I’m not going to pretend to know all that a State House Representative does. I do know that each are assigned/appointed to be on committees. As far as I understand this is part of their “service” when they are elected. For the house these meetings are once a month during the months of April, May, June, July, September, October, and November.
Right now I’m having a hard time understanding how my representative could possibly be representing me when he doesn’t even go to these meetings. Keith Grover is my rep. He has been appointed to the Judiciary Interim Committee and the Government Operations Interim Committee. Out of a total of 14 meetings last year (2007) he went to 5 meetings (you can look for yourself on the Utah State Legislature site, look at the minutes for the separate Interim Committees). He couldn’t even make it to half the meetings.
Here’s his roll call:
April 18, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - ABSENT
April 18, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – ABSENT
May 16, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - Present
May 16, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – Present
June 20, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - Present
June 20, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – Present
July 18, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - Present
July 18, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – ABSENT
September 19, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - ABSENT
September 19, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – ABSENT
October 17, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - ABSENT
October 17, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – ABSENT
November 14, 2007 – Government Operations – 9:a.m. - ABSENT
November 14, 2007 – Judiciary Interim – 2:p.m. – ABSENT
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Did you ever think that Keith had other commitments? He was an assistant principal at a junior high for a while there, and I know he did his best with the election and his responsibilites in office as well.
Did you ever think that when Keith Grover ran for office, he understood that he needed to actually do his job and stick to the schedule at the state legislature?
It is appalling to me that Keith Grover only went to 5 sessions out of 14. I understand that he is busy, but don't run to get into office if you can't make it to the meetings. State representatives have a civic, shall we say even a sacred duty to represent the citizens of that district.
There is really no excuse to miss so many sessions. I am sorry.
Did it ever occur to anyone that along with being a complete asshole Keith is a hater of anything and anyone that does not fit into his white christian world view? The fewer meetings he attends of any kind the better - less of his hatred is better governance.
My favorite Keith Grover moment is when he sponsored a bill that flew through the senate to remove the PTA from utah code. Claiming it was a grammatic error and that the utah constitution doesn't allow non-governmental entities to be named in the law. Both of which are false. It's bill SB0147. You can listen to it here.
http://le.utah.gov/asp/audio/index.asp?Sess=2010GS&Day=45&House=H
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