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.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 