Baxter Bulletin from Mountain Home, Arkansas • 6

x-wu Friday, May 25, 1984 THE BAXTER BULLETIN, Page 6A Primary '84 Four Democrats, two Republicans vie for governorship law during last fall's special legislative session. The rest have been approved by the state board of education for implementation in three years. One of the youngest governors in the country when he first assumed the office, Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar who studied at Oxford University in England for two years. goal, says Moss, would be a profession whcih attracts people of the best character and conduct so they would be models for living. Moss is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Arkansas.

He is married to the former Juanita Badger of Kalamazoo, and they have four children. Lonnie Turner Lonnie C. Turner is one of three GOP candidate says he's never backed Clinton for governor. In fact, Davis feels Clinton is out of touch with most Arkansans, calling him a liberal in a state of moderates and saying voters are dissatisfied with the two-term Democrat. Davis also has assaulted the Democratic Party and lays the state' economic conditions at the feet of the Democrats.

He has said Democratic policies and practices and their short-term solutions to problems through tax increases have made Arkansas a poor state. It's time, says Davis, to trim the cost of government, re-evaluate basic governmental and economic policies and find long-term solutions to problems. He has said state government needs to work (Continued on next page.) Erwin Davis One of the two Republican candidates for governor almost could be considered a hometown boy here in Mountain Home. Erwin Davis, 39, lived here with his family for several years in the 1950's. Davis now lives at Fayetteville and is a lawyer and has been a part-time instructor at the University of Arkansas College of Business Administration for 10 years.

This is his first time at bat in a contest for public office. Davis has told voters he offers a commitment for change in state government and says he's in the race to win. In 1974, Davis supported incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton in a race for the Third District congressional seat, but the cumbent's teacher testing program and has said he would repeal it, as he would repeal the state's truck tax, if elected. In the area of law enforcement, Schwarzlose has proposed the use of more dogs and "vigilantes" to help curb the crime problem. He also has suggested a five-mill increase in property taxes to provide indivdual disaster insurance which he wants presented as a constitutional amendment.

Woody Freeman Two Republicans are seeking the opportunity to unseat Bill Clinton, or defeat any other Democratic nominee for governor this year. Woody Freeman, a Jonesboro electrical and general contractor, is one of those two GOP contenders. The 37-year-old Freeman is president of the Jonesboro School Board and is a member of the state Board of Higher Education. As with other gubernatorial contenders, he's attacked the incumbent's position on teacher testing. Freeman says that as a school board member he knows what makes education work at the local level and doubts the wisdom of Clinton's teacher testing law.

Like other gubernatorial candidates, Lonnio C. Tumor For GOVERNOR Turn Government Back To The People Pol. Ad Paid By Citizens For Turner, V.Floyd, Treas. Freeman has suggested he will re vise the law if elected. The Paragould native also has been critical of the lack of empha sis placed on vocational education in the governor's education re forms.

Freeman considers voca tional education an integral part of any efforts to attract industry to Fanny's Granny 904 South Main Mtn. Home Across from Sheid's Furniture Will be open 9 to 5 Mon. with some items priced special for Memorial Day. Arkansas and provide a trained labor force for that industry. By bringing more industry to Arkansas, Freeman says that even This year's primary elections have drawn six contenders into the field seeking to become Arkansas' governor.

Four of these candidates incumbent Bill Clinton, Kermit Moss, Lonnie C. Turner and Monroe Schwarzlose are Democrats and the other two are Republicans Woody Freeman and Erwin Davis. Bill Clinton At 37, and with five political races, a term as attorney general and two terms as governor to his credit, Bill Clinton almost qualifies for membership as an old-timer on the Arkansas political scene. Clinton burst on the political scene 10 years ago when he ran an unsuccesful campaign against John Paul Hammerschmidt for the Third District congressional seat. In the following election, Clinton won the post of attorney general the set his sights on the governorship, which he won in 1978.

However, in 1980 Frank White, using the controversial relocation of Cuban refugees in Arkansas and Clinton's increase of license tag fees as his two of his primary issues, unseated the rising Democratic political star. But that didn't end Clinton's career. After working in a private law practice during White's term as governor, Clinton regained the governor's office in 1982, becoming the only man in Arkansas history to lose the governor's mansion then regain it. This year, the Hope native is making a try for a third term as governor and education is the key issue for his campaign. Under Clinton's administration, the most sweeping education reforms in state history have been approved and he is now traversing the state telling voters his re-election will be a key part in seeing those reforms implemented.

He has said if any of his opponents are elected, then the reforms of his administration will likely be dismantled before they are put to use. While a tax increase during his previous administration contributed to his defeat in 1982, the one percent increase in the state sales tax Clinton pushed through in order to raise money for education could again present a problem for the incumbent Democrat. The tax increase was necessary, according to Clinton, because of a state supreme court ruling which would have forced 150 of the state's 370 school districts to lose some of the funds they had been using. Clinton said this would have been a disaster for public schools in Arkansas. However, Clinton's opponents are using the tax increase to attack his credibility.

