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Show Thursday, October 3, 1965 Page 7 TIIE VALLEY VIEW NEWS (By an Initerested Citizen) The following actions would, in my opinion, be of inestimable value to the Granite School District and are necessary to provide reasonably permanent solutions to Granite School District and are necessary to provide reasonably permanent solutions to Granites overwhelming school problems. Increased Equalization: Grana relatively poor district on ite an assessed valuation basis. (The source of local school revenues). Granite is not a poor district on a personal income basis. However, this is of little importance in school finance matters. ' ' One of our greatest problems is in trying to maintain a school sys tern comparable to our neighbors, why. (The The following figures on assessed valuation per child in average Daily attendance 6how why. 1. is TAKE IT I . From the above it can easily be seen that Jordan can produce al most three times as much money tax per child by a 1 mill increase in Lake and Salt levy as can Granite, as City can raise almost twice mill child levy. much per per The above situation is all the more intolerable when it is obvious that all the districts in Sat Lake Valley are really one economic unit Thousands of people living in Gran home T EVERY BODY made. One of the reasons Granite does not have kindergartens, full day first grades and other badly needed programs is lack of space. The state has, in my opinion, been derelict in its responsibility to provide Granite a possible solution for its school building needs. $11,407 6,746 4,118 5,718 JORDAN SALT LAKE CITY GRANITE STATE AVERAGE r ite work in Salt Lake and thus help create the wealth of the city but since they live in Granite their children cannot have the same school advantages as Salt Lake children. Inversely many Salt Lake iCty parents work in Granite. All that is necessary to narrow this obviously unfair gap is to increase the state supported leeway program. iWth a broader state supported districts that want good schools can have them. 2. An Adequate Emergency State Building Program. Granite has been taxing to the limit established by State law for its school building program and thus participating in the states emregency building fund. However, the emergency program has been so chincy and the growth in Granite so great that little or no prograss in catching up on building needs has or is, being Letter to The Editor GOES -. FOR PIZZAS 0 3. Reverse the Trend of Forcing School Finance to Rely on Property Tax. Some special interest groups of the State apparently realize that property tax is the most painful and thus most resisted of all tax levies. Consequently they have coninspired to have funds for their sourctax other from come terests es and in so doing force the schools to rely even more on property tax. THE OFF 10 INTERNATIONAL TASTE TREAT OURS IS THE BEST IN TOWN! CALL CY hi O' id hi 000 000! I t?.K 6-17- 71 3221 WEST 3500 3500 SOUTH o oooo or WIN A PORTABLE T. V. SET 'WV'Sia By the Caution Light . lio fO Ii, 3500 SOUTH & 3200 WEST JUST FILL OUT COUPON AND DEPOSIT AT OBS... e - COUPON WE CATER iW y V . - s , s y. i DAP LAKwG os ora . ? - NOTHING TO BUY j J jName I GROUPS Address - - tf ' I oC' iJi'B .A I a.K t9V ,dre3 5 ZJZLZ Tetephone Number Must Be Deposited i Til OPENING SPECIALS s On October 1, 1973, Brigham Young this bank. opened the first account at has been a bankThrough 90 years Zions the people of the ing pioneer . . . serving Salt Lake Valley. 14 Inch PIZZA PIE 10 Inch DINNER CHEESE & KEARNS PEPPERONI $085 OFFICE 14 Inch MUSHROOM CHEESE and SAUSAGE IS PROUD ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL to be a part of the growth and stability of the progressive city of Kearnsthe HAPPY SERVICE TO YOU. Over on the to come rely thousands have Life and sound Zions First NahoaoMt s soon the name you can BANK on. Visit us or a savings and apply for a loan, open the other of use or any checking account, 25 services. - ZIONS Cheese, Mushrooms, Italian Sausage, with 2 Tossed Green Salads. Choice of Dressing FIRST NATIONAL OPEN 11:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. BANK - Vmber Depos t Instance Cop UNDER NEW 1 MANAGEMENT - c |