Park City mayor's race pits experienc...
The contest for the mayor's chair in Park City is shaping up to be a battle of the titans and neophytes.
Popular two-term incumbent Dana Williams is being challenged by three comers, including Bradley A. Olch, the town's former three-term mayor.
Rounding out the field are business owner Diania F. Turner and business executive R. Dan Portwood --- neither of whom have held public office.
The top two vote-getters will emerge from a Sept. 15 primary.
Portwood, 53, is the Utah director of administrative services for dietary supplement giant Neutraceuticals and has lived in Park City for 15 years.
The Brigham Young University political science grad wants the resort town to turn more attention toward marketing itself to Utahns.
"Park City needs to stop pretending this isn't part of Utah," he said. "Utah people make this place what it is."
As mayor, he would focus on bringing new businesses to Park City that wouldn't necessarily be tourist-related. And he would re-focus more governmental attention toward residents rather than visitors.
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