Universitv Daily Kansan. January 14, 1983
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Angino files for city seat
By NED STAFFORD Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A KU professor said yesterday he was running for a seat on the Lawrence City Commission because he was a "career atmosphere" of the present commission.
"We are in a sad situation," said Ernest Angino, chairman of the department of geology. "I think government should be taken seriously."
Angino, who is also chairman of University Council, said he thought the antics at City Commission meetings caused to a lack of respect for city government.
He said some of his friends referred to City Commission meetings as circuses.
"I approach problems in a calm, rational, reasonable way." Angino
Angino and another candidate, Mike Amyx, owner of Amyx Barber Shop, 842½ Massachusetts St., filed for City Commission elections Monday.
If more than six candidates file by the Jan, 25 deadline, a primary election will be held March 1 to narrow the field. So far only three run in the general election April 5.
Commissioners Tom Gleason, Marci Francisco and Don Binns' terms on the Commission expire this year, and none of them have filed for re-election.
Angino has lived in Lawrence for 22 years and has made two unsuccessful attempts for a seat on the Lawrence City Commission. He said he was seeking election again because he was interested in the future of Lawrence.
"THE MAKE-UP of the next City Commission is important," Angino said. "All I see now is a lot of single-issue politics and emotionalism without coming to grips with the real problems."
Binns agreed with Angino's assessment that the present commission had taken on a comedy atmosphere. He said he was confident that he was been that way for the last two years.
Angino said Lifeline, a program to help the needy pay their gas bills, was an example of how the City Commission had mishandled issues. He said the city's Department of Transportation line before taking action on it and had ignored public sentiment against it.
"That's a slap in the face to the electorate," Angino said.
BINNS DISAGREED. He said that Lifeline had been researched fairly well and that a survey conducted by the Center for Public Affairs showed that 82 percent of Lawrence residents favored the program.
Binns said he was pleased with Angino's candidacy for the City Commission.
"I think he'd be a real asset," he said.
"He's levelheaded, and he's not a fanatic on anything. That's what we need on the commission."
Albert Rowell, professor of geology, said he did not think that being a city commissioner would conflict with Angino's job as chairman of the Board.
"It would place a heavy demand on his time," Rowell said. "But he's a good manager of time.
"HE IS free to do what he wants outside the University. We are encouraged to do public service."
Commissioner Barkley Clark, KU professor of law, has said that he has considered resigning from the commission and the duties take up too much time.
Angino said that he did not know whether he would stay on as chairman of the geology department if he was elected to the City Commission.
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it," he said.
Angino said his approach to life was never to say, "I can't do it," but rather to ask, "How can I do it?"
"I HOPE to influence the future of Lawrence," he said.
He said he thought the development of the downtown area of Lawrence was critical.
"We really have to have a program for evolution of the downtown area," he said. "I would like to see it done properly to maintain the charm and attractiveness of present downtown Lawrence."
The loss of revenue due to the repeal of the intangibles tax by Douglas County voters in 1960 was just now being left, be said.
Angino said he was also concerned about the city budget.
The intangibles tax was a levy on investments and interest from savings accounts. The loss of the tax cost the city $75,000 in revenue.
The loss will have to be made up by increasing taxes, cutting services, increasing the efficiency of services or a combination of all three, Angino said.
Discussions on annexing to continue
The Douglas County Commission will continue hearings on the proposed annexation of 273 acres from the north of Lawrence at 9 a.m. m Monday.
The 275 acres of farmland proposed to be annexed is northwest of Lawrence Municipal Airport on both sides of Highway 24-59.
At last Monday's hearings, only seven people had a chance to speak because county commissioners allowed an hour for public comment on ten minutes. On Monday, the County Commission will allow three hours.
AT THAT meeting, the city-county planning staff recommended that only the 220 acres east of the highway be annexed. The designation that they proposed for the full 275 acres build the industrial park.
Opponents of the proposal argued that alternate sites had not been considered, that the land should be saved for farming and that traffic and drainage problems had not been solved vet.
The County Commission is reviewing the proposed annexation at the request of the Lawrence City Commission. The City Commission will determine whether the industrial park would inhibit the city's growth.
