Mark Crockett speaks during a Salt Lake County Mayoral debate against Ben McAdams on Friday, September 14, 2012.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Salt Lake County needs Mark Crockett. While serving on the county council, Crockett led the fight against subsidizing the soccer stadium. Of the 19 bond initiatives that came up under his tenure, he voted against or worked to reduce 17 of them. He has had a very successful career in consulting, helping turn around businesses and saving them money. What needs to be done for Salt Lake County, Crockett already does every day in the private sector.
The county has borrowed almost $2 billion over the last eight years. We cannot afford to assume we will always have enough money to pay for ever-expanding programs and subsidies. If we are serious about curbing government growth, we need to start here at home. We need a leader like Crockett. Why wouldn't we want better financial security for our county and better results for our taxes?
Matt Larsen
Salt Lake City
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I don't have a direct interest in this race, but this letter seems to be about saying no, wanting no investment in our infrastructure, and no forward movement. What it fails to do is talk about the actual results of prior investments. Was the More..
"We need a leader like Crockett."
I'm sorry, but "leaders" don't repeatedly violate campaign finance laws like Crocket admitted to doing in a past campaign and as an official complaint alleges again this campaign.
Austerity may not work, but fiscal responsibility does. Some "infrastructure" projects are in reality a bridge to nowhere. Crocket seems to represent fiscal sanity in a world where many politicians never meet a dollar they don't want to More..