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Show Ba The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Conflicts Fact of Life In Utah Politics @ Continued from B-1 government duties,” he says. “TfI could support myfamily on $18,000 a year I'd doit. But the reality is, I need another job.” Horiuchi is hardly alone in having conflicts. Councilman Michael Jensen, a county fire- fighter, has not hesitated to jumpinto issues that impact his employer, even leading the charge in the council’s recent decision to pull out of an agreement with the Valley Emergency Communications Center (VECC). Several other council members are attorneys, with clients who at some point may have dealings with the county. The dilemma creates mixed emotions for council members such as Russell Skousen, who would like to see stricter disclosure ordinances, while at the same time allowing for someflexibility. “While someone's associa- Bp exeettine 8 commissioner — ‘so my position has not changed,” he says — and he what he does for IHC from the exemption issue. “Myjob is to help IHC build relationships with Democratic tors, and the remunerateI tectiee oe at be seey modest,” says Horiuchi. “If my job was to help maintain the exemption, that wouldbe a dif- - ferentset ofcircumstances. But whatI do for them is in a very different arena.” However,that logic escapes Councilman Jim Bradley,a fellow Democratwho served with Horiuchi on the commission. “Clearly as part-timer council members, we all have other interests,” says Bradley, “But reconsider. And Randy has a bag-and-a-half.” Deputy County Attorney Gavin the county’s disclosure ordi- Monday, May 7, 2001 says, state statute prohibited cities and counties from deviSe Soe en we But that has since been re- pealed, and some cities such as nances are soft. But they essen- Salt Lake City have tightened tially mimic state laws, which were crafted to allow legislators in rural areas to do their job in their disclosure laws. Will the an environment where they ei- ther know or are somehow reUntil its, recently, Anderson Until then, says government watchdog Horiuchi the other members of the Salt Lake County Council will remain a conflicted bunch. “Tt doesn't matter whether it’s part-time state legislators or the county council,” she says. “They have an obligation to serve the public. You can't serve two When you #. a know whieh Gas Real be — and it won't be the public." county follow suit? there might be the political will to go ahead and do that,” says Anderson. “This is a big, metro county that no longer has to worry about rural concerns.” PET STOP VETERINARY CLINIC Matthew Belman, DVM, MRCVS 44 N. 800 W.SLC 531-0662 at somepoint when running for office, you need to sit down and determine how much baggage you bring to thejob. 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