Health-care career placement executive Larry Short, 48, said his priorities are "residential zoning, business development, secondary water rights and, last but not least, taxes."

He said commercial development should be focused in areas "not in someone's back yard, but in appropriate locations already planned for."

Short listed as his political experience his regular attendance of council and Planning and Zoning meetings, including his role in "preventing the existing zoning laws from being manipulated solely for the benefit of one individual."

Liberty Homes operations manager Mark T. Woolley, who has been a South Jordan planning commissioner and member of the city's Economic Development Committee, wrote that city government is responsible for managing growth and "cultivating a healthy business environment." He touted "the three concepts of sustainable development: social equity, environmental protection and economic development."

He also said city officials must work with neighboring cities to plan transportation that will meet residents' needs as their numbers grow.

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