Craig L. Dearden

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  Published on: 6/20/2007    Last Visited: 7/4/2008  

  "This is a step that needs to be taken," said commissioner Craig Dearden.
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  Commissioner Craig Dearden

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  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 7/18/2008  

  Craig Dearden 1811 N. Fruitland Dr. Ogden 84414 782-5793 399-8590
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  Craig Dearden 1811 N. Fruitland Dr. Ogden 84414 782-5793 399-8590

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  Published on: 4/24/2007    Last Visited: 4/24/2007  

  "This state-of-the-art facility will bring a lot of people to our county," said Weber County Commissioner Craig Dearden, a former director of the Utah Department of Public Safety.

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  Published on: 8/16/2007    Last Visited: 8/17/2007  

  Residents packed Snowcrest Junior High School Wednesday night to express their concerns about sky-rocketing taxes in their neighborhoods to Weber County Commissioner Craig Dearden, county Assessor Cheryl Madson, real estate manager Joel Olsen, chief deputy Doug Larsen and state Rep.

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  Published on: 4/6/2007    Last Visited: 4/6/2007  

  Weber County Commissioner Craig Dearden stopped by the "Kick Butts" event to show support, and said he thinks the petition is a good step in the battle against tobacco.

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  Published on: 7/31/2008    Last Visited: 7/31/2008  

  "About 15 years ago we got Willie Nelson to come perform," said Craig Dearden, Weber County commissioner.
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  "When we contemplated bringing it back, we received (a lot of) complaints that it wasn't family-friendly," Dearden said.

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  Published on: 9/17/2007    Last Visited: 9/17/2007  

  The pain, says Weber Commissioner Craig Dearden, is real and it's understandable. But that doesn't mean the commission can do anything about it, he said. Dearden notes that state law dictates the way properties are valued, and Ogden Valley has been one of Utah's hottest real-estate markets ever since the 2002 Winter Olympics brought the world to nearby Snowbasin Ski Resort. Property values are soaring, forcing property taxes through the roof. Weber County has no surplus in its budget, as did Davis County, where commissioners are using the unexpected growth in taxes from new construction to give rebates to beleaguered taxpayers, Dearden said. Moreover, Weber County has spent nearly 10 months of the 12-month budget already, so it would be tough to cut costs at this point, he said. Instead, the commission is working with northern Utah lawmakers to push for legislation to prevent similar skyrocketing property taxes in the future, he said. Rep. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville, says he hopes to propose several pieces of legislation, including bills to raise family income thresholds for those seeking abatements or circuit-breaker cuts in property taxes. He also hopes to introduce legislation that would allow seniors to postpone paying higher taxes until their property sells. Froerer, whose own property value and taxes doubled this year, says he has spent hours with county, school district and state Tax Commission officials, and is convinced a tax rebate cannot be done without creating a crisis next year. Nonetheless, he says, he empathizes with the tax revolters. "I feel their pain because I'm in the same boat." Bell, who got a standing ovation at a community meeting when he suggested the county assessor's staff be given drug tests because of the "outrageous" values, says he has found dozens of errors in assessments while poring over property-tax records. His home, which has a 140-square-foot unfinished fruit room, is valued on the basis of a 1,300-square-foot finished basement, he said.

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  Published on: 1/29/2008    Last Visited: 1/29/2008  

  Craig Dearden, another Weber County commissioner, objected to the possibility that campers could be forced to smoke inside their trailers or campers, perhaps exposing children to second-hand smoke, rather than break the law by smoking outdoors. "They can't come out of the camper and smoke but they are going to stand by that campfire and breath that smoke," he said.

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  Published on: 9/1/2007    Last Visited: 9/11/2007  

  Craig L. Dearden Commissioner, Weber County 399-8401 / 399-8305

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  Published on: 2/8/2008    Last Visited: 2/8/2008  

  OGDEN -- Weber County Commissioner Craig Dearden explained to the Fair Board on Thursday why the commission met privately to override the board's unanimous decision to hold a second round of cage fighting at the 2008 fair.
  
  The controversial sport drew large crowds in 2007 and contributed to the rare financial success of the county fair.But last year, the commission approved the contract for the fights before it became a hot topic, Dearden told board members.This year, people starting pressuring the commission in advance of any official action.
  
  "We received several phone calls.We had one person say that they would bring 200 people to our commission meeting to show how much they are against it," Dearden said.
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  Dearden said it is not uncommon for commissioners to discuss business privately as long as the subject discussed is not something that is scheduled to come before the commission.He said that the commission's decision blocked a formalized contract for the fights from coming before them, so the private discussions were appropriate.
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  If the commissioners made a mistake with their private discussion, Dearden said he would be happy to make an agenda item on the mixed martial arts tournament during an official commission meeting.
  
  "It doesn't matter to me," he said.
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  "We're not bringing cage fighting back this year," Dearden said.

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