Show Parties issues candidates say None of the other parties addressed the issues so five candidates formed their own party and filed for county office The basic issue addressed by the In- In Independent Independent dependent Coalition Party is the exor bitant salaries and expenditures of local government said Alvin Nash Independent Independent dent Coalition Party candidate for four four- year Uintah County Commissioner Party members agree that in order to get local government back on track three things need to happen a complete audit of county expenses put in understandable language reduce costs no less than 25 percent by cutting cam tm missioners missioner's salary attorney expenses reduce police and sheriffs sheriff's department sand and having the airport and swimming pool pay their way Last year the county Bounty paid to Uintah Engineering for engineering It work and you know there is a conflict of interest there said Wendell K Nash Coalition Party candidate for year four county commissioner Nash indicated the conflict is that the county surveyor is the president of Uintah Engineering Another area of county correction pro pro- proposed proposed posed by the party Is reducing the number of law enforcement officers There are peace officers in Uin- Uin Uintah Uintah tah County Including city county game warden and ute tribe and that is too many said Alvin Nash The law enforcement a agencies in the area could do more for public relations than they are presently doing Alvin Nash said The third gripe of the Coalition Party is the secrecy in local government A l lot t of the county business occurs under the table and behind closed Pa J doors doors doors- Alvin Nash said Nash says that a decision to sue a private individual in behalf of pt police lice and Sheriffs Sheriff's department was made in ex ex- ex executive session during a Vernal City and Uintah County meeting Tom Snyder Independent Coalition candidate for year two said that from 1980 to 1982 county attorney and sheriff costs skyrocketed In 1980 county attorneys attorney's budget was in 1982 it is The cost coot of the sheriffs sheriff's department has increased from in 1980 to in 1982 Snyder said The things that are happening in local government are so bad that no one believes them Alvin Nash said One of our biggest problems is breaking through to people If we can get people thinking about the issues our campaigns will have made some contribution I |