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Legislators, Educators Split On Amendment 1
For the second time in four
years, Chattooga Countians
are faced with voting on an
amendment to approve the ap
pointment of the state school
superintendent. The post is
now elective to a four-year
term.
Although the amendment
failed by 4 wide margin in 1984
to gain voter approval in Chat
tooga, the voFe was much
closer across the state. It could
be much closer in the county on
Nov. 8 and the Chattooga
legislative delegation and tfie
local school superintendents
are evenly divided on the issue.
In 1584, when Ronald
Reagan won Chattooga by
more than 400 votes, the gover
nor's amendment went down
here by a similar margin. Chat
tooga Countians rejected the
proposition by more than 500
votes, 2,247 to 1,743. Those
votes turned out to be signifi
cant because the referendum
was close statewide.
In the Nov. 8, 1984 issue of
The Summerville News, it was
reported that with 64 percent
of the statewide vote reported,
the vote was 413,215 to
400,496 against the governor’s
proK/;)sition.
embers of the state Board
of Education are already ap-
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Huggins And Hayes Oppose Measure; Crawford And Kinzy For Proposal
pointed by the governor. If the
amendment passes the ag
pointed superintendent will be
called the Commissioner of
Education.
SUPPORT
A number of high-powered
Georgia legislators have lined
up behind the amendment, as
well as the Georgia Business
Council. Even spokesman for
local organizations, such as
Sue Spivey, executive vice
gresident of the Chattooga
hamber of Commerce, have
voiced their support for the
proposition,
Those in favor of the
amendment say there are great
advantages to be gained by
having the governor as the
ultimate appointer of all top
positions in the State Depart
ment of Education.
OPPOSITION
Those opposed say the
amendment consolidates too
much power in the state’s
educational bureaucracy.
State Sen. Waymond ‘‘Son
ny’’ Huggins and Chattooga
County gchool Superintendent
Don Hayes are two who oppose
the amendment.
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“I'm for the people
deciding,” Huggins said. “If
you keep on a?pointing
everybodly. the people won't be
able to elect anybody."”
That the Georgia School
Boards Association said, “An
appointed chief had been en
dorsed by numerous education
experts and public interest
grougs and was the first recom
mendation of the Governor's
Education Review Commission
in 1984,"” does not sway him,
Sen. Huggins said.
Huggins did say that he
voted to approve the referen
dum, ‘“to Eet the people vote
and make the decision.”
Hayes pointed out that the
govemor already apgoints the
oard of Regents and the state
school boarfi? and one or both
of those soups needs to be
elected if the %ovemor is goin%
to appoint a Commissioner o
Education rather than havin
Georgians elect a state schocfi
superintendent.
Hayes' main objection to
the state BOE appointiné the
superintendent is that Chat
tooga Countians will no longer
have a voice in what happens
Chief David Starkey and officer Gary
Ford are shown with the vehicle im
mediately after it arrived. (Staff Photo).
HUGGINS
HAYES
in education at a state level.
“If you take this (elected
?osition) away you get no input
rom the citizens on the local
level. We don't have enough in
put as it is. You can't take
away the right to vote without
losing an unfiortant part of
democracy,” Hayes said.
RIGHT IN 'B4
According to Hayes, Chat
tooga Countians voted the
right way in 1984, against the
amendment. He also said he
thinks the amendment was ap
proved by the legislature for
another vote because Gov.
Harris doesn't accept the vote
cast then against the
amendment.
“I hope the citizens of the
county will vote it down again.
They voted it down before and
I hope they vote it down again.
Gov. Harris brought it g.gxe
amendment) back, and the bot
tom line is the governor wants
ag
Hayes said the argument
that a statewide race is too ex
pensive doesn’t hold up, either.
“If a man wants it ba(f enough
money will not be a deterrent
to his seeking office,” Hayes
said. “If I wanted the job and
wanted to help children, money
wouldn’t matter.”
QUALIFICATIONS
Another argument used by
proionents of the amendment
is that mor&e%ualified g:aople
will be attra to the office as
an appointed position.
“And everyone who's run
for the office has been
qualified,” he said.
The education committees
in the state legislature have
taken an attitude toward
education that should be
resgrved for industry, Hayes
said.
“In industry, if a man
doesn't make money, you
replace him. Education ami' in
dustry are not the same, but if
a man is not doing his job to
the satisfaction otg the peolple
he can be removed at the elec
tion,” said Hayes.
