Show l’R 2 Millard County DSPS Thun Nov 1984 Voters face interesting array of propositions taxes more restrictions and less freedom that it would cost the taxpayers more in legislative salaries and that the same budget session changes could be made by providing annual sessions (Editors note: The following information about the various proposals on the ballot in this year’s general election is taken from "Research Briefs prepared by the Utah Foundation) Prop I: Uniform Tax For Motor Vehicles Boats and Aircraft This would amend the Utah constitution to allow for uniform statewide fees or rates of taxation on motor vehicles boats and airplanes in place of the property tax Presently the taxes on such property vary widely depending on where the property is located The proposal would distribute the proceeds from this statewide fee or uniform tax to the local taxing districts in the same proportion as the revenue from taxes on real estate is distributed to such districts Advocates for the change say it would be easier to administer than the piesent system of more than 500 different tax rates on identical vehicles that it would discourage those who now register their vehicles in low rax areas or out of state and it would be similar to many other state’s systems of legislation fees instead of property taxes on motor vehicles Opponents say some local taxing district might not obtain as much from a uniform revenue tax or statewide fee as they nqw receive from property tax on vehicles operations Prop 4 would place all revenue from the use of nonrenewable resources from school lands into the permanent state school fund revenue from renewable resources would continue to go into the uniform school fund and be expended for curent operating purposes It would reduce the amount of revenue now going into the current operating fund but would increase the amount going into the trust fund effective July 1987 Advocates say that over the long run Prop 4 will reduce the tax burden on Utahns by eventually generating greater interest payments to the uniform school fund that it will ensure that proceeds from nonrenewable resources will be saved for future generations of children and taxpayers and that it permanently protects the state school fund as a major source of educational funding Opponents of the measure contend that it will reduce educational funding by millions of dollars over the next few years dollars which will have to be replaced from other sources They say it will take too long to produce any real benefits and that the state needs all of the current revenue sources to fulfill its current obligations the state would benefit more from spending the money now They also say inflation could reduce the value of the dollars that go to the trust fund 2: Prop 4: Distribution of Revenues Into The State School Funds The Utah constitution provides both a state school fund and a uniform school fund for the financing of public education The state school fund is a trust fund which receives revenue from the sale of state school lands and other designated revenues Only the interest earned by the fund assests may be This expended The uniform school fund on the other hand is an operating fund to help finance public education receiving revenue from a variety of sources cluding the interest from the state school fund It also receives revenue from the sale of mineral and timber Prop 5: Right to Bear Arms This would change the language in the state’s constitution to guarantee “the individual right of the people to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self family others property or the state as well as for other lawful purposes” Supporters say Prop 5 protects the enjoyment of individual liberties from infringement while allowing the Legislature to enact laws against the misues of arms would not extend to such items as knives and instruments of mass destruction such as rockets and bombs and would guarantee that arms may be kept and borne for defensive and other lawful TO THE purposes such as hunting and recreational use Opponents charge that the present Constitutional guarantees regarding the right to bear arms are sufficient that society has a responsibility to protect the public safety against LETTERS Nov 2 World Community Day by Darlene Hymel at the Delta Community Church starting with a Pot Luck Lunch at 12 noon “Meet Your Candidates” Sr Citizen Bldg Fillmore 1:00 pm Nov 3 Avalon and Agnes Johnson Golden Wedding Flowell Ward 2:00 - 4:00 public Initiative A: Cable TV Decency Act The initiative prohibits the distribution of obscene and indecent material over cable TV and defines the material violators of the law be guilty would of a Class A misdemeanor Proponents say the measure would merely require cable broadcasters to adhere to the same standards of decency that are required of major networks have that some cable programs depicted deviant sexual acts present laws are difficult for prosecutors to and that First Amendment apply guarantees are not affected Opponents say cable TV viewers may choose not to watch offensive material parents can choose not to subscribe to movie channels which carry objectionable material and that most similar laws have been held unconstitutional They say it is an unwarranted intrusion into the home by the state County Assessor opposed to Propl I am thinking of the taxpayer when ask them to vote “Against” ProposiI realize that the tax on tion No vehicles is not unifrom because of the difference in mill levies but Assessors constantly go to school to value We do not have a vehicles uniformly guarantee our “fee” will be lower or higher than we now pay True it would make my job easier but I am concerned about the people I serve as Assessor not in lightenting my work About two years ago the legislature doubled the license fees what is to stop them from doubling the part of the “fee” they will be charging for the tax? Will the fee you pay on your vehicle be higher or lower than the former porper-ttax? No one knows for there is no legislation indicating what the fee will I pm Achievement Program at the lolden Cultural Hall for East Millard 4 hers