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Utah County Republican candidates emphasize roads, transparency and oppose corporate welfare at party forum
Summary
At a Utah County Republican Party forum, candidates for county office focused on road funding and congestion on the west side, called for a transparency portal for elected officials, and largely opposed public-private partnerships and redevelopment agency subsidies.
At a Utah County Republican Party candidate forum, a field of countywide hopefuls emphasized road funding, expanded public access to meetings and resistance to public-private partnerships as central priorities.
Roads and traffic dominated the night. Isaac Paxman, who identified himself as a former assistant attorney general, mayor and county auditor, told delegates that west-side congestion is “the single, you know, burning fire going on in the county commission to work on” and pledged to press MAG, UDOT and the state legislature for project money. Tom Weston, a former mayor of Eagle Mountain, said he has “never never raised…
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