The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 127, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1990 Page: 2 of 27
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convention
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Like a good neighbor.
State Farm is there
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Lambden asked the board to
study a proposal to reduce the
use of operating expenses for
capital equipment purchases.
“I don’t think we should use
our operating funds for capital
equipment purchases,” she
said. She added that it had been
a policy of the hospital since
the 1070's to use operating
funds for such purchases.
The hospital has been obli-
gated to $20,000 for the purch-
ase of some equipment for EMS
and the emergency room. The
with return trips leaving the
island at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6
p.m.
Advance reservations are
required and must be received
by April 13.
Passport applications and
Weight Loss
Stop Smoking
Visa &
Mastercard „
able to cull “at least two or
three alternatives" from tax
proposals, Hury said. The panel
will not send a tax proposal to
the full House until It finds one
that 76 of the 150 lawmakers
there will support, he said.
Lawmakers so far have failed
to agree on a way to address a
Texas Supreme Court ruling
that the school finance system
Is unconstitutional because of
disparities in funding available
to property-rich and poor
school districts.
The coug gave lawmakers
until May 1 to reform the $13.5
billion-a-year system, which
relies on a combination of local
property taxes, state aid and
some federal funds.
The Texas Senate last week
approved a measure to pump
$1.2 billion more into schools in
1990-01. The House rejected a
$511 million bill.
Clements said lawmakers
will get another chance at the
issue beginning Monday. He
has promised to keep them in
session until they send him a
measure that does not require
new state taxes in 1990-91, a
level he estimates at $250 mil-
lion to $300 million.
The Ways and Means Com-
Hury noted that besides
money that may be needed for
education funding, lawmakers
are facing shortfalls In other
areas.
The Department of Human
Services, for example, has an
$851 million budget deficit,
including $152 million in
1990-91. The agency has prop-
osed a spending freeze that
could affect programs for the
Calhoun County Democratic
Party Chairman, David
Roberts, announced today that
the Democratic Party County
Convention will be held on
Saturday, March 31 commenc-
ing at 10 a.m. in Courtroom “B”
of the Calhoun County
Courthouse.
For further information,
please call David Roberts at
552-2971.
Jean Glowka
Certified Hypnotherapist
Member: Professional Hypnotism Society Of America
PRESENTS
during a campaign appearance
in McAllen. Asked by The Asso-
ciated Press if she wanted to
respond to him, she replied,
“No.”
In debates and elsewhere,
Ms. Richards has repeatedly
refused to give a yes-or-no
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PLASTICS CORPORATION
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program, will describe the
problem of marine debris and
how something as small as a
bread wrapper can kill a whale
or a dolphin. She will also
describe solutions including
the recycling of plastics.
Throughout the day, visitors
can also view Earth Day exhi-
bits in the visitors center and
hear history lectures about the
island’s Karankawas, French
explorer Rene Robert Cavalier
Sieur de LaSalle, privateer
Jean Lafitte and the European
settlement that began in the
1830s.
Matagorda Island Adventure
passports are $20 per person,
adult or child, and entitle the
bearer to round trip transporta-
tion aboard the Hustler III,
departing from the Texas Parks
and Wildlife docks in Port
O’Connor. Departures will be at
7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
★CLEAN-
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by the Causeway and Highway
35.
Knight said Coca Cola will
provide refreshments for the
volunteers at the Bauer Center.
Volunteers wishing to help
clean Magnolia Beach should
assemble at the Crow's Nest.
Marlene Paul, local Adopt - A -
Beach Chairman, will coordi-
nate the Magnolia Beach
efforts.
Allen said Port O’Connor vol-
unteers will collect burnable
trash - leaves, limbs, palm
fronds, etc - on Saturday. The
materials should be placed at
the roadside. Household trash
and garbage will not be picked
up.
Port O’Connor volunteers
will meetonthe frontbeachat8
a.m. Refreshments, including a
barbecue lunch, will be
provided.
The trash bags have been
donated by Mobil Chemical
Company.
Knight can be contacted at
552-4246 for more information.
ARRESTS
Jimmy Ray Cox, 32, of Port
Lavaca was arrested by city
police Wednesday for burglary
of a building and unlawfully
carrying a weapon.
Special on
Propane Cylinders
«24M- »89#s
First Fill-Up-FREE
Hall Propane Co.
