"For those who say, "Why does Salt Lake City care about Legacy Highway?," we respond that the negative impacts of this highway, including more air pollution, a greater incidence of respiratory and cardiac diseases and cancers, increased sprawl development, more one-person-per-car traffic, greater traffic congestion in the long run, and the destruction of precious open spaces, will be sustained by the people of Salt Lake City, as well as others throughout this region.  The choices of those who have decided to commute long distances, mostly as they drive one-person-per-automobile, and to foul our air, clog our roads, and increase our nation[base ']s dependence upon foreign oil, should not be encouraged and further accommodated by asphalting over open spaces and exacerbating those enormous problems these people have already created.  We want our friends from the north to come to Salt Lake City; we just don[base ']t want them to increase our City[base ']s traffic, further foul our air, undermine the quality of our lives, and make us sick simply because of the choices they make about where they live and how they get around."

-- Rocky Anderson, SLC Mayor; 2005 State of the City

I have a conflict of interest. I'm one of "those" people who choose to polute Rocky's air during my long commute.

I think I understand the Mayor.

He's by no means a stupid man.

He likes to stir things up.

He really likes to draw attention to himself.

He amuses me..........
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