Guv-appointed transit commission proposed to replace UTA board, top boss

SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative task force got closer Monday to coming up with a new way to run the Utah Transit Authority, although concerns were raised that replacing the board and top boss would give the state too much power.
"I'm sorry to be so blunt. To me, it seems to be, 'This is a way we can get control of UTA,'" said Salt Lake Chamber President and CEO Lane Beattie, a member of the Legislature's Transportation and Governance Task Force.
Beattie said the shift from UTA's current 16-