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Show Page dtorii 6A South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, August 1, 1984 Editorial Layton Parade Low on Pride July was the time for town festivals and parades. The brilliance of floats and colorful uniforms d excite all watchers, the Layton parade only i But brought yawns. The Layton July Fourth parade had all the pizazz of watching an hour-lon- g commercial. It was just another year in the continuing decline of Laytons enthusiasm during the Fourth. Admittedly, it was better than Idst year when the crowd had to suffer through a parade made up of Corvettes. But even though there were no Corvettes this year there also were no horses. A few years ago, kids squealed whenever the Davis County Posse marched by in their snappy uniforms and classy saddles. The horses where strong, beasts which obediently drilled in young-minde- : Other organizations ' 4 if 1 1? i4 c - V! f .ft fV - 4 t- - -' '? S l like . v non-prof- ed lives driving trucks or cars with the business name on it. Not that there is anything wrong with free advertising if it can be presented in style like the examples created by Barnes Bank or Clover Club. Compare Layton with the Salt Lake City Days of 47 parade. Granted, the money and interest for Laytons parade is far short of Salt Lake's, but Layton City can take some notes on what makes a good parade. The Salt Lake parade had Clydesdales, mules, quarter horses, donkeys, ponies, carts, wag- - 3$ ' Kr fa fa,s L r;y V 4-- Photo Rodney W. Wright TRIMING THOSE Le hard-to-reac- limbs h creates pride in the city and its celebration. Laytons 1984 parade had some high points. The calliope, job Corps marchers, bands, unfunded liability is $187.9 bil- lion. This is the gap between the In the U.S. News and World funds current value and pension Report, Washington Whispers," benefits due to all current retirees It reports that Eyes are bulging and civil service survivors. in Congress over the latest report The difference between Dyon the retirement namic and Static" liabilities is $340.2 billion. system. The plans unfunded liaAsk your representative candibility has soared to a record $528 billion - equal to 60 percent of date for a clarification. It must this years entire federal budget have something to do with the and is growing at a rate of more economic evaluation of the than $25,000 a month. liability. How come it even Winston Wood reporting in the exists? Has- the Office of July 9 Federal Times says, the Personnel Management been buyoffice of Personnel Management ing a portion of its labor on credit? Ask your representative Donald director Devine (OPM) said the figure represented a debt candidate. Donald Devines critics among that will sooner or later have to be paid by the tax payer. The legislators and retirees organizaagencys figure represents dy- tions accuse him of using scare tactics by focusing on the larger, namic" liabilities which exist between the funds current value dynamic figure. They say such a and the cost of benefits it will bill would fall due only if the have to pay to all present and fugovernment went out of business. In other details contained in the ture civil service retirees. OPMs report sent to congress OPM report, required annually June 12 noted that the Static by a 1978 law concerning govern Review Guest Columnist ce -- . - the middle of the tree. Flint, course of declining parade quality or give up on the effort. Ironical- ly, the businesses which are mak- - ed us that some enthusiasm still exists in the city. Layton should reverse its ing the parade into one long commercial should be the prima- - fi ment pensions plans, says that the current value of civil service, retirement systes assets is $514.6 billion. This represents a 4.6 per-- . cent increase from the funds worth in 1982, which roughly kept the system even with inflation for the period. The personnel agency said that as of the start of the current fiscal year, 2,690,000 active Federal and postal workers were contributing to the pension fund. Another 1,905,000 persons were receiving pension benefits from i .. the fund. The average civil service paid to these beneficiaries last year was $12,912 OPM re- -, ported. In the 1st Utah Congressional! district, 15,231 annuitants receive) a monthly gross annuity of. pen-i-si- N. square dancers, the few floats and of course the fire engines remind- - Pensions Out of Control BOYD IVORY Kaysville, who simply climbs up doesnt seem to a real problem for Carl R. Bates of 489 Guest Column Civil-Servi- ' . schools, churches and social groups