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• .@rudygobert27 Shootaround Sound 🎙️ 📽️: on.nba.com/2D8zZtz https://t.co/ZHl16xkc47

  07-11-2018 23:21 via twitter.com
  
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• .@AlecBurks10 Shootaround Sound 🎙️ 📽️: on.nba.com/2yXOFZz https://t.co/kArEULK8cF

  07-11-2018 23:11 via twitter.com
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Four big-picture principles for making our democracy work better

  07-11-2018 22:52
  Candidates should compete on ideas, not on how effectively they block their opponents' voters from casting ballots.Normally, in a democracy, this goes without saying. Yet it's not so obvious in the United States anymore.From Florida to North Dakota, elected officials seem to increasingly view elections not as a way to tabulate public preferences, but rather as a tool for forcing their own preferences upon the public.They've done this by introducing hundreds of measures making it harder for citiz
  
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• He left BYU, changed his name, sold shoes, bused tables and bagged groceries. Now D’Angelo Mandell is back, and he’ll start Saturday at UMass

  07-11-2018 22:48
  Provo • After leaving BYU’s football team in the summer of 2017 because he “just wasn’t ready to be here,” the defensive back known at the time as D’Angelo Gunter bagged groceries at a Sprouts store, was a busboy at a sushi restaurant and worked as a shoe salesman in the greater San Diego area.“I worked a lot, and I hated it,” he said. “Every second of the day I was like, ‘why am I doing this?’ I just knew it wasn’t for me.&r
  
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• Commentary: Here are some areas where divided Congress can find common ground

  07-11-2018 22:17
  The conventional wisdom has it that Washington policy gridlock is now back; a Democratic House of Representatives and an enlarged Republican Senate majority aren't going to have anything in common except political bloodlust.That's probably the best bet, but it's not necessarily so.Senior House Democrats have already started talking about quick action they expect to take on measures that have popular support and would put Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump on the spot.These include:- P
  
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• Commentary: After Hannity travesty, Fox News redeems itself ... a little

  07-11-2018 22:17
  Nothing could balance out the journalistic embarrassment of Fox News Channel star Sean Hannity appearing at an onstage love fest with President Donald Trump this week at a Missouri campaign rally.But the network's "decision desk" valiantly gestured in that direction Tuesday night when it made an early prediction that the House would flip to the Democrats.Coming just after 9:30 p.m. ET, the bold call blew election observers' minds.For the next 45 minutes or so — an eon in election night tim
  
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• Utah schools don’t always report teacher misconduct — and that could allow some educators to harm students again, audit says

  07-11-2018 22:11
  Shortcomings in the way Utah educators are disciplined could — and in one documented case, did — allow them to re-offend, according to a report released Tuesday.The state auditor examined how Utah’s public education system sanctions educators found guilty of misconduct and handed down four findings:In “several cases” local education agencies — school districts and charter schools — violated state law by not reporting educator misconduct to the Utah Profe
  
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• E.J. Dionne: How Trump lost

  07-11-2018 22:11
  Washington -- The 2018 elections began the demolition of the Trump coalition.There remains much work to do. The results in some states were disappointing, and President Trump's grip on the Republican Party was strengthened. But a large majority of Americans rejected the president's divisive, ethno-nationalist politics. Democrats shook his hold on voters in the old industrial heartland. And women won in unprecedented numbers.The anti-Trump movement's single most important objective was to break u
  
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  07-11-2018 22:08 via twitter.com
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• The Weekly Run: Rudy Gobert says he isn’t grumpy about the Jazz’s four-game losing streak, partly because he doesn’t know what ‘grumpy’ means

  07-11-2018 22:07
  The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter about all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.Monday was a bad night for the Jazz, without question, given that it yielded another poor defensive performance, a fourth consecutive defeat, and an 0-4 record at Vivint Smart Home Arena this season.Rudy Gobert, for one, is ready to leave it behind.“Every day’s a new day. Today, we have an opportunity to get our first win at home, so that’s what we’re focused on,&r
  
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• Want to see if Ben McAdams will build his lead today over Mia Love? Check here after 3 p.m.

