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Show • • ( Demography Matthew Burbank, a U professor in the political science department, said while marriage equality and immigration are big state issues, demography is the largest concern with Salt Lake City politics. "It used to be hard to maintain the residential population of Salt Lake because everyone was moving to the suburbs:' he said. "However, with the steps being taken to revitalize the city, more people are beginning to want to live downtown:' With improved transportation, he said, more people are now moving to the city. He said to further this work, Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker should work to improve walking access for pedestrians in Salt Lake City. Sustainability Art Raymond, deputy director of communication for Becker, said the over-arching political theme the mayor is promoting is a sustainability-based philoso- r phy. He said Salt Lake is the home to the first LEED certified building in the nation, and Becker has worked to create a greener city. Raymond said one initiative worked to increase the amount of bike routes, with an increased bike budget for the entire city, to decrease pollution from cars. Raven James, a senior, said as an out-of-state student she is not familiar with many of the major issues going on in Salt Lake but is impressed with the sustainability talk in Salt Lake City. the arrest of former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff, Gill is at the forefront of the investigation." Cotti said students who are not registered to vote in the upcoming elections can sign up at the Hinckley Institute in OSH. m.royal@chronicle.utah.edu @mary royal Election Year Morgan Cotti, program director for the Hinckley Institute of Politics, said this is going to be an interesting year for Salt Lake City politics because of the election year. "One of the campaigns students should keep an eye on is Sim Gill's campaign for district attorney of Salt Lake County' she said. "Coming on the heels of 5 |