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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune OPINION Sunday, AA3 Sep Salt Lake City Mayoral Candidates Unhappy With 30% Radio Blackout Several campaigns for Salt Lake City mayor — the ones with moneyto spend — are complaining that about 30 percent of the radio marketis not runningpoliti cal ads during the primary, andpossibly during the general election. Citadel Communications, whose six Salt Lake City stations commandcloseto 25 percent ofthe market, and KSLRadio, which controls another 5-to-6 percent, decided toforego political ads this yes With several campaigns having the ability to spend $100,000 or morein the next few weeks and polls showing no clear front-runner, a blockage to such a significant numberofradio listenersis a bitter blow, Tom Love, whois coordinating the advertising for Jim Bradley’s campaign, says the decision comes downto economics whenradio stations should feel a community obligation to allow radio messages by candidates for a job as im portant as Salt Lake City mayor. Rocky Anderson s ' decision makes an argument for guaranteeing free and equal timefor candidates for major publicoffice. The FCC does not require its licensees to sell timeto candidates for non-federal politicaloffi Butif a station doessell to astate or local politician, it musts ll the spotat the lowestavailable unit ate. Love believes the stations wouldratherhorde the time. especiallysince they would have to provide an equal amount oftimeat the same price to all the mayoral candidates who. wanted to advertise on thestation. With 12 mayoral could prove costly candidates, that THE ROLLY REPORT administration's key pol A Reid victory would as Those unions would be to oppose State Rep. Dave don Ottley, The former Salt L: ir leaders believe, h those trades during ne ations on sev ‘ker-related issues before the MEand its local pres Chris Redgrave, assistant manager at XSL. says the decision wasnot an economic one. KSL, shesaid, has a talkand-news format with issues-oriented discussions going on all day. She says Council member was one of Corradini’s supporter: neville Pacific a point. He candidates will have opportunities to ex press their views onthestation through interviews without having to advertise. ment as Corradini’s community and eco: Terry Mathis of Citadel said the Salt Lake City market is so flooded with me- fended the administration’s policies and nomicdevelopment director. He has deTeta ie belienown ith ani Coreminvs PAUL ROLLY ake Tribune dia opportunities, the candidates will have plenty of opportunity to advertise Mathis said Citadel wouldre-evaluateits decision afterthe primary and determine then whether to sell ads for the general election. Meanwhile, on the subject ofthe may. or’s race, as the campaign enters its final month before the primary election re. duces 11 candidates to two,thebattlefor union endorsements looks like a referen: dum on incumbent Mayor Deedee adini. The local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Munici pal Employees (AFSCME) recentlysent a letter to the Central Labor Council, re questing a unanimous endorsement of StuartReid. But the council, which consists of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO. balked at the idea and choseto endorse continuation of the status quo, i.e., Stuart Reid But other AFL-CIO members are not so comfortable with “Son of Deedee” do not want to oppose one or more of hand ful of candidates believed to have chance. Thepolitic amics of that tug of on the other The support of that segment of Cen tral Labor Council canbetraced back to Bradley's work on the Salt Lake County commission, when he made sure workers players would stay on his team But many of the unions represented by its and wage protections were built "to contracts the county would let for AFL-CIO who have employees and inter. !@™ge ests within the confines Se end funaehenee constructionprojects. of Salt Lake City are are the Salt Lake ¢ ity Police ind Firefighters Associations. The fire The Amalgamated TransitAuthority Union, representing the Utah Transit bus fighters have endorsed Rocky Anderson.already The leadership of the police drivers, would support just about any body otherthan a Corradini policy clone, That union, whichsupported Cormadiny union, who like i Anderson's unabashed °PPesition to Ruben Ortega, rec OmMMended an Chief Anderson endorsement A "ME, which represents most of the organized city employees, such as maintenance workers, streets and public works employees, etc., has had a cozy SEaD with Corradini for several Pie VERGE SEGE Will otek TORE Ie gree, who was hated by the rank-and-file Jones told union members he, too. wants changes in the police administra ‘AFSCME endorsed Corradini’s_ reelection bid four years ago. \CMEs drivers. v Corradini wanted an appointment that , tion, but he stopped short ofidentifying mainrival for public employee members. the Utah Public Employees Association (UPEA), endorsed her opponent, Rich McKeown. The result:AFSCME has had better access to City Hall than UF nobodyuntil after the primary Oct. 5. wills is this: TE likes the way its 9,000 or so members