  07-11-2018 22:04
  The first day of counting late-arriving ballots — a process that may take up to two weeks to finally determine a winner between Democrat Ben McAdams and GOP Rep. Mia Love — is expected to produce its first major update at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.Salt Lake County is scheduled to post additional counts from by-mail ballots that arrived on Election Day, and from some ballots dropped off Tuesday at voting centers and drop boxes.After election night counts, McAdams held a 2.78 percentage poin
  
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• Commentary: Trade liberalization was the loser in 2018 midterms

  07-11-2018 22:01
  The midterm elections produced one of my desired results: the GOP lost control of the House of Representatives. This means that President Donald Trump faces a branch of government not controlled by his party. That will be a new experience for him, and I am sure he will handle it with the maturity we expect of him.While fans of the rule of law should welcome that change, the trade policy wonk in me is saddened by the way in which the midterms played out. Based on what happened, it is highly likel
  
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• Trump forces out Jeff Sessions in midterm election fallout

  07-11-2018 21:58
  Washington • Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country’s chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation.Sessions told the president in a one-page letter that he was submitting his resignation "at your request."Trump announced in a tweet that he was naming Sessions' chief of staff Matthew Whitaker, a former United States attorney from
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Three years after gay policy, co-founder of Mormons Building Bridges sees LGBTQ relations within the faith deteriorating under Nelson and Oaks

  07-11-2018 21:54
  Three years ago this month, word leaked out of a new policy from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one that deemed members who enter a same-sex marriage “apostates” and barred their children from baptism and other religious rituals until they turn 18.The policy made international headlines, setting off a wave of protests and rallies, public resignations and private resentments.That furor has faded but, for many, the questions and the pain, like the policy itself, persi
  
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• ‘Obstacles that we couldn’t overcome’: Ballot question to boost gas tax for Utah schools falls short

  07-11-2018 21:52
  A ballot question asking voters whether the state’s gas tax should be increased by 10 cents per gallon to free up more funds for education was quickly and heftily defeated Tuesday night.Nonbinding Opinion Question No. 1 fell on shaky ground this spring after a risky compromise with the Legislature. And it never regained the early momentum it had before that deal.Nearing midnight, results showed 66 percent opposed. It was losing in every county that had reported.“We knew that this was
  
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• [KSL] - Stars' Willie Reed getting broadcast experience with G League, Jazz

  07-11-2018 21:51 via sportspyder.com
  The Stars' No. 1 pick is getting to try his hand at broadcasting at Jazz games.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Opinion: How to fix the Utah Jazz or just anger half the fanbase

  07-11-2018 21:22 via sportspyder.com
  Buckle up, Jazz fans. It’s gonna get wild in here.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - At this cozy restaurant in a Salt Lake City strip mall, a novice learns the comforting and communal art of Chinese hot pot cooking

  07-11-2018 21:10 via sportspyder.com
  Full disclosure: I didn’t know what hot pot cooking was when I stepped into Kungfu Hotpot in Salt Lake City.
  
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• At this cozy restaurant in a Salt Lake City strip mall, a novice learns the comforting and communal art of Chinese hot pot cooking

  07-11-2018 21:03
  Full disclosure: I didn’t know what hot pot cooking was when I stepped into Kungfu Hotpot in Salt Lake City.We could have been visitors to a restaurant in Los Angeles, or even Sichuan, China, judging from the online reviews written in Chinese and the nearly exclusively Chinese clientele during our two visits.While we were admittedly clueless — and no doubt looked the part — on separate occasions, servers graciously explained the menu and what to do with the many platters of foo
  
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• Sessions resigns as attorney general at Trump’s request

  07-11-2018 21:02
  Washington • The Latest on President Donald Trump and the midterm elections (all times local to Washington D.C.):2:45 p.m.Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at President Donald Trump's request.Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday.Trump announced in a tweet that Sessions' chief of staff Matt Whitaker would become the new acting attorney general.The attorney general had endured more than a yea
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah schools don’t report teacher misconduct as often as they should — and that could allow some educators to harm students again, audit says

  07-11-2018 20:28 via sportspyder.com
  Shortcomings in the way Utah educators are disciplined could — and in one documented case, did — allow them to re-offend, according to a report released Tuesday.
  
