By Curmidgeon
I'd like to direct my fellow WCF Readers' attention to two interesting news items, which don't quite fit in with the topics downthread:
First, The SL Weekly's latest issue features a long story implying that Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff [who received over $185K from various call-center companies last campaign] has been going easy, and arranging very low fines etc. for Utah call centers caught by Utah government engaging in fraudulent practices. [I thought the article suggestive, but not conclusive.] But these two paragraphs caught my eye. Here's the first:
The only public record of the $30,000 donation comes from MOA’s 2008 Year-End PAC contributor report. Shurtleff’s report does not mention the receipt of either donation. There’s no indication of the $30,000 at all. According to the State of Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office which warehouses candidates’ campaign finance filings, without speaking to the specifics of this incident (since no complaint has been filed the office has not investigated) the missing expenditure on the report means either Shurtleff never reported receiving the money or he went back to the electronic report filing and deleted any note of ever receiving the money. Here's the first:And here's the other:
According to Joe Demma, chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert, there is only one office that can really investigate and enforce compliance for negligent campaign finance filings—the Attorney General’s Office.Secondly, The City Weekly is currently running a letter to the editor from Tom Owens of Farmington, who is I think is a sometime poster here at Weber County Forum. The letter deals with Hizzonah Mayor Godfrey, and with what Mr. Owens thinks is the City Weekly's unwarranted praise for Ogden's 25th Street as a party zone. It is interesting, the letter, for both its content and for Mr. Owens'.... vigorous? spirited? pungent? all of the above?... composition thereof. Worth a look.
