"It's very early right now, but we're doing our due diligence," he said.
UTA spokesman Gerry Carpenter said the transit agency wasn't involved in the land deal, and that no UTA funds or property were part of it. He referred questions about Diehl's purported income to UTA board Chairman Greg Hughes.
At the audit subcommittee last December, Jones pressed Hughes, a Republican state representative from Draper, on how much Diehl made in the transaction.
Hughes said he didn't know and that it didn't matter as long as the conflict was disclosed. He reiterated that Monday, saying he was not aware of the financial terms and that he doesn't believe it's within the UTA board's purview to know that.
Jones said Monday $24 million was a "tremendous" amount of money, but that she didn't know if that was out of line with what anyone else would make in such a transaction.
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Or like insider trading. We disallow individuals with information gained by virtue of their "insider" status from profiting from the knowledge that the general public does not have. Why should a UTA Board member be allowed to profit in More..
What else is new? Had this one figured out long ago. How come it too the Deseret News this long to write about it? It's like closing the barn door after all the cows and horses have escaped.
Is it just my imagination, or is Mr. Diehl's name popping up with all sorts of controversial deals all over the Salt Lake valley? Where Mr. Diehl ends up with huge financial gains and taxpayers are left with the bills?
Once may be a More..