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  • Anna looks great today, she's doing such a great job!

  • Gotta love those Mormons and the Mormon propaganda machines like The Deseret News.

  • Mike Winder's fake name was Wike Minder

  • The place was probably a shit hole. Hence all the bad news

  • pause at 2:09 her face is hilarious

  • <----- wants to sit on her face

  • That dress is too sexy. Ana you are a distraction to the news.

  • Ana you look stunning every time I see you...

  • Ana! Those buttons a ready to pop!!

  • story is silly

    hanna fas-who?, hanna is HAAAAAAAAAAAWT! love the red shirt. wish I was the one putting the mic cli on hanna.....*sigh

  • Why is he "confessing"? This is silly. I get that it could be used against him later because the American political system is a fucking mud-slinging circus. But "forgive him"? WTF? It's not that serious.

  • O_o A politician...doing something productive? LOLWUT.

    ......Nice. :)

  • Dear Mr. Mayor

    You are annoying. You do not have to confess this.  This is like farting on the bus. Its slightly embarrassing if you are caught, but more strange that you draw attention to it.

    Sincerely,

    Someone not in either voting district

  • He wants to run for Salt Lake COUNTY mayor. Not city mayor. Btw, he is a huge name because of his family. He most likely ha a great chance. Plus this really isn't a big deal.I am surprised this story made it on your show.

  • Well, as long as everything he wrote is true, who cares? It's kind of charming.

  • i think it is actually lol! very churrming and original. most newscasters do not report on mundane stuff unless there is a dramatic spin .

  • To be fair, speaking as a former resident of West Valley City, UT, the crime rate has always been high, and from what I've seen over the past few years, it's been dramatically reduced. The city itself has undergone major improvements as well, including the addition of Trax light rail.

  • Isn't it Deseret News? Not Desert News.

  • Richard Burwash? What a shitty fake name.

  • @FasparianHanna Nice one, Anna! haha :)

  • I live by West Valley and nothing good ever happens there. hahaha!

  • democrat or republican fuck it why should I choose ?

  • Be Franklin did similar to this as "Poor" Richard Saunders

  • Sooo??? Lame story.

  • Anna looks awesome in red. Bring it baby!

  • @FasparianHanna Anna looks good in everything and probably looks better in nothing.

  • @FasparianHanna You know what else she would look good in? Something that involves sexual stuff. Oh Yeah.

  • @FasparianHanna What is this sorcery!

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  • @FasparianHanna Yeah she looks great

  • @time2reignitin ...In my Mouth WERD YA I SAID IT

  • Sarah Palin used a fake campaign to promote her small-town agenda upon America.

  • Good to see that TYT is finally shutting up about OWS after seeing how it failed.

  • @kearnsy88 to each his own man, I think shes beautiful but I look at looks, intelligrnce and humor... Plus I dig armanian girls

  • For the record, this is what the founding fathers did to promote the ratification of the US Constitution. Hamilton and Madison used to send letters (what we now know as the Federalist Papers) to the NY journals under fake names.

  • Mormon mayor!!

  • Why am I the only guy with standards on TYT. Anna's face is fucking mad busted. Flabby arms, hey eyebrows look like a seagul is flying right at you, the nose of Alf and she honestly looks like she has a touch of down syndrome at times.

  • @kearnsy88 I hear goat footsteps, you better get back underneath your bridge.

  • Ben Franklin did the same thing in Poor Richard's Almanac and Samuel Clemens wrote as Mark Twain. Pen Names or nom de plumes have been used for a very long time. If you think that political parties are not doing this type of thing then you must be clueless to the happenings of the world.

  • Isnt' this pretty much what political parties do when they set up think tanks to write stuff that promotes their policies? I mean, the Heritage Foundation is generally just a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. This guy just had no resources. Larger cities have pro PR people to promote their city, he should have just set himself as the "City PR staff" and let fly.

  • ana looks fantastic in that red blouse and she always does such a great job for the young turks.

  • It's the Deseret News not Desert News.

  • I don't think its so bad. His intentions were good. Nobody got hurt. The Buddhist temple got some publicity lol

  • That is so weird, I call my right hand Hanna Fasparian...

  • @TheyCallMeGawd

    Can I suck your right hand?

