The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 12, 1995 Page: 4 of 49
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PAT ON THE BACK...
Our congratulations to the new directors and officers of the Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Baytown and the Baytown Chamber
of Commerce who were elected recently. We wish both organizations
luck in the coming year.
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The Baytown Sun is published Monday through Friday and Sunday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown.
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he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,
but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and partic-
ularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized.”
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution was written not to pro-
tect Americans from common street criminals, but rather to protect cit-
izens from the intrusive reaches of their own government and its
agents. And yet the House of Representatives recently voted 289-142
to approve a proposal that substantially weakens this integral compo-
nent of the Bill of Rights by loosening rules on criminal courts and
allowing them to consider evidence seized during unlawful searches.
Particularly troubling about this measure, which will be voted on as
part of a package that allegedly strengthens last year’s crime law, is that
the measure was sponsored by Congressional Republicans—the veiy
: people who claim to want* to fee people from undue government intru-
sion and harassment. Lawmakers supporting the legislation claim it
would help curb the number of criminal cases thrown out or overturned
on the grounds of technicalities which protect criminals.
The Bill of Rights is not a technicality, however. Moreover, a General
Accounting Office study has found that improper collection of evi-
dence rulings affect only about 1 percent of federal cases. The truth of
the matter is that the Fourth Amendment already exempts certain
“good faith” searches by police when evidence is in plain view, when a
suspect is fleeing, or when there is concern that evidence is being
destroyed.
Any measure that would further relax Fourth Amendment protec-
tions is not only unnecessary, but also extremely dangerous. Propo-
nents claim this proposal supports police. And in this current crime-
fighting climate, who would stand on the floor of Congress and advo-
cate hamstringing cops?
But the Fourth Amendment was not ratified to foil law enforcement
efforts or to provide legal technicalities for criminals. The amendment
was written to protect the people, all of us.
Any moves on Capitol Hill to erode that protection are reprehensible
and should be thwarted.
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Ethics problems riddle Clinton cabinet
hese rules seek to change the 1
climate in Washington, and 1
usher in a new era of public |
service. These pledges go well beyond |
existing ethics rules, and are designed to
signal a clear break with existing prac-
appear, in words the president used in his
acceptance speech at the Democratic
National Convention, to have “cut comers
and cut deals.”
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Presidential adviser George
Stephanopolous received a $668,000 real
estate loan last year from a NationsBank
— ' mortgage subsidiary, even though he was
unqualified for the loan (not to mention
the rock bottom mortgage rate) based on
his salary and meager net worth.
He used the sweetheart loan to buy an
$835,000 building at a fashionable Wash-
ington address. The property boasts a lux-
ury apartment above an eyewear retail
store, from which the presidential adviser
receives rent in addition to his White
House paycheck.
Henry Cisneros, secretary of housing
and urban development, probably wishes
he had Stephanopolous’ problems. He’s
under investigation by the Justice Depart-
ment for lying to federal agents about
financial arrangements he made with his
former mistress.
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tice.
So said the sanctimonious Warren
Christopher, who, at the time of his
remarks, was transition director for the
incoming Clinton administration. The
soon-to-be secretary of state all but
assured the public that all the Democratic
president’s men (and women) would be
models of probity, in contrast with the
miscreants who served under Clinton’s
Republican predecessors.
Well, the Clinton administration has
reached the midway point of its employ-
ment by the American people. And
although the press has yet to declare a
“sleaze factor” hanging over the Clin-
tonites, the Democratic administration has
had more than its share of malfeasants in
cials who left Washington under an ethi-
cal cloud.
Hubbell, the former associate attorney
general and first pal to the president,
pleaded guilty to defrauding both clients
of the infamous Rose Law Firm and the
firm itself of at least $394,000. He’s got
some vacation time coming to him in a
federal penitentiary.
Espy, the former secretary' of agricul-
ture, accepted unlawful gifts from the
good old boys at Tyson Foods, the
Arkansas-based poultry empire that
enjoys close ties with the Clintons.
Among other favors, Tyson proffered
Espy plane trips, hotels and sporting event
tickets.
high offices.
At this very moment, Commerce Secre-
tary Ron Brown finds himself embroiled
in yet another ethical controversy (follow-
ing the illegal nanny matter and allega-
tions of improper lobbying on behalf of
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam).
