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Show Tax Payer Asks a Jew Questions Editor American Fork Citizen. Dear Sir: I .notlco by tho report n..i 'n CUy .Councl1 that there 'nro qulto a number of citizen taxnavcrs who nro delinquent on tic payment of their assessment on the puvenie t and the council Is advising 'the dell de-ll muen to pay, which Is very -ood advice to give, especially when it Is Dav.0t !nfr '0W '0U UrC n'"B to pay; but when jou don't hnvo 1 he wherewithal to pay with, it 8 Vdvici. that dqesn't take very well Of courso If you huvo somo money to loan you will naturally fool good In giving the adMco to pay up n 7U,t' 'Vr' N'01"' ' Would Hko to ask n,in quc?110"8 f"" information. l t ttB Pl.nc l w.ould llk0 t0 know ir tho paving ordinance, creating n debt on n. portion of tho peoplo was" In accordance- with Section 3,' Article 14, of tho Stato Constitution, which Si1Ju3chBdeW,0r,h0,,eop,0,ncur- facQond. Also, what is tho matter w th tho bonds on tho Inst paving district, dis-trict, which makes them worthless. riM I t Hn.B tho clty councl1 " right to requlro mo to pay the whole amount for something that Is done on property that I don't own, for I don't or can't claim anything outside of my fenco? Fourth. Can tho city legally charge -mo 10 per cent nddltionnl interest on Si wm" lnil'nt lf "ot nalu when uuo7 Which secniB to mo would make It 1C per cent when the legal maximum rate Is 12 per cent. Fifth. Is tho city council sen nuts or the peoplo or tho people's masters, tint they should ignore the wishes of tho people. It would bo Interesting i,rija?B.fe't!.7aa,.?brp:l'YJMir District No. 2,'fiow ninny taxpayers voted against lt"nud how many In favor. And also If the majority wim by Individuals In-dividuals or tho number of rods to bo paved, and whether tho church paving nnd street crossing and High School pavement were put against tho objectors. I henrd ono good citizen sny, "If "they enn't afford It or don't want too, why don't they sell out?" Just think of It, Mr. Editor, lot them sell out; thoso who hao given tho best of their lives to mako this land whnt It Is, and have been honest all their lhes, but because they huvo failed to nc-cumulato nc-cumulato 11 bank account, let them sell out. Thoro is sympathy for you, and Borne of thoso who Bny that nro enjoying en-joying today tho fruits of tho labor of their parents or have gained their standing by menus that to n great many thinking peoplo Is not tho most commondnble method to got money. It would also bo Interesting to know If there were any In that council who passed tho ordinance who were bone-llted bone-llted lu other ways thnij U receiving their pay as a councilman. Mr. Editor, it seems llko that today. to-day. City councils think they're tho bosses nnd not sorvants, and nro placed thoro to do us they plcasu with tho people's money. It Is tlmo the pcoplo woko up to a few things and demand that tho men thoy elect legislate legis-late for th peoplo and not for themselves. them-selves. I subscribe mysolf Yours truly, A TAXPAYER. Februnry 10th. |
