Letter to the Editor

I recently read an article about how much money is spent by mega-donors on political campaigns and my response to the editor was published. Here it is:

Re "Utahns among mega-donors unleashed by court ruling," Tribune, April 7:

Isn’t this getting out of hand? What if all these political contributions went to public education or cleaning up the air? Think of all the junk mail we wouldn’t get.

I taught school for 30 years and learned to do a lot with very little. I’ve already dusted off my city council signs and pasted over "Bluffdale City Council" on both of them. So instead of asking for money, perhaps I should ask my former students to simply make a sign "Colleen Bliss — House #41."The cost of a political campaign is beyond reason. I filed as a candidate for the House 30 minutes prior to the end of the deadline. Yes, it was a hasty decision. Then I learned that a good campaign runs $40,000 for the House (and $100,000 for the Utah Senate — I was getting off cheap). Multiply that by the number of people in this state running for the House and Senate. Wow, we could solve some problems.

I’d feel better about that than asking all my friends and family for money or finding a mega-donor.

Colleen Bliss

Bluffdale

Here is the direct link: Letter to the Editor April 14th

It's time for fund raising! I'd like to call it FUN raising to add a little energy here.