Wisconsin State Journal from Madison, Wisconsin • 6

Page 6, Section 1 Wisconsin State Journal, Thursday, September 2, 1982 F5ve emfi)s rafts dud StCi Assemmbi Charles Chvala Jane Hoepker Norman Cummings 1, 1 1 "Dpi, VX is Mrs. Hoepker, 35, farms with her husband at 3705 Hoepker Road about 1 'i miles northeast of East Towne Mall. She is president and a three-term member of the Sun Prairie School Board. She and her husband, Jerome, have three children. Chvala, 27, of 5710 Indian Trace, is a lawyer and legislative consultant to the Citizens Utility Board.

A former student member of the Madison School Board, he lost a 1978 Assembly campaign. He and his wife, Tracy, have two children. Cummings, 31, of 5403 Summer Trail Road, McFarland, was an auditor for the state Legislative Audit Bureau before taking a leave to campaign for office. A two-term member of the McFarland Village Board, he is single and a Big Brother of Dane County. Jane Hoepker said she would make a good representative of the 98th District in the state Assembly because she can "relate to the problems people experience.

"No, I dont have degrees or a formal education" beyond high school she said. "But I know what it's like to be a 17-year-old high school dropout without a job and with a baby. I know what it's like not to have money. "I know what it's like to operate a family farm, and I know what it's like to deal with political issues at the local level (through her position on the Sun Prairie School The most important issues for the 98th District, she said, include property tax relief, the Beltline Highway and economic improvement. The state should allow communities to reduce property taxes by changing the way it pays for schools, Mrs.

Hoepker said. The property tax that goes to schools should be reduced, she said, and replaced by greater state aid to schools. Such action may require an increase in state taxes, she said, but the move is necessary. Property taxes are too high, she said. In addition, she said, it makes more sense for Wiscon- Since 1976 Norman Cummings, in his job with the state Legislative Audit Bureau, has been a watchdog over how Wisconsin spends taxpayers' money.

He said he is ready to move to the state Assembly as a representative of the 98th District to continue his watchdog role. "I have a well-rounded background to make the kind of decisions needed in the next two years," he said. "I know how government can work better." The Legislative Audit Bureau audits government programs to ensure that they operate efficiently. A background in government efficiency is required in the Assembly, he said, because the state must control costs. He said he knows government programs that can be made more efficient but said it is unethical for him to name them because, he recommended their audits when he was with the Audit Bureau.

He said the most important issues in the 98th District include economic development, property tax reduction and the South Beltline Highway. He said he supports establishment of an economic development authority that would grant tax breaks to attract investment from businesses, using the money to provide loans to Charles Chvala said he deserves to represent the 98th District in the state Assembly because he has the "broadest familiarity with the people. "I've lived and worked with the people in the district most of my life," he said. "They'll feel comfortable with me in office. They'll know they can express their views to me." Chvala campaigned for the Assembly in 1978 but finished second in a Democratic primary to David Travis.

He said his familiarity with the district is important because the district needs stability in its Assembly representation. (Parts of the 98th District are getting their fourth representative since 1975.) Chvala said the most important issues in the district include property tax reduction, economic development and the South Beltline Highway. Property taxes can be reduced, he said, if the state changes the way it pays for schools. Property tax money that now goes to schools should be reduced, though not eliminated, he said. Property taxes could thus be lowered.

The loss of money to schools should be picked up, he said, by increases in other taxes, based on ability to pay. (High property taxes un- sin to pay for schools through state taxes, where the burden would be shared equally according to ability to pay. The Beltline Highway is unsafe, she said, and the state must spend money to improve it. Caring for the state's roads is a vital job of government, she said. She said she is concerned that Wisconsin is falling behind other states in economic development.

A failure to encourage businesses to locate in Wisconsin has restricted job growth, she said. The state's taxes should be adjusted to encourage businesses to build in Wisconsin, she said. fairly burden many people who don't have the ability to pay, he said.) He said he supports a tax "along the lines of a local income tax" to help pay for schools. He said he supports the use of tax breaks to help business build in Wisconsin. By forgoing some tax income now, he said, the state can gain greater tax income and more jobs in the future.

