Lockhart sponsored a bill that would change the way tobacco is taxed, she said, to raise the price of chewing tobacco and protect kids. But a closer look showed Lockhart's bill would actually lower the price of Skoal and Copenhagen. Did I mention the bill was being lobbied by Gary Thorup, lobbyist for Skoal and Copenhagen?
Skoal and Copenhagen account for 80% of the chewing tobacco market.
Lockhart's opponent this year is Dr Boyd Petersen. Dr Petersen is the chair of Mormon Studies at UVU.
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I've dealt with Thorup in the past. If he is pushing a bill, it is not based upon the public good. Trust me on this. He has spent his life trying to minimize the tax liability of big companies. He's a hired gun for the powerful, not someone interested in the public good.
"He's a hired gun for the pwerful, not someone interested in the public good." That kinda described the majority of the Utah Legislature doesn't it? Well, the majority leadership at least.
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