For more than 20 years, no matter who the governor has been, you know what you’re going to get from the annual State of the State speech.
It’s part cheerleading, part aspirational: The economy is strong, we’re investing in education, we need to clean up our air and keep taxes low. Gov. Gary Herbert’s speech Wednesday — his 10th since becoming governor — was no different.
It got me thinking about past speeches, both State of the State and State of the Union, and one that always stuck with me was President George W.