Your thoughts on SLC's mayor?

[_Notoriuswun]

He is being labelled as one of the most progressive mayors in the country. I am still amazed that this man was elected. The Nation ran a cover story about how hard it is for him to be a social reformer and live in a town like SLC...supposedly he has done alot of great things.

Here is a link for any interested:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/abramsky

[_Notoriuswun]

This was a pretty interesting comment:

For Jeff Hartley, executive director of the Utah Republican Party, Anderson's style, his willingness to critique the Mormon Church, his defense of locally unpopular themes like gay marriage, make him, quite simply, "bombastic. The majority of Utahans take offense at his tone and style. The fact that he'd invite Cindy Sheehan and her brand of anti-Bush campaigning to the state--it seemed quite wrong to a lot of people."

In response to such sentiments, the mayor told the August demonstrators--who had stood through a series of mediocre warm-up speeches while they waited for him to get onstage--"Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism. A patriot does not tell people who are intensely concerned about their country to sit down and be quiet in the name of politeness." The Bush Administration, he continued, was "an oppressive, inhumane regime that does not respect the laws and traditions of our country, and that history will rank as the worst President our nation has ever had." Quoting Teddy Roosevelt, he declared that silence in the face of injustice "is morally treasonable to the American public."

[_moksha]

Good for Rocky Anderson.

[_christopher]

The fact that he'd invite Cindy Sheehan and her brand of anti-Bush campaigning to the state--it seemed quite wrong to a lot of people."

Cindy Sheehan is in my opinion an opportunistic douchebag who long ago went past the sympathy and grieving she rightfully deserves as the mother of a fallen soldier.

Chris <><

PS: We also need a new president and direction.