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FiLL i A2 The Arizona Republic Monday, September 18, 1989 News In Brief In Focus Paul Johnson, Mr. Gung-ho A summary of today's news compiled from Arizona Republic staff reports and wire services. 5 ivWlAhHtr I nr. 'tv if NATIONAL Evangelist Oral Roberts is shutting down his dream hospital complex, where Christians receive medical treatment and bedside prayer. A4.

A six-block area of Waikiki Beach is sinking sidewalks are splitting and small buildings are tilting but a building contractor is taking responsibility. A4. A Roman Catholic priest says he will continue enforcing a dress code in his church despite orders from his archbishop that he stop. C6. INTERNATIONAL Three bombs explode in the drug-infested Colombian city of Cali, killing a security guard.

A reporter also is slain, allegedly by thugs. A7. An oil tanker rams another in the North Sea off eastern England, causing a fire aboard both vessels and an oil slick 5 miles long. A7. Deng Xiaoping names the Communist Party general secretary to be his heir as China's paramount leader, according to a report.

C6. VALLEYSTATE A task force of health-care officials looks into how to improve Arizona's delivery of prenatal care and what may happen if abortions are restricted. Bl. A man charged with killing a 13-year-old Mesa girl last year hangs himself with a knotted bedsheet in a Maricopa County jail cell. B3.

EDITORIALOPINION There is only one way to keep art truly free of politics: Abolish the National Endowment for the Arts. Editorial, A8. It is now obvious that Mikhail Gorbachev not only wants to rule, but he also wants to reform his own society. Jcane Kirkpatrick's column, A9. If I' i Jmi Melanie Mayron Wins an Emmy for her work in thirty-something.

1)4, 0 Mkmm fill" i WJ 11 I' Jeff HavirThe Arizona Republic Paul Johnson holds one of his "campaign" signs level as Alberto Gutier (center) and Johnson's cousin, Jeff Johnson, wire it into place. Paul Johnson, unopposed in north Phoenix's District 3, is using campaign funds to provide the signs. PHOENIX CAMPAIGN '89 ty yO Tom StoryThe Arizona Republic Baseball fans (from left) Nancy Stewart, Dorothy and Howard Potter, and Bob Stewart toast the new law allowing the sale of liquor at 10 a.m. on Sundays at Harry and Steve's Chicago Grille in Mesa. The two couples had Bloody Marys and beer.

Bl. DISTRICT 3 FACTS District 3 City wide Population 102,220 881,640 Percent under age 5 6.7 8.0 Percent age 5 to 17 15.9 18.8 Percent age 18 to 29 23.1 22.7 Percent age 30 to 64 42.7 41.3 Percent 65 and older 11.6 9.2 Percent minority 10.6 23.1 Income Median family income $21,532 $20,364 Percent below poverty 7.0 11.1 Percent female head of household 1 3.9 1 5.7 Employment Percent white collar 30.8 28.0 Percent sales, clerical, services 56.6 57.2 Percent blue collar 12.6 14.8 Average travel time to work (min.) 21.7 21.7 Education (those 25 years and older) Percent high-school graduates 60.4 56.9 Percent college graduates 17.3 16.5 Housing Percent renter occupied 41.9 41.4 Median value, owner occupied $57,779 $56,291 Percent in same house as 1975 49.3 42.6 Percent substandard 25.6 31.1 Voting history Home-maintenance code 69 for 70.7 for 1988 "quality of life" bond issue 49 for 53 for Councilman expresses love for job This is one of a series of eight special reports on the Phoenix City Council election that will appear before the Oct. 3 election. By Ann Koonce The Arizona Republic After almost four years as a Phoenix city councilman, Paul Johnson still sounds as gung-ho as the day he took office. "I love this job," he said.

"I've never done anything that I love as much. If the voters decide someday to not return me to office, I will not have regretted any minute of it." There's no threat of that happening any time soon. The 30-year-old, two-term councilman is running unopposed for the second time in north Phoenix's District 3. Johnson says he is surprised by the lack of competition, but district activists say it may be because the area has avoided most of the usual controversies over growth, freeways and major projects such as amphitheaters. "In a way," Johnson said, "I'm a little disappointed that I don't have a race.

