Salt Lake County Council members made two things clear Tuesday: they support the mayor’s decision to go after pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis, but they don’t much like how he decided to do it.
Wilson said she and others council members were caught flatfooted Sunday when they learned through a news release that Mayor Ben McAdams plans to sue the pharmaceutical industry.
The county operates collaboratively across a host of issues — from homelessness to criminal justice and social services — and Wilson said it would have been nice to work together in this instance.
“It would have been polite and I think would serve the county taxpayers better if we had created and continued to be team players,” she said.