Mendenhall reflects on one year since violent protests in Salt Lake City
and last updated 2021-05-27 20:52:29-04
SALT LAKE CITY â It has been almost a year since violent protests broke out in downtown Salt Lake City. A police car was overturned and lit on fire. Numerous windows were broken, some people were beaten. It was a peaceful protest of what happened to George Floyd, until things turned violent.
In a one on one interview, FOX 13âs Bob Evans spoke with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, and reflected on what happened that day, what has changed since, and where the city is headed now.
Top 10 Real Estate Billionaires in the World
Andrew Carnegie is a US-based industrialist. Sharing his views on property business, he once said, 90 percent of all millionaires made fortune with real estate investment. We agree with this statement because the industry did not cool off even in the pandemic era.
The real estate market makes a major portion of any economy. It is also a critical investment tool for both institutional and individual investors. Owning a property is one-time investment plan. The price of the property and value increases with time. The rented property also offers high profit per year because its price increases each year. This is probably one of the reasons even the laziest realtors can succeed in this career.
Credits: Image: MIT News
Next image
A broad-ranging panel discussion on May 18 examined the complexities of Asian American and Pacific Islander identity and acceptance at MIT, while underscoring the need for collaborative work among groups to combat prejudice and create equity.
The online forum was held amid an ongoing string of violent assaults on Asian Americans in the U.S., which has raised public awareness about anti-Asian discrimination. But the forum featuring faculty, students, and staff made clear that anti-Asian American violence, stereotyping, and exclusion have long histories in the U.S.
Indeed, the event’s first segment, featuring presentations from three MIT faculty members, emphasized the importance of situating Asian American and Pacific Islander struggles in the context of systemic bias against many groups. That is both a better reading of history, the speakers suggested, and a more promising platform for allyship in activi
Breese-Iverson did not address the beer comment, but continued to advocate for her bill.
Witt responded: “I’m not wedded to beer by any means. Could be dinner or ….?”
“Or what?” Breese-Iverson texted back.
“I’ve made two offerings,” Witt responded. “If you wanna meet, find something better than dinner or beer.”
“Trying to get a vote count,” Breese-Iverson texted in the final message included in the report.
Breese-Iverson that week filed a formal complaint with the Legislature, alleging that Witt’s texts constituted a “quid pro quo,” in which he was seeking sexual favors in exchange for his support of the bill.
Lawyer: Representative didn t intend sexual favors for vote
May 19, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
SALEM, Ore. (AP) An investigator hired by the Oregon Legislature has concluded that Democrat Rep. Brad Witt, of Clatskanie, did not intend to tell a colleague that he would vote for her bill in exchange for sexual favors.
However, the investigator did find that Republican Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, of Prineville, “was not unreasonable” to interpret Witt’s text message as sexual harassment, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
According to screenshots of messages sent between them on April 12, Breese-Iverson asked Witt to back her bill that would ease red tape for reservoir owners in her district.