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is course, a little coMiysmal quality” of the Internal Rev-
e goes a long vMie Service’s management of the
d said. “We are wsystem, urged President Clinton
this year and have on Sunday to come up with a broad
n our short games, »overhaul by May 1.
gies’ lone senior, 111 In a letter to Clinton, the top Re-
^ ticipates future siblicans said they wanted a propos-
because the fallfpa tax system that would be sim
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ical change.
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computer “can’t
cope with the
complexities of
the system,” said
Rep. William
i Archer Archer, R-Texas,
chairman of the
Muse Ways and Means Committee.
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Mfsgot to he changed, and we hope
Mt he’ll accommodate that,” Archer
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We Can ’ let correlation to the abysmal
quality of the agency’s service to the
nation’s taxpayers.”
|ij Clinton has agreed the IRS needs
to manage the tax system better but
has rejected GOP proposals for a flat
tax or for replacing income tax with a
national sales tax.
I Jack Kemp, Bob Dole’s running
mate on the last fall’s losing Republi
can ticket and a potential presiden-
candidate in 2000, said on NBC’s
'meet the Press" the country should
"get rid of the IRS as we know it. We
tax reform in America so that
Mrking class families can get true,
Irmanent tax relief and we can get
is economy growing again.”
Republicans also took issue Sun-
lywith Clinton’s plans to cut taxes
/$98 billion as part of his blueprint
|rbalancing the budget by 2002.
I Clinton’s tax cuts provide a $500-
Ichild tax relief, tax breaks for col
lie students and an elimination of
ipital gains taxes for most people
ho sell their homes.
They “are too targeted and too
, , • Senate Budget Committee
L ,' 1 nlulnJ! !l J ^airman Pete Domenici, R-N.M.,
id on CNN's Late Edition.
Archer too said the president’s
ng charge. Freshnit® estions did not g° far enough.
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:wo quickly defeat! I much in tax relief, and “the bigger
d Schmidt 8-l.The'f" enumderdie better,” Archer said,
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lan Lisa Dingwallfatf budget, Office of Manage-
and Jessica Bair f ent and Budget director Franklin
inated, beating thepfpaes. said Republicans have not
n and’ Rooks finistlplained how they would pay for
with a 8-3 victory o# e h proposed tax cuts. “We are
ta and Mikeska. Ping to listen,” Raines said, “and
:e said the victory P think the American people want
the team got an e*to work out an agreement here in
professional manner.”
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necke said, “andtlfhpitol Hill to meet with leaders
Texas) just cotil#m both parties with the objec-
k.” |b of getting budget talks in mo-
d news, Kleineckesiim and working out other com-
eam’s confidenceitfcon legislative goals,
ire two wins in the! Domenici said that in addition
ie bad news is therelthe level of tax cuts, Republicans
isy matches. The teffe unhappy with Clinton’s plan be-
s Christian Univefpuse it leaves 75 percent of the sav-
isday. Igs that must be made until the
: a very improvedt(®t two years of the six-year bud-
lefinitely going to It let-balancing period. It also does
up for that otftle to address the long-term prob-
aid. ins of Medicare and other entitle-
lent programs, Domenici said.
I Raines, on CNN, brushed off
i)P criticisms. “We’ve hit our first
lal, which was to make this bud-
accept responsil’it alive on arrival,” he said. “The
said. Icond stage is whose priorities will
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Monday • February 10, 1997
Lt. Gov. faces accusations
of illegal fund raising
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A vice president of a state
university says he was coerced into donating money to
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock’s campaign and later was demot
ed when he refused to comply with a system-wide
fund-raising effort for Bullock.
In total, higher education officials in Texas have con
tributed $170,850 to Bullock's campaigns since 1992,
the San Antonio Express-News re
ported in a copyright story Sunday.
The newspaper’s survey of
Texas Ethics Commission records
found contributions to Bullock
from 122 university presidents,
vice presidents, deans, current and
former regents, and spouses of
high-ranking officials.
Bullock, who has raised more
than $10 million in the past five Bullock
years, presides over the Senate and
wields much influence over how state money is used,
including funding for state universities.
Campaign records on file with the state show that
checks came in from officials at 14 of the 15 campuses in
the University of Texas System.
On the same days each year, the Friends of the Uni
versity Political Action Committee and its directors re
ceived $38,050 in donations, with the largest chunk go
ing to Bullock.
