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Show NSIDE “81BUSINESS The Satt LakeTribune Geneva Steel raising prices to boost the bottomline./C-6 M FORTHE RECORD, C-2 Mi STATE OF THE STATE, C-3 MLOTTERY, C-5 ROBERTKIRBY Price Accused of Dodging Taxes Developersaid plane Republican National Convention in San Diego. that Price’s companyleases a hangarat is based in Wyoming But whenit comesto paying property aire” executive airport, that substantial © 1999, The Salt Lake Tribune _ [Gave Youa \ Tip: Where’s My Gratuity? Following Tuesday's column on gratuities, halfof Utahcalled to give me at least 15 percent of their minds. Seems everyonehasa serious opin- SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 tax on the jet Salt Lake City developer John Price thinks nothing of spending hundreds of thousandsof dollars of his considerable fortuneonstateand nationalpolitics. He also has been generous to some Fairfax Realty Inc of which Priceis president anddir is theregistered ownerofthe air The company as owedon the jet moved to Rock Springs, 198. , particularly Gov. Mike Salt Lake County tax collectors disagreed, demanding payment of $108 in taxes accumulated throughthe end of Price flew Leavitt to the national college basketball playoffs in San Antonio last year. Healsogavethe governora lift toan exclusive political event during the 1996 this year. To back up their claim that the plane never has been relocated fromits pri- Utah politic’ Leavitt, when it comesto his privatejet. marybasehere, they produced evidence oming, then fly theaircraft to Utah to pick up passenger{s], does not make sense,” wrote Ed Kent, tax administra tionseniorhearingofficer for the county “It was kindof a cat chasing its tail, taxes paid onthe aircraft and that ifa tax exemption had been granted, Fairfax would be able to produce record ofit said Kent. Siding with the countyaftera hea ing in April, he pointed out that Fa “evidence” consisted mostly of cea It Lake County commissioners up: held Kent's finding against Fairfax, but testimony.” Forinstance, Fairfax Vice President Sec schools of thought on what kindof tippers Utahnsare: @ Those whothink weare big tippers. Those seemto bethepeople doing mostofthe tipping. @ Those whothink we are bad tippers. Most in this group were servers, valets, bellhops, etc. @ Thelargest group, which basically said, “What's a gratuity?” A few sensible people called and wantedto knowprecise tip amounts so as to avoid appearing dense or UTAconfident funding can be foundfor games desperate. One woman asked what the propertip was for hauling her BY JOHN KEAHEY and BRANDON LOOMIS luggageto her hotel room. I saidit was a hundred bucksif 1 hadtogetoff work anddrive over thereto doit. I'm not kidding. The editor frowns on us doingstuff like that 1999, THK, SALT LAKE PRIBUNE, Congressional negotiators did not attach any money WednesdaytoSalt Lake City’s cast-side light-rail exten sion, but they did remove Houselan: guage that, if kept in place, would havekilled the project whenwe're supposedto be working here. Bagley andI dang near got fired last week for putting up “Vote Marion Barry for Salt Lake City Mayor”signs during company time. since this columnis all service, I called a numfor factual information | L voss John Inglish and Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini areconfident that will happen ‘Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune It’s Hog Heaven for Sandy Bike Cops Sandy City's six motorcycle officers gettheir first look at their new Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycles at Buell Harley- &@ Directions, depending on how complicated and whether you under. stand plain English, ranges between $2-$5. @ Airport shuttle from down: Davidson of South Salt Lake on Wednesday.Theofficers are switching to the $14,995 Harleysfrom lighter Japanesebikes. Fatal Drug Doses Found By Autopsies The victims were elderly patients of S.L. psychiatrist town Salt Lake Cityhitting fewer than40potholes, $3-$5. @ Airport shuttle from Park City with no police escort, $5-$20. Furthermore,if call the front desk and ask someone to comeup to your room because, oh, say, the pig got drunk and fell out the window, youshouldtip them, too. At lower-endhotels, tipping is al most unheard of. That's OK because so arebellhops, pillow mints and sometimes anydiscernibleair con: ditioning. I called a “lower-end” downtown hotel. The guy who answered the phone was vaguely familiar with the word “concierge,” but said they triedhard