Political Calendar

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- Sept 27: Downtown Rising Visioning Workshop for the business community, 8 a.m., City Library Main Branch, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City. Review what has developed from the Downtown Rising collaboration so far, explore ideas and give us input for the future of Downtown. RSVP to Camille Winnie at Camille@downtownslc.org or 801-333-1106. - Sept 27: Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum: U.S. - Iran Relations, 8:35 a.m., University of Utah, Orson Spencer Hall, Room 255. Guest is Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Donner Scholar of Transatlantic Relations at the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University; author, Blood and Oil: A Prince’s Memoir of Iran, From the Shah to the Ayatollah Cosponsor-Middle East Center.- Sept 27: Midday Metro at 10 a.m. on KCPW 88.3 FM features Douglas Brinkley, author of Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast. It’s a special rebroadcast of his visit to Utah earlier this year. Brinkley talks about the aftermath of hurricane Katrina and describes the inability of local, state and federal agencies to help victims who were, by and large, poor or African-American.- Sept 27: Women’s State Legislative Council Meeting, 11:45 a.m., State Office Building Auditorium. Meet and hear the state candidates running for the Utah State Senate representing both Republican and Democratic Parties. Delegate members and visitors are welcome to attend. Question/Answer period. Visitors call for a Guess Pass to Kitty Kaplan, 801-942-5133 or Suzanne Merrill, 801-796-0831 or suzannemerrill@comcast.net. - Sept 27: Gov. Huntsman to attend Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Annual Luncheon, 12:30 p.m., Columbus Center, 2531 South 400 East, Salt Lake City.- Sept 27: Gov. Huntsman and Speaker Curtis event, 6 p.m., Willow Creek Park, 8400 South Highland Drive, Sandy.- Sept 27: Davis County Democratic Party hosted Beans and Bread Banquet with Pete Ashdown, 6 p.m., 50 West Gentile, Layton. The banquet will include a seminar for those with incomes of $50,000 and below on how to spend your $50.00 tax cut the Utah legislature recently passed. For more info email dccwc@aol.com, or call 801-776-0668.- Sept 28: Annual Golf Tournament hosted by the Senate Majority, sign-in at 6:30 a.m., shotgun start at 7:30 a.m., Thanksgiving Point. For reservations call Ric Cantrell at 801-673-1603 or Kaci Ogier at 801-268-4747.- Sept 28: Utah Valley Executive Summit at Sundance, 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Sundance Rehearsal Hall. This is a one-day rapid-fire seminar for Utah Valley’s business & civicleaders and will address Utah Valley’s most important issues. The general public is welcome.Cost is $100 for members, $130 for non-Chamber members. For more information or to RSVP, email info@thechamber.org.- Sept 28: Lt. Gov. Herbert to welcome attendees of the Be Ready Utah Preparedness Symposium, 9:45 a.m., Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City.- Sept 28: Governor's Monthly News Conference, 10 a.m., KUED Studios. - Sept 28: Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum: Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts and Congress, 10:45 a.m., University of Utah, Orson Spencer Hall, Room 255. A discussion with the authors James W. Parkinson and Lee Benson.
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