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' : See BODIES on A7 - School board Spring’s hying to push through PageA8 Update SLC to stay in UTOPIA By Holll Weiss staff writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— The City Council voted 4-- 2 Tuesday night to remain jn the UTOPIA fiber-optrnetwotk project but not to pledge tax revenue for its funding ‘ The dissenting votes were cast by Nancy Saxton and Carlton Christensen who supported pledging $41 million in tax revenue annually for 17 years to help the project get it tower interest rate on bonds The council als6 voted to establish a subcommittee to work mi Establishbroadband policy ing a long-terChristensen called it “icing on a burnt cake"'UTOPIA’S backers have promised Internet access 35 times faster than available from other broadband services but in comparable costs to cus-tomets' It was conceived as an fiber-optbackbone that would v allow cmnpanies to provide Internet telephone and television service Some cities luve balked atprovid- ing financial guarantees as Salt lake Gty did Tuesday night South Jordan pulled out: of the UTOPIA project ic : J - m ‘ - : : ’Y- 18-ci- ty ic ' y entirely V Cities not putting up contingency money would not be allowed to share in any profits UTOPIA earns and v‘ would have to wait until all of the charter cities were up and running on fod system before the work started in Y1' : focir communities : ' : ' vvv: v‘ s IIIU VVU1UJ 5 : - Oukhread - Definition Leelias SKhd uY)See LEVY onA8 - of the Week US AdoserJook at words in the news t : u Uiuim IV mwuiubu a inaumiwuJNui cities including Logan and Smith? after several year the materialfield never abatement wide district plan arguing that theirresidents opposed mosquito county would be required to shouMertoomuch of the $800000 ized last year vY r annual bill However the abatement district that’s being But with the threat of West Niks looming again offi- cials in Cache aren’t jgiving up v proposed this year would cost just $300000 wdiich 'X from would amount to an annual assessment of about $10 mi a During meeting Tuesday night represehtatives ' most rities in foe coun expressed support for a plan to ‘ra $100000 home ' In addition if foe county moves towanl establishing a put the question of whefoer to establish a district on thev- 7 Novernber biffloC Rmesentativea fiom just pwo atass 'Millville and River Heights' said they woe opposed to’' SSUPPORT on A8 fT like the virus it was designed tp fight a proposed -- abatamant The Logan Gty School District ' Y Board of Education approved a tax levy Tuesday night that will generate j local funds fm an early reading initia- - f five supported by foe Legislature and Gov Gene Walker “The Legislature invited school dis-- j tricts statewide to partner with them to nphasize one of the most important aspircts of learning and that’s reading" Logan School District Superintendent Richard Jensen said: The Legislature allocated $12 million to be used for reading programs for kindergarten through third grade and gave school districts foe power and foe option to approve a 00121 levy Districts must approve ' percent the levy arid generate local funds to receive a portion of the $125 million The original initiative iwbposed to ' foe Legislkure called for $30 million V to fund programs for kindergarten through third grade to supplement YV existing reading programs ' Board member Ann Geary fold foe : board that voting against the levy may send legislators the wrong message Proponents ofpubliceducation have taken polls of residents who say they would be willing to have a tax increase if it went to help public schools she said Lobbyists often snare that infor- ‘“mfltinn wim Uoklfltnfi torned it : smd we’ll eive vou fois" you cbimt upwifofoewt” Geary said “If we don’t follow ’x through we’re saying we’re only will- - ' ing to have taxes raised if you the legislators) do it If we say Logan Dis- trict is not willing to raise taxes :v ala leseonlnfl ior reduetkm 2 an amoiait deducted wtent of a r v : reduction 3 Law foe termination at a ariuisanceleto'''Yv'': to stop 9-1- last-minu- - te I OOOO 60ql6 - fj - mid-200- V 1 C T- Wsbelw--i NswWortd DtcUonwy V da Ctas8ffledswC5 ObituarieeM Moviesip::C2 O'1- ComicsiC3 : A6 OppionMVvA4 SpOftSliiiMilIM ?iwwwhnewsQQm ' - r i ia r r mBI: 1 WASHINGTON (AP)— Ins edto “anindicfoientoftheFBL world “blinking red” with terrorist while Attomey General Jcfon foreats against the United States the Ashcroft took a veiled swipe at Clinton administration chance to missed a iJt cell and possi- detect a key Louis J Freeh whd headed foe1 7 s' bris- 1 bureau from 1993 to f bly disrupt the Sept 11 attacks foe Y 2001 Kean’s Bed words at cmrunission investigating the v j ?I would ask that you balance Wiasyi said Tuesdayini j knd ter missteps linking - r vriiat you call an indictment and v’’ delays which I don’t agree with at all wifo rorism suspect Zacaw Mouuaoui in the weeks before the'' Yi' foe two primary finHinnnfinwr":' to ' attacks wereemblematic of chronic staff’ he said "One is that there VV was a lack of resourcek:And two" the FBL within including problems them limited intelligence and legal impediments" foot ii 7 Hdfoe were it difficult for agents to pursue )un-- : i terrorism investigations e w r Former Attorney General Janet 47 at dering attempts reorganization' Y 7: Reno also spoke of a lack of foe commission said vXYy g foe In aday bf resources but said the FBI under 4' Y AP photo: fteeh did apoorjobkeeping track bf Tfemas Pickaid left former acting FBI drector in lhe summw of 2001 aod Arnb panelchainnan former New Jersey foe information its agents gathered Gov Thomas Kean said two jCbtor Black former draclor of foe CtA's wmii nwi wi ui 101 Center are sworn hi rathina'fwnnrta cbnqnled by foe ' ' Du Cut 11 attacks TUseday befbralesfoylng baton the comnsslonlnvestlgall ' '' Sac CHANCE ari A8 in Washington commissiou’s investigators amount- the-FB- ' v N Conrimisisibh: FBI had 'chance finger-pointin- j : 1 - - 1 1 1 1' |