b0661 Taxpayers for Utah Records 1987-1988 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 661 Taxpayers for Utah. Taxpayers for Utah Records, 1987-1988 1.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes) Taxpayers for Utah was formed to oppose the tax-cutting movement initiated by the Utah Tax Limitation Coalition in 1988. Taxpayers for Utah was headed by former Democratic governors Scott M. Matheson and Calvin L. Rampton and former GOP officeholders Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, R-Utah, and state Sen. Warren Pugh, R-Salt Lake. Topics: Tax and expenditure limitations -- Utah. Taxation -- Utah. Organizations: Utah Tax Limitation Coalition. Background Background Note

Taxpayers for Utah was formed to oppose the tax-cutting movement initiated by the Utah Tax Limitation Coalition in 1988. Taxpayers for Utah was headed by former Democratic governors Scott M. Matheson and Calvin L. Rampton and former GOP officeholders Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, R-Utah, and state Sen. Warren Pugh, R-Salt Lake.

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Taxpayers for Utah Records, 1987-1988, Utah State Historical Society.

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Donated by Dale Zabriskie

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Stephen D. Youngkin Finding aid compiled by Stephen D. Youngkin Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A171). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents Organization records 1 1 Agendas, schedules, 1988 1 2 Budget-financial, fund raising, 1988 1 3 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1987-1988 1 4 Dan Jones & Associates, proposal submitted to A Committee of Opponents to the Tax Initiative Propositions, November 1987; polling form 1 5 Executive Committee Meeting minutes; first draft, VCR presentation, 1988 1 6 First Security, "Analysis of the Tax Limitation Initiatives," 21 March 1988 1 7 Harris & Love, Inc./Advertising; service report, 26 January 1988 1 8 Initiative petition 1 9 KSL AM TV, editorial comment, 1987-1988 1 10 Magleby, David B., "The Utah Tax Initiatives: What was the Mandate?," 20 January 1989 1 11 Nichols, Martin J., Chief Administrative Officer, Butte County, "California, Tax Rate and Expenditure Limitation Initiatives: Lessons from the California County Experience," 29 April 1988 1 12 Miscellaneous rosters and directories 1 13 Spatafore, David, ULCT Director of Intergovernmental Relations, "Proposition A--Property Tax Limitation" 1 14 Statements in opposition to ABC tax initiatives 1 15 Statements in support of ABC tax initiatives 1 16-20 Taxpayers for Utah; campaign strategy and organization, public relations, press releases, memos, literature, 1987-1988 2 1 U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Public Employment in 1986" 2 2 Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.; correspondence, statements, organizational materials in opposition to ABC tax initiatives, 1988 2 3 Utah Foundation (newsletter), 1987-1988 2 4 Utah State Tax Commission, "The Impact of Tax Limitation in Utah," 10 December 1987 2 5 Utah State Tax Commission, "Initiative Petition Limitation, Fiscal Impact Analysis," 9 November 1987 2 6 Utah State University; correspondence, statements, organizational materials in opposition to ABC tax initiatives, 1988 2 7 Utah System of Higher Education, State Board of Regents; correspondence, statements, literature, organizational materials in opposition to ABC tax initiatives, 1988 Media 2 8 Miscellaneous publications, radio interview and commentary 2 9-12 Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings, 1988 3 1-2 Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings, 1988 3 3 Tapes and Cassettes 3 3 1 Cassette tape; Scott Matheson speaks against tax initiatives, n.d. 3 3 2 Reel to reel tape; Taxpayers - Matheson, 29 June 1988 3 3 3 Video tape cassette; Tax initiatives, KTVX, 2 January 1988; KUTV, 4 January 1988 3 3 4 Video tape cassette; Taxpayers for Utah video presentation, 7 July 1988