Fire Tax Flames Out

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.  (TS Eliot)

After nearly year of meetings, theatrics and a citizens' referendum, the 80% proposed and approved   TAX increase for the Wasatch Fire SSD, it all ended in confusion, lack of answers and NO tax increase.

Not because 20+ % of the voters (2156+) formally objected by signing the petition, 
Not because the Fire Board was convinced that the tax was too high,
Not because of lawsuits,
But simply because, they did not read, understand or follow the procedures and the law.


The Utah Tax Commission sent a letter to the Council explaining the deficiency.   Read the letter here


Apologies?
Explanations?
A new era of communication, transparency and proper budgeting to come???



Hopefully we will not have a recurrence of this same fiasco in 2014.