Trucks carrying shipping containers move in and out of the Union Pacific intermodal terminal at a steady pace, west of Salt Lake City. Directly south is the future site of the transloading facility, which will be the heart of the inland port, as seen on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.After more than a year of deliberating, the Utah Supreme Court came out Wednesday with a decision on whether the inland port is unconstitutional and illegally siphoning up a portion of Salt Lake City’s revenue.
Lawmakers required that the three impacted municipalities allow zoning for the port to operate in their boundaries. They mandated that the cities allow transportation and storage of “natural resources” — which some — on port land. They also allowed the Utah Port Authority, formed to manage the facility’s development, a portion of the property, sales and use taxes that cities would have collected in the port area.. The lawsuit alleged creation of the port violated the Utah Constitution in two ways:
• First, it treated the three impacted municipalities differently than other cities in the state, running afoul, Salt Lake City argued, of the clause governing uniform operation of laws. • Second, the city asserted the inland port ran counter to the constitution’s “ripper clause,” which bars legislators from directing a city’s money, taxing authority or property to a “special commission, private corporation or association.”
If I wrote an opinion that logically dysfunctional, I’d quit, too. This Lee family most of y’all hold in such high esteem? You’ve got extremely low standards. Turtles. All. The. Way. Down.
Surprise, the conservative judges appointed by conservative governors and confirmed by a super majority conservative legislation that has moved heaven and earth to force the inland port just voted in favor of the inland port!
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