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Here are some pictures from the Salt Lake City tea party, at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building downtown. It's hard to get a scope of just how many people were there from the pictures, but I would guess there was somewhere between 1000-2000. I imagine all the snow and rain kept even more people from coming. Congressmen Jason Chaffetz, Congressmen Rob Bishop, and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff all spoke, as well as some activists and citizens. There was a huge range of people there, from the old, to the stroller bound. From white, to Asian, to African American....

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The FBI has issued an alert to 350 law enforcement agencies in the southwest and Salt Lake City for potential Valentine teddy bear bombs after a suspicious transaction at a Wal-Mart last month. Law enforcement sources said authorities also were on the alert at airports in case the suspected bear-bombs might be carried onto airplanes on Valentine's Day. The FBI said a clean-shaven male, possibly of Middle Eastern descent, purchased nine Valentine teddy bears, 20 inches tall, and 14 canisters of propane, 9 inches tall, small enough to fit inside the teddy bears. The man...

Once upon a time, people who wanted to be president were not expected to admit it in public. This mask of false indifference had to be dropped when the rise of primaries forced candidates to campaign actively for the office.

On Tuesday, attorneys representing sect members filed a request for a temporary restraining order to bar fiduciary Bruce R. Wisan from evicting hundreds of residents from homes in the twin towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. ... Until Wisan took over, property taxes were always paid promptly, Stirba said. As of June, past due taxes totalled $384,000, according to Wisan. And within the past few weeks, he has also sent notices giving residents until the end of the month to catch up. ... Wisan has spent more than $3 million in fees and expenses since becoming the trust's...

Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert...

1. McCain Should Be Feared, Writer Says Presidential hopeful John McCain is being billed as the Republican that liberals can live with, but his credentials as a “bipartisan progressive� are in fact a “lazy, hazy myth,� according to liberal pundit Johann Hari. “The truth is that McCain is the candidate we should most fear,� writes Hari, a columnist for The Independent in Britain, in an article that appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “Not only is he to the right of Bush on a whole range of subjects, he is also the Republican candidate most likely to dispense with Hillary Clinton...

Just because you can't fight city hall doesn't mean City Hall can't fight you. Tuesday night, Mayor Rocky Anderson got into a heated exchange with Dell Loy Hansen, one of Utah's biggest developers. Now, 24 hours after their fight, Hansen feels like he's getting a "bum" rap. Tuesday night began after a meeting at City Hall, one where the mayor and Hansen did not make nice. According to the Mayor, Hansen confronted him in a hallway. And, again according to the Mayor, Hansen then put his arm on Anderson to which the mayor said: Rocky Anderson: "I said I...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has cooled his friendship with Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson now that the liberal Democrat has called for President Bush?s impeachment. In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Romney sought to minimize his relationship with Anderson, once a prominent example of bipartisan camaraderie. The two worked closely together when Romney ran the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. ?He was a mayor that worked well with me during the Olympics, and I supported his work as a mayor,? said Romney, who spoke before an event in heavily Republican western Iowa, where he...

Sudden Jihad Syndrome http://cfoiblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/sudden-jihad-syndrome.html Monday, February 26, 2007 Sudden Jihad Syndrome Evidently this mental/emotional malady is on the rise: Sudden Jihad Syndrome It looks like the Muslim teen who opened fire on shoppers in a Salt Lake City mall is yet another case of “sudden jihad syndrome,� a condition in which normal-appearing American Muslims abruptly turn violent. Taken together, this and other cases add up to an invisible jihad inside America. But don’t tell that to the FBI. The politically correct bureau does everything it can to avoid recognizing the obvious Islamic factor in these heinous crimes. Sulejman Talovic, an...

WEST VALLEY CITY - Imam Shuaib-ud Din has been terminated from his position as religious leader of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake amid allegations of domestic violence. Police said they responded to a "domestic-related incident" at Din's home a week ago, and the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office reported an attempt to serve a protective order against him on Thursday. Contacted by phone, a relative of the imam said he was in Chicago now but would not comment on the allegations. The relative acknowledged that Din and his wife were having marital problems but said the imam was...

