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Show Section D She Salt LakeTribune MI POLICE COLUMN/D-2 LASER POLICE West Valiey investigators go lhigh tech to trace bullets’ path /D-3 aonoe MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1998 ROLLY & WELLS Is Draper’s Destiny Dry? | A Liquor Drought in South, Valley? People looking for a beer, cocktail or glass of wine have limited choices south of 3000 South: Fifteen restaurants are licensedto seil all forms of alcoholic beverages with food, 12 establishmenis sell beer only and two private clubs are licensed to serve drinks. Some fear a movement to ban liquor completely in southern L Salt Lake Valley is catchingfire. GE: PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS © 1998, TheSalt Lake Tri Activists target 29 liquor permits BYJON URE THESALT LAKETRIBUNE Anonymous Mail Gets Attention — Of Bomb Squad DRAPER — Upscale, quiet and family-oriented, Drap- erisfilling upfast. Butfilling a glass with beer, wine ora cocktail in a public establishmenthas always been tough. It will get tougherif communityactivists such as Scott Howell and Brian Anderson get their way: total prohibition. Citing safety, morality and LDSstricturesagainst alc o- hol, theylead the movementto ban boozein Draper. Now they have a victory undertheir belts, convinced it was their doingthatled to the City Council to deny a liquor Rememberlast month when a permit to a newgolf course restaurant in the middle of building housing a women’s center in Salt Lake County was evacuated be- the city’s largest development. Howell, an employee at LDS Church-owned Brigham causecenter officials received an en- Young University, and Anderson, an attorney, both are members of the church, which forbids members from velope they feared contained a bomb? Police vehicles converged at 715 E. drinkingalcohol. 3900 South,site of the Wasatch Women's Center. Members of the news media scrambled for a scoop. Busy 900 East was closed; bumper-to- The pair are concentrating their campaign mostly south of 9000 South, where the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has 29 permits issued. Howell (no relation to the state senator), Anderson and their bumperrush-hour traffic re-routed. followersplanto rid the south endofthevalleyof every one. Are 29 establishments too many for these modern Car- DRAPER After all, women’s clinics had been bombedin othercities, and earlier that day a suspicious letter also had rie Nations to take on? No, they say, considering the department has issued licenses for 532 concerns in the been delivered to the Planned Parenthoodoffice in Orem. The Feds could not ignore a package sent to the Salt Lakefacility that Source: Utah Alcohol Beverage Control Commission ‘The Salt Lake Tribune See ACTIVISTS, Page D-4 scanners showed contained some met- of Health received strict reminder from the FBI: Next time the staff mails an envelope, don't forgetto attach a sticker with the department's name and return address. The envelopethat caused the uproar contained the health depart- Legislators Pocket Their Leftover Campaign Funds State law says they can useit any way they wish. Several contribute the excess moneyto other candidates or causes ment’s newly producedand released BY JUDY FAHYS abortion/informed consent video — A full-page ad in the November 1998edition of the Michigan Living Magazine, announces “eye-popping, heart-stop, jaw-dropping shopping”at the new Great Lake Crossing — Michigan’s newest shopping center. According to the ad, the center will have 1.4 million squarefeet of stores, phenomenal entertainment, “and a food court the size of Utah.” Qo Geography Lesson II The Utah Council of Secondary/Postsecondary Relations, an group of recruiters from Utah’s colleges, universities and applied technology centers, has sent 37,000 booklets to high schoolseniors, The booklets, paid for by advertisers, is billed as ‘a ready reference for students and parents to higher education opportunities in Utah.” Detailed are the schools’ programs, degrees, admission requirements, tu- ition costs and financial aid. Amongthe 20 schools listed: Ricks College — in Rexburg, Idaho. o battles to fight. Seven membersof the House and seven senators did not run for re-election this year, even though they began the election year with campaign fundstotal- ing $48,380. And, becausestate law puts nolimits on spending the leftover contributions, the lame-duck lawmakers were free to use the money however they chose. In several cases, lawmakers say they pocketed the funds to repay loans they made to their campaigns. Sen. Craig Taylor, R-Kaysville, esti- mates he spent $5,000 to $10,000 ofhis make a small differencein thelives charitable activity. Andto register as a charitable op- eration, she would need to pay a $100 licensing fee. Not wanting to become part of the charity bureaucracy, she declined to pay the fee to operate her teddy bear mission. Phillips had no thoughtof earning a salary or getting a tax deduction. But regs are regs. o Oxymoron Magnaresidents are complaining about a huge deposit of garbage that appearsto have been accumulating for weeks. Unfortunately, the smelly stack is adjacent to an old cattle farm where rats love to roam. hespent. “T chalked it up to that,” said Myrin, whoalso used the campaign money for expenses, such as mileage to constituent meetings. The $308left in Rep. Patricia Larson's campaign fund at the beginning of the yearwill only make a dent in the debt the file [financial updates] until Jan. 5,” said State elections specialist Beth Burgess. D-6 Doug they don’t have any more money, or they campaign, a 1992 contest Republican Holmes, was especially tough. She wonbyjust sevenvotes. The leftover campaign moneyis highlighted in a recent report by the Utah Progressive Network (UP a nonpar- tisan coalition of organizationsthat says lawmakersought to tighten Utah's campaign finance law. “Those whodid not run don’t have to ‘They caneither zero it out andtell us have to keepfiling reports with us.” ‘This year, at least one former lawmak_¢¥ closedhis fund. Republican Ted Brad- ford said $491.13 remained in his campaign fund at the end of 1997, and he noted at the bottom of his report, ““Ac- count closed out and balance of funds retained.” “Thereare nota lotof restrictions on Prior to 1992, candidates were only re- what they [candidates] candowith election money * said Jeanna Nixon, who co- See LEFTOVER,Page D-6 With All Those Tear-Ups and Trolleys, We’ve Been Down That Road (Main Street) Before an old story for downtown BYJOHN KEAHEY x Van Express wayil Cottonwood Lane m & * % ~% : sees “iaeane a . THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Therails have returned to downtown Salt Lake City and, bylate next year, the trolleys — last seen in 1945 — will, too. In the early part of the century, trolleys emerged because people had few options to get around tkecity. Then camethe loye affair with the automobile. Now this automotive boon to mid- dle-century mobility Center Paeaeaee Approx. 