From kindness to toughness, the lessons former SLC Mayor Ted Wilson left behind

The longtime Democratic stalwart left his fingerprints on Utah’s capital and politics and offered valuable lessons for his family.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson signs a memory book for her father, former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, at Salt Lake City Hall on Monday, April 15, 2024.

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Blake ApgarLocal/Communities Editor

Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.

From kindness to toughness, the lessons former SLC Mayor Ted Wilson left behind

The longtime Democratic stalwart left his fingerprints on Utah’s capital and politics and offered valuable lessons for his family.

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