Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Utah's liberal Democrat standard bearer, took the opportunity while hosting Wright's show to promote several causes dear to his heart and also to criticize some of the policies of Republican President Bush.
Anderson also talked about his controversial stand on the Legacy Parkway, and justified the lawsuit that blocked construction of the highway through delicate wetlands.
Many Republicans, whose support Wright will be seeking if he runs for Congress, consider Anderson one of the "terrorists" they didn't want to deal with when Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. worked out a settlement with the plaintiffs.
Anderson pointed out that the increased costs caused by delays from the lawsuit were actually the fault of the government officials who violated federal laws when they went ahead with the project.
But Wright says when he is on vacation he likes to have some diversity in his guest hosts. In the past he has turned his mic over to Republican State Chairman Joe Cannon and Democratic County Councilman Randy Horiuchi.
Helping the homeless: Pamela Atkinson, Utah's longtime advocate for the homeless, has issued a plea for men's socks, which are needed at the overflow winter homeless shelter in downtown Salt Lake City.
Atkinson says the shelter needs 800 pairs of socks to meet the needs of the ever-growing homeless population in Salt Lake City.
Donors can drop off the socks at the Road Home Shelter, 210 S. Rio Grande, at the front desk.
Tell them Pamela sent you.
The Utah outback: Cheryl Konecny, a six-year T-Mobile customer, has always taken advantage of the toll-free number T-Mobile gives to its customers to check how many minutes they have left each month to stay within their flat payment plan.
Konecny, afraid of running over last month, called the number several times and was assured she was safely within her limit.
But when her bill came this month, she was $12 over her plan allotment. So she called customer service and was told by Joe G. that the "up-to-the-minute" info line is just an estimate and can't be relied upon to be accurate. When she reminded him that the computer that answers that number assures the caller the amount is accurate for the specific date and time of the call, Joe G. told her that in rural areas it takes up to three days to post the minutes into the system.
When she told him she lives in Salt Lake City, he told her that T-Mobile considers Salt Lake City to be a rural area.
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