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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 31-June 2, 2017 A-3 The Park Record COUNTY SEAT COUNTY EDITOR: ANGELIQUE McNAUGHTON 649-9014 EXT. 112 | Countynews@parkrecord.com County Attorney nominee pool is narrowed down to three COURTESY OF JAN MCCOSH DELICIOUS. LOCAL. REAL. COURTESY PATRICIA CASSELL Last week, the Summit County Democratic Party’s Central Committee has selected three candidates for the new Summit County Attorney’s position: Margaret Olson, Jan McCosh and Patricia Cassell. The County Council has scheduled open interviews with the candidates beginning at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, at the County Courthouse in Coalville. Candidates include local residents and current chief prosecutor ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record The Summit County Democratic Party’s Central Committee has narrowed a diverse nominee pool down to three candidates for the new Summit County Attorney: Patricia Cassell, Margaret Olson and Jan McCosh. Last week, 45 members of the party’s central committee voted on the eight candidates the party had previously selected to replace Robert Hilder, who died in April. Hilder, who was 67 and county attorney since 2014, died suddenly from complications while undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Cheryl Butler, chair of the county’s Democratic Party, said 10 rounds of voting were required to select the three nominees that the Summit County Council will be interviewing. Both Olson and McCosh are registered Democrats, while Cassell said she is unaffiliated. The County Council has scheduled open interviews with each of the candidates beginning at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, at the County Courthouse in Coalville. The candidates will be interviewed in Conference Room 2 in the Courthouse. The county attorney is responsible for prosecuting all criminal matters in the county, as well as overseeing juvenile court and any civil work or litigation. The county attorney will also be advising other county elected officials about potential litigation. Margaret Olson Olson, who is a self-employed attorney with a private practice firm in Salt Lake City, said she considered Hilder a dear friend and it didn’t immediately occur to her to throw her hat in the ring for the position. But, Olson said once the job was listed, she changed her mind after realizing how qualified she was. “Prior to 2016, I had considered running and my husband has been trying to nudge me along to that end ever since,” Olson said. “I guess I would just say my motivation to run is I figured it was time to get involved.” Olson has been a Summit County resident for more than 20 years. She graduated from the University of Utah Law School in 1992 and has been a member of the Utah Bar since. She has overseen her firm Hobbs & Olson for nearly 20 years and is also a licensed attorney in Idaho. Olson said her firm’s practice is focused in criminal defense and victim advocacy, as well as civil litigation. She is a former assistant district attorney for Salt Lake County and also served as a prosecutor in the Special Victim’s Unit. “I am ready to enter public service and politics and I had been thinking about doing so for quite some time. I am qualified to assume the duties and responsibilities of this office and commit to running for election in 2018,” Olson said. Patricia Cassell Since July 2016, Cassell has served as the chief prosecutor in COUNTY BRIEF PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT BROWN’S CANYON DEVELOPMENT The Eastern Summit County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 1, at the Kamas City Offices. The hearing will cover a proposal to amend the Development Agreement for the South Point of Promontory Development to add 735 residential units, for a total of 1,020 units. The South Point Master Plan proposes 190,000 square feet of commercial space, 350 hotel rooms, a 40-acre site dedicated for a high school and a helicopter pad for the southernmost 802 acres of the Promontory Development. Part of the proposal includes a 110-acre reservoir and 20 additional lakeside the Summit County Attorney’s Office. For more than a decade, she worked as the assistant administrator in the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office and as a supervisor, handling high-profile homicide cases. Cassell, who graduated from Georgetown University and became a member of the Utah bar in 1992, said she wants to continue the current work that is taking place in the county attorney’s office because it is “really functioning at a high level right now.” “I want to be a consistent and stabilizing influence in the office and I want to continue the good work that we were doing,” Cassell said. “Even though it has been very difficult with Robert’s (Hilder) illness and ultimate death, we have come together as an office and I want to make sure we keep that going.” Cassell admits she does not have as much experience with civil litigation as Hilder did. However, she said she would still be comfortable stepping into that role. “It would be a learning curve for me, but I would be exited to learn that side of the office because it’s part of my growth as a professional,” Cassell said. “I really do think we are a really strong office and we have exceptional attorneys and support staff. 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