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Show Rcc4 TueUf rl ft 1955 3 STREET TALK... P What re 1 jenti ef Davis County thlr.k about the Issuet What about proposed domestic violence shelter? At a puld brjnitg fuflehl, l Ka)VXiUi tit) flWHit Will )f3f t frwJiitU atlVol a tundlMju u prrnt I Djmv I amiljr KrwMjrt? CVhut, At a Mat It pHvting. l J. anvutmi l tity It Wwltrf L batutrd women inj tfuMren and troubLd lrnv Mori? than W rrvMkmt a tiemkd if mai-nto ppn it tin liefi lutdium at It turner of Mam Street and Mutton IMlo Ku4. Opponent utd property value will (Jeirrj. trill will tmrea. ahuten cuM tmm it neighborhood, and youth touM vandjhtf home and viltHk-v- , the lakeside Review randomly inter tewed wme kaysville resdentv atwml ihetr thoughts on a vhelier Kmy buii tn the city for abused women and (hdjren and a veparaie shelter Ux troubled jj j tf iuj g Urn. Corilla Anderson Kaysviiio It $ertn like a good idea and that teetm like a food plaee for it, I haven't ever had to deal with vmlenee to I don't know anything about vueh things. "I haven't had muth dealing with had teenager either. I've have pretty good link with my teenager. I don't really know enough about teenager to have too mueh of an opinion on that It' up to the people who live clow by there, it seem like. If I lived clow by. then Id have a heller opinion. A far a I know h teem like it would be OK." Tom Shaw Kaysviiio "If it's needed in (he area then we should go ahead and put one in. I wouIJnt mind paying a little bit more lo support tL Again, that's a darn good idea I think (having a place for teenager to go.) We need lo support these people. Obviously they have problems with their families. With the way the workforce is these days and the stresses put on not only the mothers and the fathers, but the kids, you arc going to have a lot of stress. They need professional counseling, they need areas lo go to. "I have no objection to having it built here at all. We moved here from Oregon. I just got out of the military almost three years ago. I've got a soil spot in my heart for domestic violence victims. I've seen some of it in the military but there is a lot more of it out in civilian life. If you turn something like that away so they don't have a place to go, there will be more of it. LETTERS . Fine print in Contract unpleasant surprise ' A coniract can be a good thing. It can help spell out the details of an agreement between parties. And it can generate good will, provided there aren't any surprises in the im- - The Lakeside Review encourages readers to submit letters to the editor. Content of letters should address issues of interest to our readership thoughout north Davis County. Letters should be typed, double-spaceand must include the name and telephone number of the writer for verification purposes. Shorter letters are more likely to be published. Letters will also be edited, if necessary, to meet journalistic standards of good taste. With few exceptions, letters must be accompanied by the writer's name when published. Send all letters to the Lakeside Review, 2146 N. Main, Layton, UT, 84041 plcmcntation. But a contract can also be an in strumcnl of deception particularly if you don't read the fine d, print. Approximately 100 days ago. the Republicans in Congress launched the "Contract with America". On first hearing, it sounded . pretty good. It promised quick action on such things as the Fiscal Responsibility Act", the Personal Responsibility Act", the American Dream Rcsto- - ration Act", the Motherhood and Apple Pic Act", and so on. : Today, however, 100 days later, the Republicans are telling us the contract has been executed and ev- crything's hunkey dorey. But the problem is, things aren't hunkey dorey. Not in America, and . not in Utah. -- Today thousands of Utahns are waking up to discover that they .didn't read the fine print in this contract, and as a result, their lives just look a drastic turn for the worse. So whats this fine print were talking about? Well, here are just a few examples: Fine Print Example No. I: Child Nutrition Cuts Under the innocent-soundin- g heading of the Personal Responsibility Act, the republicans have repealed existing nutrition assistance and replaced them programs with block grants to the states. But they've also capped these grants at less than the rate of inflation. As a result, Utah will realize an $80 million loss in