Yesterday I posted a piece on a Utah lawmaker’s outburst against the media with regards to the issue of legislators receiving gifts.
Today’s Deseret News reports that a Salt Lake Tribune reporter decided to give Sen. Howard Stephenson R-Draper, a gift:
The reporter gave Stephenson a can of bug repellent he said was supposed to be able to kill not just one bee but “the entire nest.”
The note accompanying the extra-large can specified the gift cost less than $5, a reference to Thursday’s committee debate over a change in the state’s ethics laws that sparked the senator’s nine-minute tirade about the media.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 