From Deseret News archives:
Open space, growth keys in Draper race
Mayoral candidates Pugh, Smith clash over development
Summer Pugh, who is challenging incumbent Darrell Smith, hopes to parlay her Planning Commission and neighborhood council experience into the mayor's office with a platform of ethical development. Pugh, who was chairwoman of her community council before the city disbanded the program earlier this year, has been a vocal critic of the city's policies on development and open space conservation.
"They should have got things done right, up front," she said.
Smith said he'd prefer to leave the inclinometers to geologists, and he believed that the instruments would be installed within a few weeks, as per a consensus of experts.
"Some say they should go in before, some say when you get started into it, and some say when you're complete," Smith said. "They're not cheap pieces of equipment. There's some concern about the damage and the accuracy."
Candidates have raised and spent relatively little money, especially when compared to candidates in Sandy, Draper's northern neighbor. Smith has raised $3,650 and spent nearly $3,000. Most of his donations come from Salt Lake-area businesses for $500 or less, and most of Smith's expenses are for signs and advertising. Pugh has spent all of her donated $2,475 plus another $2,200 or so on marketing, advertising and campaign signs.
Pugh hopes her $2,200 debt will get her into the mayor's office so she can reinstate the city's four neighborhood associations that she said were invaluable for getting city information to residents.
"They cost nothing, and they were staffed by volunteers," Pugh said. "They were for the people to know what was going on in neighborhoods."
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