Category: Utah

Spam Wars: Initial Contact 9

Spam Wars: Initial Contact

I sent the following e-mail to Sen. Wayne Niederhauser and Rep. Sylvia Andersen today: Dear Sen. Niederhauser and Rep. Andersen; My name is Jesse Harris and I'm one of your constituents. As an IT professional, I've seen first-hand the kind...

Breaking: The Plot to Kill Townships 3

Breaking: The Plot to Kill Townships

I've been attending meetings of the White City Community Council for the last several months in hopes of getting them pumped up enough about UTOPIA to find a way to join. I'd been making some good progress in selling them...

Mark Towner Withdraws Threat of Legal Action, Remains a Spammer 14

Mark Towner Withdraws Threat of Legal Action, Remains a Spammer

As of this morning, the threat of legal action by Mark Towner has been withdrawn. Through further e-mail conversations, I have the following facts to add: Mark claims he got most of his e-mail addresses from attendees of GOP functions...

Mark Towner Threatens to Sue Me 36

Mark Towner Threatens to Sue Me

I received the following in my inbox this morning. It was also posted as an open letter on Mr. Towner's website. Dear Mr. Harris, You indicate that I have stolen a mailing list from Utah Policy Daily. You also indicate...

Doc Towner Thinks He Can Threaten Me? 12

Doc Towner Thinks He Can Threaten Me?

I got the following from Utah's least favorite political spammer yesterday: After reading your Coolest Family Blog, Looking at your pictures, and your many anti-spamming comments and all your other postings and comments, I now understand who you are and...

Mark Towner is a Liar 6

Mark Towner is a Liar

For those that don't know, Mark Towner is a fringe political activist whose claims to fame are massive political spamming, republishing news stories without proper permission (not to mention ripping off the logo from Spyglass Entertainment without permission until he...

Power For Water: A Vital Trade for the West's Future 3

Power For Water: A Vital Trade for the West's Future

Ask most people what they imagine when they think of the West and they'll probably call up an image not too unlike a barren wasteland of cacti and tumbleweeds. Despite the green fields of Utah and the lushly forested banks...

Week on Food Stamps: You were supposed to suffer, not innovate! 80

Week on Food Stamps: You were supposed to suffer, not innovate!

Last week, legislators across the country decided to take part in the Food Stamp Challenge, a project to have elected officials live on the same budget as a person on food stamps for a week. About a dozen Utah civic...

Utah Congressional Delegation Supports Walmart Bank 0

Utah Congressional Delegation Supports Walmart Bank

In a measure sure to steam everyone who hates America's favorite big box, Utah's entire House delegation voted against HR 698, a measure to prevent anyone from opening an industrial bank unless financial transactions account for 85% or more of...

The Voucher Fight Moves To The Courts 6

The Voucher Fight Moves To The Courts

As predictably as the Cubs crushing the spirits of their fans with a long string of losses, it looks like HB 174, the second voucher bill, is going to result in a legal showdown between the attorney general, state school...