It’s important to point out that Utahns around the state were required to help fund the purchase of a gun range in a single location, benefitting only those in the surrounding area. Residents of St. George, Vernal, Provo, and other cities around the state should not be forced to subsidize a facility that does not benefit them in any way. If Weber County officials wanted to convince residents of the alleged need to purchase the facility outright—and therefore require them to pay not only for its purchase, but also its ongoing maintenance—then they should have proposed a bond to the residents in that community along with the resulting tax increase. Instead, we once against witnessed the path of least resistance being followed—the lobbying effort to receive a portion of taxes taken from all Utahns, almost all of whom do not even realize how their money has now been used.
Yesiree, folks. As Libertas Institute President Connor Boyack correctly observes, our purportedly "fiscally conservative" Utah public servants will always be tight-fisted with our hard-earned taxpayer dollars... except, of course... when the're not. Yes?
It's the same old story all over again, we guess... and the beat goes on...
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Should have called for a public vote on a bond to pay for the gun range? But why waste the money a bond election would take, since the Weber County Commission had made it clear the public's voting for such bonds doesn't count for squat.
If the money taken from the EMT fund wasn't needed, it should have been used for water infrastructure repairs that would benefit all Weber County citizens instead of this boy-toy facility that will benefit only a few.
There is a need for the county to give equal consideration to all calls for public monies. However it appears that the need for a gun range is more equal than other considerations.
"No one believes more firmly than [our Weber County Commissioners] that all [Ogdenites] are
equal. [They] would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for
yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades,
and then where should we be?" --Weber County Commissioners
what can 1 individual do...? such as myself
For starters, you can sign the petition, if you haven't already done so:http://www.savethetribune.com/
done..
Utah is classic conservative. Peanuts for services and millions for cronies. Look at the soccer field in SLC. Millions of dollars in public money for nothing - nothing but a ball field for some rich guy's team to play on.
Nice to see the Standard Examiner get on board with an outstanding Our View column on the early release of Dr. McKay today
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http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/StandardExaminer/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=U1NFLzIwMTQvMDUvMjA.&pageno=MTE.&entity=QXIwMTEwNw..&view=ZW50aXR5
As they stated at the end of their Op Ed, "What's the point?"
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