In the days before the general election in 2012, Mark Shurtleff was putting out fires around town. His protege, John Swallow, was on track to win the election against Democrat Dee Smith, as Shurtleff and Swallow had long-planned, but cracks were appearing in the otherwise flawless campaign strategy. Shurtleff, his legacy on the line in […]
Why didn’t Shurtleff tell voters what he knew about Swallow before the election?
February 14, 2013 by
Swallow swallows his words and Powers’ memory gets less “hazy”
February 13, 2013 by
Every week seems to bring a new revelation about John Swallow’s pre-election activities. His supporters (all three of them) keep saying to wait until the evidence gets out, but the way I see it, it’s only getting worse. I don’t know how you explain it all away. Forget about the facts. Never mind claims that Swallow tried […]
Could the proliferation of laws by state legislatures lead to overcriminalization?
February 6, 2013 by
Are we legislating too much? What might be the effect of passing a law each time we find a problem? I was struck by a photo posted by Utah state legislator Dan McCay recently. It was a shot of the voting screen in the Utah House of Representatives during a vote on something called “Dumb […]
With Public Polls Favoring His Resignation, Swallow’s Case is Murky
February 1, 2013 by
The news about John Swallow seems to get progressively worse. His behavior may not have been illegal, but it skirts the line of what the public expects from elected officials enough that a plurality supports his resignation. Though none of the headlines this week has landed with the bombshell effect of that first story in […]
Could Senator Lee’s stand on immigration take a hint from Thomas Jefferson?
January 30, 2013 by
This week, invited to join in a bipartisan group of Senators in developing some guidelines for repairing America’s long dysfunctional immigration system, Senator Mike Lee opted not to sign the group’s Statement of Principles. “Although I am encouraged by the process and continue to support efforts to make real progress on immigration reform,” said Utah’s […]
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