You have an important meeting at your job to talk about something a lot of people, maybe even a U.S. Senator, care about. You take notes in the meeting, right?

You jot down a task assigned to you. ("Find out if the FLDS are having sex with kids.") Or maybe scribble something interesting. ("Bill says Warren Jeffs is funding al-Qaeda.")

But not if you're the attorneys general in Utah, Arizona or Nevada. (i.e. The Bigamy Belt.) They met June 11 in Las Vegas to talk about polygamy and they all say they did not take notes.

I sent Utah's Mark Shurtleff, Arizona's Terry Goddard, and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada a letter seeking:

-- All e-mails, correspondence, memorandums, notes or other documents generated as a result of the June 11, 2008, meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, concerning polygamy.

Shurtleff and Cortez Masto's office both said they had no responsive documents. Goddard's office supplied a newspaper column he wrote after the meeting and a copy of an e-mail from The Tribune asking for an interview, but no notes of what was discussed in the meeting.

Both Goddard and Shurtleff gave interviews to The Tribune after the meeting where they discussed, in general terms, what was said in the meeting, but I was seeking more specifics.

Mohave County, Ariz., Attorney Matt Smith also says he has no notes on the meeting. I'm waiting for a response from Washington County, Utah.

-- nc

Labels: Polygamy