by Tax Watchdog | May 19, 2010 | In the News
Mary Richards May 17, 2010 Hogle Zoo says everything is on the “up and up” in its plans for a new restaurant. But not everyone is happy. Recently the zoo asked the public for a $33 million bond after raising some private money, too. Now some of that...
by Tax Watchdog | May 19, 2010 | In the News
May 18, 2010 You would think that people who run a zoo would be better at sidestepping dung heaps. But in the case of Utah’s Hogle Zoo, perhaps not. When the zoo invested heavily in an extravagant new entry complex in 2000, while animal quarters lay neglected,...
by Tax Watchdog | May 19, 2010 | In the News
May 18, 2010 One Salt Lake County councilman is criticizing Utah’s Hogle Zoo for plans to use bond money to build a new restaurant. The zoo will tear down its 15-year-old old Butterfly Gardens building to make way for “Tembo Terrace,” a food service...
by Tax Watchdog | May 18, 2010 | In the News
May 18, 2010 A Salt Lake County councilman is criticizing Utah’s Hogle Zoo for plans to build a restaurant with taxpayer bond money. The zoo will tear down its 15-year-old old Butterfly Gardens building to make way for “Tembo Terrace,” a food service...
by Tax Watchdog | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
May 16, 2010 Royce Van Tassell Recently, UTOPIA announced that it wants taxpayers to back another $60 million in bonds, on top of the hundreds of millions in debt taxpayers backed just two years ago. This time, it claims, things will be different. This time, it knows...
