• At 22, Joshua E. Hughes is the youngest resident running for the city council. He is a business owner and has no previous political experience. Growth in Syracuse should be managed with "smart growth" planning, he said. Development should be "controlled and diverse."

• Knight, 45, has served four years on the council. He works as a security specialist. He has assisted with planning for a downtown city center where Wal-Mart will soon locate. Top issues facing the city include economic development, traffic control, education and recreation.

• Michael Dean Lawton, 35, is a service manager at Tony Divino Toyota. He has no previous political experience. Syracuse needs new leadership, he said. The city's tax base should be expanded, but luring stores like a Super Wal-Mart is not the way to do it, he said.

• Stuart Montgomery, 40, works in textile sales. He is a political "newbie." Like others, he says growth in the city can be managed better. Schools should be built faster, retail should come sooner. "Things need to be happening here," he said.

• Jeffery Orn, 45, is an automation electronic technician. He has served 15 years in various assignments with the Boy Scouts. Orn wants to bring more business into the city. "I want Syracuse to be a place that anyone else living here would be proud of," he said.

• Phillip Orton, 35, is a service advisor at Westland Ford. He has served two years on the Syracuse Planning Commission. Important issues include commercial development, parks and recreation and public safety. "We need a council person with experience," he said.

• Doug Peterson, 32, is a school teacher. He has lived in Syracuse all his life, watching it grow from a farming town to one of the fastest-growing cities in Utah. "I would like to see that growth managed wisely, while striving to maintain a feeling of community and neighborhood," he said.

• Marc Webb, 36, is a financial advisor and a federal screener for the Transportation Security Administration. He has no previous political experience. "I'm running because I feel like the city is going in the wrong direction with regards to revenue and how they're handling the growth," he said.

• Wesley M. White, 59, is a retired Air Force pilot. He works as an educator and has no previous political experience. "The most challenging issue for the city is to accommodate and manage growth while maintaining values and enhancing quality of life," he said.

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