...Jacobs gambling problem...
...Jacob had been telling audiences that 40 percent of prisoners in the Central Utah Correctional Facility were illegal aliens. This week, he had to admit that it was only 8 percent...
...Jacob is thinking that illegals who can prove theyve been in the U.S. for 10 or 20 years would return to the their home country and obtain a FastPass which would put them at the front of the immigration line and allow them to return to the U.S. legally....
Most of these IMO are a matter of interpretation and spin, and not scandalous per se. But all paint a picture that Jacob's not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to handling the press. And then he claims Satan is to blame...
Deseret Morning News, Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Immigrant funds flow to Cannon campaign
Pro-migrant groups have donated $58,200 in the past 12 days
Copyright 2006 Deseret Morning News
By Bob Bernick Jr. and Lee Davidson
Deseret Morning News
Just days before his Republican primary election, U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon is seeing more than $134,000 flowing into his war chest, much of it from organizations known to favor cheap immigrant labor.
The pro-immigration groups have given Cannon, R-Utah, at least $58...
Remember who he's runnign against. Jacob is the better choice by far. Just because he isn't "slick" with the press doesn't mean he's not a good candidate.