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• Why you should avoid Alamo Rent-A-Car
  on Jul 17, 2014 in Alamo Bad Customer Service Credit Card Debit
  This week my family split apart for 25 days so my wife could visit family in the USA.  Because of some fortunate events she was able to travel with friends the whole way making the trip much easier than anticipated. But Alamo Rent-A-Car destroyed an...
• El Salvador Final Presidential Vote - Fraud and Fear
  on Mar 10, 2014 in 2014 Elections El Salvador ARENA El Salvador FMLN
  Last night was the final vote for the President of El Salvador.   Last month's vote eliminated the bottom challengers and pushed the country to a second round of voting which culminated last night with the final election.  Campaign coverage on loca...
• Insider Perspective of the Utah Caucus System
  on Feb 25, 2014 in Caucus Meeting Elections Utah
  There is a tremendous amount of debate in Utah about the "Count My Vote" initiative that seeks to eliminate the need for neighborhood caucus meetings and move towards direct primaries.  Supporters of the caucus system will argue this removes real ch...
• More Waste In Utah - Senator Aaron Osmond's Pledge of Allegiance Bill
  on Feb 10, 2014 in 2014 Legislature Aaron Osmond Pledge of Allegiance Waste
  This year is starting out to be a great year for Utah waste, with wasted textbooks, trashed school lunches and now my favorite message bills. In 2010 I posted about the 27 lengthy steps on how a bill becomes a law.  Feel free to go back and review i...
• Has Dixie State University's Website Been Hacked?
  on Feb 8, 2014 in Dixie State University Funny Hacking
  As my Alma Mater pushes forward for a new university president, they are advertising on Facebook and other areas to encourage public participation in the new selection process.  Today I noticed that their link to Dixie.edu has an interesting descrip...
• Update on The Lunch Room Scandal at Uintah Elementary
  on Feb 5, 2014 in Salt Lake Tribune School Lunch Uintah Uintah Elementary
  Screw Nutritional Guidelines forStudents, you ain't eatin' As a follow up to the overreaching Godfather like powers the Nutrition Office has at the Salt Lake City School District (which we posted about last week), the School Board held their public...
• El Salvador Presidential Election Results
  on Feb 3, 2014 in 2014 Elections El Salvador El Salvador Voting
  In what was considered a peaceful election, the El Salvadoran people have come out in full force.  With an estimated 44% voter turnout the polls opened early on Sunday morning and went until 5 pm.  The final results show neither candidate earned th...
• The "Ley Seca" of El Salvador aka Election Prohibition
  on Feb 1, 2014 in 2014 Elections El Salvador El Salvador Ley Seca Prohibition
  As El Salvador heads into the craziness of election weekend, the citizens are preparing to vote for their favorite candidate. The previous election boosted the power of social media; however this time more citizens have been able to tune into their f...
• The Godfather at Uintah Elementary Takes Kids Lunch and Throws it Away
  on Jan 30, 2014 in Nutrition Manager Public Education School Lunch Uintah Elementary Utah
  Is this the Uintah Elem Kitchen Manager  asking for a favor from the Nutrition Manager? The Tribune today had a shocking article on Uintah Elementary and their bizarre decision to give kids school lunch and then take it away and throw it in the tr...

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