Campaign News
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2nd Becker term
Ralph Becker has done a superb job of that in Salt Lake City, while pushing to make Utah's capital a greener, more livable place. He has earned the voters' confidence for a second term. His challenger, J. Allen Kimball, is a charming man with long ...
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Council adopts SLC idling ordinance
The Salt Lake City Council has adopted an idling ordinance proposed by Mayor Ralph Becker prohibiting many vehicles from sitting at idle for more than two minutes. The new law is designed to help lower the city's high air-pollution levels. ...
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Salt Lake City's Leonardo unveils its meld of art and science
Mayor Ralph Becker, describing tense negotiations over millions in funding for the facility, compared the museum's travails to a “near-death experience.” Now finally open, even a text for one exhibit seemed to mirror The Leonardo's never-say-die ...
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Survey shows young people want to live, dine, shop downtown
Both Mathis and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker say the downtown nightlife is being hindered by the lack of state liquor licenses available. And both say they intend to lobby state lawmakers to fix that problem in the next legislative session. ...
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Deseret News
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Report shows more drawn to Salt Lake downtown
“The opening of city creek center next march is going to provide new opportunities my guess is that shopping number will immediately rise,” says Mayor Ralph Becker. The mayor says the biggest demographic heading downtown are youth and young adults. ...
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