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University Daily Kansan, January 12, 1984 Page t
Costume Party invites opponent into fold
By MATT DeGALAN Staff Reporter
The Costume Party and the Freedom Coalition differed greatly during last semester's Student Senate presidential campaign.
But now, a common interest in improving the elections process has led Costume Party candidate Dennis Boog "Bigg" Highberger to name his former committee representative to a new committee that is running other ways of running the elections.
The Freedom Coalition's Steve Bergstrom will serve on the temporary election committee, assembled Tuesday by Lisa Ashner, student body president, at the request of Chancellor Gene A. Budig. The committee is to set new guidelines for student body elections.
Ashner, Jim Cramer, student body vice president, and Caryl Smith, dean of student life, who together designed
the committee, decided not to permit Freedom to send a representative because it finished a distant last in the United States elected election, according to Cramer.
Budig ordered a new election after the University Judicial Board said the election was "fraught with inconsistencies and ambiguities."
EACH OF THE three major coalitions in the election — Momentum, Priority and Costume Party — was one representative to the committee.
rungbermer said that he trusted Bergstrom's ability to represent the Costume Party and that he hoped that Bergstrom would eventually opposing groups could work together.
"On the surface we we're far apart, but really we have a lot of common interests and concerns. We both want to see the election process improved." Someone doesn't have to be in the Cotton Party for me to trust them."
Three non-affiliated students, two faculty members and one administrator form the rest of the committee. Cramer and Smith will serve as non-voting members.
BERGSTROM SAID he was considering running in the new election but said that his position on the committee did not constitute a conflict of interest because he hadn't yet written the committee's will include determining the regulations and the filing dates for election candidates.
Cramer said that the committee was designed so that input from all sectors of the university and all major coalitions could be heard.
Bergstrom said he was mildly surprised that the Costume Party chose him as its representative because the two groups were so ideologically opposed. He said Highberger called him Tuesday night and asked him if he would take the position. He said he agreed immediately.
"IM MORE THEN willing to help correct some of the mistakes that have been an embarrassment to this university." he said.
In the Nov. 17 election, Bergstrom received 246 votes. The other three candidates each received more than 1,000 votes.
Bergstrom said that he was upset that Freedom was not allowed to send a representative to the committee, but that his unexpected appointment solved the matter. Each coalition should be allowed to appoint *$\circ$* representatives to the committees, he said, regardless of where the coalition finished in last fall's election.
The temporary committee was created to give the Student Senate guidelines on how to run the new student body presidential election. Cramer said he thought the committee would hold its first meeting at the end of this week. The committee will give its recommendations to the Senate Feb. 8.
Angino wants concise bond policy
By TODD NELSON Staff Reporter
City Commissioner Ernest Angino said yesterday that he wanted to clarify the commission's policy of allowing development in downtown Lawrence.
Angino said current city policy was confusing because although it stated that no bond money could be used for retail development, it also stated that it could consider any projects in the downtown area.
Angino said he would express his concern at a study session Monday at which the commission will review the policy.
"I just don't think we should send out conflicting signals," Angino said.
LAST MONTH, THE commission rejected a $340,000 industrial revenue bond request by Robinson Shoe Co., Kansas City, Mo., for purchase and renovation of a building at 837 Massachusetts St., although the Robinson proposal met city guidelines for bond issue, Angino said.
John Cox, president of Robinson, said that despite the decision, his firm had purchased the building with private funds on Dec. 30.
The building is the former Royal College Shop, which was closed after a fire.
"The industrial revenue bonds were not a determining factor for us in the decision process," Fox said.
INDUSTRIAL REVENUE bondslet businesses borrow money at lower interest because the lenders are exempt from paying federal income tax on the interest the bonds earn. The city approves the bonds but does not require them to be paid, and also usually give businesses a reduction in local property tax for 10 years.
The Robinson proposal was the first industrial revenue bond request, the first of its kind.
"We were dealing with some amateurs, people with no particular expertise, who were misinformed about the industrial revenue bonds." Cox said.
Angino said that he did not know of any other industrial revenue bond requests that had been rejected by the City Commission in the past, and that he was going to file a commission rejected. He said he was glad Robinson bought the building.
Cox said that renovation of the site had begun and that the store should be open by April 2. It will carry a full line of men's, women's and children's
THE CITY DENIED the request, Angino said, because it would have supported competition with existing retail businesses downtown.
However, the commission's policy on industrial revenue bonds allows it to consider any downtown project that is positive economic impact, Angino said.
revenue bonds will generally not be issued if they would give firms elsewhere in Lawrence a competitive advantage to business, or if the firms are retail.
The commission adopted its present policy last August.
The policy also says industrial
The commission did approve at last night's meeting a resolution of intent to issue 2.5 million in industrial supplies to E & E Specialties, 910 E. 29th St.
