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Show _ Opinion and Editorial - $100,000 and we still would not get any more for the -money spent. WhatI propose is a professional county manager. A person who has been trained, educated and out commission system is that we have the governing body acting also as the executive staff. In any public administration textbook or major company or public _ entity, you will not see this happening. If you do, it doesn’t happen effectively! I believe that our current commissioners are paid a fair and adequate salary for what they do. I also believe that they should limit themselves to the establishing ~ and administrating of county policies, procedures and “COUPON Save $1 Minimum Purchase $4.99 OF Save $2 Minimum Purchase $9.99 Expires July 31st, 1999 Open 1-7e Monday thru Saturday ‘Movies Guaranteed direction of a competent county manager. The manager would also act as a personnel director and be responsible to the commission. There would clearer direction Paving of the Lake Creek road - they say paving will only go up to 5600 East. Why not go all the way up to the quarry? Will the people paving be the same of government. There would be less lawsuits facing the county. We have had far too many recently. There would be better working relations between governmental agencies. The county would have a better picture of what the future of Wasatch County would look like. I use the Heber City organization as an example. They seem to have far less problems and are operating extremely well under the manager/administrator form of government. Most ‘major cities and counties throughout the U.S.A. operate under this form of government. It is time we jumped on board of the county government organization. This form of government helps reduce favoritism and politics that we see so abundant in our current form of people who did the patch job on Lake Creek road? I © hope not, I am really tired of driving over the small curbs they made. What about the new stiaeigdl at the high school? Who is she and what does she hope to accomplish? What happened to Harvey Horner? Did he want to be reassigned or was he forced out? What did he do? Why is there no reporting of this very important story to the community? I would like to see an interview with both, wouldn’t _ What Have you anything sions are * the captain feels the helmsman is off course he gives you? What is the Superintendent’s view? does our. Wasatch County School Board do? ever been to a meeting? Have you ever seen reported about what they decide? Their decireally important and affect many different aspects of the se Where has the reporting been? What. about the kids in this community, are they learning? Do we ever get to see the test results of how | navigational input. For a more effective and profes- — our local schools rank within the state?I have heard » sional course to government I suggest the hiring of a that we have poor overall results and they are going professional county manager, not the increase in com- missioners wages! — down! Is this true? Where is the report? Have you ever noticed how much trash is every- where in this county? Why do people throw trash anyBill vie where they want? Do we need more education so we Covering The Issues --can be more conscious of the trash problem. ~ The streams, lakes, reservoirs, hiking trails, parks, roads and downtown Heber are trashed beyond imagination. Am I the only one who notices? Why don’t the county officials (Health Dept.) do something about it? IAT 7 ae a resolution of concerns for the citizens under this form Properly placed trashcans would help. Editor: Why doesn’t the county have a recycling program? Congratulations on launching a very cool newspa- We all pay for trash removal, why not pay an extra cou- per. Our community has needed “another voice” for a long time. The Wave has been around for a long time ple of bucks for he recycling program? We have successful recycling programs all over the country, shy not here? My intent is not to just esibia but hopefully and has respectable tradition, however, I have found The Wave to be somewhat non-informational. There have been so many interesting stories that just never got told (for whatever reason). The Courier looks great and is fun to read and already has had a worthy head- plant a seed of thought to everyone who reads this. The Courier is a wonderful tool for out community and I look forward to their reporting of the important infor- line story about the outrageously expensive and ridicu- mational stories for all of us. We needed this new lously placed “Fire Palace.” A little competition is source of news and I wish everyone involved the best of luck. A little competition is SS healthy, ha know? Thank you. | always healthy, it is easy to see the effects already. There are some major things going on in this county and not much attention has been given to any of it. The “Fire Palace” is just one of many issues I have a MRE a) a2 a ae for the employees of the county and a more effective LI MIE ES 2 PREIS a SN On s 53 or a nordic team. How about a cross-country team? We have the Olympics venue in our back yard but we don’ t have a local team to use the facility. Do you think the Scandinavians would have a team? should be handled by department heads under the Me ~~ Suing Padaman aS ‘Thousands to choose from! the best skiing in the world, yet we don’t have an alpine Bob Bethke problem with. How can the county approve and already Check out The Wasatch County Courier on-line at WWW. wasatchcountycourier. com. INA ed. How come the local Wasatch County High School doesn’t have a Ski Team? These kids live real close to ordinances. The day-to-day management of county affairs, as it relates to citizens in Wasatch County, Last, does the captain of a ship steer the ship? No, he employs a qualified helmsman to steer the way. If me. say | an $4.99 hummm? ~< a 84 South Main * 657-1730 This would be great material for 60 minutes. Here are some other things that make eg Sales Store taxes go up? Who made this crazy decision? Hello .... ES IDEO build it in an area where there currently is no need for the services is absolutely insane. Am I missing something here? Was there a payoff of a settling of a potential lawsuit at all of our expense? Where is the money coming from? What about a bond? How much will out: proven in this field of government. The problem with ~ county government. Silverhawk start building a $2.4 million dollar fire station with little if any public input? You know it will cost mote than that to build, and the yearly operation budget will be much more than the anticipated costs too. And then to continued from page 5 ‘5 Pd ‘S on oo * S5 SR al oe) oe 5 5SS 5 sGO 5 Ca oe oa en o 5 5 a aSo So 9 ad S Pal ° ‘oe ere a * , *, e 5 ., ax SSs OS OS So ed ae > baa fe .- Dy a r ae) e ~ ba a a J 55 ow o ve ee . . ed * * -* o . * * . “* om . So ve a . “* A a om My . ow aS ve on a et a tig) a oo sy ( a Across From Tennis Courts . Cee) si s 128 W. 100 N. Midway a Bea A Delightful and Unique Shopping Experience om More Than:You'd Expect From A Barn ... at All That Stuff In The Barn O . o_o . . Come in and see our new calendars for the year 2000 OPTIONS thd “* . oS = . oo o oF ee 7 atu 5 S " oS- Se Ooa . a * * * * . o Aaa 5 § 5s Calendar Holders Dry Sinks + Shelves Stepping Stools Hutches to the Editor. , . e . * * . 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