Repeal HB116 Resolution Passes GOP Convention

Greetings CCII Supporters & Friends,

After all these years I continue to consider myself the proverbial optimist. After watching a few videos and reading press releases presented by those introducing the Repeal HB116 Resolution and those opposing the Resolution;  I thought State Delegates would approve the Resolution.

After all the Legislative Research and General Council wrote an advisory that many provisions of the legislation could be ruled as unconstitutional. According to the definition of amnesty, the legislation is amnesty for illegal alien workers in Utah before May 10, 2011. Of course the opposition squares in absolute opposition to the Resolution initiators. There is not space or time to speak to all the ramifications of the legislation.

If you are interested in Utah State politics, and I am here to say you should be, you should also be interested in which way Delegates voted and questions arise. Did they vote to represent their Precinct constituents? Did they vote to represent the rule of law? Did they vote in favor of their religious convictions? Did they vote in favor of the business community represented by the Chamber of Commerce and supposed Conservative think tanks represented by the Sutherland Institute?

I just received a message from the Convention floor, Utah State Delegates voted the RIGHT WAY! They voted to PASS the Repeal HB116 Resolution by a vote of 833 to 739, 53 % FOR with 47 % against the Resolution. A total of 1,572 Delegates remained in place to take part in the final portions of the Convention Agenda.

Happy Days happen occasionally, Jim Flohr VC CCII