What did I learn today?!

 

Today in class we had guest speaker come who's name was Holly Richardson. She is well known up on capital hill, and made a reputation for herself. She has been part of Utah's Legislature. It was very interesting to here her talk about politics, and her experiences with capital hill. I found that I thought she was a very good guest speaker. One of the things that I liked about her is that she's not afraid to say what she thinks, and how she feels to spare someone else. I could tell that she was a very blunt and honest person, which I think is exactly the kind of people we need representing us. There are already enough lies that go around, we need people who aren't afraid to speak the truth....no matter the outcome.

 

There are a couple of things that she spoke about that will stick with me over sometime.

 

1. Being the it is important to be invovled in what is going on around us, because every single on of us are affected by laws, and politics is some size and shape.

 

2. Being that there are so many things behind the scenes of politics that happen without our knowledge. She made a comment a few times that will definitely stick with me. The comment being that when she first joined the Legislature that she was pulled aside into a room by someone and told to vote for a specific bill. WHAT?! This bothers me, because if this is really happening how much of elections are actually based on the truth and what they should be? This is completely bothersome.

 

3. I didn't know until today that Utah only gives out five liqueor licenses every year. Man that seems like madness! There are so many retaurants that open up in a year, and I can't believe only five restaurants can get a license.

 

4. I knew this, but she confirmed this for me today while speaking. There is a lot of knowledge to be had when dealing with politics.

 

5. I also learned that some of our Legislatures think that we should do away with the Constitution. This is mind boggling to me. I think even thinking about getting rid of the Constitution is outrageous! The Constitution is the foundation of our Nation.

 

I think that Politics can be very dirty, but I also think that we need to be more educated than we are. Our youth needs to vote during elections because they are our future generation, with-out their vote what will we be in 50 years? Food for thought.