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Show Leavitt starts bid for gov. 'In the past Utah has been undervalued," he said, "but because we have a set of core values and principles, we have become a leader among the states.' Leavitt pointed out that 41 other states had to raise taxes, lay off employees or slash budgets, while Utah had a balanced budget. This is despite the fact that Utah has a lower than average per capita income. in-come. Utah needs a breakthrough in household income to provide sufficient suffi-cient money for Utah's burgeoning schools without increasing taxes. "A breakthrough in household income in-come must become our keystone," he said. "It won't happen quickly, but it can be done." As his campaign cam-paign progresses, he will outline in more detail how household income can be boosted. Better-directed education, more support of homegrown industries and rural development are very important, im-portant, he said. He said he would look with a very critical eye at tax incentives for out-of-state businesses busi-nesses to make sure Utah is not putting put-ting its children's futures in danger. On public education, Leavitt said he would change the basic orient tion of schools to make them oifj come-based and results-oriented so students are measured on the basis of their competency rather than credit hours or how long they have been in school. He also said that his experiences on the Board of Regents has shown that Utah produces too many workers for some kinds of jobs and not enough for other equally well-paying well-paying jobs. He pointed out that 80 percent of Utah's jobs do not require re-quire a four-year college education. "Utah's next governor needs to be a tough-minded, hard-nosed leader. Success will require a chieU. executive, not a philosopher o government careerist. Simply stated, I can get the job done," he said at the end of his remarks. Former Utah house speaker Nolan Karras is overall campaigr ir, mager, and Bangerter chief ok suff Bud Scruggs is strategy committee com-mittee chairman. Bv CHERIE HUBER Clipper Correspondent Michael O. Leavitt of Salt Lake City announced his candidacy for governor to a gathering of prominent promi-nent Davis County Republicans at the Davis Applied Technology Center in Kaysville on Tuesday. Davis County was his first stop on a 24-city tour of Utah to gather support sup-port for his bid for a chance to be governor. Bountiful's Mayor Bob Linnell, who is co-chairman of Leavitt's Davis County campaign along with Sen. Haven Barlow, said the choice of the DATC as the announcement point was indicative of Leavitt's commitment to education. Because of Leavitt's commitment to education edu-cation and to the youth of the state, Linnell said he had opted to spend time and effort to support Leavitt. Sen. Barlow said he decided to support Leavitt after assuring himself that Leavitt would support the applied technology educational concept. Leavitt is president and chief executive ex-ecutive officer of The Leavitt Group, a regional insurance firm with 34 offices in Utah and the Western United States. Leavitt is also a member of the Utah Board of Regents, which oversees Utah's nine colleges and universities. He was also chairman of the Educational Subcommittee on the Utah Commission for Efficiency Effi-ciency and Economy in Government. Govern-ment. When he spoke to the gathering, Leavitt said he believes that Utah is in a good position to take advantage of the global changes in economy of the 1990s. Utah's large families and strong work ethic will be an advantage he said. "f f(""" $ " f ? f i? i 1 1 il MICHAEL LEAVITT |