Lindon Mayor Jeff Acerson cruises through confirmation hearing toward joining UTA Board

Lindon Mayor Jeff Acerson easily steered through a Utah Senate confirmation hearing Friday toward becoming a new member of the Utah Transit Authority Board — vowing openness and a willingness to listen at the agency that was scarred by scandal in recent years.He won unanimous committee endorsement, and the full Senate is expected to vote later this month on his nomination by Gov. Gary Herbert to represent Utah and Tooele counties on the three-person, full-time commission that oversees UTA.