Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1988 Page: 4 of 28
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Page 4 - Section A, CLEVELAND ADVOCATE, Friday, September 30, 1988
_ Opinion_
ViGWpoSllt Should Texans drive Natural-Gas burning cars?
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cheper.” — Hick Mc-
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“Yes. Natural gas burns a
lot clener.” — Jim Collins,
Cleveland
“Yes. It may cause a little
less pollution.” — Vicki
Tanner, Tarkington
“Yes. It would be clean
running/’ — David
Grabein, Shepherd
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“Yes. It burns a lot
cleaner than gasoline.” —
Paul Youngblood,
Cleveland
“Yes. There is a lot of
natural gas in Texas.” —
John Cooper, Tarkington
If the spirit and idealism of the Olympics doesn’t get you
all choked up, the tear gas will.”
COMMISSIONER’S POST
By MELVIN HUNT
Road and Bridge funds less *
By MELVIN HUNT
County Commissioner
For the past several months Com-
missioner’s Court has been working
to establish the Road and Bridge
Fund for the fiscal 1988-89 year.
For the past two years the four
MELVIN HUNT
commissioner precincts in Liberty
County have suffered declining
Road and Bridge funds in this county
have come as a result of the state
mandated Indigent Health Care.
in 1986, Precinct 1 had a total
Road and Bridge fund of $469,000,
Precinct 2 had a total of $742,000,
Precinct 3 had a total of $469,000, and
Precinct 4 had a total of 591,500. In,
1987, the first year of state mandat^®
indigent health care, Precinct Its
total declined to $404,995, Precinct
2’s total declined to $656,2^.
Precinct 3’s total declined W*
$404,994, and Precinct 4’s total
declined to $513,357.
The next year 1988, the Precinct 1
total declined to $379,995, Precinct 2
total declined to $613,237, Precinct 3
total declined to $379,995, and
Precinct 4 total declined to $488,357.
The Indigent Health Program had
taken a toll on the Road and Bridge"
Funds.
This year, Precinct 1 will have a
budget of $415,000, and Precinct 4
will have a budget of $520,000. It will
be nice to have more operating
money.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reader has ‘had it’ with political pressure, mudslinging, drug trafficking within Cleveland
Dear Editor,
Okay... I had had it.
I have never been a person to form
opinions or to openly express my opi-
nions of other peoples actions. I have
never been a person to judge other
people. I believe that judging people
is done from higher ground and it is
not our place to judge people.
But it is time for me to express
some opinions about a few things.
Politics is one of them. Politics is a
very powerful field. Currently there
are two men running for president
who spend their time debating over
the pledge of allegiance.
It is frightening to think one of
those people will be making re the
important issues? Caught up
between the mudslinging? No, I am
not a fan of politics.
Another frightening aspect of
politics, is the power that a person
receives when he has been voted into
a political position. A power that is
vibrating. It cannot be touched by
anyone.
Now we trust these people to do an
honest job when we award them this
power. What happens if they do not?
We “the people” cannot touch them.
They are powerfully protected
behind a politically locked door.
Where are our rights? What is the
honest hard working person suppos-
ed to do when people of political
power begin to abuse what has been
awarded to them out of trust. Trust
to be honest and fair. Our hands are
tied. I still do not think much of
politics.
The other side to that is manage-
ment. In any type of business of ser-
vice management is expected to
evaluate the performance standards
of their business. Is it obtaining
established goals? Is it operating ef-
ficiently and effectively? Are
employees evaluated objectively
and determined to be performing at
the standards expected of them?
These are standard practices is
soundly operated businesses.
I do not understand why the opi-
nions of council members are
discussed through the newspaper.
Why are accusations placed through
the newspaper? Is this effective
communication for persons inc con-
trolling positions? Is this the proper
channels for problems within the Ci-
ty to be resolved? I should hope not.
Why will the Council not agree to
meet with the employees of the
Police Department. Could it be that
the necessary objectivity is not
there. Have opinions been formed?
On what basis? I have no answers.
Effective management of any
area must remain open minded and
objective when evaluating the per-
formance of employees in any
capacity. They have to be able to
listen, and objectively evaluate
employees and to determine if that
employee has or has not performed
up to the expected standards com-
pared?
This brings to mind my next ques-
tion. When was the last convicted
drug felony from the City of
Cleveland? When was it? Am I
wrong in assuming that this is an ex-
pected job duty for a City Police
Department?
Why is it that I can drive through
the middle of our streets and watch
drugs change hands in broad
daylight. They stand on the
sidewalks on any given night and
sell drugs. Many people have voiced
to me their concerns about this. But
I have no authority to do anything
about it.
It comes to my mind that the
reason people have no fear of handl-
ing drug transactions in the middle
of the street, is that they also are
aware of the last drug conviction.g
They have no fear of the Cleveland
Police Department, they are quite
comfortable, that nothing will hap-
pen to them, regardless of what they
do concerning drugs. Therefore, we
are letting them control drugs in our
city.
To the people of the City of
Cleveland, I ask you “Do you think
something is wrong with a person
who is trying to determine why
nothing is being done about the drug
problem in the City of Cleveland?”
Is (Kenneth) “Primeaux” as he
has been referred to in other
publications of this paper, the only
concerned person who cares to find
out what the problem is?
Do you think your children are not
effected? We all have a tendenacy to
feel that, yes there is a problem, but
my children are not involved. It is
simply not true. Your children are
involved.
The problem is, you do not know
just how much. You are letting this
happen. It is there people, and as
long as you let it, it is going to stay
there.
One person has come forward in
effort to do something about it. He
has suffered humiliation, accusa-
tions with no merit, slander, and
pain, as his reward for making an
honest effort at correcting a wrong-
doing. One person cannot do it alone.
It is wrong to allow drugs to run
this City. Are you going to help? Or
are you going to allow your children
and yourselves to suffer the results
of what is to come?
Something has to be done here and
I do not feel the newspaper is the
proper place to handle it. In the first
place, newspapers tend to print what
they think will sell papers, not
necessarily the facts.
The issue at hand is DRUGS, not
mudslinging. But which reaches the
news? It is your turn to stand up and
take a stand to fight against drugs.
Teaching your children to say NO is
not enough. Stop it where it comes
from, and that is in the middle of
your City.
Wendy Primeaux
Editor’s Note — Some of the ques-
tions asked are rhetorical and as
such want for no reply. Others may
be answered. Council members are
voted in to office by the people to
govern the city. They govern the cit
on the basis of their opinions. It is
the business of a reputable
newspaper to inform “the people” of
the council member’s opinion when
it is made known. The council has
agreed to meet with police Officers.
According to authorities, the
meeting is to take place in approx-
imately 60 days. Concerning the last
convicted drug felony from the city
of Cleveland, it was April of this
year according to the District At-
torney’s Office. Please note, policy
arrest and charge individuals, thfP
courts convict Finally, newspapers
are in the business of selling papers
just as police are in the business of
law enforcement and firemen are in
the business of firefighting.
Reputable newspapers would no
more intentionally mislead the
public than reputable police would
arrest people on trumped-up
charges or reputable firemen would
set damaging fires.
Cleveland.
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