Utah real estate agents, among the most powerful lobbying blocs in the state, are putting their muscle behind a legislative push to reform taxes.
The political action committee for the Utah Association of Realtors has launched a website in favor of the tax overhaul effort and recently paid for a pro-reform mass mailing — designed to look like an $80 million check made out to “Utah’s working families.” The campaign materials call the plan a “pro-family solution that will also grow Utah’s economy” and defend the tax proposal against critics who say it will divert money away from education.