Situational Analysis | May 10, 2022

Welcome to Tuesday! It's National Clean Up Your Room Day. My kids are so excited.

Be in the Know

1. The spring One Utah Summit will be held today at the Grand America. Some 1200 attendees are expected. You can follow online via hashtags #1UTspring and #OneUtahSummit for posts and pics.

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Utah Headlines

General

• Where will women in the West go for a legal abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned? (Deseret News)

• 192,000 businesses and $9.67 billion in economic activity: What a report says about Google’s impact in Utah (Salt Lake Tribune

Education

• Anonymous donor clears student debt of Wiley College graduates in Texas (NBC News)
• Utah school suspends ‘queer’ teacher after video surfaces describing ‘inappropriate conversations’ with students (Deseret News)
• Why free school lunch for all is coming to an end (Deseret News)
• Headcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too. (Salt Lake Tribune)

Environment

• How this big project will turn the high desert in central Utah ‘green’ (Deseret News)

Family

• Parental burnout isn’t just a problem for mom and dad — it affects kids, too (Deseret News)

Housing

• In this Salt Lake City neighborhood, residents inundated by crime feel unsafe, unheard by leaders (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah/Ukraine Connection

• An inside look at the many religions in Poland responding to the refugee crisis (Deseret News)

National Headlines

General

• Bodies found in Lake Mead renew interest in Vegas mob lore (AP)
• Fugitive inmate captured after manhunt, ex-jail officer dead (AP)
• Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for public service for Jan. 6 coverage (Washington Post)

Politics

• Emboldened by wins, GOP goes all in on the culture wars (Washington Post)
• ‘Ultra-MAGA’ longshot roars into contention in key Senate race (Politico)

Ukraine 🇺🇦 

• Here’s what the U.S. has done to get more military aid into Ukrainian hands (Deseret News)
• Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines (AP)

News Releases

Salt Lake County to hold public hearing for West General Plan today

Who: Helen Peters, Regional Planning & Transportation Director; Lisa Hartman, Associate Deputy Mayor of Regional Operations

What: Salt Lake County Council is receiving public comment prior to adoption of the draft West General Plan. The West General Plan — created over the course of four years and in collaboration with neighboring municipalities, landowners, and residents through more than 100 meetings — is a long-range plan for unincorporated parts of Salt Lake County. It establishes the vision for future conservation and development of these diverse areas.

When:  4 p.m., Tuesday, May 10

Where Salt Lake County Government Center
Council Chambers, N1-110

2001 S. State Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84109

The Council meeting is also streamed live at https://facebook.com/slcocouncil

Salt Lake County recognized, yet again, for excellence in financial management

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded Salt Lake County the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the fiscal year that ended December 31, 2020.
Salt Lake County’s 2020 annual comprehensive financial report was judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program, which includes demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the report. (Read More)

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Upcoming

• USU Research Landscapes: Outdoor Recreation & Tourism in Utah, May 12, 4:30 pm, OC Tanner HQ, RSVP here
• Breakfast Briefing with Utah Foundation, May 17, 8:30-10:00 am
• Envision Utah Breakfast, May 25, 8:00-9:30 am, Register here
• Ballots are mailed â€“ June 7
• Primary election day â€“ June 28
• General election â€“ Nov 8

On This Day In History

• 1775 - The Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia names George Washington Supreme Commander.
• 1818 - Paul Revere dies at age 83
• 1869 - The Transcontinental Railroad is completed at Promontory, Utah, with the driving of the Golden Spike.
• 1872 - Victoria Woodhull is nominated as the first woman candidate for U.S. president for the Equal Rights Party.
• 1919 - Ella Grasso is born. She became the first female governor of Connecticut in 1974. She was also the first woman in the nation to become governor on her own merits, rather than “inheriting” the role following a husband’s death.
• 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover begins his 48-year tenure as FBI director.
• 1940 - Winston Churchill becomes the prime minister of Britain.
• 1950 - Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of Life magazine, the first time that an African-American appeared on the cover.
• 1958 - Ellen Ochoa is born. She is an engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center. She became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served aboard the shuttle Discovery.
• 1994 - Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, is inaugurated.
• 1996 - Eight climbers die during a storm on Mt. Everest, the worst loss of life in a single day.

Wise Words

"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."

- Victoria Woodhull

Lighter Side

"Meanwhile, this weekend was also Mother’s Day, of course. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. And I saw that first lady Jill Biden spent the day in Ukraine and met with the Ukrainian first lady." — JIMMY FALLON “To be fair, it was the only place that still had an availability for brunch.” â€” JAMES CORDEN

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