From Deseret News archives:
Next Sandy mayor will wrestle with more than old gravel pit
Sanitation, police and water are other issues up for debate
At a Sandy Chamber of Commerce lunch Thursday, Mayor Tom Dolan and challenger Gary T. Forbush reiterated their support for all Sandy services.
"Cities exist for one purpose: to provide services," Dolan said. "We believe that we have the highest services that you could possibly have in the state of Utah."
Dolan, who is running for his fourth term, touted his accomplishments and the money that Sandy has spent on securing drinking water, storm-drain improvements and road reconstruction. Money the city has spent on lobbyists $350,000 in 2005 and more than any other Utah city, according to a report by the Utah Taxpayers Association has come back in the form of funding for major projects on State Street, 700 East and 1300 East, Dolan said.
Forbush said that although Sandy gives its residents good services, the city has pushed the gravel-pit development too far.
"We want services, but at the same time we want the appropriate mixture of business in our neighborhoods," Forbush said.
Dolan believes that without the sales tax from the Boyer development and the money that lobbyists bring, Sandy would have to dip into other sources of money for basic city services.
"The more money that we have to spend from our general fund is the more money that we lose to hire people or to use for client services," Dolan said.
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