these programs over five years, jeopardizing the nutrition and health of many of the 283,00 Utah children who participate in these programs. Fine Print Example No. 2: Student Loan Cost Increases The republican contract would drastically alter the rules governing student loans. Currently, student loans do not begin accruing interest until after the student finishes school. If the republicans have their way, however, interest will be charged from day one while students are still in school. block This means that 33.UOO college students in Utah will have an average of $3,130 tacked on to their total debt. And that could make their monthly payments go up as much as 18 percent. Fine Print Examples Nos. 3 and 4: Summer Jobs and Home Heating Cuts In the House's rccision package, almost of the cuts come from programs that help children two-thir- ds and senior citizens. A good example is the summer jobs for youth program which has been cut IS percent. This means 2,500 young people jn Utah will be denied a summer job and the chance to gain important job skills over the next two years. The same rccisions bill will result in Utah's receiving $9.6 million less in home heating funding for low income households. That means that 36,868 Utah seniors and families will lose home heating assistance during the winter months. These arc just a few of many examples of how the contracts fine print will hurt real people living in Utah. All together, Utah stands to lose over $300 million over the next five years as a result of this contract. And where is this money going? For .deficit reduction? No. It's going to finance tax cuts for those segments of society who need them the least. In fact, over 50 percent of the benefits of the republican tax cut package will go to people earning over $100,000 per year. Now one would hope that our republican representatives in Washington would show - a little independence like Bill Orton, and vote to protect people like these. But instead, they have chosen to blindly toe the party line and in fact become coniract enforcers for Newt Gingrich. On the rccisions bill, for example. Enid Greene Waldholtz supported a rule which prevented votes to restore funds cut from summer jobs, education funds, home heating and rental assistance for seniors. Enid also voted against allowing a house vole on an amendment offered by Bill Orton to protect Utah's highly successful Single Par- ent Employment Demonstration Program (SPED). At the same time, Jim Hansen voted over 90 percent of the time in lockstep with Newt Gingrich. Hansen voted for the rccisions bill which cut summer jobs, home heating and rental assistance. He voted against an amendment to limit gifts by lobbyists and in favor of a rule which cleared the way for a $1,000 tax increase on federal workers. (The last time I checked, Utah still had a heck of a lot of federal employees, and most of them reside in Jim Hansen's district.) Fortunately for Utah, this contract has a bail out clause. If you don't like the fine print weve magnified here today, you can call senators Hatch and Bennett and urge them to cancel the contract in the senate. fix. Thats a good short-terfix is But of course the long-terto cancel Enid Greene Waldholtz and Jim Hansen at the polls in m m 1996. Dave Jones State chair Utah Democratic Party GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY Commissioner Gayle Stevenson 773-583- R) Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State g Farmington, Utah 84025 Office 825-841- 776-086- 451-32- Commissioner Dannie McCon-ki- e 773-841- (R) ' Mayor DeMar Mitchell 1 Home Dennis Simonsen 8 Home Arverd Taylor Home 3 Kenneth Barlow 5 Home Walt Hokanson 6 Home Davis County Courthouse 28 E. State Farmington, Utah 84025 Office 773-437- Bill Commissioner Carol R. R) Davis County Courthouse 28 E. Slate Farmington, Utah 84025 Office 451-32- Clearfield City Council Mayor Neldon Hamblin 9 Home 825-583- E. Gene Fessler Home 825-55Paul E. Poorte 6 Home Diane Layton Home Don Ormsby 5 Home Martin Eliason Home 773-61773-291- 825-78- 773-801- Clinton City Council Russell Home 451-32- Page 825-938- 0 Farmington City Council Mayor Gregory S Bell Home 451-72- Pat Achter Home Gary E. Elliott Home 451-24James C. Parsed 2 Home Tammy Boyce Home 451-53451-50- 451-236- David M. Home Connors 451-283- 1 Fruit Heights City Council Mayor Richard L Harvey 8 Home Richard Muhlestein 9 Home Tina LePendu