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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand TAXPAYERS MONEY June 10, 1976 The' Utah Independent Pagfe'9 1974 that the voter is asked to VOTE YES AUG. 13. Was tax money illegally used for this promotion? I got my copy of this brochure from the office of Commissioner William E. Dunn. By Thomas O. Breitling For any government official to be effective, he must retain the confidence." So says an public's editorial in the Salt Lake City Deseret News on Thursday, May 27, referring to the affair of Congressman Wayne Hays with a female employee. And I agree with the editorialist. Furthermore, this should be the general case. Sadly, it is not completely so. Witness, for example, that the people of Arkansas reelected Wilbur Mills as their Congressman after his notorious public behavior with Fanne Fox. But there is an added ingredient in the Hays case which takes it out of the realm of the consenting adults so-call- ed (adultery, nomosexuality, fornication, and incest) That ingredient is, as Salt Lake Tribune expressed it on May 29, Hays apparent attempt "to convert tax funds to personal use." situation.. The THATS A JOKE, SON As "Senator Claghorn" might have expressed it on the old Fred Allen radio show, "Thats a joke, son." Utah Taxpayer for March-Apr- il 1976 has a short article called HowTo Feather Your Nest. The article states: Although Congress often is criticized as indecisive, Rep. Bell, a California Democrat, had this sardonic observation: "We have shown that we can act, and act decisively, when it. comes to feathering our own nests." He cited 12 examples during the past 24 months: - Increased salaries. - Inserted automatic congressional salary raises in the future. - Provided a Congressman and a staff member a free trip to organizational caucus of each BOND VOTE A CAMPAIGN . ISSUE We must act now to make the bond vote a campaign issue for Commissioners ,McQure, Kutulas, and Dunn. Commissioners McGure and Kutulas have already said they will try to retain their present seats. Commissioner Dunn plans to run for Secretary of State while still having two years to go on his term as county compresent missioner. If he fails in the attempt to move to a State office, he will retain his present job for two more post-electi- Bv Thomas O. Breitling park in Parleys Canyon near Canyon Rim, Salt Lake Gty streets still have the same chuc-kholwhich helped defeat Steve Harmsen in his race for Mayor. For some real bad, but deceptive, holes try driving north on 300 West between 500 South and 300 South. At the same time, Salt Lake County government is getting in deeper and deeper with its attempt to build the Bicentennial arts centers with taxpayers money. es on 4-y- years. The easiest way to make this a campaign issue is to call these men at their offices and ask them why they are so willing to spend other peoples money for things that have nothing to do with the functions of 3,000 SEAT OR 2,800 SEAT For example, both Salt Lake government. Ask them why the Gty newspapers on May 19 state final product arts center is not that the major music hall will seat going to be as described in the 2,800 people while all promotional promotional literature. Ask them information put out before the why there is so much secrecy inDecember 16 vote said the hall volved even now in the arts center would have 3,000. seats. The Salt planning, (see Decker article April Lake Tribune for Nov. 18, 1975 28 Deseret News) Ask them do referred to the 3,000-sehall and they represent the residents of Salt Lake County or just a select few. quoted Salt Palace Board members as saying that a 3,000 person RADIO STATION WONT convention will pump $500,000 AIR into the local tax base". If the LYRICS figures used mean anything other at quesstimating, then a 2,800 seat hall should provide only $467 thousand for the tax than blue-sk- y base. 47.000 OR 30,000 OR 28,000 SQUARE FEET Another transient figure is the area of the visual arts center. According to Utah Holiday magazine Congress. for April 12, 1976 Max Smith, - Increased annual stationery president of the board of the Art allowance by 12.5 percent. Center claimed that the visual arts - Increased permissible size of group had been expecting 47,000 office staffs by 12.5 percent. square feet since the beginning of - Increased special allowance promotional efforts. The same for airmail and special delivery article said that the Blue Ribbon stamps by 25.2 percent. Committee had in mind only - Created $5,000 per member 30.000 square feet for the visual budget for printing costs of two arts building. Finally, the May 19 newsletters a year: article in The Salt Lake Tribune, - Passed legislation to more mentioned earlier, says the visual than double tax deduction for arts building will have . 28,000 living expenses in District of square feet. What will be the final Columbia. size that taxpayers pay for? It is stretching things beyond The May 19th article says the list credibility to claim that this music hall will have 80,000 square does not show that the Congress as feet. Combined with the 28,000 a whole converts tax funds to square feet in the visual arts personal use. There are some who building the combined area is would say what Congress has done 108.000 square feet. At a total cost to ease the burdens of increasing of $ 10.6 million the unit cost is $98 costs is merely necessary, if we are a square foot. What will be the to have an "effective Congress. final unit cost? A column by Rod Others would say it is just one more Decker in the Deseret News for of April 28th quotes the architect case of the wastefulness be to seems Congress. Congress Robert Fowler The project will hooked on spending other peoples have to be skilfully managed to within costs money, for whatever purpose. projected keep figures." STATE, COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS SAME SALT LAKE COUNTY But Congress is no alone in RECREATION BOND other on hooked spending being But the game of peoples money. State, County, and City governments are also in does not just include Bicentennial the game. For example. State aid arts centers. The next vote, which to local school districts in Utah will take place after the November rose from $105 million in 1970 to elections is a rerun of the August $235 million just seven years later. 