UT-Shelter-In-Place Coming?

grizzly · Mar 26, 2020

I'm hearing rumors that Herbert is issuing a Shelter In Place order tomorrow for Utah. Anybody else hearing that?

deerkiller · Mar 26, 2020

I heard it through a social circle that apparently originated with a state employee that’s “in the know”. Herbert is a moron, so this is something he would do just to “keep up” and feel important

deerkiller · Mar 26, 2020

Essential workers still go to work

roadrunner · Mar 26, 2020

It sucks. We are week two into what has morphed into a 4 week sentence.

But, we are strongly encouraged to be good little citizens and obey the mandate because "we're all in this together".

deerkiller · Mar 26, 2020

Yeah we are all in this together of some idiot who ate a sick bat. Wanna bet after this is over they won’t look at ways to make sure that doesn’t happen again in that country? Cuz I’m sure they won’t

notdonhunting · Mar 26, 2020

If Gov Herbie shuts down this State and the economy will be destroyed, Spenc can kiss his run for the governor over.

Homer · Mar 26, 2020

glad to hear Utards are in the same boat all us infidels are in...

roadrunner · Mar 27, 2020

Out gov'r has been trying for two years to destroy our state's economy and all of a sudden fuel and energy are essential occupations and industries.

Imagine that...

nochawk · Mar 27, 2020

While your sitting around at home, train your cat to hunt sheds...

BIGJOHNT · Mar 27, 2020

Herbert on right now at 4 mountain standard time. It’s coming.

mulecreek · Mar 27, 2020

grizzly said:
I'm hearing rumors that Herbert is issuing a Shelter In Place order tomorrow for Utah. Anybody else hearing that?

Surrounding states have been recommending this for Utah for years. Nice your Gov is finally listening

roadrunner · Mar 27, 2020

And yet Cuomo is now wondering if that was a smart move. I believe NY was one of the first.

Vanilla · Mar 27, 2020

No shelter in place. I think Gov Herbert has actually been very measured in this.

Utah has a plan. Who else has a written plan? Utah leading the way, like usual.

roadrunner · Mar 28, 2020

My state doesn't have a plan, they are making it up as they go and reacting to every media news feed.

Now there was a study done by a med research outfit in WA that says NM will have 513 deaths by the end of April. With the track record of infections to death rate of 1 in 100, that means 1/3 of the state will be sick by the middle of April. I'd wager our dingy wingy gov'r will extend stay at home policies well into May and keep everything shut down because of that "study".

I so need to get the flock out of NM...

deadibob · Mar 30, 2020

notdonhunting said:
If Gov Herbie shuts down this State and the economy will be destroyed, Spenc can kiss his run for the governor over.

Spencer Cox will not get my vote. I went to one of his town hall meetings. There were about a dozen people in attendance, most were senior citizens so I asked most of the questions. He danced around about half of them. His first ten minutes were talking about being LDS and the missions his kids have served. Pandering to the primary local religion to garner votes does not sit well with me.

The rest of the time he spent talking about being from Fairview and how he was going to do so much more for rural communities. Good luck with that, talk is cheap and the urban areas will have something to say about it. He is Herby Jr. and when I asked him about all of Herbys tax increases he defended them.

roadrunner · Mar 30, 2020

I never vote based on someone's religion. I do vote based on whether or not they are, or lean, democrat...

Vanilla · Mar 30, 2020

I don’t know who I am voting for governor. But your next governor is going to be either Huntsman or Cox. Interesting enough, they both are more moderate Republicans. I don’t think Utah is nearly as extreme politically as the conventions make them out to be.

Thank goodness for that!

roadrunner · Mar 30, 2020

You guys don't know how lucky you are...

Vanilla · Mar 30, 2020

roadrunner said:
You guys don't know how lucky you are...

For all the complaints I have with individual politicians, I very much understand how well the state of Utah is ran. Utah leads in so many ways. The rest of the country would do well to follow.

treedagain · Mar 30, 2020

Huntsman is my vote

grizzly · Mar 30, 2020

Vanilla said:
I don’t know who I am voting for governor. But your next governor is going to be either Huntsman or Cox. Interesting enough, they both are more moderate Republicans. I don’t think Utah is nearly as extreme politically as the conventions make them out to be.

Thank goodness for that!

Yeah, Romney and Herbert both lost at their last convention and then won in a landslide.

Clearly the conventions are not the way to pick politicians in this state.

