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The Battalion TATE & LOCAL 3 Friday, August 11,1989 eds Cisneros backs state Rep. Morales for AG attox administration lacked integrity, says ex-mayor 3r Mitche! Todd Guest Colui >y. while i )r ne mentii '> or even not as d hole — 's World!; n fkant indi >f war. Thei i and maclii: hey have it in bombs os why they nent of tW >uld we talH • We caniM fie probfe : i Lebanon i - disenfranc ‘re is nothin; >out that..! V raids, the ch bad. Tk -O. installs: .0. is far ng these ac s a great dt ef'ul aped they shon i is. Itissoit T hat leave e last the action me entire!' mot be co there is ent populatio mg feasible am. That e patient, way or ur e to this nai us into a i do to end an easycoi own-up nat ies ascribe: unior bloc jest coluir. )Zfl g by f° r icate th a (iiw 11 •class, bul ing th' 1 asses be difft r ' outcom' ias as po"' er ise. Tb' s r countff later jf the p r ' add a i as if i ,s il gam ; broken" )ealing nretinies sssure. drugs" <y abusn it dire"' to g>' 0 ". aindf* Mft , r The ( ' AUSTIN (AP) — In announcing his sup port of state Rep. Dan Morales for Texas at torney general Thursday, former San Anto nio Mayor Henry Cisneros blasted current attorney general and gubernatorial hopeful Jim Mattox. “What is called for in this time is unques tioned integrity in the management of the highest law office of our state, and I don’t be lieve we’ve had it,” Cisneros said. Cisneros criticized Mattox’s fund-raising efforts and noted that Mattox was indicted on a felony charge of commercial bribery in 1983. Mattox was later acquitted. He also labeled as untrue Mattox’s com ment that he chased Cisneros out of the 1990 governor’s race. “Jim Mattox’s characterization is not a cor rect one,” Cisneros said. Cisneros was considered a possible guber natorial candidate, but announced he would not run because of his son’s health problems. Mattox responded, saying, “The mayor ob viously is talking politics and doesn’t under stand what this office does. “We’ve made the powers that be angry be cause we’ve been willing to stand up for the little guy against the establishment,” Mattox said. “He (Cisneros) ought not to believe ev erything he reads in the newspaper.” “Wha, is called for in this time is unquestioned integrity in the management of the highest law office our state, and I don’t believe we’ve had it.” — Henry Cisneros, former San Antonio mayor Mattox’s campaign manager, Jim Cunning ham, said Mattox meant no disrespect in a speech to the Texas AFL-CIO earlier this month, when he said, “I got (Lt. Gov.) Bill Hobby out of the race, and then I got Henry Cisneros out of the race.” What Mattox meant, Cunningham said, “was that he will be in the race no matter who gets in there.” Of the bribery charge, Cunningham said, “Jim Mattox has proven in the public’s eye that that was nothing but trumped-up charges.” Mattox was accused of threatening to use the power of his office to financially damage a Houston law firm by delaying or denying ap proval of bond sales. Cisneros, who served four terms as mayor and now is in private business, praised Mo rales’ legislative work and said his election to statewide office would strengthen the Demo cratic Party by developing Hispanic leaders. “I certainly hope that the Democratic Party in Texas understands the significance of of fering a balanced ticket to the people of Texas that begins to reflect the reality of our state,” Cisneros said. Morales of San Antonio faces U.S. Rep. John Bryant of Dallas and Houston attorney John Odam in the March 13 Democratic Party primary. Cisneros said Morales, a three-term House member and chairman of the Criminal Juris prudence Committee, has played a key role in education, criminal justice and tax issues. He said Morales’ campaign is his top politi cal priority during the election season. He is inclined to key his efforts in South Texas, Cis neros said. “This is one of those rare cases where you make history and serve the needs of the state in terms of demographics and politics, even as the most capable person is elected to the job,” Cisneros said. Morales welcomed Cisneros, whom he named co-chair of his campaign, saying, “I can think of no one in the state I would rather have pitching for me.” Meanwhile, Bryant called on Morales and Odam to follow his lead and release income tax returns and financial statements. Morales said he would do that by the end of the week, but said he would release statements dating back further than the six years of documents that Bryant produced. Officer complains Pasadena PD rule punishes marrieds PASADENA (AP) — A former police officer says her bosses at the Pasadena Police Department looked the other way when she lived with another officer —never even complaining when the two had a child — but her marriage cost her her job. Kerry Burch Fry is appealing her ouster. She contends depart ment nepotism laws are selecti vely enforced inasmuch as they allow single couples to live to gether without fear of reprisals. “It’s discriminatory. There have been several relationships among officers, and the adminis tration has taken no action,” Fry said Wednesday outside a brief appeal hearing. “They’re con doning officers fMTng together, and it’s a shame because I’m los ing money.” Fry, 27, was ousted from her $32,000-a-year patrol job in the force’s juvenile division on June 13, six days after marrying her longtime fiance, Lt. Jack Fry, 35. Under the department’s 1974 “no-spouses” law, if two officers marry, the spouse with the least seniority automatically resigns unless the other does so volun tarily. Fry was a six-year veteran while her husband, head of the force’s narcotics division, has been on the job twice as long. She is asking the city’s Civil Service Commission to overturn department nepotism laws for bidding married officers and rel atives from working together. She also is seeking reinstatement with back pay. Police Chief Lee Gilbert said he supports the laws because they prevent favoritism, discord and conflicts. He declined to com