havebeentreated by the Corradini administration and wanta a trades. hand, favor Jim Bradley AFSCME also wants deputy mayor Kay Christensen, a veteranpolitical op: erative and longtimeright-hand woman to former Democratic Congressman Wayne Owens, to remain as one of the mayor for her meddling in the é 1B a apnoint ment process of the UTA. One faction wanted to fire UTA President John Pin ata ae} L by t " ‘fil would keep the balance of power in Pin’ gree’s favor. She not only lost the battle for Pingree, she lost the respect of a significant voice in the AFL-CIO family Then there are the local chapters of the But the rank and file split between Anderson and Jones, so the union com promised ona no-endorsement stance for the primary who in the administration he would re place. Hesaid it would be prematureto identify individuals for dismissal before a ney administration got underway in January Meanwhile, many of the aforemen Intern: ional Brotherhood of E) Workers and the Communi ations Zuhl in 19 . Workers of America, AFL-CIO affiliates and members ofthe Central Labor Coun cil the primary, Corradini enjoyed univer. sal union support over Dave Buhler in the general election. tioned labor associations endorsed Mike After Zuhl and Joneslost in Leadership Programs Offer Solution to Violence The Day the Dam Came Down BY ANDREW SHUE Something is a wayfor her students to address the problems in our school and create an environ ment where students connect learning intoaction. “Do Somethingoffers my students a movement to belong to it offers them a chanceto act and to be heard and to be recognized as valuable and necessary partners and leaders in our commu. nity’s growth.” says Wittig, who launched the Do Something League at Options High School adults and connect with their community,” he says. “Do Some: thing gives students a sense of purpose, afeeling of belonging and reasonto believe they can makea difference and have a pos: itive impact on their surroundings.” This school year, Do Some. thing is launching a national my kids young people the tools and oppor: yups. and others should resist the urge to consider their communities. Building on the success of more than 2 million There are better ways to balance competing inter: in the health and well-being of a river, including a collaborative approach pioneered by my company Avista Corporation. Avista, formerly known as Washington Water Power,is an engery company lo their community and transform VenessaPerez is glowing. Light froma candle dancesonherface as she leads more than 300 students in the first-ever Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Marchin McAllen, Hundreds of candles flicker under an evening sky as Venessa and her friends sing “We Shall Overcome.” Venessa knows sheis making history. Forthefirst time, shebelieves change is possible and that the powerto create a better world is in her hands. shows manyof whom neverbeen positively recognized, Venessa, a 15-year-old sopho manyof whom had left school, been on parole, had babies at more at Options High School in McAllen, helped start a movement at her school as part of the Do Something League, a national leadership initiative created by Do mattered that they as young people have the power and the obligation to work for a better Something to help young people gain concrete leadership skills, learn important values and put their ideas into practice by designing and implementing their '} last year. “Do Something home to care for, who never thought their opinions or actions world.” fishto reach their spawning grounds; and, whenthey BY LARRY La BOLLE with each other, connect with school-based movement to give tunities to make a difference in students from 20,000 schools who performed acts of kindness and justice in honorof the1999 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Do Somethingis offering educators a p service-learning and charac: For the nation’s hydropower industry, July 1, 1999, will forever be known as “the day the dam came down.” When a backhoe broke through the Edwards Dam and released the waters of the Kennebec River in Maine, it marked the first time in history that the federal government removed a dam for environmen tal reasons. Remote as it may seem, this event could their gation from environmental and conservation groups. done nothing to protect or enhance the Clark Fork wards Dam, but policymakers, environmental removal as an option in all but a few isolated case cated in Spokane, Washington Private owners must relicense or 40 years with the Federal Energ dams every 30 gulatory Com: ter education curriculum to give potential for Do Something as well. At Springfield High School in Springfield, Hlinois, Principal their students a voice and an active role in improving their schools and neighborhoods. For requiring > to weigh power needs against envi ronmental protection when considering applications for a newlicense. The owners of the Edwards Dam Harvey Chiles sees Do Something In additionto the Peace March. asachance to teach students how more information on the Do ‘That is exactly the question Avista faced whenit began thinking about relicensing its 790-megawatt dams