Former Gov. Leavitt has a gift for you, and it might just reveal the future
Utah's 14th governor, Mike Leavitt, remembers the moment when clarity hit him.
“Headed down Pennsylvania Avenue you stop at the light at the National Archives and there are two statues,” known as "Past" and "Future" he recalled, thinking of a day more than a decade ago.
“On that statue is this inscription: ‘What is past is prologue.’ Now, I had heard the phrase before,” he said, noting its origin in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, “but it struck me as I read it then that it is true. And I’ve experienced that. And I was in the process of doing some of this writing at that time and that’s when I became focused.”
The result is a remarkable four (soon-to-be five) volume electronic memoir, years in the making, available today at www.leavitthistory.com, that could help shape the future of Utah. It’s a memoir, given to the public for free, that can also serve as a guide for policymakers to show how government can overcome obstacles to move things forward. The stories are fascinating, as Leavitt’s experience with problem solving reveals things even policy wonks will find surprising.
Utah’s Gov. Spencer Cox reportedly brought the house down with his speech at the Gridiron Club dinner Saturday night, where he poked fun at himself, his party, Biden and the Democrats — and Utah.
“This year’s Republican speaker, Cox, was a perfect fit for the usual fare of self-effacing Gridiron jokes, playing the part of the naive rube who suddenly finds himself in tails and a white bow tie,” a Washington Post reporter wrote.
The Post said attendees at the annual dinner responded with “laughter and cheers and applause,” on top of a little table pounding. “When he was done, Biden was one of the first on his feet for the standing O.”
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