Millcreek • There’s only dirt where the lawn should be in front of Rashelle Hobbs' new home.
The recently elected Salt Lake County recorder — a Democrat fresh off a win against incumbent Republican Adam Gardiner — jokes later that when faced with a choice between putting grass in or running for election, she chose the latter.
“This was my first time that I ever ran for office,” she told The Salt Lake Tribune recently. “I don’t really consider myself a professional politician. I’m a public servant and I work hard. If I were to describe myself, I’m more interested in the service and the work than the politics.