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Cali Coug · 06-28-2006, 12:42 AM

I get so frustrated with Rocky Anderson. He does so many good things on so many levels, but bungles the gigantic things in gigantic ways.

He keeps talking about how SLC needs to attract people downtown. But when great opportunities come along, he just isn't getting the job done.

3 examples for consideration:

1. The dinosaur bones. Many may not know this, but for a very long time, the largest collection of dinosaur bones in the world was kept under the bleachers at LES. When BYU finally decided to get rid of the bones (and I can't imagine why they wouldn't have put them to use in a BYU museum), they offered to GIVE THEM AWAY!!! Anderson didn't even offer to take them. Instead, the bones were about to go out of state to another city who volunteered to take them. At the last minute, Thanksgiving Point stood up and asked for them and that became the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point.

Imagine how great a natural history museum would have been for downtown SLC. This should have been a no-brainer.

2. The Olympic Park. How the city bungled the park is incomprehensible. Instead of having a great legacy for the Olympics, SLC is left with scattered remnants of the Olympics, most of which aren't even downtown. Embarrassing.

3. The stadium. SLC would have benefitted tremendously from a Real Salt Lake stadium right downtown. Rocky is now willing to up his bid to steal the stadium away from Sandy. Too late Rocky. Real already purchased the land in Sandy. A better time to up your bid would have been during the actual deliberation process.

I realize each of these things would have cost a lot of money. I also realize there were a lot of people playing the part of obstacle along the way (making things harder for Rocky). Nevertheless, Rocky is the CEO of SLC. He needed to get it done. Instead, we wind up hearing about how the church needs to get more involved in downtown. Rocky- they are spending over a BILLION dollars downtown in construction!!! DO SOMETHING YOURSELF!!!

Imagine how cool SLC would be with a soccer stadium, a natural history museum and an Olympic Park.

Too bad it won't ever happen now.

06-28-2006, 12:42 AM	#1
Cali Coug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,996	Rocky Anderson sucks. I get so frustrated with Rocky Anderson. He does so many good things on so many levels, but bungles the gigantic things in gigantic ways. He keeps talking about how SLC needs to attract people downtown. But when great opportunities come along, he just isn't getting the job done. 3 examples for consideration: 1. The dinosaur bones. Many may not know this, but for a very long time, the largest collection of dinosaur bones in the world was kept under the bleachers at LES. When BYU finally decided to get rid of the bones (and I can't imagine why they wouldn't have put them to use in a BYU museum), they offered to GIVE THEM AWAY!!! Anderson didn't even offer to take them. Instead, the bones were about to go out of state to another city who volunteered to take them. At the last minute, Thanksgiving Point stood up and asked for them and that became the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Imagine how great a natural history museum would have been for downtown SLC. This should have been a no-brainer. 2. The Olympic Park. How the city bungled the park is incomprehensible. Instead of having a great legacy for the Olympics, SLC is left with scattered remnants of the Olympics, most of which aren't even downtown. Embarrassing. 3. The stadium. SLC would have benefitted tremendously from a Real Salt Lake stadium right downtown. Rocky is now willing to up his bid to steal the stadium away from Sandy. Too late Rocky. Real already purchased the land in Sandy. A better time to up your bid would have been during the actual deliberation process. I realize each of these things would have cost a lot of money. I also realize there were a lot of people playing the part of obstacle along the way (making things harder for Rocky). Nevertheless, Rocky is the CEO of SLC. He needed to get it done. Instead, we wind up hearing about how the church needs to get more involved in downtown. Rocky- they are spending over a BILLION dollars downtown in construction!!! DO SOMETHING YOURSELF!!! Imagine how cool SLC would be with a soccer stadium, a natural history museum and an Olympic Park. Too bad it won't ever happen now.