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June 2002
It's a difficult process, but the state is in good financial condition overall, and like any business or family during a period of economic downturn, we're having to prioritize the things that we do.
March 2002
The benefits will be impossible to measure and quantify, but they are undisputably there. I believe we found benefit in at least four areas. The first is that the state improved in almost every area. It's impossible to have an...
January 2002
I think that everyone has a sensitivity to this right now, and that includes Utahns and Americans and people who live around the world. All that is humanly reasonable to do to protect the games has been done, or will be done.
May 2001
Washington's a rough and tumble place. It's hardball politics. It will- - Hard to know exactly what it will impact, but I know it's significant and we'll just now deal with the situation as it is, and not as we wish it were.
February 15, 2001
It’s my view that we should treat tax policy with the first principle being equity. No one likes taxes, but we should strive to treat everyone the same.
January 27, 2000
As I have thought through the last seven years, I think we've accomplished a great deal in the area of quality jobs. We have a state that's had a vibrant economy, we've generated and developed as a state over 250,000 new jobs.
December 16, 1999
Over the course of the last seven years we've increased education funding by nearly 70 percent. It's a significant jump, and I want to make another one this year.