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Show rrt'rwrrr rr r r ry r it rr rrrrrr m rrrrr Wednesday, January 26, 2000 First opan primaries arrive SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Legislators began Friday to lay the ground rales for Utah first presidential presi-dential primary open to voters, not just party delegates. Utah is joining the Western Primary to be held March 10 in an alliance with Colorado and Wyoming. A Utah legislative panel voted Friday to let Republicans and Democrats close their primaries to all but their own party members. But state GOP and Democratic bosses have decided to open the primary to voters unaffiliated with any party. That decision was made on practical grounds in a state where 85 percent of registered voters have no party affiliation. The bill approved Friday by the House Government Operations Committee affirms the right of political parties to control their own primaries. It also instructs county clerks and elections judges on running the primary. Utah will be holding its fust statewide GOP and Democratic Cook decries Internet taxation SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Congressman Merrill Cook said Friday that he supports federal legislation legis-lation that would ban taxes on the Internet. "Taxing the Internet would be the silliest, most disruptive thing we could do to the American economy," econo-my," Cook told the Utah House of Representatives. "Keeping tax off the Internet would not only keep our economy more competitive . but it keeps state and local government govern-ment more competitive.'' The proposal met with a mixed response in the House. House Majority Leader Kevin Garn, R-Layton. urged Cook nc to tie the state hands by issuing a federal fed-eral mandate barring online taxes. "The issue is an issue of state sovereignty." sov-ereignty." said Garn. "The federal government wants to ban sales tax on e -commerce and that not their revenue stream." Gam said in an interview. "They ought to leave state and local governments revenue streams alone." Cook said there is no other rea Utah youths SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A group of Bountiful teens have decided to take on Rep. Lorraine Pace, no sponsored an election law amendment that would make it illegal for anyone younger than 13 to circulate petitions. "Sixteen- and 17-year-olds can vote," challenged Liz Thome 11, a senior at Bountiful High School. "Carrying a petition is one of few ways they can get involved-" So Thornell and her teenage friends visited the Legislature on Friday to try to assert their position in the political process. When tracked down in a committee com-mittee room. Pace told them she was protecting their best interests. She said one reason for restricting minors is to protect them from being prosecuted if they collect fraudulent signatures. But the students say they checked that out with the state Elections Office, only to find rais Light rail receives final payment from feds SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the final installment of federal funding for Salt Lake City's north-south light rail Fridays $372 million grant marks the fifth allocation of federal 0 TROUT FURNTTU Save $ on the Web buying rustic, log. southwestern A mexicanj furniture. See our catalog wvirw.rcdtroutfurniure.coml IT-tT rti CUBED II.-M II.-M M January Special iJfc VIEW Hm presidential primary March 10. In the past, candidates were endorsed at party conventions. House Bill 44 lets unaffiliated voters register for a party at the last minute at primary polls. The legislation eliminates "a potential for mayhem," said Scott Simpson, executive director of the Utah Republican Party. It rules out California-style "jungle primaries" where voters can cross political lines at will. For example, voters can cast their primary pri-mary ballots for a Republican in one race, a Democrat in another and a Libertarian in a third. Oa Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to California so-called blanket primary law. The appeal was filed by that state major political parties, par-ties, which contend the law interferes inter-feres with their members' right to choose their own nominees. Also Friday, Colorado Gov. Bill Owens said he hoped to resurrect the original idea of a Western Primary by 2004. sonable way to deal with an issue of such scope and complexity. House Minority Leader Dav e Jones. D-Salt Lake City, asked whether exempting electronic commerce com-merce from sales taxes would give Internet-based businesses an unfair advantage. "Dont we end up subsidizing those Internet companies that are going to be competing with (traditional (tradi-tional businesses)?" Jones asked. How could the local bookstore compete com-pete with online bookseller Amazon.com? he asked. Cook said the benefit of having physical books and shelves that consumers con-sumers can browse through would give traditional booksellers an advantage. "You already have these kinds of advantages that Internet people do not have," said Cook. "It a matter of competition, understanding your strengths and weaknesses." State officials guess that they lose anywhere from $30 million to $100 million on sales tax from remote purchases. fight Pace amendment ing fraudulent signatures is a class A misdemeanor and the office could not recall ever prosecuting anyone. ...a. , "The timing of the bill, with our carrying the petition, makes us suspect." sus-pect." said Thornell. 17. In September, Thornell and other Bountiful High students decided they want a say in the debate over guns in schools. With some guidance from AP government govern-ment teacher Joel Briscoe he showed the students the Lieutenant Governors Offices Web site and explained ways to lobby in Utah the teens registered with the lieutenant lieu-tenant governor as a political issues committee. Students receive no class credit for their effort and have done all organizing outside school time. Thornell is also president of the Bountiful High chapter of Safe Students of Utah, which has helped form a similar group at Woods funding since 1995. The Utah project proj-ect has received more than $228 million from the federal government. govern-ment. The money will be used in part to finish building some lines and stations and to buy 23 rail cars and 3 FImcoc by HSaiy Raemer f r- ; '-XT 77ie Park Owens said he planned to huddle hud-dle soon with Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt to discuss ways they can convince more states to join a Western Primary. Leavitt had hoped to bring as many as nine Western states in the primary fold to increase the region political clout in selecting presidential nominees. But this year, only Utah, Colorado and Republicans in Wyoming are joining forces. And Wyoming Republicans will hold a party nominating caucus, not a public primary. When Leavitt envisioned a nine-state Western Primary, he pictured 233 Republican delegates and 312 Democratic delegates up for grabs, constituting 10 percent of the votes needed for the Republican nominee and 6 percent per-cent for the Democrat choice. Acting together, Utah and Wyoming will supply just 2.7 percent per-cent of the GOP nominee vote and 2 percent on the Democratic side. And Gov. Mike Leavitt. a strong supporter of online taxation, has asked the Utah Tax Review Commission to study methods for the state to impose a sales tax on Internet sales. On Tuesday, the Utah League of Cities and Towns called for some sort of taxation on remote sales in order to maintain municipalities' municipal-ities' tax base. On other topics. Cook also encouraged lawmakers to support commuter rail and let voters decide the fate of an east-w est light rail link to Salt Lake City existing north-south north-south line. "We all need to be singing from the same sheet of musk there," said Cook. "Let all get together and present exactly the right message." And the Republican congressman congress-man said he would fight against new gun control measures and for repealing the Antiquities Act that allowed President Clinton to create a handful of monuments earlier this month and the Grand Staircase-Escalante Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 19. Cross High School and hopes to spread to other schools. The group has been working i with educators, church and community commu-nity members gather signatures on petitions calling for a vote on concealed con-cealed weapons in schools. Thornell and her friends have gathered gath-ered 500-600 signatures of the 70.000 necessary to get the petition before voters in the next election. Thome Us mother, Linda, said she is supporting her daughters effort. "1 am floored that the Legislature is discouraging the participation par-ticipation of its citizenry in this state," she said. "We are low-key people, but we're pretty upset." After Friday s frustrating visit to the Capitol, Thornell said they felt less than satisfied, and may try to schedule more time with Pace. "We only got "to hear what she had to say," she said. "We'd like her to hear what we have to sav." support equipment. U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett. 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