POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - Political junkies have marked their calendars for Nov. 6, 2012, when the general election will decide the political leaders who’ll fill county seats and other offices, all the way to the White House.

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - Salt Lake City has fewer seats because its population growth did not keep pace with other areas of the state that lean Republican

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - Candidates for office know that, ultimately, they’ve got to represent the people. And that generally means that Utah Democrats running for federal or state office would be labeled as right-wing wackos

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - For most politicians, communication is everything. While their talking points may not always be elegant, they usually get their message across.

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - Salt Lake County government will have a brand-new bag, with County Mayor Peter Corroon and Councilwoman Jani Iwamoto, both Democrats, leaving office.

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - First, we should say that Rocky Anderson is himself a former civil-rights attorney. And a two-term mayor of Salt Lake City before Becker. In 2011, he disavowed his Democratic Party membership

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - It's made a real difference in the state if you have a good attorney general who is principled

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - City Weekly asked Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, to translate some selected excerpts of President Barack Obama’s 2012 Democratic National Convention speech to distill meaning from the hope-y-change-y rhetoric.

POSTED // Oct 31,2012 - City Weekly asked Jason Williams, liberal blogger at TheSideTrack.Blogspot.com, to translate the meaning of the Mittster’s words at the Republican National Convention.

POSTED // Oct 17,2012 - On Jan. 18, 2012, at the end of a long day of medical testimony, “John Doe” took the stand in 2nd District juvenile courtroom in Farmington.