GenRolly Speaking:
Political insights by columnist Paul Rolly.

 

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Here Comes Rudy
First it was presidential candidate Mitt Romney who came to Salt Lake City with his wallet open for donations from adoring GOP state legislators who apparently have decided that flip-flopping is actually a virtue and not the sin it was in 2004.

Then it was presidential candidate John McCain who came with hands out and was shuttled around the city by our governor, Jon Huntsman Jr., who coincidentally was beat out for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics job by Romney five years ago.

Now, it's Rudy Giuliani. And his champions are political veterans who aren't exactly mingling with the GOP establishment at the moment.

Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who is pro abortion rights, pro gay marriage, and pro gun control - not exactly a winning political combination in Utah — will be in town March 30 for a fund-raiser at the home of former Salt Lake County Council member Steve Harmsen.

The address to RSVP is the office of political consultant Chuck Warren, who was fired as Huntsman's campaign manager in 2004 and most recently worked on campaigns for pro-voucher legislative candidates.

The event will cost supporter $2,300, or $1,000 for just the cocktail reception without the photo opportunity.

Cheers,
Paul Rolly

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Paul Rolly grew up in Salt Lake City, graduating from Skyline High School and earning a B.S. in political science at the University of Utah. He began working at The Salt Lake Tribune in 1973 as a copy boy. He worked his way up the ladder, covering police, local government, community affairs and business. He left The Tribune in 1982 to work for United Press International where he was the Utah political reporter and later Salt Lake City bureau chief. He returned to the Tribune in 1985, covering the Utah Legislature and later, taking over as business editor. He began the Rolly&Wells column in 2001 with JoAnn Wells and continues the column alone since her retirement. He also writes a political column that runs in The Tribune's Sunday opinion section. He is married to Dawn House, a reporter at The Tribune.


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