'OnTheIssues' is a website which summarizes the view of many politicians, complete with sources. Below are the links to Rocky Anderson's pages on the 'OnTheIssues' website.
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"... we need to renegotiate our trade agreements so that we're no longer sending these millions of jobs overseas and we're bringing them back. We need to provide the kinds of incentives so that there is an equal playing ground for those employers who will hire US workers and provide the kinds of good jobs that our young people should be looking forward to."
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"I also served two different terms on the board of Planned Parenthood in Utah, and I know the huge difference that good family planning, education and services makes for everybody, men and women together. And contraceptive services need to be comprehensively provided, and without charge. It pays off great dividends over the long haul."
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"From a fiscal point of view, tremendous progress has been made in Salt Lake City, both last year and during the past seven years. Persistent fiscal responsibility has resulted in far less money being spent than budgeted, far more money being raised than budgeted, and an enormous increase in the city's reserve fund."
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"Recognition of the equal rights of gays and lesbians, and decent treatment of everyone regardless of their sexual orientation, is indeed one of the crucial civil rights issues of our time. Although personal prejudices are difficult to overcome, we can—and should—achieve an approach in our public dealings that promotes fundamental morality—love, respect and compassion for all of our brothers and sisters."
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"We need significant regulation of Wall Street and the financial industry.' 'We need to get back to leadership like we had under FDR, like we cleaned up after the Depression, putting people to work and putting the people of this country first."
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"Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, 'Death Penalty'?
A: Strongly Oppose. Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, 'Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws'? A: Strongly Oppose." |
"Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it"? A: Oppose "
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"Nationally our students are falling behind students throughout the rest of the world. To keep our competitive edge we have to maintain high standards, but also preserve some flexibility and innovation at the local level."
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" '...the future for renewables is bright.' Rocky Anderson says, 'We know that it makes sense because corporations and governments have been able to save money through both conservation and moving towards clean, renewable sources of energy...like wind and solar.' "
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"Natural resources should be mostly protected, but also exist for the benefit of humanity"
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"We need to start building friendly relationships with these nations...and not go around with...belligerence...this is a holistic problem with an imperialist foreign policy that we have to turn around, and the American people can see...if we join together."
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Anderson proposes, "employee and environmental safeguards in trade agreements and the implementation of major domestic jobs and infrastructure programs."
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"Strongly supports stricter limits on political campaign funds."
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"Rocky Anderson advocates laws that would like to force every gun owner to lock up his or her guns. If a child or a burglar steals an unlocked gun out of a home, he believes the homeowner should be held responsible for whatever crime is committed with the stolen gun."
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Rocky Andersons says, "the solution is to provide Medicare for everybody. To make it a single payer system. You look around the world—Canada, Taiwan—they have a single payer, basically, Medicare-for-all system. We are paying more than double the average of the rest of the industrialized world per-capita for health care costs."
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Rocky Anderson says, "our Government is spying on us. Even when there was illegal spying under the Bush administration... No accountability for a certain class of people."
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Click the link above to read the quiz and Rocky's answers.
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Rocky believes, "The Social Security payroll tax is as regressive a tax known to mankind, because if you make one $110,000, you don't pay anything on the income over that amount. Everybody pays the same thing up to that point. We need to lift the cap. You could reduce the percentage that workers pay."
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Rocky thinks, "we need to get things back to the point where we're building up a strong middle class. When you hear about these massive tax favors to the very wealthiest, and not giving a break to the middle class and the poor in this country, it's an obscenity."
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BIOGRAPHIES & PROFILES
"I grab on to things and I want to see the results. And I do I think I'd characterize myself more as being passionate that I really feel intensely about my responsibilities. And I did before I was mayor. You know things where I felt like we could make some good progress and help improve lives and make for a better world or a better community."
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"The blunt, idealistic Anderson views his first term as a time to light the fuse for positive change. Anderson likes precision and movement. He hates blathering committees, delays, and boilerplate speeches, which he labels 'Pablum.' He takes a lot of swings even though it means a fair amount of whiffs."
