Think what you will about Jeremy Johnson and his legal difficulties — it is clear to most of the regular people (not politicians or lobbyists) that we agree on one thing. We, like Jeremy, do not see the difference between bribes and lobbying. We can only hope that the Legislature, and indeed all of our elected and appointed representatives, soon figure this out and then do something to address an obviously very dysfunctional system.
JoLynn Y. Fleming
Provo
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Utah' own lax laws blur the line between bribery & lobbying.
Funny, that a people that love to tout itself as a "family values" state
seems to elect "upstanding" officials that can't tell the difference More..
Lobbying is not the issue here; it's about a state law enforcement officer (Swallow) trying to help an indicted person avoid prosecution. Secretly. In a doughnut shop. Krispy Kreme is Utah's Watergate.
Opinionated - "Sounds like the American public need to hire a few "lobbyists" to represent our interests ..."
Well you might say that the American public has "hired" a lobbyist when they voted for their Congressman More..