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Show Burningham Announces Republican Candidacy Rep. Kim R. Burningham announced this week that he will be a Republican candidate for election to the Utah House of Representatives. Burningham Burning-ham was appointed to serve as a legislator in the recent budget session, representing District 56 in Bountiful and Woods Cross where he now seeks election. "THE approaching legislative legisla-tive session will be a critical one," explained Rep. Burningham. Burn-ingham. "This is a crucial decade de-cade for Utah. The impact and financing of growth is our most pressing challenge. We have a one-shot opportunity to make the right decisions. "The recently announced cuts in federal revenue sharing as well as the projected future demands of the state will create cre-ate an intense contest for state funds. The legislature must act responsibly and with foresight to avoid serious financial problems prob-lems within the state." IN RESPONSE to recent federal policy changes, Rep. Burningham said, "The deficit financial policies of the federal government have created a serious se-rious economic and tax crisis. If the president is sincere about ab-out returning significant governmental gov-ernmental responsibilities back to the states and if a federal tax cut of corresponding correspond-ing proportion will be allowed we are on the verge of a historic transfer of real power back to the people. Such a transfer of power will restore power to state legislatures." As a member of the legislature, legisla-ture, Rep. Burningham currently cur-rently serves on the Education Standing Committee, the Taxation and Revenue Standing Stand-ing Committee, and the Public Education Appropriations ! t v . " ' fv ( jt I i ' I I KIM BURNINGHAM ' Committee. All of these are critical for Davis County. "THE DOLLAR loss to Davis School District caused by the elimination of federal payments in lieu of taxes threatens financial chaos in our schools next fall," said Burningham. "We urgently need strong measures by the legislature to assure that the tax efforts of the various counties coun-ties in Utah provide an equalized equal-ized overall revenue per student stu-dent a treatment that has long been given lip service in theory but has fallen short in practice. "My experience in the last session of the legislature emphasized the fact that the legislature has very limited time in which to complete many important tasks," commented com-mented Burningham. "THOSE legislators who understand the subletics and intricacies of this intensely : political process have a tremendous advantage. I quickly learned that it wasn't enough to just trust that the right decisions would be made. It takes effort, compromise, teamwork, and parliamentary skill to pass a bill. T he relationships relation-ships that legislators develop from session to session arc a vital asset in building successful success-ful coalitions." Burningham has been a teacher of speech, debate and drama at Bountiful High School for the past 20 years. After graduating from Davis High School in 1954. he obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in IW). Since that time, he has ' received two master's degrees, de-grees, one from the University of Arizona in interpretative speech, and a second from the University of Southern California Cali-fornia in professional writing. Rep. Burningham is married to the former Susan Clarke, and is the father of two sons. They reside at 932 Canyon Crest Dnve. |