State. Sen. John Valentine

Imagine it’s June of 2012, and you are the management of UTOPIA, Utah’s largest municipal telecom venture. You’re reviewing the final draft of an as yet unpublished, but scathing report by the Legislative Auditor General. Your second largest member city — Orem — is proposing to raise property taxes by 50 percent (later reduced to 25 percent), and they are explicitly blaming your organization.