| Show BILL SO SHOULD A LAW senate pill bill no 90 now naw before the state stare legislature would require publication or of tho the proceedings 0 of county mec meetings tings the for this type of legislation arises out ot of the fact that th tb 0 o s not liot sufficient publicity official actions ot of g r n to the I 1 e la boards ards which spend such a largo large proportion of money gather gathered cd by taxation many county commis slon oa rs who oppose any publicity do so by reason of tile the fact that they do not want the people to know what the tax money Is spent tir or with whom it Is spent publication ot of these proceedings w uld mid do dc more to enforce the antl anti law in our state than any ether single thing that could be done it is a well known tact fact that b ards of county commissioners in this state aro are daily violating the anti nepotism act it Is a well known fact that certain county commissioners in this state are profiting through county purchases by eluting county purchases through stores in which they have an interest which Is a violation ot of the law tho the states of oc idaho wyoming colorado and nevada require publication li of comm commissioners pro proceedings ceeil i in s and information obtained from these states has shown that tha the public demand for the publication of this information lias ims been so insistent insi i stant that the legislatures in those states have not seen tit fit to rep il this legislation despite tile tho vl vigo us efforts of the county commissioners ners nors to have the law repealed tf ii ibe publication ot of county commissioners ners proceedings is good in ither ether states ot of tile the union anti and serves the public need certainly it should be good tor for the people of the state of 0 utah the cost will not te be ext asive the benefits Iene fits will be many the honest county commissioner and county clerk will not appose the publication of this information tho the county official who has something to cover up either nepotism misappropriation unwise spending or kindred activities has plenty to icar fear through publicity every newspaper in this state has bas been unselfish in behalf of tile the public good there is not one worthy cause to which the newspaperman does not give heed and spend his good time ana and money to further the welfare of his community and his state publication of proceedings will 10 lo 10 much to curtail tax levies to keap relatives of county commissioners out of the public feed trough and will do more toward caward bringing about equitable taxation in giving the public a better knowledge of the activities of their public servants the county officials association ha 3 paid lobbyist who spends his entire time at the anitol and is working assiduously to repeal any statutes now on the books which will require publicity in respect to public expenditures expenditure s by county I 1 commissioners iro ho also seeks to lo prevent placing on tho the statute books any law which will reveal tile tho expenditures of 0 the county officials fici als he Is mr air paul thatcher ot of ogden there Is good reason to believe that his activities are being paid for by taxpayers money appropriated with out legal authority by boards ot of county commissioners sio ners all the publishers ot of this state are asking that senate bill no 90 90 a law baw they have no paid lobby and any publisher Is willing to appe appear ar before any committee ot of the legislature on sufficient notice and explain his reasons for favoring this legislation A newspaper provides a prot protection to the people which no constitution can guarantee |
