Chris Vanocur tweets of 2011 State of the State Address


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Updated: 1/26/2011 7:54 pm | Published: 1/26/2011 3:16 pm
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Wednesday night at 6:30, Governor Herbert delivered Utah's annual State of the State address. 

The Governor discussed education, the state budget and the economy in his first State of the State after being elected governor.

ABC 4 political reporter Chris Vanocur was at the State Capitol in the chambers of the House of Representatives for the speech and covered the speech live via his Twitter account @cvan4.



Updates on 2011 State of the State Address
Chris Vanocur, ABC 4 - @cvan4
Reporting via Twitter.com.
  • Cvan4 done Gotta go do TV Will be live at ten with re-cap 7:03 pm
  • Now calls for civility ... 6:54 pm
  • Another standing o. 6:53 pm
  • Gov. not a fan of Dept. of Interior announcing wild lands designation on public lands - with NO public input. 6:53 pm
  • Gov talking states rights. Republicans standing ovations. Dems sit. #utpol 6:53 pm
  • Page three. One more to go...then Provo! 6:52 pm
  • "Jobs, jobs and more JOBS." 6:50 pm
  • Gov. picks Steelers in Super Bowl. Check that. It was Rep. Greg Hughes. #utpol 6:48 pm
  • Gov. says there should be a debate about whether nuke energy has a place in Utah. Tepid applause. 6:47 pm
  • Page two done. Halfway point. 6:45 pm
  • On energy now. 6:43 pm
  • Talking up all-day kindergarten. 6:43 pm
  • Cast of "Glee" in House chambers listening to speech. 6:41 pm
  • Education now...must be number one budget priority. 6:39 pm
  • Word on Capitol Hill is that Gov. will be going to the GAME after speech... #utpol 6:39 pm
  • Page one of speech done...3 more to go 6:38 pm
  • Like Inaugural address, governor's public speaking is now much stronger... 6:37 pm
  • Talking economy now... 6:36 pm
  • The state of our state is strong... 6:35 pm
  • Pays tribute to State Park Ranger Brody Young....much applause....standing ovation 6:35 pm
  • Another standing ovation... 6:35 pm
  • Gov. pays tribute to Utah's first female speaker of the house... 6:34 pm
  • With a standing ovation 6:33 pm
  • Now, speech starts... #utpol 6:33 pm
  • cvan4 not used to legislators being quiet... #utpol 6:32 pm
  • And now...a dramatic pause #utpol 6:31 pm
  • Ruh-roh. False start. Haven't seen that before. #utpol 6:29 pm


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NetScanr - 1/26/2011 10:38 PM
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Efficient, after looking out for "the church!"....

beeger - 1/26/2011 7:04 PM
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"Utah state Government is efficient" ?!? I can think of 13,000,000 inefficent things in our state Government. What kind of audit was that? Employee's 1 to 137 is still too high.
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