Editorial Board: With the appointments of Rep. Joel Ferry and Aimee Winder Newton, Gov. Spencer Cox and leaders of his Utah Republican Party seem to disregard the idea of power being balanced or separated.
, appears about as straightforward as can be. If you are a member of the Utah Legislature, you can’t have another state job. Or a federal one.
And, although it doesn’t violate any constitutional provisions, Cox was also wrong to hire a member of the Salt Lake County Council to fill a new post in his cabinet without expecting her to give up her council seat., a Republican from Box Elder County, to be director of the state Department of Natural Resources. Ferry started the job in an acting status, pending Senate approval of the nomination, likely to come later this month.until Aug. 26.
A lawmaker who is also an employee of the governor, even for a short time, is not an independent voice for his legislative constituents. Abstaining from certain votes disempowers his or her constituents, even as a continued presence in the House gives that member influence in two of the three legs of state power, able to lobby colleagues, trade votes or do other things that clearly violate the whole idea of the separation of powers.
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