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...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 11, 2011 | In the News
Springville wants to increase their city tax levy by over 50% to pay for a $21 million “Taj Mahal” recreation center. Current designs for the rec center include extravagant elements such as a lazy river, water slides, dance rooms and numerous other services already...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 4, 2011 | In the News
South S.L. to vote on whether city purchases Granite High property July 24th, 2011 @ 4:59pm SOUTH SALT LAKE — Voters will decide whether the old Granite High School property will be purchased by the city and turned into a civic center. The South Salt Lake City Council...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 26, 2011 | In the News
By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune Published: July 23, 2011 12:02AM Residents of 35 local governments in Utah will find bad news arriving in their mailboxes during the next week: proposed property tax hikes, announced in annual property tax valuation notices. The...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 4, 2011 | In the News
February 1, 2011 By Jessica Gail (KCPW News) If you don’t want the public to know how to reach you, one state lawmaker says don’t bother running for public office. Now, Republican Senator Howard Stephenson is sponsoring a bill about contact information for public...