For over 40 years Greg has documented and observed Utah politics: the good, the bad, and the ugly (!). Each star on the yard-sign, above, is a newspaper/radio station/ TV station Greg has worked as editor, managing editor, publisher, photographer, news director, reporter; in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and California. He is a retired newspaperman and news broadcaster from throughout Utah, within the Intermountain region and the Western United States. He worked to establish Utah's National Model GRAMA legislation (1991-92), and has been a lone voice calling the Utah GOP RINO 'Red Coats' and Utah Dems 'Blue Bellies' to return to our Constitutional Roots, to reject the Liberal Progressive Agenda of BOTH Major political parties. Instead Utah and the Nation must return to the Founding Father's intended path, the White path, the INDEPENDENT path and the better way, as symbolized by our National Symbol: the Red, WHITE and Blue!
It is almost like a prophecy of where we should be. The flag is telling us the proper path to a better future through a coalition of three parties, the Red party (Republicans), the Blue party (Democrats) and the WHITE Party (the INDEPENDENTS... the Independent American Party) !!
WE need to return to the better way for a Better Utah, which is possible by looking at the Proper Constitutional Solutions of our Founding Fathers ... to the better solution of our collective problems and issues - not letting Big Party Politics or individual power agendas mandate what we should be and how we should be, but UNITED on the Proper Path toward a Brighter Future, a Better Future, an Independent Future ... not a dependent future on the Federal Nanny-State telling us what our future is suppose to be!! WE determine our own future and the more righteous path to attain that vision!
Learn what the Proper Constitutional Solutions ARE for the multiple transgressions of the Petty Party Power Politics of the RINO 'Red Coats' and 'Blue Bellies' here in Utah. Take this chance to read and study the Constitutions of both the US and State of Utah.
Towards that end we are offering a pocket Constitution to each home in Utah ( get one before Constitution Day 2020, Sept. 17, 2020). It is the pocket 'Anti-Socialism Weapon' of knowledge - no need for a Conceled Carry Permit! THIS one shows, for the first time in history, where in the Constitution it condemns Socialistic tenants as felonies, a well as: Seven Powerful Constitutional Discoveries (written by Loy Brunson), along with the full Declaration of Independence, US Constitution and the Bill of Rights!
Read it and study it. See what we see ... a bright and brilliant pathway, the white-brick road toward transparent government (Of the People, By the People and FOR the PEOPLE !) not the 'we know best because we are in elected office' which has taken the PEOPLE out of Utah Government for far too long!
'WE THE PEOPLE' put them back in Utah governance and we CAN and WILL take the arrogant elected-elite who think they know better than 'WE THE PEOPLE' and Elect them OUT of office !!
We, the INDEPENDENT AMERICAN Party of Utah, ARE that Option !!
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WHY VOTE FOR DUERDEN/HILL ??
Top 20 reasons
- They are members and leaders of Utah’s largest third party – which will provide a buffer from a ‘one-party state,’ ... just as the flag has three colors: RED for Republicans, BLUE for Democrats and WHITE for Independents
· They are both Veterans (Duerden = US Air Force; Hill = US Army) each taking an oath, decades ago, to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies, both foreign and domestic … and they continue to do their sworn duty today, never having been released from that oath and holding true to their oath!
· Both are firmly rooted in Constitutional Principles and knowledgeable of such and believe in and actively seek Constitutional Solutions to governmental issues
· On March 16, 2020, IAP State Leadership sent a letter to Gov. Herbert seeking him to ‘cease and desist’ from his Coronavirus program and directives as UNCONSTITUTIONAL; and the candidates sent another letter on June 27, as well as on July 8 also. Just being the loyal opposition and reminding them of the error of their ways AND taking the Leadership Role 'by the horns' to let them know there are OTHER ways and Opinions out there.
· Utah’s Covid-19 response improperly violated: the FIRST AMENDMENT Freedoms (Freedom of Peaceful Assembly – limiting the number of people –, Freedom of Religion and worship – closing churches –, Freedom of the Press, speech and opinion, Freedom of petitioning the government for redress of grievances – being heard and ignored) and the FIFTH AMENDMENT (taking away citizen’s livehood and property by closing businesses without due process) and doing so violated both their OATH of OFFICE (to protect and defend the Constitutions of both the U.S. and the State of Utah) which is both malfeasance and misfeasance in office (Malfeasance is defined as the willful inappropriate action or intention incorrect action; Misfeasance defined as the willful and intentional action that injures a party, such as damage to the Utah’s economy). We believe this should dis-qualify 'Covid Cox' from legitimately even being allowed to RUN for office OR holding any elected office henceforth!!
