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Rod Decker provided Utah with the most intelligent, straightforward state and local reporting of anyone in the business over the past several decades. If you missed his online reporting and Sunday news program, you missed his low key and straight-as-an-arrow approach to get to the facts. He is not just a talking head. He is smart as a whip. He is a diamond in the rough.

Rodney, you will be missed by those of us who appreciate quality, not quantity. Enjoy your retirement.

Marshall Benowitz

Millcreek