AltWeeklies Wire
Mayoral Payolanew
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson offers to release public documents to the local dailies before statutorily required--for a price. The Deseret Morning News took the mayor's Faustian bargain, agreeing to give ink to his pet project.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
09-01-2005 |
Politics
Getting Served Something Off the Menunew
Before Wendy's got the finger, fast-food customer Jim Gajdos got a urinal cake.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
06-02-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Trouble With Henrynew
Dr. Henry Heimlich achieved widespread notoriety with the advent of his namesake choking maneuver. But he and colleagues have become notorious of late for promoting quixotic, some say deadly, maneuvers. Heimlich's own son calls for an end to the father's maverick medicine.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
01-01-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
For Black Saints, Church's Racist Heritage Stingsnew
Black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struggle to find their place in a church that once banned blacks from the priesthood and said they bore the mark of Cain.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
12-17-2004 |
Religion
Tags: Mormons, racism, blacks, African Americans, Brigham Young, intermarriage, Joseph Smith, whites
When Whitey Goes to Prisonnew
Consultant David Novak pads the landing as white-collar crooks fall from grace.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
07-01-2004 |
Crime & Justice
