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2006 Bill Tracking Page: Witnessing the Fall of a Republic: This bill tracking page exists to display the fruits of this citizenry and their political choices in the 2006 general legislative session. It is dedicated to those few who refuse to submit to tyranny.

DCFS Announces New Gun Control "Laws": CPS agent Mayla W. Slack has, on official state letterhead, falsely declared gun control language from Senate Bill 36 (in the 2004 session) to be "law" and DCFS policy. Strangely, this bill never passed the legislature. Gun control "laws" are already in place, however, to punish innocent gun owners and parents. (Alert for 10/29/05)

Kingston Boy Publicly Alleges State Abuse, Perjury, & Coercion: We received the following letters, purportedly authored by Kevin Kingston, from a local Utah radio station. Among many disturbing allegations, the letters specifically accuse the State of Utah and its paid agents of abuse, perjury, and coercion. (Alert for 5/9/05)

 

 

Abortion/Infanticide

Utah Government Takes Another Stab at Unborn: The Utah Department of Health, in collaboration with various officials, has published a new "ruling" that allows taxpayer resources such as equipment, facilities, and employees to be used for all types of abortion on demand. Citizens will again demand a public hearing. (Alert for 9/7/04)

  • Fearful Senators Pass Anti-Infanticide Bill: Over the past year, citizens have appropriately and relentlessly pounded state senators for repeatedly filibustering anti-abortion bills. Fearing their political careers, senators sailed SB 68 S3 (prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion on demand) through in a 21 to 7 vote. Unfortunately, over this same year, the innocent blood of over 3,800 Utah infants has been shed.

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Keep & Bear Arms

  • DCFS Announces New Gun Control "Laws": CPS agent Mayla W. Slack has, on official state letterhead, falsely declared gun control language from Senate Bill 36 (in the 2004 session) to be "law" and DCFS policy. Strangely, this bill never passed the legislature. Gun control "laws" are already in place, however, to punish innocent gun owners and parents. (Alert for 10/29/05)

  • See our Property Rights section as well for legislation dealing with property confiscation (forfeiture) without due process.

  • Flier Exposes Gun Confiscation Efforts: Gov. Walker has signed SB 175 S2, effectively repealing Citizen's Initiative B.  Innocent Utah property owners will again be at the mercy of federal property confiscation (forfeiture) statutes that deny them basic due process and justice. Share a flier exposing this attack on your rights. (3/28/04)

  • NRA Urges Defeat of SB 175 S2: The National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action issued a letter to Utah legislators urging the defeat of SB 175 S2. (Alert for 3/1/04)

  • "Progressive" Blueprint for Manipulating Gun Owners: A Democratic Leadership Council document makes no bones about the "progressive" strategy to manipulate foolish gun owners. Will you fall prey to their trickery? (News for 12/21/03)

  • Jordan School Kids Vote 12-0 for Guns in Schools: The trial has been held... and the verdict is in. (Alert for 7/2/03)

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Parental Rights (Due Process)

  • Note: Get Your "Parental Rights Now! Action Packet": We have been swamped with additional requests for packets.  Print yours directly from our site.

  • Kingston Boy Publicly Alleges State Abuse, Perjury, & Coercion: We received the following letters, purportedly authored by Kevin Kingston, from a local Utah radio station. Among many disturbing allegations, the letters specifically accuse the State of Utah and its paid agents of abuse, perjury, and coercion. Take action to restore justice in Utah. (Alert for 5/9/05)

  • Judge Grants Rights to Homosexual Partner... Despite Amendment 3: As predicted in our analysis of Amendment 3, judges are still twisting the law and ruling according to their personal persuasions. (News for 12/22/04)

  • Legislative Audit: No Evidence for Removal of Bierly Children: After years of trivializing the rape of innocent Utah families, a Utah legislative audit has taken a baby step toward confirming what we have been telling you all along: DCFS is out of control.  A recent legislative audit can cite no evidence for the forced removal of Jordan and Leigh Bierly. (News for 12/22/04)

  • Analysis of Amendments, Initiatives, Judges, & Electronic Voting Proposals: Consider an additional perspective on the statewide constitutional amendments and initiatives, retention elections for judges, and electronic voting proposals. (Issue in Focus for 10/25/04)

