From Deseret News archives:
Did Rocky use 'racist tactic'?
Anderson, in an e-mailed response, called Evans' claim "characteristically, absurd" and suggested that people read his speech and "determine for themselves whether there is any basis for James' twisted interpretation."
Some minority community leaders and a political scientist said Anderson's words may have been ill-chosen, but they're not aware of any incidents of racism involving the mayor, who has worked extensively to build bridges with the minority community.
Earlier this month, Evans was compared to the Ku Klux Klan in a blog by Mike Ridgway, in an internal Republican party dispute. Ridgway is a perpetual Republican dissident and former U.S. Senate candidate.
Now, Evans said Anderson is "basically saying James Evans is a slave to Bush."
Evans is among Republicans who had publicly criticized Anderson's plans to speak at the anti-war rally held on the same day as President Bush arrived in Utah. However, the advertisement was financed by the state Republican Party. Evans said he would have been fine with political rhetoric from Anderson, and his dispute was with the mayor's use of a single word.
"The moment he links me as a slave, what he is trying to do is debase me as a human," Evans said. "That's no different than the segregationists of the South."
In his e-mailed response, Anderson said he believed Evans' complaint is politically motivated in an ongoing disagreement between the two.
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