University Daily Kansan, August 19, 1982
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Severance tax, economic problems main issues Candidates campaign for state, national offices
By JEFF TAYLOR Staff Reporter
Candidates who survived the August primaries are gathering their energies for the November state and national elections.
In the 1982 Kansas gubernatorial race, Democrat Gov John Carlin oposes Sam Hardage, a Republican busi-
assman from Wichita
The main issue in the governor's race is a severance tax bill on oil and gas industry that is backed by Carlin. It represents in the House of Representatives in the session before being rejected by the Senate. Hardship apposes the tax.
DRIVE MATTHEWS. Hardage's campaign manager, said Hardage would rather go through every level of government in Topeka to find savings in programs than increase taxes.
By economizing, you don't need increased taxes. Matthews said. He added that Hardage would explore other means of obtaining revenue if the savings in programs did not offset the state deficit.
A spokesman for Carlin, Bill Hoch,
said the severance tax would be a central theme in the campaign, and that "it remains a critical issue for Kansas."
HOCH SAID the severance tax would prevent raises in property taxes, would finance education and also would produce money for highway funding
"THE CAMPAGN WILL really decide for Kansas the way we are going to treat the quality of education in Kansas," he said.
In the U.S. representatives race, voters of the 2nd District will choose between Lawrence Republican Morris and Topeka Democrat Jim Slater.
Slattery and Kay offer voters different approaches to solving the nation's economic problems. Both candidates agreed that the economy was the country's main concern. Kay favored reduction in government through President Reagan's New Federalism plan. Slattery, however, was wary of the plan.
"I THINK I'm going to be far more independent than Mr Kay," Slattery says.
Slattery said he wanted to closely
examine the federal government's role in people's lives.
"I believe the federal government does have a role to play in education," he said. He said he thought the federal student loan program was a model of the federal student loan program.
KAY SAID that the president's New Federalism plan, "there could be a substantial tax savings and local government spending," handle the programs with less expense.
Slowing the growth of government and bringing interest rates down are
The Lawrence insurance man said he wanted "to bring interest rates down so people can afford to buy houses and cars, and get an education."
TWO CANDIDATES running for 44th District representative to the Kansas House of Representatives are Jessie Connell, an Orpatocrat, and Bob Schulte, a Republican.
Branson, finishing her first term in the House, is in favor of the severance tax to be used in supporting human resources. Bramss, highway funding and education
SCHULTE SAID he also "leans more
toward a severance tax" than away from it
Branson is concerned about the quality of education that can be offered at the University of Kansas, because of the cuts in resources to state universities and frees on faculty hiring instituted by Carlin in a 4 percent budget cut.
"The faculty are very short on resources they need to teach," she said. "I want to keep freezes, "a lot of young people in it" and 385 with skills are unemployed."
INCREASED REVENUE concerns both candidates, and Branson explained that sales tax revenues have dwindled because of statewide worker layoffs—one reason Kansas has a $47 million deficit.
Schulte favors raising revenue through user's taxes as a solution for trimming the deficit, and also favors measurement and reclassification of property.
DEMOCRAT JOHN SOLBACH, having served in the Kansas House of Representatives for four years, is unopposed in the 48th District.
Solbach, a co-sponsor of the severance tax, said. "Who the voters elect to serve in the governor's office and in the office of representatives is going to send a bill of payment about passage of the severance tax."
He said the passage of a new juvenile code and a new domestic relations code were two other important actions taken by the legislature this term.
DEMOCRAT Betty Jo Charlton, who has served three years in the House, will face Doug Lamborn in the 46th District race.
Charlton is a strong proponent of the severance tax bill and wants to see the law be amended.
"I THINK THAT we will probably go with that bill, or one very similar," she said. "We'll keep pushing for that."
Lamborn also said the people of his district would have him support the bill.
I would vote for it if it were used to lower taxes, such as property taxes," he said.
Lambard he strongly favored promoting business growth in the state.
stay in the state after he graduates.
Charlton said a lot of her concerns
"Incentives like that," he said, would help allow the KU graduate to enter a research program.
were with energy problems and local people's ability to pay for utilities.
"ONE OF THE greatest problems in utility bills," she said. Some gas companies serving municipalities are not required to pay Commission's jurisdictions, she said.
"I WOULD LIKE to move to get these municipal utilities under the jurisdiction of the KCC or under some kind of authority," she said. "We are having gas cutoffs," she said.
In the state attorney general's race, Lance Burr, a Lawrence Democrat, is challenging Robert T. Stephan, the current Republican attorney general.
The current secretary of state, Jack Brier, a Republican from Topeka, will face Billy Q. McCray, a Democrat from Wichita.
Joan Finney, a Topena Democrat,
will run against Douglas E. Holt,
a Cimarron Republican, for state treasurer.
Fletcher Bell, a Lawrence Rep-
publican, is unchallenged for commis-
sion.
In a Douglas County Commission race for the 1st District Representative, Nancy Hiebert, a Democrat, will face Republican Hank Booth.
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