Show Opinionated Barberi Barber Speaks To Instructors l' l By Kelly Fischer Quick witted KALL radio commentator commentator commentator com com- Tom Barberi spoke with about 50 professors last week at atthe atthe atthe the annual winter Mid-winter Worship lecture lecture lecture lec lec- lec- lec ture presented by the College of Humanities and Sciences at Introduced as the man who would never let facts get in the way of an opinion Barberi answered questions from the audience sharing sharing sharing shar shar- ing his views on politics and other topics Among his many opinions he thinks all politics is showbiz and all politicians are Joe He doesn't think Merrill Cook has a chance because whiners and nerds cant can't get elected Voters dont don't go for the strong silent type As for Reagan he said I like him but I think hes he's over stayed his welcome To improve Salt Lake City's downtown which tends to be all concrete and no color he suggests suggests suggests sug- sug legalizing street vendors He also thinks thinks' state liquor stores would be better run by if they were privately owned Joking about Utah drivers he said car dealers should offer rebates for Utah cars which are with turning signals If you can drive here you can drive anywhere he said Barberi is not short on opinions about local politics but I would never put myself in the position of being talked about by others like myself he said when questioned about ever running for office His goal as a broadcaster is to in inform inform inform in- in form and get people interested in what's going on and start them thinking about issues Have some fun dont don't take it too seriously because none of us are getting out of this alive was his closing suggestion |