Fred Ash: The Utah Legislature should focus on just a few issues. Too many bills leaves no time for lawmakers to focus on what’s important.
Sorry I will not be able to meet with you personally before the Legislature session begins. I appreciate your willingness to serve in the Legislature, and I know that we will not always agree on issues. My concerns haven’t changed much since last year. I hope as you make decisions, you will consider these concerns.
Two sessions ago, the Legislature did some good things in the public education funding process, but that didn’t restore the millions of dollars taken away from public ed with changes in the income tax allocation starting in the mid 1990s. So, instead of cutting taxes more, please consider using any income tax “surplus,” not as surplus, but as available funding to restore some of that lost public ed revenue to improve funding for poorly funded public education programs.
A legislative practice that has had unintended consequences is giving tax breaks to entice new businesses to locate in the state. Enough is enough. Giving tax incentives to attract new businesses reduces the revenue needed to cover the increased costs brought by the new businesses: more schools, more maintenance and upgrade of infrastructure, more law enforcement, more social services, etc.
I and a whole lot of other Utah people wish there was a way to cancel the inland port with all of its negatives: increased diesel truck traffic on our freeways, destruction of wildlife habitat on the lake bed, etc.
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