by Tax Watchdog | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Jenniffer Wardell December 17, 2009 It once promised to be the largest, ultrahigh-speed digital network in the country. Its anticipated price tag of around half a billion dollars also branded it as one of the most ambitious fiber optic projects in the world — one...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Roy Burton December 11, 2009 In front of an overflow crowd spilling into the hallway and down the stairs of the city offices, the Brigham City Council voted 3-1 Thursday to approve a bond finalizing terms for a special assessment area to the UTOPIA fiber optic...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Editorial Staff December 11, 2009 It has come to this. Utopia, the ill-starred fiber-optic network in which 10 Utah cities are enmeshed, is hemorrhaging cash. Those cities already are on the hook for millions of dollars in pledges of sales tax revenues to back the...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
December 12, 2009 Amy Macavinta The Brigham City Council voted Thursday to approve a $4.8 million special assessment bond to finance the construction of a fiber-optic telecommunications network throughout the city. The council chambers were overwhelmed with people,...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
December 11, 2009 Steve Oberbeck Ignoring the pleas of dozens of residents Thursday who asked to be let out of their contracts with the Utopia system, the Brigham City Council approved the issuance of a $3.7 million bond to fund the build-out of the fiber-optic system...
by Tax Watchdog | Dec 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Royce Van Tassell December 18, 2009 Again and again, UTOPIA has managed to pull the wool over the eyes of mayors and city councils in the 11 cities who have pledged sales tax support to this government-owned and -operated telecom system. Despite having failed to live...