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Popularity of Mayor Rocky Anderson
" 'Salt Lake City', says Mayor Rocky Anderson, is an 'island of progressivity' — but much of the rest of Utah doesn't "get" him. That's how the mayor responded when he heard the results of a new Deseret News-KSL poll. In the survey of 403 Utahns, taken in late June by Dan Jones & Associates, Anderson enjoyed the most favor on his own turf, with 59 percent of Salt Lake respondents expressing approval of his first year and a half in office."
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" 'I focus very much on getting things done. I'm very direct. I appear to be brusque,' he says. 'But it’s almost never meant personally. It's simply a matter of impatience with getting everything accomplished and doing it in a timely manner.' "
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"Mayor Anderson has his priorities straight for the city at this critical time. He is a hands on manager, which is better than a hands-off, out of sight, out of town mayor. I’m thankful for the attention to fine details that the mayor puts forth, knowing that he will be able to take full responsibility for what the city is doing."
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"Anderson says he is misunderstood. 'You call it confrontational. I call it direct and honest.'[...] 'Electing me mayor reflects a progressive trend in Salt Lake City.' Anderson says. 'The people of Salt Lake City are more open to new ideas and change.' "
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" 'People feel like they’re getting their money’s worth with him,' Jones said. 'People outside of Salt Lake City have a difficult time with him because he’s willing to take on issues that are unpopular.' "
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"Like him or not, there’s not much hiding behind curtains where Rocky Anderson is concerned. He wants clean air; good transportation systems; and a viable downtown with—heaven forbid—nightlife. Unlike the Utah legislature... we have a mayor who has the stones to tell it like it is."
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Although incomplete, the 'Vote Smart' website outlines a short biographical summary of Rocky's political, professional, and civic experience
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"He's worked on the boards of Utah Common Cause for campaign and election reform; on Planned Parenthood for responsible family planning; for the American Civil Liberties Union for human rights; at the Guadalupe School for quality education for low-income minority students."
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"He is a man who loudly makes his opinion heard, in front of any audience. He is steadfast, some might say single-minded, when it comes to wanting a cleaner, greener, healthier environment, and he backs up what he says with action, creating a more fuel-efficient city fleet and implementing wind power, expanding recycling, encouraging high-density housing and requiring conservation in new city buildings. He has been an advocate for gay marriage, extending city benefits to partners of city employees, and he has fought for diversity in the city, friendlier liquor laws and better understanding between Mormons and non-Mormons. He brokered a practical deal with the LDS Church to end the divisive Main Street Plaza fight."
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A July 2006 SL Tribune article listing Rocky's accomplishments and plans for his second term as SLC Mayor.
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"Early‐to‐mid‐1970s: Diverse work experience prior to attending law school. I worked at several jobs that provided extraordinary exposure to a wide variety of people and elevated exposure elevated my understanding of the challenges facing working people. My jobs included:
Aide at methadone clinic for heroin addicts Dish washer Buck‐fence builder at a ranch in Idaho Waiter at restaurants in Utah and Virginia Cab driver Billing clerk Temporary secretary Substitute teacher Bartender Lumber truck driver and lumber yard laborer Roofer" |
"Can any, like the majority of Utah voters who were going to cast their ballots for Trump, authentically claim they are "shocked" to discover that Trump is a disgusting, narcissistic, dishonest, cheating, racist, fraudulent, misogynistic pig?" - Rocky Anderson
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". . .Rocky is not all rough edges, says Gill Dickensen, a neighbor. She recalls the time he knocked on her door and asked her to take care of a baby wren or robin, she can’t remember which, that he found in his driveway and nearly ran over. She says he gives storybooks to the neighborhood children every Christmas. “We love him." He just always takes time for people,” Dickensen says"
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"I support the overruling of the Citizens United case, by constitutional amendment if necessary. Congress should be able to—and it should—strictly limit or prohibit campaign contributions, particularly from corporations. The notion of "corporate personhood" should be abolished. Campaigns should be publicly financed." – Rocky Anderson, Campaign Finance Section of Vote Smart 'Political Courage Test'
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"Anderson explained that the city has dealt with several 'very unusual' issues in the span of his four-year mayoral term: the 2002 Winter Games, security issues surrounding the 9-11 terrorist attacks, Elizabeth Smart's disappearance and recovery, the Main Street Plaza fray, The Gateway construction and fallout, the bid to build the Grand Mall on the city's west side and 900 South rail reactivation. These are major engagements that don't normally happen in one term and have sidetracked Anderson from some of his goals. With many of those issues now behind, Anderson wants a second term to focus on his vision for the city, including redesigning Pioneer Park into a community gathering place and working to define downtown districts for development. "We had some enormous challenges that took huge amounts of time and energy that now can be devoted to building on to many of our successes," Anderson said. Those successes include developing the city's after-school YouthCity program, lowering the city's greenhouse gas emissions, passing an administrative order on affirmative action in hiring and Anderson's fruitful lobbying for the University TRAX light rail line along 400 South."