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• Utah schools don’t report teacher misconduct as often as they should — and that could allow some educators to harm students again, audit says

  07-11-2018 20:20
  Shortcomings in the way Utah educators are disciplined could — and in one documented case, did — allow them to re-offend, according to a report released Tuesday.The state auditor examined how Utah’s public education system sanctions educators found guilty of misconduct and handed down four findings:In “several cases” local education agencies — school districts and charter schools — violated state law by not reporting educator misconduct to the Utah Profe
  
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• Dana Milbank: America steps back from the abyss

  07-11-2018 20:15
  Video: Post columnist Max Boot, who called for a blue tsunami after leaving the Republican Party, breaks down the results of the midterm election. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
  Washington -- On Tuesday night, America stepped back from the abyss.It was not, perhaps, the overwhelming repudiation of President Trump's vulgar, divisive, race-baiting and sometimes lawless tenure that Democrats had hoped for. But it was, at least, a correction, and a rebuke of the Trump presidency.Democrats re
  
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• George F. Will: Political antibodies are strengthening the nation’s immune system

  07-11-2018 20:05
  Washington -- America’s body politic has recently been scarred by excruciating political shingles, and 2018 campaigning was equivalent to acid reflux. But Tuesday’s elections indicated that some political antibodies are strengthening the nation’s immune system.Tuesday was, on balance, deflating to Democrats, who learned -- or perhaps not -- that despising this president, although understandable, is insufficient. His comportment caused his congressional party only slightly more
  
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• Since we're in purple tonight ... #WallpaperWednesday https://t.co/GnjYb5kbU4

  07-11-2018 19:56 via twitter.com
  
  Since we're in purple tonight ... #WallpaperWednesday https://t.co/GnjYb5kbU4
  
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• [CBS Sports] - How Kyle Lowry transformed himself into MVP Steve Nash as part of Raptors' Kawhi-led evolution - CBSSports.com

  07-11-2018 19:41 via sportspyder.com
  The Raptors are 10-1, even though Kawhi Leonard has missed four games
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz Editorial: It’s not time to panic, but fan concerns are justified

  07-11-2018 19:08 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz are off to a forgettable start this season, and while it's not time to panic, it's certainly justifiable to feel concerned about what the tea...
  
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• Inching closer to program records, it’s clear Zack Moss has made all the right moves since coming to Utah

  07-11-2018 18:55
  The mud room inside Utah’s football complex might not seem like the most ideal place for introspection. The muffled noise blasting in the weight room beyond the double-doors eventually becomes more clear — it’s whatever playlist is on the sound system for motivation — as players finish lifting for the day. It’s loud in the mud room, and conversations that had previously started continue, as it gets louder and louder. After pushing himself, one player nearly vomits i
  
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• Utah Jazz Editorial: It’s not time to panic, but fan concerns are justified

  07-11-2018 18:50
  The Utah Jazz are off to a forgettable start this season, and while it’s not time to panic, it’s certainly justifiable to feel concerned about what the team has shown thus far. Heading into the 2018-19 NBA season, anticipation and expectations were sky high for the Utah Jazz. In bringing back a team that closed […]
  Utah Jazz Editorial: It’s not time to panic, but fan concerns are justified - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• In celebration of 40 seasons in Utah, we've just launched a dedicated a portion of our website that will explore ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-11-2018 18:38 via twitter.com
  In celebration of 40 seasons in Utah, we've just launched a dedicated a portion of our website that will explore ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ‘Love gave me no love’: President Trump slams Utah Rep. Mia Love in post-election news conference, says she lost

