The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1984 Page: 2 of 16
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OCTOBER 4,1984
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STATE CAPITAL
M8HU6HTS
By Lyndell William*
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN—The U.S. Justice De-
partment last week approved the
new State Board of Education ap-
pointed by the Governor to oversee
reforms in the public education
system.
The new 15-member appointed
board was created by lawmakers
this summer to replace the 27-
member elected board that was
heavily criticized for shortcomings
in Texas schools.
Voters will see the names of the
original board members on the No-
vember ballots, but following Jus-
tice Department approval, those
elected offices have been abolished.
The names of state school board
candidates were printed on the bal-
lot and certified before the federal
ruling was made
Meanwhile, state education com-
missioner Raymon Bynum indicated
he would probably retire as soon as
the new board gets its feet on the
ground.
He intends to resign after helping
the new board through a transitional
period because H. Ross Perot, the
moving force behind the new re-
forms, will “influence two-thirds of
the new board.”
“If the mindset is that the old
board was horrible, then I was hor-
rible,” he explained.
Magna Carta
The colorful and controversial
Perot made headlines last week for
purchasing the only known copy of
the Magna Carta still in private
ownership for $1.5 million.
Perot bought the 687 year-old
document from the British family
Brudenall, whose ancestors received
it when King Edward I signed this
Magna Carta version in 1297, prom-
ising inalienable rights to all citizens
that even kings cannot abridge.
Perot said he intends to loan the
document to the National Archives
in Washington for display alongside
the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights
and Declaration of Independence.
Israeli Agreement
Texas Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro last week reached an agree-
ment with an Israeli engineering
firm to identify at least two tracts
of arid West Texas land suitable
for large-scale water development
projects.
Israel will then send experts to
help plan demonstration farms rely-
ing on both sweet water and brack-
ish water.
Three main goals of the project
are to increase revenues for the Per-
manent School Fund, to make better
use of water resources and to pro-
duce more food and fiber, Mauro
said.
GOP Attack
Ma;'rr> and Agriculture Commis-
sioner Jim Hightower were two
more Democrats who came under
attack from Republican Party chair-
man George Strake, who is taking
Democratic officials to task for
their upcoming budget requests.
Strake said Mauro is asking for
too much money, a 47% increase,
and blasted Hightower for putting
his own salary at the top of the
priority list.
Mauro .countered his agency is
charged with raising revenues to
avoid raising taxes and that the
money he is requesting will earn an
additional $125 million for the state
over the next two years.
A Hightower spokesman said the
list that Strake read was not based
on priorities.
Mattox Sues
Texas Atty. Gen. Jim Mattox last
week filed a lawsuit to prevent the
merger of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of
the Southwest with Dr Pepper Co.
in San Antonio.
Mattox said the merger would
violate the antitrust laws by giving
Coca-Cola control of over 90 per-
cent of all soft drink vending ma-
chines in the San Antonio area.
He apparently is also going to
challenge the legality of a controver-
sial new state agency, the Texas
Public Building Authority, which
was created at Gov. Mark White’s
request to sell bonds to finance con-
struction of new state buildings.
Mattox may challenge the agency
for violating the constitutional pro-
hibition against accumulating debt
by the Legislature.
Another touchy point is the agen-
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J. L. Werst, Jr.................................................... Publisher
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AND THE WEST TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
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These people are talking
about you. They are local
business people who depend
upon your patronage
for their success.
What do business people talk about
when they get together? Ways they
can do business? Yes . . . and no.
Of course every good business
person wants to do more business,
but there’s a lot more to it than that.
Many local business people are also
residents of our community. They
work here and they live and play
here. They're your friends and neigh-
bors and they know the surest way
to keep the business community
healthy is to make our town a good
place to live. The two go hand
in hand
When you shop locally, part of the
money you spend is returned to you
in the form of taxes paid by these local
firms. Their charitable donations also
benefit ourtown. So remember to sup-
port the local businesses that support
our community.
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LENDER
Letters to the editor
To the Editor,
I would like to utilize your col-
umn to express a sincere thank
cy’s request to hire the governor's
formerdaw firm as its legal counsel.
Mattox nas delayed approval of that
request for almost a year.
Prison Cover-Up
A confidential report by a court-
appointed monitor of the Texas
prison system charges that top Texas
prison officials engaged in deception
and cover-ups to slow investigations
of prison brutality.
The brutality involved miscon-
duct by prison guards and officials.
The 110-page report was submit-
ted to the Texas Attorney General’s
Office as part of an effort to deter-
mine whether the prison system is
complying with federal court orders
to stop prison brutality.
you to the citizens of Big Lake. 1
am speaking on behalf of what 1
consider to be one of the most
important organizations for our
youth....the Reagan Co. Jr. Ath-
letic Association.
As I sat in the stands these last
few Friday evenings I became
aware of the achievement and
the final result of this long
ranged program. Before my eyes
were the young men who were
members of the very first Jr.
Athletic Association football
teams...the Juniors and Seniors
of RCHS....the alpha and omega.
These young men are a credit to
our school and our community.
However, it is to you citizens
we give credit to the success of
this program. We have been to-
tally dependent on you for fin-
ancial support. You have graci-
ously bought notebooks and can-
dy (whether you needed them or
not!) which has enabled us to
purchase new uniforms and
equipment for these boys and
girls. As these new uniforms
were passed out this year, my
only regret was that each of you
who has supported these young-
sters was not able to hear the
"thank you’s" and see the smil-
ing faces. All of the effort that
goes into such a program was
realized.
Again, I say "thank you" for
being so supportive of our young
people.
Jan Harkleroad
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