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Friends! A new issue of @CityWeekly is out NOW online and heading to newsstands.
This week, Zach Abend reports from his trip to the Christian Naturist Festival in Florida, where members of the Garden of Eden Church practice their faith in the nude. #slc cityweekly.net/news/at-flori…
Yowza, email from S&S says that the VIP and Club passes for @kilbyblockparty already sold out, one day after the initial lineup was announced. #slc
New @CityWeekly: Salt Lake City airport celebrates the end of 12-year, $5B renovation project. #slc #utpol cityweekly.net/news/salt-lak…
Also this week, Bianca Dumas writes about Common Thread, a Utah nonprofit serving youth in poverty and foster care. #slc #utpol cityweekly.net/news/utah-non…
And this week's Opinions include a letter from Bountiful lawyer and former lawmaker David Irvine, urging voters to reject Amendment B and defend their right to reform government through initiatives and referenda #slc #utpol
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New @CityWeekly: Kilby Block Party 2027 lineup announced #slc @kilbyblockparty cityweekly.net/music/kilby-b…
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Salt Lake Central Station - the best connected transit stop in the state - should be one of the most popular pedestrian areas in downtown. But instead, it is isolated from the rest of downtown and has mud puddles where there should be sidewalks.
We are squandering our potential.
According to an @nytimes analysis, Judge Gibson’s map took Utah from the 10th most gerrymandered state (under the Legislature’s Sandallmander map) to 25th #utpol #slc nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
The Pioneer Trail is simultaneously an improvement on the current built environment of Capitol Hill and a comical squandering of opportunity by people who don't understand what they're doing #slc #utpol
The #SLC Traffic Violence Map has been updated with today's Yellow Pin at 1700 South and Redwood Road (UDOT Highway 68) in which a driver ran a red light, struck another vehicle and then spun out into a cyclist, who required hospitalization. #utpol google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1…
This is the second pin at this exact intersection, following the May 2025 death of a motorcycle rider.
Redwood, a surface highway designed and controlled by UDOT, is the single deadliest street corridor in Salt Lake City, with at least 15 deaths and countless injuries. #slc
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Salt Lake City has a security guard at the Liberty Park playground that’s been closed for over a year making sure that no kid uses it until the mayor can have a photo-op this evening.
More than a week ago, I tweeted about how trains *force* my family to bike on 1300 South. This guy has been on me ever since and still can’t comprehend what I’m saying.
It’s remarkable how hard this is for east-siders and drivers to understand. #slc
Periodic reminder that the Green Line Trax drops off and picks up directly outside the airport terminal and fare is $2.50. #slc
The Provo 4th District Court doesn’t allow laptops but also has no lockers for storage. They expect you to have a car to store things in and if you don’t you can kick rocks.
Benjamin Wood retweeted
You know what actually this sucks. "The Point" simultaneously ruined the Blue line extension, and is now putting huge financial strain on FrontRunner 2X
Sheesh, just cut the new point station and problem solved axios.com/local/salt-lake-ci…
