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Salt Lake City Taxpayers Will Need To Speak Up – Or Get Used To It. Bloated Salt Lake City Government Becomes Even More Bloated With What Has Become A Common Occurrence – A Property Tax Hike

by Tax Watchdog | Jun 6, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer

There may be few certainties one can count on in life, but one you can count on is Salt Lake City ranking as the worst (highest) overall tax burden on citizens every year on our published Cost of City Government report. The report ranks the major city...

Worried About Californian’s Bringing Crazy Ideas To Utah? You Should Be. CalTax Report Highlights the Insane Asylum Known As the California Legislature

by Tax Watchdog | Jun 6, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer

In addition to the work of the Utah Taxpayers Association, there are many other sister organizations in other states fighting for taxpayers. One standout, founded in 1926, is the California Taxpayers Association. Members of the Utah Taxpayers Association, founded in...

Even After Previous Failures, American Fork City Council Gambling $30 million of Taxpayer Funds on Government Owned Fiber Network

by Tax Watchdog | Jun 6, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer

The city council of American Fork will be considering a proposal to possibly issue $30 million in debt to finance the buildout of a government owned fiber network. Apparently the proponents of the project did not get the memo that the Berlin Wall fell more than 30...

Will Utah cities protect rate payers and taxpayers from risk of nuclear power costs on their power bill?

by Tax Watchdog | Jun 3, 2022 | Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer

Ask your city council to withdraw from the UAMPS-NuScale project before it’s too late Over the last couple of years, several Utah cities have made the right decision and withdrawn from the UAMPS Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) program. Many Utah cities remain in...

Newsletter Archive

by Tax Watchdog | May 5, 2022 | Publications, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer

December 2023 Newsletter –Time to Recalibrate on Education Spending–Money Talks, and It Says, “Leave California–Post-Pandemic, How High are State and Local Taxes in Utah and the Nation?–Herriman Makes the Right Decision and Concedes: Municipal-Owned Fiber Proposal Is...

Massive Tax Incentive in the Works for New Daybreak Development

by Tax Watchdog | May 3, 2022 | Blog, Newsletters, The Utah Taxpayer

A Utah city has begun the process of providing a massive tax incentive to build a “walkable” community, which includes a mix of housing, office space, and some retail. South Jordan City has created a new project area just to the west of the existing Daybreak...