| Show I Let George Do It Utahn Blasts Threat On Gas Tax The time has hao finally come conie for tor forme forme torme me to blow off oft a little steam writes tes E. E L. L Bouck Botick 1582 W. W 4 th North because of ot a proposal i. i Ive I've read wherein where where- Ifs in the gasoline f tax in Utah willbe will willbe willbe be raised I w o 0 01 1 1 d n t kick much If I tho thought ugh t this extra money acL actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac was going to be spent on L r road o 0 a d improvement improve improve- George Georgo ment and new construction But what proof have we got to indicate that It will None As AJi a matter of fact tact our roads are go going ng to the dogs doga On the widened newly-widened death strip highway there already are chuck chuckholes holes Last year West completed completed com corn only a year earlier began to crumble Of course the roads are arc taking a tougher beating these days than ever before because of Increased traffic but at the same time the revenue taken in by the road commission commission commission com com- mission has r risen n greatly Gas Ga taxes are third one higher today than 10 years ago and taxes on motor vehicle licenses has jumped sharply Roads built y years ars ago are standing up far better better- than newly-built newly highways I 1 can remember when our streets streeta were cleared of in n a a. day of oC a storm our walks cleaned by a horse-drawn horse plow and in the summer our streets were always washed down and kept nice and clean Do these things go on today No siree After the recent storm our streets weren't touched by a a. snow plow for three days and its it's been many sidewalk years since Ive I've seen a Cleaned leaned by owned city-owned equipment Why is this George 1 1 A proposal boosting the gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line tax has not been made according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Ro Roscoe coe E. E Hammond commissioner state tax commis commis- sion 2 2 A spokesman for tor the city street department reports horses are not being used to clean city sidewalks because they are becoming becoming becoming be be- coming pretty scarce carce and the city ordinance specifies that tha citizens shall clean their e c walks Send questions suggestion complaints to George in carthe car care the Salt Lake Telegram Telegram- In Main rain Full names nameS' and addre should be Included in l et d dGeorge tt George will vill use only initials Jf ii quested |
