Show EDITORIALS Following the Trend It is becoming a little tittle monotonous hearing every aspect of civic and community community com com- life Ufe in Moab referred to in comparison comparison com corn parison with similar happenings or standards standards standards stan stan- dards set in other communities which have undergone the same tremendous growth in a short period of time Each Ench time some point or discussion comes up it seems the the- natural course to follow to our sights along the road others have passed over While this may be good in many respects respects respects re re- re- re profiting by past mistakes of others and follo following ing only proven paths it sc seems ms t tc td us that community leaders may be 00 losing sight of one important fact in order to be followed followed- examples have to be made This trend seems to be bo in effect not only in this community but in the state as well Whenever some additional tax or levy is considered the necessity of which is in question those deciding seem to justify their actions by quoting facts and figures from other states showing that in comparison with others the added added add add- ed cd rate is still not the high highest t. t This to us seems a purpose-defeating purpose attitude to follow and the serious part of the whole idea is that once we we- get in inthis inthis inthis this habit habit- it is very difficult to get out of We would like to see flee examples set setin setin setin in Moab as well weIl as in Utah We would like to o see the best in the way of public works and services but at the same time we would like to see soo a great deal more thought going to the question of whether or not the taxpayer as an individual is being considered Perhaps some of our rates or services service are coming a little lower than those in say San Juan county Utah or Mesa county Colorado That does not mean that we must follow the trend set by others and up our rates to meet them Ability to meet the requirements of government government government gov gov- is never the same in different communities and therefore the comparison compari compari- son flon trend fails Many trends that seem to be going Into effect in communities in the western states area seem a a little absurd to us We would like to see many of them the completely completely completely com com- reversed here for the greater benefit benefit benefit bene bene- fit of the people of Moab and the future welfare of the community without too serious regard for what others are doing |