6600 S. ‘Steve Baker /TheSalt Lake Tribune, Holladay-Cottonwood Gets Another Chance Feasibility study predicts a budget surplus BYLINDA FANTIN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE COTTONWOOD — Fourfailed attempts at incorporation had given Dave Peterson good reason to doubt deliverance. At a recent neighborhood meeting to recruit petitioners, Peterson confidently ticked off the disadvantages of a new Holladay-Cottonwood city: Another layer of government, higher taxes. Possible disruption of quality services, higher taxes. Illogical boundaries, highertaxes. “He sat on the couch and arguedthe entire night,” recalls Lianne Stiliman, the evangelical leader of the latest incorporationeffort. “It’s funny, though. The harder they argue againstit, the stronger they leave supportingit.” Thelocation of the unsightly site: That's becauseStiliman has a secret weaponthat Board of Heajth — MagnaDivision. See FEASIBILITY STUDY, Page D-5 ¢ The rear of the Salt Lake County first Construction, complaints She then would collect the stuffed bears each week and deliver them to As she began to make preparations for the ambitious project, she was told that she needed to register with the State Department of Commerce because she would be engaging in a leffover funds The only true guideline for the funds is that they must be reported periodically to the state Elections Office. selves,” she said. owe ourselves.” Larson noted her “It was about $2,000 we +“against ture after 18 years and six imburse himself. The $2,000 he hadat the beginning of 1998 still fell short of the $7,000 he estimates ordinated the project for UPNet. never paid back to our- campaigns, also plans to res Thefiscalfitness of an incorporated Holladay- sign asking patrons to donate teddy bears for needy children. from crime,fire or natural disaster. paigns oweto her wwrw.sttrib.com @ilist of those with formula. If voters approve the newcity, the county could lose millions in revenue. tate boxes that she would then leave at the doorof local libraries with a fire and police stations so those emergency services people could give teddy bears to children understress Ogden Democrat's cam- CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS i Sen. Alarik Myrin, an Altamont Republican who is retiring from the Legisla- Cottonwood looks good,thanks to a new funding Kimberiy Phillips of Salt LakeCity of children during stressful times. She decided to be a teddy bear clearing house. Her plan was have members of an LDS ward help deco- imburse himself. Holladay-Cottonwood Bureaucratic Bungle is a recent graduate of Westminster College and a registered nurse. Being a community-minded person, she had an idea she thought would own moneyon his 1994 campaign, and he will use the leftover contributionsto re- que Geography Lesson ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A cadre of state lawmakers marched into 1998 with warchests butno election ae* segments of which reportedly now can be seen in the West Desert. o is clogging Salt Lake City’s once-wide streets. City plannersbelieve the time is ripe for the trolley — a computerized, stateof-the-art version — to return. At one time, Salt Lake City had dozens of carriages plying tracks from the Avenues to Sandy. Earlier this century, giant power poles lined thecity’s streets in front of buildings wheretrees grow today. Look familiar? In 1928 Main Street was torn upto eliminate power poles andinstall heavierrails as the city's trolley companies merged. Still other powerpoles ran down the middle of thestreet to drive the electrified trolley cars. But by the 1950s and 1960s, with tracks and power poles gone, Main Street boasted four lanes for cars, and long rowsof automobiles parked at 45-degree angles from one end of downtown to the other. That also changed. Beginning in the 1970s, sidewalks were widened in what was a hotly de- bated, $3.5 million downtownbeauti- fication project that endured court chalienges before it was completed in 1975. The street was shut down Street and the Delta Center. Main Street was again closed, completely ripped up, and widerside. walks were laid. On-street parking vanished, while trees replaced park- the retail district. Parking hasshifted from the street to structures. “{It] is being modified te primarily ing meters, much as those meters accommodate pedestrians,” says Al- poles. velopmentAgency. That is why wide sidewalks still earlier this century replaced power It seems the more things change, the morehistory repeatsitself. Call it Salt Lake City’s version of “Back to the Future.” Planners hope the TRAX light-rail system will get more people out of their cars and back onto trolleys and from one end of downtownto the buses. other. Sound familiar? The cycle turned again last summer — 23 yearslater. Except for the 100 South block that was completed underan earlier contract, the Utah Transit Authority is spending $23.8 million to lay The downtown section is part of a 15-mile north-south line between Sandy and the Delta Center. An eastwest line has been proposed, connecting downtown with Salt Lake tracks between 700 South at Main Main Street have been squeezed onto one lane in each direction through ice Steiner, head of the city’s Rede prevail and, for the middle of the street, roomystations are being designed to shelter passengers com- fortably. Backin the 1940s,‘we had noidea we would haveto eventually accommodate so many people,’’ says Steiner.“Now we have a muchlarger population; we can’t doit using just the automobile.” Salt Lake City is not alone in this City International Airport and the transformation. Within the last two decades,cities Forthe first time, automobiles on See on STREET, Page D-2 University of Utah. recor al. The package was taken to a remote area and blown up. Wednesday, the Utah Department |
