So says Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who has been bothered "from day one" that the alliance has no delegate from the gay community - despite his attempts to add such a representative.

Anderson is not ready to drop out of the group he helped found - "I'm trying to make it better from the inside," he said - but he worries the leaking of alliance business is "undermining what we're all trying to accomplish."

The mayor's tough talk follows recent criticism by alliance Executive Director Alexander Morrison, who openly questioned why the promised Sorenson Unity Center at 1385 S. 900 West has yet to get off the ground. No business plan, architectural drawing or tenant list has been unveiled for the west-side Glendale center, conceived as part of the deal when Salt Lake City ceded public access on the LDS Church's Main Street Plaza.

"We've made our point," Morrison said Thursday, emphasizing he is not interested in arguing with Anderson.

But the mayor sees other problems on the alliance. He accused Deseret Morning News Editor John Hughes, an alliance member, of leaking information from at least two meetings to his news staff. And he took issue with a Thursday editorial on the Sorenson Unity Center delay in The Salt Lake Tribune, whose publisher, Dean Singleton, is also an alliance member.

Hughes, who says Anderson long has had a critical view of his paper's reporting, insists reporters are referred to the alliance spokesman after meetings.

"My lips are sealed," he said.

Still, Hughes concedes the role sometimes makes him "uneasy," noting he has talked to alliance co-founder Jon Huntsman Sr. about leaving.

"I'm not going to be run off the board by the mayor," Hughes said, "but I have been pondering my situation there for some time."

Singleton says there is "a wall" between his involvement with the alliance and news coverage - "I don't give news tips to the newsroom," he said - but considers the print media's participation important.

"For the alliance to be effective," Singleton said, "it needs to have both newspapers involved."

Alliance member Pamela Atkinson says statements from Morrison typically follow meetings and reflect the group's sentiment.

And she disputes the notion that the group is shutting out the gay community, noting only 18 people were selected out of more than 30 interested parties.

"It's not that we're against any one group," she said. "It's just that there are so many that want to be part of the alliance."

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