The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1994 Page: 4 of 18
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COW POKES
By Ace Reid
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COMMENT
Americans have a right to be
cynical about politicians and their
promises. The habit of saying one
thing in the district and doing an-
other in the Capital has long been
considered humorous to America. In
the last two years, it has gone from
a comedy to a tragedy.
Since Republicans have not run
the House of Representatives for
forty years, we did not create these
impressions. For that reason Re-
publicans have to give the voters a
way to distinguish us from what
has gone before.
With Democrats having managed
to completely disconnect the word
"trust" from "politician." we were
faced with a dilemma as to how to
do it. We decided to take a page
from everyday life and make a con-
tract with America. Not to just
make a promise, but a pact, as to
how we will govern
Th» Llano Newa aoUcIta Mtora to tha adMor concerning iaeuaa of local Intaraal. Lattart
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For further tafomMtoncaN The UaM Nowoat (*15)247-4433.
POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGE TO LLANO NEWS,
BOX 167, LLANO, TEXAS 78643
Your Voice
In Washington
mean the United Stales must cut its
tariffs - and therefore lower its rev-
keep more of what they earn. I pro-.
pose to double the dependent ex-
emption for children, to repeal the
so that working Americans
have unlimited opportunity.
Respectfully yours,
Phil Graham
United States Senator
TEXAS LT. GOVERNOR
Bob Bullock
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, TX., 78711
812-463-0001
STATE SENATOR
Bill Sims
P.O. Box 12068
Austin. TX., 78711
812-463-0128
Dear Editor,
Austin American Statesman's
U.8. REPRESENTATIVE
21ST DISTRICT
Lamar Smith
2443 Rayburn House
Washington, D.C. 20818
202-228-4236
Phil Gramm
370 Russell Senate Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20801
202-224-2934
VICE PRESIDENT
Albert Gore
Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C., 20601
(Past Mayor of City of Lockhart,
member of Board of Central Texas
Medical Center/Lockhart; public
member of Texas State Board of
Medical Examiner's; Physician As-
sistant Council)
LLANO COUNTY JUDGE
Howard Coleman
Courthouse, Rm. 101
Llano, TX.. 78643
918-247-8004
Assoc. Editor
Ad makeup and printing
Proofreader & classified
Reception/proofreader
Typesetter
Bookkeeping
Darkroom
Mail Room
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Congressman
Lamar Smith
U.S. SENATORS:
Kay Bailey Hutchison
703 Hart Senate Ofc. Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20601
202-224-8922
PRESIDENT
BUI Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Shirley Muery, Marjorie
Nied, Bernice Schuyler, Kelli Keeney
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ltono and Bumct Cowrites: 1 y»sr|14,
2 yeara <27,3 yeara IN. Elsewhere In Texas: 1 year 122.50,2 years 141,3 years 155.
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cal or write lor Quote.
TEXAS GOVERNOR
Ann Richards
State Capitol, Rm. 200
Austin, TX., 78711
812-463-2000
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Robert Turner
* P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX., 78768-2910
812-463-0644
LLANO CITY MAYOR
Jeff Hopf
1006 Ford St.
Llano, TX., 78643
918-247-5310
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money he won't let me outta his sight."
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P.O. Box 187
Llano, Texas 78643 JJ
Legend, leavened with history, has it that
the English settlers of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony had themselves a good old time
in the fell of 1621.
To give thanks to the Supreme Being for a
bountiful harvest, the Pilgrims staged a
three-day festival of eating, shooting
contests, and. according to some accounts,
games of chance with friendly Indians.
Historians acknowledge the presence of
venison, vegetables and other foods, but are
not sure about the turkey.
The celebration of what we know as the
"first Thanksgiving" was exuberant because
the colonists had much to be grateful for: a
substantial harvest, peace with the local
Indians, and just being alive after a brutal
first winter that took the lives of 47 of the
original 102 settlers.
In fact, the Puritans celebrated days of
thanksgiving sporadically and only when
inspired by a particular event.
Let's Take a Closer Look at
GATT
On Nov. 30 the 103rd Congress
will reconvene in an end-of-the-year
session to consider one very signif-
icant legislative matter: Whether to
approve a new global trade agree-
ment.
The proposed trade pact has a
long name - the Uruguay Round of
the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade, usually abbreviated to
GATT. It has ah even longer his-
tory. The United States initiated
this round of negotiations aimed at
lowering global trade barriers in the
early 1980s. Three administrations -
Reagan, Bush, and Clinton - nego-
tiated its provisions. It was written
to U.S. specifications, and
strengthens our ability to challenge
unfair barriers to U.S. exports.
Texas exports are valued at close
to $36 billion a year, double the
amount exported in 1987. And 98
percent of the more than 7,000
companies exporting from Texas
have fewer than 500 employees.
Texas is the nations' third leading
exporting state. Clearly, a trade pact
which expands world markets would
be to Texas' benefit.
indifference we have seen lately. * body else, to tighten the federal
My office in Washington is here government's belt so Americans can
to serve the needs of the 21st Dis-
trict. Please don't hesitate to call at
(202) 225-4236.
U.S. SENATOR
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
own money.
The 103rd Congress will be re-
membered for the many bad things
bered for the good things we ac-
complish by limiting government
so that working Americans can
The Llano News
(USPS 316-700)
Serving Llano, Llano County and the Highland Lakes area
Since 1889.
