Hold on to your wallets, store your liquor and close your bedroom door. The Utah Legislature is in session.
I jest. Mostly. Utah legislators, I believe, are genuine men and women trying to do the right thing.
A recent column by The Tribune’s Robert Gehrke listed the top 25 influential power players in Utah politics. None of them was surprising, but I did find one name I didn’t recognize – Marty Stephens.
Stephens is the chief lobbyist of Utah’s predominant church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gehrke reported, “Ninety percent of the Utah Legislature, the entire congressional delegation and all of the state’s constitutional officers are members of the predominant faith, as are about 60 percent of Utahns.