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The Red ana B acK • Thursday, July 12. 1990 • S
ELECTION FOCUS
Af y Democrats for governor
The Issues
Roy Barnes
Lester Maddox
Lauren "Bubba"
McDonald
Zell Miller
Andy Young
Education
• F*oooses a t-a-ameec
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sct^oo a.e-ages ;o_c -e
case a co^o-ator o'
state a-xj v *ate ‘ rarx
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a eoxator T»ne> **ouC
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c<x/se oac no cfiminsi
'eco<r anc acceotao*
gaces
• Vaoooi aroooses to
eiin.nate tn« I2tn g-aoe
f of B o'us <y oer.er stw
0«nts tne'eoy a .-ow.ng
tnem to start co -ege of
worn ear er ana ncreas-
ng tneir .ifetrme
earn.ngs Oy ‘tens 0*
tnousanos ot oo a-s *
• Wou« orosoe teachers
with mo»e comoet try#
sa ar es
• Ao- a imptemen; ec-
Cat or orog'ams on Sut>
stance aOuse teer o-eg
-arcy ana AIDS
• AOv-KJ pay Or .e'S ty
System faculty sa a r es
that are compet t ve *<v\
other SRED
• P-oooses using *unas
from a states oe -onery
to neip funa pjOuc eau-
cat*or
• Supoons rstitut ng
me»t pay 'o' teacre-s
anc giv ng eoucat-or
0 5% to 1% m<xe of tne
state OuOget per year
• Aants more COmpfe-
n«rsve sex eaucator
classes
• Free narf-oay ■< noergar
en for a year oas
Yourg W0u<5 gud'antee
55 pe'cem of the state
jcget 'or educat or
ana «ouiC ncrease tne
state s ‘rvestmem .r vo
cat'Ora 1 eoucator
• He *ou*a nvest neec
sc caota nto -'ey. nouv
ng anc -esearcr facile
t-es 'or the University
System
Abortion'
Environment
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er seector aoorors ate
term aoorors arc
aoorors as a ar.» o'
convergence '
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parent* not.fcator *»
• Favors e rect PuO < '-no
ng o' eg a aeor. ers
• Has eno<yse~ert of Gee*
g a Rgnt to life
• wouo s-ooor out a* -g
aooror except n cases of
-ape ncest or threat to
the mother s heaitr
• Opposes ouOK funo "g
for a DOT on S
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g a aooror a»s nc»vXM"g
the parerta. not feat on a*
Ao-c veto any ‘.rne* -e
Strict ons on ega aoorors
nc ^a.ng 'est'ctors -oon
arec- oucx ‘-narg
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ons on a rvomen S ’g*". t 0
aoor cr Our ng the frst s *
months o' Dreg~a-cy
• S^ooors Georg a s o*ren
a noffcaton a*
• No statement *as a.a. a
oe on a-rect pucu: ‘--'C.rg
for aoor.ons
Favors a «vom*r s 'ght to
oose
Opooses parent* -ot^c*
ton *vv
Faws 2 -ec* sx < W
ng for aoorors
Young -as tne e-oc-se
mert of t^ Gec/g a Aoor
tor Rgnts Acton Leag-e
• Sponsor ec tne state s Cer
L»es Act <vh<r oas sec r\ tne
1590 eg s at ve sessor He
•v*nts a :e*n .j© o' At arta s com
onec sewe* escrows arc pro
poses a -tvovng oar 'or «*as’e
•vater treatment parts strew oe
• Barnes -as tne eroorse~-er- o'
tne Georg* c-apte' of tn* Se~a
C-uO
• AouC empnas 2e -ecyc "g
so c waste
• AOuC expand *-ncxg 'or ’he
E-v 'ormertai F*C'-Ites Author.ty
• Favors constructor o' 'egora
•ese.o -s
• AOu<3 for"" ar erv rormenta e
search partners^*) between s . ate
gOvemment pr .ate nouSVy *nc
Un.vers-ty System
• AouC aooof a ctxrvresye
state erv 'on.men<ai po>cy - c me
g-ate tne state s water am: a-c
• protector proOems
acr-o oeveioo a po>>uton p^e
vemor prog'*m w th-n tne s'a’e s
U-ve'Sity System to teach ;_s
esses arc gover-men’s acout
K> -tor control
• Aams an noeoenoent
eve state e-v'onmeht*
tor age-'ey a state e^.«
PO Cy ac> Sony poa*c a"C
ormen-a ec-crcr prog-
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am oe
'There is currently no legislative prohibition on direct public funding for abortions, but at Gov
ernor Harris' request. Medicaid funding is denied for abortions.
Infomtatjon compded by David Johnston from campaign position papers and The Aiar.ta Joumai-ConsLtutJon.
