by Tax Watchdog | Aug 1, 2012 | In the News
By Jared Page , Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — UTOPIA has spent nearly all of its $185 million in bond proceeds, though only 59 percent of that has gone toward building infrastructure for the municipal fiber-optics network, a legislative audit found. The audit,...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 1, 2012 | In the News
The Utah Legislative Auditor General released an audit of the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) today. The audit, according to The Deseret News, “blasts UTOPIA’s planning, use of bond funds.” Below is the summary of the audit...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 1, 2012 | In the News
Probe • Agency says mistakes are in past, new plan in place to move forward. By Vince Horiuchi and Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake Tribune Utopia director of network engineering Roger Timmerman shows the company’s fiber-optic hardware at...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 7, 2012 | In the News
Bond elections should be held in November, when voters are expecting to vote on bond measures, not June when voter turnout is low. Voter turnout increases 2-8 times during the November election, and measures such as the $29 million recreation bond that Draper is...
