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Published on Jul 15, 2010 07:23AM 0 Comments
Bennett's staffers got special home loans. Chaffetz and the Clintons. Happy Thursday. The Wall Street Journal breaks and we chase down a congressional later claiming that up to a dozen staffers for Sen. Bob Bennett got sweetheart loan deals through CountryWide's "Friends of Angelo" VIP program. Some 18 other Senate staffers got deals, too, though none of them listed their specific senate office.


Do not import: EnergySolutions announced yesterday that it would drop plans to bury in Utah some 1,600 tons of radioactive leftovers from processing Italian low-level radioactive waste. [SL Trib.] [D News.] [KSL.] [ABC4.] [FOX13.] [KUTV with AP.]


Did you know: Rep. Jason Chaffetz attended an engagement party for Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and his bride, Huma Abedin, at the D.C. home of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton two weeks ago. Chaffetz said he only hung around for 15 minutes, enough time to congratulate the couple, munch on some food and chat with the former president. Bill Clinton told him he loved the red-rock country of southern Utah.


Immigration: "The List,' as it's come to be known, continues to inflame, sparking fear in the Latino community and an investigation of state agencies for a possible leak of the personal information used by some unknown group crusading to get undocumented residents deported. Also [D News.] [AP.] [Herald.] [NY Times.] [NY Daily News.] [MSNBC.] Trib columnist Peg McEntee calls it McCarthyism. NY Times looks athow the Utah news media is handling The List.


Out of Context catchup: Mike Lee may be part of the tea party caucus. Chaffetz buys truck, hits deer. Sen. Orrin Hatch may want to note that if he's not re-elected, moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe may run the GOP side of the Senate Finance Committee. Club for Growth endorses Lee.


Where are they? Gov. Gary Herbert meets with Palmer DePaulis then sits down with Utah Clean Energy at the Governor's Office. AG Mark Shurtleff has canceled his Washington trip for family reasons. SL Co. Mayor Peter Corroon speaks at the Kiwanis Capitol Hill club at the Capitol's East Building and then makes remarks at the Farm Bureau Mid-Year Conference in Logan. SLC Mayor Ralph Becker is in D.C. and will meet with Utah's congressional delegation.


In other news: The Salt Lake City Council stands behind Police Chief Chris Burbank on his controversial stand that immigration enforcement is the job of the feds -- not local cops. But just how far behind him are they -- at a safe distance? -> Rep. Greg Hughes shines the light on the Utah Transit Authorities' closed-door meeting policy -- and changes a decade of practice almost overnight. That's some kind of railroad engineering. -> Mike Leavitt adds to his new firm. -> Chevron is cited, but no fines (yet) for the June 12 oil spill. -> Salt Lake County is getting local in city planning. Snack on Political Cornflakes every morning by signing up for a daily email. Send an email to cornflakes@sltrib.com.
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