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 13, 2010 | In the News
May 13, 2010 The Jordan School District will cut the equivalent of 190 full-time jobs if it moves forward with plans to save $17.5 million. Superintendent Barry Newbold presented that recommendation and others for the 2010-2011 school year to the district’s...
by Tax Watchdog | May 13, 2010 | In the News
Jay Hamburger May 11, 2010 The leader of a statewide tax watchdog on Monday called City Hall’s desire to raise property-tax rates every other year for the next 15 years the most outrageous tax proposal he has heard of in his 33 years monitoring government...
