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□ Bush highlighted his
100th day with a picnic
for lawmakers and high
public approval ratings.
AUSTIN (AP) — George W.
Bush, only the second Republi
can governor since Reconstruc
tion, marked his 100th day in of
fice Wednesday by saying law
makers are on track toward en
acting his agenda and that his
opinion of them has changed.
Hosting lawmakers at a lun
cheon on the Governor’s Mansion
lawn. Bush said his first weeks
have been marked by bipartisan
cooperation with the Democratic-
controlled Legislature.
“I told people in a speech to
day, and I’ve said it quite often,
that when I first came to Austin
I thought most legislators were
drunks and philanderers. And
they’re not,” Bush said.
“They’re extremely hard-work
ing citizens of Texas who, in a
limited period of time, are work
ing for what’s right for our state.”
Bush said he believes the
Legislature, which ends its regu
lar session May 29, will help
him make good on key campaign
promises — civil lawsuit reform,
tougher juvenile crime laws,
overhauling the welfare system,
decontrolling public education
and avoiding new taxes.
‘T believe we’re on the verge
of a substantial legislative ses
sion,” Bush said. “As a result of
a cooperative spirit with the
lieutenant governor and speak
er, we’ve been able to put parti
san politics aside and focus on
what’s best for Texas.”
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock and
House Speaker Pete Laney, both
Democrats, have given Bush high
marks. “We’re real good friends.
We all work together,” Bullock
said in a recent interview.
Bush’s personal popularity
among average Texans is run
ning high, too.
A Texas Poll published over
the weekend
put his per
sonal approval
rating at 74
percent, above
the 70 percent
high reached
by his well-
known prede
cessor, Democ
rat Ann
Richards. His
job approval
was 49 per
cent favorable,
compared with 52 percent for
Richards at the same period of
her term.
Bush’s walk on the guberna
torial road hasn’t been without a
few bumps, however.
His decision to withdraw the
proposed Texas Coastal Manage
ment Plan from federal consider
ation drew criticism up and
down the coast. The plan would
have established one policy of
coastal development for agencies
Bush
which already have jurisdii
and given the state oversig
federal agencies operatin
the coast.
Ed Martin, executive dirt;
tor of the Texas Democrat
Party, said Bush is lucky!
his agenda mirrored that of!
mocratic leaders.
“Just like he was with!
Texas Rangers, Bush is a limi
ed partner in state govemiK
who has little to do with wh
going on on the playingM
Martin said.
Martin said the currentwt
fare reform plan came from
study and recommendations
state Comptroller John Sharp
Democrat. He said Democrat
lawmakers were working onoi
ucation and juvenile justice wi
before the November election.
“What Bush has doneiscoi
in and try to take credit for
sues and solutions that our!
mocratic legislative leadersl
has been working on session
ter session,” Martin said.
But many lawmakers gi
Bush high marks for his onei
one approach. Bush saidthatpe
sonal relationship helps everyo
focus on the job at hand.
“You can begin to break doi
certain barriers,” he said.“Par
san politics can disrupt the It
islative process. I think we
seen that in Washington, DC
People are appreciative oft!
fact that we’re debating issi
based upon philosophy,!!
based upon party politics.”
State says two die weekly from abuse, neglect
AUSTIN (AP) — An average of two Texas chil
dren a week died last year because of abuse or ne
glect, and state child protective officials suspect
the actual toll could be much higher.
The Texas Department of Protective and Regula
tory Services reported Wednesday that a confirmed
total of 102 children died in 1994 in such cases.
More than half the child deaths from abuse and
neglect involve infants 1 year old or younger.
Pat Devin, director of child protective ser
vices, said, “We suspect there are abandoned ba
bies that are never found, or are incorrectly
identified as stillborn.
“Sometimes, the cause of death of a young
child is mistakenly identified as accidental or
natural because there has been no autopsy or
investigation.” /
Some common forms of abuse that can caus
death for infants are head trauma, beating
smothering and shaking. Some children die k
accidents, such as fires and drownings, thatocc;
while they are left unsupervised.
To better understand why children are dying
Texas has developed 23 community-based chili
fatality review teams over the past three year:
The teams include physicians, medical exam;
ers, police, justices of the peace, prosecutors
child protective officials, public health office
and child advocates.
“Our goal is to make Texas a safer place 1(
children,” Devin said. “And we believe weoweit:
our children to investigate suspicious deaths,
root out what is harmful to children and find way!
to prevent it.”
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