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Show F?e candidates-Commission candidates-Commission candidates debate county issues r ' " "I I. ' , : ': opponent, is a retired Foreign Sendee officer. He agreed that saving the canyons was one of the op priorities of county government, govern-ment, but he blasted McClure for his lack of cooperation with the city government, especially .n the Model Cities program which McClure heads up. -The people feel they're not consulted enough," said Mr Cameron. "County governmen is not close enough to the people He feels his experience in administration ad-ministration with the Department of State help qualify him for the The Candidate Fair started off with a program of the four candidates can-didates running for the Salt Lake County Commission. Ralph McClure, Mc-Clure, a county commissioner funning for the four-year seat and his opponent, Warde Cameron, and Jim Kirkwood and Pete Kutuals, who are running for the two-year seat agreed on many issues, but squared off sharply on others. Ralph McClure, a Democrat, is running for re-election as "your commissioner." He emphasized planning and zoning in his speech at the fair, but hit on many of his 16 planks during the question period. McClure noted that he was the commissioner who pushed for zoning of the canyons east of the populated areas. The preservation of the canyons is perhaps Mc-Clure's Mc-Clure's major issue. Calling for separation of the planning and zoning departments in the county government, McClure called zoning an "interim" measure designed to save what we have. Planning is related to what hppens tomorrow, McClure said. Warde Cameron, McClure's company and it is now numbsrom, presses in the world. He wants to sell is same way. ' nil" Nicholas S. Strike says he knows how to govern 3 on the basis of his business experience in A?ax Presses. He and his brothers founded the commmission. Pete Kutulas, a Democrats running for the seat vacated by Commissioner McClure. Kutulas has had 18 years experience in the Salt Lake County Sheriff's office. Kutulas also is against further development of the canyons. Crime and drug abuse are his main issues, considering his background in police work. Kutulas believes that prescription drugs present the most serious problem, with hard drugs and marijuana abuse less important. im-portant. A-k-kirk- Ajax pressor. "It doesn't do any good to hire more police officers," said Kutulas. "Written laws are not justice. Justice comes with enforcement." Jim Kirkwood, the Republican running for the two-year seat, also was against development of the canyons. Kirkwood expressed his desire to "hold the line" on taxes and county spending. "We can't solve all the world's problems." trkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk |