The Legislature's boogeyman
A typical photo of Greg Curtis.A story in today's Tribune by Brandon Loomis, with an important assist from Robert Gehrke, gives taxpayers a sickening glimpse into the tangled world of legislators, lobbyists, land developers and money.
A chunk of park land on the Jordan River that also happens to be a priceless archaeological site was set for permanent preservation last summer for the joy of you, me and our children. Unfortunately, then-House Speaker Greg Curtis stepped in to blow up the deal on behalf of a developer he represented. For details, go to Loomis' story.
In delaying the preservation deal, Curtis told the Natural Resouces Department chief Mike Styler:
I'm calling today not as Speaker Greg Curtis, but as attorney Greg Curtis.As if any state bureaucrat could forget that the guy he is talking to has the power to trash his department's budget.
Voters dumped Curtis in November, but with a whirl of the revolving door, he is now a lobbyist haunting the Capitol's halls. He represents anyone who will pay his price. When Gehrke approached Curtis at the Capitol for comment and some insight into the Jordan River deal, Curtis told him:
Go find another f ****** boogeyman.Exactly the words we were looking for to warn our kids about lawmakers.
3 Comments:
That demand shouldn't be hard, Curtis. There are boogeymen all over Capitol Hill. Buttars? Waddoups?
Please, Lords of Kolab, don't let me spend eternity on a planet ruled by the soon-to-be-a-god Curtis!
He'd probably have Heavenly Father and Satan in a bidding war for his services.
What a cosmic tool.
Pay Lay Ale.
How about Mike Noel (R-conflict of interest)? Margaret Dayton(R-black helicopters!)? Oda (R-gunz'r'our friends!). This is exactly why we should move the legislative session to October, so that when the citizenry is properly outraged at the antics of these thieves and robbers, you could vote them right out the next month.
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