should also be encouraged to enter with their floats. Some of the prettiest floats in the Salt Lake City parade were entered by it groups. Ethnic groups and societies should also be encouraged to participate. Traditional costumes are always appreciated by the crowd. And what about groups made up of military personnel stationed at Hill Air Force Base? Clubs with members who hail from states like Indiana or Texas might be persuaded to participate in the parade to remind us of the diversity of the areas population. And dont forget the horses. Surely there must be pleasure riding or special breed clubs whose members might be willing to walk the parade. Then there are the cars. Not a steady Corvette parade, but what about the antiques? The Tin Lizzy, a steam tractor, maybe even a Rambler Metropolitan? A good parade is worth the cleanup fuss and headaches and step. But not in Layton, not anymore. Instead, the crowd is given a string of unsolicited advertising presented by business representa- -' Civil ' J ; ons, and floats, lots of them. In fact, there wasnt one truck with just a strip of red crepe paper trying to pretend to be a float. Layton should consider a parade rule which would require any business desiring to be in the parade to produce a float. Not necessarily a big float, but one which is pleasing to the eye. Trucks and cars with only a poster on the door should be forced to take a road out of town. ; well-train- 'V of the parades excite- ment. Businesses should show pride in the city and give their custom- ers more than a truck to look at. ry source S0pC7 ft Thoro Aro rl75 j WORTH OF NATIONAL COUPONS . on In today's Ogdon $13,969,475. We in the 1st Utah Congressio- nal district should be concerned. Ask your congressional repre- Also, local coupon values could far exceed the amount you pay for home delivery of the Stan- for one month. will pay for Clip coupons and ths Stondcrd-Examindard-Exami- sentative candidate. Standard-Examine- r. ncr sr Letter to the Editor Reagan Not Reagans New Speak it Higher taxes-- in was called revenue enhancements and tax reform and a beefed up IRS, which now fines people for simply complaining about their taxes. Reagan was also against draft registration, but as president he jailed young men for their The Answer Eor the U.S. i I Review Editor: Since Utahns gave Reagan his highest vote percentage nationally in 1980, perhaps we should look at what hes said and what hes done. Reagan promised to balance the budget Now it is cliche to point out that he has given us the largest budgets and deficits in history. J 4 Ah, the Republicans cry, but its the fault of those awful Democrats in Congress! But the truth remains that Reagan never even proposed a balanced budget. Who can be surprised that Congress didnt give him one? Ed Clark, the Libertarian candidate in 1980, presented a White Paper which outlined a balanced budget in the first year, and included a tax 50 percentacross-the-boar- d cut and $200 billion in spending Cuts. Reagan also promised to cut what he federal spending--bu- t gave us was a piddling cut in the rate of spending increase. This is not at all the same as a spending cut. Even the Democrat Hollings does better than Reagan on this point, he proposes a spending freeze. Get backs government practically .t off our became motto. The result? personal . and religious convictions. Libertarians know that the draft is nothing more or less than slavery and that slaves make lousy defenders of freedom. Reagan claimed to be an advocate of states rights on issues such as the 55 MPH speed limit. Where was he when the EPA threatened the Utah Legislature with loss of federal highway funds? Ed Clark, as a Libertarian President, would have fired anyone in the EPA who attempted such highway robbery. Most recently, Reagan signed legislation raising the national The ! debt by $53 billion to $1.57 trillion. Clearly a President of principle would have vetoed such a bill. Alas. Reagan apologists claim that persons concerned about lower taxes, balancing the federal budget, and preserving individual rights have no one to vote for but Reagan and the Republican Party. Well, this year people no longer have to vote for the lesser of two evils. The Libertarian Party candidate, David Bergland, is pledged to drastically reduce taxes, balance the federal budget, and respect individual rights-a- nd unlike the Republicans, Libertari-,an- s keep their campaign promises. In 1984 Utahns should not prayerfully-consid- er thoughtfully--i- f voting for David Berg- Lakeside Review nity. 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