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Show t Ann r3 p n tvn i-1 r r 1 ! On June 25th I ( - you the voters of 1 ! ' I Garfield County will I have the opportuni- i i ' ty to decide who I .... . 4 will represent your X v i interests in the I v V l Utah House of l Representatives J for the next two 1 ""Cr 1 years. MiVie NOCi- our capable didate for the state Carta House Representative Natives Tom Hatch of ReSetTt 3 (soon to be Distnc Senator Hatch) has done an admirable job of representing District 73 these many years. I consider Tom Hatch a good friend and I have sincerely appreciated his leadership, counsel, and hk past support on critical issues , that had the potential to negatively impact our communities and the legal rights of the citizens of Kane and Garfield Counties. At a critical juncture in the RS2477 road battle in Kane and Garfield Counties, Tom wrote an insightful letter to the Kane County Commission, advising them not to sign any road agreement until after the 2000 election. His prophetic reasoning was that we couldn't get any less than what the BLM was offering, and that if the election turned our way we could get a whole lot more from the new administration. Tom's support of our cause was a key turning point in the whole matter. Tom was in a tough convention race himself this year. He has chosen to maintain a strict political neutrality in this campaign while providing pro-viding support and advice to both candidates seeking the post he is vacating. If I can be as effective as Senator Tom Hatch has been, I will be satisfied with my performance perform-ance in the House of Representatives. APPRECIATING YOUR COMMISSIONERS I have also greatly appreciated working with Commissioners Maloy Dodds and Clare Ramsay as well as past-Commissioner Louise Liston on roads and other land use issues. Their encouragement and endorsement of my candidacy has inspired me to work even harder to win this election. We all know that the stakes are high this year, and we may have, only a small window of opportunity to solidify some of our basic rights to use and enjoy the public lands in District 73. Without the knowledge, experience, and hard work of these four leaders in protecting our basic rights to access and use the resources on our public lands, we would be in an even worse position economically than we find ourselves in today. All four of these leaders' roots tie directly to Garfield County, but their heritage alone did not entitle them to a position of leadership. Their strong rural roots could only take them so far, yet when the challenges came, they rose to the occasion and made us all proud that they are from Garfield County. BATTLING THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS Although I have roots in both Kane and AN OPEN LETTER TO WE CITIZENS OF GARFIELD COUNTY FROM CM tJG&L Speaking The Truth & Saying What Needs To Be Said are needed. The weight of our stance may be enough to tip the scales in the direction of truth and right." I have tried to make this a standard in my life even when it was unpopular to do so. Over the years, I have had many battles with heavily financed extreme environmental organizations organi-zations working in concert with overzealous federal employees. You can verify what the environmentalists think about Mike Noel by going to the Deseret News or Salt Lake Tribune Website Archives and entering the name Mike Noel. It is no secret that I have always been a strong advocate for multiple use of public lands and a protector of county, state, and private citizen's rights. These organizations, if they had their way, would literally shut down our economy econo-my in Southern Utah, and in America. MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS It was not an easy decision to initiate and sign my name to a lawsuit to prevent our county coun-ty commissioners from signing away over 1000 miles of roads in Kane County which would have had the effect of compromising not only our RS2477 Road Rights, but also the road rights of every county in the state. It was not easy to challenge the leadership of a BLM manager who arbitrarily fired two locally local-ly raised employees with long-term service tenures because they dared to expose her repressive hiring policies, single use management manage-ment philosophy, and dictatorial management style. Her policies, essentially precluded any Southern Utahn from filling a management position. (She has since been reassigned). In regard to the roads lawsuit, truth and right prevailed and with State constitutional defense funds supporting the state's quiet title action, I know we will protect the vast majority of these county roads which are vital to agriculture, logging, log-ging, mining, utility companies, small business, water rights, tourism, recreation, hunting, and to the wilderness issue since under current law, recognizing them will preclude wilderness designations desig-nations in many areas. Over the past year I have personally been working with John Boyden of the Attorney General's office on this matter that they consider consid-er crucial to the people of Utah. Contrary to what some may say, Protecting Federal Land Rights is Not a One-Issue matter primarily because everything we do in District 73 involves public lands. Our vital transportation network, federal land rights, and multiple use of public lands form the key economic issue facing fac-ing us today. OUR RIGHT TO USE PUBLIC LANDS There is no question that FLPMA (the governing gov-erning management law for public lands) gives local citizens, who choose to live work and die in Southern Utah, and local government more input into how the lands in their communities are to be managed. I know this to be true because I have stood up for, fought for, and defended that right for over 27 years. It is not fair that the federal government pays on average only about 11 0th of their share of property taxes (PILT) that the average citizen does, I will work to see this situation changed. I know that FLMPA allows for free use gravel for the counties as well has no cost rights of ways and Recreation and Public Purposes grants. These opportunities must be made available to the counties by the BLM if we are to grow. . STUDY MY RECORD I have been accused of being a single-issue candidate. If you choose to elect me to this office, you won't have to worry about what I am going to do, because I already have a clear record of service in many areas. It is a record that will protect our access and use of public lands while we will in turn build and improve our economy in District 73. It is a record that will work to reduce our tax burden by building tax base. It is a record of undeviat-ing undeviat-ing support of our agricultural, timber, utility and tourist economy and it is a record that will support and help facilitate our important retirement retire-ment community by keeping property and personal per-sonal income taxes low. To that end, I have signed the Americans for Tax Reform Pledge "to oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes during my term in office." It is a record of bringing modern broadband communications to Kanab City which along with help from city and state officials, and private pri-vate citizens, has facilitated 55 new jobs with more to come. It is a record of obtaining over $5 million dollars in grants and low cost loans in my position as Manager and Executive Director of the Water Conservancy District these last five years to build among other things, a new culinary water system which was needed to save 125 jobs at the Stampin Up manufacturing facility east of Kanab, and a new hydro plant south of Orderville that when completed com-pleted will generate over 1 million kilowatts of clean energy to the citizens of southern Utah to name just two projects. It is a record of working with young men in scouting, sports, and spiritual education. Do I sound like a single issue candidate candi-date to you? STUDY THE ISSUES I encourage you to study the issues, study the candidates, and make your decision on my Proven Record of Service. I have made very few campaign promises except to promise to continue to work hard for the people of Kane and Garfield Counties and to continue to stand up for rural Utah. I know if you study the issues, you will come to the same conclusion that 20 of 24 county ; commissioners and 59.25 of the elected state convention delegates in District 73 decided, and that is to vote for a proven record of serv- ; ice a vote for Mike Noel. If you as the voter will take the time to ; research the issues and the background work of ! myself and my opponent in regard to those j issues, you will find a distinct difference in not ; only evidence and experience but also in the : way we propose to deal with the problems in District 73. "I have vjdiiieiu uunufcjb unuuyu t my Grandfather Coleman. W VQg Committed and my wife s great grand- 'l Wiv father Joel Hills Johnson, M 1 r,jrVV my Self tO thlS over the past 5 years, I VST rjZ-L Hp17 llfld I i 1 5Sfc1S5r feS MIIifclWLL 1 I can make For District 73 Representative iSemVtal ! nZZndlf13' Un IlieSday, June Zb and if elected, i SSSSp3 This "BIG AD" Was Paid For By The Supporters Of diffeZd" b0ecaustrong voices Mike Noel, All Of Whom Stand For "Truth In Advertising. " M&e Noel |