If you live in Utah, you know all about the Kem C. Gardner Institute, or you should. They are the data hub for lack of a better term. They share report after report with our entire legislative body. What they say is considered sacred ground “truth.” Utah has made sweeping changes based on their information and recommendations. Often times with no counter information presented. Much like “trust the science” should be questioned so should should Kem C. Gardner institute.
The Beginning
Apparently Clark Ivory and some banana cream pie are the beginning of this sudden genius idea for a think tank in Utah. It just so happens this idea came to be while visiting Stanford. As an aside a lot of evil “genius” happens at Stanford.
Below is a quote about this beginning (you should look into the PAC-12 and Utah on some off time):
“… it was wheels up as a handful of university and community leaders traveled to another Pac-12 university to solidify the plan. We would create a premier public policy institute at the University of Utah and help our state thrive.” source
Oh boy, nothing quite like out of touch establishment self-appointed elite getting together to help us poor folk out. They made this decision in 2015, at least publicly. I would suggest looking back around 2010 and funding from the PAC-12, just make sure none of it moved over in this direction.
The namesake of Kem C. Gardner (Kem Crosby Gardner) last I checked serves/d as chairman of The Gardner Company, a private commercial real estate entity. I’m sure you are all shocked. How is this not a conflict of interest? A policy think tank that shares population data and promotes high-density housing being tied to a real estate company. Utah would never do such a thing.
“During his 38 years in business, Gardner and his partners have been involved in developing more than 33 million square feet of commercial real estate.” source
Hey plebs aren’t you excited that the big ole’ rich boys have decided to promote planning from the likes of Calthorpe and the United Nations, like smart growth?
Even better look at who makes up Kem C. Gardner Institute:
“An advisory board of business, government and community leaders — chaired by Scott Anderson, president and CEO of Zions Bank and Gail Miller, owner of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies — provides strategic direction to the institute. Former Governors Mitt Romney and Michael O. Leavitt serve as the board conveners and will host an annual summit that will be held at the newly restored Wall Mansion on historic South Temple, which will serve as the home of the new institute beginning in 2016.”
Leavitt’s right hand, in this case lady, Natalie Gochnour is serving as an associate dean in the David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. A bit about her:
“Natalie Gochnour serves as an associate dean in the David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. She also serves as the chief economist for the Salt Lake Chamber. During her public service, she advised Utah governors Norm Bangerter, Mike Leavitt, and Olene Walker. She also served as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration, serving as an associate administrator at the EPA and counselor to the secretary at Health and Human Services. (Leavitt)”
She’s also on the “Dignity Index” team. She’s essentially everywhere you turn, and not in a good way.
Namesake
Let’s talk about the namesake: Kem Crosby Gardner. Gardner has been moving and shaking in the real estate development arena since 2005. He doesn’t just have his fingers in real estate, but also healthcare:
“Kem has been a Trustee of Intermountain Health Care since 1982 and chaired the Board from 2007 -2013. He chairs the Intermountain Healthcare Foundation.” source
And even more than the above:
“…he established The Kem C. Gardner Transformation Center, designed to be a base for Intermountain’s efforts to transform healthcare in ways that are patient-focused and that consistently provide the best clinical outcomes at sustainable costs.”
Much like his good friend Mike Leavitt he seems to be involved in everything and on numerous interesting boards. Below are just a few of those:
- 1973 he has been a fixture in the development community, serving as president of The Boyer Company for 30 years.
- Served as Chairman of the Salt Lake Chamber.
- Co-chaired the 2015 Transportation Alliance.
- Chaired the Salt Lake Airport Authority.
- Has been a member of the Utah Air Travel Commission.
- Served as Chairman of the Utah State Board of Regents and currently serving on the National. Advisory Committees of the University of Utah.
- Kem served two terms as Chairman of United Way of Salt Lake and on the Executive Committee. from 1998 to the present. He is Co-Chair of the Changing the Odds Campaign.
- He was an original incorporator and Finance Chair of the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee.
- He served as Chairman of the 2002 Olympic Ambassadors responsible for fundraising.
- He was instrumental in bringing in Mitt Romney to run the Olympic Games.
- Set up with the University of Utah, The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute as part of the Thomas S. Monson Center.
- A donor and more to the “Youth Village.”
- Supports renewable energy.
- His leadership has been instrumental in what Salt Lake City has become.
- Developments in Utah, Idaho and Nevada
Some further information about his development company is visible in the screenshot below:
It appears like they have bought into the United Nations SD goals and one water. Would love to be wrong but pretty sure we’re not.
Opportunity Zones
As Breeauna points out these zones are essentially the federal plan for relocation (illegal immigration movement)- “resilient cities.”
How is Utah involved you ask?
Here is Cox’s website page on Opportunity Zones:
And here is the page where Cox admits he has teamed up with Kem C. Gardner Institute and the Sorenson impact Center through the U of U on the opportunity zones – meaning he has teamed up with Rockefeller:
Check out who sits on that board (Cox, Herbert, Leavitt, Romney, Legislators, Eccles – ties to federal reserve, etc.):
And lest you thought the federal was bad enough the WEF is promoting these zones as well. Aside from these being their smart city targets, their description below is very alarming:
“Opportunity Zones as vehicles for equitable growth
Opportunity Zones (OZs) might just be the right vehicle. There are 8,700 such districts nationwide, which allow investors to defer their capital gains taxes if they invest in real estate, infrastructure and businesses in these designated low-income zones.” source
Below is a map of these areas, note how much of Utah is highlighted, and remember this from 2018… it’s likely far worse now:
Below is a screenshot showing the Rockefeller paper from their own website titled: Rockefeller foundation Opportunity zones in communities. Check out what I highlighted on page 5. It states that Rockefeller teamed up with the Sorenson Impact Center at the UofU.
