Deadwood, Utah
The Provo Daily Herald reports that Eagle Mountain elected officials are being asked not to commit any crimes as part of a campaign to improve Utah County town's tarnished image.At a recent retreat, the town's most senior council member David Lifferth told his colleagues: "Don't anybody commit any crimes."
The city is only a decade old, but it has established a solid track record for corruption. A mayor has yet to serve a full, 4-year term.
- Mayor candidate Richard Culbertson was charged with real estate fraud and his staff admitted running bogus campaign ads.
- Former Mayor Brian Olsen lied about having a masters degree and searched other council member's laptops for porn before resigning a step ahead of charges of misusing city funds.
- Olsen's replacement, Linn Strouse has been charged with accepting gifts while in office.
- Former Mayor Kelvin Bailey faked his own kidnapping.
"Unfortunately, we have a handful of people that have done things that have really embarrassed the rest of us as decent, honorable and good people," Lifferth says.
2 Comments:
Lifferth is as sleazy as any of the others mentioned- he was investigated last year for misusing a city credit card. He should take his own advice.
Agreed. Dave Lifferth is a pious, self-important hypocrite. As Anonymous stated, Lifferth was investigated for misusing a city credit card. To top it off, he billed the city for the items he purchased with the city card. Now that's chutzpah.
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