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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, January 20,1977
PRISONER INVITED BY CARTER - Texas prison
inmate Mary Bradix, 55, proudly displays the
inauguration invitation she received from Jimmy
Carter. About two months before the election, Ms.
Bradix wrote to Carter saying, “I can’t vote but I can
pray for you.” Carter wrote a note thanking her and
followed with the invitation.
Pastor Praises Mrs. Sinatra
CATHEDRAL CITY,
Calif. (NC) - Singer Frank
Sinatra’s mother, Mrs. Natalie
Sinatra, possessed the
“outstanding virtue of
charity, second only to that
of humility,” the pastor of
St. Louis parish here, to
which she belonged, said at
her funeral Mass.
“The best way in which
we can honor her memory is
to imitate her,” the pastor,
Father Alfred Geimer, told
the congregation, which
included her son, his wife and
children, former California
Gov. Ronald Reagan and his
wife, Cary Grant, Dean
Martin, Gregory Peck and Ed
McMahon of the “Tonight”
show.
In the two-year-old St.
Louis Church, to which Mrs.
Sinatra had been a principal
benefactor, her casket was
covered and surrounded by
banks of roses, orchids and
chrysanthemums. To one side
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Italy, from which she had
emigrated as a child.
Bishop Leo T. Maher of
San Diego, the diocese in
which this parish is located,
was principd concelebrant of
the Mass, assisted by Msgr. I.
Brent Eagen, diocesan
chancellor, and Father
Geimer.
For a few moments, the
starring role in the ceremony
belonged to six-year-old
Darlene Philips, a parishioner,
who solemnly carried the
water and wine for the
Offertory to the bishop and
returned to her place, hands
joined in prayer, the acme of
composure and decorum.
Before Mass, Rabbi Joseph
Hurwitz, representing the
Jewish community, paid
tribute to Mrs. Sinatra as a
“warm, passionate and
democratic” woman by
reading the passage from
Proverbs on “a woman of
valor.”
Mrs. Sinatra was killed
Jan. 6 at the age of 82 in a
plane crash on nearby
snow-covered Mt. San
Gorgonio while on a flight to
watch her son’s opening
performance at Caesar’s
Palace in Las Vegas.
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BY MICHAEL J. EGAN
The 1 9 7 7 General
Assembly will be the first in
many years to serve under a
Governor who can succeed
himself in office. That new
political fact-of-life will have
much to do with shaping not
only this session, but many to
come.
Since I was elected to the
House in 1965, I have served
under four Governors. Until
this session, each of these
Governors has been a lame
duck as he began the second
half of his term. Since we in
Z the General Assembly knew
n that the Governor’s days in
office were numbered, we
tended to become more
independent of his wishes.
But now, with passage of the
Amendment 2 in November,
the Governor’s status has
been changed from lame duck
to the favorite to hold the
office for another four-year
term.
While this change may
improve the Governor’s
ability to act effectively in
some areas, it also is likely to
make him more vulnerable to
political pressure from
interest grous whose support
he needs for reelection. I
hope the General Assembly
will recognize this fact, and
accept the responsibility to
scrutinize his proposals
accordingly.
This should be especially
true of his budget
recommendations. We begin
each year with a proposed
budget sent to us by the
Governor and usually work
on it until the session ends.
You won’t be surprised to
learn that we never have
nearly enough money to fund
all the requests that come
from state agencies, lobbying
organizations and other
groups and individuals. So the
biggest battle of each session
is fought over money.
Governor Busbee is
proposing a budget of about
$2.1 billion for Fiscal Year
1978, which will run from
July, 1977, through June,
1978. Some legislative leaders
feel that figure is too high.
Since the summer of 1975,
when a special session was
called to cut the budget we
had passed only a few months
earlier, we have developed a
more cautious attitude
towards the over-all size of
the budget we adopt.
Within Governor Busbee’s
proposals are allocations for
pay raises, expansion of the
state kindergarten program,
new correctional facilities to
relieve over-crowding in
existing prisons, road
construction and
improvement, creation of a
new Medicaid Department to
be separate from the
Department of Human
Resources, acquisition of
more historic and natural
sites under the Heritage Trust
program, some welfare
increases, and mental health
improvements.
The pay raise package
totals $79.2 million. It
designates a 7 per cent
increase for school teachers,
Vh per cent for University
System personnel and 5 per
cent for state employees. The
need for pay raises in the
University System is
especially critical. Our salaries
in Georgia have not stayed
competitive with those of
nearby states in recent years,
and we are losing excellent
professors in Georgia because
of it.
Along with a teacher pay
increase, the Georgia
Association of Educators has
indicated it will push for
collective bargaining rights
for school teachers. I will be
among the legislators who
strongly oppose this move.
The Equal Rights
Amendment will again be an
issue. It has suffered two
defeats in the Georgia
General Assembly, one in the
House during the 1974
session and another in the
Senate a year later. The
Rep. Egan
present strategy for ERA
supporters appears to be to
concentrate this year in the
Senate, where they believe
chances for passage are
somewhat brighter than in
the House. If ERA passes the
Senate this session, ERA
advocates would have the
better part of a year to work
on House members for the
1978 session. Some ERA
proponents believe their
prospects have improved with
the newly elected legislature,
but it will still be an up-hill
battle. I will support the ERA
as I have in the past.
