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Tuesday, March 31,1987
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Down And Out
Photo by Dean Saito
A construction worker heads down the stairs of the new engineering
building being constructed near the Zachry Engineering Center.
6 A&M candidates file
overspending charges
Presidenfs race follows complaint tradition
By Christi Daugherty
Staff Writer
Six candidates running for stu
dent body president filed charges
Monday against another candidate,
Miles Bradshaw, alleging that he has
overspent the $300 spending limit.
Bradshaw insists he is innocent,
and late Monday evening produced
for The Battalion papers and rec
eipts which he said proves it.
The Election Commission re
sponded by requiring all nine candi
dates to submit preliminary cam
paign spending reports.
The six candidates who filed are:
Jaime Galvan, Jody Kay Manley,
Perry Eichor, Mason Hogan, Jose
Castro and Spence McClung.
The complaint they filed charges
Bradshaw with, “. . . excessive over
spending of the $300 limit allotted
for the student body president cam
paign race.”
“We have checked into “local”
(Bryan-College Station) retail prices
on his fliers and pamphlets, etc . . .
and see no way he has kept under
the $300 budget limit,” the com
plaint says.
When contacted, Galvan said, “I
think our complaint said it all. I
don’t think I have to add anything to
it.”
But Eichor said, “We didn’t come
across as a single complaint. All of us
got together and decided that we
had run a fair campaign, and he
hadn’t. It’s not that we had any mal
ice toward Miles at all from the be
ginning.”
The receipt for glossy fliers and
badge inserts, which have been at
the heart of the charges against his
campaign, show that he ordered
2,000 each of the fliers and inserts at
a printing shop in Nacogdoches,
where he is from, and paid $82.40.
Bradshaw said the estimates he
got in the College Station area were
very high, so he ordered the fliers in
Nacogdoches and got a good price
of about 3y! apiece, or a little more
than half of what he would have
paid in College Station.
“The place where I got them in
Nacogdoches has been there for
ever, and when she gave me the esti
mate, it was so low compared to what
I’d been quoted before that I just
said, ‘Print them,’ ” Bradshaw said.
The receipts produced also show
that he paid about 6# each for 1,500
three-fold brochures at the same
printing shop.
Bradshaw’s receipts show he paid
for fliers, brochures, small one-quar-
See Overspending, page 14
Election official terms sign,
flier vandalism ‘no problem’
By John Marr
Reporter
A Texas A&M student election
commissioner said Friday that sign
and llier vandalism has not been a
real problem and that complaints
have been minimal.
Derek Blakeley, one of two elec
tion commissioners, said the com-
toKsiun does not have time to.check
up on everybody and it relies on
complaints being filed by candidates
about any problems. If a complaint
is filed, the commission takes appro
priate action, he said.
Jaime Galvan, a candidate for stu
dent body president, filed a com
plaint Friday that about 500 of his
fliers had been torn down. Galvan
asked the commission to allow him
to print 500 more fliers without af
fecting his campaign expenses limit.
Blakeley said that after investigat
ing the complaint, the commission
denied Galvan’s request. Because
there is always a high turnover of
fliers, he said, it is impossible to de
termine how many, if any, of Gal
van’s fliers had been torn down.
A certain number of fliers are re
moved by the custodial staff because
they are in the wrong places, Blake
ley said. Fliers can be placed only on
general-purpose bulletin boards and
kiosks (cylindrical display struc
tures). He added that nothing can be
placed in the Memorial Student
Center, Pavilion or Rudder Tower.
“Obviously some vandalism oc
curs, especially in the men’s dorms,”
Blakeley said, “but no real problems
have occurred.”
Although he did not file a formal
complaint about the incident, Gal
van reported that he noticed at
about 5 p.rn. that his sign near Sbisa
Dining Hall was knocked down — its
2-by-4-inch wooden leg was broken,
and a pink bandanna was tied to it.
“I admit the wind has blown the
signs around,” Galvan said, “but the
wind cannot break a two-by-four or
tie a bandana.”
Just four hours after he repaired
the sign, it was broken again, Galvan
said. The leg apparently was ripped
off and thrown to the side.
Galvan also reported that his sign
near the Commons has been broken
four times. Although the repair cost
was minimal, Galvan said repairing
the signs was time-consuming.
“I spent approximately six hours
last week on repairs when I could
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version of bill under committee review
Open-container legislation surfaces again
By Daniel A. La Bry
Staff Writer
Open-container legislation in
[exas has risen from its two pre-
■ deaths and is back stronger
bn ever.
[ An open-container bill, sponsored
.ty Sen. Bill Sarpalius, D-Canyon,
ras| approved by the Senate on
I 'Kh 9 and now is being reviewed
jy the House Liquor Regulations
'ojimittee.
: The liquor regulations committee
|B$ reviewing another version of
; n open-container bill submitted by
kp. Bill Blackwood, R-Mesquite.
B is Blackwood’s first time to
pojsor open-container legislation.
Unlike earlier legislation, neither
'Pen-container bills would affect
B n S ers ’ k)Ut both would make it a
^^■Bemeanor offense punishable hy
lllfineofup to $200 for someone to
BHBpnk alcoholic beverages while driv-
ll
qey Emery, co-owner of a local
drive-through liquor store, said he
IBn’t expect an open-container
■B° affect his business or his cus-
| JMers — at least not to the point the
BBar-old age limit did.
I "It will probably be like the 55
Nph speed limit law — it will be
Nre. but many people won’t obey
I he said. “The open-container law
■only affect the portion of our
^ JISiBess in which we serve draft beer
g2H|BIgloo daiquiris. As for selling
ll a k r e beer — six-packs, 12-packs,
^■BPB and whatever — I really don’t
t are 4:45 ^ ee how that’s going to affect us too
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People still are going to come
Hugh and buy alcohol, Emery
aid — they’re just going to keep a
arlful watch for police when
Bre driving around.