  07-11-2018 18:34
  President Donald Trump praised Republicans for expanding their majority in the Senate on Wednesday, while offering harsh criticism to the House incumbents — including Utah’s Rep. Mia Love — who failed to wholeheartedly embrace his agenda.Trump said Love had called him “all the time” asking for help freeing Utahn Josh Holt, who had been imprisoned in Venezuela. But her re-election campaign distanced itself from his administration, Trump said, which led to her poor pe
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - An inside look at SLC Stars center Willie Reed’s chance to job shadow Utah Jazz broadcast team

  07-11-2018 18:33 via sportspyder.com
  The Salt Lake City Stars' No. 1 pick has sports broadcasting ambitions after basketball.
  
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• An inside look at SLC Stars center Willie Reed’s chance to job shadow Utah Jazz broadcast team

  07-11-2018 18:24
  SALT LAKE CITY — If you were tuned in to the local telecast of the Utah Jazz's home game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday, you probably noticed a new face on the set.A massive, 6-foot-11, 245-pounder joined AT&T SportsNet for the live broadcast.Salt Lake City Stars No. 1 pick Willie Reedappeared on the pregame show with host Alema Harrington, Mike Smith and former Jazzman Ron Boone. Then, during the third quarter, he joined award-winning play-by-play broadcaster Craig Bolerjack an
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - An inside look at SLC Stars center Willie Reed’s chance to job shadow Jazz broadcast team

  07-11-2018 18:20 via sportspyder.com
  The Salt Lake City Stars' No. 1 pick has sports broadcasting ambitions after basketball.
  
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• [NBA] - The Note: Frank Layden looks back on 40 seasons of the Utah Jazz

  07-11-2018 18:18 via sportspyder.com
  New Orleans was Frank Layden’s favorite place to scout games as a matter of convenience. Back in the 1970s, Layden was an assistant with the Atlanta Hawks and Louisiana was just an hour’s flight away. He could fly in, watch his team’s upcoming opponent,..
  
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• [NBA] - Revisiting Pistol Pete’s short (but memorable) time in Utah

  07-11-2018 18:18 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz and New Orleans were synonymous—and Pistol Pete Maravich was synonymous with both. So in the summer of 1979, one man’s opinion seemed to matter most of all. “I think everybody wondered what Pete thought,” said David Fredman, the team’s former...
  
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• Utes are eager to get going vs Maine, and Larry Krystkowiak says, ‘I like where we are.’

  07-11-2018 18:11
  Utah’s nonconference basketball schedule is upgraded in 2018-19, although that not may become apparent to Huntsman Center ticket-buyers until the end of the calendar year.The Utes will open the season Thursday night against Maine, one of four visiting opponents ranked lower than No. 300 by kenpom.com among the 353 teams in Division I. Beginning next Monday at Minnesota, Utah’s degree of difficulty will increase on the road and in a neutral-site tournament, so coach Larry Krystkowiak
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - This Time Last Year: Where the Jazz Are Starting Better — And Worse — Than a Year Ago

  07-11-2018 18:05 via sportspyder.com
  Just as they did last season, the 2018-19 Jazz have started the year with a 10-game stretch that has included some alarming losses and a middling record. All Rights Reserved.
  
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• [NBA] - 'I didn't think we would make it': An oral history of the first season of the Utah Jazz

  07-11-2018 17:56 via sportspyder.com
  On April 6, 1979, the New Orleans Jazz capped off another losing season with a 140-131 defeat at home to the Milwaukee Bucks. The loss was no surprise. The Jazz had not had a winning season in any of the team’s five years of existence. That season, their.
  