Each of his challengers have raised the issue that two years ago Clinton promised he would not support any major, general tax increase because of the hard economic times. Clinton, however, contends the economy was improving and the supreme court ruling made the increase necessary. At one time in Clinton's political career, his wife Hillary was considered by some as somewhat of a liability because she used her maiden name, Rodham, in her law practice. However, the state's first lady, formerly of Chicago, has been in the forefront of the governor's campaign for education reform. She headed the 15-member committee which developed the main points of Clinton's reform program, some of which became tually will provide more revenue for the state which can be used to Democrats challenging Bill Clinton for their party's nomination as its gubernatorial candidate.

Turner, 39, lives at Ozark and is the Altus city attorney. He's a former Franklin County deputy prosecutor and was the 15th District prosecutor in 1971. A former Clinton supporter, Turner says Clinton has changed and no longer has his backing, (Turner served on the state Student Loan Board, a position to which he was appointed by Clinton.) One of the main issues turner is attacking Clinton on is the truck tax adopted by the legislature last year. The tax can be as much as $175 per year for trucks weighing over 73,280 pounds and was enacted to help pay for damage caused by the heavier trucks after Arkansas' truck weight limit was raised to 80,000 pounds. Turner says there is anti-Clinton sentiment in the state over the truck tax, largely because the incumbent governor has not kept his word.

Turner contends Clinton promised to repeal the tax if other states retaliated against Arkansas truckers. Oklahoma and other states have indeed adopted retaliatory taxes against Arkansas truckers, but the tax has not been repealed and Turner claims Clinton has broken his promise. Another point Turner is attacking Clinton's credibility on is the sales tax increased the governor pushed through the 1983 special session. Turner says Clinton promised no major tax inc reases during his 1982 campaign, then turned around and raised the state sales tax from three percent to four percent. Turner is a graduate of Arkansas Tech and the University of Arkansas.

He and his wife, the former LaDene Bull of Rogers, have two teenaged children Monroe Schwarzlose Monroe Schwarzlose his fourth try for the Democratic nomination for governor, and is enjoying it as much as he has his previous attempts. Schwarzlose is an 81-year-old retired turkey farmer from Kings-land and each election year since 1978 he's brought a different flavor to the race. In 1980, Schwarzlose took nearly a third of the votes in the Democratic primary and some feel his showing while intended by some voters as a lesson to Bill Clinton probably helped contribute to Clinton's defeat in the general election by Frank White. He's offered some interesting campaign proposals over the years, including a state lottery to in He also attended Georgetown Uni-veristy in Washington, D.C., where he worked two years as an assistant clerk for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Yale University. After he graduated from Yale in 1973, Clinton taught law at the University of Arkansas.

Kermit Moss Education and support of the law are the cornerstones of society's foundation and Kermit Moss is a firm supporter of both. Moss, 64, a certified public accountant and former college instructor, is making his first try for public office in the race for the De-mocratic nomination for governor. The Bearden native who now lives at Pine Bluff questions incumbent Bill Clinton's teacher testing program, a program which has drawn the incumbent the ire of many of the state's teachers and Moss support from the Arkansas Education Association. Rather than testing all teachers, Moss has suggested identifying teachers whose qualifications are questionable. Those teachers, say Moss, should be tested and, if they fail, should be taken out of the classroom until they have corrected their deficiencies.

"I know what it is to try hard, work long hours for low pay and to see efforts for excellence go unnoticed and seemingly unappreciated," said Moss of teaching. "I learned early in the classroom that it is unwise and unproductive to attack the entire class and denigrate them all because of the deficiencies of a few. I can fully understand how a teacher must feel, after having demonstrated classroom excellence to one and all for many years, to now be required to take a test to prove tht he or she can read, write, add and subtract." Another area in education Moss is concerned about is school boards themselves. He has said it is possible for persons with little education to be on a school board and decide the qualifications of those who are charged with the re-sponsibilty of educating children. This concern extends to the superintendents' positions in schools.

Moss said in many instances, superintendents come from the coaching field and often are unqualified for the most important job in a school system. He believes superintendents should be chosen from among qualified educators, not the athletic department. Moss also questions the emphasis placed on athletics in Arkansas schools. He has said the skills of playing a game would be of little value in the long run compared to the importance of being taught the skills necessary to make it in life. He says very, very few individuals qualify for multi-million dollar contracts in sports.

In the area of law enforcement, Moss has said anything whcih can be done to improve respect for law and effectiveness in law enforcement should be done. This would include better pay for policemen as well as higher standards. The iSttOSIAlL BAST fund education programs. Freeman opposes forced consolidation of school districts, saying that simply because a district is small does not mean it cannot do a good job of education. He favors a funding formula which could help smaller districts survive.

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