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Show 'Meet the Candidates 9 Industry main election concern City Industrial Park Committee and the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Commission. Forcomplete wrap-up, see pages A6 and A7 - v ,' ' ' ' . - i sC- i ' '- r 1 Jmf l'wjL1J''''Mwll ' ' '' ' '- f : :-. . i the City hire a full-time promotions person to sell the City, even though all indicators are pointing toward the hiring of a developer for the industrial park. Cardon admitted. that such A. move, would be expensive, but also thought it was necessary. Enoch candidates also dealt with the problem of industrial development, but opinion was someone more divided, with some feeling industry and commercial com-mercial establishments need to be attracted to the small city and others feeling it should remain a "bedroom" community, with little industry. Brent Foy, candidate for the Enoch City Council, was the major proponent of a controlled industrial and commercial com-mercial growth, saying that the City would need to broaden its tax base to have the services the residents want. Homeowners cannot carry the entire burden, he said. One new issue which was brought up during the course of the evening several times was that concerning partisan elections in Cedar City. The Utah State Legislature this year jnadejt possible, in fact, encouraged municipalities to move to nonpartisan elections, and most of the Democrats Tuesday night felt that such should be done in Cedar City. Barbara Starr was one candidate who spoke out for such a change, vowing that she would work for such. Howevewr, the Republicans, which generally have the upper hand in Cedar City politics didn't think much of the idea. Conrad Hatch expressed the views of the others when he advocated the two-party two-party tradition as a proven method for providing good candidates for office. With this system, he said, people have the choice of two parties, of two ways of thinking, of two points of views. Mayoral candidate Harold "Huck" Shirley agreed, as did all the candidates. can-didates. Shirley pointed out that the Industrial Park Committee had recently agreed to recommmend to the City Council that the City hire a private developer to establish and operate an industrial park, a move applauded by most of the candidates. The one dissenting voice of the Cedar City candidates was Tom Cardon, a Republican running for the City Council. Cardon agreed that industrial development was definitely needed, but he continually expressed a desire that CEDAR CITY Industrial development. Cedar City and Enoch residents have heard the term a number of times during the past few months, but if candidates keep the promises they made Tuesday night at the Meet the Candidates night, everybody will be hearing it more in the next few years, no matter who wins the election. Industrial development, more jobs and an increased tax base were the primary concerns of mayor and city council candidates from both Cedar City and Enoch at the public' meeting. The event was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Cedar City, the Utah Association of Women, the Parent-Teachers Association and KSUB radio. The candidates all had a chance to introduce themselves, state their qualifications and talk about a "major issue." They were followed by questions from moderator Georgia Beth Thompson and the audience. Businessmen are "feeling the crunch" of the economic situation, said Cedar City mayoral candidate Robert "Bob" Linford. He continued by commending the efforts of the Cedar Cedar City mayoral candidate Robert "Bob" Linford (left) discusses a point with City Council candidate Conrad Hatch during the Meet the Candidates Night Tuesday. The major concern of almost all the candidates was attracting at-tracting industry and more and better jobs to the area. |