John Saltas' Summer Vacation

Join the City Weekly founder on a trip to Greece.

POSTED // Jun 2,2010 - I plan to visit Athens, and if you’re up for it, I’m inviting you to come along ...

Monster Homes, Ugly Homes

Salt Lake City is following in the footsteps of Athens, in a bad way.

POSTED // May 26,2010 - This past week, I’ve been following what is happening in the Yalecrest area of Salt Lake City, where so-called “monster homes” have been built and where more might be built. That reminds me of Greece.

Bad War Analogy

Writing about the human costs of war has been our nutmeg.

POSTED // May 19,2010 - Last week, I wrote about the hopeless Salt Lake Tribune sports section and that Gordon Monson is a lazy sports columnist. On our website comment section, one person called me out ...

Trashing the Jazz

The Tribune says the Utah Jazz should rebuild. The Trib should rebuild, instead.

POSTED // May 12,2010 - As a Utah Jazz fan who also reads The Salt Lake Tribune—well, some of it—I was astonished to learn this past Monday morning that the Jazz season had already ended.

Chelada Party Part Deux

Happy Cinco de Mayo, Democrats and Tea Partiers.

POSTED // May 5,2010 - You know it’s going to be a great year when Cinco de Mayo in Utah lasts all the way through Ocho de Mayo. And that’s not due to a calendar blip, either ...

Chelada Time!

I support the Chelada Party, but not necessarily the Obama Party.

POSTED // Apr 28,2010 - If spring is here, can Chelada season be far behind? I sure hope not! Two years ago, City Weekly held its first Chelada party at Port O' Call ...

No April Fools

Sorry for pranking you on April 1, City Weekly readers: We love you

POSTED // Apr 14,2010 - For the record, I didn’t sell City Weekly, as was announced on April Fools’ Day a couple weeks ago. It was a prank.

John Saltas Sold His Soul

POSTED // Mar 31,2010 - Today was bound to come. Things have been pretty good at City Weekly during a very difficult time in the newspaper industry. Many of our newspaper friends are having a hard time. It’s impossible

Jim Matheson: Coward

Jim Matheson may lack a spine, but he makes up for it with a health plan that you may never have.

POSTED // Mar 24,2010 - Utah’s missing congressman, Jim Matheson, came out of his hole on March 21 just long enough to vote against his party’s health-care plan ...

Kevin Garn: Another Utah Broken Record

Businessman Garn knew this day would come: Breaking a contract is nothing new.

POSTED // Mar 17,2010 - Quick—what do City Weekly and Kevin Garn's ingénue hot-tub partner, Cheryl Maher, have in common? Answer: He's paid both of us ...