Tuesday, May 6, 2008

May 05, 2008 by Lara Jones

Midday Metro starts at 11 a.m.

Salt Lake City has had a new mayor for four months. Is that enough time to judge a new administration? What's happening in the city's planning department, which a recent audit found to be dysfunctional? And is the freshman mayor's first budget ready for its City Council debut this week? All of that and more will be on the table as Midday Metro goes to the source - Mayor Ralph Becker.

 

Another water week poem. This one from Trisha Hopkinson. Thanks to Stephanie Duer at the SLC Dept. of Public Utilities for bringing the poets to Midday Metro. Click here for water conservation tips from Duer's office. Click the audio button below for Hopkinson's poem.

 

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon Papers, is now comparing the situation in Iraq and Iran to the secrets kept during Vietnam.  Midday Metro goes to the source on a national movement to encourage truth-telling. Ellsberg is in town for the 50th anniversary of the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah.

 

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