Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-06 | Page 6 | Utah in Bright Spot

Utah in in Bright Spot IN MAKING appropriations beyond expect d state revenues the last legislature did an unwise unwise unwise un un- un- un wise and a dangerous thing It appears to have been offset by good fortune and sound budgetary budget budget- ary management for when the books were closed last week at the end nd of the first fiscal year of the biennium the various surpluses on hand add up to a a. a little better than For this the lawmakers may claim no credit for judgment or foresight Various tax consuming agencies of the state smelling out in advance the existence of the tidy sum to be carried over into the next fiscal year could not resist the impulse to get their hands handson on a part of it One school board has already announced its intention to go to court to divert divertS S more than excess sales tax collections to schools This is flying in the face of widespread public sentiment which Thich hopes the law and the courts will bar the diversion Broad powers have been conferred upon the governor in handling budgetary situations anc and state law provides for the employment of surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus funds in reduction of state obligations In Governor Bloods Blood's administration he has manifested manifested manifested mani mani- commendable e conservatism and has followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed sound business principles with respect to getting the state finances in order He may feel fully assured that the people of the state who bear the tax burden are appreciative and that thit they desire continuance of his prudent and conscientious conscientious conscientious con con- policies There po is little sympathy anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where in Utah with state agencies whose greed moves them to demand diversion of public monies to purposes for which they were not intended If a precedent of this sort is permitted to be set the whole scheme of economical prudent prudent pru pru- dent and orderly financing of governmental activity will vill disappear and in its place come recklessness and extravagance