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"No portion of Anderson's life during his past seven years of service was safe. Jokes targeted Anderson's policies on local transportation, pedestrian-crossing flags, the banning of water bottles, his constant firings of employees, his stance on international politics, his campaign to impeach President Bush, ugly neckties and his personal relationships. But all in all, the cynical attempts to roast Anderson came out warm and fuzzy. Each "roaster" thanked him for his dedication, time and service to the community. As Anderson was escorted to the stand by "Gayle Godzika," a rapping drag queen, for his final words, the crowd again rose, clapping and cheering. Shouts of "Rocky! Rocky!" bounced off the walls."
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"In the past, under Rocky Anderson, the sidewalk was washed and cleaned one to two times per week by the central business district. Now it is washed and cleaned one to two times per several months."
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"The retrofit fountain will be smart as well as clean, he added, because the filtration system will recirculate the 4,000 gallons of water. Mayor Rocky Anderson's zero-waste initiative demanded that, Graham said."
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"Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson rallied U.S. mayors Thursday to insist on immediate screening of all checked airline baggage—leading to some verbal fireworks with federal officials who say that just isn't possible right now. 'We screen all carry-on luggage, but we don't screen baggage that is checked. That doesn't make any sense,' Anderson said, adding it could allow the smuggling of bombs or hazardous materials on board.' "
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Surrounding himself with vivid paintings and spiced coffee at the Mestizo art gallery, Anderson caught all manner of curve balls during his first "Saturday morning with the mayor" forum since the Games.
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"[Mayor] Anderson told a large group of public officials Thursday that local politicians need to step up with public funding. There are other communities around the nation that are more than willing to pony up if Utah isn't, he said.
Anderson called the meeting of city, county, state and business leaders to present his Fairpark idea, which replaced his earlier plan that would've put the stadium downtown next to the Grand America Hotel." |
"Anderson said: "I'm pursuing MLS in Utah. I am absolutely committed to doing everything we can to put a deal together."
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The mayor [Rocky Anderson]- who last week asserted "everybody's been deceived," by RSL's efforts to recast its $7.5 million pledge for the sports park - expressed regret for Wednesday's tone. He also denied "smearing" Checketts - before taking some more swipes.
'It's great that we're finally at this point where Real is going to live by their word,' he said, adding if he ever deals with Checketts again, 'I'd like to get it in writing. 'I'm not sure [if he'll come through within 30 days]. If it were two or three months ago, I would have said, absolutely.' . . . Despite the detente, Anderson says the episode 'really saddens me.' 'I've always considered Dave Checketts a friend.' " |
"Mayor Rocky Anderson offered another compromise on Monday to resolve the fight over protest rights on the Mormon church's Main Street Plaza — a solution the church appeared to embrace.
The city would give up a sidewalk easement on the church-owned plaza — extinguishing free speech rights there — for 2.17 acres of church-owned land on the city's west side. Bishop David Burton said the mayor's idea represents a "workable solution" that he'll take to leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anderson said the land gained by the city near the Sorenson Center in Glendale would be used for a community center. Developer James Sorenson has pledged $1 million and the Huntsman and Eccles families another $1 million to build it. The settlement would also require the church to and the city to split all costs and attorney fees." |
""We commend the mayor, who's here today, for all that he's done to bring about a resolution to that very difficult and serious problem," President Hinckley said during a speech at a 10th anniversary celebration for the Joseph Smith Memorial Building."
