Republicans gain an expanded majority on Salt Lake County council
According to University of Utah Political Science Professor Matthew Burbank, Winder
Newton and Wilson are right. The county council, he said, takes a problem solving
approach rather than a partisan approach, which makes the party affiliation of its
members less relevant than in Congress or the State Legislature.
“A lot will depend upon the personalities of those people involved, since we're not talking about hundreds of members of the Legislature,” Burbank said. “This is a smaller group and so the personalities matter more.”
But, he said, the larger Republican majority may feel more emboldened to challenge some of Mayor Wilson’s proposals, particularly when it comes to taxes.