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• Kavanaugh joins liberals in tough questions on execution plans for man with rare condition

  07-11-2018 17:44
  The Supreme Court spent a gruesome hour Tuesday debating a constitutional way to execute a Missouri man who has a rare medical condition, with the likely decider, new Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joining the court's liberals with tough questions for the state.Modern and ancient execution methods — a firing squad, electrocution, hanging, lethal gas, being burned at the stake — all made appearances during the court’s sober assement of ways to kill Russell Bucklew without violating th
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz welcome Luka Doncic and Dallas Mavericks to SLC

  07-11-2018 17:38 via sportspyder.com
  Can the Jazz get back in the win column against a tired Mavericks team?
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - NBA Power Rankings: Winless week drops Utah Jazz

  07-11-2018 17:38 via sportspyder.com
  Hello darkness my old friend... The power rankings drop again...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Ricky Rubio is more concerned with defense than his early shooting woes

  07-11-2018 16:55 via sportspyder.com
  Ricky Rubio is off to an abysmal start with his shooting at 32.7 percent, but he believes the offense will come and that his team must be more concerned with improving its defense going into...
  
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• Ricky Rubio is more concerned with defense than his early shooting woes

  07-11-2018 16:52
  SALT LAKE CITY — If Ricky Rubio is at all concerned about his abysmal shooting percentage this year, he certainly isn't showing it.Asked Tuesday about his inconsistent numbers, two really good games, an average game, and a half dozen really poor games, he shrugged and said, "I'm trying to find my rhythm, but I'm not worried about that at all."Rubio, who has never been known as a great shooter — he's a career 38 percent shooter from the field and 32 percent from 3-point range —
  
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• Letter: People with weapons of mass destruction are the real terrorists

  07-11-2018 16:24
  I hate that whenever I take my daughter to a crowded play area or school event, or when I attend a gala with my wife or even just go to work each day, I consider what I’d do if the inevitable nut job with an assault rifle showed up.I know it’s my imagination at work, but it’s happened enough that we now have mandatory “active-shooter trainings” at work and lockdown drills in our schools, so perhaps it’s not just a scary fantasy? It’s something we now get
  
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• Letter: Bagley’s ‘typical’ cartoon is cheap propaganda

  07-11-2018 16:12
  In the Nov. 4 Tribune, Pat Bagley's cartoon seeks to scorn those concerned about violent crime by illegal immigrants. His visual argument relies on a false premise that those wanting safe borders view potential violent immigrants as "typical immigrants."Any fair-minded person knows the primary concern is about ruthless gangs, such as MS13, other criminals and terrorists mixing in with those simply seeking a better life.Bagley has demonstrated that a false premise is a clever way to create a misl
  
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• Letter: American College of Pediatricians is not a medical authority

  07-11-2018 16:11
  In a recent commentary published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Gayle Ruzicka cited the American College of Pediatricians (ACP) as a medical authority. Despite its misleading name, the ACP is an anti-LBGTQ political group masquerading as a legitimate medical organization. If you are looking for a scientifically sound and nonpartisan medical authority, the largest American medical association representing pediatricians is the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).The AAP was formed in 1930 and has appr
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Teachers’ ‘border wall’ costumes weren’t just in poor judgment — they were racist

  07-11-2018 16:10 via sportspyder.com
  I read a post shared by a friend on Facebook that talked about elementary school teachers in Idaho who dressed as Mexicans and the border wall for a school activity. Normalizing racism is never OK, especially from educators.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Foundation behind MormonLeaks urges Utah lawmakers to remove ‘clergy exemption’ from child abuse reporting laws

  07-11-2018 16:10 via sportspyder.com
  The Truth and Transparency Foundation — the nonprofit group behind the controversial MormonLeaks website — is launching a petition drive calling on Utah legislators to drop the “clergy exemption” from laws about mandatory reporting of child abuse.
  
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• Letter: Brent Taylor was a rare leader

  07-11-2018 16:09
  I began working with Brent Taylor in January 2013 as the North Ogden city planner.Over the past five years he earned my respect with his integrity, honesty and forthrightness. I worked with him on the update of the North Ogden City General Plan. He helped create a vision for the city and then worked to make that vision a reality.I attended many meetings with Mayor Taylor in public and private. He was respectful of all points of view and recognized the significance of North Ogden’s vision.H
  
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