by Tax Watchdog | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Steven Oberbeck July 11, 2010 Plagued by continuing losses and facing an uncertain future, the Utopia fiber-optic system is out to reinvent itself. Operators of the system want Utopia’s 11 member cities to coalesce and launch an entity known as the Utah Infrastructure...
by Tax Watchdog | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Rebecca Palmer July 13, 2010 About 250 people attended a rally Tuesday evening organized to protest the municipal fiber-optic network UTOPIA. Dozens of families heard from a handful of speakers that UTOPIA, the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, is...
by Tax Watchdog | Jun 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
June 21, 2010 The Utah Taxpayers Association continues to take aim at the pile of tax dollars being pledged to UTOPIA, a fiber optic network the association views as being in direct competition with private Internet service providers. But UTOPIA officials, who say...
by Tax Watchdog | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
City employees met this week to discuss ways they could save money in the 2011 fiscal year. Payson, like other cities across the Wasatch Front, is belt tightening because of reduced revenues, primarily from a decrease in sales tax. Employees met with their department...
by Tax Watchdog | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Loretta Park May 21, 2010 Even though concerns were expressed during a workshop meeting, the Layton City Council unanimously voted to approve a resolution authorizing the city to enter into an interlocal agreement to form the Utah Infrastructure Agency. The agency...
by Tax Watchdog | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jenniffer Wardell May 19, 2010 At what point is it smartest just to accept your losses and walk away? That’s the question UTOPIA’s member cities will find themselves facing once again in the coming months. The fiber-optic system will ask city councils to finance...
