Johnny's Rotten

Johnny Bangerter wants to move forward as an activist but just can't shake his racist punk past

POSTED // Apr 10,2013 - Johnny Bangerter was the man with the plan to take over and occupy Zion Canyon as a whites-only homeland—at least, that was the tagline attached to Bangerter’s name whenever the media described him in the early ’90s.

Right of Way

Eviction of Occupy SLC is a loss for community

The Limbo Party

Redistricting: How low can Utah Dems go?

POSTED // May 19,2011 - Opportunities—and, sometimes, dramatic shifts in behavior—stem from hitting rock bottom. Utah’s Democratic Party is packed with members who see their lots just that way ... In the face of 2011 redistricting, Utah Democrats ponder how low they can go.

Passed Off

Woman feels neglected by rotating cast of public defenders.

POSTED // Apr 27,2011 - Janae Bird knew basically from the moment she was arrested in January 2010 at her Holladay spa and spiritual center that she wanted a jury of her peers to judge her case quickly...

Atheist-Mormon Affinity

POSTED // Apr 27,2011 - Sean Gallacher wrote a letter to City Weekly suggesting that satirizing Mormons like Broadway’s The Book of Mormon does is kind of trite.

Legislature Nearly Guts Office of Ethnic Affairs

POSTED // Apr 20,2011 - The state Office of Ethnic Affairs received a 66 percent budget reduction, a cut so drastic some say the new “office” won’t be more than an employee or two ...

Dangerous Billboards

POSTED // Apr 20,2011 - Are electronic billboards so distracting to drivers as to be unsafe? City Weekly founder John Saltas says no. Commenters, however ...

The Ogden You Never Knew

POSTED // Apr 13,2011 - Calling Ogden “a city that has been less than successful in the revitalization arena” raised hackles among defenders of Utah’s second city ...

Mormon Smash

POSTED // Apr 6,2011 - It’s been called the hottest show on Broadway, and City Weekly’s Geoff Griffin traveled to Manhattan for the scoop on The Book of Mormon, the musical.

Salt Lake City Food-Truck Regulations in the Air?

Keep truckin': Mobile food vendors hope changes to regulations will allow more vending downtown.

POSTED // Apr 5,2011 - Julie Sheehan cooks out of and drives Torta Truck, her Italian-food business that she started in November ...