Show The iThe Facts About Facts Facts About Local Government What do you vou ou Mr l Ta Taxpayer Ta know about the details of your city or town gO government How is the money be- be bem being be being ing m spent Who are arc on the payroll Whit Wh is the basis upon which salar saYar- salaries salaries ies are arc being paid Whit Wh act It ties es les are being undertaken How many man of these are How Hon necessary man many of them are arc superfluous I How are supplies purchased What check is had upon the manner in n which public es U lie are e devoting their time to public service Ice What efforts are arc beIn being made to get bet bet- better better bet better I ter results result at less cost How Hon much actual business 3 is being put into the public affairs of your community I How Hon HoIS is the mone money being handled What safeguards a al aie e a employed b by your our public officials when hen depositing public money What Wl What check is had on the manner in m which money by de- de departments departments de departments is being spent Are an all vouchers s being countersigned as pro provided vided b bv law Al Aie e all aU local budgets being ad I hexed to Is any money being di diverted dl- dl from its proper channels What use ue is being made of publIc property including automobiles and other motor appliances If you do not know kno these things Mr Ta pay Ta Taxpayer er n would 3 ou like lIJe to hae hay the a information Would y ou care cale to have a thrown upon all an these phases of public affaIrs m in your community A private ate In institution institution of any consequence 01 or size makes it a point to bung in m occasion occasIOn- occasIOnally occasionally occasionally ally experts c e from flom the outside to study every phase of the business to report the defects to make recommendatIOns recommendations recommendations for changes that will WIn im Im- Im Impi piove im-piove pi ove conditions Why would it not be a good thing to institute sucha such a program in m the public affairs of y v our community just as a mattei matter of good business Bear in m mind that each year yeal the theta ta taxpayers pa ers in this state are caned called upon to pay approximately in m visible taxes takes Surely such an investment estment is worth north checking Suppose Sup Suppose Suppose pose that in rn your our community spend spend- spending ing thousands of dollars an investigation investigation gation bv by b an impartial body should be made to give answer anser to some of the above questions Would that not be a e expenditure e Would It not be the means of saving many tImes the amount spent for such an In Not only would it disclose e any e c 11 and loose me methods but also inefficiency and du- du du duplications all a all of which 1 run lun un up the costs of got go government eminent Once in m a great while some of these costly defects in m local government come to th the surface Very recently It was wac discovered that a certain IC- IC ic-cordei ic corder cordel in to ono ond ono of our cities had over overa overa a period of years been systematically and continuously looting the publIc treasury treasur Heas He was nas elected as a record recorder er cr but the city council ga gave gage e him the additional job fob of treasures It was nas m in thus dual capacity without proper checking on his activities that the opportunity was afforded him to squeeze from the ing mg unsuspecting ta taxpayers payers That of course was put down as an outright case se of o thle thie cry ery But it is of little concern to the theta ta pl er whether his money is S stolen outright or hethel it is lost through leaks and inefficiency Mi h Ta Taxpayer has to pa pay the bill just dust the same If therefore our county commis commissioners stoners city commissioners and cIty cit councils and boards of educatIOn would authorize and summon a recognized ta ta research organization such as is found in the Utah Ta Tai pit ers er association to diagnose their publIc affairs not only thousands but hun bun deeds of thousands of dollars could be b saved sa Il But t more than that it would raise the of public admin admin- administration publIc it t would improve the pub lie lIc morale it would put every Cry public offIcial on Jus his mettle It would acquaint ac acquaint quaint the ta taxpayers with pith the pro in m public affairs It would woul be a factor in m increasing confidence In the men ho v serve us and the amount invested for this research Would be only a drop in the bucket compared with the savings to the taxpayers el S SIt It has therefore been recommend cd and ed-and and wisely SO-In SO so in VIe view of our ou present financial situation and m in view of the many unhappy incIdents incident incidents which have hae ha e recently come cometo cometo comito to light that the 1932 bud budgets ets in the larger communities andIn and in the larger large counties include this item For tech technical sun survey suney ey of our public affairs This is no means an innovation This procedure is alread already takIng place in m California and in m other states state who nho recognize recognise that it is we well occasionally occasion ay ally to have ha hay a ones one's affairs examined by byan byan ban an independent impartial agency Just gust as one goes to a medical diagnostIcian diagnostician to ryes ice lion how the body is functioning functioning and to discover any signs that Vl will if taken in m time add 1 to ones one's longe ity The Utah Taxpayers association offers its services to the taxing units unit of the state and will sill I welcome elcome the opportunity op to explain the plan o of pro pro- procedure proto to any group of officials officials orals who seek better administration better returns for the ta tax dollar doar Who will begin Ta Taxpayer er |