to keepthe“foreignelement” out because it was bad for business. At hotels wheretipping is expect ed, it's a goodidea to rememberto leavea little somethingfor the housekeepingstaff. This is espe cially true if you're a slob, Accord. ing to several maids, the following constitute the worst hotel guests to cleanupafter @ Women, Seriously, you think they would knowbetter & Convention-goers. @ Anygroup of teens larger than one. If tidying your roomdoes not re quire the services of a police foren sic unit and a city burn permit, the usual tip for quality housekeeping is $4.85 T hope this helpsclear upthe con fusion many Utahns have whenit comesto tipping in hotels. I'monly sorry that | wasn't of better service in the first place. Now that I have been, you owe me at least a dollar BY MICHAEL VIGH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FARMINGTON Autopsies of the exhumed bodies of three elderly patients of psychiatrist Robert Allen Weitzel showed theyhad beeninjected withfatal doses of morphine, Davis County AttorneyMel Wilsonsaid Wednesday. Weitzel is charged with killing the three patients and two other people who were in his care between Dec. 30, 1995, and Jan, 14, 1996, at the Davis County Hospital and Medical Center in Layton. At the time, Weitzel was director of the geriatric psychiatric unit run by Houston based Horizons Mental Health Management Inc Each victim was given mor phine in suffi Robert Allen Weitzel Cent quantities to cause their deaths,” Wilson said following Weitzel’s first court appearance Wednesday Weitzel is charged with five counts of first-degree felony homicide in the deaths of 91-year-old Ellen B. Anderson of Brigham City, 98-year-old Judith V Larsen of Salt Lake City, 72-year-old Mary R, Crane of Salt Lake City, 9-year old Lydia M, Smith of Centerville and 83 year-old Ennis Alidredge of Oak City, If convicted, he faces five prison terms of five years to life. See AUTOPSY, Page C-4 Inglish says. “I've had many See LIGHT-RAIL, Page BI Relatedlight-rail stories C-5 C-2, C-5 KSL Edits Gritty New TVProgram NBCsays S.L.station wasonly affiliate to complain about content BY MARTIN RENZHOFER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (KSL) edited out several words. And KSL Vice President Steve Lindsley expects more, not only from “Special Victims know last year, Denver was not going to run one of our minise ["Atomic In July, television producer Dick Wolf professed concerns about where NBC had placed his latest drama Unit,” but for vivid “Third Watch,” which airs Sundays at 7 p.m Train”) after the shootings at Columbine tims Unit’ were unique to its subject by affiliates. It is rare for an affiliate to make that sort of request “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” in the network's schedule. He wor. ried that the gritty, sometimes graphic, nature of the show was too intensefor the show's time slot 8 Volf said during th summer Press Tour in Pasadeni lif. “This was not designed to be an 8 p.m. show. Howcan [NBC] say on one “The edits we madeon‘Special Vic matter,” said Lindsley, who asked NBC to noavail to flip-flop “SVU" with “Date line,” which airs at 9 p.m, “I know NBC has asked [Executive Producer John Wells] not to make “Third Watch’ any tougher than it is.” L edited out the word “penis” twice and asi the last word in the phrase “shoveit up your ass oriented, and then go ahead and do WolfProductionscouldnot be reached for comment on the edits, but Rebecca Marks, vice president of publicity for that.” Wolf's worries, at least in Salt Lake complain about the content of “Special City, were borne out, Monday, Ch, Victims Unit.” hand that they want to be more family 5 NBC, said that KSL is the onlyaffiliate to “We clo adjust sometimes,” she said. “I High School 0. one hereis aware of any editing Inthe past, KSI. has moved programs toalater time or a different station when conflict arose about content. Recently, NBC's “Saturday Night Live 25th Anni versary Show” was aired on Ch, 30 (WB). When KisL changed affiliations from CBS to NBC in1995, part of the agreement between NBC and KSL was finding an other: station to air “SNI f I'm erliting for language every week, I'm mre inclined to move a pro: gram,”said Lindsley. “Our goal is not to make edits for entertainment purposes.” Fitness Center Ready to Flex Its Muscles WestValley City’s family facility, the state’s largest, opensits doors this weekend BY REBECCA WALSH THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEST VALLEY CITY This city’s new