SandBoxUtah: Deseret News "Utah vies for China's outsourcing"

Blaze Bullock:
"When Gov. Gary Herbert went to China in 2011, there were five other governors there, Salt Lake Chamber spokesman Marty Carpenter told KSL.

So clearly, Utah isn't the only state vying for money from China, but it does have some things other states don't. For example, the former governor of Utah was the U.S. Ambassador to China, and Salt Lake City and Beijing have both been home to the Olympics. These give Utah a leg up on the competition, Carpenter told KSL..."  (Read more?  Click title)

SandBoxUtah: Salt Lake Tribune "Utah governor scolds UDOT boss, but backs him "

Robert Gehrke:
"Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday he supports John Njord, although he criticized the state transportation boss over the way the high-profile reinstatement of a fired employee has been handled.

"He already knows my displeasure," Herbert said during his monthly KUED TV news conference, referring to a meeting he had Wednesday with the Utah Department of Transportation director.

Njord fired employee Denice Graham more than a year ago, accusing her of leaking information about a $1.1 billion contract to rebuild Interstate 15 through Utah County. A judge ordered her reinstated earlier this year, but Graham’s attorneys and UDOT have been at odds over her back wages...." 

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SandBoxUtah: Salt Lake Tribune "Utah: A beehive of corruption"

Pat Shea:

"I have served on the Governor’s Council of Balanced Resources since its creation in 2009, but no longer.

Here’s why:

At our last meeting, legislation by the Utah Legislature purporting to reclaim federal land for the state of Utah was discussed, though the main proponent of the idea, Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, was absent.

When lawmakers were considering the legislation, Bob Abbey, director of the federal Bureau of Land Management, told The Salt Lake Tribune that "it’s too bad we can’t focus on our shared values, instead of litigating and spending money."

In keeping with that spirit of shared values, during the meeting I drafted a letter from the Balanced Resources Council to the BLM director, asking for his view of our shared values. I read the letter to the council and everyone agreed it was a good idea.

Alan Matheson Jr., the governor’s chief environmental adviser and staff person for the council, asked that Gov. Gary Herbert be given a chance to review the letter. Two weeks later, I received a phone message that the governor was not willing to have his council send such a letter.

Matheson said that if Abbey wanted to write a letter on his own describing his perception of our "shared values," the letter could be reviewed by the council. Disgusted, I resigned from the council on April 13.

SandBox Utah: Cache Valley Daily "Herbert: Utah can manage its lands better than the federal government has"

Jennie Christensen:
During their last session state lawmakers voted to take back federal lands that they feel actually belong to the state of Utah. On KVNU's For the People program Tuesday, Governor Gary Herbert confirmed that this was not just a so-called "message bill."

Herbert was asked what guarantee there would be that the state would not sell off some of these lands to the highest bidders for a one-time "chunk of change." Herbert said right now there is the same worry that the federal government could do whatever they wanted to do...." (Read more?  Click title)

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