by Tax Watchdog | May 8, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The number “138” means something to citizens in one of Utah’s largest counties. When local taxing entities propose property tax hikes, they usually get a lot of public attention and negative feedback. When the proposals are double-digit hikes,...
by Tax Watchdog | May 1, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Taxpayers Association annually issues legislative report card to its members and the public. This year’s scorecard rates legislators on 15 key tax and spending related bills in the House and 13 in the Senate . The average score in the...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 24, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Good news: charter school efficiency improves In the April edition of the Utah Taxpayers Association’s newsletter they compared charter school spending to that of traditional district schools. Below is the full article. Utah charter schools spent...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 10, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson From recent news reports and reaction from NEA’s Utah affiliate, you’d think the Legislature had been stingy with education funding this year. UEA President Pat Rusk called it a “status quo amount.” She said in a Deseret Morning News report, “It’s...
by Tax Watchdog | Apr 3, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utahns are facing their last opportunity to prevent the storage of spent nuclear fuel rods (SNF) on the Goshute Indian Reservation in Tooele County. Private Fuel Storage (PFS) – a consortium of nuclear energy producers – has received a federal...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 27, 2006 | 2006 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah legislators have authorized Salt Lake County an ongoing funding source expected to empower the county to provide more than $40 million to the owners of Salt Lake Real soccer team. The Utah Legislature passed HB371 (Rep. David Clark) which...