More on these opportunity zones for later reading:
https://www.weforum.org/whitepapers/making-affordable-housing-a-reality-in-cities/
https://youtu.be/U3Mwu5pjzTI?feature=shared
https://www.slc.gov/ed/businessresources/salt-lake-citys-opportunity-zone-incentives/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/why-opportunity-zones-could-revive-cities/
Now, let’s assume the best of intentions with all of this. Even with that assumption there is a very serious problem in Utah. We do NOT have representative government. We have a group of rich families who have become so on the backs of Utahns, Idaho and a few other surrounding states. They have somehow completely forgotten their place in this entire American experiment. The PEOPLE are top of the org chart. You MUST have the consent of the governed. If you want a stadium, or high-density housing you must first and foremost have the consent of the governed. If you are not elected you need to own the land, you need to be approved via zoning and planning meetings, and you need to work with your neighbors. If you are trying to help build infrastructure you should go through what used to be the standard RFP process. No taxpayer money should go to help you build something you will profit off of. You can do that on your own. The rich ole’ establishment club has completely lost any sense of obligation, connection, trust, humanity with the people of Utah. Their bills, their data, their research and more gets passed/heard while others get mocked and silenced. WHO IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS? It is time for the legislature to stop listening to middlemen and listen to the PEOPLE. You don’t need a go between like NGOs, P3s, independent/quasi gov entities.
There is no need for propaganda, and there has been an abundance of that in Utah since at least the 80s. It’s time to be HONEST and share both pros and cons to the public. Stop creating a crisis to then roll out harmful solutions, not just to the people and their right to freedom, but in direct violation of constitutional principles.
While the original intent for all these groups like Kem C. Gardner, Envision Utah, The League of Cities and Towns etc might have been good, they have strayed so far from the people, the constitution, and freedom, it’s not even close to representative or good. The elected representatives have been further removed from the people they are elected to serve. This is not a winning model for freedom and protecting unalienable rights.
Frankly, this is a model for slow creeping tyranny. It’s time for all these organizations to be cut off from taxpayer funding. It is LITERALLY paying for the destruction of the middle class. If you don’t’ have the courage to stop listening to these unelected people, groups, orgs, then the least you could do is stop giving them our taxpayer money, hold them accountable to strict INDEPENDENT AUDITS, and reporting on ROI. If the ROI is as terrible as Kem C. Gardner they should lose funding immediately and their recommendations should be taken as seriously as a grain of salt.
By their own admission Utah has become aged (used to be the most youthful), natural born citizen fertility and replacement levels are in severe decline considering we used to be the top, housing is completely unaffordable, and the middle class is being destroyed. In what world would any of these results be cheered? What CEO would give more money to a COO accomplishing those kinds of results?
Utah had better take a serious look at who is REALLY running this state.Too many Utahns have taken everything for granted because those in power have been oh so careful to not shell shock the people. They roll out survey results as if all of Utah directed them to level their culture and way of life. Note: We The People did not. Most of those surveys have less than 1% of the public responding. We have literally thrown away some of the best things about our state based on surveys and skewed data results.
If you are sick of being gaslit and lied to then it’s critical you get involved and demand better. There needs to be an entire mental shift, the government is not your daddy. They should be so insignificant that you barely know they’re there. We are in an opposite situation currently. People have got to start genuinely caring about one another, and that means telling the truth. Recognize that it’s actually not okay to intentionally replace an entire country or states natural born population without their consent. It’s not okay to take away individual freedom for the “common good” decided by a self-appointed elite few. It’s not okay to force high crime planning into areas that have none and are already settled. It’s not okay to override local government that is closest to the people.
A prime example of the Utah “cabal” is in the new EO for “build” from our overlord- Spencer Cox. Utahrattler appropriately notes it’s always the same people taking our freedom, stealing our money through ridiculous tax increases, forcing their development on us, and more. We are not slaves. Please stop allowing us to be treated like it.
There must be a moment where we all decide enough is enough of this “stakeholder capitalism”scheme. That we ALL want the People to be heard and TOLD THE TRUTH.
The people working for these groups, think tanks, organizations may be amazing individuals, but they need to stop and take a really good look around them. They need to ask if they’re actually helping their fellow Utahns or hurting.
If we want to lose our state and country then keep going on the trajectory we have been, keep listening to the uniparty establishment “mean girls” like Mike Leavitt, Gail Miller, Alan Matheson, Kem C. Gardner, Jon Huntsman Jr, Val Hale, Jake Garn and even the newbies like Ryan Smith. If you want something better for your fellow Utahns and yourself, it’s time for that ruling class to be told they are no longer needed in the conversation. We did it their way for 30 plus years and it’s destroyed Utah. We’re going in a different direction now. We are going to get back to constitutional roots and be genuinely of, by, and for the People.
“The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.” Thomas Jefferson
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If the LDS Church believed that secret combinations were real and bad, and excommunicated those involved, you’d see the ouster of a lot of prominent people in Utah and some church leaders and members.
Funny how globalists can’t help using their favorite buzzwords like “sustainable” that give them and their agenda away.