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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
IT’S NOW UP TO SANTA CLARA TO DECIDE IF THE CITY OF IVINS WILL TAKE OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICE SERVICES IN ITS CITY. THE IVINS CITY COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MERGER OF THE TWO DEPARTMENTS. UNDER THE PROPOSAL, SANTA CLARA’S POLICE STAFF WOULD BE MERGED WITH THE IVINS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WOULD BE LED BY IVINS PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR BOB FLOWERS. IVINS CITY MANAGER JUDY GUBLER TELLS “THE SPECTRUM” THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENHANCE SERVICES AND REDUCE COSTS FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES. SANTA CLARA’S PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR WILL REMAIN WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE TRANSITION. HE WILL MEET WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS HIS FUTURE. SANTA CLARA’S CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE MERGER AT A MEETING SET FOR NEXT THURSDAY EVENING.
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THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE IS PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE A 3% POPULATION GROWTH DURING THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR A STRONGER GENERAL FUND. THE CITY MANAGER’S BUDGET PROPOSAL IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, MARC MORTENSON TELLS KDXU THERE COULD BE CHANGES IN UTILITY RATES.
MORTENSON SAYS TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD ON THE FINAL PROPOSAL BEFORE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED IN LATE JUNE.
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UTAH’S ECONOMY IS CONTINUING TO REBOUND. THE PROBLEM IS THERE’S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND ON STATE PROGRAMS. THE FUNDING IS LAGGING BEHIND THE STATE’S ECONOMIC AND POPULATION GROWTH. ‘VOICES FOR UTAH CHILDREN’ SAYS THE PROBLEM IS EARMARKS, TAX BREAKS AND CREDITS GIVEN TO DOZENS OF INDUSTRIES AND GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE EATING UP AS MUCH AS 600-MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER MONEY. THAT TIES LEGISLATORS’ HANDS WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. EARMARKS HAVE GROWN SOME 900% SINCE 2005 ACCORDING TO THE GROUP. THEY SAY THAT MEANS THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX REVENUE, ALREADY DEDICATED TO A SPECIFIC AREA, IS MUCH LARGER THAN IT USED TO BE. ONE PERSON NOT BUYING THE ARGUMENT IS STATE SENATOR CURT BRAMBLE. HE CO-CHAIRS THE LEGISLATURE’S TAX COMMITTEE. HE SAYS, WHILE TAX BREAKS FOR CORPORATIONS COST THE STATE MONEY IN THE SHORT TERM, THEY PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE JOBS CREATED AND THE INCOME TAXES THOSE WORKERS PAY. INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS ARE UP11% SINCE LAST YEAR, FAR OUTPACING THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH OF JUST UNDER 6%.
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FORMER UTAH STATE SENATOR DAN LILJENQUIST SAYS UTAHNS ARE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE FEDERAL DEBT ARE THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS. LILJENQUIST IS CRISS-CROSSING THE STATE AS HE CAMPAIGNS GOING INTO THE JUNE 26TH PRIMARY AGAINST SENATOR ORRIN HATCH. TALKING WITH KDXU, LILJENQUIST SAYS VOTERS ARE TIRED OF THE OLD GUARD AND WANT FRESH, NEW IDEAS.
LILJENQUIST SAYS HE WILL WORK TO SOLVE OUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND SAYS PARTISAN POLITICS NEEDS TO BE PUSHED ASIDE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE ATTENDED A LUNCH HOUR RALLY IN ST. GEORGE AND HAS APPEARANCES SCHEDULED IN CEDAR CITY AND HURRICANE.
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INCUMBENT SENATOR ORRIN HATCH REFUSES TO DEBATE CHALLENGER DAN LILJENQUIST ON T-V, SAYING THE SINGLE SCHEDULED RADIO DEBATE IS SUFFICIENT. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR TIM CHAMBLESS SAYS SENATOR HATCH TOLD A GROUP OF HIS STUDENTS THAT HE AND LILJENQUIST DEBATED TWICE BEFORE THE STATE CONVENTION AND HAD A DOZEN JOINT APPEARANCES. THAT, HE SAYS, WAS ENOUGH. A SPOKESMAN FOR HATCH SAYS THE INCUMBENT SENATOR HAS NO APPREHENSION ABOUT DEBATING ON T-V. RATHER, HE SAID HE LIKES THE INFORMAL FORMAT OF THE RADIO DEBATE.
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THEY SAY IT’S A SIGN OF WHAT THIS FIRE SEASON IS GOING TO BE LIKE. WILDFIRES ARE BURNING IN ARIZONA AND COLORADO. A SMALLER WILDFIRE IS BURNING NEAR TOOELE. HOT, DRY AND WINDY WEATHER IS THE PROBLEM. JASON CURRY WITH THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, FIRE AND STATE LANDS, SAYS ERRATIC WINDS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS ON THE TOOELE FIRE.
THE FIRE HAS BURNED SOME 500-ACRES. IN THE MEANTIME, IT APPARENTLY WAS STARTED BY A CAR’S CATALYTIC CONVERTER. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DIXIE AS GUSTY WINDS INCREASE THE THREAT OF FIRE.
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AS STEVEN POWELL AWAITS SENTENCING ON HIS CONVICTION IN WASHINGTON STATE ON 14-COUNTS OF VOYEURISM, LEGAL WRANGLING CONTINUES. POWELL IS THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF SUSAN COX POWELL, WHO’S BEEN MISSING FROM HER WEST VALLEY HOME SINCE DECEMBER OF 2009. HER PARENTS ARE HOPING POWELL MAY PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THEIR DAUGHTER’S WHEREABOUTS. THEIR ATTORNEY, ANNE BREMNER, SAYS EFFORTS TO ONTAIN RECORDS ON SUSAN’S DISAPPEARANCE, FROM WEST VALLEY POLICE, HAVE BEEN BLOCKED.
THE COX’S HAVE GIVEN BREMNER AUTHORITY TO FILE SUIT IF NECESSARY TO OBTAIN THE RECORDS. AT THE SAME TIME, TWO YOUNG GIRLS THAT WERE AT THE CENTER OF THE VOYERUISM CONVICTIONS OF STEVEN POWELL, ARE SAID TO BE PREPARING TO FILE SUIT AGAINST POWELL.
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Region 9 High School football continues tonight, as the areas teams vie for post season seeding. Tonight, here on NewsTalk 890 KDXU, the Cedar High Redmen host the Dixie Flyers. Cedar enters tonights contest with a 2-1 conference record, coming off a road win over the Snow Canyon Warriors. Dixie, at 2-2 in conference is also coming into tonights game on the strength of a victory over Canyon View. Game time is set for 7pm.
In other region games, undefeataed Desert Hills (3-0) travels to 1-2 Snow Canyon, and PineView hosts Canyon View, both teams looking for their first conference victory of the year.
Dixie State College hopes to repeat the winning ways of the first time they tangled with The Clan of Simon Fraser University, Saturday, when the two GNAC teams tangle in British Columbia. Dixie's lone conference victory came at the expense of Simon Fraser last month. Kick-off is set for 3pm
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