Far too late, Shurtleff faces the music
Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s fast, loose and totally creepy relationship with political contributors is nothing new. Nor does it take an investigative reporter to track it down—just Google it.
Despite story after story of questionable behavior with contributors, then-AG Shurtleff talked his way out of it. He and, apparently voters, just didn’t seem to care about the perception of conflict of interest or how deep the rot might go.
But now that federal agents are investigating his one-time bagman and now Utah Attorney General John Swallow, people, even his pal the governor, are starting to take notice. The stink can no longer be ignored.
Shurtleff launched an inept attempt at damage control this week, beginning by throwing Swallow (sorry, ol’ pal!) under the bus to select media. He failed to distract the Tribune, however, which appears to be augering deeper into the story.
But long ago, voters should have learned, from City Weekly, in particular, that Shurtleff had an unhealthy attachment to campaign contributors, to the point that at least one of his assistants futilely begged him to be careful.
City Weekly also reported on Shurtleff’s links to the payday loan and the call-center industries. The AG even took fun, free trips from them, according to the Deseret News.
Then there’s devout-Mormon Shurtleff’s strange relationship with the Church of Scientology. He talked the state into coughing up $50,000 for a questionable Scientology sponsored “detoxification” program for cops exposed to meth labs.
Finally, we offer this embarrassing video of Shurtleff cheerleading for a multi-level marketing group in return for contributions. It is not, of course, illegal—just deeply humiliating and offers a glimpse into the soul of the man.
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Daniel Nailen 
“Despite story after story of questionable behavior with contributors, then-AG Shurtleff talked his way out of it. He and, apparently voters, just didn’t seem to care about the perception of conflict of interest or how deep the rot might go.”
Actually the problem begins with the press in this state, exemplified by the Trib and the Deseret News, which have a habit of protecting incumbents (except for Mike Lee) against criticism, especially from the right. Lots of people on the right weren’t happy with crooks and incompetents like Mark Shurtleff, Chris Cannon, Bob Bennett, or Steve Mascaro, but we get derided as extremists for challenging them in the primaries.
Chris Cannon is all but forgotten, thank God, but the press still hasn’t forgiven the right for tossing out Bennett, even though he voted for the Iraq War, the 2006 amnesty, deregulation, and pretty much every policy that led to the 2008 financial collapse, despite his duty, as a member of the Finance Committee and the Banking Subcommittee, to keep those industries in line.
After Bennett lost, the Deseret News gave the middle finger to the voters by calling conventioneers extremists, and by rewarding both Bennett AND his son, Jim, with regular columns in their paper. The press needs to get out of bed with incumbents and start holding them accountable, and it needs to stop attacking those who have disagreements with them and simply report the fucking news.
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