Political Coruption?
South Davis Politics....
We were pleasantly surprised with the response in the Clipper by the Coalition of Ethics and Accountability in Government (CEAG; http://utahceag.org/) to the mudslinging by Bountiful Mayor Joe Johnson’s daughter (http://tinyurl.com/luzcpf), Councilman Marc Knight and Councilwoman Beth Holbrook (http://tinyurl.com/r5lqb3). CEAG was articulate and reasonable, without resorting to name calling. These folks really do have some integrity. Please see their response at: http://tinyurl.com/q7bxqn While we are not a part of CEAG, we are going to support their candidates. They seem pretty sharp. They seem to have ethics.
Some other great letters in the Clipper:
http://tinyurl.com/oexh7v
http://tinyurl.com/phr23j
It did not take long for the personal attacks to begin. Tonight in the Clipper, Jennie Johnson, daughter of Bountiful Mayor Joe Johnson came out swinging. It is admirable that she is defending her father. However, she does not address the particualr issues of Joe's lack of integrity brought to the forward by JoAnn Hamilton in last week's Clipper, but rather she attacked JoAnn Hamilton over what JoAnn has been doing to protect children in Davis County. This attack of course is due to JoAnn's letter to the editor the previous Thursday based on facts regarding Joe as witnessed by JoAnn. ...
SouthDavis.com is now on Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/SouthDavisUtah
Bountiful City elections are coming. The Mayor and two City Council seats will be on the ballot this year (2009). We desparately hope that they will have some honest, open, and transparent folks win the election this year. However, that would have to be somebody other than those who hold these positions currently. We need good leaders.
A new group has popped up called CEAG (pronounced see-j). Please see http://utahceag.org/. A member from our group attended their public meeting last night at the Bountiful City Library. They seemed to be very honest, and one of their overriding platforms is to have transparency...
Q. Have you ever wondered how to take large amounts of money from Legislative Lobby Groups without having to report it?
A. Get a job at a School District Educational Foundation and then run for office. Take a look at Sheryl Allen, who is the Executive Director of the Davis Education Foundation, and her Assistant Director, Louenda Downs. Sheryl is also the Utah State District 19 House Representative, and Louenda is a Davis County Commissioner. Any lobby groups who have business before the Legislature and the Davis County Commission, need only funnel their monies into the Davis Education Foundation, which has...
On February 2nd, the Syracuse City Council voted unanimously to fire City Manager Ken Hubler. This vote was then ratified on February 8th making it official. The reason Ken Hubler was fired was that the Council and Mayor felt that Mr. Hubler was taking Syracuse City in the wrong direction. Please see:
http://tinyurl.com/nnorbd
It's too bad that the Bountiful City Council does not seem to have the fortitude to do the same thing to Bountiful City Manager Tom Hardy. He has been taking the City in the wrong direction for over a quarter of a century. City Councils and Mayors have...
R Fred Moss is the current Bountiful City Councilman over Bountiful Power. Please see: www.bountifulutah.gov/MayorCouncil/MayorCouncil.html
Fred Moss is also the owner of Dominion Engineering and Dominion Power Services. Please see: www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050914/ai_n15363784 Search for "Moss" in the article.
Dominion Power Services is an operator of a power plant in Idaho (Dry Creek Project). Please see line 539 of the following spreadsheet: utility.rti.org/download/EIA867contacts.xls Also please see line 1721 that shows R. Fred Moss as the president of America West Hydro that operates yet another power plant in Idaho (Smith Falls Hydroelectric Project).
The question that arises is whether R. Fred Moss is still in the...
On Wednesday, Federal Officials unsealed a 47-count indictment against former employees of the Davis School District, Susan G Ross, 62, and her husband, John Ross, 64, of Layton. It is alleged in the indictment that the couple defrauded the school district of at least $4.3 million. Federal officials say that they believe that this has been going on since the year 2000, but fear that it may go back to 1985. For details, please see: deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650209565,00.html and deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650209574,00.html
The big question is how did all of this go on for so long right under School District Officials' noses? And is this...
The Salt Lake County Council voted 6-2 this morning to declare 80 acres of North Salt Lake City-owned property as open space if North Salt Lake succeeds in disconnecting the property from Salt Lake City. Please see: www.sltrib.com/news/ci_4699944
This is the epitome of hypocrisy. Salt Lake City has butchered the hill along Beck Street for years with the literal removal of all moveable dirt and gravel from the mountain side, exposing great gashes for all to see when coming into the City from the north. Salt Lake City, in a successful attempt to block the extention of Bountiful Boulvard into Salt Lake...
This past Thursday, 2nd District Court Judge Michael G. Allphin issued a restraining order against the Davis School District on the basis that the Boundary Advisory Committee's closed meetings violated the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. Basically, the school district's policy of closed meetings of advisory committees has been struck down. Please see: www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650208126,00.html
We understand that it is always tough in redrawing school boundaries, and no matter what the District comes up with, there will be disgruntled parents. Nobody believes that this process is an easy one. However, the climate of secrecy around making decisions that permeates through South...
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