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Show "WASATCH COUNTY COURIER B12 VOTE YESvY VOTE YESv VOTE YESv ns VOTE 3 YESv | VOTE OCTOBER 18, 2000 YES v La ey LE ee) > vo 2 Pe = 2 Lu ul O ‘wages. ee ee re - The Proposal rane cee Cth > | re ™ : > Fib#2, Better Alternative Options Available nae — nt Ht — acid emanate feces erated aceon ie Se Th = 2 nie enn 4 ‘on FF = re ne, © —_ oa SS EL J _ J nen _ __ This proposal has been around for about a year. The Change of County Government act allows 2 oe _ — no benefits. The Chair gets $600 per month or $7,200 per year with no benefits. Six Council memup with $43, 200 for the seven members per year versus the $104,100 for the three members we are paying now. The seven-member plan is “bigger, and more expensive”??? Must be the new math. P.S. Did you get a property tax DECREASE this year or did Your taxes go UP? att in Mera ange that the Chair shall be paid $600.00 per month: The County shall not pay for benefits for Council ~ members” Do the math. Each Council Member at $500 per month equals $6,000 per year with hi “ “L en of the Council shall be paid $500.00 per month, except — bers at $6,000 per year equals $36,000 per year. Add the Chair at $7,200 per year and youend — yf vA “Each member as —— Fas aoe i Nowe ae SF a. the County Commission to appoint a task force to study alternate forms of county government. They refused, WHY? If there are better alternatives, why did the Commissioners refuse to study them? Citizens need to understand that should voters.turn down this en aie, ihe a requires a six-year wait until citizens can ‘institute another proposal. ure A | on Fib #3, Less Direct Representation | It is difficult to understand how area representation is less direct. Will it be preferable when an area like Jordanelle will be able to elect ALL of the Commissioners, when it becomes the per population center of the county? Fib #4, Loss of Continuity and. Expatience _ In.the last election, didn’t we reject two thirds of our County Commission? Did the county stop functioning, did county services cease? Did your garbage not get picked up? Did the sewers back up? Of course not. And the change to a seven-member council will go just as smoothly. As for loss of experience, if you mean no more secret meetings, no more out of control development, ~ no more special service districts created to finance developers, no more “takings” of private property rights, no more hiring of friends and family, no more special “favors” for commissioner’s. iriends, then by all means let's lose those "experienced" leaders and bring in some new ones. _ Fib #5, Too Much, Too Fast, Too Big, Too Costly, Too Confusing: Le This i is an insult to the voters of Wasatch County. Both papers have discussed the issue a over | _ ayear. The residents of Wasatch County are intelligent voters who can read the voter information pamphlet that each resident will receive with the pros and cons from both sides and decide for themselves. The question isn’t really confusing at all. If you think the current county government is doing a good job protecting your best interests, vote no and retain the current system. If -you think we can do better, that all the citizens deserve to have an equal say in the administra- tion of their poversee. vote YES, for enanige. Paid for by Volers for a eckanmiive Lynn Adams 654-5460 _ | : Behera Jerry Strand 657-1091 _ _ Lynn Thacker 654-4923 654-2361 Tim Quinn eos Ronda Rose 654-3623 © = = 8 s.r Bob Wren 654-4667 Bill Young 654-1540_ ep USED BY PERMISSION OF: _ Dan Stephens & Sam Allen, Co-Chairmen ~ | Wasatch County Citizens for Conservative Government 2 es ZEEE NN) eS eh) eee) eS en) — Fe te) IMIR TET “2 Lu >. oR Lebdl ch Lilt ee Fib #1, The Cost of Big Suicide County: Commissinders currently make $26,700 a year plus benefits. The S6ie fi igures perieiits for government workers at roughly 30% of base wage, or $8,000 each for a total package of $34,700 per commissioner. ee by three Commissioners that is $104,100 per — in uF = bes Recently the opposition. to the Seven Member coined Change of Government Initiative | ran a full) page ad in The Wave full of untruths and speculation. | Wake Fe te) eee Fe htc) We Fe te) ~ee ™ VE Tle) — — VOTE FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESENTS YOU - NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS. Fe Ey bs med i} ms s Fe Pe) a ee ey |