Leroy Stubbs
Many FLDS might vacate twin towns
Thursday, February 28th, 2008From deseretnews.com
Fundamentalist LDS faithful may vacate the towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., rather than accept court-ordered reforms to the polygamous sect’s real-estate holdings arm, the United Effort Plan Trust.
“The leadership is drawing a line in the sand and there may be some vacancies,” Bruce Wisan told the Deseret Morning News on Wednesday.
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Trust boss takes heat from former members of polygamous sect
Thursday, February 28th, 2008From the Salt Lake Tribune
The state’s takeover of a polygamous community’s property trust has simply replaced one feudal system with another, several residents told a Utah judge today.
In the first public criticism of the state action, those residents asked 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg to slow the sale of assets held by the United Effort [...]