  • @TheyCallMeGawd Fapsparian?

  • If the articles are factual, and not praising himself as major all the time, why not?

    People would see these articles differently if he would have used his real name, if the major would write just a nice article about the opening of a buddhist temple and not put politics in, that would be awkward, because people expect a major to talk about politics all the time. I think he did it just for fun, as a hobby.

  • I live in Utah and West Valley City is nothing but a breeding ground for Tranks, Lobos and Zipheads.

  • I think the tennis pro you are thinking about is Peter Burwash. He played in the 60s or 70s. I could not find a tennis pro named richard Burwash.

    Maybe the Mayor is mistaken.

  • Heh, that guy rules.

  • GREAT REPORT:-)

  • its a nom de plume, people have been using those for a very long time.

  • thats so sweet!

  • How can Chuck Norris be a hunter when he doesn't even hunt?!?

  • What kind of crimes happen in Utah, other than the Mormon Church scamming it's members?

  • @EatTinker um tons of crimes. Like the Mormon Church still encouraging homophobia. A 20 something young man was cub stomped just recently in downtown Salt Lake City.

  • ana looks great

  • how many other cities do this and how long would be better question and speak about mayors shutting down debate's on OWS but never did such things to teaparty and they were way worse majority of the time, and yes she is a cutie thats fur sure :P

  • Ana Looks So Hot in that Red Shirt.

  • i love ana

  • Anne Kasparov.

  • Not only do I forgive him for the articles, I don't see anything wrong with what he did.

  • Propes for his eventual honesty.

  • Hanna Fasparian? is that the girl who works at YTY?

  • @calimar28 What do you think a mayor is you twit? Its a political position

  • @RedChaosLV. calimar28 is a KKK meber which means he shouldn't be taken seriously, doesn't know what he's talking about, can't tell the truth and only talks big because he's hiding behind his computer, wearing a hood and in the safety of his parents' basement or surrounded by his fellow KKK members.

  • I heard Ana eats hispanic men

  • a temple worrrrrd

  • ana why you no do porn for us viewers you know like a video special? i personally think its a great idea it would attract more views you know

  • Wow, no one cares. Keep this shit up, and Anon will pwn you...

  • @HannahFasparian Well, hello there, HannahFasparian. I'm Hugh Jass.

  • @ThatguyNice I'm Mike Hunt. It's a pleasure to meet you Hugh.

  • ID BANG ANAS BELLYBUTTON

  • Pen names are pretty common, y'know...

  • lol at the comments talking about ana, they all sound creepy

  • I think this is admirable. The mayor has to love his city to even bother to do these articles. I know nothing about the city so I cant even start commenting on how well he does his job.

    But the principle of this video boils down to "should writers be allowed to submit works under pen names/anonymously". I think the answer is a resounding [Of Coooooorse!]

  • @Rinrenken for most people your argument makes sense but in this case its a mayor writing articles about his work. its obviously extremely biased journalism and he doesnt even have the decency to write it under his own name where people would be able to make an informed decision whether to trust the article or not.

  • @Rinrenken Indeed, these are things that are only seen in the end of a "feel good" classic movie...

  • @Rinrenken But, then again, a person doesn't need to do this if the city was actually good.

  • @Rinrenken No. I don't think he loves his city. I think he did it only because he wanted to continue to be Mayor.

  • @Rinrenken I agree. How many politicians do this same thing, but with their flunkees? At least this mayor is doing it in person? As long as the stories are factual, I must add.

  • Wow Ana looks great today

  • so yeah that turn out badly

  • That mayor is pretty brilliant. As long as he's not lying about what's going on in the city, there isn't any real wrong doing, and I hardly think anyone really cares. I've never been a mayor, but with what I know about how they generally try to attract business and people to their city, this is by far the cheapest means compared to subsidizing businesses, building convention halls/stadiums, or building parks.

  • Well, they can't all be zingers.

  • Michael Shure makin' jokes

  • So all these perv comments are probably Ana..

  • I was wondering who was leaving the 'nice tits' comments.

    Shame on you Michael.

  • Hannah Fasparian?! WTF?!