Republicans for governor
The Issues
Greeley Ellis
Johnny Isakson
Bob Wood
Education
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ng 'or aocr*</'s
• P-oooses the fear or
o' 20 cp ege schoa-
sr ps 'or 'nose st-oerts
wnc are .;a ,
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r Georg i XI< senoo S
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Abortion*
Environment
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choose accr •;
POTS Gecrg a :
•There IS currently no legislative pro- 3 t on on direct p„0
emor Harris’ request. Medicaid fund -g s ce--ed ‘o- aooi
Information on the positions o f a fouC- Rep-o ca
p-ess time.
information compiled by David johnston from campaigr position oboe's arc
t'Ons.
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Unknowns add spice to primary
By DOUGLAS S. WOOD
Staff Writer
Georgia has always had its share of the weird,
wacky and loony, and nowhere is this more apparent
than on the fringe of state politics.
In this years campaigns, people are running who
refuse to talk to the press, who ride motor scooters to
campaign appearances, who won’t reveal their names
and who are giving away cars.
Shirley Ann Hall is a 43-year-old Republican candi
date for lieutenant governor, but that is about all
anyone knows about her. Her qualification papers
were filed by a supporter of Matt Towery, another Re
publican candidate for It. governor.
Attempts to get in touch with her have been all for
naught, since she doesn’t return messages Appar
ently, her only reason for running is to give some fe
male opposition to the other female Republican
candidate, Janice Horton.
Our motor scooter It. gubernatorial hopeful is Jim
Goolsby, a 57-year-old Spalding county Democrat He
rides a moped to all public appearances, and has al
ready worn out one machine. Although he has un
usual tastes when it comes to campaign
transportation. Goolsby is quite mainstream or. the is
sues.
Another candidate with unusual publicity ideas is
Frank Bailey, a 53-year-old Democratic candidate for
It. governor. He is raffling a brand-new Ford Escort as
part of an opinion survey on a state lottery included in
his campaigr, literature. To win the car you must fill
out the survery and mail it back to Bailey, who appar
ently believes good, old-fashioned raffling is a new
way to get public opinion in politics
Another hopeful is Bob Wood, a 51-year-old Repub
lican gubernatorial candidate. Wood calls himself a
“populist republican’ who is running for the rank-
and-file “little guys.’
Finally, we have the unusual case of Mrs Herbert
Etchison, Sr. No one knows her first name because
she refuses to go by anything other than Mrs. Et
chison. She would have been U S. Sen. Sam Nunn’s
only challenger this year But her candidacy never got
ofT the ground, or out of the bank in this case Her
qualifying check to the Republican Party of Georgia
bounced.
PRIMARY
From page 1
Joe Kennedy, a Democrat from
Cl ax ton, has worked as president
pro-tern of Georgia’s senate for
eight years. He is a strong pro
moter of economic development,
and considered the moat conserva
tive of the Democratic candidates.
Jim Pannell, the youngest can
didate at 41, is a lawyer and Demo
cratic member of the state House.
He has been working with a
smaller campaign budget than his
opponents. He shows concern for
issues such as historic preserva
tion and health care.
Lawrence “Bud" Stumbaugh,
a Democrat from Stone Mountain,
has been a state senator since
1984. Stumbaugh is a pro-choice
candidate who feels the people
need to have more of an influence
on Georgia’s government.
The lieutenant governor acts as
head of Georgia’s senate, but is not
an actual member of the senate.
The lieutenant governor is the only
legislative leader selected in a
state-wide election, and has the
wer to appoint committee mem-
rs. In cases of emergency, the
lieutenant governor would take
over the position of governor.
Political science proffesor Loch
Johnson said, “The biggest
problem for these candidates is
raising money.
“More money will be spent this
year in Georgia elections will be
spent than ever before,’ and the
big-spenders don’t seem to be con
tributing to the smaller elections,
he said. “People tend to give money
to those with the most power, like
the governor.’
Another hot race is Insurance
Commissioner.
"What we see is one of those rare
occassions where the incumbent is
in serious trouble," Johnson said.
In the past many Georgians
have been ignorant of the fact that
there was an insurance com mi •
sioner. However, no one is obliv
ious to rising insurance rates, he
said.
Six candidates seek the 1990
seat of Insurance Commissioner.
The incumbent Warren Evans
has been attacked because of the
increase in insurance rates over
the past few years However, rates
are rising all over the United
States.
Evans two main challengers are
Billy Lovett, public service com-
misioner and the only republican
candidate, and Tim Ryles, a dem
ocratic challenger.
Lovett appears to have raised
the most campaign contributions
with Ryles coming in second and
Evans third.
The three other Democratic can
didates are State Rep. William
Mangum, lobbyist Bob Short and
Steven Adams, former deputy in
surance commissioner and lawyer.
