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Show ... - fl r 1- -- ,.mn.... . ... ..... . .. -- " " ' r - I l"""""1-""" 1 f' ' I I JZ""' I lfethe freedora of the people by gradual and silent encroachments 3 P "! 91 ' V lyofthose in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." 1 ' (" , B I .' :S " lr4ikAlii """-J311165 Madison, address to the . J rl T B P Y 1 .' I ' NJf . ' Virginia Convention Jun 16, 17- -gy- J x s r . ? ii iS)i 15; , J 4 ft 'it- " ffSSSSSlffi This being our Bicentennial I believe Consolidation taxes U f 'Uf. I w; w Birthday, I think it only fitting too many rights away from the U- f O tl, nfk we go back in time to 1836. It '" " people and gives a few too much U v;- J,F JJp U! S lSOIy Hill is gratifying to know that many I! PWer Haskell Bowman V " Jtfi1! VH " 1 years aS congress had the common ' c, ... W .;'; '" r "T Tnnr) ""71 fT 'sense to realize too much power Sheriff k 4 )V(WWB)ii -4 could be put in the hands of one E ' w NX J. "TIX m u APPOINTED man. I quote now from. yyP'4. rtrv 71(7mrrn rrk the World Book Enc.P.P.?59 - !" yVW!'X fl UVI Vl U (JJ M Reforms in Congress. "Disputes ' ; If We trade an elective form f ' have raged over many other feat- ':tyl'eam I. ;" wav'Vw government for a bureaucratic S rK7 JTk TO n Tl 11 ures of Congress. One of the most ( .- ) fil ( .form of government, we will all lPJ(Pj ) h)) JpmV ? n PJ H stirring arguments concerned the E -: ; - -r.ViV be the losers. . w w uJ u UJt-1 v v power of the Speaker of the House. , t" J.-K"-:-S Mitch Williams This dispute came to climax in ; J '' ". e-w i- I 1910, when Joseph G. Cannon of AW' .NJ pr-Tr-Trr-TV g.r?r-?rw m. was speaker, mh then, : ' I i1 a ' ""' I k( !!'-?Ptissm.-- y rstrimip'9tfi0'wi- ' k the speaker had appoint e d all the , " ! 1 : -tST'T'A t 1". ' I " ;House Committees. As a result, J ; ; h.; h! lUS JiW V,. , , . I t ;he had almost complete control V ' t , 4 v. N 'UCirjin; r. -.. . . J . over the House." An appointed ! V N - . - t ' - r; form of government is not repre- w S j I '0 ' v w, ?'f' j !; t " - .r , " v ; ' sentative of the people. Vote "J Sr " I1 -" - s ' s, j I. T against a centralized power form s fcL.''j&iiw&rto 2" &yei'nnent Vote NO on r : i I J Consolidation. Let's not participate in the J kWa.fcrAi.i.U.J.i i.t , .t l.t i.fc f.fc l.t-i.t .fc! Dick Hammer step-by-step destruction of the , Former City Councilman things that have made our country i! WHILE THE PROPONENTS ARE BUSY ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT --; Sw i'j great. Individualism should be J CONSOLIDATION, ASK THEM THIS . ONE : . preserved and not sacrificed It How can the citizens of Grand County possibly accept -! -' .$4 J ' V !i ! under the guise of efficiency. " " ' ! a plan which includes a "general grant of power" in the . . 1 : ..!i- : , ,. Phil Badger - r" "" , proposed consolidation charter, not once but at least """ ; I B""Mi"l"B3 P ' five times? What is the justification for including a ' " .-.V v .