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Rocky Anderson Biography

Rocky Anderson is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on September 9, 1951 in Logan, Utah, United States. Ross Carl “Rocky” Anderson, born September 9, 1951, is an American politician and attorney. From 2000 to 2008, he was the 33rd Mayor of Salt Lake City. He is currently the Executive Director at High Road for Human Rights, and a founding member for the Justice Party.

Anderson defeated Kelly Atkinson in a contentious primary election. He then ran against Merrill Cook in 1996 for Congress as the Democratic nominee in Utah’s Second Congressional District. Anderson won over 100,000 votes without any financial assistance from the Democratic Party. Some local Democratic leaders considered Anderson too liberal due to his support for the ACLU and opposition to U.S. policies toward Nicaragua in 1980s. Anderson lost the 1996 race against Merrill Cook by 29,680 voters, receiving 42 percent of the votes cast to Cook’s 55%.

Anderson ran for Mayor of Salt Lake City in 1999, defeating 10 other candidates in the primary campaign, before winning 60% of the vote in the general election against opponent Stuart Reid. He won re-election by a 7% margin against Frank Pignanelli in 2003.

In 2000, Anderson asked the Salt Lake City Police Department to end its participation in the DARE program. He told DARE officials: “I think your organization has been an absolute fraud on the people of this country … For you to continue taking precious drug-prevention dollars when we have such a serious and, in some instances, growing addiction problem is unconscionable.”

Anderson quickly criticized many of President Obama’s policy positions and his staff selections after his election. Anderson opposed Susan Rice’s appointment as United States Ambassador at the United Nations. Anderson criticizes Rice for “doing little” to stop Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Rice is a staff member at the National Security Council. Anderson was critical about Obama’s appointment of John Brennan to his counter-terrorism advisor. Brennan, a Bush Administration member, had publicly supported wiretapping and “enhanced interviewing” as well as the “rendition” of war-on terror suspects to offshore prisons that are beyond the reach American law. Anderson also criticized Obama’s decision to change his position on the issue of immunity for telecom firms that had cooperated with Bush Administration’s wiretapping programme.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In December 2001, state and federal officials organized a raid at the Salt Lake City Airport to enforce immigration laws against undocumented employees, who were arrested, imprisoned and fired. In response, Anderson created the Family to Family program, which made it possible for Salt Lake City families to provide direct emotional and financial assistance to the airport workers and their families, while gaining a better understanding of the plight of immigrants. Additionally, the Mayor spearheaded a challenge to English-only legislation in Utah in 2000, and later spoke at large demonstrations for comprehensive immigration reform.

Rocky Anderson Net Worth

Rocky Anderson is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rocky Anderson's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Anderson received his J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1978.

Anderson, though not a Mormon, was raised as one. He was also a practicing member the LDS Church of Logan. Anderson has expressed his disapproval with some doctrines of LDS Church, especially the denial of priesthood and temple ceremonies prior to 1978 to men of African descent (see Black people, Mormonism). Anderson is also opposed to the LDS teaching that personal moral abdication can be achieved by obedience to those in authority positions. Anderson is a believer in personal conscience and individual accountability and views blind obedience as incompatible with this principle.

Establishing a reputation as a fiscal conservative, during the 1999–2007 period Anderson increased the balance of Salt Lake City’s general reserve fund by more than 62%, from $20.3 million to $32.6 million.

Anderson endorsed Romney’s subsequent 2002 gubernatorial bid in Massachusetts. Romney later endorsed Anderson’s 2003 mayoral re-election campaign. Anderson has criticized Romney’s changes in position on certain issues since he decided to run for president of the U.S. “The Mitt Romney who ran for and served as governor of Massachusetts was a very different Mitt Romney than has been running for President of the United States … the real Mitt Romney — the Mitt Romney we all knew and [who] served as governor of Massachusetts — was very reasonable, very moderate — he felt that Roe versus Wade should be the end of the debate on choice; supporter of stem cell research — he was not the right-winger that he seemed to be when he decided he would run for President of the United States.”

After working with Mitt Romney and leading Salt Lake City through the 2002 Winter Olympics, Anderson handed off the Olympic flag at the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. One of Anderson’s key achievements was working effectively with the Utah State Legislature and Mitt Romney in making certain that public safety needs would be adequately financed. Romney later said, “I think a lot of people would look at (the Olympic funding deal) and say it was a minor miracle. [Rocky] was instrumental, key, in reaching a solution.”

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Anderson signed an executive order in 2000 implementing a full-fledged affirmative action program in City hiring. This program led to historic levels of ethnic minority hiring and retention in City government. The percentage of the City government’s workforce that was drawn from the ethnic minority community increased more than 30% in seven years, and the number of senior City administrators from the ethnic minority community has increased by over 85% since 2000. Thirty-two percent of Anderson’s appointments to City boards and commissions, and one-third of the staff in the Mayor’s Office, were of individuals from ethnic minorities.

Anderson’s two terms in office were extremely eventful, with Anderson playing a leading role in hosting the 2002 Winter Olympic Games; He organized and co-hosted dozens of mayors for three consecutive years at the Sundance Summit. He also founded the Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival, as well as providing national and international leadership regarding climate protection. He conducted a successful national campaign to require that airports across the country screen all checked luggage, expanded the area’s light rail system, significantly expanded protected open space, implemented an innovative and highly successful Restorative justice program and created a city wide after-school and summer youth program.

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As part of the Salt Lake City Green program, Anderson committed Salt Lake City to the Kyoto Protocol goals in 2002. He mandated that all city buildings use energy-efficient light bulbs and replace SUVs in the city fleet with high-efficiency, alternative-fuel vehicles. Anderson almost doubled the city’s recycling capacity in one year. The City surpassed its Kyoto goals in 2006, seven years ahead of schedule.

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In 2003, Anderson received the Climate Protection Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Sierra Club acknowledged his environmental work with its Distinguished Service Award. In November 2005, the Salt Lake City Green program led to Salt Lake City receiving the World Leadership Award for environmental programs, presented by the World Leadership Forum in London.

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