I'm not even getting invited to candidate forums this year." The councilman still is indulging in one traditional campaign ritual: building signs. But the signs put together this week arc not for the Oct. 3 elcqtion. Johnson is using campaign funds to provide 4-foot by 4-foot plywood signs for the "Do Drugs, Do Time" program run by area law-enforcement agencies. "I thought it would be a better way to use the sign materials I have than putting up my signs in my district," he said.

During his two terms in office, Johnson has become known as a person who puts long days, nights and weekends into his job. Almost as soon as he took office, he started spending time with city workers, watching and sometimes participating in their jobs, at one point even posing as a client in an undercover police investigation into prostitution. The hours on the job have paid off in results, except around Johnson's home in Sunnyslope, where unsuccessful redevelopment efforts have been the councilman's Achille's heel. Johnson is most proud of his successful lobbying to persuade the state Legislature to require the use of oxygenated fuels beginning Oct. 1 to fight air pollution.

Design-review board He also spearheaded a three-year effort to create a city design-review board, which will examine the quality and appearance of proposed public and private buildings. Johnson is a history student at Arizona State University, and his council salary of $18,000 is his only income, outside of a "few small investments," he said. Before his election in 1985, Johnson was president of his own construction company, which he turned over to his younger brother after he took office. Many people laud Johnson for returning phone calls and following through on what he promises. Lora Nye, who lives near 35th and Northern avenues, met Johnson three years ago, when she sought city help for her neighborhood.

"He is so accessible that he amazes me," Nye said. She formed the Manzanita Block Watch in northwest Phoenix to help her neighbors deal with problems ranging from arson and burglary to trash in alleys and homes in disrepair. She said that "two days after Paul visited," city garbarge trucks were picking up tree limbs and debris that had littered alleys for months. Dottie Gilbert, immediate past president of the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council, gives Johnson credit for opening a dialogue between the council and her group after its bitter, drawn-out fight over a city trade of land in South Mountain Park to developer Bob Gosnell. "Paul voted against us, but after all this, he invited some of us to a luncheon," Gilbert said.

"He asked us Source: Phoenix Planning Department, based on 1985 and 1980 censuses Bret Saberhagen The Kansas City Royals pitcher becomes the first 20-game winner in the American League with a 7-0 win over Baltimore. Dl. "Everything is already there." In Sunnyslope, however, the community, roughly centered at Dunlap and Central Avenues, is old, with growing problems of economic stagnation, crime, youth gangs and deteriorating buildings. Many Sunnyslope residents are frustrated by the failure of a city redevelopment plan for the area's business district, in which several small businesses were condemned and forced to relocate. They were replaced by a 7-Eleven store, a Burger King, a city transit center for buses, and vacant lots after the breakdown of city negotiations with two developers.

Ron Donnell, chairman of the North Mountain Village Planning Committee, criticizes Johnson for "trying to manipulate" a committee he appointed to come up with a development plan for Sunnyslope. "I lost a lot of respect for Paul," Donnell said. "He wasn't willing to compromise, and he didn't respect other people's opinions." Johnson served as a member of the committee for a while but left because of such criticism, only to return later to disband the committee with its work incomplete. Johnson says he was caught in a no-win situation. "The bottom line was it was hard to please anybody," the councilman said.

"I removed myself to allow the committee to work. Then it went on for two years, and I had to come back in to get some kind of resolution." Traffic planning City efforts in Sunnyslope have not stopped. Traffic officials now are working on plans to widen Hatcher Parkway. Planning Department employees are drawing up new zoning guidelines and a master development plan. Some residents arc holding on to their anger, but they are not willing to criticize Johnson in public because of his sure re-election.

