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Thursday, November 18, 1993
Page 2
Opinion
George W. Bush launches campaign for governor
By Lyndeil Williams
and Ed Sterling
Texas Press Assn.
AUSTIN — Republican George
W. Bush launched his campaign
for governor last week by pledging
to end parole for sex offenders,
slow the growth of state govern-
ment and abolish most of the
Texas Education Agency.
Bush, 47, managing partner of
the Texas Rangers baseball team,
said he must establish his identity
and trust among Texans before he
has a chance to defeat Democra-
tic Gov. Ann Richards.
“If I’m not able to step out of the
shadow of a great man or come
away from a baseball team, I’m
not gong to win,” he said.
“But I’m going to,” said the old-
est son of former President
George Bush. “I want Texans to
see a person who has got heart
and cares and has some good
ideas.”
Stumping the state, Bush out-
lined his education proposals:
• The state should define the
basic mission of education and
how much it costs.
• The oourts should get out of
the school ffnanoe process, and
the state should pay for a basic,
adequate education. School dis-
tricts wanting “extras” should
fund them.
• Education should be
funded by the state but governed
by local school boards. “Red tape,
paperwork, regulation and top-
down direction” should be re-
duced.
• All regulatory functions of
the Texas Education Agency
should be abolished.
Bush said the goals for educa-
tion should be “literacy in basic
courses and good citizenship, not
condom distribution or social en-
gineering.”
Defense Funds on Hold
Contributions to a legal de-
fense fund for Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison are being held in a
state account while attorneys for
the senator determine whether
they are legal, a spokesman said
last week.
“We want to make sure that it’s
fully researched and done legally
so that you don’t run into conflict
between state and federal law,”
said David Beckwith, a spokes-
man for Hutchison.
The lawer, David Herndon,
who also oversees Hutchison’s
state officeholder account, was
questioned by grand jurors last
week. Mike Toomey, an Austin
lobbyist and former member of
the House of Representatives,
also appeared before the panel.
Richards Picks Lottery Panel
Capital Highlights
A letter has been sent to the
senator’s supporters soliciting
contributions to combat “the
political inquisition in Austin.”
Nearly <50,000 has been col-
lected in recent weeks, Beckwith
said.
Meanwhile, the grand jury in-
vestigating Hutchison sub-
poenaed two new witnesses, in-
cluding the Austin lawyer who
kept the books for her 1990 race
for state treasurer.
COG studying waste management plan
By Juliet K. Wenger
Coastal Bend Council
of Governments
To study or to do is the question
that the COG’s Solid Waste Man-
agement Committee debated. A
small amount of money was made
available to COGs this year to
implement projects.
The consensus of the commit-
tee, to which the COG later
agreed, is that the regional plan
should be completed and a pro-
ject undertaken that would
directly benefit local govern-
ments in the region.
Because brush is the most bul-
ky trash taking up landfill space,
purchase of a chipper was sug-
gested as the highest priority. The
chipper reduces brush to a pro-
duct that can be sold for land-
scaping.
If the state, which makes the
grants for solid waste manage-
ment, approves the proposal, the
most effective way will have to be
found to benefit local govern-
ments. Costs would be compared
for buying or leasing equipment
or contracting work. Capacity of
the machines would have to be
determined and how they could
be scheduled into cities and
counties to give each local gov-
ernment a fair time share.
Some local governments are
already using brush chipping
machinery. Aransas Pass and
Rockport share the cost and use
of a chipper.
Chairman of the regional com-
mittee that has developed a waste
management plan over the past
year is San Patricio County Com-
missioner Gordon Porter. A new
member, Rockport City Council-
man Warren Steinway, was
added to the committee at the
COG’s last meeting.
As the planning phase ends and
the implementation phase be-
gins, the state invited the COu to
apply for two grants. One grant,
from the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission,
would be for <42,638 for regional
coordination of solid waste man-
agement.
The other is <50,000 todevelop
an in-house capacity to work with
solid waste. Up to this time, much
has been handled by engineers
under contract. An allocation of
this same amount was given to
each COG in Texas.
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Gov. Richards last week named
two lawyers and a religious leader
to head the Texas Lottery Com-
mission.
Jan Fisher, an Odessa Lawyer
in private practice and a former
Ector County judge, will chair the
newly created commission.
Other commission members
include:
• Anthony J. Sadberry, a
lawyer from Cypress in Fort Bend
County. A graduate of
ence and serves as a trustee of St.
Edward's University.
The new commission was che-
ated by the Legislature earlier
this year and will take over opera-
tion of Texas’ highly successful
lottery from Comptroller John
Sharp.
97 Districts Shore Wealth
All but one of the 98 school
districts that are required to
share some property wealth
under the new school finance law
have won voter approval to either
send a check to the state, educate
students in other districts, or a
combination of both, according
to the Texas Association of
School Boards.
The Tuloso-Midway district de-
cided to transfer some property
from its tax rolls to the Corpus
Christi district.
Laney Opposes Cigarette Tax
Texas House Speaker Pete
Laney said last week he is
opposed to a proposal to increase
state cigarette taxes as a way to
town University School ot Lawy-«Pur*> smo^in^
he is a former assistant attorney State Health Commissioner
general David Smith earlier called for a
• Richard Daly of Austin tax increase of <1.25 a pack as a
heads the Texas Catholic Confer- waV to discourage young people
from smoking and to fund health
programs.
Laney told The Dallas Morning
Sews he did not believe a tax in-
crease would discourage smok-
ers. He said some instead would
buy cheaper cigarettes out of
state, at military base stores or in
Mexico.
Other Highlights
• Mike McCormick, presid-
ing judge of the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals for the past six
years, announced he will seek re-
election next year. McCormick, a
Democrat has served on the court
for 13 years.
• Former President George
Bush was guest of honor at a re-
cent Houston fund-raiser for
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Rick Perry. Sixty guests kicked in
<50,000.
• Austin Independent School
District trustees have approved a
policy that would expel, for at
least six weeks, students who
bring guns to school.
• State Sen. John Leedom, R-
Dallas, ended speculation about
his retirement by announcing for
re-election.
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