by Tax Watchdog | Nov 20, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The biggest irony about Utah’s most congested traffic corridors is that they experience excess capacity more hours a day than they do congestion. Because many highways suffer congestion each day for about four hours out of 24, many are pushing for...
by Tax Watchdog | Nov 6, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson On November 7, Utahns will be asked to vote YES or NO on several tax-related ballot questions. Statewide, taxpayers are being asked to vote on approximately twenty proposed tax increases. Some of the proposed property tax increases would fund...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 30, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Recently in this column we’ve considered the significant increases in state tax revenues and expenditures. We’ve also reviewed the record state revenue increases and increases in rainy day fund balances. It’s about time we seriously consider the...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 23, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson “… the Utah Legislature refuses to funnel surplus dollars into schools.” Salt Lake Tribune, October 12, 2006 Most Utahns read this and other newspaper reports and think that the Legislature is not increasing education spending, or at least not...
by Tax Watchdog | Oct 9, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson City Creek Center, the LDS Church’s recently announced premier downtown redevelopment — will not be subsidized by taxpayers. I don’t know of any redevelopment project in Utah which requires more demolition and infrastructure...
by Tax Watchdog | Sep 25, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah’s financial situation looks better now than it has in a very long time, due to an expanding economy that has generated huge increases in state tax revenues. Utah’s rainy day funds — officially known as budget reserve...
