Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1987 Page: 3 of 10
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Palacios Beacon, Feb. 26,1987-Page 3
Education cuts, tort reform tops list
With the first month of the
legislative session completed,
State Sen. Ken Armbrister said
issues involving education cuts
and the controversy over liability
insurance and tort reform have
drawn the most response from
District 18 residents.
Armbrister has filed two bills
and has signed on as a co-
sponsor of another. He expects to
file several more bills—including
one to speed up contested child
custody cases-within the next
month.
"I’m extremely pleased with
the way this session has begun,”
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said Armbrister. “There seems
to be a very serious attitude
among legislators and we will be
operating at full speed much
sooner than usual.”
Armbrister pointed to Senate
passage of prison legislation and
a full schedule of committee
hearings as evidence of the legis-
lature’s desire to address the
state’s problems quickly and eff-
iciently.
Armbrister said his office has
been flooded with letters and
calls concerning Gov. Clements’
proposal to take funds from the
teacher retirement system.
“1 am very much opposed to
taking funds from the teacher
50th Anniversary
retirement system,” said Arm-. ,
brister. “We have made a
committment to supporting our
teachers and taking from their
retirement system would send
the wrong message to educa-
tors.”
Armbrister serves on the Sen-
ate’s Economic Development
committee. Many of the bills
concerning tort reform and liabil-
ity insurance have been referred
to that committee.
“With so many bills filed on
this issue, my staff and I are
looking at each one to determine
its impact and we’ll make our
decision based on the bill we
feel serves the interest of District
18 residents best," said Arm-
brister.
Signing on as co-sponsor of
Senate Bill 279 concerning abor-
tion, Armbrister said he is in
favor of the two basic aspects of
the bill.
“This bill requires minors
seeking abortions to have paren-
tal consent. It also outlaws late
term abortions,” said Armbris-
ter.
One of the bills filed by
Armbrister would increase penal-
ties for assault of a juvenile
probation officer to the same
penalty (a class B misdemeanor)
as assaulting a law enforcement
official.
"We had a case within the
district in which a parent assault-
ed a juvenile probation officer
and was able to walk away with
just a. slap on the wrist,” said
Armbrister. "Our juvenile pro-
bation officers deal with our most
severe delinquents and they
must receive adequate protection
under the law."
Armbrister said he encour-
aged residents of the district to
contact him with concerns about
legislative matters, adding his
staff was also actively working
with many District 18 residents
covering a wide variety of issues
and problems.
Ducks Unlimited fete March 19
The Palacios Chapter of Ducks
Unlimited will hold its annual
banquet at Eagles Hall on
Thursday, March 19. This is a
special year as DU celebrates its
50th anniversary. *
Ducks Unlimited was founded
in 1937 to help restore and
rehabilitate prime waterfowl
breeding grounds in Canada,
where over 70 percent of North
America’s waterfowl are hatch- projects have benefited man as
ed. These grounds were nearly well by creating a stabilized
destroyed as a result of the water supply for agriculture,
sudden and massive westward t industry and municipalities. Mo-
expansion of civilization after re than $337 million has been
World War I and the subse- raised in DU’s history, $226
quent draining and cultivation of million of which has been spent
the land. . on wetland improvement and
Since its inception, DU has r management. This means that
completed more than 2,794 wet-
land restoration projects. These
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clean and economical. What
you don’t need are the
potential problems associated
with flame type water heaters.
Things like messy flues,
smoke and fumes, or
concerns ov£r what happens
when the flame goes out.
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the greatest percentage of every
dollar contributed to DU goes
directly into project construction.
This year, under new guide-
lines, a significant portion of
Sweeney named
to committees
U.S. Congressman Mac
Sweeney announced today that
his recent appointment to the
influential Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee marked the
successful culmination of a major
objective of his second term.
The Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee maintains
jurisdiction over the merchant
marine fleet, ports and harbors,
waterways, commercial fisheries
and environmental concerns.
The Wharton Republican will
serve on the Investigations Sub-
committee and the Subcommittee
on Research and Development
on the House Armed Services
Committee.
monies raised in a state or region
will be returned to that area for
local projects. Presently, DU
membership stands at 577,000
with a greenwing membership of
59,000 (boys and girls under the
age of 18).
Tickets for the banquet are
priced at $20 each or $30 per
couple and include a one-year DU
membership and subscription to
the organization’s magazine. Ti-
ckets are available at Palacios
Sporting Goods or may be
purchased at the door. Call
972-6311 for more information.
SBA nixes
request for
disaster aid
Coastal oystermen will not be
receiving any disaster assistance
from *he federal government
despite fheir economic plight due
to the closure of Texas Bays.
The Small Business Adminis-
tration last week rejected the
disaster assistance application
submitted by the Texas Gover-
nor’s office. The SBA based the
rejection on the ruling that red
tide-one of the prime reasons for
the closing of Texas bays for
much of the season—is not
considered to be a disaster.
Although many bays were reop-
ened last week to oystering, all
had been closed for much of the
season which began back in
November.
Several coastal counties, in-
cluding Matagorda County, had
petitioned the governor’s office
for the disaster declaration which
would have provided low interest
loans and other assistance to
oystermen and other related in-
dustries.
"There wilil be no disaster
relief funds for those who
suffe id from the red tide dis-
aster,” U.S. Con-
gressman Mac Sweeney told a
group of Palacios residents last
week. Sweeney said that despite
the SBA ruling, he still con-
siders the effect of the red tide
and the closure of Texas bays to
have been a disaster.
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West, Nicholas M. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1987, newspaper, February 26, 1987; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth726751/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.