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Port Arthur officials
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PORT ARTHUR (AP) — City
officials are hoping Pleasure Is
land can live up to its name and
become a haven for legalized ca
sino gambling.
"We need something to revita
lize our city," Mayor Mary Ellen
Summerlin said. "We need
jobs."
Port Arthur is one of the coun
try's oldest petrochemical cen
ters, but the number of jobs
available at area plants has de
creased sharply in the past de
cade.
So Port Arthur last year be
came the first Texas city to ap-
torove a straw vote to create a ca-
Hmo district. City officials want
B^reate the district on Pleasure
island, located in Sabine Lake.
Legislation to pave the way for
creation of such a district has
been approved by a state House
subcommittee.
The Island Gaming Act, spon
sored by state Rep. Frank Col
lazo, D-Port Arthur, still faces
many hurdles, including a full
committee vote, a House vote,
approval by the Senate and the
governor's signature.
Then it must return to Port Ar
thur voters for final, binding ap
proval. Summerlin predicts vot
ers would approve the measure
by even more than the 56 per
cent majority it got in the straw
vote.
Casino backers insist there's
no danger of Port Arthur becom
ing the Las Vegas or Atlantic
City of the Gulf Coast. The avail
able space for casinos would
probably mean there would be
two to six casinos.
The Texas Legislative Budget
Board predicted that by 1996 the
casinos would pay the state al
most $3 million a year in taxes
and fees. Port Arthur would get
almost $3 million a year and Jef
ferson County would receive al
most $600,000.
But some say the potential rev
enue notwithstanding, the ca
sino district should not be al
lowed.
"The cost is too high," said the
Rev. Rick Erwin, pastor of the
Procter Baptist Church and head
of Port Arthurans Who Care, an
anti-casino group.
Erwin and other opponents
warn that casinos would destroy
the moral fiber of the community
and increase lawlessness, and
the need for increased law en
forcement and services would
negate any income the city and
state would get.
What’s Up
Monday
STUDENT COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID AND RACISM: Meeting at 8:30 p.m in
Rudder; check monitor for room. Call Syed at 693-6185 for more information.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: All students, faculty, staff and former sty
dents are welcome at 7 p.m. in 146 MSC. Call Beau for more information.
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE: Presentation of 11 architectural projects for a
McDonald “
formation.
McDonald House at 10:30 a.m. in 206 MSC. Call Melissa at 845-3161 formorein-
GOLDEN KEY JR/SR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: Spring reception for new mental!
7:30 p.m. in 201 MSC. Call Leslie at 846-5959 for more information.
SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM: Business meeting for the Shire of the SUw
sting to
lands at 8:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. Call Jane at 846-3113 or Michael at 268-7737loi
more information.
ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY: Dr. Stan Davis will talk about the archaeology of the Norte
Coast of America at 7 p.m. in 200 HECC. Call Mary Ann at 847-1309 for moreinfor
mation.
Tuesday
TAMU HISTORY CLUB: General meeting, guest speaker with Dr. Hatchett speaking onliis
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MEDICINE TRIBE: Meeting at jj:30 p.m. behind Sul Ross statue, in front of Academic Bui
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FADE TO BLACK DANCE ENSEMBLE: Informational meeting in 404 Rudder. Call Cam
847-2136 for more information.
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“end of semester' party at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder. Call John at 764-1128lot
more information.
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Young offender program attacked
FORT WORTH (AP) — A little-known
program giving young first-time lawbreak
ers a second chance and a clean slate is un
der attack because it benefits mostly middle-
class white youths.
Under the Young Offenders Program, the
Tarrant County district attorney's office
drops some criminal cases without the
youths ever going to court.
The program is the only one of its kind in
Texas. It is limited to individuals between 17
and 21 and to specific non-violent, non
drug-related crimes ranging from petty theft
to home burglary, a first-degree felony pun
ishable by five to 99 years in prison.
But records show that the program
doesn't include minorities at a rate propor
tionate to the population, the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram reported Sunday.
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Nelda Harris, former president of the Fort
Worth Black Bar Association. "The district
attorney hasn't given it any publicity."
Case files obtained by the newspaper
through the Texas Open Records Act and
court records show that of the 522 young of
fenders accepted into the program from
1986 through 1989, just under 8 percent
were black and just over 7 percent were His
panic.
Blacks and Hispanics each make up 12
percent of the population in Tarrant
County. Minority representation in the pro
gram also is far below their percentage in
the criminal justice system.
ferred adjudication, the mildest form of pro
bation, according to 1989 records.
In the four years reviewed, about 83 per
cent of those accepted by the Young'
fenders Program were white and slij
more than 1 percent were Asian
make up 73 percent of the county's popula
tion ana Asians 2 percent.
Based on addresses, reference
from friends and other personal information
in the 1989 files, the majority of those ad
mitted appear to be from middle- or u
familie
income families, the newspaper reportei
'It's the best-kept secret in town," said
Blacks and Hispanics together made up
38 percent of Tarrant County offenders aged
17 to 21 on the next rung of punishment, de-
Offenders accepted into the progran
range from high school dropouts to das
presidents and members of the Natior:
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