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Erin Mendenhall: City Hall experience is crucial for new Salt Lake City mayor

After 12 years of mayors who were former state legislators, I’m glad that voters are questioning whether experience on Capitol Hill — instead of in City Hall — is the right experience to get our city where it needs to go.

I entered the race for mayor because I was tired of our city not living up to its potential, in part because our mayors have come from the Legislature instead of our community councils. The issues facing the city can’t wait for another mayor to figure out how city business works.

The experience of serving in the super-minority in the Legislature is very different than the experience of serving on Salt Lake City Council.