· Utah’s initial response (and subsequent responses) to the Covid Crisis as UNConstitutional State Government Over-Reach by both the Administration and the Legislature of the State of Utah
· In 2018 the Legislature passed a bill allowing them to call themselves into session. The Bill was passed, signed by Gov. Herbert and even approved by the voters of Utah to amend the State Constitution. The trouble is it violates the ‘checks and balances’ of basic constitutional principles and is, therefore, blatantly Unconstitutional – Thank You Greg Hughes, who pushed the bill in his last year as Speaker of the House. THAT needs to be corrected!!
· Duerden/Hill are ALL IN for K-12 Public Education! We want to raise teacher’s salaries to at least the National Median salary (without raising any taxes!!) make K-12 teachers exempt from state income tax – for their teaching salaries, because they are paid by property taxes and you shouldn’t ‘tax a tax’ even IF the State Tax Commission thinks they can and should!
· Duerden/Hill want to eliminate the sales tax on food and most other sales and excise taxes – initially – getting the State Legislature out of their RINO ‘Tax & Spend’ box
· Duerden/Hill see a need to replace taxes with other revenue streams to put a big dent in the tax burden of Utah citizens – not ‘modernize’ and raise taxes [Duerden worked to get signatures on the Tax Referendum Petitions earlier this year]
· Duerden/Hill see the ballooning State Budget as one of the driving forces for increased taxes over the last 20+ years in Utah; and will cut the budget significantly each year to get it back 'in-line'
· Duerden/Hill see a need to cut the size of State Government instead of growing the size of government and government regulations AND the size of the budget, thereby eliminating the need for raising taxes each year (hence, Duerden/Hill are MORE aligned with traditional Republican values than the RINO Red Coats currently holding office!!)
· Duerden/Hill seek to improve government by fixing GRAMA, re-establishing the State Militia (as the State Constitution directs), repairing the ‘progressive’ agenda of the State Legislature, re-instilling the philosophy of government being by 'public servants' and NOT the 'Bosses' but re-instituting "WE the PEOPLE" as their "Bosses" ... returning Utah to a proper Constitutional Government and thereby a better, brighter Utah
· Duerden/Hill will seek to eliminate the culture of turning a blind eye to the rampant ‘Conflicts of Interest” in government, deminishing the "Pay-to-Play" 'Available Jones'/Lobbyist culture in State Government (especially in the Legislature)
· Duerden/Hill want to re-institute a more Ethical government in the halls of the State Capitol and throughout the State at ALL levels of goverance (State, County, municipal, Special Districts & other sub-divisions)
· Duerden/Hill will seek to Constitutionally nullify federal programs which have hindered the development of Utah and held it back far too long from its true destiny and bright future – actually and actively working against Utah (e.g., Federal Lands, Federal Education programs, et al)
· Duerden/Hill will work to repair the literal ‘HARM’ done by the elected elite of the Utah RINO ‘Red Coats,’ such as the State’s Integrity Grade (which is a ‘D-‘ with seven ‘F’s), the ‘Pay-to-Play’ 'Available Jones'/Lobbyist culture of access’ to all levels of the government, repealing the Oakland Coal Port $54 million ‘loan’ of CIB mineral severance tax monies, outlawing certain practices and cartels, limiting the expansion and costs of the Inland Port fiasco – instead of expansion , etc. ... Just a few little things like that!
· Duerden/Hill seek to repair Utah’s air quality, water quality, and environmental concerns in Constitutional and proper methods and ways
· Duerden/Hill will work tirelessly to properly develop the economic picture of Utah, domestically and internationally, by and within Constitutional means, manners and ways
· Duerden/Hill will help establish Utah as a beacon of liberty and freedom in the tops of the Rocky Mountains for the rest of the Nation and the World ... leading the way to a better future for ALL Mankind (and Woman-kind)
If any of this makes sense to you, if you are tired of the repeatedly 'run-of-the-mill' Federal and State Over-reach without accountability, IF you see a need for a CHANGE ...
VOTE Greg Duerden & Wayne Hill for an INDEPENDENT Governor / Lt. Governor on the IAP (INDEPENDENT AMERICAN Party) Ticket on the NOV. 3, 2020, General Election Ballot
Remember: "The government which governs BEST, governs LEAST!"