Well hopefully everyone got out and voted yesterday. Headlining the papers today is that Ralph Becker won the race for Salt Lake City mayor, well ahead of rival Dave Buhler.

Since this is a real estate blog and I am in the real estate profession, I thought I would go back to Ralph Becker's website and review the plans and visions he has to improve the city in terms of what might be important to real estate. I looked particularly at 'Neighborhoods', 'Downtown', and 'Transportation'.

I encourage you to read for yourself, but I think the city will be a better place if he can implement everything that he would like to. We need our capital city to shine so that we can attract more people and improve the quality of life for those who already live here. I like post election time because we can put aside the rivalries and focus on changing the city through positive action. We're doing ok, but our city could be so much better.

So take a look at your new mayor, re-familiarize yourself with the issues at hand, and take part.