'Unbecoming' Hughes exonerated!
After more than a week of hearings, the House Ethics Committee exonerated Rep. Greg Hughes of all complaints against him, including that the Draper Republican tried to sway former Rep. Susan Lawrence's vote on private school vouchers through an offer of campaign funds.But all eight committee members signed a letter saying Hughes' conduct was "unbecoming a member of the Utah House of Representatives."
We request that Representative Hughes take steps to change his behavior and to make appropriate apologies to those who may have been affected.That's odd, I've covered the Lege and Hughes' behavior was pretty much average for the House monkeys.
Hughes doesn't seem to have taken the committee's admonition to heart, anyway — his first fire-breathing comment to the media was that he wants the world to know that the charges were . . .
an attack on the eve of the election. It's the dirtiest kind of campaigning.
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Exoneration!
Hughes is right. This was dirty campaigning at its worst.
No, it was the best thing to happen in Utah politics since the voucher defeat. Unfortunately, a tied vote goes nowhere.
If this proves anything it proves that we need an independent ethics committee, that doesn't have a equal number of votes.
It also proves that Hughes could care less about his slap on the wrist and it will be politics as usual unless his voters send him a message that bullying and retaliation isn't okay.
And we act surprised that the business as usual lieslature would exonerate another lying member of their club of corruption? As for those claiming that Hughes was exonerated that is preposterous bull schite and you all know it. It is past time that these criminals on the hill were investigated by the F.B.I. for bribery and corruption along with gross malfeasance of the public's trust and funds.
The voucher debate isn't something to celebrate. It's an unfortunate result due to fear and ignorance. Now those same folks who opposed vouchers are executing a scorched earth campaign against their philosophical opponents. Why debate the policy when you can smear someone and destroy their character.
Let's see the line up:
Sheryl Allen -- paid lobbyists for the Davis school district
Phil Riesen -- media boy who doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story
Roz McGee -- lackey for the low income advocacy crowd and government is best crowd
Neil Hansen -- runs legislation to pad his own retirement and general all-around fool (must run in the family)
Yes, we need ethics reform and it should start with this array of characters -- masters of threat, intimidation, and extortion.
It makes me think of that famous saying:
"Give me liberty or give me a governor, legislature, state board of education, the USOE, more boards and commissions than the governor can count, city councils, county commissions, schools boards, community councils, planning commissions,...." Did I miss anyone else controlling my life? Oh yes. "And those tyrants in Pelosiville."
Scumbag
I saw a debate between David Litvack and Seth Wright...Litvack acted like he was a crusader, arriving from an ethics meeting... good job Litvack. you got your can kicked by some guy from the west side in a debate, then you fail to deliver on the ethics committee. no more platitudes from this guy- Litvack has got to go.
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