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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1974)
City elections set Tuesday for eleven Tuesday’s city elections will give College Station residents the opportunity to put their voice into the government through their vote. Eleven persons have filed for a total of five city council positions. Their views are printed on the center insert in The Battalion for convenience in making a decision on candidates. Bob Bell and O. M. Holt are candidates for mayor, Homer Adams unopposed for place two, and Charles F. Johnson, James R. Gardner and J. D. Lindsay running for place four. Place five candidates are Thomas R. Chaney, Gloria Martinson and Lorence Bravenec and place six candidates are James H. Dozier and Mae B. Holleman. Polling places will be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations: precinct 8 in the South Knoll School, precinct 9 at A&M Consolidated Middle School, precinct 10 at the College Station Fire Department, precinct 20 in the University Center and precinct 21 at the College Station Old City Hall. COLLEGE STATION GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 2, 1974 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS SAMPLE BALLOT INSTRUCTION NOTE: To vote for the candidate of your choice, punch out the black dot over the number of the candidate on the punch card ballot. (Be sure to leave the ballot on the plastic backing while punching.) The number of the candidate is to the right of the candidate’s name. Vote for only one candidate in each race— Vote in all races. After you have completed voting, remove the stub from the ballot, sign the stub on the back, and place it in the stub envelope. Place the voted ballot card AND THE PLAS TIC BACKER in the ballot envelope. DO NOT BEND OR FOLD THE BALLOT CARD. The plas tic backer will protect your ballot card in the return mail. For Mayor: BOB BELL 4 0. M. HOLT 5 For City Councilman Place 2: HOMER B. ADAMS 8 For City Councilman Place 4: J. D. Lindsay 10 J. R. (JIM) GARDNER 11 CHARLES F. JOHNSON 12 For City Councilman Place 5: (Unexpired Term—One Year Only) LORENCE (LARRY) BRAVENEC 14 GLORIA MARTINSON 15 THOMAS R. CHANEY 16 For City Councilman Place 6: MAE B. HOLLEMAN 18 JAMES H. DOZIER 19 Read Battalion Classifieds No urgent changes THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1974 Page 5 needed, says Holt O. M. Holt Staying abreast of the needs of the city is one of the aims of Dr. O. M. Holt, candidate for mayor of College Station. Holt, a retired professor of ag- education at TAMU, has had six years of recent experience as a council member during which four of those he was mayor pro-tem. He is presently serving as chair man of a community committee making a comprehensive study of the future needs of the city. “A growing city brings certain problems that need to be solved,” said Holt, adding that presently the city is operating at such a high level of efficiency that no urgent changes are needed. “My 20 years as professor at TAMU has kept me aware of the student point of view and I realize they are an important segment of our society,” said Holt. “With out them we wouldn’t be here.” Holt said there are not any is sues at hand to work toward, pro vided city services to both busi nesses and residences stay up dated. “We’re growing real fast and everything requires constant up dating,” continued Holt. “We have to insure that we have adequate streets thorough-fares allowing optimum traffic movement within the city.” Holt mentioned needed improve ments in the areas of park and playground facilities and the up grading of low income areas of the town. In discussing the ward system, Holt said his favoring it would depend on how accurately and fairly areas could be divided with in the city. “As a council all we can do is submit this kind of change to the people,” said Holt. “If it did pass we would need to make sure that the different segments of the pop ulation would at least be pro vided the opportunity to serve on the council.” Holt said he was in favor of continuing the study presently being made on the feasibility of the ward system. The bicycle pathways were also favored by Holt wherever the 6 We can’t afford to be passive’—Bell Being an active rather than a passive mayor for College Station is what candidate Bob Bell is basing his campaign on. “With the rapid growth of Col lege Station, we’re going to have rapid changes in population to face. We can’t afford timewise to be passive but be aggressively working toward a solution,” said Bell. The 31-year-old candidate is the general manager of KTAM and KORA-FM radio. His past experience includes his past posi tion as a full vice president for University National Bank, Bet ter Business Bureau Board of Di rectors member, and associated with the Breakfast Lions Club and Bryan-College Station Jay- cees. Bell has worked with stu dents through SCONA, Former Students Association, and the MSC Council and Directorate. Bell said there are many peo ple in the community who have tried to ignore the fact that TAMU is here. “If TAMU wasn’t here, we wouldn’t have a city,” said Bell. The city provides services for the majority of students who live off-campus, so it is important that students have input on city matters, said Bell. He also said there was such a high degree of intellect among students here that there was no way out but to give the issues to the students straight. “The campus is coming out of its political