- “‘Facts’ flung in transit tax debate: Friends, foes agree on transit need but disagree on taxes” Deseret News, 27 October 2000. QUOTE: “The debate over the proposed quarter-cent sales tax hike in Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties is not about the need for an expanded regional transit system. It’s about how to pay for it.”
- “UTA seeks exclusive rail tracks Funds needed for a commuter line, legislators told” Deseret News, 22 October 2000.
- “Lawmakers to get preview of S.L.-Ogden train: UTA borrows cars from Washington for Tuesday run” Deseret News, 16 October 2000. QUOTE: “A diesel train more accustomed to the haul from Tacoma, Wash., to Seattle will take invited guests from Salt Lake City to Ogden on Tuesday in a special demonstration of commuter-rail technology.”
- “Support is building for light-rail tax, fluoridation” Deseret News, 1 October 2000. QUOTE: “”Eight years after voters rejected a tax hike to pay for a light-rail mass transit system, the trains are up and running in Salt Lake County. But will that make residents along the Wasatch Front any more receptive to a sales tax increase for transit improvements?
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