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Article: Elections turn ugly in Herriman
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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HERRIMAN -- Elections in this small South Valley city have turned
ugly.
Less than two weeks before Election Day, Herriman residents
received an anonymous mailer titled "Drugged Driving IS Drunk
Driving," featuring the DUI citation of City Council candidate Mick
Shannon.
Shannon is one of four candidates vying for two at-large spots on
the City Council. He received the citation in 2008 and disclosed
that on his campaign site weeks ago.
"There's been the same people serving the city for a long time
now, so it's difficult for people to want new blood," said Shannon,
60, founder of the Children's Miracle Network.
After a back surgery last summer, Shannon explains that he took
half of a ...