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Lee: Mask mandates for young children reflect “real hubris”
Sen. Mike Lee teed off on the CDC guidance that children as young as two years old wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, saying whoever came up with the mandate has not spent much time with children.”
“We have these guidance documents in place directing people to put masks on children when our peer nations all over the world have set it much, much higher,” said Lee on Fox News.
Utah Policy regularly profiles policymakers from across the state. In this edition we profile Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams, Republican, District 22.
Occupation: I am a partner in the Adams Company, a real estate, construction, and development firm in Kaysville.
Education: I graduated from Layton High School and went on to earn my Bachelor of Arts at the University of Utah in business finance.
Fond memory: I am a fifth generation Layton resident, and I grew up next to my grandparents. That association was incredibly valuable to me.
Childhood ambition: I wanted to be involved with my brother in real estate.
Paul C. Burke: Utah Senate blockade threatens judicial independence
Refusal to hear the nomination of Margaret Plane verges on a violation of the Utah Constitution.
(Photo courtesy of Salt Lake City) Margaret Plane, who was the Salt Lake City attorney under Mayor Ralph Becker.
By Paul C. Burke | Special to The Tribune
| Dec. 14, 2020, 2:07 p.m. | Updated: 6:16 p.m.
The Utah Senate’s current blockade of a nominee to the Utah Court of Appeals is not merely an affront to Gov. Gary Herbert and the nominee. It also is a threat to the integrity of our state’s merit system for selecting judges and risks undermining the independence of Utah’s judiciary.