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Chris Wharton: Mendenhall stepped up for Salt Lake City

Before I took my seat on the Salt Lake City Council last January, I didn’t really know Erin Mendenhall. But after watching her keep her cool and fight for the City through high-stress inland port negotiations over the last year, I know that Erin has what it takes to be our next mayor.

The magnitude of what Erin has done and is doing for Salt Lake City can only be understood if you know just how detrimental the inland port situation was for the city. Negotiations between the state and the city were never treated as a conversation between equals.