If you only read the news as reported by the Main Stream Media, you would never know that we had just recently experienced another Jihad style attack by a Muslim on American soil. On Monday, Feb. 12th, one time Bosnian refugee Sulejmen Talovic (age 18) walked into the Trolley Valley shopping mall in Salt Lake City and in a six minute rampage killed five people and severely wounded several more. The dead were identified as Jeffrey Walker, 52, Vanessa Quinn, 29, Kirsten Hinkley, 15, Teresa Ellis, 29, and Brad Frantz, 24. My initial (blogged) reaction was: “Any guesses as to...

As a gunman unleashed his terror at Trolley Square on Monday evening, dozens of workers and customers fled for cover. Some of them ran toward the shots to get a glimpse of the gunman. Others came across shooting victims, both dead and alive. These are their stories, as told to five Salt Lake Tribune reporters at the scene: Jeremy Jensen, 26, of Salt Lake City, at Desert Edge Brew Pub, said he saw the shooter several hours earlier walking through the brewery. He remembered his long tan trenchcoat and that he had a mullet midway down his back. He said...

Video taken during attack at Salt Lake City mall picks up shouting of "Allah Akbar" 3 times.

In reading the news on the internet and local fishwrap as well as watching the reporting on Fox I've noticed a lack of identification, discussion and analysis of the recent attack at the Salt Lake city mall. The fact that this man was a muslim seems to have escaped the otherwise stellar performance of our “free press”. I seem to remember an incident in -North Carolina where a muslim tried to run over college students. - California airport where muslim shot somebody or stabbed someone at the terminal - Seattle Jewish community center shooting of staff members - Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia...

n an apparent act of Islamic Terror, an 18 year old Bosnian Muslim Refugee went on a shooting spree in Salt Lake City and the mainstream media has their head buried balls deep up their asses. The Muslim youth is described by CNN as a “A trench coat-clad teenager who opened fire on shoppers at a mall had one thing in mind: “to kill a large number of people.” making it to sound like a Columbine like shooting rather then calling it what it really is…An Islamic Terror Attack!!! f not an act of Terrorism committed by a Muslim/Islamic person,...

Shots fired at Trolley Square; several people injured, others killed Last Update: Feb 12, 2007 8:29 PM Salt Lake Police say a man opened fire inside the Trolley Square Mall on Monday evening. Police have shot and killed one suspect, and there are preliminary reports that at least five people are dead. There is no second shooter loose inside the mall. Police report that the shooter was shooting at random in mulitiple areas, but is no longer a threat and there is no further risk at Trolley Square. Police say that there have been "several" vicitms and "some" fatalities and...

(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY Police are saying there may be as many as three people killed in gunfire at Trolley Square. Trolley Square is located at 700 east and 500 south in Salt Lake City. This all started around 7 p.m. Monday night. One witness told 2News that the shooter was about 6’1”, wearing a dark trench coat, carrying a backpack. That witness says the suspect was wielding a shotgun at his shoulder and taking aim. Cedrick heard two gunshots go off in the mall looked down off a balcony and saw the gunman. The gunman looked up and fired...

Calling it an "unsafe investment," the mayor of Salt Lake County said Monday that he won't support $30 million in taxes for a professional soccer stadium, a fatal blow to Real Salt Lake's plan to move to the suburbs...

Tuesday, January 9, 2007 Salt Lake Catholic Diocese gets new bishop By Elaine Jarvik Deseret Morning News       The new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City is described as humble and caring — the kind of man who not only visits the sick and elderly but who rolls up his sleeves to wash their dishes. Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News Salt Lake Bishop John C. Wester       The Most Rev. John C. Wester was named Salt Lake City's new Catholic bishop on Monday, filling the nearly yearlong vacancy left when former Bishop...

