The only big difference [between the two bills] that I am aware of is the hold harmless...

Click here to read Wayne's article in its entirety on the Utah State Democratic Party blog.