As David Garbett, an environmental lawyer and activist, considered in December whether to officially launch a bid for Salt Lake City mayor, his 6-year-old daughter, Emi, became sick.
There was a bad inversion in the air, and she was taken to urgent care, where she was hooked up to a face mask and breathing tube as doctors worried her lungs had been damaged. It was a pivotal moment that pushed Garbett, who has spent much of his professional life working on clean air and environmental issues, into the 2019 Salt Lake City mayor’s race.
“We live in a city where our loved ones are sickened by this.