The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTIETH YEAR, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1995 Page: 2 of 22
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December 21,1995
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State looks to raise
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HIGHLIGHTS
By lyndell Williams A Ed Starling
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN — Gov. George W.
Bush has a panel of experts looking
for ways to raise more than $9
billion in state taxes that could
offset the need for local school
property taxes.
The panel, composed of num-
ber sleuths and crunchers with tics
to the governor, lieutenant gov-
ernor, speaker of the House and
state comptroller, is to report its
findings — and nuke no recom-
mendations — to the governor by
the end of January.
Bush has ruled out tradition-
ally unthinkable sources of rev-
enue, namely state property taxes
and income taxes, the Houston
Chronicle reported.
“If you don’t have an income
tax and you want to get rid
of the property tax, there are
only a couple of places to look,"
said Jared Hazleton, head of the
Center for Business and Economic
Analysis at Texas A&M University
and Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock's
representative on the panel.
That leaves a sales tax on con-
sumption or a tax on products used
to make consumer goods. But the
specter of such a tax evokes com-
plaints that taxes on consumption
are “regressive," hitting the poor
harder than the wealthy.
To replace the $9.8 billion in
taxes used to fund Texas schools,
the state would have to raise its
sales tax from the present 6.5 cents
to about 12.5 cents.
Other taxes being studied are
the gross receipts tax, which
would require companies to pay a
percentage of their gross income
to the state, and the value-added
tax, which taxes consumer goods
at points of manufacture, shipping
and wind up built to the retail
price.
Conducting a revenue hunt with-
out making strong suggestions to
the Legislature makes sense, given
Texas voters' record of show-
ing little mercy to tax-raising
officeholders.
Fields to Leave After Term
Jack Fields, an eight-term Re-
publican U.S. representative from
Humble, announced at a news con-
ference in Humble that he would
not seek re-election to a ninth term.
Fields, 43, said he feared he
would miss out on the childhoods
of his 5-year-old daughter and
15-ycar-oid stepson. He and his
wife, Lynn are expecting another
daughter in January.
Fields, chairman of the Texas
Telecommunications Subcommittee,
said be would complete his eighth
term next year and return to
Humble. He joins six Republican
members and 18 Democrats who
have announced plans to leave the
House. He is the fifth incumbent
in Texas’ 30-member House dele-
gation to decide not to run for re-
election.
A conservative Republican op-
posed to federal spending and regu-
latory burdens. Fields is » million-
aire with holdings in his family's
cemetery business in Houston.
Bryant Seeks Senate Seat
U.S. Rep. John Bryant, D-
Dallas, said he would give up
his congressional scat to seek his
party’s nomination for the U.S.
Senate scat of Republican Phil
Gramm, who is running for re-
election and president under Texas'
“LBJ Rule."
Bryant, 48, calls himself a “pop-
ulist Democrat." he has served
seven terms in Congress, represent-
ing cast Texas.
He joins four others seeking
the Democratic Party’s nomina-
tion: fellow U.S. Rep. Jim Chap-
man of Sulphur Springs, Dallas-
arca teacher Victor Morales and
Houston lawyer John Odam.
Gramm is being challenged for
the GOP nomination by Austin
insurance consultant David Young.
Henry Lucas Hearing Set
Whether or not Henry Lee Lucas
will be executed will be the topic of
a Jan. 8 hearing in Austin ordered
by U.S. District Judge Sam R.
Cummings, and the deadline has
passed for attorneys to file legal
briefs.
On Sept. ?9, Lucas was granted
a federal stay of execution postpon-
ing lethal injection that had been
set for Oct. 2.
Lucas was convicted for the 1979
slaying of a woman in Williamson
County. Her body was found under
a culvert near Georgetown on
Halloween.
Other Capital Highlights
■ Former Democratic congress-
man and U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge Homer Thornbcrry, 86, died
Dec. 12 in his home in Austin.
He was appointed to the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in 1965
by President Lyndon B. Johnson
and retired in 1978. He served in
Congress until 1963, when Pres-
ident John F. Kennedy appointed
him U.S. District Judge of the
Western District of Texas.
■ President Clinton met in
Washington with Texas Democrats
to discuss the 1996 election.
Officials told the president his
prospects have improved. Party
leaders said it was important that
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock led the
delegation. Bullock did not actively
campaign for Clinton in the 1992
election.
■ British subject Michael Lind-
sey Faulkner, an Austin entrepre-
neur arrested Oct. 4 and accused
of receiving $16 million embezzled
from AT&T in England, will not
be prosecuted because he is dying
of AIDS, a federal prosecutor said.
Faulkner, who has returned to Lon-
don to live with his mother, set
up bars, restaurants and other busi-
nesses in Austin.
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Reagan County Ex's are at it
again in 2nd Ben Gay bowl
Another Ben Gay bowl??
That's right. It’s that time of year
again. Due to the tremendous suc-
cess of last year's Mark Valadez
Memorial Bowl, The Reagan
County Ex's will be hosting at least
one and maybe two games in 1996.
All proceeds will go to various
charities.
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team will meet at the high school
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Letters to
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To the Editor
Thanks to all the wonderful
people of Big Lake Dec. 14 was a
fun filled evening in our town. A big
thank you to the merchants and
other businesses that took time and
expense to light their buildings. A
very special thanks to Keith Floyd
for all the time he spent helping to
get the vacant building decorated.
Without his diligence the town
would not be as festive.
If you have not done so, drive
around the residential sections of
town. Many homes are decorated.
Thanks to everyone who entered
a float in the parade and to the judges
that had the job of selecting the top
three. Security State Bank won the
$25.00 first place with the lighted
gifts. Pasty Settle took the second
and third places with her West
Texas Tumbleweed Snowman and
The Gingerbread House and Men.
Happy Holidays to all.
The Chamber of Commerce.
Dear David:
I was in big Lake over the
Thanksgiving holidays visiting my
family and I ran into a snag. I had
some college projects due when I
returned to school and had no equip-
ment to work with. I knew I was in
trouble, especially being that it was
the holidays and many people were
going to be out of town. Well, I did
finish my project with the special A
help of Brenda Schneemann and
Linda Rees. I would like to
THANK Mrs. Rees and Mrs.
Schneemann for all the help! I
would also like to thank Mrs.
Imogene Jackson for the help she
provided. It's really nice to know
that you have some people who care
about you back home. Thanksagain
everyone and have a great holiday
season.
Stephen Dodd
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