UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, November 2, 1992
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Race for Senate seat still going strong
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
No one was working in Republican Sen. Bob Dole's campaign headquarters in Topeka Sunday afternoon.
Across town, seven staffers in Democratic challenger Gloria O'Dell's office were busy scheduling two days of campaigning. O'Dell was running.
"We're trying to give her our best — she certainly deserves it," said Ray Menendez, field operations manager for O'Dell.
"Gloria vs. Goliath" is O'Dell's campaign slogan, and the slogan is appropriate. Dole was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968, before most KU students were born, and had a 20- to 25-percent lead over O'Dell in most poll. Few would argue with his assertion that he is one of the most important
Republicans in Washington. And few people outside the O'Dell campaign predict a Dole defeat.
"O'Dell didn't have much of a chance to win, ever," said Chris Miller, chairperson of the Douglas County Republican Party.
In his campaign literature, Dole lists the deficit as public enemy No. 1. The U.S. Senate recently passed the Dole Amendment, which would cut the congressional operations budget by 25 percent. He would support cutting defense spending by 10 percent.
Dole also proposes putting caps on spending in the health care industry, and has worked to increase Pell Grant eligibility for college students. He is an alumni.
she will not run for re-election unless the deficit is cut in half during her term. O'Dell's supporters say she is more in touch with the needs of Kansans.
O'Dell, who has never held public office, is running on a campaign message of change in federal government. O'Dell has signed a pledge stating that
"I have furniture that is more responsive to people than Bob Dole has been," said Ray Menendez, field operations manager for the O'Dell campaign. "If Gloria O'Dell is elected, she will keep her ears tuned to what Kansans are saving."
O'Dell supports many of Gov. Bill Clinton's proposals, including allowing college students to pay off loans through community service or percentages of future income, converting defense industry programs into civilian programs and spending federal money to improve the country's infrastructure. O'Dell is pro-choice.
Much of O'Dell's campaign has focused more on Dole's record than
what she would do in office.
"The three things that Kanans are most concerned about are jobs, health care and education," Menendez said. "Do you know anything about Bob Dole's employment package? No, he doesn't have one. And tell me about Bob Dole's health care bill. He doesn't have one."
Two other candidates in the Senate race are running far behind Dole and O'Dell in recent polls.
Mark Kirk, the Libertarian candidate, said he would cut the deficit by cutting the government.
"The government's role is to protect the rights and property of its citizens," he said. "I don't think a group of people in Washington have the wisdom and virtue to run an economy; no one does."
Kirk said by reducing or eliminating government agencies, such as the
Education Department and the U.S. Forest Service, he and other Libertarians would be able to drastically cut taxes and be able to eliminate the deficit.
Some of Kirk's proposals include cutting defense spending in half, making education private and selling off most government-owned property in the U.S.
Independent candidate Christina Campbell-Cline, an accountant from Wichita, is running on a campaign pledge to cut government inefficiency. Campbell-Cline proposes bringing in accounting firms to replace the White House Office of Management and Budget, which writes the president's budget plans. Campbell-Cline would also cut congressional salaries by 10 percent, and she says she could cut $400 billion by eliminating government bureaucracy.
Senate race
Republican Sen. Bob Dole from Russell has served as a U.S. senator since 1968. Dole is the Senate minority leader.
Democrat Gracia O'Dell from Clear Lake is special assistant to Sally Thompson, state treasurer. She has been involved in the Democratic Party in Kansas for more than 20 years, but has never held a public office. Libertarian Mark Kirk is a computer specialist from Wichita. Independent Christina Campbell-Cline is an accountant from Wichita.
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House candidates seek change
In a recent debate, Campbell-Cline said she entered the race thinking that Bob Dole would not seek re-election. Campbell-Cline said that Dole had done a good job in the Senate.
By Christine Laue
Kenzo staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Money can't buy Love, says Tom Love, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives' 3rd District.
While Love says his refusal to accept money from special-interest groups is the significant difference between him and his opponent, Jan Meyers, the incumbent Republican, Meyers says the significant difference is her experience.
Love, Meyers and Frank Kaul, Libertarian candidate, say change in government is necessary, but they have not plans for realizing that change.
Love, who lives in Kansas City, Kan. and works in property management, says the way special-interest groups and Political Action Committees influence legislators' decisions should be changed.
