Here is the full transcript of Erin Mendenhall’s campaign video announcing her bid for a second term as Salt Lake City’s mayor:
This is a special time for Salt Lake City. Like all great cities, we’re growing, we’re changing. Our culture, our nightlife, our high-tech job market.
These last few years have tested us: COVID, the earthquakes, the inland hurricane, but we’ve emerged stronger than ever. Salt Lakers are resilient, creative and innovative, and we’ve worked hard to earn real results, to make real progress.
We’re investing in more affordable housing than we ever have before, by a lot.
And while we can’t solve the state’s homelessness crisis by ourselves, we’re building record numbers of new supportive housing for our unsheltered residents. We’ve completely transformed the way we work with the state and our neighbors.
Crime is lower than it’s been in years, and we’re fundamentally changing how the city keeps the public safe.
We’re taking historic steps to improve our air quality, like planting thousands of new trees to create oxygen and remove pollution, and negotiating a first-in-the-nation partnership to finally bring 100% renewable energy to our city.
We’re building incredible new parks. We’re connecting our neighborhoods with new byways and bike trails. And we’re doing everything we can to conserve water and help save the Great Salt Lake.
I’m Erin Mendenhall. I’m an air-quality advocate, a mom and the mayor of Salt Lake City. I’m running for reelection because our work isn’t finished, and we need proven leadership to see it through.
The incredible future we’re building together isn’t guaranteed, and it isn’t going to be easy. I’m determined to make sure the city grows for all of us, to bury the walls that divide us, to lead with compassion, to promote equity and to defend equality.
We are making this progress together, and I refuse to let anyone take our city backward. We’re going to keep moving this city forward, and we’re going to do it together. Join us at ErinMendenhall.com.
