Monday, May 16, 2016

Did 'Available Jones' Mean no More than being Available to Campaign?

   So, the news stories are tumbling out about Gov. Gary Herbert's meeting with lobbyists, and asking for money at the same time he asks them what they would like to see done.  I don't know that I fault the governor too much, at least at this point. It seems he was not thinking in terms of what the Li'l Abner character represented, but just throwing out a phrase that crossed his mind at the moment. He apparently used the phrase, "Available Jones," without considering what it meant, and was just trying to say he was available. The question becomes, Available for what? Available to campaign and meet with those who could help the campaign? Or available to hear their concerns whenever they wanted since they were his campaign contributors?

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