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OF IT
Victoria Pate’s not as bad off
as you’d think
So GOP mayoral candidate Victoria Pate
hasn’t received much money in the last few
months. If history’s any guide, she might
well ask. “So what?"
Pate has collected $6,991, according to a
financial disclosure report filed with the ACC
Board of Elections (in what appears to be a
bookkeeping error, she reported collecting a
total of $7,711 three weeks before this date).
Whatever the actual figure, her opponent,
Democrat Doc Eldridge, has collected a lot
more — $56,000, to be exact.
When Eldridge downplayed the difference
last week, he wasn’t just playing modest. He
probably studied the mayoral election in
1994.
By August 3 of that year, the Republican
challenger, Mike Hamby, had raised only $1,170
to incumbent Gwen O’Looney’s $24,400.
Then autumn came, and Hamby got seri
ous. Though O’Looney raised more than
Hamby in the end — about $16,000 more —
Hamby went on a tear in the fall. Between
August 3 and ihe final reporting period,
Hamby raised $18,700, with about $14,000 of
that coming from small donors giving $101
or less.
The race was extremely close: 10,065
votes for incumbent O’Looney, 9,348 for the
challenger.
Victoria Pate’s husband Lidden said he’s
not surprised by Hamby’s strong showing
late in the game: he says his wife’s busy
work and family schedule have prevented
her from kicking the campaign into high
gear.
“The letter she sent out a week ago... was
the first time that she’s had a bulk mailing.
It’ll be interesting. She’s got to fight the apa
thy. Either people don’t think there’ll be
changes, or they don’t care." (Richard
Fausset)
BUILD IT, AND
THEY WILL
GRADUATE
Cedar Shoals trouble —
the students’ view
Hus week, we asked next year's editor of
the Cedar Shoals paper Excalibur to find out
what her fellow students think of the mess. —
ed
With the most recent construction delay
at Cedar Shoals arising from a lawsuit filed
by three Athens citizens, many taxpayers are
up in arms wondering when they will see
concrete evidence (a foundation, maybe?) of
their tax dollars at work.
The opinions of the taxpayers have been
voiced numerous times in public forums.
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Now it is time to take a look at this situation
from the perspective of those closest to, and
possibly most affected by, the new school —
the students of Cedar Shoals.
From the incoming freshmen to last
year’s seniors, from the students who have a
possibility of attending the new school to
those rising seniors who were teased last
year with pictures of the new Cedar Shoals,
they all have opinions and ideas on this sub
ject.
Cedar Shoals Principal Charles Worthy
presented the blueprints of the new Cedar
Shoals with pride to each grade level early
last year at the annual class meetings. The
freshman looked on in wide-eyed wonder
ment, still trying to remember exactly where
their next class was. The sophomores
peered at the plans with genuine interest
and excitement, hoping they would be the
first graduating class from the new school.
But the seniors and juniors who realized the
need for a new school didn’t pay full atten
tion to a lecture about the facility they would
never attend.
Amber Thrasher, who graduated from
Cedar Shoals this past year, says, “When 1
saw the plans tor the school, I was jealous
that 1 wouldn’t get to be a part of it. It looks
like it’s going to be really pretty and mod
ern.”
“I wasn’t very interested. If 1 want to see
what the new school looks like, i’ll visit when
it’s finally built," says rising senior Michy
McCreary of the administrators’ attempt to
involve everyone in this process.
Even though some students knew they
won’t be able to enjoy the benefits of the
new r building, they are aware of the impor
tance of the new school being built as soon
as possible. Rising senior Jason Dean notes,
“Our views [as students] have to be positive
because the current shape that the building
is in, is pathetic. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone
to be forced to learn in those conditions."
But it seems that many people and obsta
cles stand in the way of a speedy construc
tion of the new Cedar Shoals. Last year,
rumors were floating around the school that
students would be able to move into the new
school after Christmas break of 1998. Clearly
this is not going to happen. Cedar Shoals
currently has only a new faculty parking lot
to boast of.
The latest halt in construction was due to
a lawsuit. Carl Jordan, James Moses, and
James Thornton claimed that construction
should be stopped due to a $9.4 million
increase in cost of which the public was not
made fully aware. They also claim the Board
of Education violated of the Georgia
Environmental Policy Act. This act states
that an evaluation of environmental impact
must be conducted prior to a major con
struction project initiated by an agency of
the state government. On July 24 an Athens-
Clarke County judge dismissed the suit.
However, Jordan and his co-plaintiffs were
not satisfied and will appeal the decision to
the Georgia State Supreme Court.
For some Cedar Shoals students, the
details of the lawsuit may not be completely
clear, yet one feeling certainly remains.
“Those filing it [the lawsuit] obviously don’t
have children who attend Cedar,” senior
McCreary says.
Now students are wondering how they
will be affected by construction during the
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