Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 82, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1980 Page: 2 of 26
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2A—Burleson Star, Thursday, Jaly 31, INI
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Editorials/Opinions
.Our own...and others'
Muzzle Quiets Chiefs
Recently, a journalist tele-
phoned the White House to in-
quire about President Carter's
flip-flop on pay raises for the
skilled enlisted personnel and
young officers now leaving the
services in droves. The public
relations specialist who answer-
ed the phone began by assuring
the caller that the Joint Chiefs
of Staff were in full support of
the administration’s defense
policies.
: Nonsense. The list of Carter
decisions opposed in whole or in
part by the Joint Chiefs would
easily fill the rest of this page,
ybt, the general public knows
litfe more about the opinions of
tie Joint Chiefs than President
darter chooses to announce.
/$id, as one might guess, Mr.
Carter and his key defense
aides treat the private views of
the Joint Chiefs as though they
were state secrets.
By law, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff serve as the principal mil-
itary advisors to the president,
the National Security Council,
and the secretary of defense.
And by tradition, JCS members
are almost always team players
loathe to complain publicly
when their considered judg-
ments are overruled, or even
ignored.
Thus, Jimmy Carter can, and
frequently does, cite the chiefs’
public and essentially pro
forma expressions ofconfidence
in the nation’s military strength
as “proof” that we are ade-
quately defended. The tactic is
persuasive enough to dilute the
impact of knowledgeable crit-
ics, including legions of retired
general and flag officers, who
insist that the United States
faces the equivalent of a nation-
al defense emergency.
All of this poses a difficult,
It is safe to assume that the
White House has resented these
public statements, which so
dramatically challenge the ad-
ministration’s soothing as-
surances that all is well. But all
is not well, and members of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff recognize
as much. That being the case,
Adm. Hayward shouldn’t be the
wily service chief saying so in
public.
Inflation, Tax Gut
President Carter has been
firm in his resistance to any
tax-cut proposals, dinging to
his conviction that a balanced
budget is the key to ending
inflation.
But the president presumably
will be responsive to Democrat-
ic leaders and White House ad-
visers who are of a different
mind.
The jobless rate has jumped
from 6.2 percent to 7.8 percent
and an.8.5 percent rate has
been predicted by Labor Secre-
tary Ray Marshall by early
next year. A tax cut designed to
stimulate investment and pro-
duction and, it follows, jobs is a
predictable election-year tactic.
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James Moody
Chuck llutson
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DISAPPEARED?
delicate <fii»mma for the ser-
vice chiefs. Where, after all, is
the dividing line between appro-
priate submission to civilian
policy and authority, and their
professional charge to warn
Congress and the public when
that policy endangers national
security?
Reasonable men can, of
course, differ. But it seems
clear that any service chief who
believes his forces inadequate
to support national policy has
an obligation to say so, and in
public if necessary.
At least one member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff has now
reached that point. Adm. Thom-
as B. Hayward, chief of naval
operations, has begun to differ
with Mr. Carter with commend-
able candor and no small
amount of courage.
This spring, Adm. Hayward
lobbied hard, for increased pay
and benefits for career navy
personnel as the only way to
stem what he aptly termed a
“hemorrhage of talent.” Late
last month, Adm. Hayward de-
clared that a “one-and-a-half
ocean fleet” cannot meet the
nation’s need for a three-ocean
navy. And he has publicly re-
versed his position on the all-
volunteer armed forces and
called for resumption of the
draft.
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WdULDH'T it be
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CREATURES
Two Resolutions Okayed
By Board Of Trustees
Two resolutions have been submitted
from Burleson for consideration at the
delegate assembly of the Texas
Association of School Boards.
If approved, they would be presented
to the state legislature with a request
for appropiate action. /
The first asks for increased compen-
sation for public school employees and
the other requests state funding of at
least $15 per parcel of property to
minimize the local cost of implemen-
ting and maintaining the state man-
dated Countywide Appraisal Districts
in Texas.
In a statement of reasons listed with
the payraise resolution, the BISD points
out:
—Inflation has eroded the purchasing
power and standards of living for public
school employees in recent years.
—Emergency action is needed
because other vocations are attracting
many competent educators away from
their profession.
—Due to minimal taxable wealth,
Letters To The Editor |
ceded that a tax cut is “inevita-
ble.”
