by Tax Watchdog | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Steven Oberbeck July 11, 2010 Plagued by continuing losses and facing an uncertain future, the Utopia fiber-optic system is out to reinvent itself. Operators of the system want Utopia’s 11 member cities to coalesce and launch an entity known as the Utah Infrastructure...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Rebecca Palmer July 13, 2010 About 250 people attended a rally Tuesday evening organized to protest the municipal fiber-optic network UTOPIA. Dozens of families heard from a handful of speakers that UTOPIA, the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, is...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 9, 2010 | In the News
Rebecca Palmer July 8, 2010 Five cities that are part of UTOPIA have again banded together to pay for getting municipal fiber-optic cable directly to homes and businesses. Over the next five years, the new interlocal agreement Utah Infrastructure Agency (UIA) hopes to...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 2, 2010 | In the News
Lisa Riley Roche July 1, 2010 When the federal cigarette tax went up 61 cents last year, the Utah Tobacco Quit Line was flooded with calls from smokers who were ready to stop. Now, even more tobacco users are expected to call thanks to a state tax increase adding...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 23, 2010 | In the News
Amy Stewart June 23, 2010 Primary election results in Salt Lake County showed some winners and losers at final count. Voters downed the $12 million bond for the Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center with 55 percent against the proposal and 45 percent in support. The $4.9...
