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Show ARGUMENTS CITIZEN'S STATE INITIATIVE NUMBER fund healthcare but actually placing a 1 0 fold tax increase on Utah's coal mines... or livestock operations .. or ski resorts .. order to make them less competitive than those in neighboring states Don't be deceived by emotional claims. Please vote NO on Initiative 1 the Radioactive Waste Restrictions Act, and protect Utah jobs from abusive, in special-interes- initiatives t SEN. RON ALLEN 1 (continued) Rebuttal To Argument for: was drafted in secret by special interests without public hearings. It's more than 13.000 words That's no way to pass laws The lobbyists behind Initiative 1 continue to intentionally scare and deceive the public. Initiative 1 Here are the facts This has nothing to do with Goshute Indians or Skull Valley Utah receives only 4 of Class A waste, not Utah's taxes on containerized waste are around $70 per cubic foot, not 20 The legislature adopted a huge tax increase in 2001, making it the highest in the country per unit of radioactivity Three days' exposure to a trainload of waste is less radiation than a chest Utah's facility is highly regulated by ten government 97. low-lev- STATE SENATOR ALAN GARDNER WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER low-lev- BOB GOWANS TOOELE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SEN. HOWARD STEPHENSON STATE SENATOR PRESIDENT, UTAH TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION REP. DAVID URE HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP agencies and is highly restricted in the waste it can accept. The state's impartial analysis shows that Initiative 1s taxes are higher than Envirocares annual revenues It will go out of business. Instead of more money for the state, the millions in taxes already paid by Envirocare will be lost. So why is this even on the ballot? The real promoter of y Initiative 1 is a lobbyist who has tried to compete against Envirocare in the past. Now he wants you to rubber stamp what he and interests are pushing without hearings, amendments, or inputs from voters. This is too important an issue to leave to a complex initiative written in secret that demands one single vote. waste-industr- Rebuttal To Argument Against: Radioactive waste is bad and other states do not want it. Instead they send it to Utah. It's time to make dumpers pay. Don't be deceived by the big business radioactive waste disposal industry. They have already been granted permits to accept Class B and C wastes. A YES vote on Initiative 1 will keep Utahns safe from being exposed to this hotter radioactive waste. The two other states with commercial waste sites charge much higher fees than those recommended in Initiative 1 and the radioactive dumping industry in those areas thrive. The opposition to Initiative 1 is blatant corporate greed and these fees will not threaten any Utah jobs or put any company out of business. This initiative has nothing to with any other type of activity -business or otherwise. The Utah Constitution guarantees the right to have initiatives. Utahns are perfectly capable of making decisions without the scare tactics the opposition is using The only precedent here is reminding our political leaders that the people are capable of presenting their own ideas. The radioactive waste fees in this initiative will be directed to help Utah's children to fund smaller class sizes, textbooks, computers and scholarships. In addition, the fees will provide programs, environmental cleanup support for and economic development. Vote YES on initiative 1 to make dumpers pay a reasonable fee for polluting our state. Stop unwanted radioactive waste dumping m Utah) Vote YES on Initiative 1 . VOTE NO ON INITIATIVE 1. |