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| Last Edited | Some say... Aug 31, 2005 10:01am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | So what's next for Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson? He's been making a name for himself around the nation like no other Salt Lake mayor ever has, but are there big ambitions behind the behavior? Anderson himself laughs off the notion, but:
Paul Barker, Deseret Morning News
Mayor Rocky Anderson, at a 2003 news conference, is making a name for himself nationally. • The Salt Lake mayor's image protesting President Bush's visit to his city was splashed across CNN this week.
• The New York Times has regularly interviewed him about his confrontations with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — be it about mall construction or Main Street Plaza.
• Last month, ABC News sent a crew to cover Anderson's "Sundance Summit: A Mayor's Gathering on Climate Protection," an assembly that drew such bigwigs as Al Gore and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
• And during his re-election bid in 2003, Anderson earned contributions from people like Franklin and Emeline Haney of Tennessee, who normally put their money behind the best and brightest the Democratic Party has to offer.
Now, a week after Anderson sent out an e-mail calling for a massive protest during Bush's speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center downtown, many are speculating that all this attention will land the mayor in Washington some day. Some go so far as to suggest Anderson is purposefully gaining attention to pave the way for greater political aspirations.
Anderson maintains he does what he does because someone has to. In politically conservative Utah, Anderson is often the only politician willing to unashamedly espouse the liberal view — be it on President Bush's policies or the LDS Church's dominance of Utah politics.
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