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Rocky Anderson timeline

Published: Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 12:29 a.m. MST
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2000

Jan. 3 — Rocky Anderson is sworn into office.

Feb. 10 — Phil Riesen is the first of Anderson's media liaisons to be fired.

March 27 — Mike Melendez, Anderson's chief of staff, resigns. Policy adviser Dave Owen, who also had been serving as spokesman to the media, resigns his positions.

April 4 — Anderson signs three executive orders: prohibiting discrimination against city employees based on sexual orientation; encouraging the hiring of a diverse city work force; and forbidding all city employees to accept gifts of any value.

July 11 — Anderson pulls the plug on DARE.

Aug. 7 — Ted Nguyen resigns, becoming the third of Anderson's media spokesmen to leave the position.

2001

Jan. 17 — Anderson joins lawsuit to block construction of Legacy Highway.

June 10 — Anderson becomes the first Salt Lake City mayor to serve as grand marshal of the Utah Pride Day parade.

Aug. 31 — Anderson unveils Salt Lake City Green, the first of many environmentally friendly initiatives during his administration.

Sept. 19 — Deeda Seed resigns as Anderson's chief of staff.

2002

Feb. 10 — 2002 Winter Olympics begin, hosted by Salt Lake City.

April 3 — Anderson hires his fourth chief of staff, David Nimkin.

Nov. 17 — Anderson begins campaigning for re-election.

Dec. 16 — Main Street Plaza compromise is announced, with Salt Lake City giving up its easement in exchange for land on the city's west side for a youth center.

2003

Feb. 28 — Anderson agrees not to be involved in any future litigation over Legacy Highway; Davis County legislators drop opposition to a bill to return $2.4 million in sales tax money to Salt Lake City.

June 10 — City Council approves Anderson's community center solution for the Main Street Plaza, ending a contentious seven months of public debate.

Nov. 4 — Anderson wins a second term, beating Frank Pignanelli.

2004

Jan. 2 — Sam Guevara takes over as Anderson's fifth chief of staff.

Jan. 5 — Anderson is inaugurated for a second term as mayor.

Jan. 14 — Josh Ewing resigns after more than three years as Anderson's media spokesman, the fourth to do so in the mayor's tenure.

April — David Jones resigns as media spokesman after less than two months on the job. Deeda Seed returns to Anderson's administration.

2005

April — The mayor unveils his new plans for a $4 million makeover of Pioneer Park.

July — City Council allocates $600,000 for Pioneer Park renovations; the city also receives a $500,000 federal grant for the park upgrades.

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