St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 81

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1990 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 5W CAMPAIGN '90 65TH HOUSE DISTRICT Embattled Ribaudo Is Facing Challenge At Home, Too pair bonds would be a good way to finance hazardous waste cleanup in i the state. I Gasoline tax increase for road improvements: Ribaudo said it was not needed now; Currans is undecided. Natural streams: Currans supports a petition group's proposal to set up a state natural streams commission. Ribaudo is undecided.

Flag-burning: Ribaudo supports a proposal to amend the U.S. Constitutional "to protect the flag" but said any such change must be carefully worded. Currans is opposed to the amendment. He said there was no need for it. He criticized President George Bush for "grandstanding for political purposes" on the issue.

Currans is former vice chairman of the 2nd District Police-Community Relations Committee. Currans, a graduate of Parkway Central High School, attended Hous A v- '-WSUJ, -'rf finance a new downtown stadium. In his position as majority leader, Ribaudo also has been central to passing other measures requested by St. Louis city government. On other issues: Divorce cases: Currans advocates a "grandparents bill of rights" to guarantee the right to visit children in divorce cases.

Ribaudo also supports such a bill. Ethics: Currans and Ribaudo both oppose Gov. John Ashcroft's proposal to set up a state ethics commission and reduce the size of the House. Ribaudo supported the bill passed by the Legislature on the issue. To cut the influence of special interests, Currans wants to prevent a legislator from receiving any campaign donations from organizations with an interest in legislation considered by committees on which the legislator serves.

Currans also wants to prevent legislators from being employed by any industry overseen by their committees. State finances: Both candidates support forming a state commission to study the state's tax and revenue situation and suggest potential changes. Ribaudo added that he would try to use "creative avenues" to deal with "a fiscal crisis of devastating proportion" facing state government. For example, he said issuing environmental re By Mark Schlinkmann Regional Political Correspondent The bitter race between Missouri House Majority Leader Anthony D. Ribaudo and Speaker Bob Griffin for the speaker's job next year has made headlines across Missouri lately.

But while Ribaudo crisscrosses the state trying to line up the support of House incumbents and candidates in his bid to unseat Griffin, he also has had to contend with an election opponent back home in his district in southwest St. Louis. Fellow Democrat Dennis M. Cur-rans, 41, is the first primary or general-election opponent Ribaudo has had In eight years in the 65th District. No Republicans have filed this year in the district, which takes in The Hill, Dog-town and nearby neighborhoods.

Currans said he first decided to challenge Ribaudo, 48, in the primary Tuesday because of the abortion issue. Currans is a supporter of abortion rights, and Ribaudo has been aligned with the anti-abortion movement in his 14 years in the Legislature. Currans said the catalyst for his race was a rash of "crank" telephone calls from people opposed to abortion that he said were made to his home after the Post-Dispatch published a photograph of him last year at an abortion-rights rally. "I got madder and madder," said Currans, a member of the National Abortion Rights Action League and St. Louis Catholics for Choice.

Currans said abortion in the first trimester without restrictions should be "entirely a woman's choice." Thus, he said he wanted to repeal many of the abortion restrictions enacted by the Legislature. But he said he was undecided on the current state requirement that a minor seeking an abortion get the consent of at least one parent. Ribaudo said he remained supportive of the restrictions enacted in recent years in the state and eventually wurrans is the first primary or general-election opponent Ribaudo has had in eight years in the 65th District. No Republicans have filed this year. wants to bar all abortions except in cases of rape, incest and danger to the health of the mother.

"It's my own moral feeling," he said. But he said he would reserve judgment on how he would vote on any abortion-related bills in the next session until he had a chance to review them. The two also differ oh City Hall patronage. Citing state audits critical of the sheriff, license collector, circuit clerk's and city treasurer's offices, Currans said the Legislature should merge those and other patronage offices into existing civil service offices. He contends that the current system breeds "corruption, ineptitude and incompetency" because employees are hired due to their membership in Democratic ward organizations not on their qualifications to do the job in question.

"I'm not opposing Ribaudo because I think he's so bad," Currans said. "I'm opposing him because I think he's so typical. If I were in office and had his seniority and his power, these issues would have been addressed." Ribaudo, the 24th Ward Democratic committeeman and the former chairman of the city Democratic Central Committee, supports retention of the patronage offices. The offices are run by people elected by voters and are independent of Dennis M. Currans Democratic challenger Moreover, an abortion-rights political action committee that supports Currans has not made his race a priority.

That group prefers to devote its resources to races it believes it has a better chance of winning. Ribaudo insists he is not ignoring Currans and plans to distribute leaflets with his campaign pitches. Among other things, he points to his support for mental health appropriations and his key role in getting legislation to ton Community College in Texas and the University of Missouri at St. Louis. He is married with one child.

His address is 2279A Blendon Place. Ribaudo is an executive with St. Louis Concessions, which operates the Spirit of the River boat on the downtown riverfront. He graduated from Southwest High School and attended Washington University. He is married and has one child.

His address is 5440 Daggett Avenue. Anthony D. Ribaudo House Majority Leader the administration of Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl Jr. Ribaudo said he believed that the majority of patronage workers did a good job and that switching to civil service would not guarantee any better service.

"There's some people in civil service that really don't do 100 percent," Ribaudo added. Currans, a self-employed manufacturer's representative, ran for office once before. He lost in the Democratic primary for the House in 1976. Currans acknowledged that he is the underdog this year. Ribaudo has all the endorsements from Democratic ward groups in the district and has 14 years' name recognition and a big fund-raising advantage.

Currans has raised only about $850, compared to about $10,000 Ribaudo has budgeted for his 65th District campaign effort. Overall, Ribaudo said he had raised about $75,000. FURTHER REDUCTIONS AN ADDITIONAL 5) Recycling Hi-Pointe ALL REMAINING SUMMER FASHIONS ill i. 1 skirts blouses dresses swimwear jewelry accessories tees shorts pants about nine acres, running west from McCausland Avenue to the eastern side of Blendon the general boundary that divides St. Louis from Richmond Heights.

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