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The Battalion
Tuesday, June 1,1993
State provides bill
to help ratepayers
Measure to cut 'phantom' utility taxes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Utilities would not be able to charge ratepayers for
nearly $1 billion in "phantom taxes" under a bill that was approved
Monday by lawmakers after a bitter fight on the last day of the legisla
tive session.
Consumer advocates hailed the development. Utility representatives
said it would cost Texas jobs by delaying high technology improve
ments.
The Legislature sent to Gov. Ann Richards a bill that would keep op
eration of the Public Utility Commission as it is now for the next two
years.
In an earlier PUC "sunset" bill that had been before lawmakers, elec
tric and telephone companies would have been able to charge ratepay
ers for about $1 billion in federal income taxes that the companies had
not actually paid.
But after an outcry by some lawmakers and consumer groups, the
House and Senate sent the bill back to a legislative conference commit
tee.
On Monday negotiations failed, and lawmakers decided to keep the
PUC as it is and take another look at the issue again in 1995.
Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port Arthur, one of those who favored granting
utilities access to the phantom taxes, blasted consumers groups and
some of his colleagues.
"We are flushing down the toilet in the name of consumerism ... to
have Texas completely wired with an infrastructure of fiber optics," he
said.
Tim Raven, president of the Texas Telephone Association, said the
Legislature's decision will cost jobs and hinder improvements to com
munication networks in the state.
"Some special interests might say we can wait two years. We say
those interests have put themselves ahead of jobs, schools, hospitals,
and the economy," Raven said.
But Sen. Peggy Rosson, D-El Paso, said that because the legislative
session was about to end, doing nothing to the PUC was preferable.
"We were being overrun by competing interests who cared not what
happened to the agency and who cared not what happened to the peo
ple," she said.
John Hildreth, of Consumers Union, said, "I think it was a prudent
decision by the Legislature. There is no way that legislators could have
understood all of the complex provisions of that legislation in the last
day."
Campus News Briefs
A&M professor
receives award
Dr. Louis Tassinary, an as
sistant professor of urban and
regional planning in Texas
A&M University's College of
Architecture, has been named a
1993 Presidential Faculty Fel
low by President Clinton.
Tassinary is one of 30 pro
fessors nationwide to receive
the award which includes a
grant of $100,000 a year for five
years.
The award recognizes young
faculty members who demon
strate excellence in science and
Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at 7-8:15.
The classes are being offered
by the Department of Business
Administration and Graduate
School of Business and the De
partment of Modern and Clas
sical Languages in the College
of Liberal Arts.
The classes are open to any
one interested in the Spanish or
German cultures. No prior
knowledge of the language is
necessary.
Registration forms are avail
able in Room 505 of the Blocker
Building or by calling 845-5234.
A&M receives
engineering.
Tassinary was nominated by
Texas A&M university for his
work in the Environmental
Psychophysical Laboratory
where he is doing research on
the physiological impact of the
environment on humans.
help from Exxon
Departments to
offer new classes
Texas A&M will now be of
fering two non-credit courses
for anyone interested in learn
ing Spanish or German.
Starting June 7 "Practical
Spanish for Business and Cul
ture" will be taught in room
127 of the Academic Building
from 7-8:15 on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
On July 5, "Practical German
for Business and Culture" will
begin in the same room on
Texas A&M received a grant
of $573,633 from the Exxon Ed
ucation Foundation of Irving
last week.
The grant was made possible
by Exxon's Educational Match
ing Gifts Program by which in
dividual gifts made by Exxon
employees are tripled by the
foundation before being pre
sented to the University.
Robert Walker, Texas A&M
vice president for development
and Randy Matson, executive
director of the University's As
sociation of Former Students,
accepted the grant which was
presented by Ray Nesbitt,
Exxon Chemical Co. president.
The grant is part of Texas
A&M's "Capturing the Spirit"
campaign which is attempting
to increase private support for
the University.
Turk confirmed
as new leader of
Texas Guard
over objections
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Brig. Gen. Sam
Turk's appointment to lead
the Texas National Guard was
confirmed by the state Senate
despite opposition from His
panic lawmakers.
Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos,
D-Austin, said Monday he
didn't believe Turk would be
able to correct allegations of
racism and fraud that have
plagued the Guard.
"I did not see in General
Turk a man who would
change direction at the
Guard," Barrientos said.
Barrientos said there are
federal investigations into
fraud and corruption at the
Guard. A federal grand jury
has subpoenaed records of 22
Guard soldiers, including
those of Turk and other top
brass, Barrientos said.
Ip addition, there is a
probe into allegations that mi
norities have been passed
over for promotions.
"It doesn't take a sensitive
nose to know that the smells
point to something rotten in
the Texas Guard," Barrientos
said.
'Avengers' fight to legalize homosexual acts
Protesters oppose sodomy statute
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Blaring horns and
paper airplanes interrupted busi
ness during the last day of the leg
islative session Monday, as people
opposed to the state's sodomy law
staged a protest in the gallery of
the Texas House.
Ten members of the Austin
chapter of "Lesbian Avengers,"
spread out throughout the third-
floor public gallery overlooking
the House chamber and began
blowing horns and unfurling ban
ners reading, "Legalize Lesbian
Sex" and "Homophobia Stinks."
The protesters also tossed pa
per airplanes on to the House
floor that said, "Homophobia
Stinks."
Lawmakers briefly halted con
sideration of a number of resolu
tions during the protest, then re
sumed work.
The protesters were escorted
from the building by security
guards.
All 10 were arrested and
charged with disrupting a public
meeting, a Class B misdemeanor,
said Franklin Cox of the Texas De
partment of Public Safety.
One protester shouted, "Repeal
the sodomy law," as he was hand
cuffed and driven away in a po
lice car.
The benate earlier this session
had voted to remove from state
law a statute prohibiting homo
sexual sex.
The repeal was added to a bill
to restructure the state criminal
code.
But House members insisted
that the statute remain in the law
to keep homosexual sodomy a
crime. An appeal of the current
statute is pending before the
Texas Supreme Court.
Rep. Glen Maxey, the state's
only openly gay legislator, said
that while he did not condone the
protest, he understood the need
for the demonstration.
"It was inappropriate, but with
the anger and the disappointment
of gay men and lesbians about
what happened during this leg
islative session on the right to pri
vacy ... those people thought they
had no other recourse than that
kind of behavior," said Maxey, D-
Austin.
"It's unfortunate that in order
to let people have their voices
heard, they have to take that kind
of step," he said.
Rep. Patricia Gray, D-Galve-
ston, agreed that the demonstra
tion was improper.
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Regents.
Dr. John Quarles Jr., professor
of microbiology and immunology
and last semester's faculty senate
speaker said, "In general, it is not
obvious that legislative control of
money solves problems."
Gage said the involvement of
the state legislature in the setting
of administrators' salaries would
be "improper micromanagement
because there are too many vari
ables."
institutions because they have dif
ferent missions."
Quarles agreed that individual
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administrators' salaries are being
set.
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dentials of the individuals and
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mine salaries," he said. "Different
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ministrators are worth any partic
ular amount," he said. "Every
case must be looked at for what
the mission is and what it takes to
achieve that mission."
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