Gov. Gary Herbert isn’t on board with changing the law to allow House Speaker Greg Hughes to remain on the board of the state’s new global trading hub in the wake of revelations that Hughes’ property ownership make him ineligible for membership.
Hughes is affiliated with at least eight properties within five miles of what is set to become one of the world’s biggest land-locked ports on 24,000 acres in Salt Lake City.
Those property holdings – including several apartment buildings on 200 West in Salt Lake City – violate the criteria the Legislature set out in state statute for members of the board that will oversee the development and operation of the port.