Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November By The Associated Press " President Bush's overall jot) approval rating was at 53 percent in the latest CNNUSA TodayGallup Poll Except for his father in 1991 Bush is the only president since John F Kennedy with a job approval above 50 percent at this point' in his term Continued from A5 win That failed" said Yocom whose father Salt Lake County District Attorney David DemoYocom is an crat “We decided we needed more energy and enthusiasm so we staged a coup I guess’’ ' While not unheard of it's rare that an incumbent party leader is challenged Dunn's takeovcty'sirained his personal telationshipwith Holbrook who managed his tincle Stew- art Hanson’s run for governor ' in 1992 and backed Dunn in his 2000 run for Congress in ’ ' the 3rd District ' Holbrook the first woman ' to head either party in Utah ' and Todd Taylor the party’s executive director Tor the past 1 years had been planning the primary for two years when she was ousted “I'm pleased that Donald is going to continue with it” she said Democrats in New Mexico and Michigan also are holding presidential early party-ru- n primaries Florida Democrats will decide next month whether to hold a nonbinding presidential straw pojl at their' December 6 convention rea- y soning their March 9 date is too late to v mean anything: ' In Arizona Democratic Gov Janet Napoli tano jn April vetoed Republican-backe- d legislation to cancel Arizona's state-ru- n presidential primary - which she had moved upto' Feb 3 “Arizona can well afford the price of demdqra- - 'L cy” Napolitano wrote in her veto letter “An early presi- dential preference election is rd The public tends to like Bush personally and hack bis efforts lighting terror but has growing doubts about his handling of other issues like the economy and Iraq " A look at presidents over - the past four decades inelud- ing what year the poll was taken what happened to the presidents afterward and their Republican Gerald Ford 1975 (narrowly lost race to Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976): 44 percent Carter 1979 (lost in 1980 to Ronald Reagan by a substantial margin): 32 percent Republican Ronald Reain gan 1983 (won ' 1984 over Waller Mondale in job approval rating in Gallup polls at this lime of year Democrat John F 1963: 58 percent Kennedy ' Democrat Lyndon Johnson 1967 (did not seek second term): 41 percent ' Republican Richard Nixon 1971 (won in 972 over George McGovern in landslide): 49 percent : 1 ' landslide ): 49 percent Republican George Bush 1991 (lost in 1992 to Bill Clinion): 59 percent Clinton 1995 (won in 1996 over Bob Dole by substantial margin): 49 percent George W Bush 2003 53 (running for percent V ! ?-- — A13 Bush outpaces predecessors in approval rating Primary old-gua- 2' 2003 : 2004-primar- Your Logan City Logan City Per Capita Income Total Collected Tax Sales Tax Income 240 478 534 Growth Growth Growth 1982 2002 $6350 $21602 $2183532 right for Arizona"' Also on Feb 3 the New Mexico primary will highlight Hispanic- voters said Brian Monaghan the party's execu- tive director Hispariics make ' up 42 percent of the elec-'- - j torate Gov Bill Richardson a Hispanic will lead the Demo- craiic National Convention July 9 in Boston Tbeparty-ni- n primary “is very unusual for New Mexi- 'co” Monaghan said: “We wanted tohavC a vpice in selecting the nominee The Hispanic Vote w ill be extreme- - : t ly important in this' president')' L : tial nice" Population growth: 60 Years from 1982 to 2002 - Property tax income growth: 320 ' 0 26-2- MichiganArizonaand New Mexico can count ph visits " front Democratic hopefuls S--in fact the first televised debate w as held Sept 4 in Albuquerque— andUlah ' Democrats are hoping the can- didates come here too to raise campaign aw areness and circulate their ideas via Utah news media outlets “We get short shrift in Washington so it's an opportunity to showcase the 'stale and the Democratic Partylo ' talk about die things that mat- ter to as nationally" Wood- ' side said The party is rushing to figure out its election logistics Democratic officeholders around the stale are beeping induing Sah Lake aod Sanpete county daks Sherrie Swepsea and Kristine FrisdiknechL Sweasea said plans include polls set up in bbraries: she estimares there wiO be up to 1 15 poffmg places statewide ' The prnpayiB be open but people will have to dedare ' they are participating as Democrats Dima said Online voting is aa option that's where Frischknecht ' comes in Utah jsone of six stattes ebosea to participate ii the federal Secure Electronic Registration and Vxiag ExperimesL wtkh wiS let eh- gS4eUS ctsaas vote from ' an Wiadowvbased computer with haternet access anywhere the world Sanpete is one of five couabes in Utah that will participate ii the project Bet here's the big question How muds will the primary cost? Holbrook wouldn't say what she'd estimated when she w s stil ia charge Dima also demurred but said be would do some creative that wouldn't necessardy be bmed to the state's 78000 registered Democrat Why show the relationship between Logan property tax apd population growth? Because it was suggested that Logan had received a smaller and smaller amount of revenue from property tax : v :r 'iT ? ? y & The graph shows the 320 growth but the real story is in the 82 average increase per year This in- r ''cres'JoiQiuplecf withtlwresei-'availabfe''slkwlye' 1 : - sr- $10142232 ' - ' ' 2002 $1599405 $12612522 The purpose is to show you how the city income has: increased twice as ': fast as your per capita income - s' 1982 2002 1982 : ' r : ' ' property tax rate increase was not needed ' ‘ ? V - can-didat- es' : - ' ' S "V Wherethe moneycomes 'from! Mwt jieenses-- V ' :Qu vimjor :Wherethe S V'1 money goesi'r'-'Vr-t:- j 'DM-- x£&2£’ the20( I- ‘niE2002ix S2fijfi(GDfELiKINTES I 2IjOGAN llar ) 43 General Government 1C4-- V ' Public Wbrte ‘a-4V:- 2196V- S44E299V al statistics gan -- : 54 Comprehensive Anniiaj Rnancial Reports Why am I doing this? To demonstrate to you the kind of council member I will be possible My committment is to provide you the best-informatio- straight from the source An informed public armed with accurate information is the greatest asset thata dty can have ' : - 4SS3 ' SJ246 are from the VOTE PEITER:BRUWS®RI CTTY COUNCIL S' y fuwd-rars- Pidd for by Peter Brunson ’’ “I"1-- ' - y inter fovenxnental ' : y Mm 5 ITIN 7 - VT l i‘ 61 -- 9b4 |