Show What's Going On Around Here By A. A I. I Tippetts State Representative Represent Represent- from South Sanpete THIRD WEEK Deer deer who owns the deer This is the question They are wandering around up here on Capitol Capitol Captol Cap- Cap itol tol Hill like chickens around a barn jarn yard One irate legislator says ays he is going to put in a a. a claim for or damages s against the State The deer leer have eaten his shrubbery to the he ground around and he had to pay a drayman to have a dead one taken aken out of his ills driveway Another observes that the stockmen wont won't need m-ed to worry about too many deer eer for a long time after this winter vinter is through with And now for the Budget The Governor dropped it on us this thic week and it was quite a bomb bombo to o say the least Both Republicans and nd Democrats argue that he was woefully misinformed on a number number numer num- num ber er of things but we must not note be e too critical He did what the law aw requires him to do The law forbids the Governor from Recommending Recommending Recommending mending any appropriations beyond the be estimated d revenue He obeyed the be law Eighty cents of every dollar lollar of state revenue revenuE is earmarked earmarked earmarked ear ear- marked by law for a specific purpose purpose pur- pur pose ose and is beyond the reach of the be legislature This leaves twenty cents for the legislature to as it sees fit This is known as s the General Fund It t amoun-t amounted ed d to about last biennium biennium biennium bien- bien and it is estimated at 15 for the next biennium So what Tighten your belts or find some ome new revenue and you know how low popular the guy is who thinks up a n new nw w tax We Ve have been wined and dined by all the business business business busi busi- ness interests in the State and lovingly informed that if we voted for or any new taxes on anything we ve would be fed some more but nit to the lions The farmers haven't lavent shown up with any free fre meals yet and if they dont don't hurry I will be obliged to vote for an increase in the property tax and repeal of the Oleo tax That brings me to legislative voting in general If an issue is hot some legislators rather than commit themselves will duck the vote They simply arrange to be absent when the vote is called I Imay Imay Imay may have to be absent some time when a vote is called but not because because be- be cause ause I am afraid to face the issue I stand ready to commit myself on any issue and I think that goes oes for the other members of the Sanpete del delegation gation The Weber College bill was the hottest issue to come up so far and I suddenly found myself carrying carrying car- car ying the ball for the opposition We Ve were snowed under in the vote but I still feel the sm sarrie same e on the he issue Everybody admits that there here is not enough revenue in inight insight insight sight ight to properly take care of the institutions we already have but because of a horse trade the legislature legislature legislature leg leg- flies in the face of logic and creates a brand new University University University sity just thirty miles from the I University of Utah It doesn't make sense to me Senator Lund is op opposing opposing opposing op- op posing the measure in the Senate but ut we haven't enough votes and that's hats that Two hot measures are coming up next week the bill jill to repeal the Oleo tax and the repeal of the lien law Let me know how you fe feel l. l Now concerning your letters and phone calls To the sportsmen of Sanpete County relative ot the so called 2 law I have contacted both committees handling the bill billu u 1 u u LL 1 H 11 ana anu assure me inac na i it H Will wul not r reach ach the floor in its present form I will will follow it closely Your request that I support the bill enlarging the big game board From five to six is countered by bya a request from the stockmen to leave the board as it is so where am I 11 I would like to have the reasons for both stands To the practical nurses of Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete I am studying H. H B. B No 68 and in view of the great shortage of nurses I think I can assure you of my support on this measure To the dairy farmers of Sanpete County I am going to bat for you on the Oleo issue but I dont don't think it will do much good The Senate has already called the play anc and it isn't to your liking I dont don't think the House will do much different f Now a word about the school schoolteachers teachers in the legislature who are receiving double pay The papers Continued on Page 5 3 WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE lIERE Continued from Page 1 have given an entirely false im im- im No teachers or city employees employees employees em em- whom J know of have ever received double pay while they were in the legislature In my own case I gave up my salary and job fob at Snow College when I entered the legislature The pay as asa asa asa a legislator doesn't pay my room and board here in the City but that isn't the worst of it According According According Accord Accord- ing to the new interpretation of the law I cant can't return to my job joh for two years the full term for which I was elected to the legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature a very effective retirement law I must say And by the way Cannon Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson a public hearing is being held next Monday on the minimum wage law No 7 Its It's a hot one I am following it closely Well VeIl so long Your Representative A. 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