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Show ' f Vw cir'i figures Show Tax Faces Inevitable City than $1.8 million even if federal Lawrence A. Jones Salt Lake City Auditor Lawrence A. Jones, City Auditor said this week the limit of make-do- " budgets has been reached by Salt Lake City and some sort of tax increase for fiscal 1976-7-7 appears inevitable. Jones released a report on the citys cinancial posture to city commissioners, indicating that the dty will be shot of revenue by more revenue sharing is continued. I am sure that some sort of tax measure will have to be enacted to broaden the citys revenue base," Jones said. The very serious financial crisis" reported in Jones statement to commissioners came about because of a variety of losses in revenue, including the $1 million loan the city borrowed from its revenue sharing fund to adopt the 1975-7- 6 budget. Jones said that loan is being repaid this year. Even if revenue sharing is continued, the city is facing other revenue losses of federal funds, including an employment subsidy program known as the Comprehensive Employment Training Act. If revenue sharing is discontinued, the dty will be $4 million short. Jones said that Salt Lake Citys four percent franchise tax is substantially lower than the national average, which varies from six percent to 12 percent. Jones also stressed the fact that the revenue losses are compared with the 1975-7- 6 budget year and do not reflect projected substantial increses in the dtys payroll cost, inflation and cost of living factors. Dunn Seeks Lt. Governor Secretary of State Office whether or office, and if I were to become a candidate, to determine which office I could serve best. Many persons throughout the State have taken an interest in my candidacy and expressed enormous support and have encouraged me to seek a State office, so I am announcing my candidacy for the nomination to the office of Lieuof tenant GovernorSecretary State in the coming elections. If elected my pledge will be to bring a fresh, new approach to the office to create an efficiency most capable of performing the many services required. As government becomes more and more complex, I am convinced that my background can be a great asset in creating this William E. Dunn efficiency. I encourage you to look William E. Dunn, Salt Lake into my background, my record and County Commissioner, announced my accomplishments. At the present time Commissionhis candidacy this week for the office of lieutenant Governor er Dunn is on the Board of Secretary of State on the Republi- Directors of the National Associacan ticket. The announcement was tion of Counties and was chosen as made at a news conference held in chairman of their 1976 National the Commission board room at the Convention being held in Salt Lake City and County Building in Salt City in June. Dunn has the distinction of being Lake. Dunn has been considered as a one of three county officials of the possible candidate for both the United States appointed by Presioffices of lieutenant governor and dent Ford to serve as a member of governor over the past several the U.S. Advisory Commission on months. Intergovernmental Relations. Bill Dunn graduated from the In announcing his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor, Dunn said, I University of Utah College of have traveled to various areas of Pharmacy in 1950 and is present the , State to consult with party owner of Murray City Pharmacy leaders and friends while trying to and American Pharmacy in make this important decision of . ti r.. ."iTin .. .J . I mu McClure Bids For Second County Commission Term The rosy projections for a booming winter travel season last year Ralph Y. McClure has announced were borne out with the release of his candidacy for t to four-yeawhich tax r room transient term as County another figures show an increase of 137.3 per cent Commissioner. in the amount of tax collected for Commissioner McClure said, the last quarter of 1975 compared During the years Ive spent in to 1974. office, I have worked hard to The tax is a levy of 2Yi per cent improve county government and of all accommodations within Salt upgrade services throughout the Lake County renting for 60 days or valley. Because of these improved less. Since most hotel, motel and services, we have a little more than trailer court spaces are taken by twice as many firemen as we had the tax is one of the when I took office, we have remost consistent and accurate placed one fire station, built two gauges of the growth of the visitor new ones, and ready to begin construction on two more fire industry in the county. Several factors accounted for the stations on the West side of the dramatic increase. A big percent- valley, he added. In addition to in Utah this, we have 21 paramedics on age of the during that quarter were skiers. duty, as well increases in ambulThe increased promotional efforts ance service in the Draper, Kearns of the Salt Lake County Develop- and Holiday areas. ment and Promotion Board and the 1 Another achievement McClure is ski resorts to bring more skiers to proud of is the establishment of the the County accounts for portions of 911 Emergency System. the increase. Another factor was During the past five years we the poor snow conditions in ski have added a mental health center, e areas throughout the country center at Redwood, . a forced which Utah Citizen Senior many 'except high rise apartment skiers to ski Utah. Youth Service Cena and complex The thriving business of conven- ter, added McClure. tions also took a considerable hike As future goals, I am committed 1975 with figures showing the to economical and efficient governnumber of delegates in town rising ment. To achieve this goal, we by 142 per cent over last quarter must face consolidation and in- non-residen- 1 FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1976 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Increase Reports Auditor M - ts, non-residen- ts multi-purpos- 1974. For the entire year of 1975, the amount of transient room tax was 61.1 per cent greater than 1974. Spending Ceiling Petition Proposed Ralph Y. McClure Salt Lake County Commission creased citizen involvement in county government, McClure added. Commissioner McClure said, these are interesting times to be seeking public office. There are a lot of issues and problems facing Salt Lake County. I feel that with the experience and knowledge I have gained that I have some of the answers to the problems. TODAYS EDITORIAL The organization that put the Recall Bill on the November ballot by initiative petition wants to go through the same process to put a ceiling on state spending. Greg W. Beesley, one of the recall movement organizers, has submitted eleven petitions containing 55 signatures asking that the group be allowed to begin gathering signatures on petitions to get the measure on the ballot. The measure called the Budgetary Procdures Act Ceiling, would impost a five-yeceiling on state spending at $915.3 million, the budget for the 76-7- 7 fiscal year. It said neither the legislature nor the governor may exceed that limitation. All surplus in the budget shall be used to retire state bonds and state indebtedness and phase out federal and revenue sharing grants-in-ai- d programs. Mrs. Eueda C. McCoy, assistant deputy lieutenant governor, said the group will need 47,640 signatures by July 1 to qualify for a spot on the November ballot. This figure represents 10 percent of the total number of persons who voted for governor in the 1972 election. Mrs. McCoy sent the petition to the Utah Attorney General's office to determine if it meets state requirements before informing the sponsors they can start printing petitions and gathering signatures. ar Americas Liberty Bell It was a warm July day. Independence Square, as it is now called, and the streets of Philadelphia were packed with men and women who had waited for hours with faces lifted toward the bell, wondering if their representatives would vote to declare independence. A messenger hurried up the stairs to the belfry. As the first sentence of that historic document was read, the tones of the bell burst open the silent and waiting city. For two hours the sound of the bell was heard, proclaiming freedom to the colonies. The New Province Bell, later to be known as the l, Liberty Bell, was cast by Thomas Lister of London, and arrived in Philadelphia in August, 1752. It had been commissioned by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly in 1751 to hang in the new State House (later renamed Independence Hall). Before the bell could be raised to the tower, a local 1752 newspaper reported it was cracked by a stroke of the clapper during a test without any further violence and was recast by Pass and Stow, two ingenious workmen of Philadelphia. In the recasting, the English model was broken up and the same metal was melted down to be used in the new bell. To the bell was added one and one-ha(continued bn page 2) White-chapte- lf xr PV 14k |