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"Leadership is about more than choosing sides or stubbornly advocating for a position. Leadership must bring different sides together— and find solutions. With greater understanding of the facts leading to this dispute—and to the solutions I have proposed—this community can now come together in greater peace and harmony, more respectful of our diversity and of each other." - Rocky Anderson
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"Mayor Anderson, who blames the malls for destroying a once-thriving downtown, said the church should have worked with urban planners and designers to create a blueprint for a genuinely urban streetscape that would evolve organically. Making the city walkable is particularly challenging here, the mayor notes, because each city block occupies a daunting 10 acres. 'We just need to learn from the mistakes of the past,' said the mayor, a former president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. 'There's nothing I've read in any of the literature about downtowns or urban revitalization that says new enclosed malls are the answer.'"
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Instead of building a bridge over Main Street, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson wants to close a block of the street to traffic.
Closing the block to vehicle traffic "would be a way to unify the development, encourage pedestrian traffic between both halves of it and enhance the other efforts by the developer to make the mall more permeable to pedestrian traffic while still preserving the view corridor and allowing for more sidewalk activity," [Anderson's spokesman, Patrick Thronson]said. |
" 'I'm trying to solve the problem on a local and national level,' Anderson said. . .referring to the letter sent to some 50 other mayors and to his office's effort to direct contributions to Centro Civico Mexicano for airport workers' families. 'We're putting together packages of food and toys for five of these families,' he added."
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"Almost four months ago, Anderson signed three executive orders: One restricts city workers’ acceptance of gifts. Another encourages managers to consider diversity when hiring. And a third is meant to protect gay city employees from discrimination.
His unilateral action outraged council members. Councilman David Buhler penned an angry letter to Anderson and persuaded his colleagues to ask [City Attorney Roger Cutler] for an opinion defining city government roles." |
"In preparing his veto, Anderson had city attorneys examine state laws that govern redevelopment agencies across Utah. Attorneys discovered that Salt Lake City's bylaws, which give Anderson the ability to veto, ran contrary to state statues governing redevelopment agencies. 'I was prepared to veto the board's action,' Anderson wrote last week to RDA chairman Van Turner. 'However, a review of state statutes has revealed that those who drafted the original bylaws went further in their effort to ensure a system of checks and balances than permitted by state law. State law . . . does not grant a veto power to the chief administrative officer.'"
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"'George [Shaw] is very committed to smart growth," Anderson said. 'We both see this as a great opportunity to pursue progressive urban-planning principles because we both think very much alike.' Shaw said Wednesday he does share the mayor's philosophy that limits sprawl and emphasizes alternative transportation and sustainable development. And he said he already has implemented such designs where he could."
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" 'Imagine being able to relax while someone else drives you to work,' Anderson began. 'Imagine being able to go outside and exercise without worrying about polluted air. Imagine being able to see the mountains year-round.'
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"'There are direct adverse impacts of this on Salt Lake City as a result of Legacy Highway with increased cars and increased pollution.' Anderson said Legacy proponents are engaging in a reckless plan that compromises precious wetlands and ignores the sensibilities of mass transit."
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"Environmental groups and Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson have long denounced the road. They argue that it would not only destroy wetlands, but would perpetuate sprawl and further degrade the Front's already murky air."
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"For efforts launched on the eve of the 2002 Olympics to help reduce 'greenhouse gases,' Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson has won the Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
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"Mayor Rocky Anderson's 'Reclaiming the Streets' pedestrian safety program, known by the orange flags supplied at crosswalks, garnered an honorable mention at the conference in Detroit."
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"He cast light on lines of division few will talk about publicly. Speaking up for minorities—be they racial, cultural, economic, or religious—has long been on his front burner."
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"The editors went to great pains to assure readers that Salt Lake was not chosen simply because it will host the 2002 Winter Games, although it conceded that the Olympics are 'probably the best advertising a city can buy.' Robert Safian, managing editor, noted in a release sent with the magazine that while the Olympics will showcase Salt Lake, " . . . its future looks solid long after the games leave town."
