State/Local razos County residents will pick county commissioners Nov. 8 The Battalion Monday, Nov. 7, 1988 Page 3 By Alan Sembera Senior Staff Writer HBrazos County residents will choose ■o county commissioners Tuesday, in cluding the one in Texas A&M's pre- ciiu : Bin the Precinct 3 race'. Democrat W.F. “Bubba” Moore, owner of the College Stition Press newspaper, is running Hainst Republican Randy Sims, who owns Randy Sims Barbecue House. ■ Moore’s main campaign thrust is that H’s the only candidate who is willing to Hork full time at the commissioner's job. ■“My opponent feels that he can run a Bsiness full-time and work part-time at the courthouse,” Moore said. “I believe the job doesn’t need a part-time commissioner.” ■Moore said if he is elected, he will sftp down from the newspaper and go to work full-time at the courthouse. Hln an appeal for the student vote, ■aore promised to be available 24 Hurs, seven days a week for Aggie fui tions and fundraisers. ■He said he is the only candidate who will be able to give all his time to the commissioner’s job. HSims said that although he will con tinue to work at his restaurant, he is will- im to spend as many hours as necessary at tlie commissioners job if elected. ■He said the recent hiring of a county ■gineer has taken a tremendous work load off the commissioners, making the jol less demanding. To go along with this lessened work- fM. he said, he supports cutting the , .._ . .......^oioner’s salary from about >l)ui (it in t-1$38,000 per year to $25,000 per year. rson). ■ ^ ith Big Bird'■Moore also supports the cut in salary. Ditched voictBSims stresses more citizen partici- ‘ the rlifff.rff.B tlon ' n county government in his cam- ■ • .paign. o Din UI C0UlJ Hc p r0 p ()SC( j to sct up a citizen’s advi- rouble squee/rm^, committee to help put together a it of the Bad "roadmap" to indicate the perceived i could be exc&as of growth in Brazos County over n since he k, the next 15 years. idiead would H"* this, i' 1 conjunction with long- .. Htge planning, is something that is so B Beded in Brazos County that 1 don’t ve it, Batfans-Bjnk wc | laV c had in the past,” Sims it Roster. 1 slid. ing mate, unlifl Moore also said he supports long I ial election,■ n £ e planning and more citizen involvc- ■ent. Sims has a degree in business adminis tration from Texas A&M. He was a commissioner from 1973-76 and was on the Bryan City Council from 1986-87. He said he also has been a vice presi dent in the Chamber of Commerce and has served on their board. Moore said his qualifications for the •county commissioner’s office are de rived from being an independent busi nessman for the past 20 years. In the Precinct 1 commissioner’s race. Democratic incumbent Bill Cooley faces a challenge from Republican Gary Nor ton. Cooley has been commissioner for four terms, and said he is seeking re- election because of the economic condi tion of Brazos County. He said economic recovery is the big gest problem facing Brazos County, and said his experience is what is needed to lead the county through the recovery. Cooley said he is a former College Station councilman, is a member of the Brazos County Industrial Foundation, and is a charter member of the College Station Economic Development Founda tion. “I think my background speaks for it self,” Cooley said. Cooley said he supports continued county support of A&M’s Easterwood Airport, and is in favor of a decrease in commissioners’ salaries. Cooley’s challenger, Norton, is a Col lege Station police seargent. Norton is the only one of the four can didate’s in the two commissioner races that is not for a decrease in salary. Instead, he said, he is in favor of ex panding the commissioner’s duties. This expansion, he said, will save the county money in the long run. One of the ways he will save money is through long-term planning in the com missioner’s court, he said. This lack of planning is costing tax payers a tremendous amount of money, he said. He said he also wants more involve ment by county commissioners in the budgetary process. “I believe that we need a system of checks and balances,” Norton said. “We need more accountability in our budget ary process. “Our budget right now is primarily handled by a county judge, with very little input from our commissioners.” Norton said he wants to implement a quarterly budgetary review with all elected officials and department heads in the county. Opening up county government to the people is another of Norton’s major points. “One of the first things I would do,” Norton said, “is try to see what I could do about moving the county commis sioner’s meeting from 10 o’clock in the morning to an evening session ... to encourage more citizens to participate in our county’s business.” Norton also said he would implement quarterly meetings with constituents in his precinct and form a citizen's advisory committee. Norton said as administrative assistant to the police chief, he has gained valu able experience in research and plan ning, policies and procedures, and bud geting. He also headed up recruiting and train ing and was public information officer for the department, he said. Race will decide future for office of Brazos attorney By Alan Sembera Senior Staff Writer A local lawyer is putting the office of county attorney on trial. Hub Kennady has charged the elected position of Brazos County attorney with being out-of-date and inefficient. He has asked for the death penalty. County Attorney Jim Kuboviak is de fending the office. He said it provides important services to the county, and is not costing taxpayers extra money. Both Kennady and Kuboviak are run ning as write-in candidates for the posi tion of county attorney. Kennady, the challenger, is running a one-issue campaign against the incum bent Kuboviak. He said that if he wins, he will work on consolidating the county and district attorneys’ offices. Once he did this, he said, he would eliminate his own position. Under the present system, the county attorney’s office in in charge of prosecut ing misdemeanor cases while the district attorney’s office is in charge of prosecut ing felony cases. One of the disadvantages of