A similar message has come
from former Treasury Secre-
taries Michael Blumenthal, a
Democrat, and William Simon,
a Republican.
Former Federal Reserve
Board Chairman Arthur Bums
is urging a tax cut.
So is California Sen. Alan
Cranston, a Democrat adding
his voice to those of Rep. Jack
Kemp and Sen. William Roth,
the Republican team whose
early effort to trim taxes was
rejected as unfeasible.
George Shultz, secretary of
labor and secretary of the
treasury in the Nixon cabinet
and now an adviser to probable
Alfred Kahn, the president’s qqP presidential nominee
fighter, has con- pontiff Rp?gan, has said a tax
cut is essential. Reagan, him-
self, recently called for a one-
year version of the Kemp-Roth
proposal.
But the high-powered support
for a cut in taxes does not
extend to pleas for an infusion
of funds into public works proj-
ects or other make-work pro-
grams.
The goal of a balanced budg-
et remains valid. A tax cut
must be offset by cuts in spend-
ing. The proclaimed reduction
in the annual rate of inflation
from 18 percent to 12 percent
was attained through tight cred-
it pottdes and high interest that
discouraged consumer spend-
ing. Inflation’s fires still flicker.
A tax cut seems certain.
Whether the certainty is good or
bad depends on a number of
factors, including the of the
cut and the probable beneficiar-
ies. The bid to restore lost jobs
must not be allowed, however,
to permit a resumption of runa-
way cost-of-living figures.
The delicate task of attacking
unemployment and inflation si-
multaneously cannot be under-
Dear Sir:
I do not believe the city council or the
city manager of Burleson really gave
enough thought about the decision that
was made about Fire Chief Newby. A
decision to wipe out 25 years of
dedicated service should not be taken
lightly.
As an outsider, some people may
think it is none of my business but I will
explain why I am concerned. I am the
fire chief of a neighboring fire depart-
ment. I have known Chuck Newby for
almost 20 years. I can remember well
when Burleson did not have much in the
way of fire protection. Over the years
Chuck has worked and fought hard to
bring his fire department up to a level
as one of the best in this area. The
citizens of Burleson should be proud of
it’s fire department and the many
dedicated men involved in it.
As President of the Johnson County
Rural Fire District, I appreciate the
concern and the involvement Chuck has
had over the well-being of all the other
fire departments in the County.
As a member of the city council of
Joshua, I am concerned that politics
may have entered into this matter. I
don’t believe the council in Joshua
could condone such behavior from a
police officer without taking action on a
stern reprimand. I think a suspension
without pay for a while might be
justified for the officer involved.
I just hope all the action that was
taken will not have a negative effect on
the Burleson Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment. I would certainly hate to see a
fine tire department destroyed over
such an incident. If there was a pro-
blem at the scene fo the tire, the officer
should not have taken it on his own to
argue the.matter with Chief Newby. He
should have gone to his superiors with
the matter and let them handle it.
Mike Morgan, Fire Chief
Joshua Volunteer Fire Dept.
their pockets with those green bills.
But isn’t it interesting to see the
results of greed? Before their pockets
could get full, Fort Worth City Coun-
cilman Bob Bolen suggested that since
Burleson was going to reap some of the
benefits in tax revenue should the Oak
Grove site be selected, they should par-
ticipate in the financing of studies and
the airport if that site is selected. We
couldn’t help but notice that Mayor
Abies and City Manager Sowa got a lit-
tle pale at this point.
Since we 600 plus homeowners don’t
count, and weren’t even heard on July 7
(before the Council) urging them to
help us preserve our homes, then they
won’t notice if we don’t shop in
Burleson anymore. That’s right! We’re
boycotting all stores in Burleson.
But don’t worry, everything will be
all right, you won’t notice it. We were
told that about the airport, so it must be
true!
1. Edna & Alvin Siegmund
2. Elizabeth AW.J. Carpenter
3. Serena Whiting
4. Cecil Gary Emery
5. Jerry & Arline Chapman
6. Y. S. & Ailene Morgan
7. Beverly Weatherford
8. Harvey & Cam Cagle
9. Frank & Jennie Castile
10. O. E. Owens
11. Robert E. Southerlan
12. Claude & Anita Schmidt
13. Cheryl Smith
14. Mrs. Donald W. Cloud
15. Mr. & Mrs George R. Hawley
16. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wakefield
17. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Lewallen
18. Mr. & Mrs. Dave Bourland
19. Mr. & Mrs. B.W. Harrison
20. Mr. & Mrs. V. L. Robertson
P.S. And the list goes on! For lack of
newspaper space, we limited the
number of signatures to twenty.
