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Bring us the head of SLC Police Chief Mike Brown

The best government is the government closest to the people—except when it isn't. The Republican supermajority on Capitol Hill likes to mess with Salt Lake City. It's like a hobby or avocation—or an itch they just have to scratch, like when they drive past a 7-11 and just have to go in for a 32 oz. Diet Coke.

The best government is the government closest to the people—except when it isn't. The Republican supermajority on Capitol Hill likes to mess with Salt Lake City. It's like a hobby or avocation—or an itch they just have to scratch, like when they drive past a 7-11 and just have to go in for a 32 oz.

Diet Coke. This time it's not zoning, increment financing or when fast food drive-up windows must operate. Now, the righteous white guys on the Hill have thrown down the gauntlet to Mayor Erin Mendenhall: Fix homelessness and drug trafficking, or we'll do it for you.

And they are sooo good at fixing…

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