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Trinity Richards, son of Tom and Melody Richards, Tropic, took second place in bull riding. All are members of the Bryce Valley Rodeo Team and are currently competing in rodeos ro-deos throughout the state. ' 1 Lt. Gov. Olene Walker Listens To Woes, Explains Governor's Position On Issues were on hand, having returned to the county for a few hours from the Utah Rural Summit in Cedar City to participate in the morning's session with the lieutenant governor. As Walker opened the session for questions, Garfield County Engineer Brian Bremner jumped in with his concerns about class B road funds. Bremner said that several years earlier a five-cents-a-gallon statewide gasoline tax had been imposed. At the same time, the formula for distributing the revenues from gas taxes was revised. While gas taxes in the county went up, beginning this year and next year, the county will realize less tax revenue than if the five cent tax had not been imposed nor the 16-cent sales tax. While recent adjustments have been made, it was significantly worse until the last legislative session, Bremner said. The adjustments have helped, he said, but the county has been on a flat growth curve and the fund is growing at only 4 or 5 percent a year and any increase was burned up in the first year. Bremner said he felt the county is suffering by being pushed out, not being treated realistically as the recreationally important part of the (See GOVERNOR on Page 5-A) GOVERNOR From Front Page state it really is because of its perception as being totally rural. Bremner said that there were no major road projects in southern Utah this year, affecting not only road conditions but impacting the availability of summer road construction jobs. "If you took the money spent on less than one mile of 1-15 and gave it to Garfield County," said Bremner, "they could put it in the State Treasurer's fund and never collect another penny from anybody ever again and increase the road moneys for less than a mile of I-15." I-15." Bremner said that at the time President Clinton created the monument, Gov. Leavitt had spoken out against it as dishonorable, claiming Clinton had put politics ahead of people principle. "With the state now trading out its inholdings, with the designation or at least the governor's tacit approval of a million acres for wilderness, I think," said Bremner, "that there is a feeling here that he is now putting political advantage ahead of the people of Southern Utah." Bremner said that some have wondered if Leavitt may be a candidate for Secretary of the Interior. "That makes them shudder," he said. "That's a terrible thing when the people in rural Utah think that way of their governor." Walker said, "I think the Governor cares very, very deeply about what happens in this area. He really looked into a lawsuit and .determined that the chances of winning would be slim, so it seemed the logical way was to try and work out agreements ... I'm not certain that's possible," she said, " we're still in the process and (See GOVERNOR on Page 7-A) GOVERNOR From Page 5-A) I don't know for sure where it's going. But if they're not reasonable, we will still end up in a lawsuit. "There's no way you're going to get solutions that please everyone. That's impossible," she said, "but reasonable solutions are what we're looking for." Another staff member spoke up for Leavitt, with reminders of the Governor's personal stake in Southern Utah, his childhood in Cedar City, his family calfcow operation in Wayne County, dairy and other interests. "The Governor has an incredible personal inrterest, financial and philosophical, in the success of preserving the traditional lifestyle of rural Utah." The same staff member went on to say that Utah had been involved in wilderness issues since 1981, with success achieved only one time in 1984. Every other attempt had resulted in failure. "The governor personally believes be-lieves that the interests of rural Utah, long term, will be well served if he at least is trying to talk to the other side, negotiate with the other side and try to get the best under the circumstances, simultaneously simultane-ously while the litigation is going forward." |