SALT LAKE CITY - The parents of a bride-to-be told their daughter they were taking her on a shopping trip, but then drove to Colorado and kept her there until she missed the nuptials, officials said. Lemuel and Julia Redd have been charged with second-degree felony kidnapping. Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said Tuesday he met with the couple's daughter, Julianna, and her now-husband Perry Myers before charging the parents. "I've never had a case quite like this," Bryson said. "It is strange that parents would go to that extent to keep an adult daughter from marrying the man that...

Senate Democrats were expected to meet Wednesday to discuss several issues, including whether they will try to force a vote of no confidence on Rumsfeld. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has vowed to push legislation next week calling for Rumsfeld to resign. "Nothing can change the fact that Secretary Rumsfeld insulted the patriotism of the American people, and he needs to be held accountable for it," Boxer said Friday.

Today the President addressed the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention in Salt Lake City He also met with with the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Later on he attended a fundraiser for the reelection campaign of Sen Orrin Hatch, R-Utah Today Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne celebrate their 42nd Wedding anniversary. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The American Legion opened its national convention in Salt Lake City this week with high hopes the gathering would help "unite America" behind the war in Iraq. Instead, the veterans have found themselves in a fight with the city's anti-war mayor. Mayor Rocky Anderson, a Democrat in a city that is considered liberal by heavily Republican Utah's standards, has accused the Bush administration of lying about the rationale for war. He has called President Bush a "complete disaster." And he organized a protest rally Wednesday a few blocks from the Salt Palace Convention Center, just hours before Bush's arrival here...

A federal grand jury has indicted former "American Idol" contestant Daniel James "DJ" Boyd on child pornography charges, accusing him of videotaping sexual encounters with teenage girls. The federal indictment was unsealed Tuesday against Boyd, 27, who was a semi-finalist on the popular TV show in 2004. He is charged with production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The federal case stems from Boyd's arrest in West Valley City last month. He is accused of having sex with two girls, ages 14 and 15. Some of those sexual encounters, prosecutors claim, were videotaped. West Valley City police said...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Travel brochures can boast about breathtaking Zion, Bryce and Arches national parks. Tourism promoters can roar about Dinosaur National Monument and hawk the state's high peaks. But Utah's hottest tourism destination is Temple Square and the campus around it, which, as the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the heart of the Mormon church. Covering three city blocks, the church's grounds in downtown Salt Lake City draw 3 million to 5 million visitors a year, the church and the state Office of Tourism said. By comparison, Utah's five national...

COUPLE INDICTED FOR BRINGING IN AND HARBORING SMUGGLED TEENAGE GIRLS FROM MEXICO Victims allegedly threatened; 14-year-old forced to work 12-hour shifts to repay debts SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment this morning charging a Salt Lake City couple for their role in a scheme to smuggle a 14-year-old girl and two other young women from Mexico to Utah and hold them at a local residence until each repaid $2,800 in smuggling fees. According to the criminal complaint filed in the case, the defendants told the women their relatives in Mexico would be killed if...

Salt Lake City -- A federal appellate court has upheld a deal between city and church leaders that gave the Mormon church control over a downtown plaza. Judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said traditional public forums can be sold to private groups. The deal does "nothing to advance religion, but merely enables the LDS church to advance itself," according to the decision, which was issued Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union wanted the agreement overturned, arguing it was illegal to give the church police power in a public area. Church officials applauded the decision. "The church has...

President George W Bush accompanied by his wife Laura addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars at their annual convention held today at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City's Mayor Rocky Anderson used e-mail this week to call upon activists, Democrats and some of his top administrative staff to organise "the biggest demonstration this state has ever seen," when the President's addresses the National veterans convention today. The mayor, a Democrat who serves in an officially nonpartisan office plans to join the protest. The mayor also said he is not protesting the veterans organization. "I'm...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah television station is refusing to air an anti-war ad featuring Cindy Sheehan, whose son's death in Iraq prompted a vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch. The ad began airing on other area stations Saturday, two days before Bush was scheduled to speak in Salt Lake City to the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. However, a national sales representative for KTVX, a local ABC affiliate, rejected the ad in an e-mail to media buyers, writing that it was an "inappropriate commercial advertisement for Salt Lake City." In the ad, Sheehan pleads with...

