George Chapman: UTA name change does not deserve mud slinging

This week, Rep. Mike Schultz and Sen. Wayne Harper, the sponsors of the SB136 bill that increased transit taxes, changed UTA governance and changed the UTA name, held a press conference. They said that they were going to stop the UTA name change.They used statements that indicated their frustration with the backlash from the public about the name change. They said that they felt that the $50 million cost to change the UTA name was “incorrect” and that it was a diversion from the rece