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Larry Evans, a 42-year law-enforcement veteran, outlines priorities in Utah County commissioner A race
Summary
In a Utah County Republican Party podcast interview, candidate Larry Evans says commissioner pay is "too high," pledges to limit property-tax increases to inflation, favors shrinking the commission office and moving to a five-member district-based commission, and stresses agricultural protection and cautious use of tax incentives.
Larry Evans, a candidate for Utah County Commissioner Seat A and a deputy with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, framed his run as a return to public service and outlined a slate of priorities that include lowering commissioner pay, restraining property-tax growth and protecting family farms.
Evans, who said he has 42 years in law enforcement, 26 years with the Utah Department of Corrections, taught criminal justice at Utah Valley University and serves on the State Retirement Board, told host Charles Maxwood he did not seek office for the money. "I think the salary is too high," Evans said of the current commissioner pay, and suggested a figure "somewhere in the ballpark of $80,000 to $100,000" would be more appropriate while proposing structural changes—four district seats and one at-large seat—to make commission service more part-time and lower costs.
On property taxes, Maxwood cited prior large increases. Evans said county residents…
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