A new poll of Salt Lake City voters conducted ahead of this month’s primary election shows residents see air quality as the most pressing problem facing the state’s capital — and it’s an issue on which several say they have based their pick for mayor.
Take Elizabeth Ballantyne, a 53-year-old Sugar House resident who believes the state’s dirty air negatively affects both the community’s health and economic vitality. She’s voting for David Garbett, a former Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance staff attorney, because she feels he has the best plan to make meaningful progress on the issue.