Did the Hildale City Council vote to “triple” the town’s property tax, as reported by ABC 4 news? Or raise it 237 percent, as reported by Fox 13, adding $550 to the annual property tax bill on an average home? No and no. But that didn’t keep those media outlets or, for that matter, Val [...]
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is meeting with attorneys representing Hildale, Colorado City and the Twin City Water Authority this afternoon to discuss his threat to seek disincorporation of the towns. Shurtleff sent a letter containing that threat recently to some attorneys representing FLDS members — but not to Salt Lake City attorneys Peter Stirba [...]
Another decision made by 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg in the UEP case while I was in Texas: She denied a motion by the Twin Cities (Hildale and Colorado City) to intervene in the case. The cities filed a motion saying that they have an interest in the trust because of their duty to “provide [...]
Okay, with this post I catch up and prepare to move on to the trial. I was not able to get to this before I left town but want to put it on the record. Turns out that there is another appeal underway in Utah over the UEP Trust, one filed quietly and with little [...]
I spent the day at the Capitol, trying to glean bits of information from the various parties participating in the UEP Trust Peace Talks. The mediation is being run by Paul Cassell, a former federal judge and current University of Utah law professor. The talks went on for about 10 hours, as Cassell called one [...]
