by Tax Watchdog | May 10, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Two weeks ago in this column we reviewed the legislative voting scorecards of five different Utah lobbying groups. The analysis last time focused on the voting records of Utah’s 75 members of the House of Representatives. This week...
by Tax Watchdog | May 3, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah Taxpayers last Friday recognized four distinguished Utahns for their service to taxpayers. At its annual Utah Taxes Now Conference, held April 30 at Little America Hotel, the Association presented recently retired Utah Farm Bureau CEO Booth...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 26, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Each election year, some media organizations in Utah attempt to boost their ratings by evaluating the effectiveness of state legislators. In past years the Deseret Morning News has done a slip-shod effort of assigning a percentage passage rate of...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 12, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Mayor Rocky Anderson and Mayor Nancy Workman each demonstrated great leadership last week when, against intensive lobbying by various powerful and vocal groups, they took stands against costly new ventures of their respective local entities. Mayor...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 22, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Officials in Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County are talking about investing public money in a $45 million renovation of Main Street’s old 1919 Pantages Theatre which was later renamed Utah Theatre. The project would restore the theater to...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 15, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson From the news about Utah’s budget problems, you’d think budgets were being cut. But the fact is, with the recent adoption of the FY2005 spending plan, the state budget has increased 7.0% for the second year in a row. Total state...
