by Tax Watchdog | Oct 19, 2009 | In the News
October 16, 2009 Dan Weist When Utah voters head to the polls Nov. 3, the Utah Taxpayers Association will be advising them that the long-standing watchdog group supports the effort of two school districts to pass tax proposals. But that support does not extend to the...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 16, 2009 | In the News
October 15, 2009 Kirsten Stewart Next month, Granite, Duchesne and Davis school districts will ask voters for approval to borrow money to build and upgrade schools. Two of the three bond proposals are endorsed by the Utah Taxpayer Association, which has taken no...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 30, 2009 | In the News
September 29, 2009 Mathew LaPlante The ice age is coming to Utah’s Hogle Zoo. The Salt Lake County Council on Tuesday determined that Hogle had met the conditions for a $33 million bond to be issued for improvements to the state’s largest animal park...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 29, 2009 | In the News
September 29, 2009 Mathew LaPlante The Hogle Zoo was sitting on a gold mine. Salt Lake County voters had offered the aging animal park $33 million for improvements — if the zoo could come up with $11 million on its own. Zoo officials made no secret of their...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 23, 2009 | In the News
September 22, 2009 Matthew LaPlante A $2.5 million contribution — which lifted Hogle Zoo over a fundraising threshold to access tens of millions in public cash — came from the zoo’s recently hired concessionaire. In spite of some members’...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 22, 2009 | In the News
September 21, 2009 Matthew LaPlante Hogle Zoo officials will tell the Salt Lake County Council this afternoon that the park has passed the threshold of private donations necessary to unlock a $33 million county bond approved by voters in November. But the council...
