Commentary: The education ballot question is a shell game that would violate Utah’s constitution

As you likely know by now, a “Nonbinding Opinion Question #1” is on the ballot this fall which reads: “To provide additional funding for public education and local roads, should the state increase the state motor and special fuel tax rates by an equivalent of 10 cents per gallon?”Besides the 33 percent Utah state fuel tax increase being proposed, there are some other major problems with the proposal.While you can use state sales tax money in any of at least three state bu