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House speaker says he could not disclose association with bidder

Wow. Sounds like Curtis is dancing another legislative two-step around a sticky issue.

I sure hope everyone else is as sick and tired as I am of these legislative Pharisees. Sheesh!

No conflict of interest seems to be too large or out of bounds for our esteemed legislators. And the people keep voting them back into office no matter what they do.

Sure sounds fishy.
He should have reclused himself from any and all dealings on the airport.

Then there would be no look of cheating.

This is what we get with 1 party rule. Pure corruption.

definitely doesn't pass the smell test.

The love of money is the root of all evil. I guess Curtis felt that this was the moral law he would ignore and involve himself in shady business deals. Oh well, I say we have compassion on him and give him state tax money to help him along.

No, this is not corruption. This is what happens when we have a part-time legislature. Did any of you even read the article? Curtis STEPPED OUT when it was discussed in caucus, and he has lived up to ethical standards in the best way he could. Who was to say Anderson would even get the bid? It's unrealistic for Curtis to take himself totally out of the equation. But it appears he did his best. I guarantee--if each of you who complain about this were in the legislature, you would have similar conflicts of interest at some point in time. Please understand that these officials, especially Curtis, sacrifice a LOT to be in the legislature. They are constantly under fire for conflicts of interest (which isn't bad--I believe in the watchdog role of the press). But they do their best and definitely don't need people drumming up conspiracy theories about their involvement in "unethical" deals. Read the article--it isn't accusing Curtis. It's bringing this to light and gives Curtis a chance to explain himself, which I thought he did very well.

Typcial of the legislature ! Corrupt and self serving. Worst of all they think of us voters as stupid! This is the same cronyism that allowed the charter school contractors and builders to have the sweetheart deal, and be owned by legislators that are passing the legislation. I am a loyal republican, but we need a two party system in this state. Our current system is corrupt and dishonest!! I'm surprised this didnt get added to the omnibus bill.... amazing and frustrating.

There was a great Talk of the Nation yesterday that you can find on the web. One point of interest here is that evangelicals are moving away from the republican party because they are finding the consequences of their too close association. One leader who was interviewed said that people now associate Jesus with the Republican Party Platform, not with the gospels. He said that was disturbing and they were hoping to change that. I wonder whetehr the Deseret News and the LDS presidency thinks Jesus preached `Follow Greg Gurtis' or the golden rule?

What is he a spider...I think you mean recused?

Until is it 100% illegal to accept favors, monies, etc., the system we have in place will be a corrupt one.

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, and especially if it smells like a duck, my guess is - IT'S A DUCK!!

Please, Sandy voters, find someone new to represent you this fall!!

To: to "those whop have written": what ethical standards has he lived up to? Our legislators prove again and again that have none. And people like you are willing to excuse them again and again no matter what they do.

to all who have written
spoken like a true insider


that is why there is the option to recluse
utah wins an award for good government
must mean we have the best government money can buy.

My church leaders have taught me recently that there are no laws that really need to be upheld, the individual is more important. So I say let this thing slide, its the compassionate thing to do.

Didn�t Woody Allen (or somebody) say timing was 90 percent of life?

Just as Mr. Bernick documents the kind of sweet deal and access to power that would make Speaker Curtis a valuable asset to any big developer, along comes a Democratic candidate, Jay Seegmiller, who says enough of this (Seegmiller was actually downstairs today at noon announcing his candidacy when members of the Republican caucus were upstairs being pumped for $42 million that would benefit St. George and Curtis� client Anderson Development).

In a press release last week Seegmiller said, �It�s time to hold him (Speaker Curtis) accountable for his leadership style, rules he imposes on a whim that uniformly benefit his cronies, and the privileged access he grants special interests but denies constituents. I will fight for campaign finance and ethics reform that Utahns overwhelmingly favor but the Curtis Legislature has consistently stymied.�

Time to give a Democrat a try...if they can't do it better then fine...get rid of them...but I bet they can.

With the track record of this bunch in the Legislature, any suspicion of corruption is warranted.

Greg Curtis seems to think he is above the law. He is the worse legislator on the hill.

He only won the last election by 20 votes...VOTE HIM OUT!

Get a clue.