Brpalius saw his previous open-
container proposals buried in the
legislative graveyard in the 1983 and
1985 sessions. The 1983 bill survived
a Senate committee but didn’t make
it out of the full Senate. The 1985
bill made it through the Senate, but
died in the House Liquor Regula
tions Committee.
The bills killed in the House dur
ing the past two legislative sessions
had been stricter, forbidding open
alcoholic beverages anywhere in the
passenger compartment of a car or
truck.
Danna Reynolds, a legislative aide
to Blackwood, said the main differ
ence between Blackwood’s bill and
Sarpalius’ is an “immediate posses
sion” clause.
Blackwood’s bill is the same as
Sarpalius’ except it includes a clause
that also defines an offense to in
clude drivers having alcohol in their
immediate possession when pulled
over for another offense, such as
speeding.
Joel Brandenberger, an adminis
trative aide to Sarpalius, said, “The
bottom line is (Rep.) Ron Wilson,
chairman of the liquor regulations
committee, personally has assured
Sen. Sarpalius his bill will be re
ported out favorably.”
A more receptive liquor regula
tions committee and some flexibility
on the part of the bill supporters
have improved the chance for the
open-container bill to be passed this
session, Brandenberger said. He ex
pects the bill to be out of committee
by mid-April.
A member of the two previous
“non-receppve” committees Bran
denberger referred to, Rep. Ed Wat
son, D-Deer Park, said he has been
opposed to open-container legis
lation all along.
“It’s a fraud on the people and
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there’s no way that it can be en
forced,” he said.
As far as Blackwood’s bill, Watson
said, “That one won’t see the light of
day.” He added that if any bill does
come out of the liquor regulations
committee, it will be the weaker ver
sion of Sarpalius’.
Brandenberger said, “They (the
opposition) were willing to work
with th,^ bill and we were willing to
compro-
address every reasonable
mise offered to the bill.”
The biggest concession made by
the supporters of the bill, he said,
was the addition of some language to
safeguard against police harassment.
The added language requires an of
ficer to witness a driver consuming
alcohol while the vehicle is in motion
before initiating any action.
The additional language specify
ing what an actual offense would be
also quieted opponents’ concern
about situations like a beer can roll
ing out from under a seat when
someone gets pulled over for speed
ing.
Watson said he still doesn’t feel
comfortable with the bill.
“I think this is another way for the
police to start stopping people,” he
said. “One thing that concerns me is
that people with tinted windows can
violate the law and they (the police)
would never know it. If we pass that
law, the people in the tinted-window
business are going to get rich.”
Open-container backers were will
ing to compromise until the Depart
ment of Public Safety and the Texas
Police Association said the bill would
be unenforceable, he said, adding
that both groups agreed that the bill
is still enforceable with changes.
Capt. Billy Melton of the DPS re
gional office in Garland testified
during hearings on the open-con
tainer bill while serving as chairman
of the Traffic Safety Committee of
the Texas Police Association.
“If the Legislature passes a law, a
large percentage of the people will
voluntarily obey it,” Melton said dur
ing a phone interview. “If we get the
law on the books, we’ll have a major
ity of the people obeying the law re
gardless of what law enforcement
does.”
Most people obey the law, he said,
leaving only a small percentage of
the people for law enforcement to
deal with.
“I would agree that the law may
be a little difficult to enforce,” Mel
ton added, “but I think that is miss
ing the point. If we can impact only a
small part of the small percent of the
people not obeying the law, then the
law will be very useful.”
See Legislation, page 14
have been studying or cam
paigning,” he said.
Jody Kay Manley, another candi
date for student body president, said
a lot of signs have been blown down
by the strong winds, but that it ap
peared one of her signs had been
knocked down and moved.
Galvan and Manley said they are
concerned about how the commis
sion handles vandalism complaints.
“The commission is not being a
police force for the elections,” Man-
ley said. “They need to take action.”
Galvan said, “Candidates are
afraid to voice complaints because
the commission has failed to take ac
tion in the past.”
A complaint can be filed only by a
candidate, Manley said, but publicity
from the complaint can backfire.
“It has already happened once,”
she said. Two years ago Brett Shine
filed a complaint against Sean Royall
and it backfired on Shine, she said.
3 athletes
to go to court
on April 6
By Curtis L. Culberson
Staff Writer
Three Texas A&M football play
ers facing misdemeanor assault
charges are scheduled to appear in
justice of the peace court on April 6,
court clerk Louisa Dunn said Mon
day.
Sports Information Director John
Keith said the football players would
seek legal counsel and could not
comment on the case until after they
had spoken with lawyers.
Senior defensive back James Earl
Flowers and sophomore running
back James R. Howse are each
charged with one count of misde
meanor assault. Lafayette Turner, a
freshman defensive back, faces two
charges of misdemeanor assault.
The charges stem from a March
1 1 incident in Cain Hall involving
the assault of two women students
and a University police officer.
Director of University Police Bob
Wiatt confirmed that University Po
lice officers responded to an inci
dent in Cain Hall on March II, but
said because of the pending charges
against the players he could not
comment further.
The charges are Class C misde
meanors and are punishable by a
maximum fine of $200.
Both women involved filed com
plaints of assault against Turner.
One woman filed a complaint
against Howse, and Officer Mark
Barnett of UPD filed an assault com
plaint against Flowers.
Complaints were filed in the of
fice of Justice of the Peace Mike Cal-
liham, who will hear the case.
Flowers, 22, from Bryan, has com
pleted his four years of eligibility
and will not return to the Aggie foot
ball team next year. Howse, 21, from
Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Turner,
20, from Dallas, are expected to re
turn in the fall.
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