CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 28, 1995
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Candidate Roundup
City Commissioner
Registered voters should call the Douglas County clerk at 832-5267 to find out where to vote. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. Each voter can vote for up to three of the 13 candidates. The six candidates who receive the most votes will run in the main election on April 4. The voter registration deadline for the main election is March 20.
Age: 33
Occupation: executive vice president, University National Bank
Lived in Lawrence: since 1986
Bonnie Augustine
- Would vote against adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Supports keeping downtown as city's central business district
First priority is keeping property taxes low and following through on tax breaks promised through county one-cent sales tax
Why KU students should support Augustine: "I want to make sure that there are quality jobs in Lawrence, so it would be financially feasible for students to stay here after they get their degrees."
Age: 29
Occupation:
employee of John-
son Furniture,
musician
Lived in Lawrence;
since 1988
Bob Cutler
- Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance.
Supports expanding downtown to the east or north across the river
First priority is making Lawrence's music scene open to all ages, not just the 21 or older crowd.
Why students should support Cutler: "I support the things that make this town a cool place to live. I am not a banker or a landlord who sees the student population as a flock of sheep to make money off of."
Age: 59
Occupation:
owner, Acres
Realty
Lived in Lawrence:
since 1966
- Would vote against adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Jo Barnes
Does not support maintaining downtown as the city's central business district
First priority is expanding the city's industrial tax base by attracting new industry to Lawrence
Why KU students should support Barnes: Expanding industrial tax base could lower property taxes and result in lower rent for students.
Age:59
Carl Burkhead
Age: 59
Occupation:
professor of civil engineering, KU
Lived in Lawrence:
1962-66, since
1969
Wants to balance protecting downtown with encouraging growth elsewhere when planning development.
- Would vote against adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Why KU students should support Burkhead: Experience as professor of engineering prepares him for duties of city office.
First priority is implementing Horizon 2020 with flexibility to allow for unanticipated future changes.
Doug Compton
Is undecided on adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance but is leaning towards a "no" vote based on preliminary studies of the issue
Age:34
Supports keeping downtown as central business district
First priority is maintaining and replacing streets, sewers, waterlines and sidewalks
Why students should support Compton: "I have worked hard to build relations between the University and the city. I want to try to build and improve on relationships between students, faculty and the city."
Occupation: president, First Management Lived in Lawrence since 1978
Age: 34
Occupation: graduate teaching assistant in English, KU
Lived in Lawrence since 1988
Occupation: membership coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art Lived in Lawrence: since birth
Frank Doden
Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Age: 29
Age:41
Why students should support Douent he supports establishing a landlord/tenant commission that would protect both parties and provide a means of out-of-court settlements for housing disputes.
Lena Johnson
Supports preserving downtown as central business district.
Occupation: architect and interior designer
Lived in Lawrence:
since 1990
Supports keeping downtown as city's central business district
- Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Age:48
Occupation: car salesman, Crown Toyota
Lived in Lawrence
since 1994, on
and off since 1967
Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Why students should support Levine: "If elected, I would do things that would ensure that people have safe, reasonably priced, clean places to live. I hope all students come out and vote, so we can turn things around."
First priority is keeping Lawrence Memorial Hospital not-for-profit and city-owned
First priority is keeping Lawrence Memorial Hospital city-owned and not-for-profit
Why students should support Johnson:
She supports keeping property taxes low. Low property taxes could keep students' rent prices down.
First priority is maintaining and restoring Lawrence's infrastructure, like building new sewer lines in North Lawrence.
Bill Lee
Why students should support Lee: He supports the local music scene and wants to make downtown more accessible
Does not support maintaining downtown as the central business district
First priority is keeping all that is good in Lawrence intact as the city grows.
Supports maintaining downtown as city's central retail district
■ Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Allen Levine
Age: 32
Occupation: freelance paste-up worker
Lived in Lawrence: since 1981
Paul Longabach
■ Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance.
First priority is establishing a general philosophy on the commission for the city to stick to the city's basic infrastructure needs.
Why students should support Longabach:
He supports increasing new, affordable housing near the KU campus to answer students' housing demands and to bring rent prices down.
Age:51
Does not support maintaining downtown as city's central business district.
Occupation: associate professor of public policy, KU Lived in Lawrence: since 1976
John Nalbandian
Greg Keenan
Is inclined to vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance but will wait for completion of staff study due in April to decide.
■ First priority is maintaining sense of community as the city grows.
Supports maintaining downtown as the city's central business district.
Age: 24
Occupation:
owner, Papa
Keno's Pizzeria
Lived in Lawrence:
since 1988
Why students should support Nalbandian: During his first term as a commissioner, Nalbandian worked with faculty and students of the University in an attempt to develop a public transportation system in Lawrence.
- Would vote for adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Supports angled parking on Vermont and New Hampshire streets to solve downtown parking problem, not a parking garage.
First priority is preserving downtown as city's central business district.
Why students should support Keenan: "I have lived both the student life and the business life in a relatively short period of time. I could offer students a voice in city hall."
Age: 39
Occupation: co-
owner, Kwality
Comics
Lived in Lawrence:
since 1987
LeRoy Young
Would vote against adding the words "sexual orientation" to Lawrence's human relations ordinance
Does not support maintaining downtown as the city's central business district
First priority is refurbishing sanitary and storm sewers in older neighborhoods.
Why students should support Young: He supports replacing deteriorating sewer lines in older neighborhoods near KU.
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