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Show New Utah! - Wednesday, November 1 , 2000 - Page 1 3 lection Section . jpefuls express views at Meet-the-Canclidate night nallioor urse ol adthiou 3 floor di: sa on. Front P. tfjiceStri l. temper:- ently lit also citizen; :ity cci .e situs" ; didn't f-1 ime he c a Christiansen 0or,.ia for the 'Ze Legislature itat LpH fn a Meet 1 TTtah! Thev :-ri C (- tlion '" ...octinns trom ;Jience; .. nisfrirt ,f Shiela Heindel, ,(, includes Lehi ., n and the west lrad Winn, Jeanme 1 nd Gary !er This, district Alpine, iiigmana, ; Hills and the east -Moriran Fork. Jim t and Greg Duerden mng tor uie District 58, wnicn hat are me muk ,rtant issues in the iriet today; now yOU auuiess isffner: I would intro- a bill that parents put a child in any they wanted to. It make the testing ;nmpthin. indel:The role ofgov- it is to protect me, and private proper-are proper-are spending a lot money than that. We taxes to run govern- social programs. Carlton: Education is a aicern. We would have at several issues, 3e issue; i;ding money. We can spital t feat tax indexing to fund Duncil di'eie-ducation system. Dr. Padta:The three big issues k the ri.Towth, education and av hui-ijv of life. Growth is buskAing the quality of life, we cant say no to hi. We have to manage lan. I compliment who plan. Finn: I have four main eras educational ellence, limited responsi- ieovemment, strong lam- I r ' t I -I rtr liiii': Ml!!!Ki:Ail(p ftik Photo by Barbara Christiansen Jim Ferrin, candidate for Utah House of Representataives, woos voters at the Meet-the-Candidates night in American Fork last Thursday night. The event was sponsored by New Utah! m had t she seen k took 9 has M ilies, and economic development develop-ment and growth. Government's role ought to be to encourage planned growth, not mandate it. Crawley: Education is on everybody's mind. I have educated nine children at home for eight years, for less than $200. There is issues that are more important impor-tant than books, and they don't cost more money. We need to get away from federal fed-eral government control. Tassainer: Three main items are education, control of monopolistic utility companies, com-panies, and controlled growth with open space. When the legislature failed to fund education adequately, adequate-ly, I got more involved. Tassainer gave an example of budget tightening when he was mayor of Payson. Ferrin: Education is at the top of the list. We continue con-tinue to have a lot more new students. I don't have all the answers yet. Growth is also important. I am in favor of growth because it allows our kids to stay here and expands our tax base. Duerden: I agree that education is the number one priority in the state. The legislature has failed to do its job for decades. Also important are ethics, taxation, taxa-tion, public safety and much more. House Bill 320 has grown from 42 pages to 74 pages since it was passed in trying to fix it. Do you believe a bill written by a utility company com-pany has the best inter est of the consumer at heart? If not, what do you plan to do about it? Steffner: Monopolies are due to a lack of competition. We don't have an energy policy in this state. The values val-ues are completely wrong. You can't blame the legislature legisla-ture voting for it when there was not alternative available. Heindel: If it protected life, liberty and private property I would vote for it. Carlton: It have read it and it was poorly passed. The legislators were not able to read everything and it was rushed to the forefront. fore-front. If elected, I would vote to repeal it. Cox: I was on the committee. com-mittee. I initially was opposed to it, but I have sat through 100 hours of testimony testi-mony and talked to many people on both sides of the issue. This bill is not perfect we knew it at the time. It has accomplished what we needed it to do. It will be changed and a consumer services committee will be put back in there. Winn: What is important is our principles. We need to allow citizens to have access and to have a voice. Crawley: I need to learn more before I can comment. Tassainer: HB 320 is the third leg of why I signed up to run. It was written for an attorney; it was not written for you. HB 320 should be repealed immediately. Ferrin: I don't know yet. It is more complex. Duerden: HB 320 was great for the utilities. That is why Questar authored it. I would have voted against it. Are you in favor of abolishing the tax on food? Or car registration fees? Steffel: I would definitely definite-ly