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Show i p ri V it- v . ; . V I ' ' i v k ; v.- . ( J j' V , tks 1 ... v - t VIKINGS OF THE MONTH from the junior class at Pleasant Grove High School are left, Scott La JaNae Grace, right. Craig Mills, center, is the junior class president. Utah Public Employees seek law change lations campaign, Utahns now approve of the work being done by public employees by a margin of two to one. Puffer criticized the Utah Taxpayers Assoc iation for their work to defeat Proposition One - a proposed amendment amend-ment to the Utah Constitution which would allow the state to organize a stricter tax ation schedule fotfo iness. Puffer said ;. UTA's opposition'" the amendment that they are for;, business'notthei,' age taxpayingdtic The governmental relations re-lations director for the Utah Public Employees' Em-ployees' Association says the organization's lobbying team will fight for a new law next legislative session which will allow public employees to run for the legislature and other political offices. Brian Harris, speaking speak-ing at a fall dinner meeting of the UPEA Mountainlands District, Dis-trict, said public employees em-ployees should have the same rights as every other citizen to become involved in the political process. The UPEA's five-member lobbying team is putting together to-gether 17 legislative bills for the 1983 session. ses-sion. All of the items are designed to benefit the association's 10,000 plus members. More than 150 UPEA members gathered gath-ered at the Alpine Country Club in American Amer-ican Fork last Thursday Thurs-day night to hear association leaders outline out-line plans and goals for the coming year. UPEA President Marty Cutler stressed the importance of improving im-proving the image of public employees through workshops, media contacts and ' ' positive experiences . ' ' While in office, Cutler said he wants to organize or-ganize new districts in areas where the UPEA is absent and increase membership in districts where current membership mem-bership is low. "Our job is to give direction and to mobilize mobi-lize the UPEA," he told members. He admonished admon-ished the crowd to "speak loudly" at the polls November 2, saying, "we pay taxes too." Echoing Cutler's remarks, UPEA Executive Execu-tive Director Clark L. Puffer said public employees' em-ployees' public image "is vital" to the association. assoc-iation. He noted that, as a result of an extensive public re- |