John Dougall
John Dougall is the Utah State Auditor and a former member of the Utah House of Representatives and is up for reelection in the November 2016 Election.
He is well rated by the Republican Liberty Caucus and poorly rated by the Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah.[1]
Sponsored the wildly unpopular HB 477 as a legislator in 2011. The bill sought to exempt the legislature from certain record disclosure requirements and also rasied fees associated with record requests.[2] Interestingly, though, he had earlier expressed a very opposite sentiments on the subject of record disclosure.[3] Putatively, the purpose of this bill was to address the potential problem of existing law forcing legislators to reveal personal information their constituents might communicate to legislators.[4] In connection with HB 477, Dougall has been accused of blocking public input.[5]
External Resources
- John Dougall, Utah State Auditor - Facebook
- John Dougall - VoteSmart
- John Dougall - Utah's Right to Know
- John Dougall - Ballotpedia
- "Utah auditor John Dougall nixes use of taxpayer car", Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Oct 2013
- Dennis Romboy, "Auditor-elect John Dougall shakes up office administrative staff", Deseret News, 11 Dec 2012
- Lee Davidson, "Utahns, this is not your typical state auditor's race", Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Jun 2012
References
- ↑ John Dougall - VoteSmart
- ↑ Paul Koepp, "Utah lawmakers recall and amend controversial records bill for further study", Deseret News, 7 Mar 2011
- ↑ Rachel Piper, "What changed John Dougall's mind on GRAMA?", Salt Lake City's Weekly Daily Feed, 10 Mar 2011
- ↑ "Campbell: Legislators' own words tell sad tale of HB477", Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar 2011
- ↑ Chelsea Allart Woodruff for Utah Senate District 01, Status Update, Facebook, 15 Jun 2012