UT Gov. Herbert Deigns To Meet With Clean Air Activists After Weeks Of Smog, Condescends To Them
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"It was productive," Herbert said, "because they came and approached it with a respectful way of saying, ‘We have a point of view. We know others have a different point of view on what the solutions are.’ " He added that the trio "apologized for some of their colleagues because of their lack of professionalism and their kind-of rude approach."
Herbert was flanked at Wednesday’s meeting by his environmental adviser, Alan Matheson, Divison of Air Quality Director Bryce Bird and Department of Environmental Quality Director Amanda Smith — all of them advocates for the state’s UCAIR voluntary clean-air effort. And his remarks echoed comments Smith made in January when she told environmental activists that their tone has been an obstacle to political action.
Udell sounded surprised by what Herbert said to reporters about rude behavior and denied there was any apology. She did say she was struck by the governor’s warmth and receptiveness.
Still, she pointed out, activists protest. "We’ve tried the super-polite approach," she said. "We’ve tried being super cooperative, but we will only do this for so long. It’s only because we made some noise that we got the meeting."
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