What Did Sherri know and when did she know it?

Mark E. Towner, The Spyglass:

The current flap going on in Washington is when did the GOP Leadership know about the pervert Foley, and what did they do about it. The same case can be made here in the County Clerks office. The following is just the tip of the iceberg of the activities that was happening under Sherrie's watch. We had a corrupt auditor and the GOP replaced him. Where is the moral outrage from Rob Miller and the band down at the Utah Democratic HQ....

http://www.oppositionnews.com/sherrie/sherrie.php



The campaign has just now begun, and the gloves are comming off Sherrie.

Wannabe Alienated Establishment said...
I am not the "anonymous" who posted the preceding link to the Carrie Dickson campaign website, nor am I responding to it as part of a contrived and coordinated stunt. However, I must disclose that I am in complete sympathy with its apparent purposes.I have read several of the newspaper articles listed under the "News about Sherrie Swensen" link before. One of them, however, contains a quote that hits me everytime I read it. I think it is very telling:"It's not just the activities of Nick Floros that make me mad," said Democratic County Councilman Jim Bradley. "What really makes me angry is that he got away with it for years. It may be that the good ol' boy network protected him." ("Cronyism is hinted in sealed sex probe - Harassment allegation: Some say a former employee is being protected by his colleagues." Christopher Smart, Salt Lake Tribune, December 18, 2004)Firstly, I am impressed with the integrity of Democrat Jim Bradley in addressing the corruption of fellow Democrat Nick Floros and the "good ol' boy network" that protected him.I think most of us political junkies have a pretty good idea of who he is talking about when he refers to a certain "good ol' boy network." (Democrat insiders, David Yocum, Randy Horiuchi, Joe Hatch, and Sherrie Swensen come to mind.) The fact that Bradley would call them out is impressive. Some things are more important than party affiliation and he seems to get it. God bless him.Secondly, I am frustrated with the lack of quality journalistic coverage of county government issues and races. Because of this defficiency, the average voter in our community has no idea of who they're voting for when they walk into the booth on election day.Yes, the press was there to cover David Yocum's prosecuting of Nancy Workman when she used county funds to subsidize the services of an employee for her daughter at the Boys and Girls Club. (She, of course, was later exonerated of any criminal wrong doing.) But, where were they when David Yocum allegedly used his office to provide official favors for his son?There have been allegations that David Yocum made his son's recent DUI arrest quietly go away. This is the same son, Jason Yocum, who took Nick Floros' place as Sherrie Swensen's chief deputy. If this "good ol boy network" that Jim Bradley refers to really does exist, then why doesn't Salt Lake's media cover it?If they did, maybe the voters could provide a little housecleaning this year. Goodness know that it is far overdue.

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