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Show Page 4A North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, October 3, 1984 Editorial t I 4 Layton Must Now Consider New Form of Government For many years, the Layton council with various departCity, government has served as ' ments supervised by departa model for other, smaller citment managers who reported ies. Its successes have includto the mayor or his assistant, ed the location of the Layton Heaps. Under the most often Hills Mall within the city, the recommended alternative annexation of East Layton and form of government, a city outstanding recreation and manager would be hired to direct the art$ programs. operations the of That would city. person Judging from all outward to the council and report city Appearances, the city has operwould and mayor supervise ated' smoothly with no indicaserious internal department heads. day-to-d- tion ay of disagreements or disputes. Iji the past several months, hjwyever, this efficient image h&icbeen shattered by charges against City Recorder Randall Hefips of mismanagement of city finances, accusations from' thebavis County attorneys office concerning internal ppwer struggles and reports Considering the problems the city now faces, it seems in the best interests of Layton residents for city officials to seriously study the recommendation of its own citizens committee and consider the possible adoption of the city managercouncil form of government. that indicates present methods city business should be changed. IJLayton City has been governed by a mayor and city of hiring a city manager fiiom a citizens committee The advantages to the city in- clude the benefits to be derived from utilizing the skills of a professional trained to provide efficient management of city functions. Municipal management is a specialized area best handled by a person removed from political activities whose primary interest is the effective utilization of taxpayers money to provide services. Those elected representatives who comprise the city council are part-tim- e city politimanagers, part-tim- e cians and often busy with other activities. A city the size of Layton needs a city manager cae a person whose - full-tim- reer is managing city operations. Under the city manag- ercouncil form of govern- larger cities have developed economically in an organized manner. It is time now for Layton to follow the example set by other cities. For so many years, Layton has served as a model. If proper changes are made, it may continue to be respected for many more years to come. ment, Letters to Editor ings to play that game where you push a little white ball from hole to hole. Davis School District Is Criticized For we the people who foot the bills, let it be known we are fed up. Come now gentlemen and help feed the cows. a; Review Editor: Davis County School District is overloaded with supervi-so?- s who supervise supervisors Qj6 in turn supervise supervi-sf5fThey are preconditioned 4J& stagnated with the guaran-tjre- d utopia that money grows on without end. ujhanks to the comments of $he s. Halley Thomas and Hersh Ipaktchian for calling the scheme fftjja new executive restaurant for elite crowns of school administrators. tike Ted Bell in Washington, thy had a dream to enjoy $30 mals at 99 cents with those few left in the free enterprise system fdfoot the bills. Absurd and ridiculous! Davis County School hierarchy already live in such luxury and spend thousands f kax dollars - they dont even fijte to leave their lush surround Dis-tjfi- -- $t Clyde Checketts Bountiful Nuclear War Will Lead to Destruction Review Editor: Nuclear weapons will be the cause of world destruction. A recent scientific article prepared from corroborated studies made by atmospheric scientists in the United States, England and Russia stated that a small nuclear war would start a full time winter atmosphere. Radioactivity and toxic smog would spread rapidly., Clouds of fine particles would rise above the targets rapidly spreading completely shutting out the suns rays from our world. Stopping the heat from the sun would cause a drastic temperature drop for many months perhaps years. Recently we received an example of this when a volcanic eruption in Mexico passed over the area. The U.S. and Soviet cloud leaders must be thoroughly briefed on dangers emanating from a nuclear explosion. According to the article Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Soviet Defense Minister: Dimitri Ustinov have had extensive briefings on Nuclear Winter. The author did not know if United States secretary of State Shultz and Secretary of Defense Weinberger have been briefed on this critical subject. A first strike would destroy part of another country. In return the nuclear cloud particles would within ten days drift over the FIRST strike country destroying brothers are oft playing on the football field this unidentified boy found the braces and supports for the bleachers a better place to spend a Friday WHILE OLDER it also. Without sunshine "no gridiron. HOUSE HUNTING? food or any plant can grow. Do our world leaders want a dead planet where NO one rules or leads? Halley Thomas Bountiful afternoon. Even though Highland defeated Viewmont this lad enthusiastically climbed and played on his own personal triangular Let Classified Ads help you find looking for. , just what you're o Dr. Burns accepts group, union, auto and industrial insurance "Professional Therapy Can Help Millions of Headache Sufferers." Every morning plan on living a long and healthy life, so get regular cancer checkups. You see, the best time to get a checkup is before you have any symptoms. 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