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EDITORIAL
THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Weekly Special
Coattails outweigh the charts
By JACK ANDESON
and MICHAEL BINc^-'TN
WASHINGTON - Fa. vdcn-
tial gadfly Ross Perot, his mounting
strength on Capitol Hill is more the
result of his coattails than his in-
famous chans. The candidate who
wanted us all to focus on "the
issues" Inis turned his act into a
traveling sideshow, but that doesn’t
matter to some Republicans in the
House of Representatives. As Perot
might say, it’s real simple: The
Republicans need his voters.
With polls showing Perot even
or ahead of Clinton, and with the
Texan threatening to field third-
party congressional candidates next
year, politicians are teaming up
with Perot faster than they can
fathom what he’s about.
icans smell danger as well as
an opportunity.
"There are some who are trying
I to cozy up to him," one House
I Republican leader says. "Others
I have been urging to get totally
I away from Perot and quit sucking
I up to him. I think it depends on the
Idistrict. Right now it suits
(Republican purposes for having
[ Pbrot be a foil for Clinton."
Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and
[Rep., John Kasich, R-Ohio, ap-
I parent! y agree. On paper, there are
I seemingly unbridgeable differences
(separating these two from Perot -
(not the least of which are the higher
I taxes Perot called for in last year's
|prescdeniial platform.
At that lime, Gingrich was call-
Jing Perot an " . ^ordinarily dan-
Igcrous gamble, and intoned darkly
(that he could piovc to be an
■authoritarian figure who might
(abuse the powers of figure who
Imight abuse the powers of the
■presidency. Yet, Gingrich recently
Iscnt in $15 to join Perot’s Ignited
Wc Stand America organization,
joining a handful of his colleagues
who have done the same thing. A
Gingrich spokesperson said that
despite their differences on trade
and taxes, Gingrich applauds
Perot’s efforts to rein in the
bureaucracy and eliminate govern-
ment waste.
Kasich, who is not a member of
United We Stand America, says
that "Perot’s message is a
Republican message." Kasich also
says that he’s Republican. But
Perot’s credentials hardly seem to
qualify him to run with the GOP -
he is pro-choice, isolationist and
protectionist on trade - not to men-
tion the higher taxes.
But Kasich describes Perot as
something of a work in progress.
"He doesn’t sign up to these tax in-
creases anymore," Kasich claims.
"Those tax increases were some-
thing put together by a former
(president Jimmy) Carter guy in the
middle of a campaign."
Kasich added "I’ve talked to
Perot about his economic plan that
he offered before the election. Perot
is not wedded to that.” Republicans
have a word for when Bill Ginton
engages in such flip-flops; They
call it a "character issue." With
Perot, it’s written off as "evolu-
tion." A Perot spokeswoman told
us that Perot has not retreated from
any of the stances in his fall plat-
form.
UNDER THE DOME - Party
loyalty is one of the most prized
virtures on Captiol Hill, which is
why the recent defection of a
Republican press secretary has
ruffled a few feathers in the GOP.
Coming just before David Ger-
gen’s celebrated move to the White
House, Republicans are privately
grumbling about Lynnette Moten’s
move from Mississippi Republican
Sen. Thad Cochran’s office to be-
come Illinois Democratic Sen.
Carol Moseley Braun’s press
secretary. Cochran is chairman of
the Senate Republican Conference -
the Senate GOP’s chief strategy
shop • and seldom sees eye to eye
with Braun of the issues.
But Moseley Braun is
philosophical about the controver-
sy. She was roughed up by her
home-state press even before she
formally took office, so the senator
needed a new spin doctor just as
badly as Clinton needed Gergen.
When Moseley Braun learned of
the Gergen appointment she rushed
to deliver the news to her new aide.
’’See," Moseley Braun told
Moten, "I’m not the only one"
(stealing Republicans).
HARDBALL - When Rep. Jim
Bunning, R-Ky., accused Major
League Baseball of trying to
"bribe” members of Congress with
tickets to next month’s All-Star
game in Baltimore, the former
major league pitcher beaned the
wrong batter. It turns out that Bun-
Do You Have An Opinion?
The Polk County Enterprise en-
courages readers to submit letters
expressing their views and opinions.
The letters will be published in the
Enterprise’s “Letters to the editor’’
column on Thursday or Sunday.
The letters may be written on any
subject or issue of general interest.
Letters must be accompanied by a
name and mailing address and will
be subject to editing for grammar,
punctuation, spelling and length.
