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Thursday, May 31, 1990
Pag# 2
Senate votes to hike
sales tax to nation high
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AUSTIN- Senate Democrats
voted to override the school fi-
nance bill veto and then funded it
with a half-cent increase that
would make the Texas sales tax
the highest in the nation.
The House readily agreed to the
new sales tax, but the Speaker
had difficulty convincing two-
thirds of the House to override
Gov. Clements veto.
Meanwhile, Clements indi-
cated he would call a fourth spe-
cial session so the Legislture
could pass a finance plan and out-
run the court-appointed special
master to a June 21 deadline.
The override vote is expected
to commence in the waning hours
of the special session.
Prior to the Senate override,
Speaker Gib Lewis said he had
enough House votes to follow suit.
The head count was debatable.
RepubUoans. Minorities
The Republican bloc, 60 mem-
bers, is enough to stop on over-
ride, but state Rep. Ron Wilson,
D-Houston, indicated some black
and Hispanic lawmakers would
prefer that the courts dictate the
new plan.
Despite Lewis’ prediction, the
override is expected to fail in the
House, particularly if Republi-
cans and minorities saw a fourth
special session as a last chance.
Some observers privately
speculated that a failed override
would hurt Lewis’ chances of re-
taining the gavel next session.
watiams Leads PoD
More than four of every five small margin in South Texas and
likely voters say they have made • margin in East Texas.
up their minds in the 1990 race
for governor, and their choice is
Republican nominee Clayton
Williams, the latest Texas Poll
shows.
Forty-six percent of the re-
spondents favored Williams, 38
percent supported Democrat
Ann Richards and 17 percent
were undecided, according to the
statewide telephone survey by
the Public Policy Resources
Laboratory at Texas A&M Uni-
versity.
The percentages total 101 be-
cause of rounding. The poll has a
margin of error of four percentage
points.
“I think Williams clearly has
the advantage, but it’s hardly an
insurmountable advantage,” said
James Dyer, poll director. Dyer
said Richards might pull off a
November victory if she can lure
back disenchanted Democrats.
The poll results prompted
some pundits to predict that
Richards can catch up only with
an offensive marked by personal
attacks.
Williams led Richards 44 per-
cent to 32 percent among male
voters and trailed 43 percent to
39 percent among women voters.
Among voters earning less than
£20,000 a year, about half sup-
ported Williams and a third fa-
vored Richards.
Williams led by large margins
in North and West Texas and the
Gulf Coast. Richards led by a
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As I See It
AD of you are aware of the strong stance the courts and legislature
have taken on penalties for those who are ordered to provide child
support payments and then do not make the payments.
Laws were reoentlypasaed to allow swift and speedy Justice, i.e. a jail
term, for tbose who would let their children go without the money
neoessary for food, aheher, dothes, health care and all the other basics
of life. The legislature is to be commended.
On the other side of the ooin the lawmakers are not to be commended
for their soft stand when it comes to laws concerning child abuse in
other forms such as sexual assault, emotional abuse and neglect and all
the others. The laws, in regard to procedure, are very soft now on those
who abuse children and the law is wrong.
The children are at the mercy of the adults in whose care they live
(and sometimes die). It is sad but sometimes those adults show those
children no mercy. Those children, because they are small or weak or
trusting become die whipping posts for their parents to take out all the
frustrations of adult life.
When child abuse is suspected, die law officials work with a particular
diligence. Their diligenoe very often results in getting to court and
watching while the child’s testimony is politely listened to and then
rwgarrlrrl as “the ramblings and imagination of a child”.
There is something wrong with a system that doesn’t protect helpless
children. We are the only once who can change it. We are the only ones
that the lawmakers wifi listen to. We must make our voioes heard, at the
ballot box, if neeasaary. Child abuse must become as muoh of an issue as
equity binding in education.
k won’t matter how muoh money a school district hm to spend on a
child if that child is abused at home and can think of nothing else all
during the day. Next time you talk to a teacher, ask them how many
times they have had students who were afraid to go home after school
Ask them to teU you about the other signs they see, aD too often, in their
students.
This is not a problem that wiB go away. 1 wiah the Texas Legislature
would spend even abmotfoa of the time, on this problem and putting
soma “teeth" in the law, m they have spent on the equity in education
matter. But, remember, they were mandated by the Texas Supreme
Court to spend time on this nutter.
The only other thing of that muoh importance to a lawmaker is the
i who am aapeoted to return them to office. We
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Insurance Judgement
The State Board of Insurance
has obtained a #3.8 m ill ion judge-
ment against Rubell Holm Insur-
ance Services Inc. of Irvine, Calif.
In his judgement, state District
Judge Hume Cofer of Austin said
the company engaged in a
“scheme to defraud Texas con-
sumers of insurance premium
funds,” using the money for
jewelry, luxury cars and payment
of personal credit card bills.
The company had sold group
health insurance coverage to
more than 60 Texas businesses,
the board said.
Mauro, Gilbreath
Texas Democratic Party chair-
man Bob Slagle said Land Com-
missioner Garry Mauro’s GOP
opponent, Houston businessman
Wes Gilbreath, should withdraw
from the race because of the TV
commercials his campaign has
been airing.
The Texas Republican Party
declined, saying it will keep Gil-
breath on the ticket.
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Depressing statistics on women
By Juliet K. Wenger
Coastal Bend Council
of Governments
Of all of the statistical material
that comes into the Council of
Government’s Area Agency on
Aging, the most depressing have
to be those on the older woman.
