The former top lobbyist for local governments throughout Utah, who resigned in January amid a scandal over poor management and misuse of public funds, has joined Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s administration as a state Capitol lobbyist.
Ken Bullock, the longtime executive director of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, was brought on by Biskupski to give the city “the strongest possible team when we go up to the Hill,” said mayoral spokesman Matt Rojas. “We’re bringing him on to do what he does best.”
Bullock started Thursday and will earn $105,500 a year. The taxpayer-funded group he formerly led worked on behalf of nearly 250 Utah municipalities, lobbying for their interests in the state Capitol and in Washington, D.