The Harper Herald (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 95, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1993 Page: 4 of 6
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harmed by electric and
magnetic fields from ap-
CTEC PLEDGES
SUPPORT FOR
NATIONAL EMF
RESEARCH AND
INFORMATION
PROGRAM
Central Texas Electric
Cooperative, Inc. today
announced its pledge or
financial support for a
national program to find
out whether health is
)y elecl
fields
pliances, power lines,
and other sources.
Robert A. (Bob) Loth
III, General Manager of
CTEC, said,"Electric and
magnetic fields (EMF)
pose an important issue
for consumer-owned rural
electric systems. Scien-
tific studies to date
offer inconclusive data
about potential adverse
health effects relating
to EMF exposure, and un-
answered questions tend
to increase public con-
cerns. Therefore, CTEC,
as well as many other
rural electric systems
in the nation, are sup-
porting an expanded and
accelerated research
program on this issue."
Through its voluntary
pledge of support the
cooperative joins a
broad-based effort to
conduct independent re-
search and provide in-
formation to the public
about questions concern-
ing EMF and human
health.
The National Electric
and Magnetic Field Re-
search and Information
Program was created by
the federal Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992. Under
that law the Department
of Energy will coordi-
nate a program of re-
search amd information.
The program charges the
National Institute of
Environmental Health
Sciences with the major
responsibility for EMF
research projects.
The five-year program
will cost $65 million,
half of which must come
from nonfederal sources,
such as consumer-owned
rural electric coopera-
tives, municipally owned
systems, investor-owned
utilities, and unrelated
industries.
This unique partner-
ship between the federal
government and private
industry will support a
a comprehensive and co-
ordinated EMF research
effort to increase un-
derstanding of EMF.
CTEC's annual contri-
bution to the national
effort will be based on
kilowatt-hour sales. The
co-op has pledged to
contribute to the cam-
paign for the full five
years of the program,
1993-1997.
The nation's rural e-
lectric co-ops' share of
the five-year program is
$2.1 million.
Bob Bergland,executive
vice president of the
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association,
of which CTEC is a mem-
ber, called CTEC’s fi-
nancial support a vital
step toward addressing
questions about EMF, for
the benefit of the 25
million rural electric
consumers in 46 states.
Bergland said, "People
want to know more about
whether EMF affects
health. We share that
desire for more informa-
tion and that's why con-
sumer-owned electric sy-
stems are such strong
supporters of the new
federal program. We need
the best research avail-
able to find answers to
EMF, and to explain the
results to the public."
A GOVERNMENT OF MEN AND NOT OF LAWS
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Consider, for ex-
ample, Lt. Governor
Bob Bullock, who now
attempts to staddle
the gap between old
and new Democrats.
Over a decade ago,
three aides ap-
parently claimed
that then-comptroll-
er Bullock used gov-
ernment employees
and airplanes for
private and politi-
cal purposes, im-
properly furnished
his offices, and at-
tempted to cover up
the evidence.Earle's
two-year investiga-
tion ended without
action by a qrand
jury. But Bullock
warned us all in
July 1980: "The dis-
trict attorney is a
first-class candi-
date for the (state
Bar) grievance comm-
ittee. His abuse of
public office is ob-
vious. His abuse of
his law license is
unforgivable."
In the Hutchison
case, Earle's biases
are beyond dispute.
Naturally, Earle's
friend Governor
Richards would pre-
fer not to run an
already tough race
next year in a bal-
lot position below
the incumbent U.S.
Senator who recently
won an historically
lopsided two-in-one
special election
victory. For the
Governor, anyone
would be preferable
to the incumbent
Senator -- including
the incumbent with
her prpularity dam-
aged by criminal al-
legations .
And what are
friends for PEarle's
wife even worked for
then - Treasurer Ann
Richards. Earle's
1982 prosecution of
incumbent Treasurer
by Tex Lezar
Warren G. Harding
helped a Travis
Country official
named Ann Richards'
appointment to the
Senate seat won by
Hutchinson. As late
as last December,
Earle refused to
rule out running for
that Senate seat
himself.
Long ato, the Na-
tional Commission on
Law Observance and
Law Enforcement cau-
tioned: "No system
of justice can rise
above the ethnics of
those who administer
it." Prosecutions
must be insulated a-
gainst personal
prosecutorial bias—
especially in cases
involving the polit-
ical process. Re-
sponsible prosecu-
tors recuse themsel-
ves in questionable
circumstances. The
U.S. Department of
Justice requires
federal prosecutors
to withdraw whenever
they have "a person-
al interest in the
outcome of the mat-
ter personal inter-
est in the outcome
o f the matter."
