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Opinion
McGown: who cares if there's school in Texas?
Thursday, July 16,1992
Page 2
IndeX
By Lyndell Williams
Texas Press Assn.
AUSTIN — Financially-
strapped Texas legislators, dis-
illusioned with judges whose rul-
ings force expensive laws, watch-
ed the issue become more politi-
cally partisan last week.
On the GOP side, U.S. Attorney
General William P. Barr repre-
senting President Bush filed a leg-
al brief in Houston calling for an
end of the 20-yearH>ld prison re-
form lawsuit.
Barr accused inmates’ attor-
neys of extorting state govern-
ment. “The time is well overdue
for the Ruiz case to be brought to
an end,” he said.
Later that day, State District
Judge Scott McCown, an Austin
liberal Democrat, said he will
shut down Texas public schools if
lawmakers don’t pass a school
funding plan by next June as
ordered by the Texas Supreme
Court.
While justice is theoretically
non-partisan, Capitol observers
see it as intensely partisan; the
gray area of the Constitution
which allows judges to influence
or even mandate new laws flows
from a strict vs. liberal interpreta-
tion argument to Republican-
Democrat political warfare.
Showdown Promised
The prison reform lawsuit
prompted U.S. District Judge Wil-
liam Wayne Justice, an LBJ
appointee, to order billions spent
to achieve his vision for new pris-
on, effectively sapping money
from public schools, despite a de-
cade of new taxes and fee in-
creases.
In a parallel lawsuit for equal
public school funding, state
judges in four years have struck
down three successive plans
offered by the Texas Legislature.
Last week, lawyers for ‘poor’
schools asked Judge McCown to
appoint a special master to write a
court-imposed plan.
McCown refused, but said he
will force a showdown between
the Legislature and the Texas
Supreme Court.
McCown: ‘Who cares’?
McCown told lawyers he will
enjoin state funds and maybe loc-
Capital Highlights
al tax dollars if the deadline com-
es and goes with no reform.
Then the question to overrule
him will go to the Texas Supreme
Court, where Democrats hold a
5-4 majority.
“At that point, you either have
a plan or you don’t, and if you
don’t, fine. Nobody (no school)
has any money, the schools are
shut down; stick with that posi-
tion and then let the bad guys
scream,” McCown declared.
“If there’s not educatio in the
State of Texas for six months,
who cares?” he said.
Democrats Praise Gore
In the presidential election are-
na, Democrats praised the selec-
tion of U.S. Sen. Al Gore, D-Tenn.
as Gov. Bill Clinton’s running
mate.
Party chairman Bob Slagle,
who endorsed Gore’s candidacy
for president four years ago, jubi-
lantly predicted Gore will bring
Reagan Democrats back with the
party faithful.
Gov. Ann Richards, who earlier
said she would cull any veep
nominee who wasn’t pro abor-
tion, predicted Reagan Demo-
crats are “not at all happy with
George Bush.”
Meanwhile, Hispanic spokes-
man Henry Cisneros, who had
urged Clinton to pick someone
from the northeast, said he
doubts he will ever seek public
office again, but will continue
public service in other ways.
“In a very short order, there
will be five or six Hispanics who
will be presidential or vice pres-
idential material,” Cisneros pre-
dicted.
Records Opened to Public
Consumers gained a new
1 source of information last week
when the Texas Department of
Insurance opened its files of re-
cent insurance company ex-
amination reports to the public.
i A new rule enacted by the State
Board of Insurance treats as open
records final reports of examina-
tions of a company's condition as
of Dec. 31, 1990, or later.
The rule, which took effect July
2, applies to both financial and
market conduct examinations.
Conduct examinations look into
treatment of policyholders,
claimants and sales prospects.
“Consumers want and need to
make informed choices when
shopping for insurance. A com-
pany’s financial strength and its
treatment of consumers are im-
portant consideraions,” said
Claire Korioth, board chair.
“These reports should have
been made public years ago. The
current board is happy to reverse
a bad policy and let the daylight of
public scrutiny shine on these re-
ports ”
Gallop Picks Austin
The Gallup Organization,
which runs the famous Gallup
Poll, announced plans to build
the world’s larges polling center
in Austin.
The new center, expected to be
operational by Sept. 1, will hire
primarily college students as pub-
lic opinion survey interviews,
150 to start, later 500.
Other Highlights
• Before entering a Dallas
hospital for knee and back
surgery, Lt. Gov. Bob Bullocksaid
the Legislature will pump M630
million more into public educa-
tion next session, mostly from
economic growth totaling Ml bil-
lion, not new taxes.
• Harris County recently de-
clared its buildings smoke-free,
but the county’s judges voted to
exempt themselves from the pro-
hibition.
• Gov. Richards appointed
Travis County Sheriff Doyne
Bailey to head her criminal jus-
tice division.
Letters to the editor
Fire department, auxiliary grateful for the help
Editor,
The Ingleside Volunteer Fire
Department and Auxiliary held a
car wash on July 11th. We washed
cars, vans and pickups for a dona-
tion of M3 each.
