CEDAR CITY – Citizens were set up at the Cedar City Library in the Park March 4 and 10 to inform residents about two ballot initiatives and gain signatures on the petitions.

The two initiatives, Utahns for Ethical Government and Fair Boundaries, are making a push to get more signatures by April 15 so they can make the November ballot.

Doug Hall, UEG co-chair for Iron County, said getting enough signatures does not put the initiatives into effect, it simply puts them on the ballot “so the voters can decide whether we should have stronger ethics and campaign finance laws in Utah.”

Two Cedar City businesses, Wet Willy’s Car Wash and Brian Tavoian, DDS, have agreed to carry the UEG petition and make it available for signing. Those interested in signing do not have to be getting dental work done or their car washed. They can visit either of the businesses during normal operating hours.

Wet Willy’s is at 1784 N. Main St. and Tavoian’s dental office at 510 S. Main St.

Hall said he believes the legislature has been trying to enact weaker laws to sidetrack the public ethics initiative, but they have not addressed all the ethics issues.

“The proposals are nowhere near as strong as what is proposed in the public ethics initiative and most of the proposals would be executed behind closed doors and not open to public scrutiny,” Hall said.

The Fair Boundaries petition aims to get rid of gerrymandering and prevents legislators from setting their own districts. It can be signed online at www.fairboundaries.org and more information is available at that website.

More information on the Utahns for Ethical Government petition is available at www.utahnsforethicalgovernment.org. It can be signed online as well.