Published weekly at 813 Berry Street, Llano, Texas 78643
Entered in the Llano Poet Office as second class, postage
paid at Llano, Texas, under the Act of Congress of 1878.
WALTER L. BUCKNER, Editor and Publisher
SARAH BUCKNER
JIMMY STEPHENSON
A.C. KINCHELOE
PATRICIA MUDD
CONNIE HENDERSHOT
RUTH PENCE
PAT LEMMON
DIANA LEMMON
RAY SUMRALL
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excellent :
To do this, we first listened to
the American people. Next we lis-
tened to every Republican candidate
running for the House. Then we
went to work to create a document
that reflects how we feel America
should be governed, and how it will
be governed when Republicans call
the shots in the House.
The result is ten specific bills
that we guarantee the House will
act on in the first 100 days after,
there is a Republican majority. In-
cluded are a tough crime bill, real
welfare reform, pro-family propos-
als, a family and middle class tax
cut, term limits for members of
Congress, basic reforms to stanch
our suit-happy legal system, an end
to "hollow” defense, and pro-senior
citizen initiatives such as a repeal
of the Social Security earnings
limitation and tax incentives for
long-term care insurance
Clinton tax increase on Social Se-
curity benefits, and to pass a bal-
anced budget amendment to the
Constitution.
I know that Texans want real
health care reform, real welfare re-,
form, and a crime bill,, that puts
minimum mandatory sentencing
back in and get the pork out.
We need dramatic changes in
government policy, but mostly we
need less government and more
we managed to stop, including the
Clinton health care bill. 1 believe
the next Congress can be remem-
freedom so families can make deci-
sions about how they spend their Sunday (11/20) edition carried news
of Llano Hospital's outstanding
rating among 100 nationwide hos-
pitals surveyed recently. We always
knew Llano had, and has, an excel-
lent hospital with loving, caring
physicians, staff, and volunteers.
Now folks all over the nation know
this, too.
Sincerest congratulations to all!
Yours in Christ,
Maxine Ratliff Goodman
Lockhart
praises
Voters
Dear Editor
I want to say a grateful and
heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of
thousands of Texans who made the
effort to vote. The elections in
Texas were a clear mandate for
change, and I pledge that the new
majority will not waste that man-
date in the 104th Congress.
We will work to put the federal
improvement over the declaration of government on a budget like every-
indifference we have seen lately. * body else, to tighten the federal
gimmicks and penalizes some
Americans. I would have preferred
instead the identification of spend-
ing cuts to compensate for lost
revenues.
The administration has coiqe up
with a Rube Goldberg device which
it call a "Pay-Go Surplus" to make
up the difference. Supposedly, be-
cause tax increases enacted since
1990 exceed tax cuts, there is a
$2.5 billion "surplus" left over to
pay the GATT's bills without in-
creasing the deficit. Trouble is, this
"surplus" is nonexistent. Those
"excess” tax increases have already
been counted towards cutting the
deficit - or used for new spending.
Another unwise funding provi-
sion would do away with the 4 per-
cent floor on the interest paid on
U.S. savings bonds. But the people
who buy these bonds are the most
financially vulnerable in our coun-
try - working-class families saving
for college or retirement. For
decades U.S. savings bonds have
been a low-risk way for small in-
vestors to accumulate savings while
investing in their own and Amer-
ica's future. Those who buy savings
___________ bonds shouldn't be called upon to
ParticipationTnthe GATT will finance the GATT.
George Washington proclaimed the last
Thursday in November as the first national
Thanksgiving in 1789, but it was not until
1863 that Abraham Lincoln made it a na-
tional holiday.
Millions of Americans will say grace over
turkey, and selfless others will sacrifice to
brighten the holiday for the destitute in
churches and shelters.
Most of us will place emphasis on
frivolity - to the exclusion of thanksgiving.
Some cities will feature parades. Football
fans will settle in to watch the Longhorns
and the Bears and the Cowboys and the
Packers.
Somewhere in all that, we should take a
moment to be grateful for all we have. We
also should be thankful for the tiny band of
pioneers which wrote a chapter in
American history far out of proportion to
their number. ,
I was pleased to be able to take a
leading role, along with others in
our party, in constructing this con-
tract. In particular, 1 saw to it that
we also included a balanced budget
amendment. Not only will it put
our financial house in order, but it
will do so with spending cuts in-
stead of tax increase^, by requiring a
3/5ths vote to raise taxes. To fur-
ther insurt that we focus on !
shrinking the deficit and not skin-
ning the taxpayer, it includes a line
item veto proposal that the Presi-
dent can aim right at unnecessary
spending and taxes.
In the area of economic opportu-
nity and regulatory reform, my reg-
ulatory budget initiative was ahof
included to count, cut, and then cap <
, the level of federal regulation^ and '
mandates. And finally the contract
added my bill requiring a
cost/benefit analysis to make sure
that federal regulations were neces-
sary in the first place.
Two hundred-plus years ago,
America was bom with a Declara-
tion of Independence. House
Republicans believe it can be re-
born through our Contract with
America. It certainly will be an
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Nor should the World Trade Or-
__________________________ ganization,which will administer
enues. The Clinton administration GATT, have the power to make
has devised a five-year financing oilings which override U.S. law. I
plan to make up the difference. Un- *'ave as*c®d U.S. Trade Repre-
fortunately, this involves budget scnta,lve <0 clarify this issue.
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1994, newspaper, November 24, 1994; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1289670/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.