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++ Anti-War Protestors Cheer Salt Lake City Mayor. BTW, did you know the mayor of SLC is a flaming liberal?
But the dispute is just the latest example of Anderson's brash style during his seven years at the helm of this city. He has criticized state lawmakers for stringent alcohol laws and for banning same-sex marriages. He tussled with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over the right to free speech on a church-owned plaza that was once a public street. Anderson, 53, has poked at Bush before, too, chiding the president for opting out of the Kyoto treaty to reduce greenhouses gases.
In Utah, where some Democrats are jokingly referred to as moderate Republicans, Anderson's mere presence makes some wonder how he could even get elected.
"Anyone who asks that question doesn't understand Salt Lake City," said Democrat county council member Joe Hatch. "The city hasn't elected a conservative since the 1970s."
I love it. Maybe Utah doesn't completely suck after all!
++ Marine biologists believe certain fish, bird and mammal species are near .mass extinction, and the National Science Foundation fears the rate of arctice ice melting cannot be stopped.
++ Senator Feinsten & the Governator are backing a stem cell study.
++ Hey, did you know Fascism is really socialism? ::headdesk::
++ Via Atrios: The woman who once said Bush was her "liberator" getting the hell out of Iraq.
++ Twin Cities are tuning out Rush Limbaugh.
++ DHHS is *not* going to fund the Silver Ring Thing, after the ACLU gave them some shit. Whoo!
But the dispute is just the latest example of Anderson's brash style during his seven years at the helm of this city. He has criticized state lawmakers for stringent alcohol laws and for banning same-sex marriages. He tussled with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over the right to free speech on a church-owned plaza that was once a public street. Anderson, 53, has poked at Bush before, too, chiding the president for opting out of the Kyoto treaty to reduce greenhouses gases.
In Utah, where some Democrats are jokingly referred to as moderate Republicans, Anderson's mere presence makes some wonder how he could even get elected.
"Anyone who asks that question doesn't understand Salt Lake City," said Democrat county council member Joe Hatch. "The city hasn't elected a conservative since the 1970s."
I love it. Maybe Utah doesn't completely suck after all!
++ Marine biologists believe certain fish, bird and mammal species are near .mass extinction, and the National Science Foundation fears the rate of arctice ice melting cannot be stopped.
++ Senator Feinsten & the Governator are backing a stem cell study.
++ Hey, did you know Fascism is really socialism? ::headdesk::
++ Via Atrios: The woman who once said Bush was her "liberator" getting the hell out of Iraq.
++ Twin Cities are tuning out Rush Limbaugh.
++ DHHS is *not* going to fund the Silver Ring Thing, after the ACLU gave them some shit. Whoo!