A matter of degree
In an attempt to tart up a story on Gov. Jon Huntsman creating a state ethics commission, KSL News dragged in Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's corruption case. At the same time, of course, it took the Utah Legislature's home grown ethics mess to an all new level.
Reported John Daley:
Poor Rep. Greg Hughes. It was bad enough the Draper Republican got dragged into a half-#%&ed probe by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly offering campaign funds to sway his colleagues votes. It almost cost him an election. Though he does bear physical and temperment similarities to Blago, I'm not sure he should be equated with a governor who accused of trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder and other Chicago-style deep-dish corruption.One thing Utah shares with the state of Illinois is some of the most lax ethics laws in the country. It's something Gov. Huntsman hopes to change. He's expected to announce a new ethics commission in the next few weeks.
Add Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to the list of national political notoriety. There's no direct Utah connection. (Here's the sexy part . . .) But the story resonates here after a year in which bribery accusations against Utah lawmakers flew on C
apitol Hill.
Hughes (right), by the way, was cleared of wrongdoing.
6 Comments:
Glen, Rep Hughes does not have Lego hair. Cmon. I'm not seeing the resemblence.
But count on John Daley to continue to report on the story he got suckered into doing. Daley is one of the worst reporters in Utah.
Arrogant
Uneducated
Bullying
Sneaky
Potty mouth
Vindictive
Unbecoming
There are plenty of resemblances.
I know. This state is absurd. I heard Doug Wright on KSL radio this morning, with AG Mark Shurtleff on the show with him. The two were yucking it up--having a regular grand old time--talking about what a dumbass and scandalized scumbag the Illinois governor is. So unethical, so compromised, they said. Can you believe this guy, they said.
I had to shake my head a couple of times, given Shurtleff's what, half-dozen sleazy ethics slip-ups in the past year? A regular pot and kettle deal, this was.
Wow, a democrat that is corrupt. Where are all the critics now. You liberals crack me up. Now the bad guys is one of yours and all you want to talk about is Mark Shurtleff.
That's why I stopped listening to you liberal wacks long ago..
I"ll take a Utah Republican form of Politics over your Liberal SLTRIB/Chicago form of politics anyday! Obama, Resko, Ayers, and now Blago.....Grease your hair and and they will grease your palms!
Re:"politico said"'s point --
When folks stop being so damn partisan -- i.e., justifying one politician's misdeeds while condemning the same misdeed in the opposing party's politician -- we'll move light-years away from such trivial, backbiting nonsense. Repubs do it and Dems do it. Knock it off!
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