University Daily Kansan, November 1. 1982
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Candidates' views stated before Election Day
Editor's note: The following is a list of candidates running for local, state and national office and a brief summary of their positions on the boards in this campaign.
Election day is tomorrow. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
Governor race
Incumbent Democratic Gov. John Carlin is facing Republican Sam Hardage, a Wichita
The primary issue in the race is how each plans to restore economic prosperity to Kansas. Carlin, a 42-year-old Smolan dairy farmer, proposes a severance tax on the oil and gas industry, which is projected to bring in $120 annually for highways and education. Carlin, an avid supporter of the federal by the Republican-controlled Kansas Senate after narrowly passing the Kansas House.
Hardage strongly opposes Carlin's severance tax because he says it unfairly singles out one industry. He maintains that it would discourage new businesses to settle in Kansas.
He also says that the Legislature would be likely to again veto the tax proposal because the Senate membership will remain intact because senators are not up for re-election until 1984.
Hardge propose, instead, a nine-point economic plan that focuses on a long-term incentive program to bring industry to Kansas and increase the number of the Department of Economic Development.
The plan features a 4-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax increase, although Carlin officials have
charged Hardage with softening his position on the tax. The gasoline tax proposal is projected to be 20 cents per gallon.
Hardage says he will finance education by reducing bureaucratic waste in most government departments, including the Department of Education.
TO STIMULATE a greater business base, Hardage says he or his running mate, State Sen. Dan Thiessen, will visit nearly every business in the business to encourage expansion in the state.
Hardage supports the death penalty, but Carlin opposes capital punishment and has vetoed three death penalty bills during his term.
Carlin supports a strong community-based corrections program, while Hardage has been hesitant to continue the program on a larger scale for his work for its continuation on a much smaller scale.
Hardage opposes the new medium security prison under construction at Lansing State Penitentiary because it is scheduled to be attached to the present facility. He maintains that the prison, approved under Carlin's administration, is a security hazard. Hardage supports a new medium security prison detached from the facility.
Carlin accuses Hardage, who has never held public office, of no real understanding of the governmental process, and says the Republi-
cans must pay for financing any programs other than highways.
Carlin has repeatedly accused his opponent of changing his positions on the issues, particularly natural gas deregulation, a severance tax and his proposed 4-cent increase in federal income taxes. The severance tax the method to economic recovery that will least hurt the Kansas consumer.
Hardage, a multimillionaire businessman with a graduate degree in business from Harvard, denounces Carlin for mis management of government funds. He also accuses Carlin of misleading Kansas voters by saying his tax is a cure for the state's economic woes.
Hardage says the severance tax will raise both utility rates and property taxes. Throughout the campaign, he has repeatedly said that he had not in any way had no alternative to a severance tax.
2nd District Congress
This is another close race in which Republican Morris Kay and Democrat Jim Slattery areying for the retiring Jim Jenkins' seat.
Kay, 50, is an insurance salesman from Louisiana who served six years in the Kansas State.
Slattery, 34, is a Topaea attorney and a real estate executive who also served six years in
One of the primary issues in the race is their differing views on the third leg of President Reagan's tax reduction plan scheduled for next year. Kay supports the tax cut, while Slattery says it is ridiculous to consider another tax cut in the face of the ballooning national deficit.
Kay accuses Slattery of supporting tax increases, and Slattery says Kay only supports the proposed tax reduction because of its popularity with voters. Kay proposes curing government through tax incentives, and this said in turn lower interest rates and create jobs.
Slattery says the deficit must be eliminated before interest rates will decrease, and
proposes massive waste reductions in the defense budget and foreign aid.
Slattery proposes altering the methods for computing future benefit increases in entitlement programs, such as Social Security.
BOTH KAY AND SLATTER stress support and Social Security System and social programs.
Slattery supports an immediate, mutually verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons and a halt to increased funding for the Department of Defense.
Kay favors a continued build-up of defense before negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both Kay and Slattery have received $25 million in the national defense budget by $25 billion.
Both candidates support the federal student loan program. Kay supports continued financial assistance, but he also stresses the need for greater participation by the private sector through cooperative programs with the government.
Slattery opposes both an anti-abortion amendment and a school prayer amendment. Kay has said he would vote for both amendments.
Guttery has said he would oppose any budget reductions for the Environmental Protection Agency, while Kay favors more local support and control over environmental matters.
46th District
Charlton, 59, has served three years in the House and has a master's degree in political science from the University of Kansas.
Republican Doug Lamborn is opposing incumbent Democrat Betty J. Charlton
Lamborn, 28, is a Lawrence paint contractor and has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio.
Both candidates support a severance tax and programs for the elderly. Both candidates oppose further reductions in the Board of Regents budgets.
44th District
Republican Bob Schulte is opposing incumbent Democrat Jessie Branson. Branson, 61, has served one term in the House. She has a nursing degree from the University of Kansas.
Schulte, 30. is a radio announcer and carpenter. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism.
Both candidates support a severance tax. Branson says she opposes any further reductions in the Board of Regents budget, while Schultz, although maintaining education is a first item, says any further budget reductions should be across-the-board for all state agencies.
Republican Hank Booth and Democrat Nancy Hiebert have consistently agreed on the issues in this race, but each maintains that they are more experienced than their opponent.
County commissioner
Booth, a long-time resident of Douglas County, was a member of the Douglas County Planning Commission for six years. Hiebert and his staff provided counsel to a doctor's degree in psychology and research.
Both have expressed concern about the future effect of rising utility rates.
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