Sher Saltz

SLC Mayor Mendenhall using this years dry winter to shut down water usage for DHS ICE detention in Salt Lake City. Her statement ahead of tonight's council meeting, "Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall issued the following statement ahead of tonight’s Salt Lake City Council meeting. “Yesterday I transmitted a proposal to the Salt Lake City Council to update Title 17 and Title 21A of the Salt Lake City Code, which pertain to daily water allowances for nonresidential uses. New large water users are particularly problematic due to Salt Lake City’s worsening drought conditions and water conservation needs, which we are already taking action to address. Just last week, I directed Salt Lake City and our entire service area to move to Stage 2 of our Water Shortage Contingency Plan. As Mayor, a primary responsibility I have is to ensure residents have access to clean water, reliable utilities, and safe infrastructure. Put simply, a potential high-occupancy facility interferes with those needs. While we lack direct information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a 7,500-person detention facility on our City’s west side would likely use 1-2 million gallons of water per day. By comparison, the warehouse recently purchased previously used about 5,600 gallons daily. Should they be approved, these water usage updates would enact tighter restrictions on all government entities, ensuring that the amount of water new commercial and industrial developments can use is in line with our City’s capacity.”

It’s time for America to choose: will the most powerful technology in history be used to harm children, enrich the powerful, and risk American lives? Or will we build it with the values that make America great? We can build AI the American way. We must choose a Better Future.

As my final legislative session comes to a close, I find myself gratefully reflecting on the blessing it has been to serve the people of the great State of Utah. I’ve been encouraged by many to take a look at Utah’s 2nd Congressional District where I live, where I raised my family, and where my children and grandchildren live. While I haven’t made a formal decision at this point, I take these conversations very seriously.

As Utah’s four Republican members of Congress are being squeezed into three seats, it’s time to lay out the facts: Celeste, Burgess, and Mike all signed the repeal of Prop 4. Blake Moore did not. When I asked Blake if he supported repeal, he could not give me a straight answer. Now that the maps have been drawn and he’s seeking a Republican nomination, he must be honest with the people of Utah. Given all that has happened in Judge Gibson’s court, why won’t Blake support the repeal of Prop 4? Even worse, his campaign staff (Peter Watkins of Watkins Global Strategies) is now working for Better Boundaries to oppose repealing it. While Blake is happy with his new seat, it is entirely unfair that one of the three Representatives who have fought so hard to repeal Prop 4 will no longer represent us in Congress. When there is one less Republican in Congress from Utah next year, remember to thank Blake Moore for making it happen.