  • Is Caesar's Marriage Idolatrous? Accountability Utah vehemently opposes Constitutional Amendment 3 dealing with the question of marriage and the rights of couples. Accountability Utah team members are divided, however, on the particular reasons for their opposition. We wish to provide both perspectives for readers to consider. (Issue in Focus for 8/28/04)

  • GAL Bureaucrat Nominated to 2nd District Court! Robert Parrish, a managing attorney for Utah's notorious anti-family Guardian ad Litem's office, has been nominated to fill a 2nd district court vacancy. Act now to make sure he does not obtain the power to abuse families on a far greater scale. (Alert for 6/6/04)

  • Citizens Join Victims' Christmas Mourning: What is Next? YOU Decide. Dozens of victims and other citizens fliered the neighborhoods of errant officials in Salt Lake and Davis counties from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Christmas Day. (News for 12/28/03)

  • Help Abused Families on Christmas Day: If you are a victim, don't be alone on Christmas.  At 10 AM on Christmas Day, abused families and other citizens will knock on the doors of unresponsive elected officials and reprimand them for refusing to take action to protect innocent Utah families. They will also flier their immediate neighborhoods to inform their neighbors that they have been derelict in their duty. (Alert for 12/21/03)

  • Left & Center Join the Battle Against DCFS: The attack on the Thaxton family (see previous alert) has brought leftist forces into the battle for family rights and basic freedoms.  Learn how you can help. (Alert for 12/14/03)

  • DCFS (Cattleman Division) Targets Meat-Abstaining Families: Families who abstain from eating meat are officially under attack by DCFS and the State of Utah. Act now to determine which of your officials are serious about protecting innocent families. (Alert for 12/9/03)

  • Casey's Sister, Caylee, is Freed & Attends Citizens Memorial Service: Caylee Barrow was finally freed from foster care today at 11:00 AM. She was able to attend today's Citizen's Memorial Service for her brother, Casey Barrow, who died tragically in the Utah foster care system. (News for 11/5/03)

  • DCFS Says AG's Office Doesn't Care About Children's Best Interest! Anonymous, sympathetic informants have delivered several e-mails purportedly originating within DCFS regarding the Bierly family tragedy. They point the finger of blame at the Utah Attorney General's Office. (Alert for 10/8/03)

  • Time's Up! Lt. Gov. Walker & Senate Ignore DCFS Abuses! Utah senate holds secret, closed-door meeting on DCFS abuses; then refuses to act.  Lt. Gov. Walker remains silent. Demand immediate, public hearings for families that have been destroyed. (Alert for 10/4/03)

  • AG Shurtleff Denies Parker Jensen Treatment! The AG's Office ordered three doctors of Western medicine to deny Parker "any form of treatment". Read this shocking letter and the qualifications of these doctors. (Alert for 9/28/03)

  • AG/Gov Tell Over 200 Fed-Up Citizens: "Sorry, Nobody is Home!" Read about the demonstration that shook up sleepy state officials. (News for 9/28/03)

  • DCFS Desires to Return Baby to Mother Who Stuffed Him in Plastic Bag: A woman who gave birth to her son in a toilet and then stuffed him in a plastic bag was sentenced to only 30 days in jail on Friday... and DCFS is working to reunite her with the baby. (News for 9/28/03)

  • Family Survival Information: What will you do when DCFS knocks? Learn how you can respond to DCFS attack techniques and how you can prevent your children from becoming the next casualties in the war on Utah families. (From our Parental Rights Now! Action Packet." This file is in .pdf format.  Obtain a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

  • Get Your "Parental Rights Now! Action Packet": Over 80 citizens attended AU's Citizen Action Town Meeting on Parental Rights.  We have been swamped with additional requests for packets.  Print yours directly from our site.

  • Astounding Evidence! How Utah Officials Destroy Innocent Families!  Governor Leavitt, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, DCFS, the Office of the Guardian ad Litem, Utah judges, many legislators, and others are accountable for the confiscation of the Bierly children and the destruction of the Bierly family! (Alert for 9/23/03)

  • Utah Legislature Declares War on Your Family: Your Utah legislators and DCFS are working together to destroy your parental rights. (Alert for 8/28/03) Update for 2/4/06: Minor changes have since been made in the 2005 session to the statute covering parental rights termination (see the new 78-3a-401), but parents can still lose their children for frivolous reasons, such as not complying with a "reunification plan" that were based upon bogus criteria and "failure of parental adjustment".  Most importantly, Utah parents still do not have the right to a trial by a jury of their peers.

