Recently I received the latest email from the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, and the headline was a “Funding Our Future” survey. Curious, I opened it up and started the survey, and was initially encouraged to see that “Mayor Biskupski and the Salt Lake City Council are seeking feedback on the city’s needs and how to fund them.”

However, as I moved through the survey, I immediately saw that the city has already decided on its priorities and structured the survey to generate the results that will support its agenda.

“Salt Lake City’s streets are in need of repair” — agree or disagree? C’mon, every city’s streets are in need of repair! “Salt Lake City needs more affordable, good-quality housing for low- and middle-income earners.” Who is going to say we need less affordable good-quality housing for low- and middle-income earners?

Biskupski ran on a platform of creating transparency and listening to feedback from residents. It is disingenuous of her to approve the widespread distribution of such a biased survey that she’ll be able to point to as an example of constituent outreach when she is fighting for re-election a year from now.

Tom Diegel, Salt Lake City