 This past week I visited with an acquaintance who lives near a Utah county legislator. The acquaintance and his wife were describing the legislator's mansion, including the spacious swimming pool in the backyard. This legislator, a Republican who has been in the legislature for a long time, owns a construction company that constructs office buildings leased to the state. It is a cozy relationship that is unethical and should be illegal. Legislators should not be making a fortune off the state.
Unfortunately, in the ethically challenged Republican-controlled state legislature that currently occupies the Capitol building, this kind of incumbent arrogance is far too common. The Utah County Republican legislators have been in power so long they've lost a sense of accountability to the voters.
How can we, the citizens, get that accountability back? We can do it by retiring these incumbents in November.
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