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Show Sun Chronicle Thursday, August 10, 1972 of accountability property taxes, spenders could, with impunity, raid the public treasury . tax is under This tax has never attack. been popular but now everyone seems to be taking pot shots at it. The assault started when the Serrano case in California cl' tided the use of property taxes for school purnoses Opponents of the tax want it scrapped and replaced with higher state and federal taxes. They suggest a national sales tax, VAT, be passed to take the pressure off local school property county only as a billing and collection agency. Total Utah property taxes charged in 1971 were $163 million. Of this, counties spent Cities $35 million, o- 21. and towns were responsible for of the $21 million, or 13 total. Special districts such as cemeteries, water, sewer, mosquito, etc., spent $7 milof the total. The lion, or 4 bulk of the property taxes, $104 million, or 62 last year, was spent by the school districts. Salt Lake County taxpayers paid $93 million in property taxes - taxes. Never before has there been a greater need to understand the property tax, who speeds it, who pays it, and how it works. Who spends the property tax dollar? Many believe that because county assessors value all property and the county sends out the tax notices in November, county officials set all levies and, therefore, should be blamed for all increases. This is not how it works. Every taxing jurisdiction determines its own levy according to its own budget needs and The limitations. statutory Training School sets fair ious dustrial taxpayers. 34.5, or $57.9 million was paid by the home owner. Agricultural taxor $8.5 milpayers paid lion and motor vehicle owners paid 7.2, or $12 million. A taxpayer in Salt Lake City with a $20,000 home and H H H 5, clubs cooking 4-- H at 1971, 52.3, or $87.7 million of the $168 million total was paid by business and inIn by the var- and rock collections prepared by the members at USTS. Decorated bycycles will be displayed by the Bike Club. The public is invited to attend the Training School Fair and a cordial welcome will be extended to area members. The Fair is planned to acquaint the public with the extensive program now functioning at the Train- 4-- H taxes? pays property as foods prepaied H to the County Treasurer. $,i5 million of this was turned over to Granite, Jordan, Murray, and Salt Lake City School Districts. Who People should realize that property taxes are high because government spending is high. This will not be reduced by shifting the tax burden but only by convincing people that they are only paying for services and benefits that they themselves are demanding. three school age children would They can use the State Tax est base of any tax. They provide a steady and reliable pay total property taxes of Commission as a board of apflow of income to local govern$214.40 of this would peal if they feel it is neces$423.68. ments which does not dry up go to Salt Lake City School; sary. Have your property taxes in periods of economic diffiand balance the District, It climbed as fast as other taxes? to other taxing districts. culty. Property taxes keep costs $2,775 to educate his Are your property taxes paying government close to the people and accountable. Without this three children. All individual for the huge increases in goWe do income taxes in Utah also go vernment spending? not believe they are. The colfor school purposes. How do property taxes work? lection figures below stated in Assessments are made as of millions of dollars, will bare January 1 each year, and notices this out. The first Fair to be are sent out in May. Levies Property taxes in 1961 were held at Utah State Training are set in August against these $94 compared to $168 in 1971, sch(Kl will feature entries valuations which determine the an increase of 79. from Cooking clubs, flower arIn 1961, individual and cortax liability which becomes derangements, displays from the linquent November 30th. 1 mill porate income taxes were $22, rock club, as well as animal in to a in taxes $73 for one 1971, dollar compared equals exhibits illustrating interest raise of 231. each $1,000 of assessed valuain rabbits, sheep and horses. 237 taxes with increased a home Sales tions. Therefoie, The Training School an assessed balue of $4,000 from $30 in 1961 to $101 in foster-goBill will also be on (fair market value of $20,000) 1971. hand to greet visitors. In 1971 motor fuel taxes and a levy of mills would pay were $41, an increase of 95 The event is scheduled at taxes of $400. My over $21 in 1961. We hear the charge, the Training School Barn This shows that since 1961 Aug. 11 from 1 to 7:30 p.m. property taxes are too high and there is nothing I can do while property taxes have gone and on Aug. 12 from 2 to 7:30 If your property about it. up 79, all other major taxes p.m., according to Mrs. Elaine Club director. is being assessed higher than have shot up more than twice M. Smith of its fair market value, as fast - 195. 20 The Fair will also include Whats good about property displays from the art club, taxpayers can appeal to their They have the broad county Board of Equalization. taxes? vegetable garden clubs, as well acts The property ing School and to show visi- tors the accomplishments of club members. The volunteer club leaders will assist Mrs. 4-- Smith in conducting the Fair and will serve refreshments to all attend. who n - QraHnncg Cost For the first time in more years, the L'nitedStates Coast Guard is embarking on a basic military training course for enlisted women petty officers. Applicants for enlistment in the Womens Reserve for this specialized program must be between 20 and 35 years of age and able to pass qualifing examinations as well as meet physical standards. Those selected to be SPARs - the Coast Guard's womens corps - will be given ratings as yeomen or commensurate storekeepers, with their secretarial or accounting abilities. Each SPAR petty officer will immediately be assigned to two weeks intensive schooling at the Coast Guards Reserve, Training Center in historic Yorklown, Va., during August. Following the initial familiarization with Coast Guard history, customs and its modern humanitarian missions, the SPARs will be assigned to than 25 -- -- l v-- v 1 Tl ujcogg Reserve Training units near their homes. One weekend a month these SPARS will assist their units. They will receive additional training during two weeks active duty each year. The Coast Guard Reserve has recently alteied its training concept by placing most of the enlisted reservists at many Coast Guard operational units rather than in classrooms for This their weekend drn.s. augmentation of Regular forces increases the clerical workload at the units, and they are, as a result, seeking competent young women for duty in their administrative forces. Coast Guard recruiting offices within the 12th District are at the following locations: San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno, San Jose, and OakIn Salt Lake land, California. is Federal the address City Bldg. Annex, 135 S. 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He is currently executive vice president and director of the Commedia Players, a childrens theater troupe, which is gaining increasing notice within the state. He is also president-elec- t of the Rocky Mountain Region of the American Theater Association, wnich will hold its regional conference on the WSC campus in the fall. Launching your boat easily. . . Launching your outboard from a boat trailer can be a challenging operation - eswhere theres no pecially launching ramp. The Utah Safety Council, a chapter of the National Safety Council, tells how to do it: - If the site is natural or unimproved, pick a sloping spot hard enough to give your tires good traction. -- Bag Yellow Onions ducownt Great Big Melons 1 Put into effect on Aug. 7, Coast Guard boarding officers were empowered to srnd pleasure boaters back to port or the nearest safe mooring if one of eight different unsafe conditions exists on the boarded boat. Five of these conditions are new and amplify the Federal Safe Boating Act of 1971 (Public ). Law These newest unsafe conditions are: 1) Not displaying the prescribed navigation lights between sunset and sunrise, 2) Having fuel leakage from either the fuel system or the engines. 3) Having an accumulation of fuel in the bilges or a compartment other than the fuel tank. 4) Not meeting prescribed ventilation requirements. 5) Not meeting requirements for backfire flame control. The Coast Guard already has the power to terminate use if a boater lacks sufficient lifesaving devices, firefighting equipment, or if the boat is overloaded. ments for his PhD degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In his dissertation Professional Legitimate Theater in St. Paul, Minn, from 1890 to Dr. Elzey, associate 1918, professor of theater arts, has been on the Weber State faculty since January 1959. 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