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"In 2002, the city government independently latched on to the Kyoto Protocol goals, vowing to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases 21 percent by 2012. When the mayor of the largest city in Utah uses his annual State of the City address to evangelize about sustainability, greenhouse-gas reduction, and the downsides of Wal-Mart, you know something’s brewing on the Wasatch Front."
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"Anderson received the center's 'Champion' award during a kick-off ceremony for Winterfest, a weeklong festival hosted by the GLBT Community Center."
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"Upon his election in 1999, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson elevated pedestrian safety and walkability to among his administration's highest priorities. His safety campaign and other efforts have proven effective, with pedestrian fatalities in the Salt Lake City area declining by more than 44 percent."
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"Anderson drew the association's attention for his advocacy for Utah Hispanics, including opposing English-only laws, supporting immigrant rights in an airport raid in 2001 and opposing deputizing police officers as agents for Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1997."
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"Mayor Anderson says, '...We are thrilled that our leadership, particularly in combating global climate change, was acknowledged...This work is about better public health, a better quality of life, and a more sustainable future for all.' "
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"The Spine Award recognizes Mayor Anderson for his outstanding progressive leadership."
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OLYMPIAN EFFORT TO HANDLE HOMELESS
"The opening of the shelter—financed with city, county and state funds—stands in contrast to Atlanta, where in advance of the 1996 Summer Olympics, police arrested 10,000 homeless people....Salt Lake City instead is putting out the welcome mat. 'We respect the human and civil rights of everyone, including the homeless, during these Olympics,' said Mayor Rocky Anderson, a former attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. 'We won’t be doing roundups or anything like that. This community is very caring toward the homeless.' "
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" 'I think a lot of people would look at (the Olympic funding deal) and say it was a minor miracle,' SLOC President Mitt Romney said. 'He was instrumental, key, in reaching a solution.' "
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"'Law enforcement officials could have solved the problem,' Anderson said, by simply advising illegal immigrants to 'get out of the secure areas.' The mayor's action displayed a truly impressive amount of political courage."
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"Following the drama of the Olympic Torch Relay announcement, Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson will kick off a party in the Gallivan Center."
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"Loosening the city’s alcohol restrictions during the Games was an idea touted by Mayor Rocky Anderson, who says he wants to create a festive atmosphere downtown during the Olympics."
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"Part of this image is propelled by the fact that Romney and several other high-ranking Olympic officials are practicing Mormons, but Salt Lake City's energetic mayor, Rocky Anderson, is not, and he has dedicated the next year to making sure his city is portrayed as a fun, interesting vacation destination, especially for skiers."
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"We will be presenting our proposal at the Copenhagen Congress's session on the theme 'Good governance and ethics,' under which it was filed, on October 4. Among the early supporters of our proposal is Rocky Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City when this city hosted the 2002 Winter Games."
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" 'At the time I felt that it would only benefit a few people economically, and I was concerned about both environmental impacts and about greater numbers of people,' Anderson said. 'A lot of my concerns were obliterated by the way they planned the Olympics.' "
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" 'Rocky took us all over town and showed us that we could get a drink at a Mexican restaurant and at a dance club and he even made a stop where he put on tights and made a walk-on at the opera house in the production of Carmen, which was kind of interesting,' she says."
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"According to Olympic tradition, Salt Lake City leaders had to deliver a message of peace, youth and environment to Torino [Italy]... using environmentally friendly modes of transportation that didn't burn fossil fuels."
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"We have dedicated more police officers at certain buildings where we think there is a greater likelihood of some kind of retaliation from one or the other side. We want to make certain that those in our Muslim community are protected, as well as everybody else in the community."
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"They're the 'patriots,' the 'good citizens' Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson says he admires. They'll take to the streets during the Olympics, presenting sides of the host city that neither locals nor visitors may have seen before. . . The mayor couldn't be prouder of the variety of groups planning Games-time demonstrations. 'I think people will get a real sense of the vitality of public dialogue in this country,' he told a group of foreign journalists last week."
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"We’d have a universal healthcare system like the rest—every other nation in the industrialized world, were it not for the corrupting influence of the money flowing in from the medical insurance industry."