Approximately 45 vehicles wre
washed, bringing in a total of
M220. This will go towards a
purchase of a walkie-talkie to be
used during fires andother
emergencies in the fire depart-
ment.
Even though it was a slow start,
we were amazed at the number of
residents, vacationers and Navy
personnel who contributed to our
fundraiser.
We would like to thank all the
individuals who participated. We
hope our next car wash will draw
more of our city officials and
businesses also.
It gives us great pleasure to
Editor,
I was surprised not to see the
name of former Ingleside mayor
Mark Crawford in the list of digni-
taries at the dedication of Naval
know so many were eager to give
us a helping hand in making it a
huge success! A special thanks
for continually reinforcing our
faith in the community.
Ingleside Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment Auxiliary
Station Ingleside. It is my im-
pression that Mr. Crawford, along
with many of those listed, had
done much to assure its opening.
Linda Foss
Why wasn't Crawford listed?
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Figures tell a lot about counties
By Juliet K. Wenger
Coastal Bend Council
of Governments
A sample of census figures on
six counties of the Coastal Bend
was carried in last week’s column.
Here are some of the facts the
figures tell about the other six.
Kleberg County has a popula-
tion of 30,274, living in 9,899
households. Here is the one coun-
ty in the region in which males
outnumber females, 15,145 to
15,120. By heritage there are
20,575White people, 1,026 Black
people, 137 Filipinos, 114 Amer-
ican Indians, 34 Chinese and 32
Koreans.
There are fewer than two to one
Hispanics to non-Hispanics,
18,483 to 11,791. The heaviest
concentration of any age group is
9,902 in the 22 to 34 age category.
There are 2,725 two-person
households and 2,146 one-
person households.
There are 3,058 couples living
in homes with their own children,
740 households in which there is
no father present, and 71 with no
mother. In Black households,
there are 92 in which no father is
present, 63 in which married cou-
ples live with their own children
and none in which there is no
mother present.
Live Oak County has a popula-
tion of 9,556 and 3,570 house-
holds . There are 8,332White peo-
ple, no Blacks and 28 American
Indians. There are almost twice
as many non-Hispanics as Hispa-
nics, 6,267 to 3,289. Females out-
number males 4,822 to 4,734.
There are twice as many two-
person households as any other
category, 1,219. In 1,083 house-
holds, married couples live with
their own children, in 137 there is
no father present and in 43 no
mother present.
Their population is fairly even-
ly spread over the years, showing
no dramatic masses or voids.
McMullen County has 817 peo-
ple in 319 households, 416
females and 401 males. There are
no Blacks and five American Indi-
ans. Non-Hispanics outnumber
Hispanics 499 to 318.
No 17-year-olds were listed and
no one-year-old girls, although
there were eight one-year-old
boys. Otherwise the population is
fairly balanced by age. The coun-
ty follows the pattern of more
two-person households, 117,
with 80 households with one per-
son and 49 with three-persons.
The county’s families are
almost totally traditional, 89 cou-
ples living with their own chil-
dren, two families in which their
is no father present and one in
which there is no mother.
Nueces County has a total
population of 291,145 in 99,551
households Hispanics outnum-
ber non-Hispanics 151,000 to
State of
the Region
140,145. There are 220,687
White people, 12,603 Blacks,
1,023 American Indians and
1,019 Filipinos.
There is a balance in the
population by age groups with the
largest numbers in their middle
years. The number of females is
significantly more than males,
148,823 to 142,322. The county
follows the pattern of more peo-
ple in two-persor households,
than one-person and than three
or more.
A rather remarkable statistic in
Nueces County as in all the other
counties of the region is that no
people are listed as “visible in
street locations.”
Refugio, with a population of
7,976, has 2,907 households.
There are 4,160 females and
3,816 males. Non-Hispanics out-
number Hispanics 4,830 to
3,146. In all, there are 6,244
White people, 606 Blacks and 19
American Indians. The largest
age categories are 893 in 25-29
years, 801 in 40 to 44 years and
779 in 50 to 54 years.
There are 774 married couples
with their own children in their
home, 17 households with no
father, and 40 with no mother.
There was little difference in the
Hispanic and non-Hispanic ratio,
however, in Black households,
there were 45 with no father pre-
sent, 32 with both mother and
father in the home, and none with
a father but no mother.
San Patricio County has a
population of 58,749 in 18,782
households, with 29,658 females
and 29,091 males. There are
44,998 Whites, 793 Blacks and
230 American Indians. There is a
near one-to-one ratio of Hispa-
nics to non-Hispanics, 29,586 tc
29,163.
The bulk of the population falls
in the 22 to 49 year ages, a total of
26,097. The greatest number,
5,049, live in two-person house-
holds, and the number of one,
three and four person households
is almost the same, totalling
9,999.
Households followed a pattern
through each ethnic group of the
number of couples with their own
children in their home, and the
number of households without
father or mother.
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