The Battalion
Friday, April 16,1993
DFW suburbs criticize
expansion of airport
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to
a bill that would clear the way for a major expansion of Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport, despite objections from several affected
cities.
The bill, tentatively approved 114-17, would allow the DFW board to
control development of airport land in Grapevine, Euless, Irving and
Coppell. The first three cities have filed a lawsuit charging that they
have zoning authority over the airport under the state's home-rule law.
“This is the big guy stepping on the little guy," said Rep. Will
Hartnett, R-Dallas, who also represents part of Irving. He charged that
the bill would set a "dangerous precedent" by eroding cities' rights.
''This proposed legislation is throwing acid on the armor of cities,"
Hartnett said. Several other lawmakers said they did not oppose
expansion, but wanted the cities to be given proper consideration.
But backers said the Texas Municipal Airports Act of 1947 intended
for an airport board to control the development of airport-owned
property, and that cities' rights wouldn't be harmed by the measure
affecting DFW.
They also said the airport needs the expansion project, which
includes two new runways, and that it had been stalled by the cities'
action.
“Transportation, water and land are your three ingredients for
growth and expansion, and if we were going to be restricted on
transportation, especially international transportation, it was going to
handicap North Texas," said Rep. Kim Brimer, a sponsor of the
measure. "It was a critical move to get this expansion moving."
Clinton slashes job budget
to appease Senate filibuster
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON- President
Clinton began pruning billions of
dollars from his $16.3 billion jobs
bill Thursday to make it more
acceptable to filibustering Senate
Republicans, whom he urged to
help shape the package.
“I am willing to compromise
so long as we keep the focus on
jobs, keep the focus on growth,
and keep the focus on meeting
unmet national needs," Clinton
said at a Rose Garden ceremony.
But as Clinton reached out to
the GOP, there were new threats
of Democratic defections that
clouded his chances. Sens. Russell
Feingold and Herbert Kohl, both
from Wisconsin, raised their own
objections to the program.
Two other Democrats, Sens.
Richard Shelby of Alabama and
Robert Kerrey of Nebraska, also
have declared their opposition.
“Our opponents have been
asking for a smaller package,"
Clinton said of the Senate
Republicans. “And today I ask
them to join me in determining
exactly what kind and what size
package Congress can approve
that actually meets the needs of
the American people."
Hoping to avoid his first major
defeat in Congress, Clinton asked
Senate Majority Leader George
Mitchell of Maine and Senate
Appropriations Chairman Robert
Byrd, D-W.Va., to open talks with
Senate Republican Leader Bob
Dole.
“Let's see if they can talk it
out," Clinton said.
Dole and Clinton talked twice
by telephone on Wednesday. The
senator said he told the president
the two sides had "a fundamental
difference" over how the measure
would be paid for. Clinton wants
to borrow the money, thus
boosting the budget deficit, but
Republicans want to pay for it by
cutting other programs.
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Ross Perot blasts
federal spending
LUBBOCK (AP) - Ross
Perot told a Tax Day audience
Thursday that arrogant federal
officials think "tax money falls
from the sky."
Perot had sounded the
trumpet of deficit reduction in
his campaign for president last
fall. His volunteer organization.
United We Stand, America,
keeps the deficit and taxes a top
priority.
“We were told in 1990 we
would have to pay more taxes
but they would balance the
budget, pay off the debt and
everything would be just fine,"
Perot said. "We were conned."
A quiet audience of about
2,700 people broke into cheers
when Perot blasted what he
termed outlandish spending by
Congress.
“When you're $4 trillion
down, you can't shoot from the
hip," Perot said, mentioning
limousines, vacation resorts
and other tax~funded perks for
government officials. “You've
got to spend every penny very
carefully."
' N o-new-taxes'
bill wins House
AUSTIN (AP) - A no-new-
taxes, $67.5 billion state budget
proposal to fund state
government over the next two
rears was expected to go to a
egislative conference
committee after winning final
House approval Thursday.
The bill first goes to the
Senate, which earlier passed its
own budget proposal that's $2.2
billion higher. It is anticipated
that senators will reject House
budget amendments and call
for a conference committee to
work out differences.
The current 1992-93 state
budget is $62.7 billion, 7.6
percent less than the House
version of the 1994-95 budget,
and would not require new
taxes. The state comptroller has
r.
said revenue will grow over the
next two years, and has also
proposed cost-cutting measures
to lawmakers.
The House spending plan
includes $37.7 billion in state
general revenue, with the rest
coming from dedicated taxes,
fees and federal funds. The
Senate bill's general revenue
total is $38.9 billion.
The Senate version assumes
that more money will be made
available through the
Legislature enacting the
comptroller's money-saving
ideas.
Senators outlaw
'canned hunts'
AUSTIN (AP) - Slate sena-
tors Thursday approved a bill
aimed at outlawing “canned
hunts," the practice of setting
up the killing of wild animals
that have been kept in captivity.
“This is a blight on Texas.
It's a shame that we have al
lowed it to continue as long as
we have," Sen. Mike Moncrief,
D-Fort Worth, said.
Under current Texas law,
canned hunts are legal unless
the animal involved is listed as
federally endangered or threat
ened.
Moncrief's measure would
restrict the ownership of certain
wild animals, strengthen en
forcement, and regulate licens
ing and inspection of wild ani
mal facilities.
Moncrief said he has seen
videotapes of canned hunts that
show the animal, which has al
ready been declawed, being
shot with a high-powered
weapon at dose range, just as it
is released from its cage. "Then
the macho hunter displays his
kill," Moncrief said.
Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, D-
Austin, said, "That kind of ac
tion is despicable."
The bill seeks to protect li
ons, tigers, cougars, leopards,
cheetahs, hyenas, bears, several
migratory birds and similar
state-listed endangered species.
It would be illegal to kill any of
these animals, except where
human life is threatened.
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