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Case made for tax hike in part of Utah County
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The technology used by law enforcement today GREATLY aids their ability to be more effective in their response to calls.
I personally support a tax hike if it means I can continue to feel safe in my community and know that help is readily available if needed.
I am concerned about a cut back of law enforcement services in these unincorperated areas. It doesn't make any sense. Wouldn't this just create an area for criminals to have free reign in?
If Utah County is the second largest county in the state, why are the commissioners giving law enforcement a budget as though they were the second smallest in the state?
Thats the systems way of scaring taxpayers into a tax increase, then they syphon it off into the general fund. It's obvious they haven't heard about the state of the economey.
Poor folks in Utah county, get everything from fiber optics in Provo, to a light rail system , and a new tax for your freeway upgrade....whew! when will it ever end.
Commissioners spent like drunken sailors when they jumped on the UTA FrontRunner bandwagon and pushed for the multibillion-dollar tax hike for a wasteful train and poorer bus service.
They had no clue in the world how little they were getting for those billions. They would not read UTA's studies or outside analyses of them. They put infinite trust in UTA and the poor biased analysis by UTA�s avowed "sister-agency� MAG.
When the results of the highly critical Legislative Audit of UTA came out last January, responsible representatives should have shut down FrontRunner construction just as Wall Street has shut down fraudulent companies/banks whose apparent high value was junk.
UTA conned Utah County into that huge tax hike with junk data.
UTA has misrepresented TRAX "success". Instead of explosive growth, it has had no unforced growth.
UTA has played down the continuing decline in the bus system, which has maintained its low, post-TRAX, ridership only with the aid of massive free ride programs at colleges/universities. Auditors noted these institutions received $6.3-million in subsidies compared to cash-fare-payers.
SHUT DOWN FrontRunner construction and freeze UTA expenditures. Call a grand jury with outside technical advice to ferret out the extent of foolish waste.
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