Tuesday's Primary

Here's a challenge.

Let's increase the 5% of West Valley City adults who historically vote in the Primary Election, let's double the number.

Tuesday the 13th let's get at least 10% of adults to the polls. (That would mean 20% registered voters to the polls.)

I've commit ed many many unregistered voters to use the link on my website to the online voter registration on the County website. Takes five minutes.

There are over a hundred wars on the planet where people are killing each other for the right to vote. In our city, only half the adults are registered and of that half, only 10% vote in the Primary Election.

That's 5% of the adults.

Let's double that on Tuesday.

Modifying Ordinances - What Do I Mean?

I get asked all the time about what I mean by modifying ordinances. So what do I mean?

Our city ordinances state it's illegal to have an unregistered vehicle unless it's in a garage. Behind a fence or in a carport is unacceptable.

My family lived in Las Vegas and I went to college at UNLV before I moved to the Wasatch Front. At one point, the transmission went out in my car. I didn't have enough money to fix it.

My solution was to ride a bicycle while I saved enough money to repair my car. (This did make dating a challenge, but I like challenges.) It took nine months to save the money and not only did I save the money for my transmission, I also paid off a student loan.

The ordinance part of this, it's illegal in Las Vages for an unregistered vehicle to be on the street. It is, however, perfectly acceptable for an unregistered vehicle to be in a driveway, a carport or even a garage.

This makes sense. In Tennessee a car has to have tires (unless being actively worked on). This eliminates cars on cinder blocks.

Keeping unregistered vehicles in a garage only is an ordinance that's oppressive. Modifying it after Las Vegas's example would make this ordinance reasonable and give us back Liberty, restoring our constitutionally protected property rights.


Vote Jeff White
Vote for Liberty

George Washington and I Have Something in Common

We have some neighbors who've had several ordinance violations through the years. We've never had a problem with their yard, but ordinances are ordinances as we all know.

Well, they have a dead tree next to their driveway that is next on the ordinance violation list. We have several people in our area that as neighbors wanted to help a few people today who can't, for whatever reason, take care of their yards themselves. So we removed dead trees from two yards today.

Both families have physical limitations that ordinances don't account for. As one ordinance officer told me years ago, "Ordinance doesn't care about reasons, ordinance only cares about compliance."

We need to remove oppressive ordinances and keep the reasonable ones so we can maintain clean, safe and healthy neighborhoods without being oppressive.

The founding fathers of this great nation designed a constitution that would allow maximum freedom for the people and their property rights, while also protecting us from crime. As Benjamin Franklin is quoted, "I have the right to swing my fist, until it connects with someone elses nose."

I just don't see a shovel leaning against a house, a dead tree, a lack of rain gutters, a recliner in a carport, an unregistered vehicle behind a fence or in a carport, desert landscaping (ordinance states mandatory 50% green in the yard), rocks in the park strip, etc., etc., etc. as a crime. I don't.

I intend fighting for a committee to review the ordinances, keep the ones for public safety and health, modify the ones that need modifying and eliminate the oppressive ones.

So what do I have in common with George Washington. I can not tell a lie, today I cut down a cherry tree.

Jeff White

This Birdhouse Must Be in West Valley City

When I lived in Las Vegas, my transmission went out on my car. I was a poor college student (I know, that's redundant) and couldn't fix the car immediately. I didn't want to use a credit card, so I rode a bicycle for eight months and saved enough money to pay off a college loan and fix my car.

While it wasn't registered, Las Vegas ordinances prohibited my car being parked on the road, but I could park it on our personal property, in the driveway.

Our ordinance for unregistered vehicles should be modified to allow the same here in West Valley City. I understand there are those who want to improve West Valley City through beautification so we can look like the East Side, but they allow unregistered vehicles in the driveway. Go for a drive and see.

I believe in property rights and reasonable ordinances.


Vote Jeff White
Vote for Liberty

Read These Candidate Responses to Oquirrh Times Questions

Use the following link to read responses for Candidates in the different Council races. There are some definite choices for everyone, we're not cookie cutter candidates you have real choices between us.

I'm glad to see that Jack Matheson responded and can only wonder why Karen Lang, Preston Smith and Dean Whitworth didn't take the time to help the voters be more informed.

If I recall correctly, the two questions we were asked are:
1. What is your greatest strength?
2. What's the most pressing issue for West Valley City and what will you do about it?

Follow this link to read the responses.
http://www.oquirrhtimes.com/?p=3531

Early voting is this week. Regular voting is Tuesday the 13th, a week away.


Jeff White