Carlton Christensen, the Gentle Giant, has been a mainstay in west side politics for the past 11 years as District 1’s representative. Carlton’s work with many civic organizations, combined with his life long love of the district, not only shows his passion to serve, but also his effectiveness. I wholeheartedly support Carlton in his bid [...]
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Race for Salt Lake City Council District 3 heats up
Most people are unaware that there is even an election this November, let alone one tomorrow. But, in what is rapidly becoming the most contentious race in the Salt Lake Valley, the Avenues is seeing no less than five contenders vie for a spot on Salt Lake City’s Council. Their first major hurdle, however, is [...]
Basic Civil Rights V. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Part 2
Here is an account of what took place in my previous post from one of the individuals that was at the receiving end of the arrest. Written by Derek Jones: My boyfriend and I were walking home from the Gallivan Center concert series and naturally had to walk down the pedestrian mall (it was a [...]
Basic Civil Rights V. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Breaking: So a friend of mine informed me, by way of Facebook status updates, that he was, he claims, illegally detained and charged with a Class C Misdemeanor for trespassing on the Main Street pedestrian mall in Downtown Salt Lake. The reason, he claims, is that he was holding the hand of his gay partner. [...]
Becker Sticks to Plans – Trib/Public Wrongly Label him as Flip-Flopper
There is just no pleasing some people. We all recall the recent dust up regarding the Public Safety Building (PSB) being located on Library Square. Mayor Becker, seeing the writing on the wall, backed down from this plan in what I feel was a win for his transparent government style. Not ignoring the fact that [...]
Becker Backs Down – Transparency Wins
Mayor Becker today announced that he will no longer push for the Public Safety Building to be located on Library Square, his preferred location. As I have discussed in the past, I am an overall supporter of the construction of a PSB in the downtown area, though I am mildly pleased to see that it [...]
Public Safety Building Hullabaloo
I have avoided jumping into the whole discussion related to the Public Safety Building (PSB) debate because, frankly, I have not taken the time to properly evaluate the proposals and come to any sort of conclusion. After doing some research, I am aware of four proposals: 1, 2A, 2B, and 3. Up to this point, [...]
Sit down with the Mayor
This morning I had the opportunity, along with some fellow bloggers, to sit down with Mayor Ralph Becker and discuss some of the issues of the day. I must admit that it is quite the honor to have the Mayors Office reach out to the blogging community, even though this is nothing new. While working [...]
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children?!
I just have to laugh at the recent dust-up over the Blue Boutique moving to a more residential area. Now as Rebecca Walsh pointed out in her column yesterday, Utah always seems to have the occasional “house of ill repute moving into a God fearing community” issue pop up every five years or so. Part [...]
Election Wrap Up…Salt Lake City Council Races.
To see the first post in this series, click here. This year the citizens of Salt Lake City had the opportunity to choose who will represent them in District 2 (Glendale, Poplar Grove), 4 (Downtown), and 6 (University of Utah, East Bench). We were ensured of at least one new face, thanks to District 6 [...]