Candidate with Neo-Nazi ties enters SLC council race
There’s a whole cottage industry out there bottling and selling fear and nihilism heavily laced with bile, and the sales people are not folks we would normally heed if we had not developed such an appetite for scenery-chewing fear and become accustomed to bilious spume displacing all of our hopes and all dreams. When did we become so tired and listless that we let that happen?
Salt Lake City’s Jack Gray, however, says his platform is about the local economy. “Economy is bad and we have a high U.S. debt,” Gray says. “I could do a better job.”
Gray says he did an Internet search and found high unemployment in his council district and says that was his motivation for challenging Garrott.
“Unemployment … Stock market is crashing… Elected officials are responsible for the economy, right?” Gray says “So a challenger is going to say the economy is bad right now so [voters] might want a different representative.”
Gray says he’s still researching how to create jobs but says he’s ready for the task. Despite a Website still listing Gray as the head of the Utah ANSWP, when pressed about his political affiliations, Gray says he doesn’t have any.
“Officially, I’m not affiliated with a political party, so I don’t really talk about a certain political party. I’m supposed to be impartial,” Gray says.
When asked about past affiliations, however, Gray quickly warned a reporter that his cell phone battery was dying and ended the interview. In a follow up message, Gray said he no longer is affiliated with the ANSWP.