I wasn’t surprised that the legislative leadership would not like the ruling, but their comments about it seemed way over the top. The ruling “destroys our basic republic”, it “could open the door for California-style (referendum) politics in Utah”, and it creates “a whole new statute – a super law – that can’t be changed” are just a few of their comments. If that really is the case, then you only have yourselves to blame.

If you would have listened to the will of the people and not try to brute-force your way out of Prop 4’s intention that Utah voters demand a fairer representation in legislative redistricting, this would not have had to go to the Supreme Court at all, and you would not now be facing, “the chaos of direct democracy.”

Don Conger

Ogden