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January 28, 2005
"My first order of business is economic development, it's what I ran on, it was my center piece as a means by which we can then pay all of the other bills." -Governor Huntsman
December 16, 2004 (---last Walker transcript---)
"Get as much education as you can. Reach out. Dream your dream. Get involved. Do the hard work. Lay the groundwork. There's been no greater experience for any individual, male or female, than to be involved in public service."
November 18, 2004
On education: “We’ve had time to focus on reading. I’m hoping math and writing would follow.” On tax reform: “If not now, when. If not Olene Walker, who?” On the budget: “It will be a...
August 26, 2004
"From studying Constitutional law...I believe that the Constitutions are best that give simple principles, and the specifics are left as statutes," says Governor Olene Walker.
July 29, 2004
We concluded with $106 million surplus in our general fund and Uniform School Fund combined. In addition, we had $13 million in our transportation fund. Of course, when you look at all the needs across the state, it isn't enough...
June 24, 2004
We have several initiatives we're still going to roll out as we had planned, and I’m excited about those initiatives. We're working hard on tax reform, which I’m certain is going to provoke a lot of questions, a lot...
May 27, 2004
And quite frankly, it's nice to just be governor rather than being out trying to raise a couple of million dollars to participate in the primary and general election.
April 29, 2004
I was concerned because I think more effort was put on getting sufficient votes, rather than looking at the bills and really giving an in-depth look at some of the problems that I had pointed out to them in the various bills.
March 25, 2004
I almost wish this year that the governor had the power to fix some bills after we discovered some problems, and in one case even a sponsor agreed that it was probably better to veto a bill because of a last-minute amendment.