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How Long Has this been going on?

Several gathered in downtown Salt Lake City Monday to mourn the 4-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson spoke to a crowd outside of the City County Building, repeating the same sentiments he expressed last August when he articulated his opposition to the war in Iraq and demanded President Bush’s resignation. Anderson spoke to a crowd of about 600 anti-war protesters. That’s according to the Deseret Morning News.

Despite local criticism, Utahn demonstrators are actually in lock step with the majority of Americans when it comes to discontentment with this war. According to The Salt Lake Tribune recent polling suggests that the majority of Americans are in favor of withdrawing American troops from Iraq within a year. Even within Utah support for the president’s handling of the war is on the decline. The Tribune conducted a poll in January that showed only 41 percent of Utahns agreed with the president’s course of action since the war’s conception four years ago. [more]

Please Put Down the See Through Top

Rep. Chris Cannon is always good for an eye rolling or a pat on the back depending on your point of view. Love him or hate him, Cannon knows how to stir the pot and seems to thrive on playing the perfect partisan.

Over at the Utah State Democratic Party blog Party Chairman Wayne Holland points out that "The Cannon" recently voted against four House bills that would increase transparency in government. The Bills include legislation to reaffirm aspects of the Freedom of Information Act of 2007, an amendment that would strengthen the Presidential Records Act, a Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act and Presidential Library Donation reform. [more]

Drop it!

A federal lawsuit to keep guns off the University of Utah campus has been dismissed. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball ruled on the case Wednesday after both the U and the Utah Attorney General’s office requested the litigation be sacked. [more]

Blogs are natural Blogs are good, not everybody has one, but everybody should

Salt Lake City’s imminent mayoral race is already bloated with candidates hoping to fill the shoes of current mayor and cause celeb Rocky Anderson.

According to the Deseret Morning News and The Salt Lake Tribune County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson, yes- spawn of former, beloved SLC mayor Ted Wilson is already touting some fairly predictable endorsements from county colleagues; Mayor Peter Corroon, Joe Hatch and Randy Horiuchi. Likewise City Councilman Keith Christensen, a Republican got an early endorsement months ago from Rocky himself.

While Wilson and Christensen have some significant backing from their political associates, one candidate, state Rep. Ralph Becker has taken to courting/consulting Utah’s blogosphere. [more]

It's Hard out here for a pimp

Utah’s cuddliest polygamist cult-leader, Warren Jeffs is facing a new federal indictment for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Both the Deseret Morning News and The Salt Lake Tribune report that a federal grand jury has levied this new charge against Jeffs for lamming it while he was on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list. Federal prosecutors want to make sure Jeffs faces consequences for the months-long manhunt launched to find the alleged pimp...er, prophet. [more]

Utah Legislators Screw the Pooch

Utah lawmakers let the clock run out before passing legislation that would make the intentional torture of an animal a felony in the state. Animal advocates, including the director of the Humane Society of Utah, Gene Baierschmidt worked hard to get SB190 on the books before the end of the 2007 legislative session, but were thwarted by certain legislators who felt the language of the bill was just too vague. For three years, Utah lawmakers have failed to create a felony provision for heinous cases of animal torture. [more]

We Live Way Up High, Get it?

Say goodbye to “Ski Utah.” The House passed a measure that will officially change license plates in Utah from “Ski Utah” to the state’s new slogan, “Life Elevated.”

The Deseret Morning News reports that the measure passed without too much debate though Ogden Rep. Neil Hansen felt the state, given it’s various landscape would be better off choosing a more universal slogan for the license plate. "Looking at the whole of the state, I think 'This is the place' is something where people can be proud of the whole state,” Hansen told the D-News.

If the governor approves the measure, the state Division of Motor Vehicles will begin issuing the new plates as soon as the “Ski Utah” plates run out. So, get ‘em while they last folks. [more]

Deadbeat Club

Hey, deadbeat dads and moms! Utah lawmakers have a message for you – buck up or lose your driver’s license. The Deseret Morning News reports that state legislators agreed to endorse House Bill 15, which would allow the state to revoke the driver’s licenses of parents who fail to pay or fall behind on their child-support. [more]

Utah kills the bomb

Divine Strake is dead. According to both the Deseret Morning News and the Salt Lake Tribune, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, who intended to detonate the extremely controversial, 700-ton non-nuclear bomb in the Nevada desert have formally canceled that test. Though they’ve given no official reason at this time, Utahns can rest assured knowing their voices of disapproval were heard loud and clear.
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Pay for a Date With Mitt Romney

Presidential hopeful and lest we forget, “savior” of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games, Mitt Romney paid a visit to Salt Lake City yesterday – or should I say, Salt Lake City paid him. The Deseret Morning News is reporting that nearly 500 of Utah’s Republican and surely “Richie Rich” set paid $2300 per person to rub shoulders with the former Massachusetts guv’na. [more]

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