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Show — HH } Pa Hed | a | Pict . bi | = _ | VOTE YES’ Fe . . WASATCH COUNTY COURIER VOTE YESv it Soo VOTE YESv . ae) i Mt UL a a ii a “OCTOBER 25, 2000 VOTE YESv VOTE YESv uf “ath se i ” BS f wi | 2s : 5 ; a i i ee) — it a i | L i a Th TY LP ~— " Hi Y = 'e a tf) ij Li te > ei I) t i bid ini ~ re N\ THAT REPRESENTS > - | ‘Recently the opposition to the Seven Member Council Change of Government Initiative ran a full page ad in I The Wave full of untruths and ——— = | y. Fib #1, The Cost of Big Government Sh, County ‘Cangas currently make $26,700 a year plus benefits. The state figures benefits | for government workers at roughly 30% of base wage, or $8,000 each for a total package of | < _ $34,700 per commissioner. aes by nee Commissioners that is $104, 100 per year in O , =. oe | | "wages. The Proposal specifies “Each member of the Council shall be paid $500. 00 per ¢ month, except _ 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 i< LU _ oh no benefits. The Chair gets $600 per month or $7,200 per year with no benefits. Six Council mem- ~\ bers at $6,000 per year equals $36,000 per year. Add the Chair at $7,200 per year and you end - _ _up with $43,200 for the seven members per year versus the $104,100 for the three members we [a= 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 — taxes go UP? [—®&, st. Fib#2, Better Alternative Options Available _ This proposal has been around for about a year. The Change of County Government act allows 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 “< rT . i) 4 A | them? Citizens need to understand that should voters turn down this initiative, the law requires as Oo | yee wait until citizens can institute another proposal. Li — bd ee cee OT = . < | Fib #3, Less Direct ReneceentaGan It is-difficult to understand how area representation is less sree Will it be preferable when an area like Jordanelle will be able to elect ALL of the Commissioners, when ‘ becomes the major : population center of the county? = LE , | m a Fib #4, Loss of Continuity and Experience eo ) bie) loss of experience, if you mean : - no more secret meetings, AS ie ©| no more out of control development, | 2 a ee ee a eel Panes Caveat ee ee gs ee all — = Lu op Fib #5, Too Much, Too Fast, Too Big, Too Costly, Too siRadtins This is an insult to the voters of Wasatch County. Both papers have discussed the issue for over a year. 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 govern- mentis 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 administration o their government, vote YES, for change. | 3 a he Cin ee ene ee ee re SS aye Oe | no more special service districts created to finance developers, no more “takings” of private prop-. erty 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: jeaders and bring in some new ones. oe a SW at Pat aa ee meer | ~ In the last election, didn’t we reject two thirds of our County Colitission?® 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 ae a inca OY eran tl CaaS a te ee Se ae eee ne act ae ie i fi 1 A | S Ke > You - NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS. .s Va My ‘GOVERNMENT eS iy ® ‘VOTE FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE > He iv ps tp iT — - aa oF a Pie fe by SI oh ” cies fora Representative Government Lynn Adams 654-5460 Tim Quinn _ Ronda Rose 654-2361 - — Jerry Strand 657-1091 ;. 654-3623 > Lynn Thacker 654-4923 ; | : : = . = a —| bb . 7, | aS Bob Wren 654-4667 Bill Young 654-1540 : | fn “ oe _ USED BY PERMISSION OF: _ Dan Stephens & Sam Allen, Co- Chairmen w £i Wasatch County Citizens for Conservative Government ini * ae ~ a? “ iti - as ETE TTY Sangeeta TEPER nRP ETT ERREERRTEEPRREEEEEEREEES _— Wr — = PL EP SE te) Wa) te) We Fe he) WS Fe hey) eS EON = TTT eee 7 |