hibernation,” said Bell. “The votes now have to come from those who are becom ing politically aware.” Bell said he did not support a ward system because the disad vantages include representation based on a small portion of the citizens from any given area. “If a candidate is to be elected to serve the entire city, then the candidate should be elected from the entire number of voters,” said Bell. “Zoning as a concept for order ly and controlled growth of a city is good,” continued Bell. “How ever, random rezoning which dis rupts or spoils established neigh borhoods is not good. “Long-range planning for ur ban development, business growth, adequate transportation and related matters must be pro vided by city government and those parties which will do the actual development,” said Bell. Bell favors public transporta tion adding that the traffic flow patterns in College Station were critical. He supports an active beautifi cation program for city owned lands, roadways and public areas with encouraged individual par ticipation. Expanded parks and recreation facilities and efficient use of city personnel and funds are on Bell’s platform. “It’s important to have a city government that represents the people,” said Bell. Park, landscaping development sought Park development and landscap ing were emphasized by city coun cil candidate Mae B. Holleman. Holleman, a former teacher who is now a real estate agent, is run ning for place six. She states her major qualification as being a resident and interested citizen of College Station. She also points out that her career experiences make her aware of business mat ters. The need for more parks is ap parent, said Holleman, and some thing must be done about it. She plans to study ways to obtain more parks and develop them for community use. Required landscaping is desir able and necessary because busi nesses won’t voluntarily do it, said Holleman. The problem with holes in the roads has been a complaint for many years, said Holleman. She stated that she didn’t now exactly why the problem exists except that the weather conditions of this area aggravate it, but some thing must be done about the problem. In other traffic issues, Holle man suggested that the city need ed more traffic lights at the major intersections for the peak traffic. She also was in favor of bicycle paths sectioned off of the streets to protect riders. More sidewalks on the streets that school children must travel to and from their home were sug gested by Holleman. At present the children must either walk in the street or on the yards of the houses. Holleman spoke out in favor of a ward system in College Sta tion. She said that she had liked the system when it was used sev eral years ago because the repre sentatives were more aware of the specific problems of their area. streets will provide sufficient width for them. He said he would be in favor of looking for some thing more adequate than the present system if possible. Although Holt said College Sta tion needs mass transportation in and out of the city, he felt such public systems should be paid for principally by the public. “There are extenuating circum stances that surround zoning,” said Holt. “Where zoning would deteriorate the value of the prop erty, I am not in favor of it. It’s a tough problem we have.” There’s not really enough room in all places of business to beau tify that particular area, said Holt. He said he favored beauti fication of the city where there was sufficient space. James Dozier of growth Dozier objective Mae Holleman Quality Quality growth was explained by James H. Dozier as the basis for his platform. Dozier, city attorney of College Station, is running for place six in the city council elections. He is also an associate professor of finance at TAMU. He is not in favor of growth for its own sake, he said. He stressed that College Station, as a city of about half permanent and half transient residences, has unique problems and the city makes the most of its unique make-up. Dozier is basically opposed to a ward system because of the size of the city. He stated that it isn’t large enough to warrant the establishment of a ward system. On the issue of mandatory landscaping, Dozier said that a definition of landscaping would first have to be found. He also stated that it is impossible in some situations. He would work for encouraging landscaping, but would not require it of the busi nesses on this basis. Dozier said that while zoning is not a panacea for the problems of the city of College Station, it is better with zoning than with out it. He explained that he felt the property owner had a right to expect the city to protect his property from having certain types of establishments built in the same area. He said that the city has re cently received new equipment for road maintenance. He explained that most of the road problems were caused by the weather and soil conditions of this area and that perhaps the specifications for road construction would have FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED to be raised. The problem was, he said, one of both maintenance and construction. Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set— Sizing— Reoxidizing— All types watch/jewelry Repair Aggie Charge Accounts 9-5:30 846-5816 NOW BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THESE CARE FULLY PREPARED AND TASTE TEMPTING FOODS. EACH DAILY SPECIAL ONLY $1.29 PLUS TAX. 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