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson called for "the biggest demonstration this state has ever seen" to protest President Bush's appearance Monday before a national veterans convention. "This administration has been disastrous to the country," Anderson said Friday. "If people could organize and speak out in an effective manner from the reddest state in the country, that would garner a lot of attention." In an e-mail Wednesday to about 10 activist leaders, the maverick mayor of Utah's capital called for a diverse demonstration to greet Bush when he speaks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Salt Palace Convention...

Salt Lake City police have issued an amber alert: A witness saw a young girl, about 8-years old, getting pulled into a van. Witness reports that the child was screaming & struggling. Victim - F/W, approximately 8 years of age, about 4'0 tall, 80 lbs, wearing a white tank top & baggy shorts. Suspect - M/W, about 35-40 YOA, thin build, brown hair in a "mullet" cut; wearing black pants & a black short sleeved shirt. Vehicle - Full sized gray or light blue van with tinted windows; late 70's or early 80's model. Partial Utah plate of "???-MWC". This...

SALT LAKE CITY -- David Johnson stopped believing in the Mormon church about three years ago, when he came out of the closet. At 24, he is ignoring strict principles of a church that teaches that homosexuality is a serious sin by living the life of a gay man. But he chooses to live here, in the capital of one of the nation's most conservative states, which is shadowed by the worldwide headquarters of a church that suffuses nearly every aspect of life in Utah. The Mormon church, one of the world's fastest growing faiths with about 12 million members...

PROVO - To most teenagers, religion is like the wallpaper in the dining room: it's always been there, so why talk about it now? But Mormon youth are different. They are the most intensely religious teens in the nation. Those are the some of the observations Christian Smith, co-author of Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, and two other prominent sociologists shared with faculty and students at Brigham Young University Thursday. "Many [teenagers] seemed as if ours was the first time any adult had ever asked them what they believe," Smith said. "Many were not familiar...

<p>A railcar leaking acid forced the closure of major highways and the evacuation of more than 6,000 people. By late Sunday, about 5,000 of the 13,000 gallons of industrial waste had leaked into the ground, but South Salt Lake fire officials were hoping to pump out the rest within a few hours and end the evacuation. There were no injuries, but the area downwind of the leak was evacuated because of fumes from the spill, Fire Chief Steve Foote said. Evacuation centers were set up at church meeting houses, but most of those evacuated were staying with friends or relatives. The waste, eventually found to be hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, nitric and sulfuric acids, was discovered leaking about 6 a.m. and the tanker wall was becoming soft, Foote said Sunday night. Officials brought in 6,500-gallon portable tank. They first planned to lift a hazmat technician in a cherry picker to the top of the tanker so he could attach a hose to the rail tanker and pump the acids into the portable tanks. However, they changed their plans after a specialist from Las Vegas arrived and the latest idea was to pierce the side of the tank with remotely operated equipment and pump it into the portable tanks. "Once we have one tank that's filled and holding, we could lift the evacuation order," Foote said. The cherry-picker plan was being kept in mind as a backup. The fire officials and Gov. Jon Huntsman expressed displeasure at the difficulty in determining exactly what was in the tanker. "It's tough to know how to respond if you don't know the contents of the bulk container," Huntsman said. The leak was discovered while crews were loading chemicals into the parked railcar at a Union Pacific rail yard. Officials said the tanker car was owned by Kennecott Utah Copper and was sublet to Phillips Environmental, which could not tell them immediately what all was in the waste. "We're going to be looking into that," Foote said. "When we ask a direct question, we expect a direct answer." Eventually, tests determined what acids were in the waste, and Phillips Environmental provided verbal confirmation. Documents finally were delivered late Sunday. The spilled acid has not yet been neutralized. Foote said authorities wanted to concentrate on the tanker first. Officers closed 600 West from 2100 South to 2700 South. Northbound I-15 from 4500 South to 2100 South, the westbound I-80 off ramp to southbound I-15, and the southbound collector on I-15 up to westbound I-80 also were closed. The area south and east of the rail yard was evacuated. A little less than one square mile recommended for evacuation, with less than half of that a mandatory evacuation area. The acids were not full strength but still are highly toxic and can cause severe burns if they come in direct contact with the skin or eyes, and the fumes can cause respiratory problems.</p>

