| When I asked him if the contract was awarded to influence his favor on the task force he said,
"There is no doubt I got the contract because of my membership on the task force. If I wasn't on the task force I would not have received the contract." |
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| Alpine residents have gathered hundreds of signatures on a petition demanding the state charter school board rescind the charter of Mountainville Academy.
Petitioners allege Reps. Jim Ferrin, R-Orem, and Mike Morley, R-Spanish Fork, have abused their power and have "ethical conflicts of interest" associated with the school, as well as some Alpine city officials. Morley and Ferrin are involved with the company building the school. |
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| What concerns me is when legislators are appointed to and sit on boards of organizations that lobby the Legislature and then do not recuse themselves from voting on issues dear to those organizations. These legislators are appointed to these boards after they are elected to office, and in many cases they vote in favor of the organizations they serve. |
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| What's more, Rep. Mike Morley, R-Spanish Fork, is the contractor and Rep. Jim Ferrin, R-Orem, is the financier. Both are vocal champions of charter schools in the Utah Legislature and partners with former GOP state lawmaker Glenn Way, also of Spanish Fork, in U.S. Charter Development. |
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| The 2006 Legislature, however, has made it more difficult to sue general contractors. HB150 immunized contractors who purchase workers' compensation insurance policies that cover subcontractors on the job site and develop and enforce a safety plan of their choosing.
The bill's sponsor: Rep. Michael Morley, a general contractor. |
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