Many legislators, along
with the Governor, have
shown an interest in a “sunset
law,” so that state agencies
would be automatically
dissolved unless they could
justify their effectiveness and
value to the General
Assembly periodically. There
appears to be broad support
for this concept, although
settling on a specific bill may
be a little tricky.
Financial disclosure for
public officals and lobbyists
will be an issue. As you
know, a new climate of
political morality has
developed during the last few
years. Out of this has grown
the view that the public is
entitled to information about
the personal financial
statement of those who serve
in government. Some states
have passed laws requiring
public officials to reveal their
source and amount of
income, assets, or other
financial information. Lt.
Governor Zell Miller has
announced his support for
some type of financial
disclosure for public officials.
Any legislation passed in this
area should be very carefully
drawn so that it won’t have
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the effect of discouraging
people from seeking office.
I will be among those
legislators trying to have a
lobbyist disclosure law
enacted. In 1975, the Senate
passed a bill requiring that
lobbyists file reports of
money they spend in their
efforts to in f1u ence
legislation. Many of the best
provisions of this bill were
removed in the House, and it
finally died last year in a
conference committee. I hope
that something close to what
the Senate originally passed
will be approved this session.
Watch closely for efforts
by some legislators to raise
your taxes, by extending the
state sales tax to apply to
certain consumer services,
such as automobile repairs,
home repairs, haircuts, dry
cleaning, etc. Another tax
increase proposal is a one
percent hike in the existing
sales tax on consumer goods,
with the revenue earmarked
for education and property
tax reductions. Governor
Busbee, as you know, is
committed to opposing any
new taxes. I share his view
that the essential services of
the state can and must be
funded from our existing tax
rates. Instead of raising taxes,
we should concentrate on
areas where we know money
is being spent wastefully.
Georgia welfare payments,
for instance, have the second
highest error rate in the
nation, with only the District
of Columbia in worse shape.
The proponents of local
option pari-mutual betting
will make a plea to the
General Assembly to give this
revenue source to county and
municipal governments.
Pari-mutual betting has never
fared very well when brought
up for a vote, and the
possibility of passage this
year appears to be very dim.
Literally hundreds of bills
will be introduced this
session, and I have covered
only a few of the ones likely
to be most important and
best publicized. I urge you to
keep your eyes on the
General Assembly through
TV, radio, newspaper and a
personal visit to the Capitol if
possible. Your Representative
and Senator will be glad to
see you.
And remember that the
individuals who serve you at
the Capitol cannot represent
your views unless we know
what they are. A letter or
phone call from a constituent
carries substantial weight
with every legislator.
As you look over the items
I have covered in this article,
take a few minutes to think
about how you want your
Representative and Senator
to vote on them. Then send
your views to him or her at
the State Capitol, Atlanta,
Georgia, 30334. You can
count on being served better
by your legislators because of
it.
IRISH PRIEST IN CHINATOWN -
Father Michael Flynn, known in New
York’s Chinatown as Fung San Fuh,
chats with a group of Chinese children.
Father Flynn ministers to a community
of 50,000 Chinese.
Week Of Renewal At St. Thomas Apostle
A week of Parish Renewal
will be offered at St. Thomas
The Apostle Catholic Church,
4300 King Springs Road,
Smyrna, from Monday,
January 24 through Friday,
January 28. Father Peter
Fink from the New York
Province of the Society of
Jesus who is well known in
the Atlanta area, will conduct
SAINT JUDE’S TO
HOLD PARISH
MISSION - Father
Robert E. Carson, O.
Praem., will conduct a
Parish Mission at the
Church of Saint Jude in
Sandy Springs beginning
on Sunday, January 30,
and closing on Thursday,
February 3. Services will
be conducted nightly at
8, for the general public
and daytime services
have been scheduled for
special groups such as the
women, CCD students
and parochial school
children.
Father Carson is
well-known in the
Atlanta area having
conducted Missions in
Holy Cross Parish and
more recently in the
Immaculate Heart of
Mary Parish. In both of
these parishes he drew
exceptional crowds.
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the renewal which will consist
of daily morning and evening
sessions.
The morning sessions
begin at 10 and will consist of
adult education classes on the
sacraments of the Church.
The evening sessions begin at
7:30 and will consist of
liturgical events dealing with
prayer, incarnation, the Holy
Spirit, forgiveness and
the Eucharist.
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in Theology from Emory
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the Weston School of
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and John XXIII Seminary,
Weston, Mass. He teaches
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Topics for the morning
sessions are: Jan. 24 - “What
Has Happened To Our
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“Baptism/Confirmation: A
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“Where Now Confession?”;
Jan. 27 - “Married Couples
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“Allowing The Holy Spirit”;
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Liturgy of Penance”; Jan. 28
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