at 7 pm pm 7 Drug Awareness seminar 7:30 pm MHS Auditorium Nov 8 Barbara Smith Delta Utah Stake Center 7:00 pm Nov 9 Bus trip for doctors’ appointments Pahvant and shopping Valley Sr Citizens Bldg Fillmore There are several county assessors who with their staffs are actually lobThese are bying against Proposition the counties that are benefitting from the current situation of They are afraid that they would lose a good deal of money and even have to reduce their staffs if the law were changed and it was no longer profitable to ‘shop’ in their county for favorable tax rates But there is no reason why the state should encourage or even allow such tax shopping State Senator Karl Snow Nov Nov 10 Juanita Charlesworth 90th Birthday Kanosh Ward 6:00 - 8:00 pm Nov 12 DACC Welcome Council Luncheon at the ME Bird Center at 12 noon Tickets must be purchased by Friday Nov 9 from the Delta Chamber Office or The Fabric Shop Cost $425 American Legion Post 61 Auxiliary meeting Legion Bldg Fillmore 7:30 pm Nov 13 West Central Utah Vocational Center Dedication Delta 7:00 pm Immunization Clinic Fillmore Public Health Bldg noon Blood Pressute Clinic Fillmore Public Health Bldg 1:00 - 4:00 pm Telephone operators in Boston in 1878 r— — fees if it is passed This is another push to take from the counties and give to the stae and it is that gets hurt always the little taxpayer “AGAINST” Stop this shift and vot Proposition Jim Talbot Millard County Assessor 1 The public opposition to Proposition to center on several appears being circulated misrepresentations about the proposal The first is that is a rich man’s bill that Proposition it will benefit owners of expensive cars fee on all cars by imposing a in the state regardless of age or make This is patently untrue! The purpose of the amendment is to provide uniformity in taxation throughout the state not a uniform fee for every car in the state The tax system adopted by the legislature would undoubtedly provide for higher fees on expensive new cars than for older cars In fact under Prothe legislature could even position families by exemphelp ting old cars from taxes completely! This could not be done under the present language of the constitution State Senator Charles W Bullen Nov 15 “Pan Artists” Opera Piccola 7:30 DHS Auditorium “A Harvest of Talent” Palomar Delta Nov 16 Potluck Sr Citizens Birthday Fillmore Center 7:00 pm Nov 23 Class of 1969 Reunion IPP Recreation Center For more at Rainsdon Bonita fo contact pm Nov 24 Turkey Shoot V mile SW of Oak City on SR 125 9:00 am Nov 27 “A Harvest of Talent” Fillmore Sr Citizen Center were all men until Emma M Nutt broke the barrier — i FORD ESCORT VE FROJJT-WHEEL-DRI- passed middleman We Why do we need a will lose the interest we now get from investing our taxes until they are apportioned This interest reduces taxes We will have to pay for the administration Enjoy R Full Season Of CDnesijp TPflQEuUfls? FORD TEMPO GL VE FRONT-WHEEL-DRI- for all be Will the fee be the same vehicles or based on age or the weight? The legislature is asking for a blank check proposing to establish the fee in is lieu of taxes after the proposition Senators for Pro Nov 5 “Recording History as it Happens” Fillmore Library Open House 7:00 9:00 pm Nov 6 Drug Awareness seminar 7:30 pm DHS Auditorium Election Day - VOTE Nov 6 & 8 Square Dance Class S Elem gym 7:30 to 9:30 EDITOR the of deadly availability unregulated weapons and that the representatives of the people should not be denied adeto protect citizens quate authority against the misuse of deadly weapons They also say the US Supreme Court has already established that the right to bear arms amendment in the US Constitution relates c the availability of arms for a citizen militia and not to arms for the general unregualted Community Calendar Nov I American Legion Post 61 - 7:30 pm Legion Hall Fillmore UP&L Christmas Demostration at 7:30 pm at the UP&L conference room Delta Achievement Program at Delta North Elcm for West Millard it 7 involves government Opponents say it would remove the check and balance system of government by allowing the judiciary to police itself that it makes the judiciary unaccountable to the people through the that it gives the voting process Supreme Court too much power to govern the practice of law in Utah and that it takes away the right of the people to have a candidate run against an incumbent judge in a fair election Annual Legislative Sessions would replace the legislative session in years and the budget session in anyears with nual general legislative sessions Advocates say this would remove the cumbersome budget session procedures and allow the Legislature to deal with general matters each year would provide an additional ten days every two years to conduct public business (the workload has increased legislative dramatically in recent years) and allow legislators to make better use of their time Opponents say it would result in more bills being considered more Prop 3 Judicial Article Revision in the changes organization and administration of the court system the matter of court jurisdictions and appeals and judicial selection and discipline It is a measure proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission organized in 1969 to study and to recommend revisions in the Utah constitution Supporters say the revision would streamline and update the judicial system to reduce the workload on the attract good Utah Supreme Court judges and remove poor ones provide for better management of the judicial system and make the judiciary dependent of the other branches of Prop This rights on the state school lands these for current are expended school from your Ford Dealer — just in time for winter Escort and Ford Tempo Each available with a 2 liter diesel engine Plus Tempo is optionally equipped with a new higher output electronically engine Snowmobility Ford Get a great deal now from your Intermountain Ford Dealer front-wheel-dri- He’s m: And he wants to stay 1 Riding Ford Warner Motors 384 West Main Delta Fh: 864-263- 70 N Main Fillmore Based on R L Polk combined new car and truck registrations through July 1984 1 Z3 |