- :" I w i' provision so contrary to both the United States and Utah II I , . Tfit " M 1 Constitutions? . - - X " " i- ! i " 1 t Sec. .01, subsection (i) of the proposed consoli- J Lr: 1 dation charter states: ' 1 I " f " - 1 !' a St- fc. P S "The power of Moab-Grand shall be construed liberally I . r- f in favor of the Moab-Grand government. The specific X A . ; ' ' 1 x - x I, mention, or failure to mention, particular powers s, f ff j syr wi V shall not be construed as limiting in any way the M Jiw ;ir" - general power of the Moab-Grand government or tthe , Some of the many definitions of lti - I powers conferred upon Moab-Grand by this plan." ' Freedom according to Webster are: '1 '-'-' X THIS. IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE UNITED STATES C0NSTI- J lt J;s a state of being at liberty i f- k'- f TUTION, WHICH PROVIDES 'IN THE NINTH AND TENTH AMENDMENTS: ratner than in confinement; or ' ' y K t U ' y political or National independence; j t, " No. 9. "The enumeration in the Constitution of. ' or an absence of undue restrictions'' ! I i iiiii Wii s3 ( certain rights shall not be construed to ri and opportunities to exercise ones CsBBHBBBHBBBBd deny or disparage others retained by the rights and powers; or a restraint. !" I! The law in the county and city t. people." We Ten voting Corbins all feel we should be impartial. If the law m n l0 ,iThe wers nQt delegated to the United . J greatly restricted in our i: enforcement in its entirety can , states b the Constitution, nor prohibited I??ins berties by only being be hired and fired under consoli- b it tQhe states are reserved to tie fler under Consolidation, to Vote ,! dation by six people, the five- states reSpectively , or to the people.". . for nstead f f6 0rrT1"10re to rn man council and the county manager, our City ana County. This is not , how does the law arrest its bosses "Power-reserved-to-the-people charters and constitutions ., FREEDOM. How much will your and its bosses friends witnout 1mit the rulh bod but the Consolidation Plan gives restncted freedom cost? Vote . I; fear of losing, their jobs. Under all power to the ruling body, stripping the citizens and r, aSt consoliaation. our present government, the Sheriff voters of self-rule and self-government." ' ' Ila Corbin h !; can arrest anyone that needs to be wB I arrested. Only the people can ! 5 ll r ill iffiiwiiiatLj j fire him. emphasis ours Wl I Eimbh I Delbert Oliver ? 1 l I - 'T I m X CX FV'1?? n-TT TTTT TTTr 71 7.T. . JX.-TA JA". TTT 1 ) I '! ' ' SELF-RULENrLF-GOVERNMENrl Va I T, - -H 1 ARE OUR BIRTHRIGHT. -HELP TO I 1 VT'. ! I j " t" A w I PRESERVE YOUR BIRTHRIGHT BY. . 1 . I ' I ( J 1 VOTING I I , " :i I IJ ;'-H AGAIXST CCOLIDATION. M X 5, . ftf'Vy 'J'hf I The proposed Moab-Grand Consoli- s I r"' v 1 dation plan states that specific . 1 : L 1 I I i... i. Lin i,h hum j . mention, or failure to mention, ( After reading and studying the ' - particular powers shall not be proposev. Consolidation Plan, let j . j I I Committee for Representation by construed as limiting in any way , u me as'; you one question: Would , I I the People the powers conferred upon Moab- M ' YCU sign a contract that was i 1 I I I . ' " Grand. Why should citizens grant , one-half finished and let someone B I "We would like to .thank the any such unspecified and "J else fill in the blank spaces?? yLT.,vwre I many Grand County Citizens who unlimited power? Do you know how (J . With so many unfinished loop-holes If you arc against a drastic have contributed to our ads it will bemused? Vote for strictly " in the proved plan, I ure YOU increase in your ta:cec, vote. against Consolidation." limited government. Vote NO on to Vote Against Consolidation. against consolidation. f l.i.i.mm.ni.j.i.i n j.j.m . - VI consolidation. ' 7.t n- n t Bpttv Jacobs Greg Christensen , Nellie Beyeler oacuuo -o - ? ?t ?! fi r, ?r"7r?? ?r v ?.t "7T ? :.l SX n n lf n n n r.i i. .- |