The fight for Public Service
Commissioner constitutes another
race that has beer, ignored.
The PSC acts as a watch dog for
companies controlling phones,
power, gas and water. There are
nine candidates pushing for the
two seats — three after Commis
sioner Gary Andrews’ seat and six
after Billy Lovett’s seat.
Mac Barber, a former PSC who
resigned in 1985, Max Brannon, a
10-year state Senator, and A1
Scott a state Senator, who worked
on the utility commission four
years, are the three running for the
seat vacated by Gary Waters.
Of the six running for the seat
vacated by Lovett, Mollie
Flee man Glitsis, a lawyer who
worked is state consumbers’ uti-
tility council in 1989, Barry
Gordon Irwin, a lawyer from
Winterville, are two main candi
dates
Also in the running are Alien
Powers, an engineer and utility
consultant, and Marvin Tibbetts,
owner of an electrical contracting
business.
Johnson said a problem with the
offices of Insurance Commisioner
and Public Service Commissioner
is that “they become pawns of the
indusries they are regulating.*
These races are very important.
And if a voter feels they aren’t fa
miliar with these races he should
seek out someone who does know,"
Phyllis Barrow, tenth district chair
of the Democratic party, said
“Many names come up, and ev-
epone likes to have some idea
about who they sre voting on."
Georgia’s Congressional districts: Locate your home
county to find your congressional district.
Incumbent congressmen seem safe this year
From staff and wire reports
Only one of Georgia’s 10 incumbent con
gressmen faces opposition from within his own
party in Tuesday’s Georgia primary election,
and all but three appear to be safely poised for a
return to Congress next year.
Tenth district Congressman Doug Barnard
Jr. is being challenged for the Democratic nomi
nation by Scott Starling, a former University
graduate student from Athens.
In the Republican primary, 1988 nominee
Mark Meyers of Snellville is running against
Evans businessman Sam Jones for Barnard s
seat.
Barnard’s Republican opponents have con
tinually criticized him for accepting $20,000 in
1986 camoaign contribution* from employees of
Lincoln Savings and Loan. The contributions
were legal, and Barnard says that he did
nothing unethical on behalf of the donors.
He is chairman of the government operations
subcommittee of the House Banking Com
mittee, which ia charged with overseeing gov
ernment regulation of the Savings and Loan
industry.
Starling has criticized Barnard’s stand on
abortion and his generally conservative voting
record.
Barnard and fourth district Democratic in
cumbent Ben Jones have both reportedly been
targeted for defeat by the Republican National
Committee.
Jones, completing his first term after his
1988 defeat of Republican incumbent Pat Swin-
dall, has also been targeted by the National
Rifle Association for his advocacy of gun control
measures He will face tough competition from
Dunwoody state legislator John Linder in the
November general election.
Linder has raised $302,880 to Jones' $319,-
000, but only has $69,000 on hand while Jones
still has $116,202 on hand
The fourth district contains some of the most
conservative parts of metro Atlanta, and many
believe the moderate Jones may have a tough
time holding on to conservative votes that in
1988 went to him only because of the scandal
surrounding Swindell.
Vice President Dan Quayle and Utah Sen
Orrin Hatch have both visited Atlanta to cam
paign for Linder
Three Democrats want to face sixth district
incumbent Newt Gingrich, the only Republican
in Georgia’s congressional delegation.
David Worley, the 1988 nominee is running
against fellow Democrats Roger Marietta and
Joe Forrest.
Gingrich became the House minority whip
last year, and all of his potential opponents
have criticized him for having too little concern
for the people in his district But Gingnch, who
defeated Worley with 57 percent of the vote in
1988, isn't expected to be defeated this year.
Two of the Democrats have themselves cov
ered on at least one potential issue — flag bur
ning. After Gingrich and other Republican
leaders hinted that this issue would be used
against Democrats who opposed the recently
proposed fag burning amendment. Worley and
Marietta declared the act of fag burning “dispi-
cable, unAmerican,” and “a terrorist act."
In other Georgia congressional races. Repub
lican Chns Meredith is challenging incumbent
Democrat Lindsay Thomas in the First District,
while the Second District's incumbent Demo
crat Charles Hatcher is running unopposed
Republican Paul Broun is running against
incumbent Democrat Richard Ray in the Third
Distinct John Lewns, the Fifth District’s incum
bent Democrat, remains unopposed for his At
lanta seat
In the seventh district, incumbent Democrat
Ruddy Harder being challenged by two Ro
publicans, A1 Beverly and Bob Rivard
Incumbent Denurmt J Roy Rowland m
Iteing opposed by Republican Robert K Cun
mngnam for his eighth district scat, while the
ninth district race is between Republican .!»»»»
Hoffman and incumbent IVmocrat Kd Jenkins