by Tax Watchdog | Mar 31, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Advocates for transparent government and restricting government competition with private sector businesses were thrilled with the results of the recently concluded 2008 General Session of the Utah Legislature. Government in the business of...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 24, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah’s largest municipal telecom systems are proving that government-owned telecom networks don’t work well. Sources indicate that Provo is preparing to sell its iProvo network, likely at fire sale prices. Meanwhile, UTOPIA announced this week...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 17, 2008 | 2008 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson As growth in state government revenues began to decelerate due to an economic slowdown, Gov. Huntsman and the Utah Legislature were less inclined to cut taxes in the just completed General Session of the Utah Legislature than in recent years. The...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 31, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Legislative Auditor General released his audit results in December on the use of nearly ¾ billion dollars appropriated by the Legislature since 1993 to reduce the average class size in Utah. Unfortunately, the Auditor General’s audit didn’t...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 24, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Cities are assaulting the Granite School Board with requests for education taxes to be given to developers. Holladay, South Salt Lake, Taylorsville and West Valley City are asking the school district to pony up more than $100 million over the next...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 17, 2007 | 2007 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The state of Utah spent $2.3 billion in FY2007 on programs targeted for low-income and disadvantaged households and individuals, according to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s first annual Government Assistance Expenditure Report. This accounts for...
