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STATE & LOCAL 4
Thursday, October 19,1989
Legislator wants to restric
terms of senate members
AUSTIN (AP) — A state legislator, saying congress
men remain in Washington so long they lose touch with
the folks back home, Wednesday called for a constitu
tional amendment to restrict terms of U.S. House and
Senate members.
But Rep. Bill Hammond, R-Dallas, said such a re
striction isn’t needed in the Texas Legislature because
low salaries already create turnover among members.
“One of the major problems facing America today is
the inability of Congress to act,” Hammond said.
“They are essentially timid and afraid to make deci
sions because they fear being turned out at the polls.
But 97 to 98 percent of incumbents are re-elected, and
they continue to serve us poorly.”
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The Texas Legislature is a different matter, how
ever, Hammond said, citing the $7,200 annual salaries
paid to state lawmakers.
“We don’t face the same sort of problem in Texas,”
he said, noting that a number of House and Senate
members this year have announced plans to retire.
“That (low salary) does have the effect of a limitation
of terms,” he said.
Proposition 1 on the Nov. 7 state constitutional
$23,000 and allow them to raise their own salariesii
future without voter approval.
But Hammond predicted that proposition will fail
The lawmaker Filed a resolution Wednesdays
vance of the Legislature’s Nov. 14 special session i
would direct Congress to call a constitutional convt;.
tion to propose an amendment limiting House mei
hers and senators to a maximum of 12 years’service
“Congress has become too insulated from theelecc.# on
rate,” Hammond said. “They spend so much time
Washington, they no longer are in touch with theirdj
tricts.”
He said such restrictions would end the massive
fluence of special interest lobbies in Washington at<
would make congressmen more attentive to thenatiot
problems rather than worrying about constant re-efe
tion.
“When they are in Washington, they are so preoccj
pied with assuring their own re-election that they spec:
their time with special interest lobbyists fund rae;
rather than conducting the business of government
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amendment ballot would triple lawmakers’ pay to
He said Texas could be the first state to enact sucki
resolution, adding that he hoped it would sparkinters
in enough other states to force Congress to act.
Mattox renews call
for lottery in Texas
EL PASO (AP) — Attorney Gen
eral Jim Mattox renewed the call for
a state lottery on Wednesday, saying
the governor should expand the up
coming legislative session to include
a lottery bill.
Mattox, on a 20-city Texas guber
natorial campaign tour, said the lot
tery issue should be addressed as
quickly as possible.
“The failure to take this action will
be an invitation to disaster and an in
vitation to state income tax,” Mattox
said. The issue cannot wait until a
30- to 45-day special session the gov
ernor plans to call next year, Mattox
said.
Mattox claims a lottery could
bring $500 million to $700 million
into the state and the monies could
be used to fund schools and reduce
county jail crowding, as well as estab
lish alcohol and drug rehabilitation
for prisoners. n .
If action is taken this session, he
said, the lottery issue could go to the
voters as early as next March.
The Texas Supreme Court early
this month ruled the state’s system of
school financing was unconstitu
tional and gave the state until May 1,
1990 to come up with a remedy.
“I’m the only candidate who has
come out for the lottery and op
posed new taxes and if elected I will
veto a state income tax,” Mattox said.
“If (people are) given the choice be
tween new taxes and a state lottery, I
believe they will choose a lottery,”
Mattox said.
A lottery proposal has been de
feated in previous legislative ses
sions, as recently as last spring.
Rossanna Salazar, press secretary
for Gov. Bill Clements, said there is
little chance the governor will ex
pand the November session, which
he called to deal with workers’ com
pensation.
“At this point the governor has
limited the special session to work
ers’ compensation,” Salazar said.
Legislators are being called back
to Austin Nov. 14.
When Mattox officially an
nounced his candidacy for governor
in early October he said he would
push for the establishment of a lot
tery.
Following that announcement,
Clements said he would leave it up to
the people of Texas to decide
whether a lottery should be estab
lished and said it would be placed on
the March primary ballot in the
form of a non-binding referendum.
Mattox said he didn’t think setting
up a lottery would take as much time
as it did for the state to set up pari
mutuel racing.
State board
denies parole
to baby killer
AUSTIN (AP) — The
Board of Pardons and Parole
unanimously denied j
Wednesday to convicted
killer Genene Jones, whose can
sparked more than 1,000 letteii
to the board.
Spokesman Karin Armstrom
said the board rejected Jones’
role on a 3-0 vote, setting
next review for February 199!
This was the first timejone
was eligible for parole since bei
sentenced in 1984 to 99 years
prison for killing a 15-montholil
girl by fatal injection.
Chelsea McClellan died Sepi
17, 1982, after suffering mys
terious seizures while in the cart
of Jones, who worked as a nurst
in a Kerrville pediatrician’s office
The cqs§i},was publicized
month on the syndicated tele
vision show “Geraldo,” and sinct
then the parole board had bees
besieged with letters.
“As of this morning, over 1,21
letters had been received,” Arm
strong said.
She said the board considers
protests from prosecutors and
others, but the sentence, serious
ness of the crime, how wellapris
oner is adapting and other factors
also are considered.
4 Mentoring-to-Moms’ offers help
from professors to concerned parents
By Mia B. Moody
Of The Battalion Staff
Aggie parents with problems con
cerning their sons and daughters
can get help from A&M professors
through a program called Mentor-
ing-to-Moms.
James McNeal, coordinator of
Mentors and a marketing professor,
said Mentoring-to-Moms was devel
oped three years ago to give parents
with problems concerning their stu
dent the opportunity to talk to a
knowledgeable faculty member who
can answer their questions or direct
them to someone who can.
“The majority of parents who call
ask questions about their sons and
daughters such as, where can they
go for tutorial services, how can they
find out more information on ma
jors and the procedures for applying
for financial aid,” he said.
will know the area that they
questions in.
Last year Mentoring-to-Moms
had 75 Mentors and received over
300 calls, McNeal said. Professors’
names are listed in the directory by
the department in which they work
so parents can find someone who
McNeal said directories »i-
names of faculty members who
are A&M Mentors will besentto.l
gie Mother’s Clubs and otherorpu
zations in two weeks. Members ju
encouraged to spread the woi
about Mentoring-to-Mom’s sen
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