Earle clearly has a
personal interest in
the outcome of the
Hutchison case.
That's why nearly
three out of five
Texans quickly de-
cided that his
charges are politic-
ally motivated.
What about Earle's
charges against Sen-
ator Hutchison ?
Earle is presenting
his evidence to a
second qrand jury,
since the first
grand jury's indict-
ment was thrown out
as illegal. Although
the conduct at issue
remains unspecified,
the case seems to
involve the alleged
use of state comput-
ers and Treasury of-
fice to do personal
or political schedu-
ling. Apparently
also included is the
charge of an at-
tempted coverup in
that the computer
records that alleg-
edly should not have
been written on
state computers were
subsequently removed
from those computers
following notice to
the district attorn-
ey.
The public realiz-
es that the line be-
tween state and pol-
itical business for
elected officehold-
ers is miqhty thin.
What makes an offi-
cial's speech polit-
ical and not an of-
fical attempt to
keep the public in-
formed ? Doesn't a
state employee who
schedules a state
officeholder need
also to maintain the
rest of the office-
holder's schedule to
know when to sche-
dule official activ-
ities ? Where is
the line of legality
to be drawn ? Are
the most serious of-
fenders being pursu-
ed or just the hand-
iest political tar-
get whose allegedly
offensive acts even
seem abiguous and
minor ?
And who should
draw the line for
the statewide elect-
ed official ? The
public at the polls
or a politically
self-interested dis-
trict attorney ?
There are nbo bright
lines in these
areas. On the one
side, there is like-
ly only politically
convenient surmise,
conjecture, and per-
haps testimony from
others under threat
of indictment or im-
mune from indictment
in return for help-
ful testimony. On
the other side,there
is a rational and
contrary explana-
tion.
Do Texans really
want the statewide
officeholders they
elect indicted upon
uncertain grounds by
a plitically motiva-
ted District Attorn-
ey elected by the
voters of Travis
County alone ? I
doubt it. Any good
prosecutor would re-
alize the likely in-
ability to prove so
unreal a case beyond
a reasonable doubt
at trial. Why not
Earle ? Because
conviction may not
be his qoal. Smear-
inq the politician
whose popularity
threatens Earle and
his friends may be
the real goal. It
is, however, a mock-
ery of justice that
Earle lacked the de-
cency to turn this
case over to real
and impartial prose-
cutors .
* Tex Lezar, a Dal-
las attorney, served
concurrently as Pre-
sident Reagan's As-
sitant Attorney Gen-
eral of the United
Sates in charge of
Legal Policy and as
chief of staff for
the Attorney General
of the United
States.
The prosecution being
mounted by Travis County
District Attorney Ronnie
Earle against U.S. Sena-
tor Kay Bailey Hutchison
raises much more dis-
turbing questions about
Earle than about his
target. Both the fuzzi-
ness of the charges in-
vilved and Earle's own
role suggest a horren-
dous injustice is being
perpetrated in Austin.
The grand jury long
ago ceased to function
as a credible check on
prosecutorial power. As
the saying goes, a pros-
ecutor could convince
many a grand jury to in-
dict a ham sandwich.
Short of trial and ap-
peal, good judgment by
prosecutors is the only
real check on prosecu-
tors .
Good prosecutors exer-
cise their discretion to
pursue the most serious
offenders and crimes,
not the merely arguable
ones. They cannot for-
get that even the Lord
had difficulty in secur-
ing compliance with Ten
Commandments that today
seem remarkably clear
compared to the complex-
ities of modern life and
law. Good prosecutors
scrupulously protect
their objectivity be-
cause they know how eas-
ily personal motive can
enter into the balance
and tip the scales of
justice.
Ronnie Earle seems to
follow a different star.
He has made a name for
himself pursuing politi-
cal figures, which is
easy for the district
attorney with jurisdic-
tion over the state cap-
ital to do. He, however
has long seemed too eag-
er to pursue those poli-
ticians not associated
with his own, the Ann
Richards wing of the
emocratic Party. His
targets have been Repub-
licans and Democrats not
a part of Governor
Richards' "New Texas"
politics.
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false
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DRUNK DRIVING DOESN’T JUST KILL
DRUNK DRIVERS.
Hannah and Sarah Fogleman, killed Dec. 12, 1988 at 2:22 pm on
1-95 South, Brunswick, GA.
Next time your friend insists on driving drunk, do whatever it takes
to stop him.
Because if he kills innocent people, how will you live with yourself?
FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK.
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