In his bid for the U.S. Congress, Love says he has refused money from PACs and special-interest groups. He also refused such money while serving in the State Legislature, to which he was elected in 1990.
While in the Legislature, he co-sponsored legislation to rescind the 1988 special pension plan for state legislators. As a U.S. representative, Love says he would vote to repulse the congressional pay raise and would not accept the $25,000 pay raise.
Love attacks Meyers for her acceptance of special-interest money and pay increases.
But Meyers, who is from Overland Park, says that the contributions she has received are below the limit set by law and that she voted against any pay increases. She says she gave the increase back until after the next election.
Love's attacks have not shifted Meyers' platform to focus on special interests and pay increases.
"I think experience is one thing that sets me apart, and information and knowledge about the district," Meyers says.
Meyers has served since 1885 in the U.S. Congress, representing the 3rd District, which comprises Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties and most of Douglas County, including the city of Lawrence. Before being elected to the Congress, she served for 12 years in the Kansas Senate.
She says she could not take a pledge that she would not raise taxes because Congress did not control its spending.
Meyers says reducing the deficit
includes steps such as planning budgets in five-year cycles, freezing most programs with the exception of some entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, and stimulating the economy.
"That's not a solution," Love said.
"You need to identify what works and
what doesn't."
Love said that freezing programs will only increase the deficit.
Love says the solution is not to increase taxes. One way he proposes to stimulate the economy is by producing for small business. In other issues,
Love says he has voted consistently for restrictions on late-term abortions. Although he says he does not favor federal financing of abortions, he would not say whether he was pro-choice or anti-abortion.
Meyers says she is pro-choice and would vote in favor of the Freedom of Choice Act. She says she does not favor federally financed abortions except when an abortion would save a woman's life or in cases of serious health problems.
Meyers currently is co-sponsoring a
House race
- Love favors a health-care program that would provide a basic preventative plan.
Tom Love, who was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1990, is the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives' 3rd District.
Jan Meyers, who served in the Kansas Senate for 12 years, is seeking her fifth term as the Republican candidate representing Kansas' 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Frank Kaul is the Libertarian candidate.
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bill that would provide a basic package of benefits to be developed by consumers, providers and insurance companies. The plan would control costs, reform medical malpractice and simplify billing.
Love says he would favor Bill Clinton's plan to allow college students to get financial assistance which they would pay back with public service.
Meyers says she could favor the Clinton plan. She recently supported measures that will increase the amount of money authorized for Pell grants and the number of people eligible for student loans.
Bar owners like resolution
Frank Kaul was not available for comment.
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those who might be harmed by someone who is intoxicated.
"It just seems to me that that is a healthy ordinance for the city to raise a fee so people don't notan unreasonable expense on person's right to drink in public.
There are several reasons to vote against changing the food requirements. Pope said. Those reasons are outlined in a position paper which was drafted by the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance earlier this month. The alliance did not officially endorse the statement, but it did advise its ministers to talk to their congregations about the issue.
In addition to pointing out that those who drink without eating become more rapidly intoxicated, the statement says excessive alcohol use is the No. 1 drug problem in the United States and that limitations on access to alcohol protect both the drinker and the non-drinker. The statement also challenges what Pope said was the popular idea that no one in the county was content with the current restrictions.
Other items on the ballot tomorrow include:
a school bond issue to pay for the
construction of new classrooms and new equipment in Lawrence public schools. General obligation bonds which will not exceed $29,000,000 will be issued by the school district if the measure is approved. Dan Watkins, a member of the Vote Yes for Classrooms committee, said voters should approve issuing the bonds because Lawrence schools are overcrowded. Watkins said if the bonds were approved, it would cost the average Douglas County resident about 86 cents a week in additional taxes.
a proposal to amend Section 1, Article 15, of the Kansas state constitution to guarantee victims of crime certain basic rights during the criminal justice process. These rights include the right to be informed and be present at public hearings and be heard at a sentencing or at any other time deemed appropriate by the court.
a proposal to amend Section 1, Article 11 of the Kansas state constitution to revise the current property tax system effective Jan. 1, 1993. The amendment would decrease tax rates for residential property from 12 to 11.5 percent, and it would revise the classification system of some property types.
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