Show SINKING FUNDS USED IN SO SOME COUNTIES sinking funds that are presumably put aside to meet bonded indebted lies are being used to meet current expenses in many of the taxing units of the state according to the october issue of the utah taxpayer instances are cited where public officials instead of preserving these funds are them for other Puro purposes oses contrary to law the taxpayer quotes the statutes on this his subject and raises a warning voice against the continuation of Ws illegal practice it is an imposition upon the confidence of the public says the taxpayer to raise this money to meet their bonded debt and then find it dissipated when the time arrives for the payment of the bond obligations the same issue outlines a series of recommendations tor for city and county officials that are now engaged in budgeting it urges that the budget shall represent the ability of the people to pay that the economic conditions of the taxing unit shall be considered and that a thorough analysis of the proposed budget should be had between public officials and the taxpayers before final approval another illuminating article deals with the failure of 22 per cent of the high school graduates to pass the english test at the university of utah the question Is 13 raised whether the now going to the high schools of the state Is being advantageously spent it challenges the high schools to study this question and to readjust their teaching practices and processes so as to meet the demands of the higher institutions of learning |