Paying to have friends
The Tribune's Matt Canham reports that Congressman Rob Bishop has been very good to a small Davis County engineering firm.That of course, Bishop maintains, has nothing to do with fact that the company, ES3, is his biggest campaign contributor, having donated more than $66,000 to Bishop.
He has — coincidentally, I'm sure — sent $9 million in contracts their way.
Canham found similar so-called earmarks — an addition to a spending bill for a specific project or company — sponsored by every member of Utah's Washington delegation for campaign contributors.
Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan group that tracks earmarks, says:
"There appears to be some fortuitous circumstances where campaign contributions come in and earmarks come out. These are not altruistic donations. These are businesses making an investment."
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