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We were only few hours away in 2022, but didn't take the time to drive that way. Now I regret it. Now wouldn't want to see it. Fuck the mayor and everyone in that city that allowed this to happen. All fucking alfalfa farm that the mayor owns.
As an ex-SLC resident, the mayor and the city doesn't have that much pull over their sliver of the lake. The state reps and senators are really the ones to blame. They were also the ones that allowed companies to dump heavy metals into the lake which are now being blown into the valley for everyone to breathe.
It's sad, I have a vivid memory of wading into the water as a child. In the area I went in at, you could walk for miles and the water would only come up to your chest. It was also really easy to float in, and brine shrimp were everywhere. It stunk, but as a kid, I didn't care about that. It was just cool to be in a super salty lake.
I read article years ago on Reddit that clearly said that the mayor was diverting the water that went down the mountains into the lake for an alfalfa farm. There was big article about it.
I thought that was the governor (of Utah), not the mayor of SLC? The lake is (or was) large, with many sources, most of which are outside of SLC's jurisdiction.