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Wednesday, October 26; 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Incumbent not finished Charlton will fight for Margin of Excellence
By Barbara Joseph Kansan staff writer
Charlton
unancing may be contingent on other issues.
"I was feeling good about the Margin until recently when other issues became associated with it, such as qualified admissions, the inclusion of Washburn and community college funding," Charlton said.
"Last year the governor was slow to commit to the Margin. Now he seems to have come up with a package that holds the Margin hostage to pet issues. One house member calls it 'the worst thing we could with it, we might not get funding."
The Margin is the Board of
Regents' three-year plan to increase financing of Regents schools to 95 percent of peer institutions and salaryes to 100 percent of their peers.
She is strongly against including Washburn University in the Regents system and supports open admissions.
Charlton has a master's degree in political science from KU and was a graduate teaching assistant in Western Civilization.
or Charlton, the political fights are part of the democratic process. In her nine years as state representative, the Democratic incumbent has never lost her fascination with that even though she finds it inefficient.
"It's interesting to see American political theory in action," she said. "It's not an efficient process. You have to reconcile competing interests and persuade and compromise. You know, things done, but it takes longer."
longer. Charlton has represented the 46th District for as long as it has existed.
It is a job she would like to keep.
if a jobsite will be ambitious for higher office," the 65-year-old legislator said. "I have no business to neglect, so can I be a full-time legislator. And I have unfinished business in the Legislature."
Part of that unfinished business is making sure Lawrence and Douglas County are represented fairly in the commission, or redrawing of districts.
Charlton also would like to see increased state aid for public schools. She would also work for a highway program that would be charged for water rights or use of irrigation pumps and reservoirs.
Patti Hackney, a Lawrence attorney and former legislative intern under Charlton, said she was most impressed with Charlton's integrity and modesty.
"She's not a person who goes after publicity," Hackney said. "She may not have her name in the paper, but she works real hard on her committees."
By Barbara Joseph Kansan staff writer
Candidate sets priorities Norwood proposes malpractice fee limits
Norwood said yesterday that if elected, he would propose a cap on the amount the state contributes to fees for doctors' malpractice suits.
Bernie Norwood, Republican candidate for state representative to the 46th District, said he would propose legislation that believes would help victims of medical mal
Norwood
"Everybody's forgetting the victims," Norwood said. "If successful, this proposal would limit the amount from a jury award that lawyers would be able to claim from a victim's compensation."
The proposal would limit the amount of money attorneys could receive from the Health Care Stabili-
practice receive the maximum settlement.
zation Fund, which supplements doctors' malpractice insurance.
Attorneys' fees would be limited to 30 percent of the first $500,000 covered by the fund, 15 percent of the second $500,000 or any amount more than $1 million.
Norwood said that since the 1986 creation of the Health Care Stabilization Fund, the State has paid out about $77 million in settlements and jury awards. He said that nine state law firms accused Norwood of filing these injuries were confirmed with the Ted F. Fay Jr., attorney for the fund.
Norwood's proposal is patterned after an unsuccessful 1988 Senate bill.
Norwood, 55, is a graduate of Johnson County Community College and a certified paralegal. He is the past president of the NAACP of Lawrence and has worked on community disaster projects.
His priorities are affordable housing, child care, education, job training and help for the aged.
financing of the Margin of Excellence and for financing a new Regents Center. He is opposed to including Washburn University into the Regents system and is in favor of open admissions.
He would vote for second year
"I'd be working for KU all the way," he said.
Norwood said there needs to be more alternatives to post-secondary education than just community colleges. He would push for vocational/technical training that guarantees jobs.
He said he was more concerned with long-term solutions to crime than he was with prison reform. Norwood said it was important to eradicate a mindset that breeds a criminal society. He would work to restructure school curriculums and teach parenting skills.
Announcing a
Shirley Martin-Smith, owner of Martin-Smith Personnel Services and Norwood's campaign manager, has been a very active man who understands people.
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