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Bell, Norwood square off
inraucus cheerleading ‘debate’
“By Rhonda Jones
\UGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
a ' AUGUSTA
bliTuesday night, the lines were
“dfawn at the Grover C. Maxwell
Performing Arts Theatre at Au
gusta State University. Right up
the middle of the audience. On
one side, T-shirts, styrofoam hats
and handmade anti-Bell messages
were the rage; on the other, red
shiavid Bell signs shook like talis
nans at Congressman Charles
sAerwood.
‘2151 think we have about eight
-minutes before we go on the air,”
-said ASU President, Dr. William
Bloodworth, who was seated be
tween the opponents.
%1 A minute pause then, some
vhere in the crowd, a lone voice
sshouted, “Charlie!” and the crowd
erupted into a cheering match,
with shouts of “Charlie” and
“David” becoming one great,
juddled roar.
€ 'And, just because the cameras
were on, don’t think the crowd
behaved later. Several times dur
ing the course of the debate, the
gpponents felt the need to shush
fheir supporters.
_.One issue that brought heated
‘gé,'action was Medicare. Norwood’s
‘claims that Medicare is on the
Jroad tobankruptcybrought hisses
and taunts of “Liar!” from Bell
Supporters, to which he responded
b¥ accusing Bell of pandering to
gfigcial-interest groups. “Tonight
you'll hearhim repeat everyunion
?’l@ that’sbeen on theair,” Norwood
said.
_Bell accused Norwood of taking
fs2:7o billion from the Medicare
program to“give tax breaks tothe
wealthiest Americans.” He also
_q{::qused the congressman of vot
ing to cut $lO billion from student
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loan programs, and cut Head Start
and school lunch programs.
In response to the Medicare ac
cusation, Norwood said he and his
fellow legislators simply attacked
“waste, fraud and abuse” in the
program. More hisses and boos.
“Check the congressional record
if you don’t believe me,” he said.
Then Bell countered Norwood’s
accusation that he favored spe
cial-interest - groups: “Charles
Norwood has taken contributions
from labor unions.” He also said
Norwood voted to allow corpora
tions toraid their employees’ pen
sion funds.
Norwood called that a “litany of
lies” and said he had been practic
ing dentistry at the time.
Bell was asked if he were in
favor of reforming the rules that
govern when someone can be sued.
He said decisions on court reform
need to be made by the states.
“The federal government gets in
volved with too many aspects of
our lives,” he said.
Norwood jumped on the ques
tion. “Yes I do,” he said. He also
said that attorneys, who would
not benefit from reform of the
legal system, make up 80 percent
of Bell’s supporters.
“Not only do I support [court
reforms], I voted for them!”
Norwood proclaimed.
Norwood was asked if he wasin
favor of doing away with the De
partment of Energy, to which he
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replied “Yes,” then relented and
said that some things about the
department were useful and he
was mainly interested in axing
the bureaucracy and inefficiency.
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for SRS.”
He then accused Norwood of
preparing to “protect his own pro
fession,” and that he had taken
$264,000 from doctors, and a total
of $330,000 from healthcare spe
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charming. “He could convince you
that Greg Norman won the Mas
ters,” he said, but “he can’t possi
bly represent the people of the
10th District.” He accused Bell of
being against welfare reform,
against a balanced budget, and
against gun control. He accused
him of being pro-choice.
But by then it was almost 8
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Laney coach rejects plea
bargain, seeks day in court
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
; AUGUSTA
Alocal high school coach would
rather prove his innocence in
court rather than settle for a
plea bargain.
According to Jack Long, attor
ney for embattled Lucy C. Laney
High School coach Otis Lee Smart
Jr., his client has rejected a rou
tine plea bargain request from
the state prosecutor’s office.
In the face of pending sexual
battery charges, Mr. Smart has
maintained his innocence.
The controversial sexual bat
tery caseinvolving the coach and
one of his former female basket
ball players goes to trial Mon
day, Oct. 7.
Mr. Long said a prosecutor in
the case, chief assistant solicitor
Sheryl Jolly, offered the coach a
chance to plead nolo contendre,
or no contest to misdemeanor
charges he had a sexual encoun
ter with the girl at his home.
While not confirming whether
the coach was offered a plea bar
gain, Ms. Jolly did explain how
the plea method works.
Defendants who plead nolo
contendre aren’t admitting or
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the crime, she said. She also ex
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“first offenders” offering a one
year probationary period -- in
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In his quest to prove his inno
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Democrats challenge
Norwood signatures
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
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deal,” said Mr. Long. “Coach
Smart says he’s not guilty; I say
he’s not guilty, so we're going to
court.”
Thealleged encounteroccurred
during the summer of 1995, the
girl charges. Mr. Smart denies
the charges and has even ac
cused the woman’s mother of ex
tortion.
The trial is scheduled for 9
a.m. on the second floor of the
Law Enforcement Center, 401
Walton Way.
tributions and expenditures. The
funding form is supposed to be
signed by Mr. Norwood’s cam
paign treasurer Richard
Dunstan.
Mr. Anthony said the signa
tures have been reviewed by
handwriting expert Hans Gideon
who concluded “four or five” dif
ferent people signed Mr.
Dunstan’s name.
See DEMS CHARGE, page 17
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