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You must have been here for Gay Pride week. Did you get to see the parade? Ugh.

Nope and had I known about it, I'd have gone out of my way to miss it.

Salt Lake City is a good city, there are areas that are very nice, and pretty safe, others areas are not.

Just like any other city.

I'm not ruling out family hankypanky either, but I do need a better source than the National Enquirer.

Me, too.

I do have friends in SLC, what they've told me is that the Smarts are highly regarded in the community.

What do you mean by that? What is Edward Smart's kudos aside from a million dollar home?

The fact that the guy hired a dirtbag like Ricci and allowed him to work around his children for months and that he most likely paid him under the table (illegally and against the tenets of his church avoiding taxes and insurance) doesn't put him in much high regard with me.

What is Edward Smart's kudos aside from a million dollar home?

Hey, you sound like Dick Gephardt. Next thing, you'll be telling us that the Smarts were just "winners in life's lottery."

Ed Smart didn't know that Ricci was a felon. That does sound naive, but it does happen. My sister is the office manager for a home contractor here, they just started doing background checks on their people in January. We are too trusting for the most part here in Utah. As far as Ed SMart giving Ricci the car in exchange for work done on the home, so what? It was probably beneficial to both parties to do so.

As far as Gibbons goes, there were rumors swirling around him for a long time. There are no such rumors about the Smarts, except what the NE has published. Ed Smart has done quite well with his businesses (real estate company, he also renovates/builds homes, and sells them.) And, believe you me, if he has used the LDS church to cover up his alleged icky activities, he will be under great condemnation, not only by the community, but by God...