  • I know one person from Utah. She has seven brothers and six sisters. Apparently there was nothing special about that. :=[

  • holy hell, is it Ana that starts all the pro-Ana comments?

  • @nigen I have always wondered about who posts those "marry me" comments. :)

  • @nigen

    Nah, I'm not Ana, I just think she's hot.

  • @Di0genesus

    yes Ana, you are ^^

  • silence dogood chuckles from the grave.

    KEvron

  • I can assure you, Mike, that there are enough Ana pervs out there that she doesn't need to post her own.

    But now that I think about it, I haven't seen Ana pervs around in a good long while.

    Bravo, TYT audience, you're growing up.

  • lol that's actually funny. :)

  • lol at Hannah

  • Example of his work: Mike Winder, Mayor of West Valley City in Utah is the best mayor ever! One time Mike Winder, Mayor of West Valley City in Utah helped me when my car broke down and a NINJA attacked me! I will vote for Mike Winder, Mayor of West Valley City in Utah every election because he is a good man and fights NINJAS, fixes cars, and is a GREAT mayor too! The End!

  • So Ana is here is she, as Hannah? There are things I need to ask then, you sinful bitch. Did you think that your sex stories would have an impact on anyone all these years? As they have! What is the real meaning of Wolf-PAC? Why are you assholes, you and Cenk trying to destroy Christian Corporatism? This is the only way, as is written in Matthew 25 :40 that Jesus can determine who is righteous, as people, not the government, must be the ones to help the poor. Ana, now, you know this.

  • @jatt5at what are you smoking man? Can I have some?

  • @jatt5at Jesus is just a Jewish guy that would hate if he knew you...lol

  • TYT posting comments about their own coworkers...phfsst...

  • Samuel Clemons (Mark Twain), Nora Roberts (J.D. Robb), and dozens of others aren't vilified for using a "fake name" to publish.....

    As long as what the mayor is NOT lying, shut the eff up....

  • @kennymacdaddy Samuel Clemons and Nora Roberts were also not ELECTED OFFICIALS! This guy is clearly using this for political gain.. to manipulation public opinion/perception.

    Don't try to equate professional authors of fiction and cheesy romance novels with a politician attempting to propagandize the public.

    Authors use pseudonyms to write outside their normal style genra or to maintain privacy. No politician should ever be allowed to hide behind a fake name... ever! That is deception!

  • 2:40 i'm sure the newspaper that published the articles weren't chuckling. That's a major infraction in the world of newspaper integrity.

  • I can't believe some people aren't getting the Hannah Fasparian comment

  • Utahns and their retarded obsession with what others think... They lie to look like angels

  • These Allstate commercials are nothing but extremely annoying

  • I wouldn't care if you called yourself Mildred Bullwinkle Ms. Kasparian...I for one still think you are the Beauty that Rises in the Morning Sky...Wishing you well Ana.

  • @BabylonsKing christ alive lad, what are you on about..

  • @shittyfagg Love that Woman...don't ya know?

  • At least the mayor didn't lie in his articles

  • Winder's family owns a large Dairy corporation in Utah and they can poison your milk if you don't vote for him.........:)

  • I can't believe how stupid our politicians, and by extension our population, are.

  • Wow, was not expecting a Young Turks ep about my City :)

  • Ana looks good and Michael's epic beard keeps looking epiccc!

  • Am I the only one who immediately thought "Michael Scott"?

  • What's the problem? There isn't a news story here..

  • Good story for Ana... completely irrelevant. She doesnt do as well when attempting an actual news story.

  • Alot of Annas talking about doing herself today.

  • So many creepy fucks on these videos.

  • I'd fuck Ana in ways she never knew existed.

  • West Valley women are famous for having big 80's hair. You know, where the bang has a wave hanging down over the forehead. We call it "West Valley hair".

  • Respond to this video... Cute story! Good job Ana !

  • This is Hannah Fasparian. I approve of this message.

  • what's the deal with giving ana so much love? not that i disagree, it's just odd.

  • Pretty pathetic, mayor

  • Ana is so professional and awesome. She has to be the best female journalist ever and also the most beautiful.

  • @HannahFasparian lol i see what u did there.....