Submitted by Mrs. Arline Chapman
913 Crockett Dr., on behalf of the above
listed residents of Garden Acres.
many local districts cannot adequately
respond to the kinds of compensation
improvement needed.
—Improved compensation is a
necessity to attract, retain and upgrade
the quality of teachers in Texas.
CITED AS REASONS for the ap-
praisal district resolution were the
following:
—Funding should be a state respon-
sibility since the appraisal districts
were mandated by the legislature.
—Inflation has made it nearly im-
possible to maintain existing levels of
services and the additional cost of the
appraisal district compounds this pro-
blem.
—Since the state has greater flexibili-
ty in revenue sources than local
districts, funding from the state is more
feasible under present economic condi-
tions.
—Local districts don’t need the addi-
tional costs related to the appraisal
districts.
Board President Byron Black is the
BISD’s voting representive to the con-
ference and Board Secretary A1 Evans
is the alternate.
The board also discussed plans for
participation in the State Conference of
the Texas Association of School
Boards/Texas Association of School
Administrators which will be held Sept.
27-29 in San Antonio.
High School
New Student
Enrollment
ABLES
To Meet
Tuesday
Tuesday night, Aug. 5, at 7:30,
members of ABLES will meel in Room
28 of the First United Methodist Church
to plan the 1981 membership drive and
to work out a policy on ambulance
coverage for utility company
employees and other non-homeowners
who are outside Burleson.
Don Robson, president of ABLES,
said that the organization is concerned
about individuals working outside the
city who may require ambulance ser-
vice from Burleson. Under the present
contract between ABLES and Mobile
Life Support Co., an ambulance could
apparently be dispatched if the injured
worker happened to have the accident
at the home of an ABLES member.
Otherwise, an ambulance could not
be sent.
“I’ve contacted all the utility com-
panies I can think of and asked them to
have representatives at the meeting,”
Robson said. He also added that he
hoped business owners and contractors
who work crews outside the city would
attend the meeting.
Ambulances are not responding to
non-members homes, he stressed, poin-
ting out a case this week where a heart
attack victim had to be taken to the
hospital by members of his family.
For such cases, there’s nothing more
effective than the prompt attention of a
paramedic, Robson said, but added that
if the service were extended to
everyone, then no one would pay. If that
happened, there would be no money to
pay the ambulance subsidy and no one
would have the service, he said.
“We don’t like for anyone to be
without prompt ambulance service,”
he said, “but we don't feel that we’re
cutting anyone off. They’re cutting
themselves off by not sharing in the
subsidy.”
ABLES, formerly called Save Our
Service, is a predominantly rural
organization which was formed to
maintain prompt emergency am-
bulance service outside the Burleson ci-
ty limits.
★ Women
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IN PERSONNEL MATTERS, two
teachers were employed and resigna-
tions from two others accepted by the
board.
Resigning were BryAnn Hughes,
transitional, class at A.E. Frazier
Elementary, and Gary Grant, who was
recently employed as an industrial arts
teacher at the high school but returned
his contract unsigned.
Employed were David Chapline, in-
dustrial arts at Pauline G. Hughes Mid-
dle School and Elaine Miller, art and Ti-
tle I Reading at the middle school.
New high school students who have
not enrolled in school need to do so as
soon as possible, according to Principal
Charles Boren.
Boren said students can come by the
high school office each day or call and
make an appointment to enroll. He
said the students need to enroll prior to
the start of school so their information
can be processed and class loads
established.
into the sky, when they looked
backward and sideward, other walls
were closing in on them. How did they
survive? How did they react to the
walls?
In a third illustrative game, the au-
dience was asked to imagine they were
standing on the edge of a steep cliff with
a rope in their hands. When they looked
downward, they could see another
perosn on the ledge below.
“A closer look reveals the person on
the lower ledge is you. If you throw the
rope to the person below, will you pull
up or down on the rope?” Dr. Butler
asked.
“In creating a positive self image,
you must keep in mind you have the
capacity to love and be loved. And you
maintian this self image by practicing
it, hanging on to it. Apply it where it
make6 sense. There is a place for
everyone to love and be loved.”
