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Mile 86.5 – Washington Square, upon which the City County building sits, is a spot where political and social theater often takes place.   From parades to protests, rallies to Rocky Anderson, Washington Square has hosted them all.

This summer there has been a bit of daily drama to behold as Salt Lake City police officers make their mid-morning rounds through Washington Square and wake the vagrants who are sleeping there.

July 1, 2009 – The highly publicized and hotly debated Immigration Bill SB81 goes into effect today. One of the bill’s more contentious points is the provision that allows local law enforcement agencies to be involved in immigration enforcement. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank has publicly made it known on several occasions that the Salt Lake City Police Department will not enforce SB81.

July 2009 Map

28.5 miles – The Salt Lake City County Building is an amazing structure. In fact I would consider it one the three buildings that make up the Salt Lake City Trifecta; the other two being the Salt Lake Temple and the Cathedral of the Madeleine.  These three buildings, perhaps more than all others in our fair city, have had an immense historical and social significance to the city’s residents. All three of the trifecta are over 100 years old, were completed within 16 years of each other, and are located within a mile of each other.

June 10, 2009 - The Sutherland Institute and the Salt Lake Chamber hosted a panel discussion today on the implications of immigration bill SB81. Both those for the bill and those who oppose it were present. Both audience and panel members were given time to speak and one man had to be expelled from the meeting. The bill goes into effect July 1, 2009.  Among the bills many provisions, the bill calls for an immigration enforcement role for state and local law enforcement agencies.