The Candidates on Business Issues
On Monday, August 27 at 7:30 A.M., the Chamber hosted the top four (according to the latest polls) Salt Lake City Mayoral candidates.
Business leaders grilled them over the vital business issues that face not only Salt Lake City--but the state as a whole.
The debate was at the spectacular new Junior Achievement City at Discovery
Gateway.
Click on each segment to listen to the debate.
Each link is an mp3 file. You may also right click on each link to
download the audio to play on your mp3 player.
Jenny Wilson, Dave Buhler, Ralph Becker, and Keith Christensen were on the hot seats. The debate
was moderated by KSL TV Eyewitness News co-anchor Nadine Wimmer. The
business panelists were Keith Rattie with Questar, Scott Hymas with R.C. Willey, Vasilios Priskos with InterNet Properties, and Karen Olson with Metropolitan.
Participants:
Vasilios Priskos with InterNet Properties and Scott Hymas with
R.C. Willey
Karen Olson with Metropolitan and Keith Rattie with
Questar
Dave Buhler, Jenny Wilson, Ralph Becker, and Keith Christensen
BACKGROUND
An economic renaissance is occurring in Salt Lake City as more than $2 billion will be invested in the core downtown area during the next five years. Utah’s business community welcomes this investment and has endorsed a new regional vision for Salt Lake City called Downtown Rising. Key to the implementation of this vision is a mayor who knows how to partner with the business community to create a more livable and prosperous city. This debate will help differentiate candidates from a business perspective.
Please vote on September 11, 2007.
