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Originally Posted by utenation
Exactly... The dominant religion in this state becomes less dominant each day, yet the majority iron fist party of this state are well rooted like oak trees...
There has been a little progress but there is much holding SLC back right now.
The new proposed Zion Curtain Alcohol bill fell down like a led balloon. Not shocked.
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This is the biggest problem with the Utah Legislature. It's very monolithic and does not represent the diversity of the state. 90% of the Utah House is LDS. On its face, there is nothing wrong with that statistic - except that Utah's population is 62% LDS. I have no problem with Mormons being in government - but the lack of religious and cultural diversity is startling, especially when you factor in that many LDS members govern solely on their religious values.
Unlike a great deal of the actual members, the people who are citizens of this state, Mormon legislatures increasingly act as moral crusaders. It's appalling, especially from the perspective of a non-Mormon, because I believe that value goes against what makes this country great - the ability to separate church & state. It also gives one religion far more influence over issues than you rarely see in other states where one faith is predominant (my guess is that the Catholic Church has little sway within the halls of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island capitol buildings).
Now that may sound like a divisive viewpoint, but I want to be clear that this view isn't of the LDS Church or a majority of its practicing members. I feel, on the whole, Utah Mormons buy into the idea of 'live and let live' (there will always be individuals who don't, though, like that Utah County Mom who decided to buy out PacSun because of a t-shirt she deemed sexually offensive) - but our legislature certainly doesn't. That's problematic, especially for a governing body whose influence at the state level impacts Mormons and non-Mormons alike.
I know a great deal of Mormons who are insulted by the way our legislature acts. But no one ever holds 'em accountable for their actions. Look at Senator Chris Buttars, a bigot on racial and sexual orientation issues, who only managed to leave office not because of his bigoted and hateful statements, but because he fell ill and couldn't run for reelection.
We are our own worst enemy. We enable the legislature and then complain when they incompetently run the state.
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They list it as the 12th tallest building in SLC. Adding to the confusion they list 222 as the 11th tallest at 315'. I have now seen it listed at 330' to the top of the flag pole from two different sources so I assume that is the correct number. If you don't count the flag pole which in my opinion shouldn't really count then it probably does come in just under 222 as the 12th tallest. If you look at the link Wikipedia does make a few mistakes on their list and I think it can be safely assumed that listing the Grand at 395' is one of them. 
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