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Major companies are cracking down on social media users and apps. Now, some Utah conservative groups leaders are trying to find other ways to communicate.
And that’s left some Utah conservatives looking for other ways to communicate.
Washington County resident Larry Meyers said his Facebook account got disabled in November after being active for over a decade. Before that, he said he had thousands of friends and he managed several different pages, including Liberty Action Coalition, which he helped organize. The southern Utah group describes itself as “committed to the U.S. Constitution and its principles.”
He has since been able to create a new Facebook profile, but wasn’t able to message and post for 45 days. Now, he’s rebuilding his following, while also trying to connect with people on lesser-known apps.
What’s in/what’s out for 2021?
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
In side-by-side photos, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Washington, D.C., en route to a rally in Pennsylvania, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding his campaign plane at New Castle Airport, in New Castle, Del., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, en route to Florida.AP Photos/Alex Brandon and Carolyn Kaster
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It’s finally here. The year you’ve been waiting for for 527,040 interminable minutes (it was a Leap Year, of course) 2021.
Tooele County made the news statewide in May when a controversial country music concert originally planned for Kaysville City took a turn and headed for a facility southwest of Grantsville City.
Utah Business Revival announced in late May that their May 30 event featuring country music singer Collin Raye would relocate to the Studio/Ranch Amphitheater up Box Elder Canyon in Tooele County.
“We care deeply about business owners and those who want to peaceably assemble, enjoy a free concert, and quality family fun,” said Eric Moutsos, with Utah Business Revival. “We are anxious to help even more small business owners survive and restore some Constitutional freedoms at the same time.”
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Yes, 2020 was the year of COVID. But here’s a timeline of the other interesting stuff that happened in Utah last year, too.
January: Impeachment, Sundance and Condomgate
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The Sundance Film Festival drew more than 100,000 people to Park City Utah.
The year began with the end of the controversial Southern Red Sands Mine project in Kanab, and by the middle of January there was just one thing at the top of people’s minds: Impeachment.
It was also this month that the Utah Department of Health faced its first crisis of the year: Condomgate. Gov. Gary Herbert quickly blocked the HIV prevention campaign that sent out thousands of condoms with sex-positive, Utah-themed packaging. But his plan to protect Utahns from such tastlessness wasn’t entirely effective full sets of the profalactics with messages like “Greatest Sex on Earth and “Explore Utah’s Caves” appeared on Ebay days later.
Whom would you choose for Utahn of the Year?
In a year of COVID, protests, politics, earthquakes and a windstorm, select from the candidates in this reader poll, or give us your own nominee.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christy Danielson tests patients for Covid-19 at the Intermountain Healthcare Cottonwood InstaCare on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. This year s slate of Utahn of the Year nominees is dominated by the pandemic s grip.
| Dec. 18, 2020, 8:05 p.m.
The Salt Lake Tribune continues its annual tradition of choosing a Utahn of the Year. The person or persons are chosen based on their impact on the state during 2020. The Tribune will announce a winner on Christmas Day, but first we want to hear from our readers. Please pick one of our candidates (presented in alphabetical order), or nominate your own.