Letters must include a telephone
number for verification. We will not
publish the telephone number.
Readers should keep their letters
brief and to the point. Each Jetter
should contain no more than 650
words. Letters exceeding that length
will be edited or withheld from
publication
Letters will also be subject to
editing for libelous or slanderous
statements and commercialism
This column is not meant as a
forum for political candidates,
although we welcome comments
from the public concerning cam-
paign issues^ During election cam-
paigns we will not allow mention of
specific local candidates.
Letters may be submitted in per-
son or can be mailed to “Letters to
the editor’’, Polk County Enterprise,
P.O. Box 1276, Livingston, TX. 77551.
Letters to the editor
Animals, human needs help
To the editor: t
My name is Betty Parr. I am
not writing tins because I am
anyone special.
For about four months I have
been feeding and watering a
mother dog someone left at the
dumpster on Richardson Road.
She was wlitr pups when her
cruel owners left her. She has
since had two pups. They have
moved into the woods down
from the dump.
Here is my point. Someone
stole die refrigerator crispers I
had water and food in. Not only
that, they left another small
black puppy with them and
another black puppy at the
durm. What do they expect
those dogs to drink? Also in
what?
The crispers came from a
refrigerator left at the dump,
which was not supposed to hap-
pen. That dumpster is full of tiny
kittens, another dog with some-
thing wrong with a back leg. I
guess these cruel, heartless
people think someone will wave
a magic wand and make things
better or either out of sight, out
of mind.
I hope the guilty party reads
this, because I want to remind
them of the scum I think they
are. I am just one old woman on
Social Security with a bad heart
that these people are finishing
up. Won’t someone help me
from the SPCA? It is getting to
be more than I can take or af-~
ford. I wish the law would stake
out these dumpsters and arrest
these crud and put them behind
bars with no food or water -• the
same sentence they give these
animals.
God made man the thinking
animal, but I think some were
absent when brains were handed
out. Won’t you people please
stop this madness and cruelty to
God’s creatures? You will, in
the end, have to face Him, your
maker that knows every bird and
beast of the land. He also knows
who you are and you will pay
because someday there will be
no tomorrows.
Betty Parr
5852 Indian Springs
Livingston
Dont.,
mess with
texas.
Be a Wildcat for life
To the editor:
Came one, come ail as the
Wildcat Athletic League hosts
Ms first annual Adult Co-ed VoL
leyball League, with ages 18 and
■p playing The teams will be
tot ip as a "10-persoo team" and
shuts wifi be furnished.
until July 12 at WUdcs? Athletic
League, 410 N. Washington.
There wifi be leagues of
church, recreation and commer-
cial, also
Registration fees are $20 per
person or $100 per team and it
wifi cover insurance, referees
and ripnpuirnt The games will
t July 24 m Pedigo Park and
Day weefc
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n§ lorwtra
from all around - Onalaska,
Goodrich, Rye, Seven Oaks,
Blanchard and other surrounding
areas. Once you read this and
get interested, tell your friends,
let them know what’s going on,
bring them with you to sign up.
Spread the word!
If yon have any questions on
signing up or just to join the
Wildcat Athletic Leqpe, call
327-8051 and talk to Charlie
Knowles, manager, or Mickey
Pothergill. president, between 10
• m. and 10 pun. Monday
through Saturday.
Join op and be a Wildcat for
life. It’s fun, you can meet new
people and you'll be glad you
POLK COUNTY
ENTERPRISE
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Greg Peak. Area News Editor
Don Hendrix, Special Sections Editor
Debbie Brown, Living Section Editor
Emily Banka, Reporter
Gordon LeBarron. Photographer
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ning’s own colleagues have been
deluging baseball with requests for |
extra tickets.
To help cope with the crush, I
baseball recently offered each
member the chance to buy two tick-
ets to the game at their regular
price of $60 each. But with legisla-
tion looming that could strip |
baseball’s coveted anti-trust protec-
tion, Bunning thought the offer I
smacked of the league "trying to
curry favor." He fired off a "BRIBE
ALERT' to colleagues, warning
that baseball was seeking to "buy
your good will and your vote on |
antitrust.”
Baseball sources complain that!
they decided to offer the tickets on-
ly after some greedy members
sought "dozens of tickets" each -
with the record set by one member
who requested 30 tickets". Even
Bunning told us that he received a
letter from one colleague soliciting [
his two tickets, an offer Bunning
turned down.
