A candidate for the Florida Legislature is getting national attention for reviving an ugly idea first pitched by Jason Chaffetz during his successful campaign for Congress: Tent camps for illegal immigrants.

Marg Baker, who is fighting for the GOP nomination for a Tampa seat, says: "We can ship them out to the middle of the country [would that be Utah?] and put up high walls and leave them there. . . . You've gotta have places for them to eat and sleep and breathe fresh air. It can be a tent city ... You don't want to make them too comfortable or they'll want to come back."

Come to think of it, what ever happened to Chaffetz's tent-city initiative?

More-government Mike. A Salt Lake Tribune editorial chides GOP Senate candidate Mike Lee for wanting to add yet another layer of government to the fight over control of Utah's wildlands. Lee says the state Legislature (Kokopelli save us!) should have a say on county-federal agreements. Says The Trib: "That stance is ridiculous."

It's ba-a-a-a-ck. Three decades after the LDS Church worked so hard to crush the Equal Rights Amendment, LDS women are connecting on the Internet and even using the unspeakable word: feminist. One observer says younger Mormon feminists are focused on “survival, adaptation and negotiation rather than confrontation.”

Today's the day. Orem Rep. Steven Sandstrom, will unveil his tougher-than-Arizona's immigration bill today. But most of the proposed law's guts have already been exposed, including that suspects would have to violate a law before they would have to prove their immigration status and that state employees would be encouraged and protected in reporting illegals benefitting from state programs.

Is Glenn Beck gay for gays? Utah, sometimes called GlennBeckistan, has played an important role in the battle against gay marriage. But surprisingly, Beck himself doesn't believe gay marriage is a threat to the American Way. "Honestly, I think we have bigger fish to fry. . . ."