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Utah Sex Offender Arrested After Answering Door in the Nude, Inviting Trick-Or-Treaters Into Home

When investigators asked Little about why he answered the door nude on Halloween, Little said he had just gotten out of the shower

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A sex offender in Provo, Utah was arrested Saturday after greeting trick-or-treaters in the nude and inviting them into his home. 48-year-old Steven Kelley Little was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of five counts of lewdness and three counts of lewdness involving a child, reports Utah’s KSL News.

Provo police master officer Austin Williams said Little answered his door naked, “beckoning children inside” around 6:52 pm Saturday. The children immediately told their parents who had been waiting across the street.

One father went to confront Little, when, “he opened the door again nude,” said the parent who added that he told Little to turn his lights off, not answer the door for any more trick-or-treaters, and then he called the police.

One of the children videotaped the incident and shared the footage with investigators. Little had previously been arrested on September 22, 2018, after making “sexually suggestive sounds” while touching himself as he viewed a 10-year-old child use the bathroom.

In March of 2019, Little pleaded guilty to lewdness involving a child. He was ordered to serve a year in prison, but the judge suspended that jail time and ordered him to probation for three years, and spend only 45 days in jail, “according to court records, but it is unclear if that time was served through a work diversion program.”

When investigators asked Little about why he answered the door nude on Halloween, Little said he had just gotten out of the shower. When asked why he invited the children inside, Little responded because that’s where the candy was.

At least five children over the age of 14 and three children under the age of 14 saw Little naked, according to the police booking affidavit. “The arresting officer noted that a judge should consider raising Little’s bail ‘as he has proved to be a danger to children and the public with his continued behavior.”

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Biden Administration Proposes Rule to Fortify Federal Bureaucracy Against Republican Presidency

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In a strategic move, the Biden administration has unveiled a proposed rule aimed at reinforcing the left-leaning federal bureaucracy, potentially hindering future conservative policy implementations by Republican presidents. This move has raised concerns about the efficacy of democratic elections when a deep-seated bureaucracy remains largely unchanged, regardless of electoral outcomes.

Key points of the situation include:

Presidential Appointees vs. Career Bureaucrats: Of the 2.2 million federal civil workers, only 4,000 are presidential appointees. The vast majority, made up of career bureaucrats, continue in their roles from one administration to the next. This continuity is facilitated by rules that make it exceedingly difficult to discipline or replace them, resulting in a bureaucracy that tends to lean left politically.

Union Political Affiliation: A striking 95% of unionized federal employees who donate to political candidates support Democrats, according to Open Secrets, with only 5% favoring Republicans. This significant political skew among federal workers raises questions about the potential for political bias in the execution of government policies.

Obstructionism and Challenges for GOP Presidents: Some career bureaucrats have been accused of obstructing Republican presidents’ agendas, leading to policy delays and challenges. For example, during the Trump administration, career lawyers in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division declined to challenge Yale University’s discrimination against Asian American applicants, prompting Trump to seek legal counsel from other divisions. The case was subsequently dropped when Joe Biden took office.

Biden’s Countermeasures: President Biden has taken steps to protect the bureaucracy’s status quo. In October 2020, Trump issued an executive order aiming to reclassify federal workers who make policy as at-will employees, but Biden canceled it upon taking office.

Proposed Rule and Congressional Actions: The rule unveiled by the Biden administration seeks to further impede a president’s ability to reinstate Trump’s order. Additionally, some Democrats in Congress are pushing to eliminate the president’s authority to reclassify jobs entirely. This has been referred to as an attempt to “Trump-proof the federal workforce.”

Republican Candidates’ Pledge: GOP candidates such as President Donald J Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis have pledged to address this issue. According to reports from Fox News, Ramaswamy has gone further, advocating for the elimination of half or more of civil service positions, emphasizing the need for accountability.

Debate on the Merit of the Civil Service: While Democrats and their media allies argue that civil service protects merit over patronage, critics contend that the system has evolved into a form of job security for federal workers with minimal accountability. Federal employees often receive higher salaries and more substantial benefits than their private-sector counterparts.

In summary, the Biden administration’s proposed rule and broader actions to protect the federal bureaucracy have sparked a debate over the role of career bureaucrats in shaping government policy.

Republican candidates are vowing to address these concerns, highlighting the need for accountability and ensuring that government agencies work in alignment with the elected president’s agenda. This ongoing debate raises important questions about the relationship between the bureaucracy and the democratic process in the United States.

Information in this article was retrieved from Fox News.

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