Even with an election that’s still nearly a year away, candidates have reacted swiftly to incumbent announcements that will leave open seats on the Salt Lake County Council in 2010.
In the last week, two Democrats, Councilwoman Jenny Wilson and Chairman Joe Hatch, have pulled the plug on campaigns to extend their stay after their current terms end. Just three weeks ago, GOP Councilman Jeff Allen, who’d announced earlier this year he wouldn’t run in 2010, tendered his resignation... Read Full Story
SALT LAKE CITY — As predicted earlier this week, Salt Lake County followed in the footsteps of its largest city Tuesday in passing, unanimously, two new laws that create protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The pair of statutes was modeled after ordinances adopted by Salt Lake City last month that also passed their council panel without a dissenting vote.
While some county GOP council members took a hard stance against a proposal that... Read Full Story
Even with an election that’s still nearly a year away, candidates have reacted swiftly to incumbents’ announcements that will leave open seats on the Salt Lake County Council in 2010.
In the last week, two Democrats, Councilwoman Jenny Wilson and Council Chairman Joe Hatch, have pulled the plug on campaigns to extend their stay after their current terms end. Just three weeks ago, GOP Councilman Jeff Allen, who had announced earlier this year he wouldn’t run in 2010, tendered his... Read Full Story
SALT LAKE CITY — Four candidates will vie for outgoing Democratic Sen. Scott McCoy’s District 2 seat at a special delegate meeting Saturday.
Arlyn Bradshaw, Ben McAdams, Brian Moss and Mark Towner will compete for the final year of McCoy’s term.
Bradshaw is a former executive director for the state Democrats and currently works for Salt Lake County Council Chairman Joe Hatch.
McAdams is a senior adviser for Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, and has practiced law in Salt Lake City... Read Full Story
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Council is scheduled to vote today on an ordinance granting protection against discrimination for gay and transgender residents in the areas of housing and unemployment.
While the county has general anti-discrimination laws on the books, council members will consider a pair of statues patterned after those the Salt Lake City Council unanimously adopted last month .
County Council Chairman Joe Hatch said last week expects the measures to pass... Read Full Story
SALT LAKE CITY — Two Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were dragged by a vehicle when a man tried to flee after being pulled over early Monday, leading to a long chase and search that eventually lead to the man’s arrest.
A sheriff’s deputy pulled over a suspicious vehicle near 2750 South 800 East just before 1 a.m. The driver gave the deputy a false name. But when the deputy pulled up a mug shot of the actual registered owner of the vehicle, it was the man sitting in the driver’s... Read Full Story
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake District Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty if Donald Eugene Younge is convicted of the stabbing death of Amy Quinton that occurred a decade ago.
Younge, 43, is charged with aggravated murder and nine other felonies in connection with events that occurred at Quinton’s Salt Lake City apartment on Aug. 3, 1999.
He pleaded not guilty Monday to all charges.
Quinton, 22, was a well-liked theater student who died after being stabbed in the chest... Read Full Story
Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson announced Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2010.
Wilson, a Democrat who won her at-large seat in 2004, has been a champion of civil rights during her term and earlier this year successfully passed a new statute to extend health benefits to domestic partners of county employees. The tide turned on Wilson’s proposal, which met defeat in two previous efforts, after Democrats took control of the nine-member council following the 2008... Read Full Story
The nation’s top-three credit agencies like Salt Lake County’s budget approach for the coming year and have again bestowed a top-tier AAA rating on it’s general obligation bonds.
Analysts at Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s rating services all praised the county’s plans to deal with declining revenues and one agency, Fitch, even upgraded its rating of lease revenue bonds — money used to finance projects like new libraries and senior centers.
Maintaining top ratings garners... Read Full Story
Just as Salt Lake County Republicans start work to fill a vacancy created by the unexpected resignation last week of Councilman Jeff Allen, a likely challenger for another GOP seat is testing the waters for a 2010 run.
Democrat Diane Turner said Monday that she’s opening a campaign account to examine the possibility of running against incumbent Councilman David Wilde for his District 3 County Council seat in next year’s general election.
If the financial test yields positive results... Read Full Story
