They All Look Alike?
Sources close to the investigation by Weber and Davis county investigators to determine if criminal charges should be brought against former State Rep. Mark Walker for allegedly offering a job and pay raise to his Republican Primary opponent in the State Treasurer's race say a determination is expected soon.
The sources don't know whether the investigators will recommend charges go forward or not, but one thing that has surfaced during the probe is the investigators' curiosity over the number of Zions Bank employees who are in the State Legislature.
That part of the investigation developed, and sort of took on a life of its own, as the investigators interviewed Zions Bank employees since Walker was hired by Zions after he was elected to the Legislature (he resigned from Zions after he filed to run for Treasurer) and one of his chief accusers is an executive for Zions.
During the course of the interviews, investigators discovered that besides Walker, Zions employees include House Majority Leader David Clark, R-Santa Clara; Rep. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City; and Sen. Kevin VanTassell, R-Vernal. Also, former Speaker of the House Marty Stephens, R-Farr West, was a Zions Bank employee while he was in the Legislature, and Senate President John Valentine, R-Provo, was
given a lucrative appointment to Zions' Board of Directors after he became the Senate's leader.
There is nothing legally amiss about that, or any whiff of wrongdoing by anybody. The investigators just have mused on the number of legislators employed by one company and wondered, somewhat tongue in cheek, how the bank can get anything done during the legislative session with so many officers and executives having to
spend all their time doing the public's business during those two months.
Cheers,
Paul
The sources don't know whether the investigators will recommend charges go forward or not, but one thing that has surfaced during the probe is the investigators' curiosity over the number of Zions Bank employees who are in the State Legislature.
That part of the investigation developed, and sort of took on a life of its own, as the investigators interviewed Zions Bank employees since Walker was hired by Zions after he was elected to the Legislature (he resigned from Zions after he filed to run for Treasurer) and one of his chief accusers is an executive for Zions.
During the course of the interviews, investigators discovered that besides Walker, Zions employees include House Majority Leader David Clark, R-Santa Clara; Rep. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City; and Sen. Kevin VanTassell, R-Vernal. Also, former Speaker of the House Marty Stephens, R-Farr West, was a Zions Bank employee while he was in the Legislature, and Senate President John Valentine, R-Provo, was
given a lucrative appointment to Zions' Board of Directors after he became the Senate's leader.
There is nothing legally amiss about that, or any whiff of wrongdoing by anybody. The investigators just have mused on the number of legislators employed by one company and wondered, somewhat tongue in cheek, how the bank can get anything done during the legislative session with so many officers and executives having to
spend all their time doing the public's business during those two months.
Cheers,
Paul
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