Others, such as Craig Hansen, a Sunnyslope native and local businessman, arc willing to give Johnson time to work out the multilaycrcd problem of revitalizing the community. "We have people who like Paul and those who don't like Paul," he said. "I don't blame Paul for the failure of the redevelopment. The economics just weren't there to make it work." Hansen said people are impressed with the "new" Dunlap Avenue, but now want to see the city work on other problem areas. "We are hoping that things will go real well," Hansen said.

"And we hope we can work with the city, especially Paul." District 1 -OfXi V. Peoria Ave. 5j vfl TV SI Lr6 IT 1 Mountain View a I Dunla)Ave- District 3 aS? jU I Northern Ave. PARADISE UJ nJ Cl-. VALLEY (j' 1 GlendaleAvo.

I Maryland Ave. Bethany Home Rd. j- I I xJ CamolbacKHd. District 4 District 5 District 6 mlt SPORTS Blaine McCallister breaks out of a six-way tie with birdies on the last two holes to capture a 1 -stroke victory in the Bank of Boston Classic D2. Arizona State quarterback Paul Justin is listed as questionable for Saturday's game against Houston because of a shoulder injury.

D10. BUSINESS Now is the time for all good taxpayers to come to the aid of their accountants for their 1990 returns, tax preparers say. CI. U.S. companies claiming harm from conspiracies by foreign competitors could be helped by a federal court ruling, attorneys say.

C3. LIFE LEISURE Syndicated columnist Alice Kahn introduces herself to Arizona Republic readers with an entertaining look at life in the bike lane. B4. Tonight is pregnant with possibilities as the new television season gets under way. Fox is adding another night of programming, and CBS is trying an all-comedy lineup.

B4. Expect to find some winners and some real losers among the television scries that premiere this evening in prime time. Bud Wilkinson's column, B8. THE PICK Winning numbers: 02 08 14 36 37 42 Bonus number: 22 Jackpot: 644,1 56 (6 correct numbers.) Second-place pool: 3,280.80 (5 correct, plus bonus number.) Third-place pool: 1,992. 10 (5 correct numbers.) Fourth-place pool: (4 correct numbers.) Bonus number applies only to second-place pool.

TODAYSEPTEMBER 18, 1989 Ixnny Bruce Dead at 40, Mill Avenue Theatre, 520 S. Mill Tcmpc, 8 p.m. September 18 in history: In 1769, the Boston Gazette reported on the first piano built in the United States. In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after she was kidnapped by the Symbioncse Liberation Army. CORRECTION In a photograph on Page Bl on Sunday, it was incorrectly reported that Christcl Hays is a senior at South Mountain High School.

She attends Shadow Mountain High School. The Arizona Republic will correct errors fully and promptly. To report an error in the news columns, phone Managing Editor John F. Oppcdahl at 271-8121; to report an error on the opinion pages, phone William P. Cheshire, editorial page editor, at 271-8493.

The Arizona Republic if we thought we could work together with the council. He did extend the olive branch." Gilbert said the group has approached Johnson on several issues since then and Johnson has "been open to our suggestions," though not always on the group's side for the final vote. Those credits to his openness and hard work, combined with some unusual boundaries of his district, may offer some explanations of why the tall, youthful councilman has drawn no election opponents. District 3 is made up of 27 square miles that drape like a bow tie from the Phoenix Mountains on the cast to the Glcndalc city limits at 43rd Avenue on the west. Its northern border is Peoria Avenue, and its southern borders are roughly Camel-back Road and Maryland Avenue.

Patchwork district The district is a patchwork of bites taken from several distinctive regions of Phoenix, including Maryvale, Moon Valley, Sunnyslope, Arcadia and Paradise Valley. The district also is almost completely developed, with only 14 percent of the area remaining for new construction. Although he has taken stands on most issues to go before the city, Johnson has drawn criticism for votes favoring rezoning cases that are fought by neighbors as being too intense for their areas. Those cases, however, have tended to be on the outskirts of Phoenix, not in Johnson's already-settled district. Art Colangclo, chairman of the Alhambra Village Planning Committee, one of nine, city-appointed panels that review zoning cases, says he never has met Johnson, whose district includes part of Alhambra village.

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