Friday Aug 24, 2012

The Gary Null Show - Rocky Anderson - 08/24/12

A special long-form program with Justice Party Presidential candidate Ross “Rocky” Anderson. Rocky is the former two-term mayor of Salt Lake City, serving from 2000 to 2008. He is the executive director of organization High Road for Human Rights.  Prior he practiced law in Utah for 21 years and was listed in Best Lawyers in America.  A former member of the Democratic Party, he left over its evisceration of the Constitution and it having morphed as a flip side of the GOP. Among his achievements and positions ·      Listed by Business Week as one of the top 20 activists in th world on climate change and has received many awards from various environmental organizations ·      Recognized by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the top 10 advocates for GLPT equality ·      A leading opponent of invasion of Iraq and the only US mayor who advocated for the impeachment of George Bush ·      As mayor of Salt Lake City he succeeded in reducing incarceration of those convicted for minor crimes such as drug possession and rather created restorative justice programs that earned him his second World Leadership Award.

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