by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Editorial Staff December 11, 2009 It has come to this. Utopia, the ill-starred fiber-optic network in which 10 Utah cities are enmeshed, is hemorrhaging cash. Those cities already are on the hook for millions of dollars in pledges of sales tax revenues to back the...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
December 12, 2009 Amy Macavinta The Brigham City Council voted Thursday to approve a $4.8 million special assessment bond to finance the construction of a fiber-optic telecommunications network throughout the city. The council chambers were overwhelmed with people,...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
December 11, 2009 Steve Oberbeck Ignoring the pleas of dozens of residents Thursday who asked to be let out of their contracts with the Utopia system, the Brigham City Council approved the issuance of a $3.7 million bond to fund the build-out of the fiber-optic system...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 10, 2009 | In the News
Arthur Raymond December 10, 2009 A budget-trimming process that began last summer with a scalpel and ended with an axe and a tax increase culminated Tuesday night with final approval of Salt Lake County’s 2010 budget. It makes official a package that found about...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 10, 2009 | Tax Alerts
BRIGHAM CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT! STOP UTOPIA FROM “LIEN-ING” ON BRIGHAM CITY TAXPAYERS! The Brigham City Council will be meeting tonight to discuss UTOPIA and the liens placed on your home. Please attend the meeting to show your opposition to UTOPIA...
