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Show Forum October 29, 1982 Page 2 Proposition No. 1 Developed After Extensive Study This issue is the final one before Election Day. I am encouraging all members of the Westminster community to take the time to vote. faculty, staff and students It only requires a few minutes and your vote does count. Make yourself aware of the vital issues and each candi' dates views on those issues. Learn about the propositions which will appear on the ballot. Then, vote. Many elections have been won or lost by one or two votes. If you dont exercise your right to vote, then you have no right to gripe about the way the government is being run, or the people running it. Remember, voting is a right and a duty. Dont neglect it. Anne SanJers, Proposition No. 1 would allow the Legislature to remedy this inequity by allowing an exemption of up to 45 on residential property for taxation purposes. Snow credited Governor Matheson with saying, This is not a shift of taxation to businesses, but prevents further shifts from going to homeowners. Government Exemption An example of inequities in government exemptions concerns the IPP in Millard County. This power project is owned jointly by 23 cities in Utah and, because it is owned by governmental entities, it pays no property tax. Residents within Millard County are under a burden to support the educational and other costs of its employees without benefit of tax revenue from IPP. Proposition No. 1 will allow the Legislature to place this kind of public property on the tax rolls. Interlocal Sharing When a large commercial enterprise moves into a county in Utah, often the major cities in the county bear the burden of housing its employees and educating their children. Yet, according to Snow, current law prohibits local governmental entities from sharing revenues. Some cities and counties have entered into intergovernmental agreements to allow them to share tax revenues. Passage of Proposition No. 1 would give constitutional backing to this sharing of revenue between local governments. According to Snow, the accusation against Proposition No. 1 that jobs will be lost due to an increased tax on business is balderdash. Its nothing more than a PR attempt to scare homeowners and employees into supporting the cause of special interest groups, Snow said. The opponents of this amendment have the money to put up billboards at a cost between $3,000 and $5,000 each. Snow said proponents dont have any special interest groups behind them to pay for that kind of advertising. opposing or areas of: residential property exemption government exemption interlocal sharing The Utah Constitutional Revision Committee, committee, submitted an an appointed amendment known as Proposition No. 1 to the legislature after nearly four years of study. Under the sponsorship of majority leader Snow, state senator from District 16 (Provo area) and Glade Sowards, state senator from District 26 (Vernal area), the Legislature approved the amendment with over 90 percent of the representatives in favor, including Governor Matheson. The Senate passed it in its final form with only one negative vote. editor DMT FORGET Proposition No. 1? Karl N. of this tax article revision bill, before deciding how suggests voters ask that question to vote on November 2. Proposition No. 1 would amend the Utah State Constitution to give the State Legislature authority to implement various tax exemptions and policies. In in the part, the amendment would allow improvement Who is Snow, Jr., TO A- According to Snow, both the League of Cities and Towns and the Association of Counties endorse the bill. Dave Duncan, chairman of the State Tax Commission said in a telephone interview, The Tax Commission has gone on record supporting Proposition No. 1. The residential property tax exemption depends on passage of Proposition No. 1. Homeowners in 1981 paid 49 of the property tax collected in the State. The State Constitution now requires that residential and commercial properties be taxed uniformly. This law allowed business to benefit from tax rollbacks intended to benefit only homeowners. Homeowners carry a disproportionate share of the tax load compared to other western states. Residential Property Tax Exemption Betty Christensen 1 Dont exhibit your apathy! Westminster College- - Theatre Focuses on Macabre An evening performance by Campus The Westminster College Forum is published and distributed weekly, except during test week, during the school year by the Associated Students of Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. Editorin Chicf Anne Sanders Managing Editor Leigh Ann Chapman Business Manager Ruth Coombs Copy Editing Lay001 . Betty Christensen, Kathleen Hammond, Anne Sanders Ligh Ann Chapman, Community Theatre will be presented Friday, October 29, at 7 p.m. in Nunemaker Place. This program will consist of three readings, two by Edgar Allen Poe, and the third, "The Wraith, by Kevin Payne, a Westminster student. All are invited, free of charge, to attend this performance of the scary, spooky and macabre. Sue Snou; outt tA VUl Betty Christensen, Kathleen Hammond, Anne Sanders, Sue Snow Reporters Photographers Adviser Mike Black, McCall Carstenson, Betty Christensen, Ron Czajka, Kathleen Hammond, Marie Hook, Denise Janke, Charles Johnson, Karen Mathot, Paulette Rodriguez, Sue Snow, Hahsi Vinson Stephanie Stevens, Ron Czajka Dr. Gordon Cheesewright EDITOR S NOTE: Apologies are offered to the Campus Community Theatre members. A press release teas given to me last week by one of their members and, somewhere m my weekly copy shuffle, 1 misplaced it. I will do my best to prevent this occurence in the future. No, Miss Senior Eta is not the Queen of a sorority! Josie Valdez, Miss Senorita, Houston. for the error. half-Gre- Our ek apologies |