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Show WASATCH COUNTY “AB COURIER Orton Calls Leavitt’ s Education Vision Mediocre — explains how he would have handled Olympic scandal Cl Demo me. Courier: Both se and the gover nor who. en 3 Mme peg twa 654-1515 DAN IEL : 25 North Main, Heber City HEBER CITY I’m . 3 North Main, Heber City absolutely opposed to Utah taxpayers paying the bill. ’'ve asked the governor, “what is the backup plan?” His response was, “They won't lose. Thinredhy, November a 2000 at 7:00 p.m.—PCy Cone: : JORI DANE LE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT. money.” How can you be sure? So no, I 654- 9900 ,» Jordanelle Fire Station Building. don’t think the governor has appropriately dealt with the Olympic issue. 654-3227 Courier: Had you been governor, _what would you have done? Orton: Well, I wasn’t privy to all of beginning October ies 2000- Tow: IT WIT one & 4th Thursdays of each nee ~ Board pieetige: What happens if there’s a shortfall? Who ends up holding the bag? The that’s EN : Charleston Town Hall _of Utah has to do with money. — Utah taxpayers, | ~ HITTIN TT endorsing Mike Leavitt is actually generating votes from the a for CHARLESTON 7| that the UEA is not endorsing me but : omer “Ternary een IMENT IT ers are breaking with the UEA and endorsing and supporting me. In fact, I have heard from many, many people around the state who say, “one of the reasons I’m supporting you is that the ° UEA is endorsing Leavitt.” So the fact Xe ' it. I can simply tell yeu that the first OLD REPUBLIC Title Company of Utah Protecting Your Investment 2 South Main, Suite 2G Heber City, UT 84032 timely in Historic Heber Bank Buln | oe didn’t want to debate me in front of the educators. | | As it turns out, many of the teach- — ple don’t believe the governor has told them everything about the Olympic. like the governor, whoever it is, to have — scandal. a mandate from the voters to go in and But I think we're asking the wrong reform the system. Politically it’s question. Whose responsibility was it? smarter to back the incumbent. I simThat’s the question that ought to be ply wanted a public debate on educaasked - whose responsibility was it to tion. The UEA refused to sponsor a oversee it to begin with? The more critdebate because they had decided to ical question with regard to the people endorse the governor and the governor. — - a cation for our children’s future.I would That issue of ‘ide to vote for, for ‘president, is an issue not facing this out in federal court. state - it’s an issue facing every single Courier: Finally, you voter. They. ought to make their decihave been criticized over He talks about it-he — | sion the same way I’m going to. Listen your polarinees to reveal who you supsays, “this is what we need,” he prom‘to both candidates, study their posiport in the presidential election, which ises it- but then what has happened tions, evaluate which candidate you could also be seen as a trend in blurover the last eight years? think is best qualified, and vote for that ring your party affiliation in favor of a ~ Courier: How well has Leavitt hanperson. dled the Olympic bribery scandal in -maverick-like identity. Is it a fair critiI'll be doing ea —cism? | your opinion, and should he be held ‘Orton: I don’t think I need any hela accountable for lingering questions? Editor's note: This is the second half Orton: That’s not for me to deter- — in blurring my image of partisanship. of a two-part interview with I'm proud to be a democrat, number. mine, whether he should be held Democratic Gubernatorial candidate one. It will come as no surpriseto any accountable. That’s for the public to Bill Orton conducted in his campaign reader that Bill Orton is a democrat. decide. I’ve seen polling. data that headquarters. 3 i However, I have always said that people reflects a super, super majority of peo- between the governor and | is I'll do it. he this state has ever seen - so if you’re - not going to fix and fund the system in the. best of times, when are you going to do it? That’s why I’m running. I would ike this election to be a referendum on edu- tion. would not now be playing oye Columbia. Over that same time period we’ve had the strongest economy ts BILL ORT ON PA of their ARN I Otome District of __ responsibility, most of this subsequent scandal age the sequences. ee in rate increases in utilities, and the governor allowed it to go into law. That's what you get with one party rule. All the people asking those questions, they don’t really want to know _ my opinion. They’re trying to nationalize the race to try to tie me to Gore or whatever. Don’t try to inject those candidates or those issues: into my elec- i Leavitt's : Dp h ilosop hy tee that watches out for the consumers ene vision of mediocrity, my responsibility. Even if | didn’t know specifically what went on, it was my obligation to know. Had all the politicians involved actually accepted their responsibility, or the con- ty company itself. It eliminated the oversight commit- 1 and accepted names on the ballots? The result of that is the Questar bill- written by the utili- ain states That, I would hope, had I been there is‘a The main difference entered office. We are now 51st out of 50 His everything as one of the public officials - that I would have done like Frank Joklik and what Mike are certainly not bold. | we have actually dropped in rankings. I believe we were 48th when he the made I didn’t know responsibility. oe aeee¥ know Ironically, I think it helps me a great deal. I never set out to pick a fight with the UEA or create any type of division among the UEA. During the governor’s term in office ‘although the philosophical differences are because I don’t know what Mike - Leavitt’s philosophy is. Go on his Web Site... he pledges not only a worldclass education system but he also promises to devote, — — ‘every available dollar to education.’ The few changes he’s and mine is a bold vision of superiority. chances? Orton: that was going on, it happened on my watch - I was in charge.’ He took asd expressed displeasure with the association’s endorsement of governor Leavitt for re-election, choosing instead to support your campaign. How much do you think that will influence your election ferences and why do you feel like your arguments will resonate with voters? Orton: That’s hard to tell you what A, Sphk Courier: Before their recent conference, several members of the UEA -paign. What are your philosophical dif a fter taking his ae at the governor on transportation problems and Whirling Disease, Bill Orton was asked to explain his positions on education, the Olympic bribery scandal and the practice of blurring party affiliation. Following are the democratic challenger’s responses. ought to vote their conscience. People ought to vote for the best person to do the job rather than the political party. If we’re going to vote for political parties, why have the candidates’ ee A response of all a is denial. I don’t know what the politicians knew. But the response of Frank Joklik was, / - have cited education as one » of the top ‘issues if not the No. 1 issue in the cam-. STAFF Nl COUBIER ). li aM a DEREK JENSEN |