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Show Hit : tla j ie im < Lenten ~ icine been ae ig Ho Nee Ee = no ee SO a ec le rc e n e Feige mee ee eA i Seg onc m eye ee one meneame LU Register to win this week Midway Gardens, _ 459 East Main, Midway © SEE PAGE A14 FOR INFO! third district congressman showed his county roots — wearing cowboy boots beneath his dollars for two privately owned entities - (the Utah Olympic Park at Bear Hollow and the Kearns Skating Oval), while — neatly- — excluding Soldier Hollow, which is pub- pressed gray suit — he took a lawyerlike tone while responding to issues _ licly owned and located in a state park? Orton: No, I can’t. I think it’s been ranging from Olympic transportation _ handled inappropriately.. There to Whirling Disease. The following is the first in a two-part interview with— e entities that will be enriched great- — Courier: Why do yeu think Leavitts*-.- pe Tad prough the Olympics. That particuos larly bothers me if in fact the public ~.ends up paying the deficit if the running for a third consecutive term is ~ problematic considering he has mainstrong approval ratings in the | _ state? * a Orton: If he wins re-election, at the -end of his next term, the children graduating high school would have entered _ Bill’s battle: Orton faces kindergarten when he was first elected. os the gaemor’ They will have gone through their | entire public school career in a system — to the private sector” ranked dead last in the 50 states. appetites and desires That’s what is problematic for him, is his record over the past eight years. are | _-examples of enrichment to certain dustries or even possibly certain pri- the democratic hopeful for goverfior.* — _ tained Courier: Ca you cee a $40 mil-. toa “Legacy Fund” provided from tax - Olympics lose money. So, I’m very con- | cerned about how the whole thing is . Set up- where the funding goes with 7 the legacy fund etc. etc. Courier: How do you feel about ann uphill climb ij in : UDOT spending $1.5 billion on the Salt s race. ee ~ Lake freeways and tens of millions on two Park City interchanges, all in the It’s obvious that name of the Olympics, when Wasatch: change with the — taste of political power. On the other ORTON hand, I will serve only one term, and I continued on A5 * former -. « —_~ “aled. -— - don’t know if it’s for kids, but it is a campground,” said Kohler. “The process has ‘not. begun yet to get things finalized.” | According to. planner Eearan Atkinson, the church has submitted a> Density Determination Application “about 3 weeks ago,” which is five volumes long. Both Kohler and Atkinson _have denied studying it thoroughly as of yet.. 3 “t don’t want to comment on it until we have read the application and it is a ee ms Tony Kohler concluded that the land > was purchased and that no dates for public hearings have been sched- Fe Dutch company near Jordanelle and is head-ed by Arie Bogerd, and Wasatch County which has - been ongoing came to aclose recently when the Utah Supreme Court ruled in Mayflower’s favor, for the most part. ~The court opinion states that 3,420 acres. of Mayflower property was grazed, therefore it merits greenbelt status, which the county had. rescinded for the 1993 tax-year. “The county owes dade money. The court’ ruled in his favor and he will get a ‘ . amount owed. The attorney to be assessed qualified for land was not being grazed. _ greenbelt status for the 1992 has to give us the numbers, Gillmore testified that each and some parcels are still in- year he grazes 1,200 to 1,500 sheep and approximately 160 litigation. Arie paid us money through the years — head of cattle on his own and and 1993 tax years. | The Commission dene: mined that the Mayflower property should be assessed a assessed by itself, and (2) whether the appropriate unit . "4 a that owns thousands of acres - Wasatch County Treasurer. “We have not calculated the ad Stichting Mayflower, Mountain parcel should be. bipet between ° ‘ing,” said Karoline Wall, granted Mayflower greenbelt (agricultural) status in 1985, but denied the status for the 1993 tax year, when the county decided the south parcel of fundamental — Phe two questions the court reviewed were: (1) whether the South ihre A case the early 1980s. The county ¢ 3 the Mayflower property since atten COURIER STAFF refund. We disagreed with -him on values, so his property looks in arrears, but he is not, due to the court rul- - | antes KIRSTEN SHAW as a whole, not parcel by parand we kept it in escrow and — Mayflower’ S property, includcel. The court of appeals ing the parcel. The Utah Tax we are not sure how much ‘concluded that the parcels Commission reversed the we are going to have to Pay should be assessed sepacounty ruling, granted greenback.” belt status and lifted the roll Glen Burgener, County MAYFLOWER continued on A3 back tax the county had Assessor, said greenbelt imposed. The County Board. properties pay “big-time of Equalization petitioned the less” taxes than marketPOSTAL PATRON commission to reconsider, value properties. -_ Presorted « Standard but was denied. The board. The Supreme Court Case ‘opinion, filed July 7th, states then petitioned the court to | ‘ U.S. Postage Paid . Heber City, UT S Zirh that Luke Gillmore. has. review the commission’ sdeci— — his — and cattle on sion. a Patna No. 32005 et _ : LDS CHURCH continued on AS - - NEW COURIER WEBSITE COMING SOONI . Favor and Reverses Debt to County et things are less than desired. Supreme Court Rules in Mayflower’s So locals. According to an anonymous letter placed in the mailboxes of Timber Lake’s residents on September 21, “= Whatever the land is being used for, it is causing some annoyance with the ¥ pretty long,” said Atkinson. Marriott Library, WEST AM. 295 So 1500 E ue. Uaes opi So, 5 co So SR aie a Pa ci1 nat peck adh |Paces" i | at, ; Si rt ae cn | 7 ba) a a ee rdlroncataracness e i Lakma UT 84112 TW I We ied YN not return ie cseemne would _. titepens dopamine church phone calls, assistant county planner, to the distractions lastweekashenes- tled behind a makeshift. table to ‘answer questions. And though Utah’s ; While the Public Affairs office of “the phones, democratic gubernatorial - government. My desire is to serve not candidate: Bill :OrtonPo seemed oblivious o=*_ more than two terms, and then return net eee . bor to the proposed area. - in four years focusing on the public’s interest than you can in eight or even > 12 years of campaigning, fundraising and bowing to oe political special inter¥ ests. | ‘ area that — ~ may be used for a kid’s camp, according to Kristina Norris who is a neighthe LDS everywhere and members of office — effective four years later. I honestly believe you can get more done ¥ Lakes ith maps and memos strewn. \ V/ will give my resignation when I go into” ec uaety 2 ay aps ena copes Bee recently purchased a 6,000 acre plot of land in the Timber I want to fix ihculigatt ‘Why the governor wants to runn for a third, term I don’ hes NOW: 2 os ‘He came out totallyi in favor af term — limits. He said, , _ -~ ¥ have no appetite for a career in ; has . | Sth Saints ‘DEREK JENSEN COURIER STAFF SIA aise a. “SAE EDITOR he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day the Governor over Transportation, Whirling Disease his campaign staff working JON LAMOREAUX MANAGING Demo Hammers cope _ Timber Lakes — Orton Outlines Critiques Of Leavitt MATT Lbs ected Purchases” Acreage i in oe Nemes ne ad |