by Tax Watchdog | Dec 30, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Legislature once again pulled a rabbit out of the budget-balancing hat through borrowing and spending one-time money. Rather than serious spending cuts, borrowing and use of reserves have been the favorite tools to address revenue...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 23, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Salt Lake County’s proposal to get into the ambulance business by all measures would be a very poor business proposition. Mayor Nancy Workman has done a lot of good things during her two-years in office, but this is not one of them. When boiled...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 16, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson “I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 9, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson For Utah taxpayers, these are crazy times. We’ve seen the biggest local tax protest during my 25 years at the Taxpayers Association as Davis County Commissioners proposed a 138% tax hike which was absolutely unnecessary. Now, some legislators are...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 2, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson As a result of a recent Utah Supreme Court decision which threw out some of the limits the Utah legislature had placed on citizens’ rights to initiate statutes by direct election, several legislators are poised to change the initiative law. The...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 25, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The elections are over but the counting continues, state revenues are down, counties are increasing taxes, and the controversy over the Main Street Plaza continues. During Thanksgiving week isn’t it time to switch gears and enjoy a little...