After nearly a year and a half of dealing with the fallout over the ordination of the faith's first openly gay bishop, the Episcopal Church's top leaders will gather in Salt Lake City next week to discuss how to respond to the outrage of millions of fellow Anglicans worldwide. The Episcopal House of Bishops — made up of scores of U.S. church leaders — will convene here Wednesday and Thursday, and the top items on their agenda include two proposed moratoriums: one on the future ordination of gay bishops living in a same-sex relationship, and another on formal blessing rites...

Huntsman wins: Lopsided results not a surprise By Bob Bernick Jr. and Jerry D. Spangler Deseret Morning News Jon Huntsman Jr., Rep. Chris Cannon and John Swallow have survived to campaign another day. In Tuesday's primary elections, Huntsman thumped GOP challenger Nolan Karras by about 65-35 percent, unofficial and incomplete election results showed. Karras conceded before 10 p.m., saying: "I congratulate Jon and offer him my support. I hope we have restored civility to politics" by the issue-oriented, high-road tenor of the GOP gubernatorial debate. "You didn't see the rhetoric (in the governor's race) you saw in some others. We...

The FBI office in Denver has received 'numerous' calls about the seven people believed to be associated with Al Qaeda pictured Wednesday in the newspapers.Samuel Mac, manager of the Denny's in Avon Co., said two men-he subsequently identified from their photographs as Adnan G. El Shukrijumah and Abderrauof Jdey-came into his Denny's which is just off Interstate 70, Wednesday about 8PM.One ordered a chicken sandwich and a salad, the other just a salad, Mac said. They were demanding, rude and obnoxious, he said.They said they were from Iran and were driving from New York to the West Coast.Monique Kelso, spokswoman...

Patrick Letellier, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network SUMMARY: A city council member in Oakland, Calif., and an administrator in Washington, D.C., are among the latest elected officials advocating marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Marking the latest in a growing number of elected officials nationwide to promote same-sex marriages, a city council member in Oakland, Calif., and an administrator in Washington, D.C., are now advocating that marriage licenses be issued to same-sex couples in those cities. The mayors of Chicago, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Ithaca and Plattsburgh, N.Y., have also spoken up for same-sex marriage rights. "We are at a historic moment...

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Capitol was evacuated Wednesday morning and police surrounded the building after a "credible" bomb threat was made, the Utah Highway Patrol said. The patrol made a recording of the threat that was called in, patrol spokeswoman Kat Dayton said. After reviewing it, officials said it was "credible." It was not immediately known what office took the phone call, which was made around 8:30 a.m. The state office of Homeland Security refused to comment and referred questions to the state patrol. Troopers turned away workers and people arriving at the Capitol for the day's legislative...

Anderson endorses Dean Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson endorsed former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean for president Friday, joining supporters such as Salt Lake County Councilman Jim Bradley, state Reps. Jackie Biskupski and Scott Daniels, and Salt Lake County Democratic Party Chairwoman Nichole Adams. The Utah Democratic Party is holding a primary Feb. 24. Dean participated in a telephone conference call with Anderson at downtown Salt Lake City's Alta Club. Anderson said he supports Dean because he is "straight shooter," bright and principled. The mayor said he likes Democratic frontrunner John Kerry "OK. He's more the kind of politician I...

Just heard Hillary at the top of the hour, "There were more security personel in Salt Lake City for the Olympics, than there are now in Iraq."

Loch Ness in Scotland, home of Nessie, and Lake Champlain in the U.S., home of Champ, may be two of the most well-known residences of alleged lake monsters. But the Salt Lake City area has its own legendary sea serpents. Bear Lake, located northeast of Salt Lake City on the Utah-Idaho border, is a popular recreation spot for boating, fishing and camping. The stunning turquoise-colored lake, known as the "Caribbean of the Rockies," is also home to large, snake-like monsters that have been spotted for generations. The Shoshoni Indians may have been the first people to see the creature. Describing...