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Rocky Anderson running under the Justice Party ticket, participates in a debate held for the 2012 U.S. Presidential election along with other third party candidates, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, and Gary Johnson.
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"Watching Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift confront the question 'Are most political reporters simply insiders?' Just 17 days before Clift met Anderson in the Al Jazeera studio, The Guardian columnist Gary Younge published a piece subtitled 'US history is littered with failed third parties, but the progressive populism of Salt Lake City’s ex-mayor might just break the mold.' "
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"Anderson argued, it won’t require a billion dollars in special interest money to 'overthrow the dictatorship of corrupt money in our government.' They understand that voting for Democrats and Republicans simply reaffirms a failed system and accomplishes little more than moving its players around."
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From RA to JW:"I think isolationist nationalists who don’t care about the suffering of other people who happen to be in other parts of the world are 'the problem.' "
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"As Rocky has noted often, this is a grassroots movement, not his but ours (although he has excellent leadership qualities, including speaking skills, experience and proven track record, charisma; he also consistently speaks the truth and faithfully does his homework on the issues)."
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"There are no candidates for president who have the breadth of political accomplishment and progressive credentials to match Rocky Anderson, a Mister Rogers look alike, whose gentle, but firm, voice resonates deeply in any venue."
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"Logan’s own Rocky Anderson hasn’t squelched his fiery criticism of Washington politics and says his plans for new leadership are just what Americans want and something the dominant candidates aren’t even discussing."
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"The Anderson campaign describes Rodriguez as 'a leading Chicano writer, speaker, gang expert and interventionist, and activist for justice in urban peace, the arts, labor, and human rights.' He is a co-founder of the Network for Revolutionary Change and he has published more than a dozen books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and children’s literature."
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"Anderson addresses the importance of having a candidate with a commitment to the rule of law, along with why prosecutions of people who commit financial or war crimes are necessary. He comments on the Obama administration's record on transparency and openness and comments on the war on whistle blowers, including the prosecution of Pfc. Bradley Manning."
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"His presidential run is in part a way to draw attention to human rights issues that his foundation, High Road for Human Rights, focuses on. He hopes to gain national attention and support for human rights by running for office. 'A political party makes more sense,' he told Deseret News. 'It's the same message , and this way we're reaching tens of thousands of people each week.' "
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"We're here today in Rocky's office to talk about his life as an attorney. It may not be as glamorous of a job title as others that he's held, but his commitment to the law has been a consistent shaping force throughout his work. "
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" 'I am driven to fight against injustice,' says Anderson. 'There is so much injustice—and it doesn’t have to be that way. Committed people and a decent government, including a system of justice that uniformly applies the rule of law, can remedy so many social, economic and environmental injustices.' "
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At a press conference Friday afternoon, Brewvies employees and attorney Rocky Anderson celebrated their court win, calling it 'a major victory for the people.' . . . 'Our liberties are always going to be at stake. . . .' the former Salt Lake City mayor said.
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"Anderson said Mitchell first went to the Utah Attorney General's Office about a year ago with evidence of the alleged sex abuse. When the AG decided not to prosecute Roberts, she went to Anderson to file the civil suit."
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"U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts acknowledged in a statement that he had an intimate relationship with the woman and that it was a "bad lapse in judgment." But his lawyers called their relationship "entirely consensual" and asserted it began after, not during, the trial. Attorneys for Roberts, 63, said he would fight the woman's lawsuit, even as he stepped down Wednesday from his lifetime appointment as a judge because of an unspecified medical disability."
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"A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has been accused of raping a 16-year-old murder witness while serving as a federal prosecutor 35 years ago. The allegation has already spilled into Congress, with at least one committee chairman vowing to look into the matter. Terry Elrod Mitchell [represented by attorney Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson"] on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Utah against Richard Warren Roberts, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She alleges that he took her to a hotel and raped her repeatedly while she served as a chief witness in a 1981 murder trial he led as a federal prosecutor. The lawsuit states he was 27 at the time."
