Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 25, 1990 Page: 2 of 48
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Education equalization likely topic of chamber banquet
School board association predicts rough legislative session
from page 1
On Feb. 27, lawmakers return
once again to Austin for a third call-
ed session of the Texas Legislature.
“And if you thought the battle over
worker’s compensation reform was
rough, just wait until you see school
finance,” according to a Legislative
Report published by the Texas
Association of School Board
(TASB).
With the special session on school
finance beginning at the end of
February, lawmakers don’t have a
lot of time to change the system,
especially when they are also being
asked to deal with the equally ex-
cruciating subject of judicial
redistricting.
“Bogging matters down more is
the fact that the session will start
just two weeks before the March 13
primary elections. And legislators
are reluctant, to say the least, to do
anything about anything until the
primaries are over," according to
TASB.
“Nevertheless, lawmakers won’t
be coming into the special session
empty handed. Already, a number of
school funding proposals are on the
table. And final recommendations, if
not a plan, are also expected from
the Governor’s Task Force on Public
Education by the opening day of the
session, Feb. 27.”
The major school finance pro-
posals currently in the works are be-
ing offered by Senator Carl Parker,
Senator Hector Uribe and Represen-
tative Greg Luna (Equality Plan),
Equity Center, Comptroller Bob
Bullock, State Board of Education,
and the Texas Research League
(TRL).
Although major differences exist
among the plans, (The Equality
Plan and TRL call for the develop-
ment of ceuntywide taxing
authorities.) a number of elements
are similar. The majority of toe
plans require a three to five-year
phase-in period and are based on a
guaranteed yield system of equaliza-
tion.
“But what may be the greatest
similarity of all between toe pro-
posals is the amount of new money
they require - a lot. With toe excep-
tion of TRL’s plan, all of the pro-
posals increase funding for public
Welfare fraud cited
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tion for one year and ordered to pay
a $500 fine and $130 in restitution
after pleading guilty to a theft
charge.
Jackson was indicted Oct. 19,1989
in connection with the July 3 theft of
some cable Wire owned by Douglas
Scott.
During the court hearings held
Feb. 13, Clara Marie Wright and Von
Marie Ware were each placed on
probation and ordered to pay restitu-
tion after pleading guilty to
“tampering with a government
record" - a complaint also known as
welfare fraud.
According to court records,
Wright was charged in connection
with a May 5,1988 incident in which
she knowingly filed a false income
report on an application for food
stamp benefits. After entering a
guilty plea, she was placed on proba-
tion for four years.
Ware, who was placed on proba-
Name deleted
DALLARDSVILLE -• Alicia
Gilchrease has been named to the ail
A honor roll for the first semester at
Big Sandy High School. Her name
was inadvertantly deleted from the
previously-published list of honor
students.
tion for three years, was charged in
connection with a Dec. 9, 1967 inci-
dent in which a false income report
was filed with the Texas Depart-
ment of Human Resources on a ap-
plication for food stamp and AFDC
benefits.
In other court action, Lonnie
Cockrell was placed on probation for
four years and ordered to pay a
$14100 fine after pleading guilty to
felony driving while intoxicated.
In addition, Judge Martin ordered
Cockrell to pay the Polk County
Crime Stoppers program $50 and to
spend 15 days in the county jail. The
jail time will be served on weekends.
Cockrell was charged in connec-
tion with a Sept. 29, 1986 DWI com-
plaint. He had been previously con-
victed (hi DWI charges twice in Polk
County.
Walter Craig Morris of Woodville
was placed on probation for three
years and ordered to pay a $1,200
fine after he also entered a guilty
plea to a felony DWI charge.
Morris was arrested on the drunk
driving complaint Aug. 31, 1989 and
court records indicated he also had
been previously convicted of DWI on
two occasions - once in Hale County
and again in Lubbock County.
education $800 million to $1.1 billion
in toe first year of implementation.
Future increases stretch into the
^SeW^Meas into dollars,
however, may be tough. Governor
Bill dements has come out against
any new taxes to help fix the funding
system and claims that toe Court’s
mandate can be met without them. A
number of lawmakers disagree,"
the TASB report states.
“On the other side of the leader-
ship, however, is lame duck Lieute-
nant Governor Bill Hobby. Hobby
has said that a tax increase for
school funding is inevitable. He’s
also gone on record as stating that
an Income tax replacing the school
property taxes, the corporate fran-
chise tax, and lowering the sales tax,
is the only “rational” answer to the
school funding dilemma.
“The wiki card in all this among
the leadership may be Speaker of
the House Gib Lewis, who faces op-
position in his bid for re-election.
With that kind of political pressure
dogging him, Lewis may not be so
hot to back a hefty tax bill. This
makes matters interesting, since a
tax bill must originate in the
House."
Dr. Kirby will provide up to the
minute insight concerning the school
funding issue. Tickets for the ban-
quet are $12.50 each, which includes
a ribeye stfak dinner, and may be
obtained at the chamber office or by
calling 3274929.
The Polk County 4-H Club would like to thank the following
people for their contributions made during our Political
Rally and Cake Auction on February 13,1990.
Jim Anderson, Kenneth Bond, Leamon Cain, R.D. Cunningham, Joe Ned Dean, Ester
Duff, LI Hendrix, Jr., Cheryl Hemy, Dick Hubert, Marlin Hughes, B.K. Johnson,
Martha Johnson, Steven Jones, Howard Utley, Nell Lowe, Danny Munson, Charlie
Om. Terry Pace, Eugene Parrish, J.W. Reneau, Bobby Smith, Fred Stephenson,
Milton J|jiel, John Thompson, Kenneth Yarbrough
We would also like to thank the 4-H members and their parents for
donating the cakes and pies for this event
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 25, 1990, newspaper, February 25, 1990; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781616/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.