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Show Park Record Thursday, September 29, 1988 Page AS Tax initiatives would cut revenues Local tax reveiues in Summit County would be cit by $5,666,888 if the tax initiatives are approved by the voters in November. This was reported by the Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in its analysis of the impact of the tax initiatives in-itiatives on state and local govern ments in Utah According to thj foundation study, the reductions to Summit County would impact couity government by $1,072,642, loeal schools by $2,958,673, cities and towns by $1,312,191, and special taxing districts by $298245. In addition, if the initiatives are approved, state aid for local road purposes in Summit Sum-mit County would be cut by $115,137 and state aid foi local schools would be reduced by an indeterminate amount. j Based on the best information available to the foundation at this time, total state and local tax revenues in Utah would be reduced by $329.7 million if all three of the tax initiatives are approved. This includes in-cludes a reduction of $184.4 million in state tax revenues (sales tax, cigarette tax, income tax, gasoline and diesel fuel taxes) under Initiative In-itiative B and $3.5 million from income in-come tax credits for families with children in private schools under Initiative In-itiative C. . Foundation analysts point out, however, that Utah's economy appears ap-pears to be growing again after three years of stagnation. As a result, the reductions that would occur oc-cur if the tax initiatives are approved approv-ed might be partially offset by this growth in the tax base and in tax revenues. Supporters also claim that passage of the initiatives might stimulate the economy further. The total reduction in the property tax, on the other hand, might be greater than the amount currently estimated, because actual property values in Utah have declined during recent years and, in some cases, are below those indicated on the property proper-ty valuation notices. If these discrepancies are corrected, it would result in reduced property tax collections and would create an additional ad-ditional revenue loss. The foundation report indicates that state general fund revenues (which are used to finance higher education, social services, corrections, correc-tions, health, general operations, the judiciary, natural resources, community com-munity and economic development, business, labor and agriculture, capital outlay, debt service, etc.) would be reduced by $70.1 million under Initiative B. This is equal to 9.5 percent of the 1988-89 general fund appropriations. Revenues to the public schools would be cut by approximately $123.3 million if all three of the initiatives in-itiatives are approved. This includes $89.8 million in local school property taxes and $33.5 million in uniform school fund revenue. This sum is equal to about 13 percent of the total operating expenditures of local school districts in Utah. Utah's highway program would be most adversely affected by the proposed pro-posed initiatives, according to the foundation report. If the tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel is reduced by five cents per gallon, revenues to the transportation fund would be slashed by $41,295,000, or 21 percent of total highway-user revenue. In addition ad-dition to funding the state highway program and providing state aid for local roads, highway-user revenues are used to finance the state highway patrol and certain administrative ad-ministrative and general overhead, costs. Indiana man killed in 1-80 collision A 50-year-old Indiana man was killed Sept. 21 on Interstate 80 when his car struck a semi attempting to make a U-turn in the median, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at noon one mile west of Coalville. Lionel Masse, a 36-year-old Orem man, was attempting to make a U-turn with his semi, according accor-ding to the UHP. His trailer was eastbound in the left lane when it was struck by a vehicle driven by Louis E. McPherson, Lafayette, Ind., who was attempting attemp-ting to pass a motor home. McPherson was killed immediately. His wife, Velma, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she was in stable condition with cuts and abrasions to the head. There were no other injuries. Masse was cited for improperly crossing the divider. Cops hear attorney general candidates by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer Utah's attorney general sparred with his Demtcractic opponent Sept. 23 in a debate before the state's law enforcement officials, saying Paul Van Dam has "an overzealous desire to protect the rights of criminals." i But Van Dam returned the blows by saying Attorney General David Wilkinson hasn't "been in the trenches" tren-ches" and doesn't understand the real problems in the state. "That's the real distinction between the two of us," said, Van Dam, "you know what's going on when you're down with the people who are working on the street. I have done it and I have been there. I have been out on the street and (one out on search warrants. war-rants. If yon haven't been there you really don't know why there are problems." pro-blems." The debate was held by the Utah Law Enforcement Executive Development Institute at the Prospector Pro-spector Square Convention Center. The group which comprises the state's chiefs of police and county sheriffs, j Wilkinson began his remarks by h 1 U, ' noting that Van Dam showed a record in the mid-1970s of having great concern over the protection of criminal rights. He also said that within a year after Van Dam had become Salt Lake County Attorney, "he admitted that police hated -him," and he had 50 percent of his staff looking into police misconduct concerns that were brought up by citizens. "So I would submit that he's not a friend of the police," said Wilkinson. But Van Dam responded that, "I have dedicated 12 years of my life to law enforcement, I believe in supporting sup-porting law enforcement and I've prosecuted thousands of cases." He also pointed out "failures" in Wilkinson's Wilkin-son's track record, such as the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos Mental Health scandal and the Alan Hadfield child abuse case. "What's going on with the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos case?" Van Dam asked. "The people in Utah County believe a cover up is going on. These people are disturbed about it." Regarding the Hadfield case, Van Dam said 29 people in the Lehi area had been identified as possible child abusers, but only Hadfield had been prosecuted. "When you have a nest of law abusers like that, you don't irk '$ & i CK I1 -. if ' . : Y just prosecute one," he said. Further, Van Dam took jabs at Wilkinson's office personnel, noting that "by his eighth year in office he had a loss of 20 percent of his staff and that does not look well." In responding to his challenger's allegations, Wilkinson admitted that his background was in civil law. "But Mr. Van Dam's records show that he's too concerned about criminal's rights and too concerned about police abusing their power." . Trying to show that his office had gone the extra mile in assisting county prosecutors, Wilkinson referred refer-red to the SingerSwapp case, saying say-ing that he told the Summit County Sheriff, "we're going to make charges as widely as the facts support." sup-port." In another area he said his office had reached out to, he said "we have set up a drug task force in the last nine months which is giving a tremendous amount of support fighting drugs. I have seen the need for this in law enforcement." Regarding the ongoing Timp Mental Men-tal Health investigation, Wilksinson said, "I'm not going to bring any charges a day sooner than we're ready to." Responding to charges that employees had left his office, he said there was a three percent reduction last year, but one-fourth of that was Two sentenced in court Third Circuit Judge Maurice D. Jones sentenced two individuals during Sept. 21 hearings in Park City. Rex E. Fletcher, 24, 702 Park Ave., pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. He was given a 90-day jail sentence, all but 10 days of which were suspended upon the payment of fines and fees totalling $1,000. He was also placed on six months of probation with Adult Probation and Parole. Darrell L. Kniece, 31, of Provo, pleaded guilty to a charge of retail theft. A 30-day jail sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $200 fine, and he was placed on six months of probation by the court. Weber Canyon man faces Oct. 4 hearing A 38-year-old Weber Canyon man will face a preliminary hearing in 3rd Circuit Cir-cuit Court Oct. 4 on three third-degree felony charges following his arrest in Park City Sept. 26. 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