Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson’s August 30 Speechhas gained national attention.

Fellow blooger Cliff Lyon is quoted in the article:

But blogger Cliff Lyon, who volunteered as Anderson’s communications manager in the early days of his administration, believes such speeches are exactly what the voters wanted from Anderson when they put him in office.
“There’s a complete disconnect in Salt Lake. The people who don’t like what Rocky has done think that Rocky’s responsibility is to represent a constituency that he simply does not represent,” Lyon said. “We re-elected Rocky, and we expect Rocky to speak on our behalf.”
Lyon said he encouraged Anderson to begin blogging, and while the mayor was initially resistant, he has begun posting on the Daily Kos, a liberal blog with one of the Internet’s largest followings. Lyon has also started a Web site, http://www.thankyourockyanderson.org, to allow people across the country to express their support for Anderson’s activism.

It’s good to point out that while Rocky did draw a lot of attention to Utah, the success of the event was due to the hard-working people who organized the event. So thanks to EVERYONE, organiers and participants, who helped make this a non-violent, reponsible exercise of free speech.

The Republicans are trying to take credit for Cindy Sheehan cancelling her trip to Salt Lake today.

All I can say to that as I roll on the floor laughing is:

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!.

As someone who has met Cindy recently, talked to and listened to and hugged her, and also as someone who has worked with some of the organizers for Camp Casey and Camp Democracy, I can verify that Cindy is quite ill and has doctor’s orders to stay put until she is well enough to travel.

(shaking my head in amazement)

Anyway,

COME ONE COME ALL COME EVERYONE!!!

Today is the “big” day. Bring your energy and enthusiasm, your humor and your voice, your children and your friends, and your desire to demand that our administration be accountable to the people.

11am, City County Building at Washington Square, 400 South State Street, Salt Lake City

I’ll be there in my cheerleading role today. I’ll also be distributing flyers for the Upcoming Imagine Peace Festival on September 23rd, as well as flyers for the Desert Greens Green Party with an Impeach Bush and Vote for Peace Theme on them.

Much thanks to Green Jenni for her role in organzing today’s rally.

In today’s newspapers:

Rallies, protests today in Salt Lake: Events center around Bush visit, some welcoming, others critical

City’s a stage as protesters ready for street theater: But all in the polite, Utah-style rhetoric
Sheehan not coming to SLC