Day at the Legislature

Well finally second term is over and third term is beginning. Almost over just counting the days until summer. Since it was the start of second semester we all got new classes, kids and teachers on Wednesday. I was not in school. I had to miss to be up at the state capitol for the state Day at the Legislature. I had to go for a youth City Council for Layton City that I am on. Me and a few other council members got up really early in the morning and had to be at the capitol at seven in the morning. We had a short breakfast and went off the smaller council meetings at eight o’clock. It was actually very interesting. We went down to the basement to the meeting conference rooms. The meeting that was the most interesting was a debate about wildfires. The state fire marshal was there saying that instead of spending billions of dollars to put out wildfire in the middle of nowhere just control it to an area where nothing can be hurt or damaged and just let it burn itself out. “Who cares about a few square miles of sagebrush? As long as nothing or nobody gets hurt just let it burn.” He said. Later he went on to saying that at the end of the Utah fire season every year the state runs out of money specifically for fires. Which ends up with the state going into debt. But he was saying that if they only fight the fires that are threatening homes that should save them money. It actually was very interesting. After those small meetings the State Legislature and House of Representative meeting started. They took place in the very big and fancy meeting rooms like you see on president of the Untied States and government movies. They talked about people who wrongfully go to jail. Which means they did not do a crime and were put in jail on accident. Well once this is proved that they did not commit the crime and are released they are given a check from the government saying they are sorry. But the problem with that is that the person who is in jail for one year gets the same amount of money as someone who is in jail for up to thirty years. Which is not fair. The person wrongfully accused and convicted should get more money if he stays in longer. After that we left the capitol and went to the Grand America hotel for a very very fancy dinner. We had this fancy salad, chicken and potatoes and other fancy things. I met Governor Huntsman and ate lunch with Layton city’s mayor and three senators and representatives. It was really fun.