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		<title>GOP Begins Nationwide Effort to Emphasize Policy Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Utah&#8217;s Demos Have Warts, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s not just disharmony in the Utah GOP these days&#8230; It seems elected officials on the left side of the aisle in Demo stronghold Salt Lake City/County are taking shots at each other, and the Salt Lake Tribune picked up on it. Who was it who said &#8220;Why can&#8217;t we all just get along?&#8220; =^)<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=67&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Utah County GOP Central Committee Meeting Details Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details of a special Utah County Central Committee Meeting are out for the attendees. The agenda will cover the &#8220;Proposed Bylaw Changes&#8221; (see &#8220;Bylaw 5 revisions&#8220;) and a Constitution and Bylaw change regarding Education Officer Election. This meeting was called because of a motion I placed before the Central Committee before the last meeting (held [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=66&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lighter Minds/Do I Really Look Like Ricky Gervais?</title>
		<link>https://kipmeacham.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/lighter-mindsdo-i-really-look-like-ricky-gervais/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, it&#8217;s Friday and it&#8217;s the night before Valentine&#8217;s Day (and I still have no gifts selected yet), and I&#8217;m stuck on a call&#8230; So, I&#8217;ve been told by way too many people I look like Ricky Gervais. I&#8217;ve got to know&#8230; Do I? I gotta know. Please comment. Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=65&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dusting Off&#8230; Federal Shades of Orwellian Health Care in Stimulus Bill</title>
		<link>https://kipmeacham.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/dusting-off-federal-shades-of-orwellian-health-care-in-stimulus-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to get back on the Merry Go Round&#8230; Before staunch backers of President Obama dismiss what I am about to write as simply contrarian Republican rhetoric, let me share an excerpt from a letter I wrote to a dear friend the day after President Obama was elected: While I remain a conservative by philosophy [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=62&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Still No Word from the Utah State Republican Party on Delegate E-Mail Policy Concerns</title>
		<link>https://kipmeacham.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/still-no-word-from-the-utah-state-republican-party-on-delegate-e-mail-policy-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been almost five days, and still no response to my e-Mail to Utah State Republican Party Leadership Regarding Centrally Controlled Candidate / Delegate E-Mail Communications. I just asked (by e-mail) if someone at the State Party would know if they have received the message, and if I could anticipate a response to the concerns [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=61&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Education Issues Blog &#8216;Chalk Talk&#8217; On Republican &#8220;Fabulous Five,&#8221; Delegate E-Mail Controversy, Party Transparency Issues</title>
		<link>https://kipmeacham.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/utah-education-issues-blog-chalk-talk-on-republican-fabulous-five-delegate-e-mail-controversy-party-transparency-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Utah Education Issues blog post for this morning takes on the topics of the &#8220;Fabulous Five,&#8221; the Utah County and Utah State Republican Party delegate e-mail address controversy, and the issue of transparency (for both of the main parties). It is very worthwhile reading. More people need to make these kinds of calls on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=60&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Lake Tribune Article: E-mail rumpus has some steamed</title>
		<link>https://kipmeacham.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/salt-lake-tribune-article-e-mail-rumpus-has-some-steamed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s Salt Lake Tribune ran a story by Cathy McKitrick entitled &#8220;E-mail rumpus has some steamed (they changed the title at about 6:50am this morning to) &#8220;Utah County GOP in turmoil over delegates e-mail revelations.&#8221;  The article discusses the State Party&#8217;s decision to not disclose delegate e-mail addresses to the candidates, Congressman Cannon&#8217;s campaign&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=59&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>e-Mail to Utah State Republican Party Leadership Regarding Centrally Controlled Candidate / Delegate E-Mail Communications</title>
		<link>https://kipmeacham.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/e-mail-to-utah-state-republican-party-leadership-regarding-centrally-controlled-candidate-delegate-e-mail-communications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very early this morning I sent the following e-mail to the Utah State Republican Party Leadership. The e-mail voices my concerns over the State Party&#8217;s new policy of centralized delegate e-mail address and candidate messaging. The e-mail text appears below in italics: ===========&#62; Letter begins &#60;=========== Dear Mr. Lockhart,  Allow me to introduce myself. My [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=58&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weber County Republican Party Does Transparency Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to the leadership of the Weber County Republican Party! This is a model of transparency for the rest of the Utah&#8217;s Republican County Party Leadership Teams to follow. Their Party Leadership has published the County Delegate and State Delegate lists for all of Weber County. (Per comments from David below, I have removed the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=kipmeacham.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3103876&#038;post=57&#038;subd=kipmeacham&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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