With his chief Deputy Kirk Torgensen making phone calls described as “threatening” to opposing counsel, claiming that he’s questioned Attorney General John Swallow’s behavior for years, and that he’s disgusted with Swallow’s behavior, it’s hard to believe Swallow when he says that morale is ok in the Attorney General’s office. Even if he is having […]
The Utah House Votes to Investigate and Swallow Reacts
June 19, 2013 by
The House will begin its investigations of John Swallow on July 3. Wednesday the Utah House Majority Caucus (also known as “Republicans”) met to discuss the possible impeachment of Attorney General John Swallow. It was an interesting discussion to watch. If you can find a video of it, I recommend it. The upshot was that […]
To Swallow: Return Donations that Cause Conflicts of Interest
June 17, 2013 by
Give the money back, John. On Saturday, the Salt Lake Tribune published an analysis of Utah Attorney General John Swallow’s campaign donations, up to $105,000 worth of donations. The Trib analysis showed that a large portion of the donations to his campaign came from individuals and companies that were then, had been in the past, […]
Immigration Reform: What’s in it, anyway?
June 15, 2013 by
While we’ve all been kept occupied with the scandals rolling out of the Obama Administration, public policy has seemingly taken a back seat. This week, though, the nation’s attention has rolled back around to immigration, one of the most complex public policy issues facing our nation, right after healthcare and taxes and whether JJ Abrams […]
There is zero chance that John Swallow will resign, unless…
June 4, 2013 by
Last week, it hit the fan for John Swallow. And it hit over and over and over again. It started back in January as shaky bribery accusations from an indicted businessman. Swallow, on the other hand, appeared to be an upstanding, conservative and newly elected attorney general. In just the last couple weeks, though, it […]
From drip to fire-hose: ten days of focus on Swallow and Shurtleff
June 2, 2013 by
It’s hard not to wonder what kind of service Utah has been getting from its attorney general’s office for the last twelve years. With the news coming fast and furious from every news outlet in Utah, it’s becoming more and more unclear whether Mark Shurtleff and John Swallow didn’t spend more time focused on self-aggrandizement […]
Poll Results from “Insiders” on the Utah Nomination System
May 10, 2013 by
A couple of days back, I presented a very brief summary of the debate occurring in the Utah Republican and Democratic Parties about the efforts of an outside group, the County My Vote committee, to influence how Utah’s parties conduct their nomination system. You can read it here. I posted a poll of my readers asking […]
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