  • @HannahFasparian That's nothing new. :)

  • @HannahFasparian Is this Anna? LMFAO

  • @HannahFasparian she's not a journalist

  • @HannahFasparian euhm, not really...although she sounds ok in this video, she's dumb as fuck in a lot of other videos.

  • @HannahFasparian High thoughts about yourself, eh? ;) :P

  • @HannahFasparian Yeah, but never trust some one who says that you can lower the national debt by taking the money from social security.

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  • @HannahFasparian Induring this is one of many accounts Anna has made ;D!

  • @HannahFasparian Now that I class as a sexist comment and it's done by a women:/

  • @CmdrTobs How is it sexist? I'm really wondering what you think is sexist about it.

  • @Ezraked Bullshit about looks adding to substance. It's still sexist even if it's positive.

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  • @time2reignitin I've heard confused and drunk semi-English speaking immigrants come up with better.

    2/10 wit

    0/10 humor

  • @HannahFasparian So true. She is beautiful, intelligent, charming and witty. If only I could have met her when she was single. I would have loved to go out with her. ; )

  • @HannahFasparian So much win.

  • @HannahFasparian now what would have been truly awesome is if the comment also had mentioned "and the best tits" d^_^b

  • @HannahFasparian what that mouth do babygirl?

  • @HannahFasparian I love your username

  • @HannahFasparian Wait, are you actually Ana? Or just some random person wanting thumbs up? Prove it your Ana by replying with a TYT comment if you are.

  • @HannahFasparian hi im Dick Butkus!

  • I've seen a couple of references to Conflict of Interest. How? Winder wasn't reporting on classified internal workings of the city, he didn't whistleblow anything for personal gain, he didn't make any money for himself. Using a pen name to write news fluff is not a crime. I use a pen name when I write public stories for a several major websites. This is a NON issue. It's a cute story. It's fluff. They had fun with it. No crime. I'd vote for him cuz of his problem solving skills, really.

  • @tweb1969 Maybe you're in the distinct minority for a reason. It couldn't possibly be...-gasp- you might be wrong?

  • @SocialDissimulation If you have a reason why you feel this is conflict of interest, please debate the issue intelligently. Your response is juvenile. I'm a reasonable person willing to debate an issue, but I won't be involved in a discussion where the most profound response is akin to, "Because! That's why!" I'm seriously asking why people think this was conflict of interest. Give me a valid reason why this was unethical or a crime.

  • @SempeVeritas - yeah, TYT get huge wads of cash from Ron Paul and Obama.and Romney and the OWS party and... and... WTF?

  • This is a cute story.

  • the best fake name is Washington Irving

  • @BlackSoultan wow, you seriously think Ana needs to be clued in? Shure is great, but he has a lot to learn about not fumbling with his notes before he's anything like Ana and Cenk. Think perhaps he was merely clueing the slower viewers...

  • Ana doesn't need to fake it. Thank crikey she's so clued up so WE don't have to fake watching "just for the intelligent reporting"!

  • This is nothing when compared to a whole "news" station working for a political party.

  • Ana looks great, she's doing a good job.

  • @Hamjam117 That's nothing new.

  • I love how dude had to clue Ana in to the fact he was kidding. Why am I the only one who notices she's a bit of a ditz?

  • I'm glad Jill left.

  • personally, as long as what his reporting is true or doesn't interfere with the reporting of more significant news. i don't see anything wrong with it

  • @islakid Using a pseudonym to report good things about your particular town sounds like a pretty basic case of conflict of interest to me.

  • @SocialDissimulation Conflict of interest, how? It's not like he was being paid to report on classified information or something. He wrote fluff/human interest stories, for free, for the local paper (they did not know he was really the mayor). I am a professional freelance writer, so I know it probably took him 15 minutes out of an entire week to throw together an HR piece. He did it on his own time, and used a pen name. I use a pen name. I really do not see what the big deal is here.

  • I'm sure if I lived in Rats Ass Utah I would give a damn about the mayor doing this. No I probably wouldn't.

  • I live in WVC, Utah. XD Lawls! I'd have to agree with the commenter you read, though. Until this came out, I'd forgotten we had our own major. XD SLC tends to engulf us. SLC is the "husband" and all the outlaying cities are the "sister wives", so to speak. ;P