THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAR. 30, 1976
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es Crawley, 19, 443 Dunn
a sophomore journalism
tr at Texas A&M. Member of
ersity Traffic Panel, presi-
A&M Young Democrats.
you have any specific pro-
planned as a council
[her?
to hold regularly scheduled
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en) the Memorial Student Center
aty Hall in which citizens can
me and talk about anything
wish to express their opinion
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mall thati pairing available agendas before
uncil meetings each week so
[citizens ean express their opin-
on upcoming business. These
h pen up city government so the
mean become more involved.
:en involvement presently is
the meeting.
e you in favor of extending
irhours to 2 a.m. on weekends?
s. If it ean be proven not to in-
ecrime, and it can by statistical
, then additional business and
Revenues can be generated. A
hour permit must be purchased
the state, and the city gets half
fee. Also, there is a one per cent
tax per drink levied by the city,
relieves the taxpayers burden
lying the entire tax base,
eyou in favor of construction of
lican Dam after the lignite coal is
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will have to he proven that the
jean Lake project is environ-
tally safe as far as the community
mcerned. If mining the lignite
is the most econmical means of
ating the site then I’m in favor
It will cost College Station more
use we will have to improve the
tge treatment plant because the
rwillhe dispersed into the lake,
ould College Station purchase
Jim Crawley
its utilities from a source other than
Bryan?
Yes, they’ll have to because the
development plan indicates the con- 1
sumption of electricity generated
by Bryan’s new Dansby power sta
tion will be exceeded by the 1980s
because of the increasing growth rate
of College Station. If electricity can
be bought from a cheaper source,
then it should be bought there.
Why are you running for office?
I have more experience than my
opponents. Students should in a
sense be protected. I can understand
student problems because I am a
student and students comprise the
majority of the voting population.
Would you like to see College Sta
tion change to a ward system of elec
tion, as proposed in the referendum
on the April 3 ballot?
I dislike both the ward and at-large
proposals, I favor the combined sys
tem, but under the conditions of the
ballot I’m in favor of the ward sys
tem. It would provide representa
tion on a neighborhood basis. Cer
tain neighborhoods have problems
that differ from other neighbor
hoods. The council membership is
concentrated in the southside of
town and there are specialized prob
lems in the Northgate area, the
eastside, the rural area and also in
the student apartment area which
differ from those of the residential
areas.
How do you think the ambulance
service should be handled in
Bryan-College Station?
I think the cities of College Station
and Bryan in the future will have to
have their own ambulance services.
At the present they cannot because
the budgets have already been ac
cepted and there is not enough reve
nue to support them.
The system now is inadequate.
I’ve worked with emergency systems
in Dallas as a technician and we need
a better operation than Sherrill,the
present service, has.
Are you satisfied with the en
forcement of existing ordinances?
Do you have any plans for new de
velopmental controls?
Zoning ordinances are changing
constantly to keep a dynamic de
velopment for College Station. Some
of the zoning changes have been bad.
Some have been good for College
Station’s development. There is re
ally no line of enforcement for zoning
ordinances, it’s more a plan of gen
eral development. I recommend the
development of a plan that is feasible
and workable that would be strictly
followed.
Building codes should be
strengthened along with enforce
ment. There are slip-shod apart
ments. College Station is becoming
rampant with poor quality housing.
Students are mainly being cheated
because of poor housing.
There should be a sign ordinance
mainly for traffic and safety reasons.
Texas Avenue is dangerous for night
driving.
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Larry Ringer
y Ringer, 38, 702 Thomas,
listics professor and re-
rcher at Texas A&M. Presi-
t of the city’s recreation
ncil, member of College Sta-
Board of Adjustment.
)o you have any specific pro
ms planned as a council
her?
don’t have any specific programs;
zot some interests such as the
terns facing the community. The
ie tuation for one, traffic and
mg for another. I’d like to see
ie, effort made to alleviate the
;ing problem at the North Gate
a and around campus. A big
rest is to have some develop-
it plans. We have a development
a, we need to follow it or modify it
unk it if need be.
areas are rezoned for a purpose
e ought to he some control that
is actually what is used. I think
sometimes areas are rezoned so
ndividual can turn the property
i profit easier.
re you in favor of extending
or hours to 2 a.m. on weekends?
hadn’t really thought about it. 1
ss I’ll have to give you a typical
tician’s answer to that. I ll have to
into it.
ae you in favor of the construc-
of Millican Dam after the lig-
K coal is mined in the area?
I’rom what I know about the area
Ssayno. If there were a lake there
vould be an extremely shallow
It would consequently be a
blem as the water level shifted up
Idown, there would be mudflats,
Ibeing shallow, it would be quite
id-choked. I’d love to see a lake
side my backdoor, so to speak,
t was usable for fishing, water
ing and so forth, but I’m not con-
iced that the lake would be it.
Bhould College Station purchase
S' tilities from a source other than
fan?
■ think we ought to look at other
sources, yes. I think College Station
should investigate other sources and
get the best utility service that they
can for the money. I don’t think at
the present time that that’s what
we re doing with Bryan.
Why are you running?
For years I have told my wife and
other people about things I’ve felt
the city needed and wished they’d
do. Some said “Why don’t you run
for city council and do the things you
think need to be done” and so I said I
guess I’ll try it.
I hope I have some things to offer
the community. I have interest in
the development of recreational
facilities in the community, and I’m
interested in seeing the community
stay an attractive area in which to live
and raise a family, and for the college
students to live.
Would you like to see College Sta
tion change to a ward system of elec
tion as proposed in the referendum
on the April 3 ballot?
No. I think College Station is too
small for a ward system — at least six
wards. 1 think a compromise would
be three wards and three at large
seats. We had the ward system less
than ten years ago and we voted it
out.
