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These associates of Wal-Mart Discount City, Summer
ville, were ready for trick-or-treaters with a few tricks
of their own Monday. Shown from left are Abbi Ward,
Dot Vannatter, Secret Hatcher, Terri Hall, Janice
Huggins Says Experience And Seniority Matter
from front page
for with a bond issue, he said.
The bond issue will be
covered in full by users fees,
Huggins said. The projects in
clude a 250-room conference
center and hotel at Stone
Mountain at a cost of
$23.5-million; a water slide part
and tennis complex at Jeflyll
Island at a cost of $4.6-million;
and a 224-room lodge and con
ference center with an 18-hole
golf course and expansion of
the water park, beaches and
boat rental at Lake Lanier at a
cost of $25.7-million.
FORESTRY
Having worked for the
U. S. Forest Service for five
years and for the Georgia
Forest Service for 32 years,
Huggins has been around
government a lonfi time. Since
his first trip to Atlanta as a
legislator in early 1984, Hug
gins has joined several of thge
important committees in the
state senate. Among these are
the Retirement, Natural
Resources, Education and
~Transportation committees. ...
He said he is probably the
only senator from north of
Macon on the Natural
Mrs. Hulgan Criticizes Incumbent
from front page
plies, she said. “It's a serious
issue we're going to have to ad
dress. In addition to working
toward z} sufficient quantifi' of
water for the area, Mrs.
Hulgan said she is concerned
about the quality of water.
*‘We cannot ?Ollute our water
sheds in any form or fashion by
allowing dumping of hazardous
wastes.”’
DIFFERENCE
The main difference bet
ween her and Huggins, she
said, is ‘I have more energy. |
believe I can be more articfi?z’ite
in presenting facts to ;})]eople.”
She also contended that she
would be better at negotiatin
with other senators and witfl
various state agencies, par
ticularly when seeking grant
funds. Her experience in
business has given her those
skills and she ‘‘cares deeply
about all the people in my area.
I'll work hard to make the
necessary changes to give us
the quafit of life that we
deserve. I'lf’be a good listener.”
DEBATE?
Mrs. Hulgan challenged
Hufgins to a debate, adding,
“I feel that the onl% way the
people can see for t emselves
is to have an opportunity to see
me and him together in an open
debate or forum. I'll be happy
to meet him anywhere and
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Resources Committee. This
committee membership may
have helped him bring
$306,000 to Chattooga County
for water line extensions,
especially since those funds
came from the Department of
Natural Resources, he said.
ROADS
Huggins also said he has
brought a total of $29-million
into the 53rd District, in
cluding $5.5-million in road
construction to Chattooga
Coubey. o .o men
As for other issues in this
political dyear. Hu%gins has said
repeatedly that he is against
Amendment 1 because either
the state school board should
be elected or the state school
superintendent. If Amendment
1 passes, both the superinten
dent and the board will be
appointed.
Huggins said he voted to
gut the amendment on the
allot though, because ‘“‘the
wisdom of the people will
prevail . . . we lost too many
rights having too many ap
pointed.positions, .and .that's
not what our country was
founded on.”
The incumbent senator is
debate the issues.”
She doesn’t think her
business ties to Chattanooga,
Tenn., will be detrimental to
her campaign or to her effec
tiveness as a senator if she's
elected. ‘“My qualifications
speak for themselves — we
have put together a successful
businss from the ground up. I
have negotiating skills and I
know how to present certain
issues to the people in a way to
§ain their support and con
idence. I'm extremely honest
and I do research in depth.”
WORK FOR ALL
She would make a good
senator for Chattooga, Mrs.
Hulgan said, ‘‘because I'm will
ing to work for the people of
Chattooga County no matter
who they are and not just
represent a small segment of
the district, but all the district,
black, white, young, old,
Republican or Democratic.”
Being a member of the
minority party in the Georgia
Senate wouldn’t reduce her ef
fectiveness, she asserted.
‘“Good ideas are what
count . . . Republican senators
have passe(f legislation and
Democratic senators have
assed legislation. If a
if)lepublican offers a %lood bill, I
can't believe that the
Democrats will vote against
it.”” Party doesn't play as big
a role in the statehouse ‘‘as
The Summerville News, Thursday, November 3, 1988 .
Thompson, Virginia Welch, Shelly Wallace, Anita Green,
Teresa Lee, Mabel Hurtt, Janice Hurlefi'. Janice Toles,
gfiatsie Caudle, Diane Watkins and Dick Richter. (Staff
oto).
for Amendment 2, which would
immediately give represen
tatives and senators four year
terms instead of two year
terms. There would not be
another election for represen
tatives and senators in georgia
until 1992.
Huggins also declined to
say which of the national can
didates for president he sup-
Forts. He said he supgorted the
ocal Democratic ticket across
the board.
In ex%laining his vote
against public initiative, a vote
many in the 53rd District
wondered about, Huggins said,
“If you don't like your
representatives you can vote
them out of office. I'm just not
for public initiative.”
INITIATIVE
Public initiative would have
allowed Georgia voters here
and across the state to vote on
issues, rather than depending
on the legislature to have the
sole control over all legislation.
