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Show roadblock removed For nearly two years, community, county and . school capital expansion progress in the State of Utah has been stifled by a U. S. Supreme Court ruling which stated in effect tjhat all registered voters had a riflht to vote in bond elections. The ruling cast a cloud over Utah bonding laws, which held that a requirement for voting in bond elections was the owning of property. Decisions by the U. S. Supreme Court and the Utah Supreme Court during the past month have now cleared up any legal question of bond elections in Utah; with the property requirement being ruled in valid. The important thing now is that worthy projects that have been held back in Utah for tihe past two years can now be placed before the voters without fear of not being able to sell bonds due to a legal, cloud. Fxn-tunatdly, in Moab and Grand County, there has not been a critical need air great as some of the needs which previously have required bond elections,. Schools are fulll, but not critically so. A need at the County airport has been evidenced, but so far has not required the floating of a bond, even though that might be a serious possibility in the future. Likewise, nothing is really pressing in Moab City, aldhough there are things that should definitely be lone in an orderly and systematic plan. One of these needs is the continuation of the special improvement work-in the older residential sections of the community. commun-ity. When a number of blocks were done a few years1 ago, it had tihe effect of not onily improving the physical phys-ical appearance, but also of enhancing the values of property concerned. Now those areas which have not had curbs, sidewalks and street improvements show up poorly by comparison. Moab City has for the past year, been ready to go ahead with such an improvement plan on the remaining re-maining unimproved sections of the community. Now that legal clouds have disappeared, the project should be pushed ahead. |