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Show Page 11 - S. L. Neighborhood News Advertiser between elections should 0) -- c be or even if it should be I mayor s office o L M organized organized at all (as opposed to a spontaneous kind of process) - is Crime an issue that is still not resolved once and for all in Salt Lake City or any other city in the country for Rate that matter. There just is not any single answer that fits all situations. How do citizens have an impact on decision made by officials of Salt Lake City? The first answer has to be to fundamental principle upon which government in this country is based: The people elect repeat a their representatives by majority vote; they entrust to those elected officials the powers of government as defined by and decision-makinConstitutions or Charters, and they revoke those powers on the next election day if a majority of them believe they were misused. That is called, "accountability, and that is what marks the difference g between a nameless faceless, bureaucrat and an elected official. Elected officials have to account for their actions on election day - and remember that in any organization, an elected official is ultimately responsible for the action taken in that organization. So the most important role of citizens in having an impact on the decisions made by the Mayor and City Commission is to make sure that good men are elected to office, and if the elected officials go against the will of a the majority of the people-thro- governmental w scoundrels out! The process provides the tools - election, impeachment and recall. A second answer is based on the fact that elected officials recognize the need to know what the people want and need. The campaign and electoral process is one way to find that the people vote to out-assumin- g support a candidate's ideas and his platform. But there is also an area of citizen participation beyond the ballot. Just how that participation Here, in Salt Lake City, we are Show Biz By Herb Bridges Decreases looking very carefully at the question of citizen participation. With cut backs in Model Cities, Community Action Programs, and the loss of those citizen participation activities, plus the anticipation of special revenue being passed by Congress, we have an In S.L. City Police, taking stock of the crime picture during the first replacement structure for citizen quarter, have concluded that there input. It's too early now to say has been a decrease of four (4) what specific type of plan will be percent. A prior release indicated adopted, but three things are as high a decrease as ten (10) necessary in my opinion. percent was erroneous. First, citizen participation Although the four percent in nature, must be city-wid- e decrease in Salt Lake crime may allowing all residents to be not seem as impressive as the higher represented; each area must be figure. Salt Lake Police are pleased represented by a broad cross that their concentrated efforts at section of its inhabitants, not preventive patrol combined with interest groups pushing special community information programs their own selfish desires. have successfully brought about an the citizens Second, awareness and team spirit to help in the reduce criminality. decision-makin- g process should be Preparing to further reduce accountable for their part in offenses in high crime areas, the making decisions, in much the department has received federal same way that government officials funding which will enable them to have to be accountable for theirs. hire fifteen (15) new officers. Third, there should be an Following the completion of their effective way to be sure that the training twelve (12) of the new city's planning efforts can be tied officers will operate in a new to the community needs identified police-teaconcept in the Patrol by the citizen participation Division. Two will replace officers program, so that citizens, city staff who recently resigned and one of and elected officials can develop the new rookies will fill the which caused vacancy by the death of jointly-determineneeds and Percy L. Clark who was killed in priorities. the line of duty. Chief Jones noted that seven of the fifteen new officers have bacculaureate degrees from various universities. Three have achieved is A neighbor someone who their Associate degrees, and the cares. It means something to have a rest have from one to three and one neighbor. It means everything to be half years towards their degrees. one. added need to implement a Burt Reynolds portrays Jay Grobart, an embittered officer drawn to the woman he kidnaps in MGM's "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing". Sarah Miles portrays Catherine Crocker, who flees from her husband and into unexpected danger in this story of love and high adventure in the American West of the g Based on Marilyn Durham's 1880's. novel, this Technicolor production also stars Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden and George Hamilton. ex-Ar- best-sellin- participating m address plans d Unnoticed, two of Hollywood's brightest stars, hit the streets of Reno, Nevada for hidden cameras playdrifters in Warner. ing a pair of Bros.' "Scarecrow", directed by Jerry Schatzberg. A1 Pacino and Gene Hackman spent days bumming spare change and nabbing cigar butts from the gutters without so much as a "don't I know you?" from anyone in the gambling capital. The film tells the story of a friendship which grows out of adversity. down-but-not-quite-- Be A Good j Neighbor : Si- : ij 'r fi 4 -- "r - - v. , c. -- t. - i ? A 1 , T - QPu5 . iliHE SSKsEH fie f FOR INFORMATION: Box 2 Wilmette, Illinois Safvdt' Jiativ ! c H . If if:-'- : ) 60091 |