Ladd Johnson: Lawmakers should not act as if the voters want partisan division.
House Majority Leader Mike Schultz, right, R-Hooper, and Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, share a laugh on the first day of the Legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.It was a great honor to run for the Utah House of Representatives last fall as the United Utah Party candidate in District 46, which covers Draper and Bluffdale.
In our current divisive political environment, both Republicans and Democrats often take more delight in blocking the other’s wishes than in implementing their own, and often criticize and disparage the other side’s policies, positions and politicians without bothering to explain and defend their own.
Sadly, both parties frequently ignore the more practical issues that could benefit a large percentage of our population because these practical issues require common sense compromises and don’t “fire up the base.”
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