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Show DrcgStf no benefits. We should be aggressively ag-gressively preparing and attracting at-tracting the business firms and construction contracts that will accompany the MX to this area - or lose these benefits to surrounding states." We need someone willing to act on the tough, independent indepen-dent philosophy that our state and nation adopted from the beginning. But as governor, I will respond to the tough issues with the kind of tough decisions de-cisions these times demand. "Utah deserves a governor gover-nor who stands toughl Anyone Any-one can make easy decisions, Bob Wright, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate said. "We need a governor gov-ernor whose approach to problem solving reflects the views and codes of us -the people of Utah!" Wright told reporters and Interested citizens at a recent re-cent Press Conference that he would take a tough stand on big government spending, spend-ing, the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and government gov-ernment financing of planned parenthood, and would eagerly eag-erly face tough decisions related to growth and development, de-velopment, MX deployment, In Utah, and the appropriate siting of IPP. He emphasized that this would be a drastic change from the present governor, who August 4, voted in favor of ERA, has funded planned parenthood on a state level, has been a big spender, and is a liberal in action and thought and out of step with the mainstream of Utahns. Scott Matheson, Mr. Wright said, has increased state spending more in his one four year term than it was Increased during the entire en-tire first 76 years of Utah's existence. In addition, the real dollar dol-lar Increases under Matheson Mathe-son have averaged over 100 more every year than those during his predecessor's last term. The state needs a governor who can make the tough decision to combat state budget increases. "I will be a fiscally conservative con-servative governor who is committed to limiting state spending, while encouraging new, positive growth." "I feel we can solve the problems of growth not with more government programs, but through private enterprise." enter-prise." A positive approach is necessary because by 1990 public school enrollment is expected to Increase 60. A former chairman of the Utah State Board of Education, Educa-tion, Wright said education must be adequately financed. However, to achieve the kinds of income for the state that will be necessary, Utah must see significant business development in the future. Utah's economy' benefits greatly from the relationships relation-ships we have with Thiokol, Kennecott, Hercules, Geneva , Steel and other major Industries In-dustries that have come into the state in recent decades. We should be anxious to attract at-tract future development In the state without compromising com-promising unduly the environmental en-vironmental protection of our state and its natural beauties." And while It may not be popular, Wright stated he is willing to take the much tougher position on exploring MX deployment in Utah. Recent newspaper and TV editorials suggest MX is inevitably in-evitably moving Into Utah. I, like them am concerned that we are not making plans and preparations for that ever more likely possibility. "I fear that Matheson's total, closed minded opposition opposi-tion to MX will leave Utah with the obvious detriments of MX, but with none of the |