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Article: Curtis, Seegmiller spar in debate
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2008
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SANDY -- Utah House Speaker Greg Curtis knows he's a
controversial figure, but he still would do a better job
representing his constituents than would Democrat Jay Seegmiller.
Curtis made that assessment this past week during a radio debate
with Seegmiller on KCPW.
Seegmiller lost to Curtis by just 20 votes in 2006. And he
believes he should win this year because he will push ethics reform
in the Legislature and listen to House District 49 residents -- as
Curtis didn't do last year in the private school voucher vote.
District 49 residents voted nearly 2-to-1 against vouchers last
November, but Curtis pushed the measure as speaker earlier in the
year. The voucher bill passed by one vote in ...