DesertRanch · Mar 31, 2020

Huntsman is too much of a slick politician for me. Cox did a town hall meeting last fall out here that I attended. He is a politician too, but he was direct and open at our meeting. He seemed like he would stand up to SLC and work for the rest of the state. Sadly, anymore they all are most likely in the pockets of whoever pays the most. I don’t know who I’ll vote for.

deadibob · Mar 31, 2020

Huntsman is a quitter. He walked out on Utah once before, piss on him.

grizzly · Mar 31, 2020

deadibob said:
Huntsman is a quitter. He walked out on Utah once before, piss on him.

You mean when he answered a call from the President to serve his Country?

I'm guessing you don't consider the same of Mayor Brent Taylor when he was killed in Afghanistan?

notdonhunting · Mar 31, 2020

I do not know who I will vote for. I don't hold it against Huntsman for serving where needed. I agree with grizz when the president calls you should respond and do the job if you are capable of doing it.
I do believe most Utahns that are upset with Huntsman for taking the Ambassador position actually are more upset fior taking the position under Obama I would dare to bet very few of the same Utahns would complain if it was Trump that offered that position at the time he was governor.
I hope Spencer Cox will fulfill his promise to represent all of Utah, at least recognize the part of Utah that is between Utah county and Washignton county.
I understand grizz what you are saying about the convention and who gets elected but honestly I did not see anyone better than Romney and Herbert that was running can anyone even remember who ran against them. Too many times in politics we have too settle for the lesser of two evels or the one that at least seem to understand politics and goverment. In my opinion that is one of the biggest problems in politics the best the state or country are not running for office. Kind of like them coaches in the NFL that never seem to have a winning season but they have a 20 year career as a head coach because there is no one else to lead the team.

treedagain · Mar 31, 2020

I could care less who the president was when he left to serve his country. Not real happy we got stuck with his replacement.

hossblur · Mar 31, 2020

I'm giving Herbert credit.
He seems to be trying super hard to not destroy the state because Davis SLC, Utah, Washington counties have cases.

It's too easy for government paycheck cashers to call for lockdown.

I'd prefer Cox over the rest.
He's been out of SLC.

notdonhunting · Mar 31, 2020

If Herbert pulls it off and keeps the death rate down and keeps some of the economy going he will probably go down as Utahs greatest governor.
I live off of the Wasatch Front and I appreciate the fact he is letting us work and keep some economy going in rural Utah. I just hope we don't pay for it with a drop kick from the kungflu.
Herbert is not a bad guy, that's part of his problem he try's to please too many.
I was leaning towards Cox but I don't know if Cox has the political nerve to stand his ground in this divided political climate. Recently I have seen some interviews with Huntsman and he kind of impressed me. Alot of people think he only did the Ambassador thing for political gain but I don't think so if he wanted political gain he would have been better off going after Hatches Senate seat.

Vanilla · Apr 1, 2020

Yeah, I’m not going to punish Huntsman for going and serving the country under two different presidents in likely the two most ambassador positions our country has.

I’m torn on who to vote for in Utah, but if Huntsman ran for president, it would be a no-brainer for me, he’d have my vote. While I think he’d return and be a good governor again, I kind of feel like he’s had his turn. Nobody is perfect, and I won’t agree on everything with any of the candidates. I’d vote for someone I don’t agree with on issues that I feel is a good, compassionate leader over someone who couldn’t lead squat that I agree with everything. At all levels we need good, compassionate leaders. People that are not afraid to make difficult decisions, but do so in a way that considers all perspectives and outcomes before doing so. These decisions impact real people in every day life every single time. We need leaders that understand that and act accordingly.

deadibob · Apr 10, 2020

notdonhunting said:
If Herbert pulls it off and keeps the death rate down and keeps some of the economy going he will probably go down as Utahs greatest governor.
I live off of the Wasatch Front and I appreciate the fact he is letting us work and keep some economy going in rural Utah. I just hope we don't pay for it with a drop kick from the kungflu.
Herbert is not a bad guy, that's part of his problem he try's to please too many.
I was leaning towards Cox but I don't know if Cox has the political nerve to stand his ground in this divided political climate. Recently I have seen some interviews with Huntsman and he kind of impressed me. Alot of people think he only did the Ambassador thing for political gain but I don't think so if he wanted political gain he would have been better off going after Hatches Senate seat.

If you like tax increases then yeah, Herbie is a great guy.