A sense of humor, a sense of humility
and a sense of alternatives are other
important facets for a healthy self im-
age.
“Always remember there are options
and alternatives to almost everything.
A sense of the future is also something
important to acquire.”
"IF YOU ARE ABLE to generate
these aspects into a pattern of life, it
will create a sense of wholesome rela-
tionship to others and an effectiveness
within yourself,” Dr. Butler said in con-
cluding remarks.
At the end of Monday night’s session,
Dr. Mike Wills, pastor of the First
Christian Church, said beginning Mon-
day night, a nursery will be provided
for single mothers of small children
who wish to attend the seminars. Group
meetings are from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays
at the church.
Next Monday nights’ seminar will be
an open discussion of Dr. Butler’s talk
to the group. Six other provocative
speakers have been lined up to help
single women adjust to their role in to-
day’s world.
Dear Sir:
When we moved to Burleson 25 years
ago a few men including my husband
started the Burleson Volunteer Fire
Department and they elected Chuck
Newby as their Chief. In the 25 years
that he has been Chief, he has done
more for Burleson than any other man.
What does he get for it, FIRED because
of an incident with a young officer of the
law. That officer is still working. This is
justice. I think not.
W. R. k Betty Jack
★ School Budget
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Dear Mr. Hutson,
In the South Tarrant County Airport
issue the Burleson City Council and the
Burleson Clumber of Commerce have
come accross loud and clear that we the
(the homeowners in the out-
; areas not within the city limits of
■ but school tax payers) don’t
; you haven’t looked late-
ly, there are someJbO plus homes in the
count. In case;
affected airport site.
It teems to us, all the Burleson City
Council and Burleson Chamber of Com
merce are thinking about in this issue is
how much money this will put into their
pockets. When both decided to support
the concept of a South Tarrant County
Airport (against the outcry of the ma-
jority), they visually started stuffing
lost through the recent tax relief
legislation. That reimbursement
amounts to about *227,000 in the 1980-81
budget, but the statute expires in 1981.
—Debt service obligations increase
*70,000 in 1981-82 and another *75,000 in
1983-84—the equivilent of an 8* tax in-
crease-even if no more bonds are sold.
Still on the drawing board is a major
capital expense for a new elementary
school in northwest Burleson.
—The time lapse in implementing the
county appraisal district. Probability of
the tax district providing a current tax
roll in 1981 is remote, he said, and the
BISD will still have the expense of do-
ing that. •
THE TAX OFFICE 18 b earmarked,
under Cockerham’s recommendation,
to receive *34,000 to help provide an up-
dated tax roO in 1981. Those funds were
originally targeted for increased health
insurance omniums, but the expected
im rnasr did not occur.
Local tax revenue would increase by
about *210,000 if the 12* tax increase is
accepted by the board. Of that amount,'
*170,000 would go toward salary in-
creases.
Increased cost to a homeowner with a
house valued at *40,000 after exemp-
tions would be *48 per year. Should the
board decide on the 15* increase, the
cost would be an additional *12 to that
same homeowner.
“I really fed fortunate that we’re
looking at tins kind of increase,” Board
President Byron Black said, noting that
one area district had been forced to in-
crease the local tax rate by 27*.
Cockerham pointed out that it had
been his intent—and he thought that of
the board—to come up with a budget
providing the lowest possible tax in-
crease and the highest possible pay in-
crease for teachers.
HE NOTED THAT OVER *100,000 in
lower priority items had been lifted
form the proposed budget and that
about three-quarters of a million
dollars in the budget were merely pass-
through funds from the state since the
BISD is the fiscal agent for the special
education co-op which Includes Ever-
man, Joshua and Crowley.
The new superintendent has been on
the job only since July 1, but had been
attending board meetings and other
meetings here for several months prior
to that.
The certified tax roll as presented by
the Board of Equalization represented
a 7.5 percent increase over last year’s
tax roll of *175,073,820. Most of the *13.2 -
million increase was new growth since I
no major revaluation programs were in
effect this year.
About 20 persons signed up to make
an appearance before the B of E, chair-
man Ron Long told the board, but only
six or seven actually showed up.
ALL 2* REQUESTS were reviewed,
however, he added.
Long, aa well as B of E members L.
A. Summers and Dwight Lilly were
presented plaques of appreciation for
their service on the board, it was the
third consecutive year for Long.
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