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Property Rights

  • SLC Confiscation Thugs Settle Over Tortilla Factory Brutality: In 1997, a combination of seven federal, state, and local police agencies stormed the La Panaderia Diana (a tortilla factory) in SLC under the guise of a drug raid.  Seven years later, SLC taxpayers are expending $290,000 for 19 plaintiffs on the receiving end of that raid. (News for 12/22/04)

  • Take Our "Who is the Bigger Dummy?" Challenge! Contestant A is General Mark Shurtleff, lobbyist for SB 175, the confiscation bill that your property rights. Contestant B is Senator Chris Buttars, sponsor of SB 175, who has just publicly acknowledged that Shurtleff has no clue regarding the U.S. Constitution.

  • Senate GOP Leaders Join Accountability Utah in Opposing Shurtleff's View of Federal Forfeiture! In a letter to GOP county delegates in Sen. Chris Buttars' district (the sponsor of Senate Bill 175), the Utah Senate GOP Leadership unanimously admit that federal forfeiture proceedings lack due process. (News for 4/18/04)

  • Analysis of SB 175 & Confiscation Statutes/Abuse: Mr. Arnold Gaunt, volunteer with Forfeiture Endangers American Rights, recently debated Sen. Chris Buttars and Kirk Torgensen of General Shurtleff's office at Brigham Young University.  Read a portion of his presentation. (News for 4/4/04)

  • Flier Exposes Gun Confiscation Efforts: Gov. Walker has signed SB 175 S2, effectively repealing Citizen's Initiative B.  Innocent Utah property owners will again be at the mercy of federal property confiscation (forfeiture) statutes that deny them basic due process and justice. Share a flier exposing this attack on your rights. (News for 3/28/04)

  • How Short is Gov. Walker's Leash? Find Out Via SB 175 S2! Will incumbent/hopeful Governor Olene Walker side with Utah voters and veto SB 175 S2? Or will her federal handlers do as they have done to your legislators? Act now to give Gov. Walker a free lesson at obedience school — citizen style. (Alert 2 for 3/14/04)

  • Participate in Voter Repeal of SB 175 S2! SB 175 S2 will destroy your property rights and Initiative B. In response, citizens are filing a referendum petition to repeal this bill before it goes into effect.  Which county do you live in?  Who is your senator and representative?  Are you willing to help collect signatures? (Alert for 3/7/04)

  • SB 175 S2 Passes House! Cosmetic Amendments Likely Planned to Further Deceive the Unwary! With the legislative session ending tonight, the confiscation cartel is likely pushing cosmetic amendments to SB 175 S2 — designed to further deceive unwary legislators. (Alert for 3/3/04)

  • Deceptive Amendments to SB 175 S2 (Forfeiture)! Act Now! With the legislative session ending this Wednesday at midnight, the confiscation cartel is desperately attempting to push cosmetic amendments to SB 175 S2 — designed to put you off guard long enough for them to destroy Initiative B. (Alert for 3/1/04)

  • NRA Urges Defeat of SB 175 S2: The National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action issued a letter to Utah legislators urging the defeat of SB 175 S2. (Alert for 3/1/04)

  • NFIB Urges Defeat of SB 175 S2: The National Federation of Independent Business - Utah Chapter, with over 3,500 members in Utah, has urged legislators and its members to defeat SB 175 S2. Final vote imminent! (Alert for 2/25/04)

  • SB 175 S2 (Buttars) Passed Senate, Awaiting Action in House! The latest version differs little from the first substitute and original version. All versions trample on your rights by providing Utah police financial incentives to subject you to unjust federal confiscation statutes. (Alert for 2/23/04)

  • Report on Feb. 14 Town Meeting: A report of the Feb. 14 emergency town meeting by David Hansen, and includes a speech by Daniel Newby and a handout on SB 175 by Arnold J. Gaunt. (2/16/04)

