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Ringer, Mcllhaney square off in CS mayoral race
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By Wendy Jackson,
Steve Thomas
and
Jill Galarneau
Reporters
■ Both candidates for College Sta-
Un mayor say they are not running
fir what they can get out of the job
bit for what they can give the com-
njunity.
■ Larry Ringer says he wants to he
■ayor of College Station because he
Senjoys life and wants to give some-
■ing back by serving his corninu-
nitv.
■ He moved to College Station in
1963 to help establish T exas A&M’s
fttistics department. He says he be-
pme attached to the area and stayed
longer than he had planned.
■ “When they offered me a faculty
Bsition, 1 told my w’ife we’d stay for
He years,” he says. “We’ve been
Iheie for 20 years.”
■ He says the combination of the
Mod schools and the general friend-
Mess of the area have made it a per-
flct place to raise children.
“I tend to be results-
oiiented. If this way isn't
effective, let's change it
and make it effective. ”
— Mayoral candidate
Lynn Mcllhaney.
Ringer, 48, has held positions in
several city organizations.
He served on the College Station
City Council from 1976 to 1983, the
Zoning Board of Adjustments, the
Franchise Advisory Committee and
other community organizations.
He says that problems developed
while he was president of the Recre
ational Council 10 years ago. He says
the limitations placed on him by the
position in dealing with these prob
lems gave him the idea to run for a
higher position in city government.
He says that after serving on the
Council for seven years, he decided
to run for mayor the next year,
1984. But he says his plans changed
when Gary Halter decided to run for
re-election.
Ringer says he stayed out of the
race because he didn’t want to run
against a friend and had just made
other long-term commitments. But
he says circumstances are perfect for
him to run this year.
Because his positions at the Uni
versity — assistant head of the statis
tics department and a professor of
statistics — keep him busy, he says
his wife is working hard to gather
volunteers and support for his cam-
paign.
He says he isn’t able to go door-to-
door and get as much of the per
sonal interaction with the public be
cause of his work schedule.
He says he wants to continue
working with the City of Bryan and
to encourage industry to locate here.
The city must plan for future devel
opment and growth so streets and
utilities will be adequate, he says.
“I’m trying to get as many people
as possible to know who I am and
what I stand for,” he says. “I’ve been
active in the community for some
time and hope there are a large
number of people who know me and
support me.”
Throughout the years the student
vote has been low, he says. He says
he hopes to get as many student
votes as possible but isn’t counting
on them to win the election.
Lynn Mcllhaney, 37, Ringer’s op
ponent, says, “I’m not running for
mayor just because I want to get
elected. I’m running because I care
about this community and I think I
can get things done.”
She says she decided to run for
mayor because the Council has
changed over the last four years for
the better, and she was a part of that
change.
Mcllhaney says she first became
involved in politics when she was liv
ing in the Raintree subdivision and
the residents wanted a park there.
She organized the Raintree Home-
owners Association and says she
dealt with the City Council many
times.
She says she was treated rudely.
She says a city council shouldn’t be
“When they offered me a
faculty position, I told my
wife we'd stay for five
years. We've been here for
20 years. ”
— Mayoral candidate
Larry Ringer.
run that way, so she decided to run
for a Council seat. In April 1982, she
says she defeated an incumbent with
54 percent of the vote, and she won
the next election with 65 percent of
the vote.
Mcllhaney says that her strength
in communication is one reason she
has won in the past.
If she wins the election, she says
her goals would be to:
• Achieve better communication
within the Council.
• Renegotiate the Gulf States Uti
lities contract.
• Work with the College Station
Industrial Development Foundation
to bring more industries to the area.
Mcllhaney says the Council and
the mayor need to work better to
gether to give the city manager clear
directives.
She says the utilities contract
needs to be renegotiated since Col
lege Station is now a part of the Lone
Star Municiple Power Agency along
with Kirbyville, Newton and Cald
well.
“I tend to be results-oriented,” she
says. “If this way isn’t effective, let’s
change it and make it effective.”
Mcllhaney says she is concentrat
ing on personal contact to get sup
port, and she is depending on the
general community vote rather than
interest groups.
Born in New York, she first
moved to Bryan with her family
when she was 18 months old. Her
family lived in Houston for several
years where she attended the Uni
versity of Houston for one year.
The Mcllhaneys are active mem
bers of Peace Lutheran Church, she
says. She has four children between
the ages of 11 and 17.
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In Advance
Senators propose addition
to core curriculum proposal
A category may be added to
the core curriculum at a special
Faculty Senate meeting at 3:15
p.m. Monday in 701 Rudder.
A “Technology and Renewable
Resources” section was proposed
by senators Don Russell and Tom
Kozik of the College of Engi
neering, who say they think stu
dents should be informed about
the connection between technol
ogy and renewable resources and
the health and success of society.
| If the category is added, all stu
dents would be required to take
two or more courses to develop
an understanding of technology
and renewable resources and how
they affect our society. The pro
posal calls for one course to be
taken from course offerings in
the College of Engineering and
one from the College of Agricul
ture.
Kozik introduced the proposal
at the last meeting but, because
time ran out, no vote could be
taken.
The Senate hopes to finish de
bate on the core curriculum pro
posal at this meeting, but a Final
vote on the complete document
will not be taken until April 14.
Last 10 years have shown contrasts
Makeup of Bryan, CS councils vary
By Bobby Foster
and
Anthony S. Casper
Reporters
Over the past 10 years, Bryan City Council
members have differed greatly from their Col
lege Station counterparts.
While College Station council members tended
to have some connection with Texas A&M, the
Bryan council has tended to be comprised of
community natives.
Both councils, however, have shown similari
ties in composition. Elected council members in
both cities have tended to be white males, mar
ried, in their mid-40s and incumbents.
Although the ages of the council members var
ied the most diversity between the two councils
was seen in occupations.
Most of the College Station City Council mem
bers have worked for Texas A&M as faculty or
staff. Doctors, bankers, and housewives have also
held council positions.
Gary Halter, outgoing College Station mayor,
said the first city council in College Station was
formed by A&M faculty members and have dom
inated it since then..
“The first council meeting was held on camp
us,” Halter said. “The First city ofFices were in the
Agriculture Building.”
The typical winners in the Bryan City Council
elections, however, have held a variety of jobs.
Realtors, doctors, a mail carrier, a grocery
store clerk and a rancher have served on the
Bryan council in the past. But most of the council
members have been self-employed businessmen.
Bryan also has had the majority of “home
grown” council members, people born and
reared in the community.
College Station council members tended to be
“transplants,” drawn to the area by the Univer
sity. They had been residents an average of 12
years.
Minority representation on the College Station
City Council has been scarce since 1975. Al
though the city has a smaller minority population
than Bryan, none of the candidates elected in the
past 10 years have been from a minority group.
Bryan, however, has had one black and two His-
panics serve full terms on its city council.
Bryan, however, has had one black and two
hispanics serve full terms on the City Council.
The black, Pies Turner, has previously served
two terms and is now completing his third. One
of the hispanics, Daniel Hernandez, was elected
in 1976 and completed his full two-year term.
The other, Helen Chavarria, was elected in 1983,
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