by Tax Watchdog | Aug 14, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Sales tax revenues understated by $104 million If you ask a legislator or almost anyone involved in Utah public policy how much the state collects in sales taxes, they’ll look at page one of the TC-23 and tell you that the state collected about...
by Tax Watchdog | Aug 7, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson What would you do if you worked hard to elect members of your political party to the legislature – willingly giving your time and money to advance the ideas you hold dear – and you actually won over the years a nearly 75% majority of each house,...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 31, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Surveys have repeatedly shown that most people don’t know the names of their elected representatives, even though a majority voted for them. The higher the candidates are on the ballot, the greater the likelihood that people can name them once...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 25, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Last week I reported on the good decision of the Salt Lake County Council to reject giving tax subsidies for a professional soccer stadium in Sandy. Unfortunately, sometimes the county council makes bad decisions, as I believe they did in their...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 17, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The council form of county government has proved its worth once again in the debate over corporate welfare for professional soccer Despite heavy pressure from influential legislators, Sandy City officials, Real Salt Lake officials, and a stable of...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 10, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson At its recent annual conference the Utah Taxpayers Association honored two members of the Utah House of Representatives and a business official of Alpine School District for their excellence in service to taxpayers. 2006 Taxpayer Advocate – Rep....
