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. The Summerville News, Thursday, November 3, 1988
15 Amendments On Ballot
from front page
premiums and correct a
misinterpretation of the con
stitution by the Georgia
Supreme Court.
Opponents: Innocent
citizens would be denied justice
if they were injured because of
the negligence of state or local
governments. Althou%h liabili
ty insurance would be main
tained, citizens would lose their
right to recover damages.
AMENDMENT 7
The legislature could
establish a fund to be financed
by criminals to build, operate
and staff jails, correctional in
stitutions and detention
facilities.
Opfponents: It would be
hard for indigent violators to
pay extra fines. It would be
wrong to assess fines for minor
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Matteson Honored
David Matteson, Chattooga County High School
Future Farmers of America advisor, recently received
a plaque in his honor from several of his students. Mat
teson was cited for his performance and guidance by
the students while attending the Georgia State Fair.
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Several members of the Chattooga Coun
ty High School Future Farmers of
America attended the recent FFA rally in
Macon. Shown in front of the Macon Ci
ty Auditorium are from left in front,
Demand For
Chiropractic Strong
According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
publication, consumer demand for chiropractic services is strong.
Dataindicate that patient demand over the past five years has kept
pace with the growth in the number of chiropractors in the United
States.
The publication’s 1983 figures showed an estimated 28,500
Doctors of Chiropractic practicing in the United States — compared
with 23,000 in 1979. Although the number of chiropractors has
increased dramatically in the past five years, patient demand and
spending (by the patients themselves as well as by public and
private insurance sources) have kept pace. .
This growth is particularly impressive in light of the fact that
chiropractic has traditionally been sustained economically by the
marketplace, rather than by government subsidy. Unlike hospitals
and medical doctors, who receive on the average more than 60% of
their income from federal, state, and local government programs
funded by taxpayers, chiropractic patients have, for the most part,
paid for chiropractic care from their own pocketbooks — even when
alternative sources of care were available at subsidized rates, or
even free.
Chiropractic Restores Health
offenses to build jails.
Supporters: It would help
counties build new facilities
and (}perate present jails by
trans errin%‘at least some of
the cost to those who use those
facilities.
AMENDMENT 8
A seed-capital fund would
be created for small en
trepreneurial funds needing
startup money to finance in
novative projects and services
related to technology,
manufacturing or agriculture.
Supporters: Tire state
would make a one-time pay
ment to the fund and the rest
of the money would come from
private sources. It would be
self-perpetuating to help
launch other needy lproje}cts.
Opponents: Public mone
shoum't be used to bacK
Attend State Fair
and Prolongs Life
q‘rofit-motivat.ed Krojects.
here is no certainty how much
money would be needed. Most
new businesses go broke,
casting doubt on the self
perpetuating aspect.
It would create a commis
sion to renumber sections,
paragraphs, articles and provi
sions of the Georgia
constitution.
Opponents: No opposition
has surfaced.
Supporters: If the commis
sion isn't created, the only way
to deal with duplications or er
rors would be more constitu
tional amendments on the
ballot.
AMENDMENT 10
Local governments would
be al]owedg to make temporary
loans to special service
districts (such as fire or sewer
districts) until tax funds for
that district are collected.
Supporters: Property taxes
come in only one time per year,
causing an uneven flow of
revenue. A loan would hel
“‘tide over’' the districts untfi
tax money is collected.
Opponents: No opposition
has surfaced.
AMENDMENT 11
The state would be allowed
to create an export finance
fund to finance loan
guarantees, insurance and coin
surance to support the export
of goods, services and
agricultural commodities pro
duced primarily in Georgia.
Ofg)onents: Public funds
shouldn't be used to guarantee
business loans. A similar effort
in California ended up helping
big city companies which ha
access to private loan funds
and really didn’t help smaller
firms in rural areas.
Supporters: Twenty-two
states have similar fun(f; but
not all have been funded. Rural
areas of the state would benefit
and the fund would be self
{)erg)etuating. It would cost on
y $2- to $3-million to start.
AMENDMENT 12
Hutchinson Island at
Savannah would be decertified
as an “‘industrial area.”
Supporters: This is really a
*“local” amendment favored%y
Savannah. It would allow the
Laßita Colquitt and Eric Brown; back,
David Matteson, advisor, Richard
Sumner, Ronald Dunn and Chuck Noles.
Not pictured are chaperones Joyce Col
quitt and Charles Sumner.
AMENDMENT 9
city to annex the island and
provide it with police protec
tion. An amendment is the on
ly way to chan%t its status,
Opponents: Local amend
ments aren't supposed to be
cont,aine;i in the r:fiw consti:}x
tion, only general proposals
with statemsge applicam. It
would be unwise to set a prece
dent with this measure and
could clutter the constitution
with future local amendments.
AMENDMENT B
Tax breaks could be given
?{roperty listed in the National
egister of Historic Places or
in a future Georgia historical
register,
Opponents: Cities and coun
ties would lose revenues and
the principle of uniform tax
rates wou{(’i be eroded.
S:Eforters: It would help
revitalize historic areas and en
courage preservation of
historic properties.
AMENDMENT 14
An indigent care trust fund
could be created by the
legislature, Local govern
ments, hospitals and
presumably the state could
contribute to the fund. Ap
parently the funds would be
matched two-to-one by federal
Medicaid monies.
Opponents: The fund would
function outside the normal ap
¥ropriation process, and the
uture of federal Medicaid
funds is unknown, given the
national health care financing
crisis.
Supporters: If something
isn't é)one. more of Georgia's
rural hospitals will close and
the needy will go without
medical care. The health care
crisis has gotten so large that
the state must now become
involved.
AMENDMENT 15
Atlanta would be allowed to
increase its bonded in
debtedness by SB-million a year
without having to have its
residents vote on the bonds.
Supporters: Atlanta needs
a more [f)lexible way to finance
large-expenditure needs. It is
expensive to take proposed
bond issues to the pu%lic with
referendums.
Opponents: It is reasonable
and wise to require that voters
be called on to approve long
term debts. Voters in that city
turned down the last referen
dum and it isn't fair to change
the rules of the game. It is also
unwise to pass a ‘‘local”
amendment. =
Leaf Pickup
Leaf pickup is schedul
ed to start next Monday in
Summerville. The picl¥up
service will begin at the
northern city limits on the
west side of U.S.
Highway 27, city officials
said.
Requests for leaves
may be made by calling
857-3019.
Leaves should be raked
close to the roadside and
cleared of rocks, bottles
and similar objects, city of
ficials said.
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- Thank You for the Overwhelming Vote of
Confidence in the August 9 Primary.
Let Me Encourage You to Go Back to the
Polls On November 8, Next Tuesday, to
MAKE YOUR PREVIOUS
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In the General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1988