  • Your Rights Soon To Be Crushed by Utah Senate! Will You Fight Back, or Surrender? In Orwellian fashion, SB 175, "Protection of Private Lawfully Obtained Property", claims to increase "innocent owner protections" by repealing the most critical provisions of Initiative B that protect innocent property owners. (2/11/04)

  • Feb. 14 Emergency Town Meeting on Property Confiscation (Forfeiture) Citizens have called an emergency town meeting regarding Sen. Buttars’ vicious attack (SB 175) on your property rights. (Alert for 2/9/04)

  • ALERT! Confiscation Bill Imminent! Senator D. Chris Buttars (Salt Lake) intends to advance legislation to destroy Initiative B. Act now! (Alert for 2/6/04)

  • Shurtleff Launches "Toys for Cops": Just in time for the holidays, AG Shurtleff announces his latest welfare program, again using his position to lobby for corrupt special interests. (News for 12/8/03)

  • Senate Confirms Marxist Zealot as Judge: Despite ample citizen warning and outrage, the state senate unanimously confirmed radical anti-property zealot Derek Pullan to become a fourth district court judge. (News for 10/26/03)

  • Senate Committee Votes to Confirm Confiscation Zealot! Despite ample citizen warning and outrage, a Utah Senate committee voted to confirm radical confiscation zealot, Derek Pullan, to be a fourth district court judge. (Alert for 9/7/03)

  • AG Shurtleff Sells Your Property Rights for $6,000,000? The confiscation lobby is determined to destroy your property rights. Knowing why can help you see through their charades and stop them. (Issue in Focus for 8/17/03)

    Stop Judicial Appointment of Radical Property Rights Enemy! Gov. Leavitt appointed a notorious confiscation zealot to be a Utah judge.  Stop Derek Pullan's confirmation by the Utah State Senate! (Alert for 7/29/03)

  • Will AG Shurtleff respond?: The Institute for Justice asks Shurtleff why he failed to respond to the citizen's notice of claim. (Alert for 7/27/03)

  • County Attorneys have Capitulated: General Shurtleff contacted AU claiming that Weber, Davis, and Salt Lake county attorneys will surrender the confiscated proceeds to the State Treasurer. (Alert for 7/3/03)

  • Citizens File "Notice of Claim" to General Shurtleff; prepared to Sue Defiant Counties over Initiative B!  They demanded that he take immediate action against their county attorneys to end their defiance of Initiative B. (Alert for 6/27/03)

  • Our informative charts show just how perverted the forfeiture process is. See Forfeiture Revenue Flow and Equitable Sharing. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will need to download a free copy.

  • Political Temper Tantrums: General Shurtleff has not recovered from the agonizing defeat of his tyrannical SB 31.  Hear the original bill sponsor, Sen. John Valentine, announce his intent to withdraw SB 31 to a crowd of over 100 angry citizens at a town meeting.  Shurtleff continues his attempts to undermine Initiative B.  If your connection is too slow, go to the link above and download the sound file to your hard drive before you play it.

  • Property Confiscation: General Mark Shurtleff led the charge to resurrect Senate Bill 31.  Read how citizens stopped him. ( Alert 2/20/03)

  • Handout on Senate Bill 31: Was Sen. John Valentine's SB 31 "Technical Amendments" as he and others claimed?  Or was it the end of property rights? If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will need to download a free copy.

  • Read Senate Bill 31 for yourself.  Or read an earlier draft we intercepted (again in .pdf format).

  • Confiscation Alert 2/3/03: SB 31 would have destroyed property protections instituted by Initiative B, passed by 69 percent of Utah voters in November 2000.

  • Confiscation Alert 1/18/03: The word begins to get out about the upcoming battle to destroy your property rights.

  • Forfeiture History: Learn How it All Started:  How did the battle with the county attorneys and Shurtleff begin?  Read the back-and-forth letters between AU and the State Auditor and Treasurer.

  • Floundering with Shurtleff... Before & After His Campaign: Today General Shurtleff leads the charge to gut innocent owner protections enacted by Initiative B.  What did he think before he was elected?

  • Forfeiture Abuse Does Happen in Utah! Contrary to General Shurtleff and other confiscation lobbyists, Initiative B addressed legitimate abuses of power.  See a few examples.

  • Read the text of Initiative B: This citizens' initiative restored some due process for innocent property owners and was passed by 69 percent of Utah voters in November 2000.

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