The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 04, 1990, Image 6

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    ATTENTION STUDENTS!
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The Battalion
Friday, May 4,
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The SIDEWINDERS are packing their trademark guitar sounds and
raw energy Into their new album, "Auntie Ramos’ Pool Hall." It’s the follow
up to the album Rolling Stone called “among the most impressive major-
label debgts of the year." Featuring "We Don’t Do That Anymore," "Sara's
Not Sober" and ‘‘7&7 Is." mammoth
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THE SILOS
Their lyrics expose the intimate details of daily life. The brilliant, sparse
production gives you the feeling that someone is playing in the next room.
"With the release of ‘The Silos’," said one reviewer, " the rest of the world
will find out what you and I already knew . . . THE SILOS ’R’ God."
Featuring "Here’s To You," “(We’ll Go) Out Of Town” and "I’m Over
You," their new album, ’The Silos," is about to explode.
MICHAEL PENN
Selected as one of the Best Albums of 1989 by Rolling Stone, who said
March "combines bracing Beatlesque pop with the ... romanticism of early
Springsteen . . . the work of a formative and promising talent." Startling and
refreshing. Featuring “No Myth, ” “This & That" and "Brave New World."
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MARC JORDAN
MARC JORDAN brings you lush melodies and thought provoking
lyrics with his new album "COW" (an acronym for Conserve Our World).
Featuring a chorus of 30 famous singers, the first single,“Burning Down The
Amazon (Amazon),” delivers a critical message: the need to preserve the
world’s rainforests. The album also includes "Edge Of The World" and the
Todd Rungren classic, "Can We Still Be Friends." "COW" is music so good,
you just have listen. Issues so important, you have to hear about them.
Clements gives
emergency aid
to welfare fund
AUSTIN (AP) —Gov. Bill
Clements has given the cash-
strapped Texas Department of
Human Services $8 million from
a contingency fund lawmakers
wanted to tap for school finance
reform.
The transfer, officials said, will
leave about $1.2 million in the
governor’s fund, which is for
such things as weather-related
emergencies and unexpected
projects.
DHS Commissioner Ron Lin-
sey said the money will give his
agency “a little breathing room”
on a tough decision: when to be
gin cutting welfare services to stay
within its budget.
Officials said Clements agreed
to the $8 million transfer during
a Wednesday meeting with Lind
sey, the Austin American-States-
man reported. The possibility of
a special session on DHS budget
problems and the likelihood of
service cuts also were discussed,
they said.
DHS officials have projected
the agency will run about $211
million over budget during the
next two years. That includes
$31.9 million by the end of Au
gust, and another $178.8 million
during the following year.
Tax
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of the fact that a sales tax would be
“hitting hardest those least able to
pay it.”
“Sales tax is a regressive tax,”
Gardner said. “Income tax is a pro
gressive tax, the more you make, the
more you pay. The poor and the
middle fixed-income people, they
have to buy stuff, too.
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city’s expenses than by burdr* \|
students with higher taxes. |j^ )(
“Better would be an effort
the state to reimbuse a local comp j ]
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need for additional communir
vestment,” he said.
“They (council) exempt food and
medicine which makes, sense, but
there’s a lot of other stuff that peo
ple, including students, have to
ouy,” he said.
But he concedes this is noij
best time to broach the idea wit!
financially troubled state go«
ment.
He said the federal govern
has taken this approach when
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The mayor said there is no way of
avoiding the regressive tax issue.
“There’s no question that in terms
of total income, sales tax will be a
higher percentage of total income
for those with low incomes than it
will be for those in high-income
brackets,” he said. “The impact of
that is lessened quite a bit by the fact
that food and medicine are not tax
ed.”
Oales tax is a regress:
tax. Income tax is a
progressive tax, the mor
you make, the more you
pay. The poor and the
middle fixed-income pec
they have to buy stuff, to
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— Jim Gardni
city councils
Gardner questioned the timing
for a city tax increase when it is likely
the state will impose a one-half cent
sales tax increase to finance its edu
cation program.
tary bases or other federal insi
tions cut into a community’s me
base.
Ringer said a tax hike is a possibil
ity, but the city cannot worry about
what the state might do.
The councilman also said there
Texas A&M has this effecton(
lege Station since it pays no prop
taxes, provides the city with non
lar utility payments and pa«
taxes to offset municipal senicf
penses.
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