Candidate Notes: Sarah Nitta LD27
by Daryl AcumenOverview Sarah is a successful professional fundraiser and grassroots organizer. She sits on several boards including the President’s Leadership Council at BYU-Hawaii and The Academy for Creating Enterprise. She mentors merging small business owners around the world to help them start new and successful businesses. As a mother of 4 children in the public schools she ...
Continue ReadingCandidate Notes: Nancy Sechrest – Leg. District 27
by Daryl AcumenBackground: Professional lobbyist for 24 years (knows how the system works) fought against the grandparents car-seat law, but the Republicans told the Democrats they could have one law and they chose the car-seat issue. Has lobbied for businesses ranging from tobacco to billboards Says that the Constitution requires highway patrol, police and education only and that all other state spending has been the ...
Continue ReadingCandidate Notes: Larry Hilton – Utah Legislative District 27
by Daryl AcumenOverview STRONG monetary policy conservative with deep expertise in monetary policy history and reform Author of the Utah Legal Tender act which made gold and silver legal tender in Utah (sound money for a sound future) Recruited John Dougall as sponsor John Valentine was Senate sponsor Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Jim DeMint sponsored a bill called the Sound Money ...
Continue ReadingCandidate Notes: Craig Frank – Utah State Senate District 14
by Daryl AcumenOverview: Has served eight (8) sessions in the Utah legislature doesn't believe in term limits, but believes in self imposed term limits to allow others a chance to serve Pledges to serve two terms in the Senate maximum (eight years) "Government needs to get out of the business of 'business' Helped to negotiate the 5% flat personal income tax rate ...
Continue ReadingCandidate Notes: John Valentine – Utah Senate District 14
by Daryl AcumenOverview: 14 years in State Senate 10 years in state legislature Full time tax attorney who spends his days suing the IRS legal practice is very lucrative...he does this because he believes in the system and wants to serve his community Accomplishments while in Senate balanced budget cut taxes (duh - he's a tax attorney) flat tax (thinks we need to be fairer funded ...
Continue ReadingCandidate Notes: John Morris – Utah County Commissioner
by Daryl AcumenOverview: From Lehi Undergraduate in forensic chemistry MBA law management Got started with Chaffetz campaign Member of iCaucus constitutional and fiscal conservatives Count