The winners and the losers

• Loser: A failure to follow procedural rules led the Salt Lake City mayor's office to pay $340,000 for a monument that honors organ donors. This week, the mayor's adviser, D.J. Baxter, admitted he had unwittingly gone around normal rules when he signed a contract years ago for the monument. His signature obligated the city to pay if the foundation that was building the monument went out of business, which is exactly what happened.

The good news is that taxpayers did not have to pay the bill. The mayor's office raised the money privately. But, as many people noted when Deedee Corradini was mayor and raised private money, donations seldom come freely. People who give money may do business with the city and may expect something in return.

• Winner: Where did they all go? It's doubtful too many people in St. George are asking that question after spring break ended quietly this year, with few teenagers arrested, and few partying at all along St. George Boulevard — quite a switch from years' past. Police and the city take credit for new laws against underage people renting hotel rooms and tough enforcement of even minor laws.

At least some of the partiers may have ended up at the Little Sahara Sand Dunes in Juab County, where more than 30,000 people were reported last week. But perhaps, just maybe, some of them ended up staying at home and studying.