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" 'This case has been a positive example of how these kinds of tragic matters can and should be handled, with integrity, by responsible governmental entities and officials,' Anderson continued is his own prepared statement. The $1.2 million award will be paid by Unified Police Department's insurance company."
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"The complaint, filed by attorney Ross Anderson . . . asks that those in charge of the jail be compelled to formulate and implement policies prohibiting vaginal searches unless there is probable cause to believe a weapon, drugs or evidence of a crime are concealed there." In this important class action lawsuit, handled pro bono by Rocky as a "cooperating attorney" with the Utah ACLU (where he was then a volunteer Legal Panel Director and later served as President of the Board), a consent decree was entered by the federal court significantly restricting the circumstances under which strip searches could be conducted.
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"Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, an attorney who is representing Kendall, attended the rally with his dog, Teddy, and also spoke. 'This matter is all about accountability,' Anderson said. 'Do we allow any governmental official, whether police or members of the [Mayor Ralph] Becker administration, to violate the Constitution, to enter our homes, our yards, to use legal force against those in our community, including our beloved dogs? The buck stops with the mayor.' "
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" 'When we brought the Olympics to this city, nobody agreed that we would trade off our fundamental civil rights for the government to come in and spy on us,' Anderson, a civil-rights attorney, said in an interview Friday."
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"Now just learning of what happened a decade down the road, Anderson says he’s looking to sue. 'When we brought the Olympics to this city, nobody agreed that we would trade off our fundamental civil rights for the government to come in and spy on us,' Anderson told the Salt Lake Tribune. "We have to stand up,' he added to KUTV News. 'All of Salt Lake City should be out in the streets outraged.' "
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" 'This is the sort of thing that we as Americans used to see happening in the Soviet Union with the KGB, in East Germany with the Stasi secret police, where the citizens had no privacy, where their government was spying on them, keeping records on them secretly,' says Rocky Anderson, who served as Salt Lake City mayor during the Games and has emerged as a fierce critic of the NSA's actions."
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"In an interview with KSL NewsRadio, Anderson said he first became aware of the alleged surveillance when he read an article detailing the NSA's activity in the Wall Street Journal in 2013. The publication disclosed that every phone call and text message in Salt Lake City was subject to surveillance by the NSA and FBI before and during the 2002 Olympic Games held in Utah. The Olympic games took place less than six months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.'Every bit of it was illegal. It was a criminal act,' Anderson said. 'Every instance was a criminal act and a massive violation of our constitution and other domestic laws.' "
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"In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Anderson accused the NSA and the Bush administration of blanket surveillance over everyone in Salt Lake City and the Olympic venues from the start of the opening ceremonies until the closing ceremonies two weeks later."
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"Attorney Rocky Anderson asked a judge to let the case go forward in order to expose what he calls covert, illegal operations. He's no longer seeking monetary damages and has dropped the FBI as a defendant."
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The National Security Agency, former President George W. Bush and former Vice-President Dick Cheney are being sued by Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson over allegations of unwarranted spying and data collection during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Anderson is seeking the return of any data that was taken during the Olympic games.
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"In a declaration filed in discovery in the case in U.S. district court in Utah, Drake asserted the NSA, in coordination with the FBI, scooped up and stored the content of emails and text messages sent and received by anyone in the city and Olympic venues — including American citizens."
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"A bid to dismiss a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) over claims they conducted a surveillance program during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City without warrants has been rejected in the United States."
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Michael Minch, David Keller, and Elaine Englehardt discuss international human rights and democracy with former SLC mayor Rocky Anderson.
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Rocky Anderson on the U.S.'s Imperialist History - Undermining Democracy In Guatemala, Iran and Beyond (Circa 2014)
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"When I recall Rocky’s years at the helm, he was hardly “unfocused” or “chaotic.” Perhaps what Wilson has in mind is how well Rocky multi-tasked to achieve as much as he and his administration did. He was known nationally and internationally for his environmental, peace and human rights work, while he made sure city services, including policing, were of the highest quality. He also vastly improved our parks, successfully pushed for more public transit, and implemented life-saving bicycle- and pedestrian-safety measures." — Jann Haworth
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"I’m hearing too many excuses for mediocre performance. I’m tired of just talk. It’s nice to have a pleasing personality, but the most important thing is what you accomplish. I’m desperate for action and genuinely worried that our capital city has lost its way and we are not holding our leadership accountable. I want a leader who will get things done; someone who will say “the buck stops with me.” Rocky Anderson gets things done – which is what Salt Lake City needs." — David Ibarra
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O'Reilly told Mayor Anderson, "You're an irresponsible public official. You're an irresponsible person." Mayor Anderson said, "You let me know when you're finished there, Bill."
