Letter: Initiatives are not just suggestions
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, left, thumbs through his proposed legislation with Michael Curtis, from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, while answering questions about his bill for House members.
I have a couple questions for our Utah House and Senate leadership regarding citizen initiatives, as voted on by citizens.
Since when did initiatives become a non-traditional legislative process to be appropriately balanced with a more traditional process? Does not the state Constitution allow its citizens to initiate the legislative process?
When I voted for Propositions 2 and 3, I voted in favor of them, fully expecting them to become law as written.
I did not vote for them in order to be helpful and let you know what I'm thinking and then have the Legislature completely disregard the will of my vote. I can accomplish that by writing a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune.
Peter Orum, Salt Lake City
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