Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 17 1982-P- ago 3 Cook points to organization By John J Wise staff wrltar t In Oil year's crowded race for Utah governor Merrill Cook la fee only contender with candidate experience The founder of Utah's Independent Party Cook tried unaucceaaftilly to defeat Republican Gov Norm Bangerter in 1988 Now with Bangerter out of the race Cook is at it again — this time he saya with a moro organized campaign Ha even has a campaign chairman in Cache ' County — Mount Sterling resident FraMdta GunnelL Cook garnered 119 percent of the county's vole in 1988 and did a little better — about 20 percent — statewide c TMs year he is predicting die race for governor will pit him agamrt Republican Mike Leavitt — vnflk nVne the “imMo'f i‘iMtii11 and die OOP's choice The Democratic candidate whoever MerrilCook f that turns out to be “will be the throw-awa- y vote" according to Cook Thisla my great opportunity" Cook said of the Selection "I don't want to offend the Republican Party but I have to take my shots" One of those shota is Cook's claim that Leavitt who trails rival Republican Richard Eyre in recent polls is pvt of the "good old boy network" He said Leavitt would essentially be a replay of the Bangerter administration that has headed state government for needy eight years "Do we want the same thing for another four years?" Cook said in an interview Friday with The Herald JoumSL "Mike Leavitt is the governor's Brigham City laces shortfall BRIGHAM CITY Utah (AP) — With the city facing a $200000 revenue shortfall and other budget problems some residents fev officials wffl decide to dose the gu with cuts in the police force But Mayor Clark Davis who has been Masted hi letters to the editor over reported n of police cuts said no specific reductions have been proposed i Such cuts aw only speculation the mayor add and no propoaala will be made until the formal Ito die city Council at the end of NOAA: Utah in for another dry year Davie add the city ia ins bind became of a WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top combination of Increases incosts faetinUw weather forecasting agency p and accident insurance pluatiie $200 JlOO moderate to extwrne drought condititina in Utah and Overall he said foedtyfoces ahnosTaSl problems for the northwestern part of ' state the v We need to meet it somewhere” he said “You Indeed moat of the West will see a thy year either raise utilities property tax or reduce service according tothe National Oceanic and Atmoapneric levels" National With 60 percent of expenditures going for Weatilff Service personnel the mayor said any budget cut would ewUftfffl The involve employees And 30 percent of those are nupt UwiKiy police-relatehe added dimfore it's "Bkdy they showing now cover in Utah as bdow normal or normal far almost Ml areas of the state will be touched in some way” And while the West faces its sixth consecutive year of drought much of the Southeast la tracing Indicted sheriff ponders future for possible record flooding from heavy rains the WALLACE kMho (AP) Shoshone County said Sheriff Frank Gmkovich faces federal indictments agency NOAA said an El Nino weather pattern resulting and deriding whether to run in the primary for from unusually warm wrier in die central and another term at Ms post eastern tropical Pacific Ocean may have helped But Ms attorney ia telling Mm not to worry and dump moisture in the Southeast while keeping the Gmkovich has a measure of import from Silver West relativety dry and warm Valley communities which have held onto much of "In MfW wtiwt q bg Southeast the (heir lifestyle from the 19th - rough-and-tumb- le On Friday the 13th Gmkovich's office was empty a day after he was indicted by a federal graadjury law W I w The society's Utah Headliners Chapter on Monday awarded the Kane County Commirrion and on He calla it Ms “5-5- " Man" and claims it has a double meaning bemuse he's striving for 55 percent of the vote He also wants to eliminate die diversion of sales taxes used to build Utah’s winter sports park that maor may not be used to hold Olympic games in The awards came in conjunction with National Freedom of Information Day held each year on March 16 to honor constitutional rights and laws that guarantee open government — through open meetings open courtrooms and open records y "Black Hole Awards" for tant abuse of Utah's Open and Public Meetings Act commission dissogsidod Utthll when it approved salary raises for the commission county attorney and sheriff doing and the Juab County ( report documenting other abuses The report noted 22 instances where government bodies MoThe awards came in conjuncisted Utah's law tion with National Freedom of or held questionable closed Infonnation Day held each year sessions It also listed 10 ocon March 16 to honor oonriitn-tion- casions when the government rights and laws that guar- denied access to documents antee open government — sought gag orders in the 1991 the SPJs report safaL The commission ordered the through open meetings open press tried to implement policies to kero the courtrooms and open records county restricting government "hi Utah during 1991 pro- employees from talking to the She didn’t And fessional journalists have seen media or withholding other in-of the salary of efforts to limit the free more than 250 The Blade Hole Awards of government people tnmed out at a hearing to to the stakeholders hi that gov- frillted Alpine SchoM Bond for protest the secretive action Other recipients of Black Hole ernment — its citizens” tiw approving in dosed session a brief fat a Awards were the Alpine School (said Board the state Bond of Reconjunction with die Rhode Island graduation prayer gents die city of South Ogden awards the society released its case before the UJ5 Supreme Dakota are locked file Legislature Salt Lake City first Freedom of Information Court of moderate to extreme drought police and the Salt Lake County a written repotyaafaL ) attorney foe Beuueedhesasiewei me smre mununwn by die agancy rihowad aorne pads paper-an- a clerk-audit- for discussing their budgets in open-meetin- al or in-bro-ke friead-of-the-co- of jBevtotounenalQuriity' predicted Ms client will prevaiL And Anna Wilson Cook who in 1988 championed a platform said he wants state income and sales taxes rolled back — sales tax bade to S percent and income tax brackets aU at the same rate of S percent d nr weU-bdo- Republicans" Groups cited for limiting flow of public information - d I need the support of both Democrats and Hiring 15-ye- water-suppl- (But) candidate" He calls it a gamble and said those monies between the four OOP candidates will mould be put back fat state coffers until Utah give Cook an edge and prompt voters dissatisfied secures (he Olympics with the mainstream Republican Party to support Cook also has Mans to overhaul education ' him he said ‘‘Opt reason Itort last time was because I was Cook is also courting some Democratic votes even though he said "the Democrats am in dissaray unfairly portrayed as being against education" hand-picke- chairman of the county Democratic Central Com nrittee forecast a sweeping victory at the polls if the ar veteran decides to run again m Ae wMsHwift tJJL Mnhfll Ifika Mmana for a — to be issued njd be- m-r-tH to mew ' ' d'Alene on Mara 23 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — He ia accused of taking bribes from operators of While Eastern Europe discovered Uki lemming uueiiuunip mi ciiimr1 ftnMdnm an A npwi jiwwiwmiv Iti with amusement machine vendors and 1991 residents of Kane County from what it's Uka to live to'keep state and local enforcing the law according to the Society of Professional four- - 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