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Show SOAKING THE TIlE SAIALL SMALL TOWN . In their anxiety to assist the small smal smallproperty smalproperty smallproperty property taxpayer , our legislators have havethrough havethrough , . through the $2000 2000 $ homestead exempLion exemp exemption " tion Lion , provided a plan to dismcorporate disncorporate disincorporateover dismcorporateover disncorporateover over 100 towns town"S " , close schools , and andbring andbring andbring bring chaos to the state stl1te stilte of UtahAt UtahAt Utah UtahAt At Moab , , for Instance , the homestead home homestead " stead tax exemption exem'ption ' scheme , if it be- be becomes be becomes - . comes a lav law : , will w1I1 reduce the total as- as assessed assessed as assessed - - sessed valuation from frofu $ $282,000 282000 $ , to toS52 $52000 52000 $52 52 $ 000 , a drop of 81 per cent . . There Is only one home In Moab , , or orin orin orin in Grand county cotmty for that matter matterwhich , v.h1ch vh1ch nhich . is assessed for more than $2000 2000 $2000.If 2000.If 2000If $ . If the homestead e exemption .emptlon emptlon > . plan were wereadopted wereadopted wereadopted adopted the total assessed 'H\.IuaUon H.IuaUon 'H H .IuaUon IuaUon valuation 'H.IuaUonon valuationon ' valuationon \ . on homes in all of Grand Grond county countywould countywould countywould would be $110Last $110Last $110 110 $110Last $ Last year Moab town had tax rev rev- revenues revenues . - enues of $1,127 1127 $ , . " with v.ith vith "ith ith which it maintained main main- maintained maintained - tained its streets , policed its town townmaintained , maintained its cemetery cemeter } ' , built side side- sid sidewalks sidewalks - walks , , maintained street lights Ulthts and op- op op.crated operated op-derated op derated - - .crated crated . erated its city court With the home home- hometitead homestead homestead - - stead titead exemption in effect the town's towns town'srevenue town'srevenue town'srevenue townsrevenue ' revenue would be reduced to $304Moab $304Moab $304 304 $304Moab $ Moab has a bonded debt of $32 32 $32000 32000 $32000for $32000for 32000for $ 000 000for for sewer 5e\\er 5e er sever \ \ and waterworks Improve improve- improvements improvements Improvements - ments . , to which the federal go gO\ gO govern gOern government \ ern ern- ernment " - ment is adding addmg a free grant of $13,000 13000 $ , . HoeouId How Ho\\ Ho Hot \ \ ; could eouId Moab , with a . $52,000 52000 $ , , as- as assessed as assessed . - sessed sessed \ valuation aIuatfon aluatin , , payoff pay off a bonded in- in indebtedness indebtedness In Indebtedness - debtedness debtedness of $32000 32000 $ , and maintain maintainthe maintainthe maintainthe the town to\\l1 to l1 tosui \ \ . without v.1thout v1thout confiscating conf1scatmg its busi busi- busin busingss business - , ness ngss n ss institutions , utilities , unimproved unimprovedreal unimprovedreal unimprovedreal real estate and personal property re- re remaining re- re remainmg re remaining - - maining mainmg on the tax rolls roIls ? i |