In 1900, there were 98 women
for every 100 men 65 and older. In
the next 75 years, the older
population increased by 82 per-
cent and the number of older
women by 42 percent. The pro-
jection is that by 2000, they will
be seven percent of the total
population, outnumbering elder-
ly men by 154 to 100.
The poorest segment of society
is said to be the 7.5 million
widows and single women over
65. The older the women are, the
poorer they are. Twenty percent
of women living alone have in-
comes of less than £2,000 a year.
On the other end of the scale, 1.5
percent have incomes of £15,000
or more.
Letters
The Ingleside 19th Annual
Round-Up-Days Fiesta is over
and gone. Reports are that it was
epjoyed to its fullest by aU. This
enjoyment was due to the group
efforts of some very special hard-
working people:
Co-Chairperson Marj
Schwebel
All the Ingleside Chamber of
Commerce Committees
Gary Irving and Danny
Roggeman
Jessie Martinez and the CPL
crew
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Gulf Marine
Willie Vaden
Police Chief Randy Crider
and the Ingleside Police Dept.
George Kneupper and City
Employees
Gordon Porter and County
Employees
The Reetltution Center of
Sin ton personnel
Melvin Garret
Doug Richardson
Walter Schwebel
It Is hoped that those named
above include all those who
assisted. If anyone Is left out, it is
so oversight.
I appreciate the help and ooo|>-
eration of afl persons involved. 1
sinoerely thank you all.
To quote an old “Carny"-“An
that's left Is popoorn seeks and
eleohant tracks”
Until next year.
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General Chairman Round-Up-
Deys-1990
Of 13 million women 65 or
over, 6.5 million are widows and
another two mUlion are divorced
or single. Hence, over 60 percent
of older women are on their own.
Of these elderly women, more
than half live in Texas, California,
Florida, Illinois, Ohio, or Penn-
sylvania. Ninety-one percent of
the women are white, eight per-
cent black, two percent Hispanic,
and one percent other.
Only five percent of the general
elderly population live in nursing
homes. Three out of four of those
who do are women. Of the non-
ins ti tutionalized men, 7 5 percent
live with their wives and 17 per-
AT ISSUE
Extend the School Year?
cent with non relatives.
Among women, 25 percent
have husbands with whom they
live, 25 percent live alone, and
the other half live with other fami-
ly members.
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tiw dkwtor of the Natiml
AaodStai hr Year-Round
Education, and b Ac coonS-
nalor hr year-round educa-
tion at the San Diqgo County
Office of Education.
YES
Should we extend the school year?
Yes. It makes both educational and economic
sense. The National Governor’s Association said
it well in a 1986 report: “It makes no sense to
keep closed half a year the school buildings in
which America has invested a quarter of a trillion
dollars while we are undereducated and over-
crowded.” People team in all seasons including
summer; the September-June calendar has no in-
herent instructional value. No state requires
students to attend school more than one-half of the
days each calendar year. Would requiring a few
more days really be an undue burden on our young
people? Rising international competition is chal-
lenging this nation’s well-being. We cannot hope
to be the world’s educational and economic leader
with so short a school year.
What effect would this have on public educa-
tion budgets?
Adding more days would necessarily increase
educational operating costs. But the public is like-
wise demanding greater utilization of existing
school facilities and a greater degree of student
achievement. An easy first step toward extending
the school year would be for states and local
school districts to reorganize the school days al-
ready available. The current 180 days can be
scheduled on a more continuous basis at a negli-
gible cost. Substantial savings can and already
have occurred where year-round education has
been implemented.
Haw would this improve student perfsr-
Students in other countries receive more days of
instruction than ours. The U.S. school year is
among the shortest of any industrialized nation.
We have to do better. Opponents of school-year
extension often insist that we should do better
teaching with the days we have. Agreed. But the
argument clearly misses the point. Assuming thffi
learning occurs in most classrooms, we can expect
class time to result in
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Phillip Khcher was elect-
ed to the Pblk County,
N.C., school board in 1985
on the platform to abolish
the extended-year pilot pro-
pram early- He was chair-
man far Hve years.
Should we extend the school year?
No! There are many ways to improve our
schools without extending the school year. Ad-
ministrators should make sure that time is used ef-
ficiently; place more emphasis on the three
“R’s;“ and develop a well-rounded curriculum
that would benefit all levels of students, both those
who wish to continue their education and those
who plan on entering the work force but need to
develop basic skills. Children today are subject to
tremendous pressure imposed by society. Extend-
ing the school year could add to that pressure. It
would mean less time for family, friends, church
activities and other outside activities.
What effect would this have on public educa-
tion budgets?
The cost of such a program nationwide would
be staggering. Most of the money spent would go
to pay increased utilities, maintenance costs,
lunch programs and teachers’ salaries, as welfas
bus drivers. This money could be put to much bet-
ter use improving curriculum, updating facilities
and improving upon areas of weakness within our
schools during the time frame we now have.
How would this improve student perfor-
mance compared to other countries? .
It would not! We are constantly being compared
to the Japanese and their methods of educating
children. Much of their time in school is spent
learning to speak and write their complicated lan-
guage. The suicide rate among Japanese children
is extremely high as is the drop-out rate. Student
performance is directly related to the quality of
education, not to the quantity. Schools should take
a realistic look at the progress of each student.
Students who are already struggling are being
pushed to the limit of their ability as it is. Adding
more to the year could put more stress on these
students causing an increased drop-out rate. Even
students who perform well can become burned
out. Is this a risk we are willing to take?
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