by Tax Watchdog | Jul 8, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson An initiative petition which would have imposed punitive taxes on a single Utah business has failed to qualify for the November ballot. In a two-pronged attack against the measure, opponents challenged the validity of the petition in court and...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 1, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson July is the month when Utahns celebrate our forbears who sacrificed much that we might enjoy liberty, peace, and abundance. It was 155 years ago that the pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley which was the beginning place for the settlement of...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 24, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Governor Mike Leavitt met with business and education leaders last week in a series of meetings to encourage formation of an “Employers Education Coalition” which would create solutions to the malaise in Utah public education. The coalition would...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 17, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Many Utah school districts are using the current state budget crisis as an excuse to raise property taxes, despite the fact that education has been virtually held harmless from legislative budget cuts that would affect the classroom. With the...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 10, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson America is failing to transmit basic civil knowledge and skills to the next generation of citizens, said Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine M. Durham in a Law Day speech sponsored by the Utah State Bar. I have often bemoaned the economic...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 3, 2002 | 2002 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson During the last five months the Utah Legislature successfully resolved a revenue shortfall of nearly $400 million in the 2002 state budget (which ends June 30), without a tax increase. This is a huge difference from the tax increases of the 1986...
