Herbert Holds Tidy Lead Over Corroon Despite Controversies

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Let’s face it. Utah is a very conservative state. The fact that Mayor Corroon started slinging mud at the governor in an attempt to curry disappointment with the governors’ administration kinda backfired. I don’t see how or why the UDOT chief felt it neccessary to keep a $13 million settlement from Gov. Herbert, but the governor, like many governors, he has his a lot on his plate to take care of. He also has nothing to do with the bid process, but many think that Herbert pressured UDOT into awarding a contract to a friend to contributed a fair amount of money to his campaign a few weeks later. This is simply not the case. As I said before, the governor doesn’t consult on road work contracts. That’s why there is a UDOT chief. The governor delegates to his subordinates.

Now Peter Corroon, as I’ve addressed in a previous post, has started reading more into this situation than it really merits. Corroon has come out stating today that Herbert should return all of his campaign donations of over $10,000, and that he would only do so himself if Herbert did it. The “I’ll do it if he does it” type of thing just doesn’t fly with me. If Corroon wants there to be campaign finance reform, he should lead out and do what he want’s Herbert to do despite the possibility that Herbert may or may not give back all of those donations. That would be a true example of leadership. It’s just a ploy to make Herbert look like a rich white guy who doesn’t care about any one but himself.

So now down to the poll results. In a poll conducted by Dan Jones and Associates on Sept. 20-22, it was asked which candidate was the right guy for the governorship. Here are the results:

• Gary Herbert 55%
• Peter Corroon %35

Herbert still holds a good 2o point or so lead in the poll despite Mayor Corroons effort to sling mud. The long and the short of what I’m trying say is that at this time between Corroon and Herbert, Herbert is they right guy for governor.

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~ by Daniel Crowder on September 24, 2010.