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Getting Ready
he Allen American
Wednesday
October 14,1992
Vol. 23 - No. 82
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ans to recoup inmate costs reviewed
By DAVID MAY
Staff writer
Impact of having prisoners pay for housing, medical services studied Community Supervision and Cor-
rections Director Supervisor Glen
and unable to pay would then be take care of the lien we placed on Johnstone cautioned commissioners
eligible for county-subsidized health him,” Hoagland said. “That’s only about overburdening county inmates
care programs once he is released fair. People need to be more re- financially since those convicted of
from jail. sponsible for their actions.” offenses are often ordered to pay
Jail officials provided some num- Commisioner Jack Hatchell said court fees, fines, victim restitution
bers that indicate few inmates would while he supports the principle, he and probation monitoring costs,
be able to repay any of their jail- said he had concerns over the legali- “We are setting them all up for
related costs. ties of such a manuever. failure,” Johnstone said.
“I would like to place a lien on an “If they are indigent, we are County Judge Ron Harris said he
individual so that before he could get already paying for their defense
a car loan, he would probably need to attorney and good luck getting any-
McKINNEY — Collin County offi- recoup medical expenses. A coun- meeting.
cials want the county’s jail inmates to ty’s ability to recover housing costs But therein lie some concerns and
pay more than their debt to society, is not afforded under current legisla- legal questions that some commis-
They would like those who can pay tion. sioners, while supportive of Hoag-
their debt to the taxpayers as well. Commissioner jerry Hoagland has land’s idea, fear could have impact in
County Commissioners on Mon- proposed a resolution urging state other areas, such as indigent health
day discussed two proposals, one legislators to fix the law so that coun- care programs.
that would require legislative action, ties can recover housing costs from One way of determining whether
to have inmates pay their housing those inmates who can afford to pay. inmates could afford to pay their
and medical costs. The court could consider action on a costs would be to screen them.
Under state law, a county can only resolution at its next regular However, an inmate found indigent
Turn to COSTS, Page 5A
Politics: The Suburban View
Face-ofl
at the podium
===============Electlon ‘92 ===============
Did the first debate sway voters?
Random sampling by Harle-Hanks Community Newspapers
Council to look at
TRW abatement,
policy amendments
By MARK HUTCHISON
News editor
Outspoken Perot sparks voter
interest in presidential debate
By VALERIE BARNA
Staff writer
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Dallas suburbanites agree the country is at a se-
rious crossroad this election year, but Ross Perot will
be the candidate capturing their attention when the
presidential debates resume Thursday night.
An informal, random survey of suburban residents
following Sunday’s initial candidate forum showed the
outspoken Dallas billionaire to be the winner — at
least in terms of voter interest.
Of 120 suburbanites telephoned, 83 watched the
debate. All 83 talked a lot about Perot. And nearly all
— regardless of their political persuasion — called
him impressive. Adjectives used to describe the
candidate included “refreshing” and “entertaining.” A
Plano resident called him a “straight-shooter.”
Others concluded that the independent Texan is “a
doer with a hands-on approach” and “a regular Amer-
ican guy.”
Even those who said they don’t trust Perot be-
cause of his withdrawal from campaigning last sum-
Debate winner:
Perot
Clinton
Bush
Undecided
Will vote for:
Bush
Clinton
Perot
Undecided
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Rita Wolfe watches Sunday s presidential debate. Wolfe, a Bush supporter, just moved from Arkansas.
Allen resident strongly supports Bush
Editor’s Note: In an effort to remain as
unbiased as possible, the family in the story
that follows was selected at random to give
their views during and after Sunday’s tele-
vised presidential debates.
By TIM PARETI
Staff writer
Although she’s from Little
Rock, Ark, and her parents are
staunch Democrats, Rita Wolfe
of Allen just about cringes
whenever she hears the name
Gov. Bill Clinton.
And she frowns every time she
hears Ross Perot utter one of his
country quips.
After watching Sunday night’s
presidential debate between
President George Bush, Clinton
and Perot, Wolfe became more
adamantly against Clinton.
“I don’t trust him,” Wolfe said.
“If he’s elected, then you better
stand back and cross your fin-
gers. I grew up in Little Rock and
most of my relatives don’t like
him.”
