From Deseret News archives:
Infighting at the aquarium ebbs
In addition, the aquarium is no longer aiming for a $34.5 million bond from Salt Lake County and will not build a permanent 90,000-square-foot aquarium at 336 S. 400 West in Salt Lake City, Carroll said Monday. That land is owned by the city's redevelopment agency and has been preserved for the aquarium expansion for years.
"One of the real divisions amongst the previous board is there was one camp who absolutely wanted to build downtown and another camp that were more open-minded," Carroll said. "Our visitor patterns really do weigh towards south (Salt Lake County) and Utah County."
Once reformed, the new board will begin an aggressive capital campaign to raise funds from private donors, Carroll said. The board will try to obtain three to five acres of donated land somewhere in Salt Lake County for a new aquarium site.
Troubles with aquarium management began boiling earlier this year. Board members began to resign, and police launched an investigation of a former employee accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the nonprofit organization.
Board members blamed Andersen for poor management; Andersen and Carroll blamed the "dysfunctional" board.
Current and former board members have been bound by a confidentiality agreement and will not discuss details of the resignations.
Carroll and Andersen had planned to hold a press conference Monday to outline criminal allegations against board members, including that they held illegal meetings. Board members tried last week to hold a meeting to oust Andersen from his position by not extending his contract.
"All I can tell you is we've agreed to resign," said Arthur Benjamin, a former board chairman who was one of the four who stepped down Saturday. "We agreed to reach a mutual statement that there were irreconcilable differences."
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