One argument for the ward system
is to keep the students from being in
the majority. I think if the student
body gets organized enough they
ought to have people on the city
council. The students could elect a
councilman now if they got behind
one.
My major concern is that the
wards would be small areas and we
would develop small special interest
groups and we might have competi
tion as to what ward gets the best
services. I don’t think that would be
good for the community.
How do you think the ambulance
service should be handled in
Bryan-College Station?
I haven’t had any experience with
ambulance service. I guess there
have been complaints. Seems to me
one solution for emergency ambu-
Larry Ringer
lance service would be to have some
service such as the fire department,
with trained personnel in that, to an
swer emergency calls. The problem
with that is who decides which call is
an emergency call.
Are you satisfied with the en
forcement of existing ordinances?
Do you have any plans for new de
velopmental controls?
I’m not completely satisfied. The
ordinances on such things as
billboards, signs and buildings are
examples. I think we need to look at
the city staff and if they are under
staffed and don’t have the people to
man these ordinances then we ought
to expand the city staff so they can. If
we are going to have the ordinance
let’s use it, if we re not going to use it
let’s take it off the books.
Murl Bailey
Murl Bailey Jr., 1807 Sabine Ct.,
an associate professor of veteri
nary physiology and pharmacol
ogy at Texas A&M. Member of ci
ty’s Recreation Council.
Do you have any specific pro
grams planned as a council
member?
For a program per se, no. There
are some existing programs I’d like to
see updated. I’d like to see our de
velopment plan which we paid about
$30,000 for and that has never been
accepted. I don’t know whether up
dating that plan will be adequate or
whether we’ll have to go out and
spend more money for a new one.
But I would like to see a plan. A plan
is only good if it can be changed to
meet the growing needs of the com
munity. Other than that I think with
planning as our long-range problem,
utilities happens to be one of our
immediate concerns.
Are you in favor of extending
liquor hours to 2 a.m. on weekends?
No, I’m not. Being a former Aggie
myself if you can’t get enough to
drink by one o’clock, an extra hour
isn’t going to help you that much. I
haven’t talked to any owners of
facilities that sell liquor but I haven’t
heard any of them clamoring to ex
tend the hour and that’s just an extra
hour they’d have to work. They
might break even on their profit and
loss but until they come up with a
request to back the request of the
people then I don’t think we need it.
Are you in favor of the construc
tion of Millican Dam after the lig
nite coal is mined in the area?
I’ve never been a full supporter of
the Millican Dam. If it’s going to he
built and if we do have the coal that
they say we have down there they
certainly should mine it. But being a
veterinarian, being somewhat of an
agriculturist, I sure hate to see a
great deal of land turned under
water. So I’d rather see it stay as
land.
We have areas here in College Sta
tion that it’s (the dam) going to
change the floodplain just because of
the change in drainage. Eco
nomically, it’s going to affect us al
though we got people who want it for
recreation. I have a strong feeling
that if Houston really needs some
water they will put out the force and
get it built and that’s probably the
only force that can really say one way
or the other.
Should College Station purchase
its utilities from a source other than
Bryan?
If Bryan does not give us a reason
able rate we should seek other
sources. By reasonable rate I don’t
mean they should give us such a good
deal that it will cost them money.
For one Bryan subsidizes the
school system in Bryan with utility
profits and I don’t think we should
subsidize their school system. Two,
they are apparently very inefficient
producers of electricity. Three,
when they laid plans for their (new)
power plant they effectively ruled
out coal, which is a cheaper source of
power... They want us to help them
pay for their mistake.
A municipal utility situation (like
Bryan’s does not come under the
state utility regulation so we have no
protection. If we went to a private
enterprise concern they would fall
under the state regulatory power. I
don’t think Bryan will give us a rea
sonable rate.
Why are you running?
I feel the council needs strong
leadership, called for by the growth
problem we re going to have to be
facing. I feel I can exert that strong
leadership and help give guidance to
the growth of our city.
going to have to be a tax-supported
situation. Private enterprises, I don’t
think, will be responsive. At least:
from reading all the accounts in the
newspapers, people have been dis
satisfied with some of the support of
private enterprises. I personally see
nothing wrong with the fire depart
ment handling it.
Are you satisfied with the en
forcement of existing ordinances?
Do you have any plans for new de
velopmental controls?
No I’m not satisfied. More than 50
per cent of the signs in College Sta
tion are illegal. We are going to have
to have people enforce it. We don’t
have enough people in the tax office
to keep our tax rolls up to date. We
have a significant number of people
whose property is not on the tax rolls
because the deed has never been
transferred from the court house.
Another ordinance which is not
enforced to its absolute is the animal
control ordinance. Avid control is
necessary from a health standpoint
and for protection of the animals. We
are no longer a free-ranging society
and these ordinances must be en
forced for the welfare of the people.
Murl Bailey
Would you like to see College Sta
tion change to a ward system of elec
tion as proposed in the referendum
on the April 3 ballot?
No. Having lived in an area where
a ward system worked, ward conno
tates somewhat dirty politics or ward
politics. I don’t feel here in College
Station we need a ward system. A
three and three system where we got
some council members at-large and
some from wards. But having the en
tire city as six districts is not reason
able.
We have several different interest
groups that have brought up wards,
the students are one. Personally if
the students wanted somebody on
the city council they could put some
one in. Historically the students
have not participated in city gov
ernment, which is unfortunate. The
other group is afraid of the student
vote, they say students can hold the
whole council if they so desire, and
this is true. I’m not afraid of the stu
dents taking over the city council.
They are citizens here and most of
the students live off campus.
How do you think the ambulance
service should be handled in
Bryan-College Station?
Never having had to use it I am not
too familiar with it but I’d rather see
a city or regional council handling
the ambulance system. I think it’s
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