Gehrke: Those Who Care For Gary Ott Need To Help Him Step Away From Recorder’s Office And The Public Spotlight

Dementia is a terrible thing. For anyone who has watched someone go through it, there’s a sense of helplessness as you watch a loved one vanish. And, faced with the slow decline, I think any of us would want someone looking out for our best interest when we no longer can. That has been the twofold tragedy of the saga of Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott — the inability of anyone to offer any meaningful help, and the failure of anyone who cares for him to look out for his well-being. That may b... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>