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i ! ge 6 THE BATTALION 'l I, 1 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1981 itate i/ '"T l LJ HI lements announces •e-election bid goals ! United Press International . USTIN — Gov. Bill Cle ats, the first Republican in re than a century to govern as, Monday began his cam- pi for a second term by promis- to continue what he termed business-like approach to state ernment that has produced ler efficiency and a reduction 1,000 state employees during first term. “The job of governor of the e of Texas requires a manager > is serious about our future — job can no longer be filled with ?er politicians,” Clements said n obvious reference to the line democratic politicians waiting hallenge him. Elements, who spent parts of irday and Sunday in the an-College Station area, said plans to repeat this announce- it at major cities throughout state during the next three ALLOWEEN II V# days. He made it clear his fight to abolish the state property tax — v/hich is not being collected at the present — will be a major issue in his re-election bid. Clements said he will “fight like a cornered bear” to abolish pros pects of the $450 million annual tax for Texas property owners. He said he received a message from voters in 1978 that they wanted state government to be run in a business-like way. “You want accountability, good management and direction, with attention to goals and results in stead of ‘politics and bureaucracy as usual,’” he said. “You wanted incorruptible state government, run in a businesslike manner, for the benefit of all Texans. “I still hear your message and this business-like approach to gov ernment has been my program and is my plan for the future. VVe have instilled business discipline into state government, though it often causes some bureaucrats dis comfort.” Clements said he has stopped the growth of state government “dead in its tracks. In his first campaign, he had set goals of a reduction of 25,000 in The Nightmare Isn't Over! , i Mtniiki* kill the number of state employees and $1 billion in tax relief. He said those remain his goals, and claimed abolishing the state property tax would account for half the tax relief, and said he will propose a new state water plan to the 1983 Legislature that he also considers a tax relief step. But Clements made it clear he is not overly concerned about the level of taxes in Texas. “I don’t think our tax situation in Texas is onerous,” he said. “My polls show the people in Texas are not suffering a tax burden per se. ” Clements, who spent $7 million to win the governor’s job in 1978, sidestepped questions about the budget for his re-election cam paign, saying he will spend what ever amount is required to be competitive. 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Machinists Union presi dent, said he would not meet with Reagan. “If I’m invited, I won’t go,” Winpisinger said to reporters on the convention floor. “There is no thing to be accomplished.” Much of the convention is geared to an oral attack on the administration, with union mem bers alarmed with over 8 percent unemployment and high interest rates. Leaders of 102 unions, repre senting 15 million rank-and-file workers, will be emphasizing anti administration rhetoric. Unabashed, although still the minority in the halls of Congress and at the White House, orga nized labor senses a political up heaval among rank-and-file work ers unhappy over the unemploy ment rate and high interest rates. Top Democratic Party leaders, including two potential presiden tial candidates — former Vice President Walter Mondale and one potato, a. tw 0 potato... 250 off any entree. 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