ment on Fry’s claims that the laws contain loopholes encouraging non-marital relationships. Fry claims the nepotism laws are unfair because the adminis tration winks at related members of the force. “There are uncles, brothers-in- law, cousins,” she said. “I’m chal lenging the constitutionality of the law. If an employer wants to do that, fine, but it’s the arbitrary way they’re enforcing it.” Some of the relationships in clude • civilian police workers. Commission Chairman Buddy Harris said the three-man panel will not address those because it has no authority over civilians. During Wednesday’s 20-min- ute hearing, Fry’s attorney, J.B. Williamson, argued with city at torneys over which witnesses should be allowed to testify. Lobbyists should provide better records, Hobby says AUSTIN (AP) — Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby said Thursday he wants to re quire lobbyists to submit more in- depth records, and he has asked the chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee to make recommenda tions on such legislation. “The statutes are vague, confus ing and contradictory. People, in cluding myself, have a difficult time (interpreting the law),” Hobby said. Hobby said he has asked Sen. John Montford, a Lubbock Demo crat who heads the State Affairs panel, to investigate the matter and report back with recommendations. “I’d like to see some legislation re quiring more specific reporting by lobbyists and what members (of the Legislature) they are entertaining,” Hobby said. Currently, lobbyists are required to register with the Secretary of State and submit monthly reports when the Legislature is in session. They are required to report how much they spend on entertainment and gifts, but not on whom they spend it. Hobby said he would like Gov. Bill Clements to put lobby ethics reform on the agenda of the fall special ses sion. Secretary of State George Bay- oud, whose office handles lobby re ports and registration, said Clements wants to keep the focus of the special session on reforming the worker’s compensation system. But he added, “There may be a strong possibility that he (Clements) would add it to the call.” Rossanna Salazar, Clements’ press secretary, said, “It is under consider ation, but no decision has been made.” In the growing controversy over lobbyist-supplied trips and enter tainment for Texas lawmakers, Tra vis County District Attorney Ronald Earle met Wednesday with legis lative leaders over possible revisions in state ethics laws. Attending the meeting were Hobby; Bayoud; Rep. Stan Schlueter, D-Killeen; Mike Millsap, top aide to House Speaker Gib Le wis; and other legislative staff mem bers. “I think this (lobbying) situation at present is out of hand, and I told them that,” Earle told the Austin American-Statesman. Hobby said there was general agreement among those at the meet ing that something needed to be done. Lobbyists spent more than $1.86 million on entertainment and gifts to lawmakers during the five-month regular session. Truckers drive friendly but fast Texans say COLLEGE STATION (AP) — Texas truckers are considered better drivers and more willing to lend a hand than others on the road despite being more prone to speed, a survey conducted at Texas A&M University says. According to the report, 81.2 percent of the 500 surveyed by telephone concurred with the statement that truck drivers are more skillful drivers than auto mobile drivers. Nearly two thirds, or 65.8 percent, of the respon dents also indicated that they be lieve truck drivers are safer driv ers than automobile drivers. Some 58.7 percent of the re spondents agreed that truck driv ers are more likely to stop and render aid on the highway than are automobile drivers, said Rich ard Hise, a Texas A&M market ing professor who conducted the survey for the Texas Motor Transportation Association in conjunction with the Texas Rail road Commission. “We found that a large major ity of the respondents — or eight out of 10 people who participated — think truck driving is a respect able profession and that truck drivers are responsible citizens who make significant contribu tions to their community,” Hise said. But only 31.4 percent of those surveyed agreed with the statement that truck drivers are more likely to drive at the legal speed limit than are automobile drivers. “The trucking industry should be pleased to know that Texas residents have a favorable image of this important segment of the state’s economy,” Hise said. Only 35.6 percent of those sur veyed said they thought truck drivers would be more likely to drive under the influence of drugs than automobile drivers. City of Austin officials try to cope with big loss of workers in past year AUSTIN (AP) — In the past year, more than 1,100 workers decided that life as a public servant for the City of Austin was not for them. Secretaries, managers, public safety employees, elec tric workers, computer programmers, planners and others retired or resigned, taking years of experience and expertise with them. Those left behind have had to keep serving a grow ing public with fewer resources to help them do it. “People have been leaving in droves,” said Maria Ro cha, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. “The morale is very bad in lower levels as well as management, mostly because workers are stressed out. They’re trying to carry their load and much more,” she told the Austin American-Statesman. City employees’ costs for health benefits increased 30 percent last year, and a 17 percent increase is slated for the 1989-90 budget year. Workers also have seen other benefits, such as end- of-the-year bonuses for long-time employees and merit pay increases curtailed or eliminated. The problems facing the city’s work force have not been lost on Camille Barnett, who is the first Austin city manager in four years to propose a wage increase for employees. The need to invest in the city’s work force is a theme throughout Barnett’s $953.7 million budget proposal. 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