Wall Street Journal - What's Your Workout: Running (Biking and Skiing) for Mayor

We'll express our sympathies to poor ol' Mayor Caldwell, who's trying to balance his political duties with his grueling workouts, and propose that we all cut him a little slack

In the midst of another S-L-O-W Northern Utah political news day, we'll spring something from the back burner just to give our readers at least some opportunity to dive into a new discussion. A coupla days ago one of our sharp-eyed readers sent us this eye-opening Wall Street Journal item, profiling our "triathlete and former competitive mountain biker" Mayor Caldwell, who "made a campaign promise to himself that workouts would be part of his job, sharing priority with political duties":

• What's Your Workout: Running (Biking and Skiing) for Mayor

The scuttlebutt around City Hall is that Mayor Caldwell has been ducking out of important recent City Council meetings and that his proposed first draft 2012-13 fiscal year budget was filed with the City Council just a mite late.

Mike Caldwell - Dedicated Jock

Having perused the WSJ story, we'll express our sympathies to poor ol' Mayor Caldwell, who's trying to balance his political duties with his grueling workouts, and propose that we all cut him a little slack.  By the time city council meetings roll around, we suspect that he's gotta be already "plumb tuckered out".

Certain "concessions" are appropriate, we believe, when your mayor is a dedicated jock.

Right?