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Claims to fame: Former Utah state legislator; real estate broker, Prudential Utah Real Estate; co-owner, T.L.C. of Kids daycare center; former president, Utah Private Child Care Association; husband; father; grandfather; would-be john
Moral apex: Busted September 30, 2003, for soliciting sex — offering a measly $40 — from an undercover (female) cop posing as a hooker in downtown Salt Lake City.
But: The public didn’t know anything until the following May, when the Deseret Morning News found out about the incident, and made it public.
And then: Bird resorted to the ol’ third-person, in-denial, non-apology apology: “I wish this had never happened.”
And then: Bird resigned his state house seat.
The plea: After telling everyone who would listen that he wasn’t guilty of anything untoward — “This was a huge mistake. I should have known better than to pull over and talk to the lady. No improprieties happened, but the offers were there. It was really dumb,” he told the Deseret — he ultimately pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of sex solicitation.
The punishment: Sentenced to a year’s probation and completion of the Johns’ Program, which requires would-be johns to complete a 10-week class, after which the offender’s record is expunged.
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Bird:
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.— Ezekiel 16:33