having Candidates compete for local JP posts By Alan Sembera Senior Staff Writer Out of all the local officials who will be elected Tuesday, justices of the peace will have the most contact with students, faculty and staff at Texas A&M. There are two contested races for jus tice of the peace in Brazos County. One of them is for Precinct 7, Place 1, which is made up of all of College Station, in cluding the Texas A&M campus. Justice’s of the peace handle small claims court and Class C misdemeanors with a fine of less than $200, which in cludes minors in possession, failure to take breath tests and traffic tickets issued by state highway patrolmen. In the College Station race. Republi can George Boyett is running against Democrat Jim Locke. Boyett, who owns several local apart ment complexes, stresses that he intends to be a full-time justice of the peace if elected. “I intend to operate the office myself,” Boyett said, “while my opponent intends to to continue his law practice, which is officed in Bryan, and operate the thing from afar with a clerk running the thing.” Boyett said if he is elected, he will op erate the office from his own property on Boyett Street in College Station. He said he has turned the management of his apartment complexes over to a management company. Boyett, who is an Aggie, has lived in College Station community all his life, he said. This knowledge of the commu nity will be an asset as justice of the peace, he said. His opponent, Locke, who has prac ticed law for 10 years, emphasizes the fact that he is the only lawyer in the race. “It’s just a matter of fact that you can do the job better if you have the better le gal training,” Locke said. “It’s not just a matter of technical knowledge of the law but the experience of trying cases.” He also stressed that his three years as student legal adviser at A&M helps him understand the perspective of students. “The JP court is going to hear small claims court, which includes landlord- tenant, and virtually all the student body has a landlord-tenant relationship,” Locke said. In Precinct 4 justice-of-the-peace race for Place 1, Democratic incumbent B.H. Dewey Jr. faces a challenge from Repub lican David Horne. Dewey is relying on his experience at the job to get elected. He said his 24 years as justice of the peace make him the most qualified. Horne, who is a car salesman, has crit icized Dewey for not giving an automatic 90-day driver’s license suspension to ev eryone who refuses to take an intoxilyzer test. Dewey has defended his actions by stating that each case should be reviewed individually, and has said that some cases warrant probation. In addition to the mandatory license suspenions, Horne’s platform includes utilizing community service as punish ment for small crimes, he said, espe cially when dealing with youngsters. two separate offices in charge of pros ecuting crime, Kennady said, is that cases slip through the cracks. “The county prosecution doesn’t know what the felony prosecutors are doing,” he said. Many counties with major cities, in cluding Bexar, Harris and Dallas coun ties have consolidated their prosecution system, Kennady said. Kennady said the basis for him want ing to consolidate the two offices is a study done by the non-partisan Texas District and County Attorney's Office in 1974, “which recommends exactly what I’m promoting,” he said. But Kuboviak disputes the validity of the study. “No county since that study came out followed that study,” Kuboviak said, “and some counties are even trying to be come like us.” Kuboviak said that even if Kennady became county attorney, he couldn’t guarantee that the Legislature would ap prove the consolidation. If the consolidation wasn’t approved, he said, then the county would be stuck with an unqualified county attorney. Another major reason to eliminate the county attorney position is to cut costs, Kennady said. Two offices cost more than one, he said, and the county attorney’s position could be eliminated because right now it only is an administrative position, he said. But County Attorney Kuboviak says Kennady has not shown how combining the offices will save money. “Somebody still would have to do my job,” Kuboviak said, “and every model that he’s proposed uses someone to do my job.” Kuboviak said that in his four years as county attorney, he has actually brought money to Brazos County by going after $161.000 in grants. The grants include a family violence grant, grants to enhance DWI prosecu tion, and a grant to create a mental health unit. 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Sam Houston State Unive their Internship through feel about Jim Kuboviak: HflPfW.t Tom Jagielski Chris Wagnon Carlos Castandda Rufus Rodriguez David Wagner Lori Lawrence Susan Haas Jeffery Capps (Presently) (Presently) Angie Gray (Presently) Julie Ramirez (Presently) Joe Streetman (Presently) Barbra Frybert Carol Cooper Stark Marion Emery Sheryl Holton rsity Criminal Justice majors e County Attorney's Office r Giles (Presently) Kev'jgn ijMor gan Todd ^ rll 1 lips Share d e o n Kenneth C%;i r k Donna DeMo' 1 Steve Frai William GafW&£5£on Is it worth eliminating future students opportu n'ltf; i e s to learn about the criminal justice system in order ro create a larger bureaucracy? Ask the 117 students that took Politics and the Administration of Justice at Texas A&M about Jim Kuboviak. Paid for by the Re-Elect Jim Kuboviak County Attorney Campaign, Charles Newton, Treasurer, 3107 Forestwood, Bryan, Texas 77801. AGGIE TRADITIONSV12TH MAN? BONFIREVGIG 'EMVHOWDYVCOTT ON BOWLVREVEILLEVWHOOPVDO MINOESVAGGIESVMAROONVGOOD BULLVMIDNIGHT YELL PRACT ICEVHUMP IT AGSVDIXIE CHI CKENVAGGIE WAR HYMNVSILVER TAPSV AGGZt BLOOD DRIVE VMS CVFIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE BAND VQUACK SHACKVFARMERS FIGHTV SINGING CADETSVQUADV KYLE F IELDVELEPHANT WALKV FISH CAMP THE ® BLOOD CENTER AT WADLEY V November 7 1988 Commons-10 a.m. to 8 p.m. MSC-10 a.m. to 6 p.m. SBISA—10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Zachry—10 a.m. to 5 p.m. THE (§8) BLOOD CENTER VAX at Wadley Another service of Student Government, Alpha Phi Omega and Omega Phi Alpha