Proposed Tax increase: Public Meeting

Public Notice of Special Meeting of the Davis County Commission, Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.

At the Event Center (Fair Park), Building 2, 151 S. 1100 W, Farmington, Utah

The Commission thinks that this meeting will be well attended which is why they have chosen a venue that will hold a lot of people.

I cannot attend on Wednesday. Wednesday nights are difficult for those who participate in Scouting or Mutual activities that night.

Please attend and oppose the tax increase! Here is why.

Davis County continues to grow. Property values in the County continue to increase. The very people who would qualify for the relief in question (Senior Citizens) are, often, also property owners and pay the tax. Were these people not to have the burden of an additional tax, their money would be well spent on themselves. Growth can take care of itself based upon current tax levels. Those who do not qualify for relief volunteer in high numbers. The County assesses the value at $500,000 for the year of volunteer service between June 2005, and June 2006. These same people will not be equitably served to also pay an increase in addition to their volunteer service.

Bastiat calls this activity legal plunder.

"But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime."

This tax has been lumped in with a Jail maintenance, and flood control tax. These taxes should be considered on their own merits, not on the merits of the others. Again, the tax base grew this last year, and continues to grow. Revenues into Davis County have increased. New revenue could be put towards real needs.

Two-thirds of the Commissioners who represent our County, and will vote on this increase, are lame-ducks and will be out by the end of the year. One of these Commissioners(McConkie) was voted out because of his participation in a scheme to raise taxes on the County in a way that was seen as unnecessary by the electorate. The remaining, lame-duck, commissioner(Page), also supported this heavy tax increase. It is reasonable to assume that if Page were not retiring that she too would have lost on this basis. This kind of, weighty, decision should be left to the incoming group to decide.

One month is all I ask.

Fake news story riles Davis District

The newly formed Davis Parents Association have done their best to create a three-ring circus on their new website http://davisparents.org/

Hat tip to the Deseret News, although they did their best to obscure the actual location of DPA's website. (i.e. they followed the common news media practice of not publishing it.)

Transportation problems

I got in a car accident yesterday. Everyone is okay. Maybe I'll feel like writing about it one day, but now....

One glimpse, though. That commercial was on the radio, when the accident happened, in which Burt Bacharach is singing, "I hope I never get hit in the rear...again".

I was laughing at those lyrics, until...Well.

Today, I don't like irony.

Salt Lake County ‘betrays’ NSL in open space vote

Salt Lake County has voted to side with it's own. If the disputed 80 acres gets disconnected from Salt Lake City, then North Salt Lake will still have to contend with Salt Lake County in order to use the land. North Salt Lake plans to fight for annexation from Salt Lake County if things progress that far.

This David now has to fight two Goliath's.

Salt Lake County ‘betrays’ NSL in open space vote

Up to $10,000 REWARD

UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTORS ARE OFFERING A REWARD OF UP TO $10,000 FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR PLACING CORROSIVE CHEMICALS INTO THE COLLECTION BOXES AT THE NORTH SALT LAKE POST OFFICE, LOCATED AT 345 NORTH HWY 89, NSL, UT 84054, WHICH CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF UNITED STATES MAIL BETWEEN OCTOBER 27-28, 2006.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT, PLEASE CONTACT POSTAL INSPECTOR WAKEFIELD AT (801)887-1922 OR THE BOUNTIFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT (801)298-6000.

ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

DAVID WAKEFIELD
POSTAL INSPECTOR
DENVER DIVISION
SALT LAKE CITY OFFICE

Blogging without a name (Not even a fake one)

A new, anonymous, blogger has started writing about South Davis County. Here is what I can surmise about them.

• They've, likely, tried blogging before.
• They probably live in Bountiful now.
• They grew up in Bountiful, attended Bountiful High School, and were taught by, one, Kim Burningham.

I always have a hard time swallowing the concept of someone who posts anonymously, but this guy(yes, I think they are male) doesn't even use a handle! How shall I refer to them? S.D. Dude? As far as I'm concerned, someone, who can't even be identified, won't get much attention. Even I've been lambasted by the Clipper's editorial page.

Little, old, me.

Mr. S.D. Guy's website

The Blog that wouldn't post

I've discovered a defect in my little hack to post topically on DCW (that's short for Davis County Watch). If I save a draft of my post, or the blog automatically saves a draft, then it doesn't get put up on the parent blog. So, I'm ditching this scheme, and I'm going to try the Blogger Beta. Give me a week or so to work up the guts to take the plunge, and we'll be back, and better than ever.