Hwy. 35 South
Formosa is committed to doing business in
Calhoun County first. All local vendors and
contractors are encouraged to bid on various
phases of the Expansion Project. Local busi-
nesses interested in bidding on the project
should contact John Hersey at 552-6222.
AUSTIN (AP) — An easily-
implemented sales tax
Increase is the front-runner as
lawmakers look toward alter-
natives for raising money to
reform school finance, says the
House Ways and Means Com-
mittee chairman.
But Rep. James Hury said
Tuesday all options will be con-
sidered as his tax-writing com-
mittee begins meeting next
week, despite Gov. Bill Cle-
ments’ promise to veto new
state taxes.
A tax increase recommenda-
tion should be ready for law-
makers around mid-Aprll, said
Hury, D-Galveston. The Legis-
lature on Monday begins a sec-
ond special session on school
finance and judicial selection,
after failing to address the
issues in the 30-day session
ending Wednesday.
A half-cent increase in the
state sales tax, to 6.5 cents on
the dollar, could yield about
$400 million in 1990-91, Hury
said.
A state income tax also will
be examined, Hury said,
although he added, “In my judg-
ment, an income tax is ruled out
for right now.”
The committee should be
Scheduled Entertainment:
11:00 CHS Stage Band
11:30 Susan Pena (Native
Cultural Dancer)
Cake Auction
Lou's Boutique "Little Miss*
Mexican Style Revue
1:30 CHS Stage Band
Come early and enjoy the day!
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552-5587
FAJITA DINNER
(fajitas, tortillas, guacamole, rice, beans,
pica-de-gallo, Mexican candy and drink)
Catered by Leo Anderson
SUNDAY, APRIL 1 — CHS CAFETERIA
11 A.M. -2:00 P.M.
$5.00 PER PLATE
Tickets available at the door
Curb Service for plates TO GO
For delivery orders contact:
Any band student
Collins Music Store
Coastal Refrigeration
Weaver's Grocery
DAVID DENHAM
INSURANCE
602 N. Virginia
552-8881
Stste Farm Insurance Companies • Home CMhce» Bloomington Illinois .
STATE FARM
INSURANCE
HYPNOSIS GROUPS
MONDAY, APRIL 2nd
6:00 p.m. $40 (2 for $70)
8:00 p.m. $40 (2 for $70)
(PHca incudes tapes)
Af Bring Pillow
Bauer Community Center
2300 Hwy. 35 Bypass, Port Lavaca
(512) 851-2962 (No need to pre-register.)
Good service,
good coverage,
good price-
That’s State Farm
answer when asked if she ever
used illegal drugs. A recovering
alcoholic, Ms. Richards has
said she hasn’t used a "mood-
altering chemical" in 10 years
and that she never knowingly
committed a felony.
“This campaign has taken on
Visit our:
Mexican Market Place,
Mexican Bakery,
Mexican Cantina
featuring watermelon &
cantelope drinks
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ments’ view that schools wlldh
continue to receive state fundj...
even if lawmakers don’t n\eek ‘y
the May 1 court deadline foA:
changing the finance syst^gX-
Clements has said that as Icjjg
as lawmakers-are In sesslptt
working on the problem, thif
should satisfy the court.
“It would not be responsible
on the public officials’ parf'tq v
shut down the system,” Hobby £
“On May the 1st, we have a 9
a.m. appointment with the.
court. We’re going to that (Tra-
vis County district) court and-
say, ’Shut down the sysUiq:
Shut it down.’ If it can’t be falf
to all, then we shouldn’t put-
money into it,” Vasquez toldiht:
group.
Al Kauffman, attorney for the
Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational Fund
who represents the plaintiffs in
the equalization lawsuit, was, ,
unavailable for comment Tues-
day night, the San Antoniq
Express-News reported. 4,
State Rep. Gregory Luna, D-
San Antonio, vice chairman of
the House Public Education
Committee, said Tuesday after-
noon that lawmakers will
pass a plan in time to satisfy the
plaintiffs. v
“If we’re to believe the gover-
nor, any plan over $300 million
will be vetoed. A plan that I
believe the governor would
sign, the court would not
accept,” Luna told the
newspaper. .
Vasquez said he has been
cautioned about the backlash
from closing the classrooms to 3
million students in Texas, but
he said, “I think we have no
choice. We owe it to those kids:
at this point.
“Maybe 3 million kids going:
home and 3 million parents
calling the governor will Influ-:
ence him.”
