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Show jialt fake tribune 1)c ISll)i;: SouflJb Valley Edition Salt Lake City, Utah Vol. 232, No. 115 Wednesday Morning January 22, .ottonw oocl ( Somi'-o- Nr ar Swimming Record Murray Cil Rcamiru; Out A TN T Project 1986 Balancing Budget Is No Simple Feat Federal I (Hiding (ail l.e;ie (raping Hole in Revenue" Bv Ki ri Si lac mi l Tribune Stall W t Hi t W hether in a heckbook on a :ght r opt e ,n;l. - c ; a hiev u.g bade-stumble to the coflee pot feat Just ask a city ottu uil With Februarv lolling around and the !'o7 m .,looming on the b n ion. c ities are be Img the - .a ; r i federal funding cuts that will leave a p r revenues ur or- r "My strategy as i u y mangel - la ! . . i Andy Hatton W ard. 1 h a I cit v n latian i ( i' a - t a required for years and y t at x to halaru e t! ir ta..:t- t .a federal government never has o.tMqm mli u. t, the crunch now " t , In the past, balanc mg city budgets has N n i,t r . large federal alloc ations But the bailie ag.utoi " i t deficit has left those- transfers aim tig i! victim- Funding for community development M k g'.c.t- - - n. ing reduc ed and general revenue sharing eliin.-i.c- a m-result of the deficit reduction toll pa- -i i! to August of last year Block giants are given to . .1 g . i ments for sper if it- projei - I ruler the rev i run U.a: a g ; t r ' a : gram, the federal gov ernmi nl t egular iv uppoigets of cities W hat the cut ' mean to I t ih olio - a 1. et i: , funds that must ts- gi nerated ti otn ot t. t M.mo - i - o-t y fed. : ; ue providing tfic serv tecs made p'-i- hli : I -t In nm- uses the flee m propel or .I 2 I i itv. with some govcrnmi et l.av -g m budget - a I let ed a ud o' t. i. .e S" ." .1 thud of their total m or: . . . h- i : - n-- : c . r - I We oll-- dan ( i! r t i i ( v ally h a ve i!imm u sc it . I'. 'oi;ra se i ii Ii.ivi a - p - i,S. ..! r a -- i : ..: , : I r . , i a ., : - g . i ; Days Pass Slowly for Utahs Street Kids Editor's note: They meander around Salt Lake and Davis counties with nothing to do but live from day to day, bored, sometimes committing minor crimes. Occasionally returning home or with apathetic parents not pursuing them, Utah's "street kids" are not technically runaways. But they are equally vulnerable to the dangerous elements of society. In the first of two articles. Tribune Staff Writer Jamie Tabish s exomines the problem through two loco! who spend most of their time on the street. teen-ager- By Jamie Tabish Tribune Staff Writer She had left home repeatedly since she wa m. but at tillage of 12. "Tammy decided the street was more attractive than life with either her mother or father, and she left for good At night during the lirst six weeks, she slept in an old garage I with the homeowner s German shepherd pet along really well w ith animals." she said "The dog would keep me w arm at night Etecause she feared the ow ners would discover her trespass, she was careful to enter the garage around midnight and leav e as soon as it became light No one her parents, the police, her school knew where she' was. which was how she prclened it Since leaving home, she's lived in two footer hornet and a few friends houses, and she s been through several adolescent psychiatric programs But she remain'- basically a transient individual, who spends most of her time out of doors ne girl, who spoke on the condition her real name not be used, is one of an estimated l.IKKl children who spend a tnajor- C olumn 4 See SV-- . V- '.. - - c . t escape the attention of schools and police, One counselor estimates 1,000 wander Utah. , ; . ( a people 11. .o South Jordan no ivoi r WG .. nt leipating tin po- - in i .: v a ia - ' ... ed f..r $12 742 in st.ar it.g '!"i.a more than ev-- i 'nl i tie Ha v ir.g been Im ew ai lied a ia ' a p , i enac ted a franc hr-- e tax Lot v a w s s. ., ; a a : ; a. , gap in revenue next ye.it 1 fie tax w id .. mg for needed road repair - m, the av a: p. lake South Jot dan I r ..per I 'it a o, s.-.tax in July of last year in par t ara a .p.,t k t . a , Mr Hatton Ward said tf.it ih u - a.-- a taxes will have tn hr ini !' am.i". w Iiimvi i t!i-;no longe r gel from d,.u .r.g A tax mcrca-- e fa ,i.i! I: ,, definitely - ,i p"-!l- -ii,'i little hit premature lns.ii win going n r ai-- a e :: .i i. i v w. n at this point but it detmitelv - can- of :tn faciei with . ri ; I t However most I itii-orn.ii ted hv 7 ed that the revenue less w ould hand., d w a a;. : . : f a: mg taxes .vlany citn-- wilt take tr.e edge ot: t prov idir.g less m the ,.rc a oi put. la. M i v e Hoad repairs, equipment pure ha-- e - .md o.:! .a . improvements t tut were planned wd, Se .i..; S, present in some cities In nl ta i - tia i . v t cue d - n absorbed through hiring tri-- cv and imu. d m w tax int ome a- - o al We II either cu fc.n k .r: et ta a: : ... i elurr.r. 1 See s 1 With parents who generally allow them to come and go as they please, street kids can , : s, : . - : i : , r , n. : . a So a - I ., - : Me..,.'.. r in", va'i to Ill el.r n u lit', !;, -- r : . ' - ! : . . i t -o i : . a-- ' -- . a . r -- i -a I ,c- |