Leave the mayor alone
Perhaps no one had a tougher week than Bluffdale Mayor Claudia Anderson. And perhaps no one is taking it better -- at least on the surface.
On July 20, her city lost about 40 percent of its land to developers.
For a mayor whom many residents in this rural community saw as the anti-development candidate in 2005, the move should have been devastating.
But Anderson brushed it off, focusing instead on the victory in maintaining the city's small-town feel and rural values when she said, "Bluffdale has always been a small city, and now it will be even smaller."
Three days later, Anderson shrugged off another potentially devastating lost: The recent citywide vote that stripped her powers and gave them to a city manager.
"(I have) no sour grapes whatsoever, now that the people have voted," she said. "But I have nothing to do. And that's OK with me."
Still, she proceeded to drill the Legislature's Local Issues Task Force on the confusion that followed her city's form-of-government change. She told lawmakers to make it known when a mayor isn't in charge.
"Don't call me about the roads," she said. "Call my manager, because it isn't my job."
-- Steve Gehrke
On July 20, her city lost about 40 percent of its land to developers.
For a mayor whom many residents in this rural community saw as the anti-development candidate in 2005, the move should have been devastating.
But Anderson brushed it off, focusing instead on the victory in maintaining the city's small-town feel and rural values when she said, "Bluffdale has always been a small city, and now it will be even smaller."
Three days later, Anderson shrugged off another potentially devastating lost: The recent citywide vote that stripped her powers and gave them to a city manager.
"(I have) no sour grapes whatsoever, now that the people have voted," she said. "But I have nothing to do. And that's OK with me."
Still, she proceeded to drill the Legislature's Local Issues Task Force on the confusion that followed her city's form-of-government change. She told lawmakers to make it known when a mayor isn't in charge.
"Don't call me about the roads," she said. "Call my manager, because it isn't my job."
-- Steve Gehrke
2:07 PM
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