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Show r: t review PHO(E NUMBERS 487-740- Ads 487-227- Action Circulol'on 487-- 8 1 10t Rocky Mountain Adverfis'n9 News 1 Office 819 vp sp F n C t 000550s R vFR'Al vUROFlLv ftVF PTFRnM Vol.li No. 2 2 LAKE The Weekly Newspaper Serving The Salt lake Community CITY UTAm :R 6UD1 June i, 1966 LEE OBJECTS v? They came in their Sunday best. Some had bought new hats. Atlena West, candi- State date for nomination to the Senate, had a brand new hat and a neat suit. They are poor people and they can't afford fine clothes except for special occasions. They dressed up in their Sunday best and came together to participate in their city government and Mayor J. Bracken Lee told them he didn't like it. Because they were there.... because they applauded at the statements of people who spoke in their behall....Mayor Lee called them a pressure group. They were the poor people of the C entral City sector of downtown Salt Lake Utadh If you havent seen pov Atlena West erty, you havent been in the middle of the next block. If Central City had a day care center, mothers could go to work." Gary Miller.... Jaycees president warns that The community is only as rich as its poorest area. 1 ' . v'' nA On April 21, 1966 Tay R. Gregory, Sr., of 1829 East Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas sent a check for $6.50 to the a small sheriff of Salt Lake County. check, but the mystery surrounding its Its final destination weaves an interesting tale involving Salt Lake County govern! Iw ment. Mr. Gregory is a lawyer and at the time was handling the estate of one For some Clara Lefevre Schlatter. reason in connection with the case he needed to serve process on some Individual or business in Salt Lake. The situation is not uncommon.,; lawyer from out of state will need to serve papers on someone here. In most cases he ' will not know what the actual amount of the fee is for the serving of those papers. Half of all mental retar John Florez I dont like Hes busy, so the easiest thing to do is to Mayor J. Bracken Lee dation cases can be prevented by proper people to come in and pressure me by send a check for the amount he thinks treatment If we get them before they applauding when someone says someit might be, or a check made out for come out of the closet and go to school no greater than a certain amount. thing they want to hear. at six years of age. If everything works right Salt Lake should collect the actual fee -County , , ,v' plus a certain prescribed mileage, and 8 return any excess to the lawyer. In the case of Mr. Gregorys check for $6.50 the records of the sheriff's department show that Mr. Gregory sent a check for $4.00 and that $4.00 was the process fee. What happened to the other $2.50? It Its a tragic feature of the lives of men condemned to hever went back to Mr. Gregory, and in prison that half of them - or more - once theyve been refact the records of the sheriffs civil leased, wUl be returned, either as repeat offenders or as division show it was never received. parole violators. The Review checked ten other cases Many people, including many of those returned to prison, believe that this record of recidivism is not necessary. pulled out of the files of the sheriffs civil accounts records this week. In and Because of the confidence of one group of most of the out of state cases the lawyer their sponsors, inmates of Utah State Prison are being coninvolved actually sent $1.00 more than fit sidered as subjects for the expansion of a national the amount shown that the county reorganization dedicated to the rehabilitation of hardened cim-ina- ls. ceived. Where did the other dollar go? usually to a notary fee. The notary Representatives of Freedom House, Inc., established in fee is not required in most of the cases, Kansas and California, were in Salt Lake City this week, it is hardly ever put on local fees hopeful of enlisting the cooperation of local prison, parole and law enforcement authorities in making Utah the third just the unsuspecting out of state lawyers. And who gets the money for the notary state in the chain of help for felons. seal? Some of the lawyers contacted by Freedom House, Inc., has for its board of directors leaders the Review said that their records were in the world of business and prof essional life; and the famed Warden Clinton Duffy is its president. signed by Helen Perkins, head of the civil .division function in the sheriffs departJohn Dots, veteran of behind prison bars, accomment. panied by James W. Thompson, Kansas oil company execuIn another case a Los Angeles lawyer, tive, was in Salt Lake City to convince local authorities that Robert Einstein, a blank check to expansion of Freedom House into Utah is a natural. the sheriff in January of this year. When Because of the practices of Utah courts, the Mr. Einstein got the check back it had vast majority of persons incarcerated in the state prison are the amount of $3.20 written in that either repeat offenders or for some other reason are considamount was then scratched out and the ered unfit for probation. amount $5.20 written in over it. The It is this type of convict Freedom House seeks to restore to civil