It seems that Brown pocketed $412,000 Watkins, a former assistant to the presi-
in December 1993 (a year after taking the dent>left his White House post after using . cleared for a cabuiet P°st-
reins at Commerce) from selling his stake a presidential helicopter for a $13,000 lift If we were talking about a peccadillo
to a golf outing. here, an indiscretion there, it would be
unfair to east an ethical cloud over the
Cisneros has paid the scarlet woman
Tyson also provided his girlfriend a col- more than $40,000, both before and since
he assumed his present position. Had he
been more forthcoming about the amount
of the payments during his background
check chances are he would not have been
lege scholarship at the same time that
Espy’s department was considering tight-
ening poultry inspection standards.
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in'a company in which he had invested
not so much as a penny.
Not even Hillary Clinton — who par-
layed a $1,000 commodities investment
into a $100,000 windfall in a matter of
months — would be unsuspicious of
Brown’s financial sleight of hand.
Maybe when Brown resigns — your
political linemaker places the odds at 2-1, $37,500 to a woman who complained that
the over/under at 30 (days) — he can
compare notes with Webster Hubbell,
Mike Espy and David Watkins, three
other high-ranking administration offi-
A Clinton family friend (who had previ-
ously partnered up with the first lady on
several lucrative financial deals), Watkins many high-ranking officials forced to
might have survived this ethical breech
were it not for the fact — only recently
disclosed — that the 1992 Clinton presi-
dential campaign paid a settlement of
entire Clinton administration. But with so
Today in history
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resign in ignominy (with others soon to
follow), it is clear that the Clintonites are
not nearly the paragons of rectitude that
Christopher promised two years ago.
By The Associated Press
Today is Sunday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 1995. There are 322 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 12,1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United
States, was bom in present-day Lame County, Ky.
On this date:
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Watkins sexually harassed her.
Joseph Perkins is a columnist for The
There are at least two other prominent San Diego Union-Tribune. His correspon-
members of the Clinton administration, dence may be addressed in care of this
still on the government payroll, who
newspaper.
In 1733, English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga.
In 1870, women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote.
In 1892,"President Lincoln’s birthday was declared a national holiday.
In 1895,100 years ago, the Battle of Weihaiwei took place during the Sino-
Japanese War.
In 1907, more than 300 people died when the steamer Larchmont collided
with a schooner off Block Island in New England.
In 1908, the first round-the-world automobile race began in New York. (It
ended in Paris the following August.)
In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
America’s oldest civil rights organization, was founded.
In 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington
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| the debt in 1994 was $297 billion—just
the interest. If we did not have this debt,
most of which we got under the “conser-
i* vative” Republicans of Reagan and Bush
we would have not only a balanced bud-
get today, but a surplus of $94 billioa
Why go back to voodoo economics if
that’s Mat got us in trouble in the first
place?
LYNN A. PETTY
Baytown
The American people wanted change.
Well, this is what we got. Under Clinton,
the deficit has gone down for three
straight years, from $291 billion in 1992 to slow the economy and halt the rapid
to $203 billion in 1994. This is after 12 new growth in jobs,
years of tripling the national debt from This is unbelievable, the only reason to
less than $ 1 trillion to more than $4.5 tril- cut capital gains taxes is to make the rich
lion under Reagan and Bush.
More jobs have been created in Bill The deficit is going down, the econo-
Clinton’s two years in office (more than 4 my is booming. For the first time in more
million) than under Bush’s four years. than 12 years, the country is going in the
The Republicans’ Contract with America right direction; the change was made in
says they need to cut capital gains taxes just two years,
to stimulate the economy and create new Another thing the Contract with Amer-
jobs. The Federal Reserve already has ica calls for is a balanced budget amend-
increased interest rates six times this year ment. Think about this. The interest on
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In 1924, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered in New York.
In 1940, the radio play “The Adventures of Superman” debuted on the
Mutual network with Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel.
In 1968, “Soul on Ice” by Eldridge Cleaver was first published.
In 1973, the first release of American prisoners of war from the Yretnam
conflict took place.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 12, 1995, newspaper, February 12, 1995; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158064/m1/4/?q=a+message+about+food+from+the+president: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.