Letter: Gary Herbert made two big mistakes

The Salt Lake Tribune’s Robert Gehrke is an admirable journalist, usually on what I consider the “right” side of the issues.While his Dec. 28 piece on Gov. Gary Herbert’s accomplishments focused on his enlightenment over time, and his economic successes, it contained two errors.Economies can collapse in a heartbeat. More long-term and irreversible are the things Herbert did badly: mishandling the pandemic and endorsing the inland port.Thousands of Utahns are permanently s