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Show Page Six - The Sprinpville Herald - August 12. 1992 Property taxes continued from page 1 rate. He suggested cutting the budgets of the museum or pool. Marion Smith did not protest the present proposal on any particular point but had a concern over the common want of government gov-ernment for just a little more. Governments should comply with doing without he said and added that citizens should decide how much of their income should go to support government and dedicate that portion to government. govern-ment. The continue cycle of government taking more monies and citizens expecting more services in return will eventually destroy democracy. "Citizens and the city government need to show restraint," he said. Randy Abraham preferred a property tax increase because it is due once a year instead of monthly month-ly as are utility bills. Mayor Bertelsen pointed out that the presentation of this proposal pro-posal has been a long, drawn-out decision. She constantly appreciates appreci-ates the services provided of street lights, plowed streets, a library, recreation programs, golf course, etc., and a tax increase was felt to be an investment into the community. The city's portion por-tion of the property tax is only a small portion of the total tax bill. Hopefully, in the future utility costs can come down. Charles Eaton said he asked 17 years ago for curb and gutter on 1319 South 400 East, and felt that in perhaps five years, curb and gutter will be installed. He stated that the only thing raised in his neighborhood was the speed limit. Pat O'Brian said he came to Springville for several reasons, the low tax rate being one. He said the town was small, quiet and affordable. He said he watched the small and quiet go out the window and doesn't want to lose the affordable as well. He felt a 42.9 percent increase is outrageous and that he may have to move with this type of increase. in-crease. Hal Clyde, a lifetime resident of Springville, noted that the city inherited the art museum for nothing, he supported the need for a good art curator. Clyde, who serves on the library board, noted that the city's support of the library has been decreased, and the library director has effectively managed resources to continue to serve the public. He addressed an earlier suggestion sug-gestion by stating that if a citizens citi-zens knew of the liability the city incurs for volunteers in police cars, no one would allow a volunteer vol-unteer into a police car. Clyde expressed that one department should not support another; each service should stand on its own. He asked what is meant when the statement is made that money does to government; we are the government. He believes the city is conscious of the costs of services, ser-vices, and if the city needs the fund, should support the tax increase. He asked that the city continue to exercise wisdom in spending the funds. Stan King was not sure that the city needs to provide all the services it does now, but pointed out that growth is happening. He supported the tax increase because be-cause it is deductible on federal taxes. Chris Sorensen assured the audience that he felt the need to listen and be in tune with the feelings of the citizens. His commitment com-mitment is to do what is best for the city. Increasing taxes will always be an emotional issue, but he has given serious consideration consider-ation to the matter. Gordon Smith said that everything every-thing he has done as a council member has been to improve the city. When utility revenues are low, the city doers not have the funds to pay the bills. The city has a serious need for the water tank and line which will be installed, he noted that it has been 30 years since the city last raised property taxes. Support for the departments has decreased, and the time has come to refurbish the infrastructure. infrastruc-ture. He supports the tax increase and pointed out that all departments depart-ments are struggling to make do, with what they have. Grant Palfreyman said he has been involved with the budget from the beginning of his service. In this budget, much that was requested has been deferred; what is included is essential. Call them partners: Birds called egrets feed on insects stirred up by grazing cattle. In return, the egret warns the cattle of danger by flying away. 'Harts Hump' to be leveled Mapleton's famous "Hart's Hump" will be a thing of the past soon. City Councilman Walter Walser announced plans to install a siphon for irrigation water in the ares of 800 N. 1600 West as soon as the irrigation season is over getting rid of the hump in the road. For safety reasons officials have been trying for years to get rid of the problem. Water lines along South Main Street in Mapleton will be replaced re-placed soon to comply with the EPA regulations requiring elimination elimin-ation of lead-jointed pipes. The city is also updating the playground equipment in Maple-ton Maple-ton Park. The swings, merry go- round and teeter totters have been taken out and will be replaced with equipment that is safer. Much of the labor for the project is being donated, and donations are needed for the repairs and new equipment. Donations can be