abolish the tax on produce pro-duce and used clothing. Heindel: Yes for food; I am unsure about the cars. Carlton: I learn toward cutting the tax on food. We need to see where the money is going and what it funds. I would keep the car taxes. Cox: If there is a tax I could cut it would be food. However there are so many problems. It would take at See HOUSE on Page 21 Ur-; VOTE STATE SCHOOL BOARD 'Working for You" J Fox's F Boved :ity at it she ; nimals the city Midates for Alpine wool District speak out in 'i spon- ihei 0' stilt ! icon'"'1 oplt. OS- Barbara Christiansen P Editor -andidates for two School District d of Education Dosi- : recently met citizens ; answered their ques-;i: ques-;i: at a Meet the 'mates Ni'aVif '4 by New Utah!. fer Olsen and incum-Guy incum-Guy Fugal appeared Precinct 3, which des PlpaoQv,f rim, a f Hills, parts of Lindon part ot American Fork; ; Bruce Armstrong was Candidate for Precinct 2, includes Lindon and : 0rem- Jim Evans, ,tor Precinct 2, was out :own. Each told his back-then back-then responded to ;stlns from the audi- Jlsen indicated he was "lng for the post 1US6 he VlaH mci'nn anrl . . v ioiuii a 1 1 u Anient. He iH hP Parents to be the best ""choose what is best tflpir l.:ii but ,,--" tmiaren. we :ldao the best we can to er the parents for ,est education possi-"e possi-"e said u?a'- has been sprvinp 0 on the School Board tor eight years, indicating it has been a pleasure and that he looks forward to continuing. "It has been a real education in education," educa-tion," he said. "It has been a great experience to be a part of the solution." He said the district still has many challenges facing it. Olsen has spent his life in education. After graduating graduat-ing from BYU he worked for eight different schools m the district, teaching for 20 years and being a principal for 10. "I am still out m the public schools almost daily,' he said. "I have a good feel for what is happening." What is the solution for growth and crowding in the schools? Olsen: I know there is tremendous growth. I have seen the benefit to schools that have been relieved ot the burden and it is unbelievable unbe-lievable to see the difference differ-ence in the feeling at the school. We need to work tor alternative ways to build schools, including coordination coordina-tion with the state. Fugal: Growth is a real problem. We have to ask you to continue to suppoit i t 1 i T7" J us m Dona elections, ruus show up on the doorstep and we have to take care of them. There are some alternatives alter-natives with the state. Armstrong: The current school board has one path -build more schools and raise taxes. There are more choices, including encouraging encourag-ing and facilitating parents who use alternative education. educa-tion. If we got 10 people from each school (using other methods) that would be dramatic. Will you support bonds for additional schools? We have 9500 students in trailers. Olsen: Yes. It is an additional addi-tional burden, but kids have to have things other than classrooms - PE, libraries, lunch rooms. We have to have smaller schools. Fugal: We have 1600 new students this year that we had to house. That is more than a school. We need to continue to build schools. We want to get our class load down. It is the only solution we have. Hopefully the state will step up with alternative funds. Armstrong: I see See SCHOOL on Page 15 vYvvJ)(HiaI(irin .,iJI,v IrisC'l u Dm.... : i -Is ; - t "; 1 : ' i ; . f s i :y ! : GETTING IT DONE forjjg Lucile Richards Janice Fuller Guy L. Fugal Cory Cullimore Karla Kennedy Bobby Packer John Knollm Haws Marie Mulchings David W. Richards Franklin E. Walker Ross Bratt Nancy W Gibbs Melinda Waldron Ronald F. Van Woerkom Eugene Peck Gean Bratt Vervene Grant James Gary Olsen Mildred Crotts E!da Peck Mary E Gore Frank A. Huggard Joseph W Olsen. Jr Jeffrey Jensen Steve Whitehouse Graham Giffoid Jennifer Lyons Dale Miles Zella Jensen Sheryl Everingham Robert E. Dunn Ada P. Robinson Michael Kennedy Merlin Fish Phyllis A. Roundy Ron Smith Marilyn A Nielsen Darcy Kennedy Pat Fish Ange Holland Jeanne Smith Ben Waldron Mildred B Hunter Dale 0 Gunther Yvonne Thurman Ronde L. Asay William Grant Bangerter Jesse H Monson Paul Tippetts Mary Jane Rigby G. Watson Eatough C W. Cline Grant K. Fugal Christine Tippetts Dorothy Huggard Byron M Thurman Deborah Watkms Thales S Smith Wayne Wood Elda Hayward Scott G Earl Glen H Tolman Gary R Ridge Alta Mae Wood Roger Fuller Madge W. Baker Stan Lockhart Edwin R. Tucker lll.'luai nznzEHikH hatch PAID FOR BY THE HATCH ELECTION COMMITTEE |