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Show a 3 Profile — WASATCH PAGE 24. COUNTY COURIER TUESDAY State Funded Olympics How many titles should a. business owner have? Payroll Specialist, Risk Manager, Benefits’ Administrator Safety Director, Human Resource Manager PLUS he Soldier Hollow Legacy Team went before the state legislators this week, and they pitched a grand bid for the big boys, and girls - with bucks - to help bring off the Olympics with a bang. After wowing and zowing the legislators with tales of Olympians. rubbing shoulders with the common folk on the trails that would surround Soldier Hollow and presenting the valid reasons behind putting the venue on the map for _ time and all eternity, the entire issue came — to hard cash. Spend your time doing what you do best, : running a business. A-Plus Benefits lets you spend time doing what you do best. ) esa f | encere 4 ee tease ger Neen «Complete Insurance Packages so 6 Shortly after the 2002 Olympics were announced as coming home to Utah, the state put out 59 million in capital, to be paid back for sure, to the Kearns Oval and the Winter Sports Park. The speed skating venue and the bobsled, tie and ski jumping sites are privately owned. They will be under the rule of the state and SLOC through the 2002. ¢Workmens Comp | } ‘Hollow. «Complete Payroll SRiMICe ee : Some legislators even went so far as to proposing the members that made it plain that they would not fund any, specifically Soldier Hollow, for Legacy purposes. The committee even went so far as to ask the private sector to come up with the funding for the Legacy of — Soldier Hollow. So follow the trail of rubbish with me.... State legislators are willing to put up $99 million doth in capital investment for the privately owned speed track at the Kearns Oval, as well as the bobsled, luge and ski jumping venues at the Winter Sports Park. But they are not | willing to help with the capital i investment, that will likely be only ten percent of the $99 million already spent, sale of Soldier Hollow to a private entity. The state legislature has a track record for finding the investment capital for such private ventures as Soldier Offering Health, Dental, Vision ali in the state capitol last week, there were legislative BUSINESS MANAGER. BENEFITS ‘ investment for the two sites in question. At the meeting BY KARI GIBB _ Insurance Broker for a state owned facility- Soldier Hollow. ‘Not only will they not fund it, but they want the Zig vate sector tofundinforthem. , _ Tt seems to me that the legislators are aie to pour money, our tax dollars, after private enterprise but they want us, the people, to fund something they own. To top it off, it seems our own legislative representa- tive is of the opinion that no dollars should be spent on any other Olympic sites, including Solider Hollow. At the meeting last week, speaking on behalf of both the Chair of the Sports and Recreation Committee - Rep. Winter Games, but they are to return to a sports man- _ Beverly Evens, and himself, Rep. Jordan Tanner made it agement group after the Olympics. This group is a nonprofit group, yes, but still private in nature. The legislature has found it in their hearts to also set up a Legacy Fund to help cover the cost of operating and maintaining these two privately owned sites with a $40 million dollar endowment. That brings the tally to $99 million dollars in na | » Kelly Christensen Business Consultant ae reas 910 South clear that they were against any Ts for the Soldier Hollow Legacy fund. | Maybe if we sold Soldier Hollow to a private group 3 the state would fork over the cash for capital investment. Seems the legislators like privately run organizations — better than state run ones. 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