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Neighbors claim rampant illegal activity at Lehi Farmers Market, Utah County Officials respond

“Please help us” has been the plea from neighbors of Lehi’s unofficial Farmers Market off Center Street over the last few months. In a complaint letter sent to Utah County and Lehi City, neighbors claim the 4-acre property is being used for illegal camping, an RV park, public urination, trash dumping, a fire hazard, trespassing, blocking roads and hosting unpermitted events, including offering commercial helicopter rides. The property is not officially in Lehi City but in unincorporated Utah County. “The […] ....

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Fireworks fly in Utah County over commission's 'power grab' of budgetary oversight

Fireworks fly in Utah County over commission’s ‘power grab’ of budgetary oversight
Katie McKellar
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In this screenshot taken from the Utah County Government’s YouTube channel, Utah County Clerk/Auditor Amelia Powers Gardner, inset, urges Utah County commissioners Bill Lee and Tom Sakievich not to vote to move budget oversight out of her office, blasting them for proposing such a “major” structural change with barely 24 hours notice. The commissioners voted soon after to approve the change in the public meeting on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
High-ranking state officials as well as local leaders from Utah County are seething at a Wednesday vote by county commissioners to sweep budget oversight away from the county’s independently elected clerk/auditor and place it solely under the commission. ....

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