{"id":144,"date":"1977-01-02T18:07:53","date_gmt":"1977-01-03T01:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=144"},"modified":"2014-08-14T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T20:46:01","slug":"rumptcn-era-cicses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"3-Term Utah Governor – Rampton Era Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Click<\/a>Governor Calvin L. Rampton leaves office Monday noon after an unprecedented three terms at the helm of Utah\u00a0state government. He\u00a0will be succeeded by a fellow Democrat. Scott M. Matheson, a newcomer in politics.<\/p>\n

The 12-year Rampton era has been memorable in many ways, and as “Cal and Lucybeth” move from the governor’s mansion we believe Utahns in general concede they have served with dignity and honor.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rampton’s leadership extended beyond Utah’s boundaries as he served a term as chairman of the National Governors Conference.<\/p>\n

The governor himself regards as perhaps his No. 1 accomplishment the reorganization of state government. Formerly something like 157 department heads reported directly to the governor in what he considered an unwieldy arrangement. By consolidating leadership he reduced the number to about 30 – a move he has felt significantly increased efficiency.<\/p>\n

Development of the Utah economy has been a happy accomplishment during Governor Rampton’s regime. While he doesn’t claim special credit, he strongly encouraged industrial growth and creation of jobs so that Utah’s young people could find employment at home.<\/p>\n

In 1964,\u00a0Utah had about 11,000 new people come onto the job market\u00a0but only 6500 jobs were created. In contrast,\u00a0last year about 13,000\u00a0came onto to the market\u00a0and 22,000 jobs were developed.<\/p>\n

Business, industry, and community leaders through the state\u00a0worked to bring this condition\u00a0about, says the governor. “Groups like UVIDA in Utah County\u00a0helped significantly.” As a result, the\u00a0effects of the recession were not felt here as severely as elsewhere. In 1964 unemployment in Utah was 2 per cent above the national average; now it’s 2\u00a01\/2\u00a0per cent below (5.8 per cent to 8.3 per cent).<\/p>\n

State government expenditures were held down reasonably well in the Rampton era. In fact percentage-wise in the 1964-74 period (last figures available) Utah’s climb in spending was figured at 99 per cent lowest among states, with the national average at 135 per cent. (National Tax Foundation figures.) The Rampton regime will leave a budget surplus of about $17,500,000 whereas there was a deficit of about $6\u00a0million when it took over.<\/p>\n

Everything hasn’t been peaches and cream, of course. Difficult and challenging problems continually tested the administration, Admittedly Governor Rampton’s greatest frustration was defeat of the state land use bill in the election two years ago. The bill, he said, “would have given us a better way to plan our own future instead of letting the federal government do it, insofar as lands are concerned.”<\/p>\n

He sees as the major need in the next five years the development of energy resources without destroying environmental values.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rampton probably has been Utah’s most traveled governor, making himself available for addresses and public functions across the state.<\/p>\n

“Being governor has been a pleasant\u00a0job.” he says. “Mostly I’ve\u00a0been very nappy in my duties.\u00a0I’ve appreciated\u00a0the friendship and support of the people.”<\/p>\n

The Herald joins in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Rampton well and in congratulating\u00a0them for a job well done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Calvin L. Rampton leaves office Monday noon after an unprecedented three terms at the helm of Utah\u00a0state government. He\u00a0will be succeeded by a fellow Democrat. Scott M. Matheson, a newcomer in politics. The 12-year Rampton era has been memorable in many ways, and as “Cal and Lucybeth” move from the governor’s mansion we believe… Continue reading 3-Term Utah Governor – Rampton Era Closes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,14,9,43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}