records in the department show community life, Mr. Dots declared. that $3.20 was received. It is this type of criminal which has given Freedom House How much money is totally involved , a record of better than 80 success.. ..actually 90.41, said here.. ..and where does the surplus go? Mr. Thompson, but we dont like to make claims too close to The Review was unable in a random the actual total. fX examination to determine the answers (Continued on page A 2) ktmrzK to these questions. P ',iW sure me," the Mayor complained. Jim Barker, who has been developing the Community Action project for the past six or seven weeks, told Mayor Lee: Youre over sensitive about this pressure baloney I J im Barker reminded the Mayor that on Tuesday he talked with Mayor Lee; asked the mayor if it would be all right to have some of the poor people come in and represent the facts of their needs. I asked you if it would be ok to bring them in and you said to go ahead, Jim Barker told the mayor, John Florez, coordinator, Central City Community Action Cater, told the City Commission that the proposed study would nave the way for the poor to es- - A Small (? discrepancy f a City. They want the support of the City Commission in making possible a multipurpose social center to be construct right in their midst. They want Salt Lake City to guarantee of the total $100,000 ....only one-thi- rd cost, and the federal government will pay the rest. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will help raise the citys portion of the total cost.... .. ..and there Mayor Lee raised his dander for everyone to see. 1 dont think someone should go out and raise the funds and fool the city, Mayor Lee declared. 1 have to consider all the people, not only those who come in and pressure me. I dont like people to come in and pres The sheriffs department receives about 3000 papers to serve from lawyers each month. One source indicated that about ten percent of those were from out of state. Of the nine cases examined by the Review two lawyers actually sent the fee shown, five sent one dollar more than shown, one sent $2.00 more than shown and one sent $2.50 more than shown. Whether or not there are larger amounts than this involved would require extensive investigation. Concerning the notary fee.. ..Utah law requires it in some limited numbers of cases - but certainly not in every out of state case....or as one lawyer in Eugene, Oregon said 'What the hell for? Examination of case dockets in the sheriffs civil division. The Review determined, do not, in fact reflect the facts as to the amount of money received from out of state lawyers. The records do not, in fact, reflect the actual charges assessed or the actual mileage traveled to service papers for the lawyers. (Continued on page A 2) tablish a meaningful relationship to their community. Miss Lorraine Code, director of the Community Action Program in Salt Lake Valley, told the Commission that CAP se will operate the proposed center so long as there is a federal community action program. Gary Miller, president of the Salt Lake City Junior Chamber of Commerce told the Commission that the board of directors of the Jaycees have now gone on record adopting the se center as one of its projects. We will try hard to raise as much money as we possibly can toward the citys portion of the $300,000 total cost, Mr. Miller told Mayor Lee. Police Chief Dewey J. Fillls viewed the proposed center as an opportunity for police to participate actively in crime prevention. Jim Barker made it clear, and he was supported by Mr. Florez and Miss Cock, that it is legally impossible to obtain the ds matching federal funds with- out a city guarantee. Why kid the people? Mayor Lee wants to know. Mr. Miller told the Mayor that the Jaycees interest in the area already has been demonstrated by plans to adopt a Little League Football Team in Central City. The Jaycees, once the building Is constructed, will transport lawyers to the center dally to advise the poor in the Central City District, he said. Mayor Lee seemed to think that If toe city guarantees to provide the $100,000 from its capital funds, everyone else will step back and let the city pay... .at toe same time he was afraid that the supporters of the project might be asked to pay when it is the job of the city to provide such facilities. (Continued on page A 2) multi-purpo- multi-purpo- two-thir- Allen Thinks Gas Savings Are Possible . Ex Cons Push New Prison Rehab Idea The Salt Lake County Sheriff s Department pays an estimated $20,000 peryear for gasoline.. ..in excess of the amount paid all other departments.. ..but Chief Deputy Art Allen is about to do something about it. Chief Deputy Allen said he will begin at once to study possible changes in present procedures for refueling of sheriff s patrol vehicles with a view to sharply cutting the costs. non-pro- The sheriffs vehicles, serving toe southern half of Salt Lake County, presently are being refueled at privately operated American Oil Co. service stations at a cost of 28.9 cents per gallon for premium grade gasoline and 24.9 cents for regular grade. At the time the refueling procedure was begun, it was estimated that toe sheriffs department uses 210,000 gallons of premium grade and 15,000 regular grade gasoline in an 18 months period. Salt Lake County Highway Department purchases its gasoline in bulk and pays only 12.7 cents per gallon for premium grade. The county highway department purchases no regular grade. 