recreation center has a andspace-themedindoorplayground Ice Center next oor at 9100 S, 5415 West Salt Lake County is building a $4 million outdoor leisure j ool nearby “Wewant to try to do it once a week,” says 11-year-old Eric Sims, oneof a group of kids who helped city consultants de Resident passes for the fitness center sign the fantasyland His mother, Connie Sims, figures the range from $56 a year for a child to $210 state'stallest indoor water slide and edutainment center will force her to get Family Fitness Center, which opens Friday, boasts top-of-the-line equip: “My kids are chompingat thebit ‘They cannot wait until that place opens,” Sims says, "I'll have to get a membership as soon as possible, My kids will make sure I get out there, | will be nagged to Swimming lesson s, aerobics classes, arts and crafts sessions in the edutainment center and the cou nty’s pool also will cost state-of-the-art climbing wall, the spinning" room At $13 million, West Valley City’s ment, trendy classes and conve nience. But the feature that proba bly will keep the place crammed is the “edutainment” center a play ground for learning that caters to children while their parents sweat A sort of tiny town, the edutain ment center has kid-powered cars, a play market, police station, post of fice, theater, face-painting counter toadstool computer desk, treehouse ’ POOR COPY “We believe thereare peoplein the [Clinton] administration whoaretry ing to work this out,” Adds Corradini: means approximately. If, for what- ple like my wife, yourbags arefull of bowling balls andanvils, the tip should beslightly more. everreason that makessenseto peo- scheduleis for higher-class pla @ Valet parking, provided your car is returnednotonfire, is $3-$5. Whattheagency needs nowis support knownas a “full-fundinggrant agreement” that guarantees future federal moneyforthe $105 million extension aroundthe word“about.” This There's more. Depending on the That keeps alive Utah Transit Au. thority hopes of buildingthe line from downtownto the University of Utah. fromthe Federal Transit Administra: tion. The A can issue what is about gratuities. Once theyfigured out exactly who wasbothering them, most begged (one mentioned legal proceedings) notto be identified by name. Accordingtoat least three bell. hops, the averagetip for hauling luggage to a room is “about” two bucks perbag. Pleasenotice the quotation marks twenty. DEVELOPER, Page C-4 Light-Rail To U.for 2002 Likely ple appear dividedinto three basic quality of the establishment,the hotel gratuity professionis a highly complex one. Thefollowingtip does not But Harold Alston. a property auditor for the county, produced a letter from the manager of the Sweetwater County Air. port stati rice revaft was not based thereat any tin 1 Healso obtained aletter from the Wyoming Department of Revenue noting there was no record of ion onpropertip etiquette, noneof subject mayarise, I asked what the tip wouldbe to drag a live pig up to the penthouse. Sinceit's against the law, most bellhops wanted at least a Wyo.. impose a property tax on private planes The only documents submitted to back up the claims was a Jease for a hangar whichI bothered to mention Judging from the response, peo- Also, becausethis is Utah and the aircraft's in Rock Spr ings, and that Sweetwater County, Fairfax has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, that its offi nd directors reside hereandthat the jet ts live here. “To havethea t based in Wyo: ming, requiring pilots be shuttled to Wy- ported claimsand“hearsay isted the “home hangar” was maintenance is performed here, that a 1985 Bi Hawker800 valued at $6.5 million Price'ss devi elopment company hasproven ight and highlycreative: BYDAN HARRIE ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Martin Peterson Salt Lake City International's “Million: into shape. for a family, Noni esidentswill pay more. extra Sims says the fine s center is worth Se: death FITNESS, Page C-4 A year ago, West Valley City leaders raised taxe $36 a year on a $120,000 home to pay for the fitness center and parks and recreation programs, Over 20 years, the city will collect $35 million Some of that money already has been used to complete Centennial Park, which urrounds the fitness center and Acord CORRECTIONS & C’LARIFICATIONS A proposed gun boltiative, which ran inastory in Tuesday edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, woul) prohibit guns tn churches and other places of worship, suchas mosques and synagogues. |
