Earlier this month, lobbyist, UtahPolicy.com publisher and Deseret News columnist LaVarr Webb reached out to Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, in the hopes of scheduling a 5-minute sit down, according to an email obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
The purpose of the meeting was two-fold, Webb wrote: to pick Stevenson’s brain for an upcoming column, and to deliver a campaign check from one of Webb’s corporate lobbying clients.
“I’m writing because I have a client that would like to make a contribution to you,” Webb’s email begins, before identifying the client and requesting a brief meeting. “Just 5 minutes or so.