Payback Time?
Now that the election is over and the Republicans have kept their super majorities in both houses of the Utah Legislature, rumors are bouncing around Salt Lake County government circles that the county will be punished.
The concern is that Republican lawmakers harbor resentments over the county's resistance to the Legislature's efforts to place a soccer stadium in Sandy with the help of public funds.
The Legislature also isn't pleased, so go the rumors, about the county's efforts to put all new transportation money into mass transit systems. The Legislature, dominated by rural Republicans, prefers road expansion and improvement over mass transit projects like TRAX.
Then, of course, there is the fact that the county's mayor is a Democrat and four of the nine council members are Democrats.
So here is the fear: The Legislature will take the portion of the restaurant tax that now goes to Salt Lake County for tourism promotion and give it directly to the cities. Another fear is that the Legislature will reduce the terms of the three at-large county council members from six years to four years.
All three at-large council members in Salt Lake County, coincidentally, are Democrats.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
The concern is that Republican lawmakers harbor resentments over the county's resistance to the Legislature's efforts to place a soccer stadium in Sandy with the help of public funds.
The Legislature also isn't pleased, so go the rumors, about the county's efforts to put all new transportation money into mass transit systems. The Legislature, dominated by rural Republicans, prefers road expansion and improvement over mass transit projects like TRAX.
Then, of course, there is the fact that the county's mayor is a Democrat and four of the nine council members are Democrats.
So here is the fear: The Legislature will take the portion of the restaurant tax that now goes to Salt Lake County for tourism promotion and give it directly to the cities. Another fear is that the Legislature will reduce the terms of the three at-large county council members from six years to four years.
All three at-large council members in Salt Lake County, coincidentally, are Democrats.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
3:05 PM
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2 Comments:
Paul's definition of "rural Republican" is any Republican living south of the County building and north of downtown. I guess that would be all Republicans.
Actually "rural Republican" is any republican living outside the Wasatch Front that likes the money that the Wasatch Front taxpayers donate to them, but forget to say "thank you" as it goes into their pocket.
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