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  • Standing ovation was ghastly

    03/17/2010 10:02:22 AM PDT · by Utah Binger · 91 replies · 1,972+ views
    The Ogden Standard Examiner ^ | 01/16/2010 | Standard-Examiner staff
    Kevin Garn is gone from Utah politics after a sordid 25-year secret was finally laid bare in a bizarre end-of-session legislative speech last week. Garn, 55, admitted to sharing a hot tub with a 15-year-old girl 25 years ago. Both were nude. Also, Garn admitted that he paid $150,000 in 2002 to the woman, Cheryl Maher, for her to keep quiet about the incident. Garn's resignation reminds us that in politics, most secrets eventually are revealed. There may be more to the story. We promise to keep our readers informed. There is one ghastly sidelight to all this that merits...