Joseph A Cannon

10:29:03 PM EST

Herr Cannon Briber: As a member of the SLC Olympics Organizing Committee, Board of Trustees, Joe Cannon was a witness to professional bribery done right. Mitt Romney takes no contributions from the Cannon Briber and  tries to avoid any connections whatsoever. Romney, remember, had to clean up the mess.

Cannon Briber was also embroiled in a controversy over his company, Geneva Steel's, mysterious moving water shares. Cannon chose to not disclose the $85 million in water shares to the Federal Pension Guarantee Corp, who bailed out the Geneva Pension Fund (which was only 10% funded). Sometimes its nice to have a brother in Congress.

As the lobbyist for Envirocare, Cannon Briber gave his brother $5,000 from the company P.A.C.  As the lobbyist for Eli-Lilly and other concerns, he also handed his brother lobbying money.

As Chairman of the Utah Republicannon Party, he recieved "soft" Federal PAC money from Farmers Insurance, Zurich Insurance and the concerns of British American Tobacco (RJR America, Brown and Williamson Tobacco). We would love to see how much mula these guys gave to the State Republicannon Party, but we don't have a password (yet). As Chairman of the Republicannon Party, he was in a position to influence, through party donations, every Federal or State elected official. Now that's power you can't buy at a grocery store!

As the head board-member of the Deseret News and now editor-in chief, Cannon-Briber is perfectly positioned to make sure that these scandals remain just outside the awareness of most Utahns! Also, the Deseret Management Corp. which owns Cannon's newspaper and Bonneville communications (radio and TV concerns) keeps Cannon-Briber out of the news. The partnership that the Deseret News has with the Salt Lake Tribune doesn't hurt, either.

So, when those darn national reporters come sniffing around Utah, they can be led around by someone that knows the real Joe Cannon!

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2:19:36 PM EST

Joseph Cannon was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee. You remember the organizing committee. They were accused of bribing Olympic officials with cash and female escorts. But, most  were cleared by fellow Utahns on the "Cannonized" Salt Lake Olympic Committee ethics panel. http://www.cnn.com/US/9902/11/olympics.01/?eref=yahoo 

Credit Romney and Leavitt for cleaning up the mess...

"The reorganization announced Thursday would include 17 or 18 new spots on the SLOC board of trustees. The board's executive committee would be replaced with a management group ordered to keep a tight rein on planning" http://www.cnn.com/US/9902/05/olympics.01/index.html

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4:04:15 PM EST

To Expunge means to remove. IE., remove from the record. Mr. Joseph Cannon has "expunged" his biography from Wikipedia, his lobbying firm's website: http://www.pillsburylaw.com/cgi-bin/bvisapi.dll/portal/ep/home.do and the Utah Republican website.  Thus we will refer to him in this blog as "The Great Expunger."

Fortunately, our diligent research assistants were still able to find this biography on the Junior Achievement website:

Laureates & Biographies

Joseph A. Cannon

Joseph A. Cannon is a partner with Pillsbury-Winthrop, a nationwide law firm specializing in environmental law. Prior to his partnership, Joe served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Geneva Steel. He played a leading role in the purchase of Geneva Steel from USX Corporation and the reopening of the plant in September, l987.

Prior to assuming the leadership of Geneva Steel, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, specializing in environmental law. From l98l to l985 he was a high ranking official in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. His last position there was Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. In that Presidential appointment, which required confirmation by the U.S. Senate, he was responsible for administering national air policy mandated by the Clean Air Act.

A native Utahan, Mr. Cannon received his B.A. degree in political science from Brigham Young University and his J.D. with honors from BYU Law School in l977.

Mr. Cannon has received numerous honors and awards, including the BYU Young Alumni Achievement Award in l985. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year l987 by Utah Business Digest, and Businessman of the Year l988 by the Utah Manufacturers Association. He was inducted into the Utah Business Hall of Fame in May, 1991; received the Gift of Life Award from the Utah Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation in June, 1993; and the Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League in March, 1998.

He serves on a number of boards and committees, including, among others, the Board of Directors of the Deseret News Publishing Company, the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, the Board of Directors of Eagle Publishing, Inc., the National Advisory Council of the BYU School of Management, and the Coalitions for America Board. He is currently the Chairman of the Utah Republican Party.

From l968-l970, he was a volunteer missionary in Ireland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He is married to Janeal Barney Cannon. They reside with their six children in Provo, Utah.

http://www.ja-utah.org/hall_of_fame/laureates.html?laureates_item=1627&db_item=staff&PHPSESSID=20f48f79d92e36d190f8487d6ccfa2a6

Mr. Joseph A. Cannon, J.D. Brigham Young Law School, B.A. (Political Science)
Honorary Chairman

Mr. Cannon is a partner in the Law Firm, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Prior to rejoining the firm, he was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Geneva Steel from 1987 to 2001. He played the leading role in the purchase of Geneva Steel from USX Corporation and the re-opening of the plant in September of 1987. Mr. Cannon is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American and International Iron and Steel Institutes. He serves in the firm’s Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources practice and is also Co-Leader of its Public Policy & Political Law practice. He formerly served as Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, and Associate Administrator for Policy and Resource Management, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Cannon has also served numerous organizations in the following capacities:  member of the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute; member ofthe Administrative Conference of the United States; member of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee; Chairman of the American Bar Association, Natural Resources Law Section, Air Quality Committee; Vice Chairman of the Committee of Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination; United States Representative to the Environment Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and capital campaign committee. Mr. Cannon is an active member of the Republican Party, currently serves as Chairman of the Utah State Republican Party Finance Committee, and is a member of the Republican National Committee. http://cache.zoominfo.com/cachedpage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1533941515&page_url=%2f%2fwww.tnr-corp.com%2fenglish%2fabout%2fmanagementdirectors.htm&page_last_updated=9%2f3%2f2006+1%3a17%3a25+PM&firstName=Joseph&lastName=Cannon

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