John Swallow Political Corruption Update: Episode XXVI - Updated

It's a regular John Swallow Utah press free-for-all this morning, we do swear

Utah press free-for-all

Trudging ever-forward with our dogged coverage of the raging John Swallow political corruption topic, we present an array of new material gleaned this morning from KSL News, the Salt Lake Tribune, UtahPolicy.Com, Utah Political Capitol and Utah bloggers Daniel Burton, Bryan Schott, and Holly Richardson, as tomorrow's top-secret, closed GOP Utah legislative "impeachment" caucus fast approaches. Looks like dang near everyone in the Utah webosphere is getting into the act. It's a regular John Swallow press free-for-all this morning we do swear.

 
1) A newly-released "Utah Data Points"-conducted poll finds an overwhelming number of Utah voters want Attorney General John Swallow to resign or be impeached:

• A Clear Majority of Utah Voters Want the Legislature to Impeach Swallow

Interestingly, Utah Political Capitol's Eric Etherington also reports on what appear to be the same polling results with a slightly different twist, i.e., attributing the above-described polling not to Utah Data Points, but to BYU’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy:

• Full Results: BYU Poll Reveals John Swallow’s Approval Ratings & Impeachment Numbers

"BYU Polling? Seems that is a poll result linked with a not so subtle hint from the messenger," said one sage Gentle WCF Reader in a private conversation.

2) House Speaker Becky Lockhart says we may be heading toward a point where impeaching Swallow is inevitable:

• House speaker says need for Swallow impeachment near

The above-linked story includes this informative video:


3) Utah blogger Daniel Burton argues Swallow should return any campaign donations that appear to create a conflict of interest:

• To Swallow: Return Donations that Cause Conflicts of Interest

Kinda like "closing the barn door after the livestock has already escaped," don'tcha think?

4) Holly Richardson follows up on our own 6/15/13 WCF writeup and discusses Utah’s standard for impeachment,  what  the "magic words" "high crimes and misdemeanors" actually means, and pretty much makes mincemeat of  the hollow contention of Swallow's lawyers that grounds for Utah impeachment proceedings should be limited to convicted criminal acts:

• Opinion: What the standard is for impeachment

Who "the heck" cares anyway???

5) UPC blogger Bryan Schott delves into the question "What's up with Gayle Ruzicka and her Eagle Forum?"

• Why the Eagle Forum is Rallying Behind John Swallow

Additional sodden question: "Who the hell cares what Gayle Ruzicka "thinks" in the first place?"

(And yes, gentle readers.. We do know all about Ruzicka's "Ultra-Right-Wing "Phone Tree 'O Terror".)

That's it for now folks!

Update 6/18/13 10:23 a.m.:  Interesting and informative blog commentary concerning Eagle Forum's involvement in the John Swallow impeachment debate:

• Innocent until proven guilty?

Don't let the cat get your tongues, folks!