Hayes, wKo is elected
superintendent of the Chat
tooga school system, said he
also feels that apgointing the
state superintendent is the
first st:lp toward agpointing
the local superintendent. The
important difference here, he
said, is that the local board is
elected, the state board is not.
KINZY
Bill Kinzy, the appointed
superintendent of the%on ci
'tjy schools, and State Rep.
ohnny Crawford both said
they sutpport the governor’s re
quest for an appointed state
superintendent.
Kinzy said he thought it
was ‘‘unrealistic” for a public
educator to be expected to run
a statewide race ‘‘that costs
SIOO,OOO to $150,000. Public
educators can't do that.”
Kinzy also pointed out that
no one has been elected to the
post for more than two
decades. “We have just re
elected the last four wLo were
in office. They usually resign
from office and the governor
appoints who he wants.”
POLITICS
The nitty-gritty asgects of
such a campaign in Georgia
would be hard for a challen’Fer
to master, Kinzy said. ‘“The
governor’s political machine”
is too potent, he said, and the
governor will get the man he
wants anyway.
Kinzy said that the af)-
Eointed superintendent would
e more attractive if the state
Board of Education was
elected. As it stands now, if the
state superintendent is ag)-
goint,ed.by the board and the
oard is a?pointed by the
state’'s chief executive, some
will think there will be too
much power in the hands of the
governor, Kinzy said.
CRAWFORD
Crawford also supports the
amendment for practical and
political reasons rather than
whether the governor will have
too much power.
‘‘State superintendents
rarely have opposition when
running for re-election. They
resign while in office and the
governor appoints one, and
that's the way it works,”
Crawford said.
“I don’t know that we've
ever had one elected. They've
all been apf)ointed by the
governor. At least this way the
state board is doing the appoin
ting.”
Crawford admitted he
would like the idea of a board
appointed superintendent bet
ter if the legislature aé)pointed
the members of the state
Board of Education, or even if
they were popularly elected.
An %ppointed state
su?erinten ent would not be as
vulnerable to special interest
groups, Crawford said, and
more highly qualified can
didates could be found for the
job. The reason for this, he
said, is that campaigns every
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MOBILE HOME ON BACK BERRYTON ROAD DESTROYED BY FIRE
Summerville Fire Department Extinguished Blaze Monday
Mobile Home Destroyed
The Summerville Fire
Department stayed busy dur
ing the past week, ex
tinguishing vehicle fires and a
blaze that destroyed a mobile
home.
The mobile home of Mrs.
Kelly Williams, Back Berryton
Road, was destroyed early
Monday, said reports. Firemen
responded to a call at the fire
at 4:10 a.m. and remained on
duty until 5:50 a.m.
A 1982 model car owned by
Buddy Bullard caught fire at
the corner of Commerce Street
The Summerville News, Thursday, October 6, 1988
four years deter good people
from pursuing the job.
Crawford also said an
amendment to take the ap-
Eointment of the state Board of
ducation out of the aJg_‘:wer
nor's hands was killed earlier in
the Senate.
AMENDMENT
The amendment, which will
appear on the ballot in the Nov.
8 election, reads as follows:
“Shall the Constitution be
and First Avenue last Satur
day, firemen said. Heavy
damage was reported under the
hood. Firemen were on duty
from 9:50 until 10:10 p.m.
Extensive damage was
reported to the engine com
partment of a vehicle at the
Chattoo%a County Library last
Friday. Firemen were on duty
from 1:56 to 2:09 p.m.
A vehicle owned by Kane
Phillips caught fire on North
Commerce Street near
Ramsey-Hall Ford Co. last Fri
day. It also received extensive
amended so as to provide for
the Office of Commissioner of
Education in place of the Office
of State School Superintendent
and to authorize the State
Board of Education to A£goint
said Commissioner of Educa
tion.”
A “‘no” vote is against hav
ing the state suie:intendent
appointed by the Georgia
Board of Education. A “yes”
vote is for having the
superintendent appointed.
damage to the engine compart
ment. Firemen were on duty
from 1:44 to 1:56 p.m.
A car owned by Claude
Treadaway caught fire on the
parking lot of the First Na
tional Bank of Chattocga
County in Summerville at 4:45
p.m. last Thursday, Sept. 29,
reports said. Firemen were on
dutg: until 4:56 p.m.
iremen were also enroute
to a car fire on U. S. Highway
27 near Gore last Friday when
the call was cancelled before
they arrived.
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