Letter to Sen. Paul Sarbanes

This was a actual letter orginally sent to Senator Paul Sarbanes.

As a native Maylander and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien, and they referred me to you.

My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill that was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill's provisions is accurate as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one, and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.

Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way than I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family, because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.
Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year. Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school application, as well as "in-state" tuition rates for many colleges through out the United States for my son.

Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver's license and making those burdensome car insurance premiums.
This is very important to me given that I still have college age children driving my car.
If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.

What are the Utah GOP Priorities?

What are the Utah GOP Priorities?

Given the Utah Republican State Central committee will be voting next month to elect a new Chair, Vice Chair, and Party Secretary until the next organizing convention in summer, and history has shown that these newly elected party officers will likely be re-elected at the next organizing convention, it is critical that we as State Party Central Committee members decide now what direction we feel the party should be taking in the next 2-4 years.

I would like to open a discussion as to what “issues” not people are important in deciding who we should elect next month for these important positions.

What exactly should the role of the party leadership have in policy and public perception? Should we direct the C&B committee to craft a more detailed job description for the Vice Chair’s position, and clearly define a succession pathway when officer’s resign?

Should party officer’s be allowed to “take a leave of absence” to compete in a pre-convention election cycle, or should party officers be required to decide for themselves, which is more important and resign from their party positions to participate in the election cycle.

As the Chairman of the Audit committee for the State Party, I am concerned over the lack of oversight on the expenditures and lack of clear responsibility of party financial obligations this last election cycle.

How do you feel about these issues?

Mark Towner,

Salt Lake County Delegate

Chair Precinct 2436

Utah GOP State Delegate

Utah GOP State Central Commitee member.

Chair Utah GOP Audit Commitee.

Publisher The Political Spyglass.

Moderator UtahGOP