made at the city offices. The brown Indian muntijac, or. barking deer, barks like a dog. The buck is 30 inches tall and has two-tined antlers, about four inches long. . Our driest state is Nevada. Its annual rainfall averages 8.8 inches. Mapleton School School will begin for all Mapleton School students on Monday, August 24, at 8:45 a.m. Registration for all new students stu-dents for Mapleton School will be held Thursday, August 13, from 9 a.m. to 12. Lunch money may be paid at this time for all students to help eliminate the long line on the first day of school. Lunch tickets will be $24 for 20-day lunch passes. Lunch prices for the 1992-93 year will be: Elementary regular lunches, $1.20; and regular breakfast, .75. Free and reduced applications will be accepted on August 13. Students can made up citizenship grades All Springville Jr. High and High School students interested in making up unsatisfactory citizenship citizen-ship grades can do so at the following citizenship classes to be held throughout August. Classes will be taught at the Springville Jr. High in Mr. Hansen's Han-sen's portable located at the East end of the parking lot. Dates, times and fees are as follows: Wed., Aug. 12, 5 to 8 p.m.; Sat., Au. 15, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 17, 5 to 8 p.m.; and -Wed., Aug. 19, 5 to 8 p.m. These classes will be offered at a $10 fee. Mapleton park concert Matt Buchanan, former resident res-ident of Mapleton, will be the featured performer at the Sat., Aug. 15 concert in the Mapleton Park. Everyone is invited to come and bring lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy a night of music. w I ' .1 MirJ U nfortunately , lien UJad ki nekton dee 5 I M tliey don t See re d . The government's deficit spending habits are way out of control. The bad news is, Congress doesnt think they need to do anything about it. i. ? s "FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, WASHINGTON CONSISTENTLY SPENDS MORE MONEY THAN IT TAKES IN. OF COURSE, THE PROFESSIONAL PROFES-SIONAL POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON TELL US EVERY ELECTION TIME THAT THE TOUGH BUDGET DECISIONS WILL BE MADE. BUT ACT IONS PROVE OTHERWISE. AND THE SPENDING CONTINUES. DESPITE THIS BLATANT DISREGARD OF SPENDING LIMITATIONS, THE ONLY THING WASHINGTON HAS LOST SO FAR IS ITS SENSE OF REALITY. BUT HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE WE'RE IN TOO DEEP TO GET OUT?" $11 billion is claimed as a $1 bil- growth to create a larger tax lion cut in spending. Call it a one- base so that we can actually de-step-forward, two-steps-back crease the national debt, approach to deficit reduction. We need deficit reduction The cuts I am talking about policies that will create jobs are legitimate ones, where a $10 and legitimately stimulate the billion budget becomes a $9 bil- economy, lion budget. 1 he truth is there is no federal agency that could not oper- m hink about $300 billion for a ' I minute. Oh, that's not the na-I na-I tional debt. It's just the inter--I- est our government pays on it every year. The actual figure is so large as to be almost incomprehensible. incom-prehensible. Try $4 trillion. See the point? These dollar figures start to become meaningless mean-ingless because of their sheer size. Perhaps this is why Washington seems to pretend they're not there, continuing to spend like there's ho tomorrow. Well, it is tomorrow. And the JOE CANNON national debt is definitely there. And it could bury us all soon if we don't start making positive posi-tive changes in the way we deal with it. I believe if s time for "real" cuts in government spending, not the half-hearted ana largely ineffective ineffec-tive efforts that Congress usually makes. For example, if last year s budget was $10 billion, and this year s proposed budget is $12 billion, bil-lion, then, in the lingo of Washington D.C., revising the proposed budget of $12 billion to ate on less money than it cur rently spends. And spending less money each year will have benefits that extend far beyond a reduction in the deficit. With a renewed confidence confi-dence in the government's ability to handle the deficit, investment will increase dramatically. dra-matically. A healthy economy-will also improve consumer con-sumer confidence, resulting in greater spending and a much-needed jolt for the economy all around. And we definitely can't reduce re-duce the deficit by raising taxes. This will only serve to weaken the economy and cause the tax base to shrink. Instead, we must reduce government spending so that the debt cannot grow. We need strong economic S G3 (3 In brief, I believe we need to do the following: LEnact an amendment that would force Congress to submit a balanced oudget without raising taxes; 2. Make legitimate legit-imate cuts in government spending across the board; and 3. Identify and actively reduce government waste in all federal agencies and progra'ms. You see, solving the deficit problem isn't a black and white issue; it's a black and red issue. And the sooner we can get our finances fi-nances out of the red and into the black, the sooner we can restore faith in our economy, and in our future as a country as well. 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