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Show UTAH P CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Exercise Your Rights VOTE Nov. 2 - was made Queen of England. That by one vote Thomas Jefferson was elected President of the United States. That by one vote Adolph Hitler was elected as head of his party. - That the Alaska Purchase was ratified by one vote. And that by a one vote margin in 1941 Congress extended the draft. Thus your votes does count. Protect your rights vote November 2. Salt Lake City Commissioners met this week in an effort to This week a different approach to the continuing double taxation dispute was proposed to the Salt Lake t County Commission in a progress 1 report from County Auditor James C. Snow. S special fund proposed from federal revenue sharing and sales tax monies derived from unincorporated areas to pay for the services. countys municipal-typ- e Snows proposal indicates the county could continue to offer municipal services to unincorporated areas by using the money that doesn't come from Salt Lake City or other incorporated areas of the county. It is possible for the county to give assurance to the city, the Utah Supreme Court and Utah Legislature that it is living within the intent of the law by funding the services without using taxes obtained from countywide areas, Snow said. Saying the county was paying for fire protection, garbage collection, street lighting and planning and zoning with property taxes derived jj from everyone in the county indudsued the the ing city residents, city over the services. (county auditor added, "I believe budget planned in this manner will enable the county to go forward in its business of providing 'services without jeopardy to tax 3 '..1 1 A H 4 payers within the municipal areas of the county". The city has been trying to get the county to pay for those services by levying a special tax or service fee on the unincorporated areas. Since he was appointed to the post last month, Snows proposal for the double taxation issue was one of 10 items he dealt with in his progress report on the activities. Snow said he intends, among other things, to design and install a system to provide for control of county equipment and capital items. The auditor also said his office is working ona plan to assure that the county recovers its cost in operating federal and state grants. Snow added the grants cost recovery system will save the county thousands of dollars each year. Snow said all offices and departments of county government will now be audited on a rgular basis and that he is developing and audit release procedure to remove auditing from the political environment. Snow added, a new information center to provide vendors and internal county agencies with information about the status of financial tranactions is also being 04110 Senator Henry Jackson, Democrat from Washington, visited Utah this week and played several variations on the "Utah Needs Ted Moss theme. Jackson told a Moss rally in Ogden, "As long as Ted Moss is a senator. Hill Air Force Base will remain in your state". Jackson also said that Senator was influential in getting the Moss, city. missile program reMinuteman State law now dctates ways in He added, Moss is established. which cities may raise money, but needed in Washington to work with commissioners placed most emphother Democratic congressmen in asis on a possible city income tax. About 10 legislative candidates solving the unemployment probattended the meeting in the City lem. Known as "Scoop" because of his Commission chambers. But, many former candidates used the evening for newspaper experience, chatted with reporters at Jackson, with their districts, campaigning Salt International Airport, Lake mayor Ted L. Wilson said, MI want Sen. Frank E. Moss then spoke to about 250 Moss to emphasize that a city income tax at the reception in would be in lieu of the property supporters of work. tax". Wilson added, "The time will Ogden. Jackson said the overriding issue Jackson told the audience that come when a city income tax will this is to the traditional dominance of the jobs, year put. people have to be recognized. As it is now, back to in Congress is yielding to work". South we have, no way to deal with Moss bucked election has the tide powerful longterm western legislainflation. before will he and do as Moss. such it tors, predicted The meeting was called by comJackson. said The wo is chairman of senator, again, missioners to avoid what they "We in hard need work the Committee the and Armed Interior termed a lack of communication in the can and we Forces said Moss senCommittee, only way the past. They have even discussed country it a on can is Democratic committees through iority important Nirag-hirin- g of lobbyist to keep get We of administration. afford to be cant the Utah as it significant help track of and speak for or against huge deficits from people being out develops its energy. bills presented in the Legislature. Sen. W. Hughes Brockbank, said sessions such as the one this week were long overdue. "I want to congratulate you for calling this meeting, because it is the first time you have talked to us," Brockbank said. "The only time you have is when something came up you didnt like and you ' started shouting do something. Then if we couldn't you castigated us." City commissioners raised other issues including: A law to resolve what commissioners believe to be double taxation, a court reform bill in which city judges would be If man can go up, can he also get down? transferred to state court system If he can walk on the moon and organize digs on jurisdiction (city commissioners anMars millions of miles away, can he also reach the nounced they favor this bill), clarification and some changes in laws center of the earth some day? affecting annexation and incorpora-tion- a Or take a little stroll 10 miles under the ground? change in the law which Or send a camera 25 miles down to snap what's prohibits school systems from transferring vacant buildings and cooking? unused property to another muni-cipaltNo way, says Julian Goldsmith, Professor in The a law that would provide more funding for the arts and a law University of Chicago's Department of Geophysical that would allow some state help Sciences and Past President of the Geological Society for costs incured on the Jordan of America, in a news story released by The River Parkway project. Mayor Wilson explained, stricter University of Chicago. requirements on wen an area must Going up and going down are not related, he says. annex to an adjacent municipality would curtail the amount of servGoing up is easy. Going down is not possible. ices provided by county requireYou reach a point where the pressure and ment. can't keep a hole open. At Commissionrs endorsed the idea temperature are so high you of a state proposal to appropriate a pressure of about 10 kilobars (150,000 pounds a $1 for each Utahn for arts funding. that's something over 30 kilometers or inch) At the present time, arts are squae all the pores or funded at about 80 cents per over 18 miles deep in the earth cavities of solid rock close and the hole would squeeze capita. In addition, Jess A. Agraz, shut. Streets Commissioner, said comThere's no way you can maintain a cavity or hole in missioners would endorse a proposal that would impose a tax penalty the earth deeper than that. Thats the absolute limit. I on owners of vacant or substandard (continued on page 2) housing. p County Auditor Proposes Tax Pool, Revenue Sharing 1327 Moss Support Urged By Sen. Jackson Legislative Gap, Salt Lake Tries to Close it problems with Utah Legislature candidates, and appealed for a more stable method of raising city revenues. City Commissioners made a list of nine issues to come before the Legislature, all directly affect the rights is the voting right. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8 p.m. A get out the vote campaign is now underway throughout the .state of Utah. Your vote is as critical as ever. Did you know? ' That by a one vote margin we speak English instead of German. That one vote saved the President of the United States (Andrew Johnson). That by one vote Elizabeth EX FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1976 forestall future communication One of the most protected PdESS ASSOC. 0 SOX TODAYS EDITORIAL v Up is UP, And Down is Out y, |