Countdown to election day, county council members weigh in on tax hike  

Inside Utah Politics with Lindsay Aerts by Lindsay Aerts

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Municipal elections are just days away now. Utahns are voting for local leadership in dozens of races across the state. Governing Group executive director Kyle Friant has his fingers on the pulse. He joins Lindsay to walk us through some of the mostly hotly contested races. Meanwhile, the mayor of Salt Lake County has proposed a nearly 20% property tax hike. She says the county needs to offset rising costs from inflation. Council members Aimee Winder Newton and Suzanne Harrison explain their approaches to the proposal and tell us whether they think the mayor will get the full 20%.

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