(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Councilman Darin Mano, seen in this file photo, was appointed by the City Council to fill a vacancy left by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in 2020. While campaigning to hold on to his District 5 seat over the weekend, Mano received an expletive-filled email from an assistant attorney general.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.