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Battalion/Page 3
February 3, 1983
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Libertarian Gibson talks
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.er’suntil by Robert McGlohon
, COncilijl Battalion Staff
ia jjle ■[JMartin Gibson, Libertarian
U ik^ Biulidate for the 6th Congres-
. ' Bmal District, isn’t selling his
urin !>Blitical experience — but his
■ckol ii. He doesn't want voters
lessee t0 know what he’s for — but
r won In
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nat he’s against.
Gibson explained what he’s
ainst by paraphrasing Thu
jas Jefferson: “The govern-
nt that governs best, governs
last.”
He said that government,
■henoperating within its prop-
■ boundaries, is only “to protect
gainst the initiation of force or
ellbea | r U (l and to provide a (brum
ion in Hbr the peaceful settlement of
leagan disputes."
■ “Beyond that,” he said, “gov-
las kn«i» nnient * ias no place.’’
Gibson’s ideal government
as an internal police force, a
filunteer army, a court system
and nothing else.
Among the functions of gov-
eapro eminent he would eliminate are
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withouBibson said, the elimination of
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gn MOM* “Once you’ve gotten a ( am er
lormerB ()Wt h within the system — like
o worM
government has now — to cut
the svstem immediately brings
so much chaos and hardship
that it couldn’t be done. But you
start down that road and you
start verv quickly. The longer
irrational government interven
tion exists, the more of a tenden
cy there is to expand it,” he said.
And because he has virtually
no political experience, Gibson
said he would be able to operate
on that cancer.
Power corrupts and twists the
thinking of the politically ex
perienced, he said, causing arro
gance and an indifference to vo
ter opinion.
Gibson said he believes he can
withstand the temptations of
power, “because I haven’t been
contaminated.”
Two examples of the corrupt
ing ef fects of power, he said, are
Democrat Dan Kubiak and for
mer Democrat Phil Gramm —
the two leading candidates in
Feb. 12 special election.
He said Kubiak wouldn’t be
able to withstand the political
pressures of the Democratic
leadership even if he wanted to,
which he probably doesn’t.
“When (House speaker) Tip
O’Neill says ‘Jump,’ (Kubiak)
will say ‘How high?”’ Gibson
said.
Gramm, through his voting
record, Gibson said, already has
shown his indifference to voter
opinion.
Gibson
Mater problem
tliscussed at council
by Kelley Smith
Battalion Staff
In a special meeting Wednes-
lav, the (College Station City
liuncil discussed the possibility
■ Attaining property easements
it areas of water drainage so the
|y can help alleviate drainage
Joblems.
I Mark Allen, director of pub-
I service for College Station,
discussed proposed changes in
cjtv ordinances that he said
would help define the responsi-
flity of drainage maintenanc e
loi the private sector and the
$tv.
In creek areas, the city must
ive enough easements to be
le to clear the area to improve
drainage, Allen said.
But City Manager North Bar-
dell said there is a conflict of in
terest involved — the city needs
to cut down trees, and property
owners dev not want their trees
cut down.
“The problem is not time or
money, but commitment,” Bar-
dell said. “It’s like sidewalks. Ev
erybody wants one until it’s on
their property, then they want it
on the other side of the street.
It’s the same with the creeks.
Everyone thinks they need help
until we cut down trees.”
When trees must be cut down
to clear an area, willows and
bushes rather than larger trees
are usually taken, Bardell said.
Mayor Gary Halter said that
currently the city does not clear
the creek areas regularly, but
with enough easements, the city
could service the creeks regu
larly.
In other business, the Capital
Improvements Program for
1984-88 was outlined. The
program, which started two
years ago, is funded by bonds
and updated yearly.
Proposed improvements in
road conditions, electric service,
sewage, drainage, water service,
parks and general government
programs were discussed and
their projected costs were given.
Some of the programs have
already began and have been
funded or partially funded.
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“Plus, neither one of them will
be able to do what they said in
the 6th District when they get to
Congress — Gramm by lack of
will and Faulk by a lack of
ability.”
Gramm, a former Democrat,
quit the party in January be
cause of conflicts with Democra
tic Party leaders. Gibson warns
that Gramm has run out of par
ties.
“With his (Gramm’s) stand on
huge tax increases and deficit
spending,” Gibson said, “I don’t
think the Libertarians would
want him.”
Of course, Gramm probably
wouldn’t want the Libertarians
either. Both liberals and conser
vatives have major conflicts with
Libertarian ideals, Gibson said.
like Gramm and
John Henry Faulk, another of
his opponents — has compared
his ideals to those stated by Tho
mas Jefferson. However, he said
both Gramm and Faulk are mis
taken in their comparisons.
“Gramm’s failing in the Jef
fersonian tradition is that he still
wants to inflict government into
the lives of private individuals,”
Gibson said.
And Faulk, by endorsing
most of the proposals of the
Democratic leadership, makes
the same mistake, he said.
“For instance, our stand
(against) gun control drives li
berals crazy,” he said. “Then we
turn around and drive the con
servatives crazy by saying we
ought not to have a draft.”
His stands on those issues are
consistent with Libertarian
ideals, Gibson said, since the
driving force behind die the
Libertarian Party is individual li-
bertv. And, he said, both gun
control and the draft intrude
upon those liberties.
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