Contributions also came from regents and officials
from the Waco-based Texas State Technical College sys
tem, a Texas A&M official, and two members of the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
The contributions came to light after Jude Valdez,
University ofTexas at San Antonio vice president for ex
tended education, filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit
against campus President Samuel Kirkpatrick.
According to the suit, Kirkpatrick told Valdez to write
a check for at least $100 to a political candidate who is
not identified in the lawsuit. Valdez complied in 1992,
but in 1993, when his check was late, he was effective
ly demoted, the lawsuit says.
Larry Daves, Valdez’ attorney, said the money went
to Bullock as part of a systemwide drive that began
when UT System Chancellor William Cunningham
took office.
“It’s particularly offensive to me then that someone,
just because of their status as a public employee, could
be required to make contributions to particular politi
cal candidates,” Daves said.
Cunningham released a statement Sunday denying
he pressured any system employee into supporting any
political candidate. He said he knew of no instance in
which he or his staff used state property or resources to
support any candidate.
His statement continued, “I am also confident that
none of the presidents of the U.T. System component in
stitutions has pressured any of their employees in an ef
fort to support candidates or elected officials.”
Kirkpatrick, who has given $1,325 to Bullock since
1992, denied that he coerced Valdez.
He said he talked “in general” about campaigns with
his vice presidents and other high-ranking school offi
cials, who gave Bullock a total of $4,075.
Bullock, a Democrat, was elected lieutenant gover
nor in 1990 and re-elected in 1994. He could not be
reached for comment. Spokesman Tony Proffitt said
the Bullock campaign typically receives about 3,000
contributions a month and does not track the dates of
donations from organized groups.
“Of course he wouldn’t condone anything but a vol
untary contribution,” Proffitt said.
Ed Sharpe, a UT-Austin vice president and special
consultant to Cunningham, told the Express-News that
details of the Bullock drive spread by word of mouth
among campus officials.
UT-Austin administrators “could either send them
(checks) in directly, or provide them to someone. In
one case, it was me,” Sharpe said. “It is something
that is completely voluntary.”
Using state time and resources to work on a cam
paign is prohibited by state law and UT System
policies. University ofTexas rules forbid employees
from coercing students, staff or faculty to take part
in politics.
Violators could be terminated. They also could face
misdemeanor or felony charges, said Karen Lundquist,
general counsel of the Texas Ethics Commission.
Of Texas’ five university systems, UT is the largest,
with nine academic campuses and six medical school
campuses. Total enrollment exceeds 150,000 students.
► The Routier Case
Family leaves keepsakes behind
DALLAS (AP) — Investigators in the murders of
Darlie Routier’s sons say some mementos left be
hind in the attic of the family home point to a lack
of interest in the boys on Routier’s part.
In November, as detectives finished up their work
in the Rowlett home where Devon and Damon
Devon & Damon Routier stick out their tongues in
a 1995 family photo.
Routier were killed June 6, they found some boxes
in the attic.
By then, the house had been repossessed and
everything from the leather sofa to the big-screen
TV had been cleared out.
Investigator Mike Bosillo, who works for the Dal
las County district attorney's office, said he was sur
prised by what he found.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Bosillo said. “They had
boxes of baby pictures. Little trinkets, little toys, lit
tle baby clothes — the first pictures they take in the
hospital after your baby’s born.
“They were up in the attic — totally abandoned.”
Bosillo said he spent two hours in the attic going
through everything.
“It just became much clearer to me that these
children were disposable to them,” Bosillo said.
“Those pictures are the first things I would have tak
en out of that house. I would have had those pic
tures in my possession day and night. I would damn
near sleep with them, and yet here they were up in
this cold attic like so much garbage.”
For Bosillo and prosecutors, the photos came
to represent Routier’s lack of grief for her mur
dered children.
Routier was convicted earlier this month of
killing 5-year-old Damon. Sentenced to death last
week in that case, she probably will not stand trial
in the death of 6-year-old Devon.
Routier’s mother, Darlie Kee, said her son-in-law,
Darin Routier, just overlooked the boxes. She said the
belongings are important to the family and would not
be deliberately left behind or thrown away.
“Whatever Was in those boxes, we got them now,”
she said. “We have everything now.”
Kee, however, agreed that the boys have some
how become lost amid the tumult of Routier’s arrest
and trial.
“Because we have had to fight so hard for Darlie,
everything has been put on hold,” she said. “We
have to start dealing with our grief for them.”
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