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RONALD HOLMES
NAME: Ronald Holmes :
RACE: Position 6
Associate Professor of Mechani
cal Engineering, Ph.D. from
Rice, 7-year resident of Bryan,
38 years old.
What is your opinion on:
a school board member’s respon
sibility to his electorate?
The purpose of the school system is
to provide educational opportunities
for all of Bryan. It is the responsibil
ity of the school board member to
keep close watch on the educational
programs of the schools to insure
that they are the highest possible
quality. Expenditures must be
watched carefully to insure
maximum educational benefit for
each dollar spent. If these objectives
are not being met, he should inform
the electorate of this.
a school board member’s respon
sibility to the school system?
(1) The school board member should
be a public advocate for the schools
and their educational programs. (2)
The school board member must
support discipline in the schools.
Recently there has been such a lack
of discipline in some of the Bryan
schools that students and teachers
have been physically assaulted. (3)
The school board member should
communicate regularly with the
teachers in order to know first hand
the true situation in the schools.
a pay raise for Bryan teachers?
Both my parents and my wife were
public school teachers. I know a
family can hardly live on onte
teacher s salary and two gives very
little extra. Furthermore, if the
Bryan schools are to have top qual
ity in their programs, we must at
tract the best teachers. Bryan must
be competitive with College Sta
tion. We currently are not. If funds
can be made available, a teacher s
pay raise should rate high priority.
the proposal to combine city and
school district tax offices?
It is estimated that the Bryan School
District could save over $100,000
per year by eliminating its separate
tax office. This justifies the change
to a combined tax office. Further
more, the combined office should
give more equitable appraisals.
Having a separate school tax office
may give members of the school
board unfair influence over the ap
praisal of property they kl tall
cial interest in. I favor col
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What are your pet proji
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M y concern is for the st;
possible educational progrt
the young people of Bryan
lege preparatory programs, J
ly the math and sciencepro|i
below average for a school
size and must be impro
be done without reducing!
ity of other programs wlj
stronger. The teachers
stronger administrative baclti I
ticularly in the areas of
and grading.
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Position 6
NAME: James W. Stegall
RACE: Position 6
Trust Banking, Ph.D. from
Texas A&M, two-term incum
bent, 24-year resident of Bryan,
50 years old.
What is your opinion on:
a school board member’s respon
sibility to his electorate?
To make the very best educational
use of every tax dollar.
a school board member’s respon
sibility to the school system?
To provide the very best educa
tional environment possible in each
classroom and each school.
a pay raise for Bryan teachers?
Salary increases for teachers is of the
utmost importance in our state and
the Bryan School District. Inflation
is a prime consideration. Keeping
good teachers is another.
the proposal to combine city and
school district tax offices?
Combining tax offices in Bryan has
not been proposed. In fact they
have just been separated. Combin
ing property appraisal functions has
been proposed. Any combining
must be analyzed as to tax savings
versus keeping responsability in the
hands of elected officials.
What are your pet projects, if
any:
JAMES W. STEGALL
I have no pet projects. A balanced
edcuational program is my goal.
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NAME: Travis B. Bryan Jr.
RACE: Position 7 (unopposed)
Banker, Texas A&M, incumbent
since 1971, 56-year resident of
Bryan, 56 years old.
Three Bryan council places
SPARKEY M. HARDEE
NAME: Sparkey M. Hardee
RACE: Place 5
Self-employed, B.A. Business
Administration from Texas
A&M, 10-year resident of
Bryan, 38 years old.
Should Bryan keep the 1-cent
city sales tax on utility bills? Why?
No, it should be removed. We
pay far too much for just the
utilities.
Should the city and school district
tax offices be combined?
Yes, they should be combined.
Duplication in government agencies
is costing us thousands of dollars an
nually and removing control of gov
ernment from the people. We must
and can consolidate government,
reduce its cost and improve it serv
ice to the citizen.
What do you think of civil service
for police and firemen?
I am in favor of more pay, better
benefits, good job security and I be
lieve civil service would be a strong
step in this direction. In emergency
situations such as fire, robbery, or
other threats to our lives and prop
erty, we truly need a professional.
We must do something to prevent
losing our dedicated firemen and
police officers to other cities and
other employers.
Should Bryan have a private am
bulance service, a city service, or
cooperate in a county wide service?
Why?
I would be in favor of an ambu
lance service operated by the fire
department. We must have excel
lent ambulance service at an afford
able price for all our people, and
strongly believe our present council
is merely forestalling the inevitable.
Their patchwork methods have
given us four different ambulance
services in the past five years.
What are your pet projects, if
any?
I have seven pet children, two
females and five males. I have a
wonderful red-haired wife whom I
address as pet. We have two pet
dogs, one cat, six roosters, 14 pul
lets which will soon be former pets,
as they are gaining weight daily. My
pet project outside the home is
working with the handicapped and
elderly.
WAYNE GIBSON
NAME: Wayne Gibson
RACE: Place 5
Owner, Bryan Livestock Com
mission Co., attended Texas
A&M, one-term incumbent,
23-year resident of Bryan, 46
years old.
Should Bryan keep the 1-cent
city sales tax on utility bills? Why?
Yes. This revenue goes into the
general fund. If the sales tax was re
scinded, additional revenue would
have to be provided by an increase
in property taxes.
NAME: Joe G. Hanover
RACE: Place 1 (unopposed)
Retired engineer with Texas
Highway Dept., B.S. in Civil
Engineering from Texas A&M,
incumbent filling one year of an
unexpired term, 21-year resi
dent of Bryan, 61 years old.
JOE G. HANOVER
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Should the city andscW
tax offices be combined?
I personally favor, and
ported, combining the taiii |
all the taxing unities in
County. There are some®
problems in such a situation
savings to the taxpayer«
significant.
What do you think of civil |
for police and firemen?
I am opposed to civil senH
principle. The biggest drad | 0(
I see it, is that the systemf^B
rewards mediocrity while pel H
quality performance. Tlef Iq^
fallacy of the system is thatt H
insure better pay and worii I
ditions for both firemen aiB
men. This is just not so, ^n
Should Bryan haveapritiRI
bulance service, a city serf H
cooperate in a county wide# B
Why? B
I voted for the city to asM*
ambulance service for
First because of the costfitf
second in the interest of pi*
good quality continuing se^
our citizens.
What are your pet prflj
any:
None.
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