The South Beltline Highway must be improved because it is unsafe, he said. He said an environmental impact statement must be completed, however, before the best solution can be chosen. new businesses. He said the property tax is an unfair burden for people on fixed incomes. It can be reduced, he said, if the amount of property tax money sent to schools is reduced.

The lost income for schools should be picked up by state taxes, he said. He said the 1 percentage point sales tax increase imposed this year should be extended, with the money to go to schools. He said improvement of the South Beltline Highway "has got to be a top priority" for state spending. The highway is unsafe and an environmental hazard, he said. Judson Knoll Rita Wlodarczyk Knoll, 38, of 121 Violet Circle, is a self-employed architect.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's degree in urban design and planning, he is making his first try for public office. He and his wife, Judy, have three children. Mrs. Wlodarczyk, 61, of 409 Nichols Road, Monona, owns and operates an antique store. She is a three-term member of the Monona City Council and a a founder of the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus.

She and her husband, Wencil, have two children. BURKE sun praw. WARDS wZ BLOOM- rlr GROVE Mc- I FAR- I LAND Rita Wlodarczyk has a blunt description of claims by political candidates that government spending must be cut. "I think statements like that are stupid," she said. "I think you have to be realistic.

What I can say is that I will try to spend money wisely. I think that's the sensible approach." Mrs. Wlodarczyk is making her third campaign for state office. She lost tries for the state Senate and for secretary of state. She said she is a longtime supporter of her state representative, Harland Everson, D-Edgerton.

When redistricting moved Everson from her district for the 1982 election, she decided "it seemed like an opportune time" to campaign for the Assembly. Important issues for the 98th District, she said, include help for small businesses, property tax reduction and the South Beltline Highway. She said she supports tax breaks for small businesses, including forgiving taxes "for the first couple of years." The state should establish a state bank to give loans to small businesses, she said. Property taxes impose an unfair burden on elderly people, she said. The state could reduce property The lawns around Violet Circle on Madison's East Side are decorated with red-and-white signs promoting Judson Knoll for the 98th District seat in the state Assembly.

But Knoll admits that outside his neighborhood his name is far from a household word. In a Democratic primary field of five candidates, Knoll is the only one never to run for political office before. He said he intends to offset his inexperience and lack of name recognition with work. "I plan to out-handshake and out-doorbell-ring" the opposition, he said. He said his experience as an architect and urban planner qualifies him to run for the Assembly.

"I see (politics) as a continuation of my work," he said. "In architecture you build a better environment by making physical changes I see (politics) as an opportunity to do more good" solving broader problems. Important issues for the 98th District, he said, include the South Beltline Highway, economic improvement and crime control. The South Beltline Highway through Monona is unsafe, he said. A plan to improve the highway by relocating it southward, across a marsh, taxes by finding another way to pay for schools, she said.

The state could raise income, sales and "sin" taxes, she said, to pay for schools. She said "I would like to see no new road construction" in Wisconsin because the expense would be too great. Taxpayers' money would be better used to maintain existing roads, she said. However, she said, reconstruction of the South Beltline Highway through Monona should be. completed.

The improvement is necessary because the highway is unsafe, she said. should be approved, he said. "I can provide the knowledge and leadership to get that process going," he said. The state needs to compete with other states for new businesses by offering tax incentives, he said. Wisconsin should give businesses tax breaks to encourage thgm to build in Wisconsin, he said.

Wisconsin residents believe crime is a serious problem, he said, and are willing to spend more money despite economic hard times on prisons and police. The 98th Assembly District: The Dane County towns of Blooming Grove and Burke; the village of McFarland; the city of Monona; city of Madison wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14, and the city of Sun Prairie wards 7 and 8. Winner to face Republican Stanek The winner of the Democratic primary Sept. 14 will face Republican Robert Stanek, 4606 E. Buckeye Road, in the general election.

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