If history repeats itself, then
Bush should win the election
according to Wolfe, who says she
never voted for a presidential
candidate that lost.
Wolfe, 42, admits the tele-
vised debate had little bearing as
to which candidate she would
vote for. She voted for Bush in
1988, and she had plans all along
to vote for him again on Nov. 3.
Perot won a few points but
Bush clearly won the debate,
Wolfe said.
“Bush didn’t say anything that
grabbed me,” said Wolfe, a
secretary for J.W.P. Brandt En-
gineering Co. “But I think he
Turn to CANDIDATES, Page 5A
Harte-Hanks Sell Classifieds...
ment. The maximum abatement is
25 percent.
The first step in abating taxes is
The City Council will consider creating a reinvestment zone, an
items related to the relocation of area in which taxes may be abated.
TRW, Inc. to Allen Thursday night. As part of Thursday night’s consent
The council meets the first and agenda, the council is scheduled to
third Thursdays of each month at consider setting Nov. 5,1992, as the
7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at date for a public hearing to consider
the municipal annex, One Butler Cir- the creation of a reinvestment zone,
cle. The meetings are open to the In other business, the council is
public. scheduled to consider amending the
TRW announced in September its guidelines of its tax abatement poli-
intent to move 900 employees of its cy, which were approved Dec. 15,
Information Services division to 199.0.
Allen. The company plans to occupy The amended version would rec-
the 300,000-square-foot InteCom ognize the Allen Economic Develop-
facility at 601 InteCom Drive. ment Corporation as the chief advis-
As a result of negotiations be-
tween the City of Allen and TRW,
the city is proposing to abate a por-
tion of TRW’s taxes for 10 years.
According to the city’s tax abate-
ment policy, applicants must add
$125 million worth of value to a facil-
ity to qualify for a 10-year abate-
ory body to the city council for eco-
nomic development issues. The
Joint Committee on Tax Abatement
currently serves that function.
In its present form, the guidelines
allow these criterion to be used to
Turn to COUNCIL, Page 5A
Preserving roots
Move afoot to protect city’s -
trees amid future development
By PEGGY
HELMICK-RICHARDSON
Staff writer
question contains a stand of centur-
ies-old pecan trees.
At the Sept. 24 Allen Planning and
Zoning Commission meeting, com-
A new movement is taking root in missioners worked out a comprom-
Allen. People are becoming more ise with the developer to preserve
outspoken about preserving the few the tree stand. The motion made
remaining natural tree stands in the was to have the pecan stand dedi-
city. cated to the City of Allen, to either
In a presentation to the City of be accepted by the Parks and Re-
Allen Parks and Recreation Board creation Department or preserved
Monday evening, Development by other methods.
Coordinator Tom Keener stated In exchange, an adjustment in
that Allen, as one of the fastest population density for the develop-
growing cities in Texas, needs to be ment will be allowed to match the
mindful of tree preservation during density of the reduced property size
this cun-ent period of rapid develop- to that of the original acreage,
ment. Roland Green was one of several
The most recent effort to pre- Allen citizens present at the meeting
serve trees involves a 63-acre tract who expressed a desire to see trees
of land north of Chaparral Road and protected. “We need to be mindful of
west of Cottonwood Creek, owned
by Issam Karanouh. The property in
CROP walkers
to make strides
for world hunger
By MARK HUTCHISON
News editor
Allen and other Collin County re-
sidents can put their best foot for-
ward in an effort to help put an end to
hunger, both in their community and
across the world, by participating in
the Northern Collin County CROP
Walk.
This annual event is one of over
1,700 CROP Walks being held this
month across the United States.
This year’s CROP Walk for
Northern Collin County will be
hosted in Allen. Walkers will gather
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Ford
Turn to WALK, Page 5A
Turn to TREES, Page 5A
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■ Registration cards continue to
pile up in the Collin County elec-
tions office as administrators brace
themselves for what the expect will
be one of the biggest voter turnouts
in county history — Page 4A
■ The Texas lottery’s new computer
game, Lotto, will debut in Novem-
ber but won’t end the scratch-off
ticket games, which began May 29
— Page 13A
■ Celebrities, politicians, doctors,
volunteers and philanthropists will
be in Dallas this weekend for the
10th anniversary celebration of the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation. — Page 5A
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