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Show The National Enterrpise, March 23 , 1977 Page 4b Hotel Empire Moves into Car Rentals Utah Business Rates Solons Performance Continued from page lb was extremely pleased with Steve the bills failure. Featherstone, executive director of the Greater Salt Lake Homebuilders Association was relieved with the bills failure and added the bill - people with d wras one-side- investments in property should have some control over it. The homebuilders were also concerned about House Bill 23, creating a state building code. Featherstone said the group maintained the local communities should have that power and a state code, if it had passed, would have only created another state bureaucracy. The bill failed. Contractors and subcontractors, on the other hand, did not find the legislature sympathetic to their causes. victory for tourism and inn- keepers. The Utah retail grocers associations executive director, Lawrence Alder said his industry fared well. Our biggest concern was the Weights and Measures bill which would have given the department of Agriculture the authority to mandate item and unit pricing and Both also open dating. passages were deleted from Pearson Enterprises, owner the Hilton, a bill the industry found unoffensive. Passage would have meant a large increase in dollar expenditure to conform with the regulation and would have given more control to a government agency. Retail Grocers with other merchandising and banking interests supported bills making it easier to prosecute people for bad checks and fraudulently using credit cards. Salt of the Lake Tri-Ar- c Travelodge and the Rodeway Inn, has purchased the Utah franchise for Dollar Rent-A-CSystems. We think the trend for large hotels is to offer packages, said Maughn Pearson, executive vice president, explaining the purchase. Pearson said he has increased the fleet from six to 150 new cars, and expects it to reach a total of 250 ar vehicles by the end of the year. He mentioned the lack of a vigorous ski season this year has dampened growth expectations. Charlie Petersen, former Volkswagen dealer in Utah County, is managing the franchise, and Pearson estimated about 20 employees operate it. Pearson said Dollar advertises a more favorable rate than the other four major rental agencies, as well as the convenience of airport and hotel delivery stations. Subcontractors Struck Out Tim Whittaker, admin- istrator for the Builders Bid Service said not one bill they endorsed was passed. Most importantly was House Bill 23, which required payment to the subcontractor by general contractor within a ten day period, and Senate Bill 150 which required prime contractors bidding on public works to submit names and license number of subcontractors at time of bidding. The state building board authorized no capital improvement contracts on any state projects and that has Horace Gunn, executive manager of the Associated General contractors, concerned. We depend on state projects for a lot of business, now we will have to rely on private construction, the LDS Church and hopefully the federal government. For once the petroleum people got what they wanted. - and needed. The 1977 legislature created an Energy Conservation Council and will consequently develop a state energy policy. All of us will now be playing with the same set of D. Van de Graaff, rules, executive director, Utah Petroleum Assocation said. The petroleum industry was plagued with a constantly changing policy which made implementation difficult, he explained. Innkeepers and tourism made out all right, too. , r ' - - . it ton i d Calvin Coolidge. . . 1800 increase in awareness within sixty Dave Strong Porsche Audi. Uses Reagan Outdoor every year Dan Marriott. . . days Sportplay. . . 8 out of 9 calls originated from Reagan Jr. 8s Guns Unlimited. . . Signed for one month with such success that it was increased to five months CaM . . saw his name around every corner with Reagan Jr. 8s 47 Samurai. . . ntrod uced themselves to Salt Lake with Reagan Outdoor and stayed with Reagan Outdoor I today and ask how Reagan can put IMPACT into your advertising House Bill 111, the Outdoor Advertising Act, passed, (Wutdoor Advertising,, Inc . which allows for the retention of tourist' and directional signs five miles from any off ramp on a primary or interstate system. Had the bill failed, all signs were to have come down. Melva Sine, vice executive president of the Utah Innkeepers Association, said it was a major . Phone 487-880ain(ed $ue&n 30 9bet0htert 23 8 Sfteet ns |