The County Commission has until early February to take a stand the proposal.
Bankers say Super NOW not for students
By DON HENRY Staff Reporter
Super NOW, an interest-bearing checking account that local banks began offering this month, is not practical for most RU students, several Lawrence bank executives said today.
A Super NOW account requires a minimum balance of $2,500. John Richardson, vice president of American Savings and Loan Association of Kansas, thinks think kind of student has that kind of money. I know I don't."
He said that the new account was not in great demand and that he thought
student demand had followed the same trend.
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Super NOW has an interest rate that now varies, from 7.75 percent at First National Bank to 9.21 percent at American Savings and Loan Association of Kansas. However, the interest rate can fluctuate. Super NOW is guaranteed to $100,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
THE SERVICE charges for the account, if a $2,500 balance is maintained, vary from no charge at Anchor Savings and Loan to $15 a month and 20 cents a check at Lawrence National Bank.
Executives for Anchor Savings and
Loan Association and Capital Federal Savings and Loan Association reported large demand for the account.
"We've had an excellent response to the Super NOW," said Marshall Bigstaff, branch manager and vice president of Anchor Savings and Loan. "We have been checking accounts with balances of more than $2,500 to the Super NOW."
Dick Holzmeister, vice president of Capitol Federal Savings, said his bank charged no service fees if the minimum balance was maintained.
However, several other Lawrence bank executives said the account had been frozen.
THE VICE PRESIDENT of University State Bank, Cecilia Adam, said,
"There really doesn't seem to be a need for that account."
She said another new money market account that became available on Dec. 15, offering the same interest rate, 8.125 percent from charges, or more popular.
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The account, called a Restrictive Money Market Account at Lawrence National, permits the account holder to write only three checks per month.
Richardson, of American Savings and Loan, said that demand for the account had been limited, but that there had been tremendous demand for the new money market restricted account.
"The council doesn't like to do these kinds of things," Johnson said. "It's rewarding, but whenever you make judgments determining who gets heat for the winter and who doesn't, it's not a problem. We do the best we can, though."
The Lawrence City Commission had considered a program of Lifeline gas rates to help poor people pay their bills. The program would have offered lower rates to poor people on certain amounts of natural gas.
However, he said the council required applicants to make an honest effort to settle with the gas company to make a three-month income disclosure.
Without the donations of many Lawrence citizens and businesses, many local families might have been without heat this winter, said the Rev. Richard Johnson, a member of the Lawrence Warm Hearts drive.
The commission, however, decided Tuesday night that the proposed Lifeline program needed more study.
AN $800 10-speed bicycle was stolen at
Perkins Cake and Steak, 171 W. Avenue
Warm Hearts fund total more than doubles goal
The council's review of applications was based on criteria that Johnson said he could not make public because he knew no people might try to abuse the fund.
The drive, which took place Dec. 6 through Dec. 18, raised money to help the community's needy pay their winter heating bills. The Re Al Browne and State Rep. Ken-cheesier Dr. DLawrence, who co-chairman of the
BURGLARS STOLE an AMFM cassette player, speakers, amplifier, and
THEIEVES STOLE a $300 19-inch color TV and a $75 bedspread from a room at the All Seasons Motel, 2300 rows between Jan.1 and Jan. 5, police said.
The goal of the drive was to raise $25,000, but more than $60,000 was collected, including a $5,000 donation from Volunteer Service Gas Gig, which served Lawrence.
equalizer worth $700 from a car in the 1800 block of 6th Street sometime between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m.
Wednesday, police said.
The Lawrence Emergency Services Council decided how to allocate the money by reviewing applications in weekly meetings from Dec. 20 to Jan. 10. Johnson, who is also chairman of the council's finance committee, said 138 adults and 148 children had been helped by the program.
BURGLARS STOLE $820 worth of personal possessions from an apartment in the 900 block of Indiana Street sometime between Dec. 25 and Jan. 10, police said. The burglar entered with a key and stole $500 worth of record albums, a Sony Walkman III, and a coin collection worth $200.
BURGLARS STOLE a $400 AMFM cassette player from a car in the 2000 block of Heatherwood Street Wednesday night, police said.
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