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Show n Letters to the Editor A SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1953 expense allowance was taken by 1 SUNDAY HERALD Utah County. Utah only one city commission prior 1--' to the present one, and the com missioners then received $100 Man Afraid of Banks Council-Manag- er Highland News per month, or $1200 each per year. We have been able to find Trusts Them Again no city commission minutes au of proper-- ! nature affixed. In order to seek thorizing this item, incidentally. on value MINNEAPOLIS (UP) market based Amen 21, At U De reimbursement. Says Error Made Do you think such loose meth Balkin, 63, trusts banks with his lies, men our mm ievy coma i cut to less than half of the present! Wouldn't you think that should ods promote accurate or' effici money again. In Report On government? Do you think a Police were astounded when levy If a comparison of per capita' be the procedure in city govern- ent seven-ciuzColorado Springs By CRESSIE GREENLANDMel-Ymean at least if the city claims council, sucn as Balkin dumped S5.754 in small ment, general fund expenditures in of out bills a Mr. and Mrs. HIGHLAND gunny sack when as between cities as the' to employe efficient, business meth proposed by the Provo Charter, the nothing to officers of him arrived San an order children Herald: and would ar Editor Tate perpetuate such claim,! ods? oat of his small hotel room at Francisco, Cal., Mrs. Dorothy We wish to point out the false city manager supporters rangement? economy .in government But what is the situation with Be sure to vote Aug. 2. the request of the management. Johnson of Oakland, CaL, Mr. statement about Colorado Springs then, j means nothing. to Provo City's three He said he had been keeping Ethel respect OAKS DR. L. WESTON West, of Salt Lake City, published in Thursday's Herald by Again we bis a that savings in his room since he Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. White city; repeat council-managadvocates. This Instead of being reimbursed lost $400 when a bank failed back serv-- j is the second time that charter manager can provide more and family of Springville, and for actual in the depression. only expenspersonal 'Undecided' Citizen a. only by Mr. and Mrs. Gaylen Blackburn our supporters have made the claim ices and improvements odd-joand commises, Officers explained to the mayor city and that Colorado Springs owes only corresponding increase in the taxi are sioners More $75 month Wants Facts family of Highland. wer worker per paid that bank deposits by instituting a! apiece. of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert $160,000 while Provo has a total burden, either now are the guests insured federal by at a dinner party in Amerdebt of $3,842,000. The last annual local sales tax or by raising utili-- j It is true that this expense Editor Herald: government. Myers as some cities have done. represents report put out by the City of Colo ty rates visit only $900 per year for Judge Young says there's never Balkin then was escorted to the ican Fork Canyon. our ' headquarters at each commissioner, Please 31 on or $2700 for been a breath of scandal in nearest bank where it took eight their rado Springs lists page 278 West the and read Center, but the don't at bonded three, debt you think Provo government, or words to tellers two hours to count up Mrs. Don Bringhurst and Mrs. total $19,124,000, in the Colorado this should be that effect. I could wise up the the money, most of it in dollar Jerry Pace are patients in th reimbursement report Springs a plus special improvement debt window for bills. business-like a manin handled yourself. of ' $160,000. American Fork Hospital this judge on some scandals and ner? Citizens for Democratic most can of think guess people some We've had way. good may- week. Will the people a commissioner's per- some. But no need to go into zU ors Government Maybe some ones. and Some of bad please look at the record again and sonal expense for a given month cf that. There's plenty of use the commissioners have been Mrs. Friei Stratton and children correct this small error of may total $75. Many months it less arguments, already, and why okeh. But I don't know whether of Hurricane have been guests of Colorado' Springs has 'Business Procedure' may be a whole lot less. What- rattle skeletons that are sleep- a manager could help us out Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hyde and ever it is, the city should pay ing. I have a lot of praise for much. I think $296,000 In bonds still outstanding if we family. on the Memorial Hospital" alone. it, if it is incurred during official those charter commissioners who one, he should that Urged in Handling a not be loval of the service And again, we repeat, a com Commission city. so much time work- man. We need a new approach STRONG-ARVISITOR Expense But the is, under, busine- haveoutspent point nothof mill means levies parison a charter. My only trou- and someone that won't have GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, tUP ing ss-like the methods, taxpayers ing because assessed valuation Editor Herald:1 should pay just exactly what the ble is that I don't understand all any axes to grind. I would like Police are looking for a '"strongratios between states and localiUnder normal business prt actual expense it, no more nor of it. What I've read sounds all more information that is factual. man burglar who broke into el ties vary greatly. Provo has a cedures a person or employe in- less not simply a flat amount. right, but I can't see how things Thanks for publishing this lehome. Latham's Latham said high combined tax levy but a very curring expenses while in ser- And a monthly itemized expense will be changed much. I don't tterif you do pubilsh it. nothing "was missing when "he reow assessed valuation base. If vice of his employer presents an statement should be made. know how I'm going to vote yet Signed, turned home, but a thick telephone rovo property assessments were itemized statement, with his sig So far as records show, this but I'm not too convinced either Undecided. book had been torn in half. Issue Readers Offer Facts, Opinions on Provo doing the same 'things much bet ter and nothing is saia aDOUi Woman Registers Protest Against Manager Government them. We don't blame the city managers for being so enterprising in own behalf, but let us weigh I believe in government by the their the consequences before it is too people and in a "community such late. as Provo, we are privileged in Remember election day is Auhaving. as a rule very efficient gust 2. By Edith Y. Booth. men to manage our affairs. These men are elected by the .people and should they not prove Charter Quoted As worthy of their calling, it is our To Meeting Setup right as citizens to replace them with those who are trustworthy. Of City Councilmen n Why must home rule mean rule as is provided in the DID YOU KNOW-THAProvo citizens are proposed charter for Provo?, Why concernedsome the proposed because assume that One man, a City meet "Will Council only once JVlanager, is to be trusted above City "will let --he which a month," all other people? Why give one J one-ma- T man absolute control over Provo City's finances involving the handling of about three and one-ha- lf million dollars a year? Why give a City Manager control! over the City Auditor? Surely gome-on- e should keep a dajjy check on the City Manager himself. Why Is it necessary- - to give the City Manager (power to hire and fire jany and all department heads', excepting only the Recorder, without confirmation of the elected council? Many other hom rule cities go to no such extremes in the grant of power to the City Manager. All citizens of Provo are interested in good government. Naturally, the! International City ; Managers, Association says that i . " i ! business of the city go to the dogs"? is best. manager We must admit that it is best for the City Manager. City Manmotive in agers have a jclear-cselling tneir system. It means jobs for their members. The International City Man agers Association is an aggres- : ut high-salari- - Charter (Ar says: "The Council shall meet at the official chamber at 7:30 P.M. on the Monday. next following the oifi-cicanvass of the municipal election at which session newly elected Councilmen shall assume the duties of their office and the Council be organized. Thereafter the Council shall meet regulaily at such times as may be pre scribed by its rules but not less j gove-nme- . . THAT actually the ticle 2, Section 12) ed al than once frequently month."? 1 er bs i ; $19.-763,00- 0? h-- ve M Her-sch- each THAT these isame Provo citi zens argue that, with the. council neglecting its meetings, the city manager will be given full dictatorial powers? ' THAT if is wholly unlikely the voters of Provo City would choose seven councilmen or council-wome- n who would care' so little about their responsibilities to Provo and its people? THAT Provo is not that poor in capable men and women is it now? 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