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Letter: Stay up and watch the legislative circus

The Utah House of Representatives are shown during a special session of the Legislature at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah legislators unanimously voted during a special session Thursday in favor of a plan for the November election that includes outdoor voting and additional ballot drop boxes in rural parts of the state. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

The Utah House of Representatives are shown during a special session of the Legislature at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah legislators unanimously voted during a special session Thursday in favor of a plan for the November election that includes outdoor voting and additional ballot drop boxes in rural parts of the state. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

I trust my elected leaders to do the right things in a manner that is above board and transparent. I have always been asleep during those waning hours of the legislative session, thinking that they will fulfill that expectation.

It would seem that all the skullduggery that has gone on over the last several years happens as we all sleep in those waning hours of the legislative sessions. I guess it is time we all start paying a bit more attention to our silly lawmakers during the waning hours. That’s when all the attempts to pull that wool over our eyes happens.

I wonder if we could set up a popcorn stand outside the doors of the big top and sell some trinkets to really make it a circus atmosphere and perhaps more people would stay up late and enjoy the three ring circus and the clowns.

And so it goes.

Robert Hawke, Lehi

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