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Show " i From Washington arpe- , :SPMb Passing i If Revenue Funding ; ''liD.MICKEI.SKN La1.; V',TONAD;ivis ,. 'foul Wednesday JCEC 1 ::V,Mhc fcjCrai re-II re-II 0'- '-"H will pass in ; '' ' t I'niiress. ISO V- l'll'N Flint . retiirn-traci retiirn-traci : 'i Washington D.C. yse I "'icthccontrover-e "'icthccontrover-e 'a "s'i it appears that nation's senators 1 'l'H'nue sharing re-" re-" 1 three-year plan -i allow funding to 'g "second and third ' of Representa-r'r'- 4 N0,Cll down a ,..,; :vP's,il which in-' in-' . '' sity jnd county J";'.-. "!' Now . Com. r"f-: "i Senate will dc-'ol dc-'ol the bill. i y -Kuie.eits and i! horn across '' k'n(:regaied in 0- " :o weeks ago to j.s ' " ' through and to convince their legislators and senators to endorse its renewal. re-newal. Com. F'lint said when he arrived ar-rived at the steps of the capitol. the entire gathering was there to hear from their representatives. representa-tives. HE GlESSF.l) the reason theone-vear plan failed in the House is because many of the congressmen were against giving giv-ing the moncv to the states. They argued, the commissioner commission-er said, that there are 35 states that don't need the money and shouldn't be considered. When it came down to the final vote on the one- ear p an. Com. Flint said 35 voted in favor of the bill, but 305 voted against. ,.,. ITAH Congressman Uinn McKay, who Com. flint s.uJ hashes er voted for revenue shannc in his vcars ,n he ikusc. for some reason wuJ for the one-Near Flint guessed it wnKt'U' th,- bi would MKavJe fail. The commissioner explained ex-plained that most states want the counties, cities and states involved in the plan. If the three-year proposal is accepted bv the Senate, and Com. F'lint believes it will be. the states will not be included in the I9SI portion of the funding, fund-ing, but they will be starling in 1 sTs 2 . . THE commissioner said many congressmen, including Utah's McKav. at gue that ted-er.ilb ted-er.ilb -funded grants are a better bet-ter proro-al for the states, cities and counties. But becuase the counr. is closer to the ptoblems and nvte. ovate of the needs ot its peorle. Com. Hint a-e-.:cJ!h..,t revenue sbaime sSn,;J con-imnc. con-imnc. Revenue -barii-c i re best thing that s happe-e... he said .adding that most o. . e statea:cc-cash .,n to vvotktoeetnerwithreit s -ties and cities I T VM SEN v n Hatch, the commissioner said, is in favor of the current three-year three-year bill, but he said he could not reach Senator Jake Cam for comments. 'I would like them (Congress)." (Con-gress)." Com. Flint said, "to give the county what they've had in the past and do aw.iv with categorical grants. "IT'S Ol R moncv in the first place." he added, emphasizing empha-sizing that funding should come to the counts direst, sv Uhout h.iv ire to be routed in and out of SS ashirgton. f malls . the commissioner s.ud if. bv change, the revenue vha; i"g hill tans m :r-e Ser.a'e. it w id n-can a s u' el ene a"d a-h.df a-h.df r.i' s w.'tth ef rt'iocv fer P ,v is C e.r.-v . The r-.'-KV b.is been i sed se I he s for cj ..r-e-t P :'.-es I r ;--e dh it. co .--'v r.:-c -c fo-:- re f.-e t- .. is to f.re-c-s. - s. - : .-te-s to a |