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Show Candidates to run in next Tuesday's Election what his constituency wants, and to tell them what happened. Hadley earned his bachelors degree in accounting at BYU and earned his law degree at the University Uni-versity of San Fernando. In addition addi-tion to practicing law from his of fice in Provo, he donates his time as a Judge Pro Tern in the Fourth Circuit Court in American Fork, Small Claims Division. He lives in Alpine with his wife, Patricia Curtis, and their four children. iiiiSBiiji x . & -5 I .Ay.- ' Hadley favors limiting govt. Greg Hadley is running a campaign cam-paign of ideas and ideals in his first bid for elective office. Hadley, a Provo attorney who lives in Alpine, is challenging three-term state representative Don LeBaron for the Republican nomination Representative District Dis-trict 58 in Tuesday's Primary election. elec-tion. Hadley is campaigning as a conservative candidate, and favors limiting government on all levels. "I feel I have a good understanding understand-ing of the spirit of America as echoed ech-oed in our constitution," Hadley said. "I would have to say that the state legislature as a whole doesn't have a firm grip on what a constitutional constitu-tional government is. We have gotten got-ten rather far flung, involved in more programs than we should." That's a viewpoint he feels he shares with other residents of Utah County. "I have talked to three or four thousand people over the last few months and I have found that the people of this district are very conservative," con-servative," Hadley said. "They want less government in their lives." The solution to too much government govern-ment involvement, Hadley says, is to replace it with community involvement. in-volvement. "What I would like is a spirit of . community effort rather than always al-ways looking to the Hill for answers," an-swers," he said. An example of government extending ex-tending itself into the private sector sec-tor is the Utah Transit Authority currently operating in Provo. "I don't think it's a proper func- Don LeBaron Current efforts by LeBaron includes in-cludes the sale of property near the Utah State Training School which is owned by the State Department of Social Services but which is not currently being used. LeBaron said the state is considering consid-ering selling some 300 to 400 acres of that property. Some would enhance en-hance American Fork CityWcrea-tion CityWcrea-tion construction, other would be prime residential property. "I'm sponsoring legislation that will allow Social Services to take the money made from those sales and put it in a trust fund to be used for the programs of the handicapped," handi-capped," LeBaron said. Until now, . that money would have gone into the general fund, which discouraged discour-aged Social Services from selling the property. LeBaron has some specific ideas about what he would like to do in a fourth term. "I wouldlike to work with education educa-tion to try to upgrade it and help it do a better job," he said, including that legislative funding has made it Greg Hadley tion of government to transport its citizens," he said. As a fiscal conservative, Hadley supports the idea behind the three initiative petitions which will appear ap-pear on this year's ballot, but not necessarily the motive behind the state's tax revolt movement. He particularly favors Initiative C, which would give tax credits to family who send their children to private schools. The increased competition from the private sector would be good for public education, he said, and if enough students enroll in private schools, the state will begin to realize some money savings. The other moves he typifies as reactionary, and aimed at returning return-ing tax dollars rather than limiting government, which he sees as the real need. As a representative, Hadley says he would listen to the people, and keep the lines of communication communica-tion open. He promises regular town meetings before and after each legislative session to find out ieBaron hopes 4th term T.Raronfeelshehas served Kul terms as the Utah 'S tive from District 58 - ljt, back for a fourth )(, voters will consider itfon said. "I don't care -:iitvthey live in, their religion ' v color. I am interested in :nlj I will do my very best to nt their interests." ion is being challenged for time from within his Re- Party, as Alpine resident Hadley is also running for the n District 58. The winner LaVon Laursen ln the ''.,,1 election in November. Aron feels his terms have -effective, with an 80 percent 'jsrate in getting legislation "1JS sponsored through the : , and Senate and into law. 'ijjont do that because I'm a . orator, because I'm not. But I :iell with people. I try to get vat are good ideas that people :- rjpport and understand," he points proudly to several :ehas introduced which have .iie law. j example, at the recent gen-ssion gen-ssion LeBaron introduced fjtion which will make it pos-; pos-; to implement a new form of therapy for young drug of-;,rs of-;,rs which has been restricted ;i east coast. It program has helped 80 -atof the participants to over-:s over-:s their drug problems. With 'inn's legislation, "We can ;thathere now and start it in hm delighted by it." ;3aron also sponsored the -m of Excellence bill, which ijiven the state's economy a s: by helping young spin-off :janies get started near the ::: universities in Utah. :i sponsored the legislation ; paved the way for Utah's new : Utah!" license plate, which anational award for design. iBaron has also sponsored ation to help retrain the un-jyed un-jyed to make them employ-: employ-: and as a member of the translation trans-lation committee, he has en-aged en-aged a lot of local road work, i as the resurfacing of the mean Fork Canyon Road and t.Upine Highway. It the future, he said, is the Jg of the canyon road all the to the summit on the Alpine possible to implement programs such as the extended day program at several local elementary schools to teach more kids in fewer classrooms. class-rooms. He would also like to do more in the area of economic development, "where we've been able to get our tax base a little higher instead of raising taxes." LeBaron is a retired electrical engineer who has spent years in public service. Prior to running for the state legislature, he was Highland's first mayor, which he says has helped him as a legislator. "I talk well with the local mayors, as well as with members of both parties," he said. LeBaron lives in Highland with his wife, RoseMary. |