| Show Tfalir‘i‘ tfifiigmi National 6A Thursday May 6 1999 House OKs tough bankruptcy law THE OLYMPIC SCANDAL Gladwell says state can’t afford to help pay for Olympic Games Wednesday’s Following monthly committee meeting Gladwell said “I’m concerned start Standard-Examin- SALT LAKE CITY - The Salt Lake Organizing Committee would welcome any state financial help in putting on the 2002 Olympic Winter Games but Rep David Gladwell says he doesn’t believe the Legislature will have any extra money in the next three years “I don’t know if the state would or could commit any Ogfunds” Gladwell den said Wednesday “The state has enormous costs such as trying to meet the needs of education and the rebuilding of the interstate highways We just don’t have surplus funds right now” Gov Mike Leavitt and his predecessors vowed the state would do whatever it could to help with whatever debts might result from staging the 2002 Games But Gladwell said Utah’s Constitution prohibits such financial commitment Gladwell is a member of the Olympic Coordinating Committee created by the 1999 Legislature to give the state more oversight of SLOCs operations and its finances in the wake of the about whether we’ll get the $99 million” which includes $59 million to repay state sales tax moneys used during the past 10 years to help build Olympic competition facilities and $40 million promised to help operate a number of those competition sites for at least 20 years after the Games SLOC officials said they have raised or received commitments on in excess of $11 billion of their $145 billion budget So they still need to raise slightly more than $300 million or cut back on spending plans “After today I still have no clue as to whether we’re going to be repaid” the $59 million in sales tax collections he saidHalf of the $59 million goes to the state and the other half to local governments “It’s still hard to tell what direction that will go” Gladwell said And if the $40 million doesn’t come through there would be no money to operate the Winter Sports Park and possibly the Kearns speed skating oval either for youth sports programs athlete training or competitions “I’m very very very concerned that die state not become disclosure that Utahns bidding for the Games used gifts and money in attempts to influence International Olympic Committee voters Park Standard-Examine- The Associated erase them entirely while under Press bankruptcy court protection WASHINGTON - Legislation that would make it harder for people to sweep away their debts in bankruptcy easily passed the House despite a White House veto threat The House seeking to stem the rising tide of personal bankruptcies gave the bipartisan bill the operator" of Olympic competition sites after the Games Gladwell said His first choice for an alternative if the $40 million is not available is privatization of the operation financed by corporations the US Olympic Committee and national governing bodies for the various Olympic sports from creditors In a statement the White House called the means test “inflexible and arbitrary" In another setback for the administration Wednesday the Senate defeated veto-pro- of nies got solid Republican However he also added “This committee needs to keep an open mind about what we should do After we’ve seen the Olympics there could be a groundswell of taxpayer support for government to be involved I’m not so sure anybody’s shut their mind to it sup- port but split the Democrats The Senate hasn’t yet voted on a parallel measure The Clinton administration especially criticized the measure’s creation of a “means test” based on debtors income to determine whether they must gradually repay their debts or yet” Me WARNING!!! 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