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be answered, and our voices should be heard—and can be—at so little
real cost to the men and women we have elected to represent ours and
our children’s interests.
1 am also proud of this school district, its teachers and its students,
whose many accomplishments we happily report in these pages. And I
find no difficulty in being both proud and concerned. Neither feeling
diminisi.es the other. I am concerned, and proud, and know others are,
too.
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Rather than a consensus-builder, I wouid like tr elect someone who
Hypocrisy on campaign funds
is an aggressive advocate for our children’s education and welfare, u.
wise and responsible custodian of our tax dollars, and a relentless seeker
of truth. I would like to elect a school trustee who is not afraid to ask
difficult questions, and who will insist on getting the answers.
I would like to elect a school trustee who understands the delicate
balance between hiring the right people for the job, and still managing
to keep an eye on the store.
I would like to elect a school trustee who is a school booster, but not
a guardian of sacred cows. I would like to elect a school trustee who
remembers both the terror of being called into the principal’s office, and
the sheer relief of finally learning that the wizard behind the curtain is
merely mortal.
I would like to elect a school trustee who remembers—even after the
election—that the public has a right to know, and that he or she has an
obligation to make certain that they do.
That’s my school board wish list.
This edition of The Record contains our annual candidates’ forum, in
which those wishing to represent us share their views, visions and
qualifications for the job. It is offered in lieu of a public forum and, while
it may be a poor substitute for that more open democratic process, we
hope it helps shed some light on each of the candidates.
It may only be a starting point. There may be issues that were not
addressed, and questions that were not asked. The rest is up to each of
you.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A complete report of last Friday's tour by the House
Environmental Regulatory Committee of Ochiltree County Confined
Animal Feeding Operations will be published in next week’s Record. We
regret that we were unable to include it this week, but the candidate’s
questions and answers required more space than expected.
Reprinted from the Washington Post National Weekly Edition
| HE HOUSE REPUBLICAN leaders have fol-
| lowed the unfortunate example of their Senate
counterparts on campaign finance reform, only even
more clumsily. Their goal was to kill reform but avoid
the blame. They may have failed at both. Republicans
have spent a year and a half claiming to be indignant
about the fund-raising abuses in the last campaign,
which were considerable, and on the part of both
parties. But given the chance to change the law to ban
the principal abuse, having to do with the raising and
spending of so-called soft money, they flinch. They
like the money even more than they like delivering
the sermons deploring its influence over the system
of which they are a part.
Their leaders’ problem this year has been to avoid
or provide some protection against the charge of
hypocrisy—that in their piety they, no less than the
Democrats, are trying to have it both ways.
The tactic has been to offer up mock reform bills
that they could be pretty sure (a)w’ouldn’t pass, in
part because they were written to be offensive to
Democrats, and (bjwouldn’t achieve reform if they
did pass. Republicans who wanted could safely vote
aye and provide themselves with cover, secure in the
knowiedge that nothing wrould be enacted. The tactic
failed in the Senate, where, to the leaders’ consterna-
tion, a majority turned out to be in favor of real
reform. The leaders were put in the anomalous posi-
tion of having to filibuster to keep the Senate from
exercising its will. Pretty much the same thing has
nowr happened in the House. Fake votes w'ere staged
on mostly fake bills; no one was fooled.
A discharge petition is now being circulated anew
in the House to take control from the leadership and
force a series of votes on real reform including a ban
on soft money. The petition was w'hat the mock vote
had been meant in part to avert. As the House began
its Easter recess, the petition had 196 of the required
218 signatures. The Democratic holdouts and those
Republicans who are co-sponsors of reform bills
ought to sign. In the Senate, the Democratic leader-
ship ought to start offering the deflected reform bill
as an amendment to other legislation. The fund-rais-
ing system is corrupt. In the end, the very’ members
who look to be its beneficiaries are the ones it taints.
Banning soft money would not solve all the prob-
lems, but it would solve some. They ought to do it;
other than raising still more money, they’re sure not
doing anything else of consequence.
A reasonable doubt
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I to the editors
All complainers must pay
AFTER SEVERAL CALLS with favorable comments regarding our
theatre color selection, I think it would be best if we not charge these
people. We should just charge the complainers. This same policy
should probably be adopted regarding all matters. All Complainers
Must Pay a Fee!
Compliments are Freely Accepted.
Also, I always enjoy reading your paper each w’eek, but I have
decided it is most enjoyable when you say nice things about me. Thanks.
Aren’t wre all very lucky to live in a wonderful town with such an
interesting collection of inhabitants.
Best Regards,
SALEM ABRAHAM
by Lynn Brisendine in the Brownfield News
A DEFENDANT WAS on trial for murder. There
■ ■was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there
w’as no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the
lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be
convicted, resorted to trick: “Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, I have a surprise for you all,” lawyer said
as he looked at his wratch.
“Within one minute, the person presumed dead in
this case will walk into this courtroom.”
He looked toward the courtroom door. The jurors,
somew’hat stunned, all looked on eagerly. A minute
passed. Nothing happened.
Finally the lawyer said, “Actually, I made up the
previous statement. But you all looked on with antici-
pation. I therefore put it to you that there is reasonale
doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed
and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty.”
The jury, clearly confused, retired to deliberate.
A few minutes later, the jury returned and pro-
nounced a verdict of guilty.
“But how?” inquired the lawyer. “You must have
had some doubt; I saw all of you stare at the door.”
The jury foreman replied: “Oh, we looked, but
your client didn ’t...”
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1998, newspaper, April 16, 1998; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth520224/m1/4/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas+-+Hemphill+County+-+Canadian%22: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.