When asked why public in
itiative could not have been put
lo_?thedbau a.t‘fs an amendm e?J,.
uggins said, *‘l'm just not for
Y
Huggins pointed out that
senators in the Democratic par
ty .w&vould have you believe,”” she
said.
QUALIFICATIONS
Senator Hquins “‘is a fine
man,”’ Mrs. Hulgan continued.
“I'd never say anything per
sonally dero%atory against
him, but aYleop e ought to look
at the (fll ifications in this race
and who they feel can best
represent their views in Atlan
ta and who they feel will fight
the hardest for them if tl%ey
have a concern.”
The impression that a state
senator leaves in Atlanta is the
impression state officials and
other senators will have of that
district, she said.
Recognition hasn’t been a
serious problem in her Chat
tooga campaign. ‘‘People have
sought me out,” Mrs. Hulgan
said. She is attempting to visit
every school and industry in
the county ‘“‘and I'm trying to
do as much door-to-door as I
can.” She has already gone
door-to-door in Menlo and add
ed that she planned to do the
same thing in Summerville,
Trion and Lyerly by Nov. 8.
IN TOUCH
If elected, Mrs. Hulgan said
she would ‘‘stay in touch” by
issuing press releases and pro
viding information to her con
stituents through the news
media. She would set up com
mittees in every county to
serve as her liaison with the
community. The Republican
candidate said she would hold
town hall meetings in every
county on a regular basis.
She has been ‘‘apalled” at
some of the conditions she has
found while visiting door-to
door, Mrs. Hulgan said. It's
hard to see how elderly people
survive on less than &380 per
month in social securit
benefits, she said. If electeci
she said she would go door-to
door in each county at least
once per year to stay in close
contact with her constituents.
“Going door-to-door has been
a real eye-opener.”
After reviewing plans for
the proposed Summerville-
Trion U.S. Highway 27
bypass, Mrs. Hulgan said she
eed that a bypass is needed.
%%rt she contended that it is too
far away from Summerville.
U. 5.27 ALTERNATIVES
The Georgia Department of
Transportation told her that it
couldn’t be located closer to the
his opponent says that he con
doned the Redox waste hazar
dous waste disposal plant in
Walker County, but he said
that he was against it from the
beginning.
“What they don’t unders
tand is that you can’t oppose
these things until the permit
application is complete, E::t the
permit has not yet been
granted. They have t{e right to
a hearing. I will continue to op
pose it.”
PORK BARREL
Huggins points to many
things he feels are great ac
complishments. He prevented
?Ork barrel ‘“sweetheart’ bills
or state judges making it
through the retirement com
mittee during the last session,
and he has managed to help im
prove the roads in the district.
He has established a certain
degree of seniority, and
because he is a member of the
state’s dominant political par
ty, he feels he can do more t?lan
a member of the minority
Republican party.
1 don't think she'd (Mrs.
TTTgaa e o e Mok
the set up of the Senate, the
way it is now,” he said.
city but she has urged the state
agency to look at other alter
natives, Mrs. Hulgan said.
With the bypass in its current
proposed location, it would pro
mote economic growth only in
north Chattooga and south
Walker Counties, she asserted.
The DOT was asked to supply
her with statistics and informa
tion on other routes it con
sidered before coming up with
the current pro osaliut DOT
officials tolI()i Eer that they
would be supplied only if she
cagge to Atlanta, Mrs. Hulgan
said.
If there's no way that the
bypass can be located closer to
Summerville, the city needs an
on-off ramp somewhere bet
ween Trion and Summerville,
she added. ‘‘The road isn’t ac
cessible enough.”
OTHER ISSUES
Her views on other issues
include:
Aid to rural hospitals in
danger of closing —
**Something has got to be done.
I don’t know the answers.” She
would be willing to study state
aid or innovative programs.
It's a national problem as well
as a state dilemma, she said. ‘I
would favor studies and form
committees to come up with
workable answers.”’
An increase in the gasoline
tax — ‘‘Right now, no. I want
to look at all the facts and
figures on why they say they
need the increase.”
Four-year terms for state
legislators — “‘l'm totally op
posed to it. They need to be ac
countable to the people every
two years. Increasing them to
four” is opening a Pandora's
box."”
School consolidation —
“I'm totally opposed to con
solidation z)r consolidation’s
sake. I'm Elad the ChattOOfia
Board of Education took the
stand it did with (Frank) Cloer
(a state educator who recently
said the Lyerly, Menlo and
North Summerville Elemen
tary Schools should be con
solidated and two new schools
built). It's time local boards of
education stood up to the
state.” The only time schools
should be consolidated is due
to structural soundness and if
the schools are close to each
other in the same
neighborhood, Mrs. Hulgan
added, ‘‘but just to take
schools out of neighborhoods
just to consolidate is wrong.”
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| would like to take this opportunity to thank
all my friends, family and supporters who have
helped me in getting my message across.
You, the voters of Chattooga County, have
treated me and my family, friends and sup
porters with respect, fairness and courtesy. As
| have campaigned for the office of Chattooga
County Commissioner, | assure you that if
elected, | will never betray your trust and con
fidence and will treat you with courtesy,
fairness and respect.
(1) No new taxes.
(2) No landfill above main public water supp
ly in Chattooga County.
| thank you again.
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