Robert Gehrke: Gary Herbert and the case for competence

Gov. Gary Herbert recognizes there was a good deal of serendipity in his “improbable journey” in politics.After leaving Brigham Young University and starting a real estate firm, Herbert spent 14 years as a Utah County commissioner.It was back in 2004, after Herbert spent six months trying and mostly failing to get traction in a crowded gubernatorial field, that he agreed to a political marriage that ultimately would work out tremendously well for him.Herbert spent 4 1/2 years as form