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ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY GORDON UBARRON
NEW POSTMASTER -- Larry Brewer (right), the new Mos-
cow postmaster, receives his oath of office from Dennis
Rogers, East Texas USPS postal operations manager, in a
swearing-in ceremony Monday. Brewer, who entered the U.S.
Postal Service 13 years ago in Lufkin, replaces Joyce Rowe,
who has retired from the position.
Sales rise statewide
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percent from the $1,240 received
during the same month last year.
Payments to date for 1993 total
$6355, a 20.47 percent drop from
the $7,991 received through the
same date in 1992.
Goodrich received no June pay-
ment, but has received $3,841 so
far this year. The figure is slight
down 0.81 percent from the $3,873
received through the first six
months of 1992. In June of last year
Goodrich received $601.
Sharp’s office delivered a total
of $109.4 million in June sales tax
rebates to 917 cities and 108
counties, a 3.5 percent increase
over the payments of one year ago.
Another $149.2 million in pay-
ments went to the state’s eight mass
transit programs.
Texas cities received $98.1 mil-
lion in sales tax payments, up 3.4
percent from the $94.9 million they
received last June. Counties
received $115 million, a 4.9 per-
cent increase over the June, 1992
rebates of $10.6 million.
"Sales tax rebates in June were a
mixed bag,” Sharp said. "While
payments were up in many Texas
cities and counties, other parts of
the state continue to feel the ‘drag’
of a sluggish national economy."
The City of Houston received
$14.2 million, the largest city sales
tax rebate for the month and vir-
tually identical to its $14.1 million
payment in June, 1992.
"The economic slide created by
the energy crisis continues to affect
Houston’s economy. However,
companies from various industries
have expressed interest in expand-
ing in the Houston area, a sign of
modest growth’ for the future,"
Sharp said.
The $8.9 million rebate to the
City of Dallas was the second lar-
gest payment for June, down 2.7
percent from the $9.2 million for
the same period last year.
"Since April, 1992, total employ-
ment in the Dallas area has in-
creased by 26,700 jobs. Corporate
retail locations and expansions in
the Dallas area should help boost
the metro area’s economy over the
next year,” Sharp said.
The City of San Antonio con-
tinues to exhibit solid economic
growth. The Alamo city had the
third largest payment in June, $5.8
million, a 6.9 percent increase over
last June’s payment of $5.4 million.
"San Antonio’s expanding
telemarketing industry and its in-
creasing attraction as a tourist des-
tination have helped accelerate the
metro area’s growth," Sharp said.
Austin’s payment of $4.6 million
ranked as the fourth highest rebate,
an 11,7 percent increase from the
city’s June, 1992 payment of $4.2
million and the highest percentage
increase for the month among
Texas’ m^jor cities.
growth has largely been driven by
die high-tech manufacturing com-
panies in the area," Sharp said.
The City of Fbrt Worth, with a
$2.6 million rebate, decreased by
8.11 percent from its June, 1992
payment of $2.9 million. The City
of Arlington’s payment of $2.7 mil-
lion remained virtually unchanged
from the same period one year ago.
"The Fort Worth-Arlington area
has been following a slow path to
economic recovery, exhibiting
modest gains in employment every
month since April, 1992,” Sharp
said.
El Paso experienced employment
growth in all segments of its
economy. As a result, the June
rebate to the city was $2.5 million,
up 5.7 percent from the $2.4 mil-
lion payment in June, 1992.
Judge, Smith reappointed
from pago 1
torical commission and re-
appointed Thompson and Precinct
2 Commissioner Bobby Smith to
the DETCOG board.
Following an executive session,
the court approved personnel action
forms and approved part-time
employment at the Corrigan
Human Services Building which
will be shared by indigent health
care aid aging.
Other business included approval
of the 1993 budget amendments,
the minutes and payment of bills.
Death believed suicide
COLDSPRING - He body of a reported misstogby relatives in
31-year-old woman was found in Houston on June 27, Branch said.
It is believed that the victim had
the floorboard of a van Monday oa
PM 946
to have committed suicide,
to San Jaciato County
at about 11 p.m,’ Branch
-The name of the
withheld, pending
lie next of km."
The body of the victim was takeo
to die Harris County morgue after
11 p—’if* 4 Justice or die Peace Nell
Changes Tb P.O. Boer 1376, LMnfistoo. Texas 77351.
nifoVfe note and a number of nil] Lambert ordered an autopsy to
bottles in the 1989 van. She was determine the exact cause of death.
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