on the Clark Fork River in Montana and Idaho If we had followed tradition, the company would have submitted an application for a newlicense on its own and then defended it against petitions and liti Removal may have been the right choice for the influence the price that consumers pay for electricity School administrators see the own community-building projects. were first constructed, flooded acres and acres of formerly dry land. The question is howto balance the good and the bad mission (FERC), Recently, Congress passed a law were unable toconvince FERC that the benefits of the The process would have cost million of dollars and and its surroundings. Avista approached the relicensing process in a different way. We invited all parties with a stake in the river to the table from the very beginning, and isked them to be an integral part of the application process. This collaborative group, which included national environmental groups, local conservation groups, Indian tribes, and federal, state, and local agencies, worked for four tough years to hammerout in agreement. Together we developed the concept of ing LicenseTM,” which allows eachcollabora: live partnera say in the management ofthe river over the long term. spend $2 5 As part of the agreement. Avista will million on river resource management activities, In exchange, we won the right to ask FER( for a 45-yearlicense. Hydropower currently accounts fornearly 10 per cent of all the electricity generated in the United States, and much more in some states and regions. If even a few dams are removed, utilities will have to to become leaders and take responsibility for their community. free Do Some ies school curric lum, call 212-523-1117 or visit Something League, or toreceivea electricity it produced outweighed the needs of native families in need. The students in- In the wake of a devastating se. ries of school tragedies at his previous school four student suicides, two murders on school grounds, six bombing threats and significant racial problems WWw.dosomething.org. As we search for positive solu. tions to school violence and the feeling ofalienation among young people, Venessa and the students at Options High School are a Over the next 10 years, FERC will consider reli censing applications for some of the country’s biggest dams mostly west of the Rocky Mountains. Some are pointing to the Edwards demolition as a sign that removal is now a viable option. The problem is that lost or troubled kids Chiles was looking for a way to reach out to the silent leaders in hisclassrcoms and the tough kids powerful symbol of hope. They are a new generation of leaders Who are taking action to trans- the economic Vite ality of their communities and 1 gions. hey support recreational activities for mil lions. They provide drinkingand irrigation water for both litigation and bulldozing as ways to resolve the economic and environmental conflicts that inevita Venessa and her fellow students painted a hero mural to pay trib ute to community activists like Caesar Chavez and organized a ‘anned food drive and a school supplies collection to help local volved with Do Something helped transformtheirschool too often looked at as a dumping ground for into one of the city's best with a community: wide reputation for service and caring for others. For Options High School social studies teacher and Do Something Community Coach Caitlin Wittig, Do fish species and other environmental concerns. So FERC ordered the owners to demolish the dam unlike Edwards, these dams play an essential role in find another way to meet their customers’ growing demand for electricity Collaboration won't work in every case. The ap proach to each effort to relicense a dam, and to any regulatory effort for that matter, must be tailored to the needs of that situation But collaboration beats who have been disconnected from schoolfor so long that they have form our schools and change Americaforthebetter. farmers, ranchers, and consumers, And they gen ate some of the cheapest electricity anywhere in the Andrew Shue, an actor, is co founder of the national youthlead ershiporganization Do Something: world other dam owners to follow Avista’s lead. Do Something is his answer. “Do Something gives us downriver; in some cases, make it more difficult lor Corporation in Spokane, WA developedtheir own subculture. a chance to change the culture at Without question, these dams affect the environ ment. They change the amount of water that Now bly arise in any hydropower relicensing process FERC and other policymakers should encourage Larry La Bolle is Relicensing Manager at Avista Look, Lool ith hors CASS Giant Cardio qutning Areas! Diverse Yaalgmert Beats Newest Equipment! Sates taseon And if you don't know exactly what you want, thar’s OK. We have design consultants on hand to help you find your | ok SeRUuoR CO Hore Yesterday « Here Today » Here Tomorrow caiaaa ATCHIL ea OeaE, One Week Only ; PUL CR Ten 225-7150) CENTnaam Su as) Pera A oy Per Ls bE ih) i 562-9133 Unbeatable Lowest-CostFitness Manteno D More,ForLess, At Other Clubs! See it Unbelievable Workout Centers! 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