25-ye- ars sat Salt Lake City police patrol vehicles This too is spring., ....a Review photographer captured part of the mood of the n few weeks of the season and the spirit of a Memorial Day weekend in a Salt Lake Cemetery, (photograph by Dave Burnett) last are fueled with premium grade gasoline costing approximately 12 cents per gallon vor regular grade gasoline purchased at jy 10 cents per gallon. SALT PAIAC F.: PART FIVE ,Eow We isolated from industrial empires, finicky cultural tastes and development and short of population. That s Salt Lake County. Land-lock- ed, in With these features, nevertheless, Salt Lake County has undertaken to ignore a section of the Constitution of the in a Civic State of Utah in order to invest $l7-milli- on Auditorium complex suitable to a metropolis twice our potential size. Article XIV, Section 4, Utah Constitution, provides toat no county in the State of Utah shall incur indebtedness greater than two percent of the countys ASSESSED valuation that assessed valuation to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and County purposes. The last assessed valuation for Salt Lake County, according to the records of the Salt Lake County Auditor, was $711,000,000. Two percent of that amount and the maximum indebtedness allowable for Salt Lake County is $14,220,000. In 1963, when Salt Lake County assumed the civic auditorium bond indebtedness, Salt Lake County unconstitutionally incurred a total indebtedness of $22,500,000. This week, the countys total indebtedness has dinlmished in excess of the to $20,500,000 more than constitutional maximum' ' $l?-milli- on ion Stack Up With The Big Boy The Review was told that pressures were put on Salt Lake Countys bonding agents, Chapman and Cutler, Chicago, and the two percent maximum indebtedness for counties was held not to apply to 'assessed valuation, but was to apply to 'actual valuation." No one knows what is toe "actual valuation, and the State Constitution refers to no valuation other than the assessed valuation. Utah State Satutes indicate that there is some room for confusion and room for challenge of the application of the State Consitution to toe bonded indebtedness of Salt Lake County. In Utah Code Annotate it Is stated that In no event shall any county ever become so indebted to an amount including existing indebtedness, exceeding two per cent of one hundred per cent of the reasonable cash value of the taxable property therein; as cumputed from the last equalized assessment roll for county purposes prior to the Incurring of such indebtedness. The re fare those who feel that this is a confusing statutory that the wording of toe constitution indicates provision intent to confine all units of government to assessed value as toe maximum from which the two per cent shall be com -1, puted. in the minds of several persons who have talked to The Review, including lawyers exposed to There is no question Utah's Constitution, that the Salt Lake Civic Auditorium bond is totally unconstitutional. But, we have the bond, and no one yet has challenged it. So, how do we stack up with other areas of toe nation with our planned Investment? Editorial Comment- - page 4 tinues, 1,200 additional off -- site stalls will be needed. As long ago as April 1, 1965, however, in a management consulting report prepared for toe Civic Auditorium Board toat the by Roy G. Saunders, Tulsa, Okla., it was clear auditorium board was thinking in terms of oily 600 or 700 ite parking stalls. This means that for the normal peak crowd, at least 3,050 parking spaces must be provided The Missing Link observes that off site parking spaces must be within one fourth of a mile (less than two blocks) of the site. This means, there every parking space and every parking meter stall within toe prescribed area must be reserved for the civic auditorium, and no one may park for any other purpose within that area, if there are to be enough stalls for toe complex. parking space eliminated Why was the 3,125 multi-lev- el from the plans of toe auditorium? Perhaps, as cited in The Missing Link, because such a parking pavilion would cost $6,250,000 to construct.. ..more than were paying for toe land on which to erect the complex. Our State Fairgrounds, incidentally, could have provided 5,000 parking places, on-s- off-si- te. on-str- eet Where are we going to put people who want to use our ? What about parking? $ Investment The Missing Link, cited recently by McCown E. Hunt, auditorium board president, as the authority on which parking: toe board plans for toe future, talks about of The 3,125 car parking lot, will provide 56 the stalls required to accommodate a normal peak crowd of 12,500 people. An additional 625 parking spaces will be te needed to accommodate the remaining 16 of normal peak crowd, sayg The Missing Link. And during toe exceptional event. The Missing Link con on-s- ite on-si- te, off-si- i K |