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Show i Trio seek mayor's post I , ,mmu-rr'th J$tk vsal WILLIAM MARSHALL WSM Millllfii DALE jiksEN prnrrrrTn rm n nrTr-rmrnwini immm. V ' I' Xv I stlng I (rile f ' f the v I 1 nf DEAN S. STAHLE iEvery lounty ' rhe r downtown sector. He strongly opposes any efforts to build a mall on Main Street, saying Bountiful has already failed in mall efforts on either end of the city. He calls the Gateway Park development "the work of the RDA in its purest form," and feels "rehabilitation, such as Marie Callandar's and the new Albertson's store," is exactly what the downtown sector needs to prosper again. He praised the city's efforts in . areas such as parks, streets, and recreation, and pledges that he "wants Bountiful to remain and become be-come Hometown USA, where we can enjoy a family-centered, small town atmosphere." WILLIAM MARSHALL For William "Willy" Marshall, his current campaign for mayor of Bountiful is far from being his first venture into politics. He has run unsuccessfully before for city council, justice of the peace and state legislature. BUT THIS time, the 32-year-old bachelor says his effort is different. "I'm more serious this time. Two years ago I didn't run a serious se-rious campaign," he recalls. MR. MARSHALL has lived in Bountiful since 1968. He graduated from Bountiful High School, served an LDS mission to France, and attended BYU for two years, studying computer science. He currently works as a dispatcher for both the Salt Lake City and West Valley City police departments, although he was asked to take a leave of absence from those jobs until after the general election Nov. 5. Though the Bountiful race is non-partisan, Mr. Marshall makes no secret of the fact that some of his previous political attempts were run as a Libertarian, a political politic-al philosophy which he remains in agreement with for the most part. HIS CENTRAL campaign theme has been "against higher taxation and redevelopment. ' ' He labels the Bountiful RDA the hottest issue in this year's race, feeling it has hurt downtown businesses and kept taxes high. "It's simply not fair for downtown down-town merchants to subsidize, through their tax dollars, new businesses coming in. I think all the RDA money should be split up and divided among the merchants already in business, in order to let them upgrade their businesses." MR. MARSHALL opposes zoning zon-ing ordinances levied by any governmental gov-ernmental body. He would fight for city covenants, under which property prop-erty owners could essentially establish their own building requirements. re-quirements. His opposition to zoning, zon-ing, he says, is in keeping with the ideals of the Libertarian party. , Though very confident of his chances of winning and counting heavily on the so-called Yuppie vote, Mr. Marshall knows that if elected, he will probably be fighting fight-ing a city council opposed to the chanRes he proposes. He states, however, that he feels he can work with them, adding "people have a clearer choice in this election than they've had in ages." DALE JENSEN Dale Jensen is a 57-year old Bountiful businessman making his first real attempt at political office since college, and he faces the unenviable un-enviable task of doing it as a write-in write-in candidate. MR. JENSEN originally filed to run in the September primary, but dropped out of the race at the last minute when he developed a health problem that incapacitated him for several days. He says he is now over that problem, and looking forward for-ward to the challenge of running as a write-in. Mr. Jensen and his wife Marilyn have seven children and 1 1 grandchildren, grand-children, most of whom live in the city. He first came to Bountiful more than 25 years ago when the old Albertson's store opened at Five Points. He later joined the Associated Foods chain as sales director, before retiring and starting start-ing a small insurance business in Bountiful a few years ago. HE WANTED to run four years ago, but "my business kept me from having the time to do an adequate ade-quate job. I don't have that worry now, being my own boss." Mr. Jensen claims some "double standards" in city actions caused him to consider running. While agreeing with most of incumbent Mayor Dean Stahle's programs, Mr. Jensen questions recent city council decisions on high-density housing. "I don't feel extremely good about the choice that was made," he replies. HE FAVORS the work of RDA, saying "because of that program, some good things have occurred in Bountiful." In fact, his central campaign theme concerns the ness is substantial. And we'vegota nV lot of other things going that arc r , important. Bountiful stands in a P f better position now to develop than W it ever has," he explained Eight THE LIKABLE incumbent J! added that the city has never lack- , ed the vision necessary to carry ,h forward, "it simply lacked the , money. But with the efforts of re- development, we have the thrust to 0 ,J get things going downtown." . ilk and Contrary to the views of his opponents, Mayor Stahle is quick H to point out, the city is not in the us' business pf buying property from :Jsenl store owners. jeers ibarra: . "WE HAVE not bought a single inch of land or property," he said. I1FFA "The purpose of redevelopment is srius to enable businesses downtown to The stay, and to help others that want adeve to come into the city succeed in 'JiS doing so. All RDA is supposed to who do is to focus on the activities of m Bountiful and make development T possible." T The mayor feels the role of gov- X ernment in the lives of citizens cannot can-not be overlooked. jn. "I SEE the community and its 10fres services as the most important part liCtOT government plays in our lives. We rMt need to concern ourselves with the j services vital to our citizenry, ser- M L vices like water, drains, garbage, v.vjs c police, fire, recreation, etc. These said are the elements that make our life sjn in Bountiful meaningful," he '.j stated- Sjartmi It is along these lines that Mayor ( Stahle is encouraging future pro- (e jects such as an expanded arts cen- im ter near downtown, and continued efforts for future flood control. Mm iil run DEAN STAHLE For Bountiful Mayor Dean S. Stahle, involvement in city government govern-ment is nothing new. The 58 year old lifetime Bountiful resident first got his taste of government as a reporter for the Clipper some 20 years ago. SINCE THAT time, he has served for nine years on the planning plan-ning commission, seven years on the power commission, and on the city council for three and one half years. He was elected mayor in 1981, and is completing his first four-year term. Mr. Stahle, the father of seven children and 11 grandchildren, all of whom live in the area, is running on his experience and his record. HE POINTS to the future of the downtown area as reflective of the city's efforts at growth and modernization, mod-ernization, v "We have the post office coming back downtown, and the impact that move alone will have on busi- |