{"id":22800,"date":"2012-10-18T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=22800"},"modified":"2012-10-18T20:27:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T01:27:51","slug":"mormon-of-the-year-candidates-from-this-past-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2012\/10\/mormon-of-the-year-candidates-from-this-past-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon of the Year candidates from this past summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In May I asked readers here to look at those who had made the news during the first part of the year and suggest who among them should be considered for “Mormon of the Year.” The theory is that looking at the question periodically during the year means that we will include those who have been forgotten by the end of the year. This way, we avoid a bias towards recent events. So, I’d like to suggest that we look at who has made the news since April and suggest possible candidates for “Mormon of the Year.”<\/p>\n

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I’m sure that almost everyone thinks the choice this year is obvious. Its hard to dispute the fact that Mitt Romney has had a huge impact in the news so far this year. But this misses one of the fun parts of the Mormon of the Year designation\u2014discovering Mormons you don’t know about who have made some kind of impact in the news during the year. Its not just about naming the top guy on the list, its learning about the rest of the names as well.<\/p>\n

So, since Romney is such an obvious choice, for the purposes of this post, we won’t mention him further (I’ll list him below so that no one thinks we’ve left him out). Instead, let’s put together a list of those who, based on what has happened so far this year, we should remember in December. OK?<\/p>\n

First, to get them out of the way, here are the names (in alphabetical order by last name) that were suggested in May:<\/p>\n