Friday, May 9, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
CS Council hears requests
for proposed budget funds
Population's
slow growth
helps Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — A sluggish
population growth will help the
state come to grips with the popu
lation explosion it experienced
during the early 1980s oil boom, a
Texas economist said Thursday.
That bright spot in the state’s
troubled economy was offered by
Jared F. Hazleton, president of
the Texas Research League.
He said the oil prices will rise to
$ 18 a barrel by the end of the year,
but he predicted the price will re
main stagnant for two years.
“If you assume oil prices stabil
ize at $18 a barrel, you get not
disaster in Texas, but a fairly mod
erate growth. If you assume $15 a
barrel you get a real problem with
the Texas economy continuing for
a couple of years. If you assume
prices lower than $ 15 you will see a
very significant recession,” Hazle
ton said at a symposium on the
outlook of Texas sponsored by the
league.
For Texas to prosper as in the
past, “the future of Texas rests in
how successful we are in develop
ing human resources,” he said.
Along with stunted growth, the
state is being affected by inflation,
interest rates and the fallen value
of the dollar, Hazleton said. These
factors are side effects of dwind
ling oil prices, he said.
“This year, inflation is going to
be as low as 1 percent,” because
the buying factors are not as
strong as they were at the height of
the oil boom, he said.
Hazleton said the lower value of
the dollar is supposed to promote
exports but hasn’t. But he remains
confident exports will pick up and
strengthen the dollar.
He said many thought Texas
was growing as a diversified state
during the early ’80s when it
actually was becoming more de
pendent on oil.
Growth and income for the
state was at its height at 14 percent
during 1982. In the third quarter
of 1984, the rate was 12 percent
and has declined since then to less
than 4 percent, he said.
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Craig Renfro
Staff Writer
The College Station finance de
partment further discussed the city’s
proposed $53.6 million operating
budget for fiscal 1986-87 at the City
Council meeting Thursday night.
The budget is scheduled for final
approval June 6.
About $35.6 million of the budget
revenues will be derived from the ci
ty’s utility fund and the city’s general
fund will contribute an additional
$ 1 1.8 million.
The rest of the budget will be de
rived from the debt service fund, the
sanitation fund and the hotel-motel
tax fund.
Assistant City Manager Van Van-
Dever said 23 percent of the budget
will go to city staff salaries. An addi
tional 40 percent will be used for util
ity costs, he said.
The council heard three budget
requests from local agencies that are
seeking funding from the city’s re
venue sharing program.
The College Station Chamber of
Commerce requested $187,000, an
$87,000 increase over last year’s re
quest. Chamber Director Allen Han
sen said the increase is needed to cov
er increased advertising expenses.
The Mental Health Mental Retar
dation Authority of Brazos Valley re
quested $54,500, a $19,000 increase
over last year.
Dr. Ann Shively, agency director,
said the increase is needed to up
grade mental health programs, and
to hire additional staff.
The Retired Senior Volunteer
Program requested $2,500. Director
Jo Anne Powell said the goal of the
program is to provide quality volun
teer service to the community.
The council tabled an ordinance
that would regulate the exploration,
development, production and trans
portation of oil and gas within the
city.
City attorney Cathy Locke said the
ordinance, if approved, would loosen
the restrictions for acquiring a drill
ing permit.
An ordinance prohibiting the re
tail sales of unpasteurized milk and
milk products within the city was
approved by the council.
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Low-budget candidacy nets big win
SEVEN POINTS (AP) - A dance
hall operator who didn’t spend a cent
on his “word of mouth” campaign
rolled up more than 47 percent of the
statewide Republican vote for land
commissioner, but remains a mystery
to many members of his party.
M.D. Anderson Jr., 36, surprised
party officials as well as his two oppo
nents by almost winning the Republi
can nomination outright.
State GOP Party Chairman George
Strake said Wednesday, “I wish I
could tell you more that I know about
him, but I just don’t know. I intend to
find out.”
Anderson’s opponents claim he is
capitalizing on the good name of the
M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor
Institute in Houston, and question
his motives for using his initials on
the ballot since he is known as Dudley
in Seven Points, a town of about 650
people, 50 miles southeast of Dallas.
But Anderson said Thursday, “It’s
not unusual for people to run on
their initials.”
Anderson’s campaign manager,
Ronald Hinds of Dallas, contends the
candidate’s strong showing was due
cess'
to a “word of mouth” network of
GOP contacts throughout the state,
coupled with visits to Republican
women’s clubs.
Anderson, a former Seven Points
City Council member who operates
the Cedar Creek Plowboys Club with
his wife, took 47.3 percent of the vote
in Saturday’s primary and will face
Grady Yarbrough, a Tyler school
teacher who won 27.2 percent, in a
June 7 runoff.
Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro, who now oversees the Veter
ans Land Board and Texas’ public
lands, said Thursday he is taking
Anderson’s candidacy seriously, and
that’s one reason he has already spent
$300,000 on his campaign this year.
“1 have always said that running
against any opponent doesn’t worry
me, but running against a famous
hospital does,” said Mauro, a Demo
crat.
“I have considered changing my
name to Gary Indiana,” he said jok
ingly.
According to campaign records
filed with the secretary of state’s
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At Northgate A335 University Drive
office in Austin, Anderson paid the
$3,000 filing fee but reported no
campaign expenses. He also listed
$450 in contributions, including a
$100 loan from himself and $100
from former Houston Mayor Louie
Welch.
Strake said Wednesday the prob
lem of candidates winning on the
strength of their names is one of the
political liabilities of a state with a far-
flung electorate.
“Obviously, a lot went on names,”
said Strake, who would not endorse a
candidate in the runoff.
But Thursday, Strake called the
Associated Press to say he since had
called several people about Ander
son’s candidacy and felt “a lot better
about this fellow.”
Anderson, who also works as a con
tractor, said he is qualified for the
office of land commissioner because
“I am a hardworking self-made busi
nessman.”
Anderson said he planned to use
the same low-key strategy for the
runoff and, if successful, for Novem
ber’s election.
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