It was a slow news day, so when Derek Jensen heard police talking on the scanner about a possible homicide in the Avenues, the Deseret Morning News cops reporter decided to check it out. It seemed like a routine enough case, nothing that would make the front pages of the paper—a 911 call, a dead body, just enough suspicious circumstances to warrant a visit from homicide investigators. But once Jensen arrived at the scene, he knew he had a bigger story to cover than a five-inch police blotter dispatch. “When I pulled up in front of the house, I realized...

For those of you in Houston i found the exact location for the demonstrations and i've included it on top. There are a couple of additions. Also Persian Satellite TV was able to gather 37k from donations to take out a full page ad in either July 8th, or July 9th edition of Washington Post. Anyone in the D.C. Area please pick up a copy. Houston, Texas Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Time: 06:00 PM Location: Voss Street between Saint Felipe and Westheimer Pheonix, Arizona Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Time: 10-2:30pm Location: Federal Building For more information: 480-991-3020 (MIGHT...

SALT LAKE CITY - Polygamist David Ortell Kingston was released from prison Tuesday after serving four years of a possible 10-year sentence for incest with his underage niece, who testified she was forced to become his 15th wife. "He walked out the front door at the prison about 10 minutes ago," said Jack Ford, spokesman for the Corrections Department just after 10 a.m. Kingston was convicted of third-degree felony incest and unlawful sexual contact with a minor and was sentenced in 1999 to two consecutive terms of up to five years in prison. Rather than parole him, the state Board...

Amber Alert Issued Monday, May 26. Acacia Patience Bishop 19 months, light brown hair, 30 inches, 35 lbs white female, was abducted in Salt Lake CIty UT, USA on Sunday May 25. She is wearing a pink sundress with white sunflowers. Police are looking for Kelley Jean Lodmell, 38, a white female, brown hair, 5' 2", 135 lbs. She was wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and new tennis shoes. She has a rose tattoo on her right ankle and a tattoo of flames on her thigh. Police said she may be leaving the state with the child. The vehicle...

Investigators are trying to find a homeless man who resembles the kidnapper of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart, according to her younger sister. A MAN KNOWN to the Smarts as “Emmanuel” has been identified as Brian David Mitchell, police Detective Dwayne Baird said Tuesday. The family said he worked on their roof and did yard work in November 2001. Police have been looking for the man since October when Elizabeth’s younger sister, the sole witness in the June 5 disappearance, told her parents she thought Emmanuel could have been the kidnapper. They were able to identify Emmanuel as Mitchell when the man’s...

What was supposed to be a routine court order in the Main Street Plaza case has turned into anything but. After the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in October that speech and behavior restrictions on the plaza are unconstitutional because of the city's easement, the Denver-based court ordered U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart to enter a judgment essentially telling the city to apply the decision. Stewart has not yet issued the judgment and the city and LDS Church are trying to delay it. To the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, that means the city is trying to...

The American Civil Liberties Union for Utah may attempt to force the LDS Church to put a fence around the Main Street Plaza. "The irony is — depending on how this goes — that we might be the ones pressing them to put up gates and make this thing look like it's more private and actually have less public access," said Dani Eyer, executive director for the ACLU for Utah. And in another plaza twist, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be required to spend several hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the 2.1 acres of land...

Salt Lake City Council members seem ready to approve Mayor Rocky Anderson's land-swap proposal to resolve the Main Street Plaza controversy. Travis Bird addresses the Salt Lake City Council during a public hearing to discuss the Main Street Plaza issue on Tuesday night.Keith Johnson, Deseret News The plan would give the city two acres of LDS Church-owned land on the city's west side in exchange for the city's easement through the plaza. The swap would allow the church, which bought a block of Main Street from the city three years ago and turned it into a pedestrian plaza, to restrict...