1974 Salt Lake County Recreation During this same period average Bond vote. Perhaps like Godfather daily attendance only increased II it should be billed as Recreation from 287,406 to 289,761. (Utah Bond II. Note in the reproduction of Taxpayer, March-Apri- l) While Salt Lake City Mayor the brochure put out by Salt Lake Ted Wilson talks about building a County Recreation and Parks in CANDIDATES BROWN: American Dr. L.S. THE CANAL DEBATE Brown, Party Candidate for Governor, appeared on Radio Station KSVC public opinion program to enthusiastically endorse the proposed referendum which would place a five year ceiling on state spending. T have committed myself to gathering 100 for this important signatures petition, Dr. Brown said. If elected governor I would not be content at merely maintaining the state budget at the present $915 million mark but would be looking for ways to reduce this extreme budget of about $800 for each person in Utah, the statement continued. It will be rather comforting to know this budget can not be exceeded, provided . the will vote for this ceiling, if I am not elected. The taxpayer needs a breather. With the state budget up almost 13 from two years ago and the tax burden doubled in eight years, it is no wonder that the citizens of Utah are tired of irresponsible state and federal spending the seem most anxious to do something aabout it. If the people are willing to speak up we will do something about it this year, Dr. Brown concluded. voter-taxpa- yer Don Reay has filed his to run for the four year candidacy commissioner term on the SUGGESTIVE Concerned Gtizens ticket. He proposes to curtail the county planning commission programs to what is need full. Baptist Bible Tribune He will follow the Concerned A radio Gtizens Party platform to get Wheeling, V.Va., station here, WWVA, whose taxes down and keep them there. 50,000 watt signal reaches 1 8 states In order to do so the county must and Canada, has established a get out of all businesses that does strict new policy that it "will not air not pertain to government. Those projects should be carried on by ' suggestive or profane lyrics." private interprise. In a letter mailed to manufacThe Sewer systems should be turers of records, the station, one of the first in the nation to broad- supported by the connection fees of those who use it. Those who do not cast country music, stated: We will delete questionable use it have already been bonded for words and phrases before we play a it and should no be taxed for its record. Should a title fail to pass support, until the time they are our code of ethics, or if an edit is connected to it. He would abolish the animal impossible, the record will not be control section as it is set up in our aired." Since its policy went into county government.' He would try to get our hoseffect, the station has banned "The Pill, Loretta Lynns song about pital bonds paid off as soon as poscontraception; Tanya Tuckers sible as we have the money Would You Lay With Me in a deposited in our Davis county and banks. Field of Stones? Sometimes," a song about extraStanford P. Darger DARGER: marital affairs. is a candidate for the office of State A tune described as ' on the Republican called "Blind Man in the Treasurer ticket. Bleachers" has been taken off the In making his announcement, air because it includes the word Mr. Darger offered a five point hell once. program for the effecient and Two other country music of the stations described as productive management radio states revenues: significant" in the field have also cash forcasting program inaugurated similar policies that would pinpoint the states concerning "suggestive or profane and long term money needs. lyrics." money gathering system An executive of a record comwould reduce transit time and that pany concentrating on country concentrate cash within easy reach. music responded: "Ithoughtwe had disbursing system that fought that fight over lyrics years would manage payouts to give the ago with rock. Now, we're going to state maximum use of its funds. have to fight all over again. A reporting system that The management at WWVA, would provide however, says it is not trying to infromation on the states money clean up the country music and needs. market by itself. It hopes its new availability investment system that policy will make the record comwould put all of the state's idle panies toe the line," as more money to work earning interest for stations follow its lead. the state in safe, insured investments and accounts. Well.. .do you people want Mr.Daiger has been very your Constitution, or dont ya 717! five in Utah and Salt Lake Gty civic affairs. He served for many i.t.n.o.D. quasi-religio- REAY: Liberty Line "Hot Line " Washington. D.C. 20003 Last week I ridiculed the g Post's misleading, article of May 10th called, The Canal Debate." There is no debate! Stealing is not debatable, especially when Treason is involved! (Barry Goldwater take self-servin- notice!) The follows the bought-up- , spurious, Internationalist newspaper line used to hoodwink Americans by leaders of the political, religious, financial Conspiracy for world control. Our present presidential election scramble resembles a Hollywood-TV-typ- e Tableau" cancontrolled largely featuring didates a Tableau" generously granted to us victimized Americans by our secluded Internationalist over-lordThey well know the of necessity keeping the populace quiet and unalerted to the approaching Dictatorship in! Both Republican and Democratic political parties are owned or controlled by the same secluded forces Big Money" and World Zionists who manifest little, loyalty to our Country! Get that! Hence, I solemnly warn you that vast wealth in this country which has been stashed in large one-worl- d, s! tip-toei-ng Foundations like Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Kennedy and others, is being used to support and further a program aimed to force our Executive Department, State Department, Monetary Policy, Educational System, our confused and largely bought Congress and, as much of our military force as they dare intimidate to alter our American way of life so as to reduce us to a Collectivist State! How do you like that! : Could anything be more absurd, more loaded with treason, than Kissinger's efforts, acting under this same pressure, to dispose of, or even give away, our expensively strategic bought, Canal Zone, to foreign, unfriendly elements? We must stop these wrong- doers, and punish them! Punish them for the benefit of all present and future loyal Americans or else!! Curtis Dali, Chairman us 1- -A article In many countries, it is considered unsafe to put arms in the hands of the people. This can have no place here, when it is recollected that the people are the sovereign power. Andrew Jackson day-to-d- ay 2-- A 3-- A STOP ABORTION I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! 4-- 5-- An The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life. Wm. J. H. Boetcher years as an officer of various organizations. In his five terms in the Utah Legislature Mr. Darger successfully sponsored or managed many important matters. |