ROGER WHITE, president of the company, told commissioners that E & E Specialties, which manufactures temporary display stands for products in stores, was considering two wavs to use the bond money.
White said one program would add from 20,000 and 30,000 square feet to the existing building and would include some equipment for a new product
The other program would involve a multi-tenant light industry building of 45,000 to 60,000 square feet, near the existing building.
White said either proposal would generate about 35 additional jobs at E
The company previously received industrial revenue bonds of $200,000 in May 1972, $460,000 in October 1978 and $350,000 in December 1981.
Angino said the commission approved the proposal of E & E Specialties because of the number of jobs the company would create.
Douglas County unemployment increases slightly
By the Kansan Staff
Douglas County unemployment rose slightly to 3.6 percent in November, Steve MoAtec, research analyst for the Department of human resources, said yesterday.
One reason the rate, which has hovered near 3.5 percent for the past three months, has remained steady during the fall semester is that students and UW faculty are nearly one-third of the work force in the Lawrence area, he said.
McAtee said he expected the January unemployment rates to increase slightly.
In September and October, unemployment was 3.5 percent, the lowest
Pam Houston, director of the student employment center in the office of student financial aid, said that many jobs were being advertised for the spring semester and that on-campus jobs remained strong. Applicants where special permission was granted by administration officials.
Lawrence unemployment is almost five percentage points lower than the national average of 8.2 percent.
McAtee said that figure was typical of Douglas County. The highest level in the county's unemployment rate since 1975 has been about 5 percent, he said.
Enrollment issue may help Walker win,manager says
Kevin Walker's campaign manager said yesterday that Walker thought his enrollment problems might actually increase the chances of his winning the new student body presidential election.
By CINDY HOLM Staff Reporter
Walker said he would not comment on the matter until after the election, which Chancellor Gene A. Budig ordered Jan. 5 on the recommendation of the University of Kansas Judicial Board.
Russ Ptacek, Washington, D.C., sophomore and Walker's manager, said Walker's problems would illustrate a need for a deferred payment plan for tuition and fees, which has been a part of the Momentum Coalition's platform since last year.
"There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of middle and lower income students who have had high school and scholarships." Piacek said.
WALKER HAD NOT been enrolled since Aug. 22, but was allowed to enroll late for the fall semester on Oct. 24. The University withdrew his enrolment again on Nov. 23, acco
Walker said Tuesday that what had happened to him could happen to anyone who enrolled late.
"It's a Catch-22 situation," he said. "It's no big deal."
Walker said he was not worried about reactions to his enrollment problems. Students would realize
that he was "a man who is smart enough to manage his money so that he doesn't need to part with it needlessly."
Scott Swenson, Priority presidential candidate, said he was shocked when he learned about Walker's enrollment problems.
The Senate election rules define a regularly enrolled student as "any registered student taking a course at the University of Kansas." But the rules never state that candidates must be regularly enrolled students.
"We heard so much about integrity in the last election and now we find this out. I would hope this would clear things up. We might be able to call things off. I mean the election." Swenson said.
CARYL SMITH, dean of Student Life and spokesman for the administration on the election, said the temporary committee, appointed Tuesday by student body president Lisa Ashner, would decide whether Walker's enrollment problems would affect the new election.
Smith said the Student Senate rules were unclear on enrollment.
However, candidates must file declarations of candidacy signed by their deans verifying their enrollments.
The declaration form clearly implies that a candidate would have to be a student to be student body president, Smith said.
She said the temporary committee would make recommendations to the Senate about revisions
"Very few people would complain if the rules were made more specific," Smith said.
Woman to run for vice president
By the Kansan Staff
focusing on the positive aspects of the future."
B Barbara Marx Hubbard, the daughter of Louis Marx, founder of the Marx Toy Co., will announce her democratic candidacy for the vice president of the United States Feb. 2 in Lawrence, according to a media coordinator at Hubbard's national headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.
"Ms. Hubbard wants to announce her candidacy officially in Lawrence because she thinks that Lawrence has been the national focal point on negative aspects of the future," Faye Bebury, the media coordinator said. "She wants to turn that feeling around and launch her campaign in Lawrence
The Hubbard campaign has raised over $150,000 so far. Beaty said. There are more than 40 campaign offices in 20 states around the country.
"Ms. Hubbard will be looking at social, political and economic issues in a positive way. But her main focal point is the fact that she felt at the police movement." Beaty said.
Hubbard, 54, has never held a public office. Beby said. She got the idea to run for vice president a little more than a year ago. She decided to run to get the activist movement involved in the political arena.
Hubbard, a resident of Palo Alto, will attend the Feb. 20 Iowa caucus. Beudy said.
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