Presented with an array of options, including a bobcat that became internet famous, a new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and “the Utah voters” in this midterm election year, readers of The Salt Lake Tribune instead gravitated to three names when asked who should be the Utahn of the Year.
Brent Taylor, the North Ogden mayor and member of the Utah National Guard who was killed in Afghanistan, led the way with more than 4,800 votes.
In naming Taylor the Utahn of the Year, the newspaper called him “an articulate and enthusiastic evangelist for democracy” and someone “Utahns would like to hold up as an example of who we are.