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Rocky's appearance on Fox News's The Bill O'Reilly show to discuss the possibility of impeaching president Bush and the Iraq war.
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"Anderson made trips to Nicaragua in the 1980s personally investigating Ronald Reagan's foreign policy intrusions in the country, he'd sat on the boards of Utah Planned Parenthood and the state chapter of the ACLU..."
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"In his welcoming remarks, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson put on a display of non-status-quo thinking that certainly sets him apart from scores of other elected officials."
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"Stricter limits on political campaign funds.
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, 'Stricter limits on political campaign funds?' A: Strongly Support" |
"Consider just one example of how the system works – and how our democracy is being destroyed by those who buy and sell legislation. In the 1996 campaign cycle, tobacco interests passed on $10.1 million in payola to federal candidates through PACs and soft-money contributions. Of the soft money paid out by tobacco interests during 1995-96, $5,768,591 was paid to Republican Party committees and $1,064,680 was paid to Democratic Party committees. For the first half of 1997, the tobacco industry gave $1.9 million to political party committees and another $575,000 to candidates. All of that on top of nearly $8 million in fees and expenses for Washington lobbyists during the first six months of this year alone." - Rocky Anderson
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" 'People have become so lazy with this mouse-click activism, they think that putting their names under an online petition and going on is going to make a difference. But I just think we all need to demand far better and we need to demand accountability,' Anderson, a 2012 presidential candidate, said on the sidelines of the RT international conference in Moscow."
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"Our constitutional democracy, with three branches of government providing checks and balances on the exercise of authority by each other, protects us from tyranny — even the tyranny of the majority. Our Constitution protects each of us, even if we are in the minority, from the violation of certain basic rights and liberties. No one, and no branch of government, is permitted to violate those constitutional rights." -Rocky Anderson
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"Partisanship-over-principle is undermining our constitutional republic and threatening the future for our children and later generations. While political partisans wrangle for power, our nation and our world suffer, with the devastating consequences of climate chaos increasing exponentially, the accumulated national debt spiraling out of control, and medical costs skyrocketing while our rates of maternal and infant mortality remain among the worst in the industrialized world."
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"Regardless of whether one believes the war was justified, we can all demand, when our leaders provide us with a rationale for going to war, that they tell us the truth. Likewise, when government officials provide false information to the news media, they should be held accountable. Democracy demands no less." - Rocky Anderson
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Former Salt Lake City Mayor and 2012 Presidential candidate Rocky Anderson speaks at Utah State University about the news media's responsibility to inform the American public, and how it often comes up short.
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"Nov 16, 2016 Rocky Anderson and Paul Jay discuss what third parties and disenchanted Democrats should do next."
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Rocky introduces Salt Lake City as the host city of, and welcomes the 106th VFW National Convention in Aug 19, 2010.
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"Ralph Nader can't seem to get the national media to pay attention to his latest presidential run, so he's seeking advice from someone known for ruffling feathers throughout his eight years in the Salt Lake City mayor's office. Cardozo, former Mayor Rocky Anderson's parrot, stars with the perennial presidential candidate in a new campaign video that mixes humor with politics on Nader's YouTube Web site . . ."
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"Cardozo, here you are from the free flying Amazon jungle to a cage in Utah--albeit an open door cage with a fine master. Do not feel sad, Cardozo. Millions of voters have also been put into an invisible cage. It is a corporate-dominated two-party cage with no open door unless they break out and vote for Nader/Gonzalez. They stand specific and tall for justice, peace and freedom within a competitive democracy." -Ralph Nader speaking to Rocky's parrot, Cardozo
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