A 3rd District judge will hold a hearing Wednesday morning to determine who should be the permanent legal guardian of incapacitated former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott — his children or his girlfriend — and whether the news media will be allowed to observe the court proceedings.
Judge Bruce Lubeck will consider the motion by several media organizations — The Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, KTVX Good 4Utah News and the Utah Headliners chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists — to intervene. They maintained the case should be open because it involves “an elected official and the operations of his elected office.