Home 544-436- 544-173- 54-37- Dale Green Home 544-86Daniel J. Phelps Home 547-01L. Jeff Johansen Home 543-25- 95 Kaysville City Council Mayor Art Johnson 8 Home 544-844- Joe Hill Home 544-32Cherie Goodliffe Home 544-43Darrell Home Home 544-95- South Weber City Council Mayor Home Bill 479-398- Petty 5 Brent Petersen 7 Home Verg Glismann Home 6 Neil Miller Home 8 Farrell Poll 6 Home Pam Jones 479-444- 479-659- 479-147- 479-493- 479-624- 9 36 Stephen Whitesides Home 544-32David B. Bybee Home 90 451-60- Layton City Council Mayor Jerry Stevenson Home 2 Ethel H. Adams Home 825-35Brent A. Allen 1 Home Lyndia Graham Home 3 Debra Ledkins 0 Home 544-517- 86 544-141- 544-442- 546-079- Stuart Adams Home 544-010- 9 Sunset City Council Mayor Carol Bellmon 1 Home Scott Mikesell 2 Home Fred Childs 3 Home James D. Bridges 0 Home Arley Wallace 6 Home Lynn Weston 7 Home 773-048- 825-620- 773-488- 825-374- 825-218- 773-375- Syracuse City Council Mayor Michael R. Garrett Home 776-10Alvin Y. Nance 3 Home 825-J94- 7 come. tr:n Ive Harriet Spendlove Kaysville "I'm interested in having a shelter for women, they need help every now and then. I wouldn't have a problem with having it in my neighborhood. "It would depend on who the supers isor was and how strict they were (at a shelter for teens.) I think they need to be strict when they can't get along at home. I'm just glad to sec the a shelter for women met quite a few women who need it." Kathy Larkins Kaysville I think it would be a good thing because there certainly arc a lot of people who need it. Sometimes I dont think that people realize that those kind of needs arc around. I think we probably live a sheltered life and we see people who don't need these kinds of things. But here arc definitely people out there that need this. They need some place to go if there is a problem. I wouldn't care if it was in my neighborhood. I think we have lo be broad-mindand realize that there arc these kind of things happening. And people who need our help. We need to allow these kinds of things to come into the city. I think they need our support. I don't think it should make any difference in how people feel about Kaysville. I just don't think it should make any difference to people. We need this type of thing because everyone has a friend or is associated with someone or knows someone else who needs something like this. I could sure tell you some stories where this kind of thing is needed. I do think it's a good thing for teenagers too especially if there is counseling involved. ed Max Ward Kaysville My first thought is that they need some kind of place to go to when they need some not firmly opinionated either way. would think it would be a good thing to have a good place to go if they needed it. It sounds all right to me. The people on the city council know the situation better than I do and I would go along with whatever they decide. I dont believe it would bother me to have it next door to me. If they are supervised it might even be a help. I realize we need to do something to help these kinds of situations. time-out...I- m I Bryan Sorensen Kaysville I have a good friend who is a victim of domestic violence right here is Kaysville, and shes needed a place to go. I think it would be nice to have that type of place right here, and in that area right there where it is mostly apartments would be a good place for it. 1 dont think it would do anything to enhance the city but at the same time I don't think it would do anything to take away from the city cind of a neutral type of addition to our city. Same feelings (about a teenage shelter). I think we need a place when that situation arises. I dont think we should pawn it off on someone else. It needs to be someplace and I don't see why it shouldn't be here." Vera Taggart Kaysville I think it's important to have it in our city because you never know when you may have someone, a family member or anybody, who will be in a situation like that, and it's nice to have something like that There arc a lot of times our kids don't know where to go. A lot of them run away and haven't any place to go; I think a shelter would be really good for them. I wouldn't have a problem with it being built here. Especially for the teenagers if it was supervised. It would depend on how noisy it was. The city image would be about the same. I think it's important that people have some place to go." |