Holbrook has formed a committee, hired a New York attorney who is a past student-body president at the University of Utah to be her campaign coordinator, and has registered a Web site, though it won't be up until next year.

She says her campaign theme will be "Unity, Vision and Growth," and that she has been gathering support from the Salt Lake City business community, among others.

Holbrook is director of government affairs for Zions Bank and is a member of the Utah State Board of Regents. She will joust in the mayoral arena against a group of foes who include Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson, Salt Lake City Council Chairman Dave Buhler, Salt Lake City Councilwoman Nancy Saxton, former Salt Lake City Councilman Keith Christensen, Centro Civico Mexicano Director John Renteria and, as The Tribune reports today, Utah House Minority Leader Ralph Becker.

One bit of intrigue in the race may come between Holbrook and Wilson, who supported Donald Dunn against Holbrook's bid for re-election as State Democratic Chairman. Dunn defeated Holbrook in a bitter race, and he now is supporting Wilson for mayor.

Holbrook notes, however, that she voted for Wilson for County Council.

Timing is everything: Patrons of Disney on Ice on Sunday were pleased to see a coupon on the back of their ticket stubs for a free salad bar add-on with a dinner entrée at Sizzler.

At least until they noticed the offer expired Oct. 31.

Utah priorities: Millcreek area residents say the Boy Scouts put out American flags in their neighborhoods for Pioneer Day last July, but not for Veterans Day.

More Utah priorities: A Salt Lake City law firm has taken on the case of a Republican activist slapped with a permanent injunction because of his alleged stalking of a political rival.

Attorneys at Snell & Wilmer have appealed the injunction against Mike Ridgway to the Utah Supreme Court. They took the case pro bono because of the free-speech implications of the injunction, said Troy L. Booher, the attorney who filed the appeal.

Last July, 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg issued the order, which prohibits Ridgway from approaching within 20 feet of fellow Republican Mark Towner and his family. The order also bans Ridgway from posting communications on electronic media directed at Towner or his family "designed to harass or annoy."

Booher says that is a violation of Ridgway's First Amendment right of free speech.

"Utah's stalking statutes were designed to protect women from domestic violence, not to protect politicians from political criticism," Booher said in a statement released to the media.

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