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Show FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Wayne Horrocks Announces As Candidate For S.L. Commission Wayne Horrocks, Chairman of the Salt Lake Association of Community Councils and President of the Westside Community Council, will make a formal announcement of his decision tc seek the office of Salt Lake City commissioner at a press confer ence to be held September 6, 1 p.m., at his home. Waynes decision to run for city commissioner is based on the fact that for too long, Salt . j I Lake's Westside and Central City residents have not had a representative voice on the citys decision making level. Because Wayne has been a longtime resident of the Westside. and involved in community projects for many years, he is aware of many neighborhood needs not heretofore represented on the city commission. Waynes major campaign issues will be: Citizen involvement in the decision making process: Wayne believes that all parts of the city should have voice in city decision making, with equal representation on the city commission. Wayne will work to see that Salt Lake residents have a chance to vote on a mayor council form of government. Community Development: Residential development should be promoted as well as downtown business. Wayne believes. If we are going to make the business district of Salt Lake City something that is viable and economically growing, then we have to build up our residential areas within the city. The city should be a place to live in, raise families in, and do our shopping in. Private property (Continued on page 8i Utah Voters Will Be Asked To Vote For Bond For Arts Center The governor Committee on a center for the arts probably will call for a general obligation bond election in December to raise local matching funds for the performing arts center. Richard Eyre committee executive director said thats one The of the remaining options. only way to finally settle the question of what local resources should be devoted to the project is t have the people decided. Mr. Eyre added that by December the governors committee will have selected a site and decided whether to create one or two performing halls. The committee then will know total cost of development. Meanwhile the committee also can identify all local funding sources other than a bond including iederal urban revenue sharing other federal grants and private donations. The bond could be proposed to finance only the difference between those revenues and total development cost Eyre said. A 1973 special legislative session appropriated $6.5 million for the arts center which was envision as Utah Chief Bicenten nial project. But the appropriation is contingent on local citizens or governments contributing an equal sum before next Nursing Homes Rank No. As Unsafe 5, 1975 iSalt Lake County Wins, City Loses In Double Taxation Court Fight 1 Salt Lake County officials felt that double taxation is a have won a debated double tax- problem. Ye all pay the same ation suit brought against them tax for payment of services. Sen. Frank E. Moss to U.S. nursing homes continue rank number one on the list of unsafe places to live. Sen. said. Frank E. Moss. a Moss, in speech prepared for D-Uta- h. delivery to the Utah Nursing Heme Association annual convention at the Salt Lake Hilton, outlined a report on nursing home fires by his subcommittee care. on long-tersenator stressed that the The report reflects the national scene not that in Utah. The report directs no criticism at Utah operators. Indeed, the very opposite is true Utah is one of the few states to reConMnued on page 8) by Salt Lake City Commissions but city officials say that further action will be taken in the fight. Third District Court Judge Bryant Croft dismiss the case this week saying that the city government lacked standing to sue for double taxation relief and the city commission failed to stale any claim upon which relief could be granted. However the Judge continued that they could sue the county as individuals. Salt Lake City Mayor Conrad B. Harrison and Commission Stephen Harmscn and Jennings Phillips agreed that they would confer with the city attorney on their next course of action. Commissioner Phillips said, Im going to instruct the city attorney to give us a full report to determine if the suit was dismissed on a technicality. If it was a technicality the city will refile, if not we will ask the state the law legislature to regulation double taxation. The mayor said he has always re-ena- ct Every dollar of country wide funds spent in one are and not in another will be a source of conflict. City officials sued the thre'? county commissions, county auditor, and county treasurer nearly two years ago. The tax question has plagued the two commissions for many years. City commission asked that the court grant a writ of mandamus which would comvel the county to levy property taxes upon only unincorporated areas to provide them with municipal type services. This would have excluded municipalities such as Salt Lake city from any county levy to pay for such service? a? lire protection, waste and garbage collection and disposal, planning and zoning and street lighting in the county. Salt Lake City officials claimed that they levy their own property taxes to pay for such services. m x' Womens Democratic Club To Hold Annual Membership Tea TODAYS EDITORIAL Sight Saving Month What are vour eves worth? Thats the question the "tali Society for the Prevention of Blindness is asking The Utah Womens Democratic hold their annual this month. National earlier had Club will Tea. Sight Saving Month. SepSaturday, Membership hoped to raise some local funds tember 6. 1975. Have yon ever really thought about it? Now much from tax increment bonds issued vour eves worth? If youre like most people, you The tea will be held at the by Salt Lake City Redevelop- Governors Mansion. 1270 Fair- ire cant put a price on your vision, because it s ment Agency. These bonds arc Road. The event will honor probably fax paid off from earmarked prop- all past list too precious. of the organerty tax rather than general citv ization. presidents The National Society, now in its 7 til year, is the Club officials urge all revenues and do not require a members to bring a guest. The ildest voluntary health agency nationally engaged in public vote. time will be from two until four Mr. Eyre continued that the in the afternoon. programs to preserve sight and promote good eve health committee learned that the other state md safety practices. It senes ITtah and amount in taxes that could be iffiliates. legally earmarked for bond re- Two S.L Attorneys payments would be nowhere Named To Trial Preventing blindness and conserving sight arc posi-:iv- e near enough to finance the size To prevent a disease or accident, rather approaches. of bond issue needed. Since then Lawyers Association lum treat it after it has occiired, is a much more practhree city commissioners have Two Salt Lake, Utah, atsolution to effective health opposed using increment bonds torneys have been elected Utah tical. economical workable for a tax exempt project such State Committeemen of The As- .are. This is especially true where vision is concerned as the concert hall. sociation of Trial Lawyers of localise once sight is lost, all too often it cannot he reCommisLake The Salt America, ATLA President Ward stored. City resion has given local restoration Wagner, Jr., announced For prevention of blindness, the success rate must architect Sten Baird a contract cently. They arc D. Clayton to develop cost estimated for the Fairborn and Anthony M. Thur-be- lie millions upon millions of cases. Most of them can documented. Some of them can. For example, concept by Sept. 15. Baird ATLA. never be The 25.000-membearlier suggested that the total with at Cambridge, discovering earlv signs of glaucoma when treatment will headquarters arts center cost might be cut as Mass., is the nations largest (Continued on page t) much os $2 million. trial bar organization. Dec. 31. The committee m2 r. er |