Sunday, January 30, 2011

Standard-Examiner: OUR VIEW: Voters Should Decide Field House

The Standard believes a large-scale vote, possibly county-wide, would provide necessary respectability and community ownership for the project

Submitted by: ND

Say it ain't so... Standard-Examiner editorial saying voters should decide on funding the project and not fund it from pockets all over the place...
We support the idea of Ogden city officials and others in creating a multipurpose field house in Junction City.
However, extending the life of the Business Depot Ogden economic development project area to garner $15 million in tax increment money is not the best way to provide financing for the project.
In order to provide legitimacy to the field house project, as well as assurance that the $40 million project would be a success, either a bond proposal or a sales tax initiative vote should be provided.
Here's the surprizing full editorial:
About passed out.

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