Texas Supreme Court jus-
tices ruled 9-0 in October that
the state’s method of funding its
school system is unconstitul
tional because it discriminated
against children living in poof
school districts.
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the predictable form that Jim
Mattox campaigns alwayi
take," Ms. Richards said Tues- ,
day. “Whatever trash he
throw to try to detract from his
poor performance he will
that, and I expect it to contiifte *
until election day.”
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additional information are
available from the Port
O’Connor Chamber of Commer-
ce, the Port Lavaca Chamber of
Commerce or Friends of Mata-
gorda Island at P. O. Box 1099,
Port Lavaca 77979.
elderly, children and pregnant
women, and Lt Gov. Bill Hobby
said that issue should be added
to the next special session by
Clements, who controls the
agenda.
“The crisis in the Depart-
ment of Human Services is far
more immediate than any prob-
lems with our educational
finance system,” Hobby said.
Hobby also agreed with Cle-
Ann Richards says debate is possible
AUSTIN (AP) - Ann
Richards' campaign says the
Democratic gubernatorial can-
didate hasn't ruled out debat-
ing opponent Jim Mattox. But
she hasn’t agreed to attend any
debates, either, press secretary
Monte Williams acknowledges.
“We’re not ducking any
debates. We had other things on
the schedule — rallies, events
people have been Invited to —
that conflicted,” Williams said.
Mattox on Tuesday accused
Ms. Richards of using illegal
drugs when she was "a 46-year-
old elected official” and said
that’s one reason she is dodging
debates before their April 10
runoff election.
“There Is sufficient Informa-
tion to cause me to believe that
she needs to come forward and
discuss these Issues In a public
forum,” Mattox told a news
conference.
“She doesn’t want to answer
simple ‘yes or no’ questions
about cocaine, marijuana and
hallucinogens. She must
answer what she used, how
much, for how long, and who
supplied them,” Mattox said,
although he refused to provide
any evidence of drug use.
Ms. Richards, 56, had little to
say about Mattox’s allegation
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Lawmakers to begin looking at new taxes
mittee should provide answers
for lawmakers who said they
were reluctant to vote for the
House bill because they did not
know where new revenues
would come from, Hury said,
“If we can bring certain peo-
ple to a position where they can
embrace this education bill by
showing them this is how you’re
going to pay for it... then we’re
willing to do that,” he said.
Calhoun County businesses comprise a major
part of our vendor list. Of the 145 contracts
issued for the Point Comfort expansion proj-
ect, Calhoun County business leads the way
with 46. So far, more than $4 million in
service and materials has been spent in
Calhoun County.
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Clements.
Clements has vowed to veto
any bill that costs more than
$300 million the first year. Vas-
quez, however, says that $800
million is needed unless the
state formula is changed so that
money going to the wealthier
school districts is redistributed
to the poorer districts.
"If anything comes out, it’s
going to be a watered-down bill
that will be a patch and not take
care of the problem," Vasquez
told memoers of the Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday.
“I would hate to go to the
Pearly Gates and have this state
judged now,” he said.
Edgewood is the lead plain-
tiff among 68 property-poor
school districts in the state
which successfully challenged
the current funding system, the
bulk, of which, is provided
through local property taxes.
Funding plans by both the
state House and Senate were
rejected last week as being too
expensive, dashing hopes that a
new finance bill could be
agreed to before the end to the
30-day session today.
Clements has ordered
another special session to
begin next Monday and vows to
keep the Legislature in special
session until the school funding
issue and judicial reform is
resolved.
Vasquez also said he is “tot-
ally pessimistic” that a new
school finance bill can be
agreed upon during the second
special session as legislators
race toward a May 1 deadline
imposed by the Texas Supreme
Court.
* HOSPITAL
board approved to go the com*
missioners’ court for the money
instead of using operating
expenses for the purchase.
For the period ending Feb,
28, the hospital had a total oper-
ating revenue of $694,187 and a
total of $1,652,960 for year-to-
date operating revenue. ;
For the net revenue, the hofe.
sital reported a total of $344,6 ™
for this financial period $nd
experienced a total revenue f6x .
year-to-date at $1,083,504. *
In the indigent health care
program, the hospital spent
$29,604.40 for the month of
Feburary.
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Surber, Chester C. & Fortney, Paul, Jr. The Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 127, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1990, newspaper, March 28, 1990; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280557/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.