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2C Tucson Citizen Tuesday June 22 1 993 i 1 i I I i I I I 4 'Budget cut ror law emoreemenit FT By Rhonda bodfield Citizen Staff Writer QABonpuriimiMl i think what we saw today is that these agencies have thrown down the gauntlet The board make decisions based on arbitrary number reductions but on Grijalva said convinced they have these needs and they asking for anything extray- agant just for the amount to sustain their levels of service" Republicans Moore and Paul Marsh dis- agreed both insisting the cuts stay should be Moore said adding he was at surprised by the pleas and arguments for more funding Moore suggested the agencies would do well to eliminate administrative positions but said one has tried to apply a sharp pencil to any one of these Republican Supervisor Mike Boyd sounded most like a swing vote on the five-member board but even he seemed intent on leaving the cuts intact for the most partl except in areas of juvenile services think what we heard today verified" what I feel is one of the big needs in Pima County and increased funding in areas of preventing crime among he" said ings increased from 14000 to more than 2 1 000 in one year He added that services for children are being cut because a perceived politically expedient need to make a gesture of cutting am asking you to begin to make an investment in the kids in Pima Collins said Under questioning by Democratic Supervisor Dan Eckstrom Vyas yesterday recommended against granting a 10 percent salary increase for deputies as requested by the Fraternal Order of Police The request came after a survey showed Pima County deputies are paid substantially less than their counterparts elsewhere in the state seem to recall that when we were considering adjustments to the salary of the new county administrator the response was that it should be comparable to other positions good enough to do for' the administrator but not good enough for local Eckstrom said referring to salary increase in January from $96170 to $108000 Democrat Raul Grijalva said he doubted the presentations by criminal justice leaders will help end proposed cuts counties across the state including the largest Maricopa County and 517 were heard in Tima County The budget offered to Brown is $1 million less than the court was given in fiscal 1 990-91 and $400000 less than last year while crime has escalated since then Brown said that the jury room needs to be renovated to meet safety regulations and that security must be increased to protect jurors and judges from defendants particularly in domestic violence cases Brown questioned how he could provide increased service with less revenue adding that his options would be to let prisoners stack up in the jail or to the chairman to keep from filing referring to Supervisor Ed recent lawsuit against the county merit commission for withholding documents from him based on his witness status in a personnel hearing can no longer spin straw into gold Years and years of budget cuts have left us without any discretion to cut anything more" Brown said Juvenile Court Judge Raner Collins told the board that demand for juvenile hear Despite pleas yesterday from law enforcement representatives to drop plans to chop their budgets the Pima County Board of Supervisors appears fixed to do just that Throughout four hours of testimony officials from the courts the County Attorney's Office and the Department expressed doubt they could accommodate County Administrator Manoj vision of doing more with less in the face of rising crime have not historically been an alarmist but there will be consequences We are in the midst of those consequences right said County Attorney Steve Neely A staggering increase in juvenile homicide and violent crime in the past year marks the worst situation in his 22 years with law enforcement he said are on the verge of paying the price for not paying attention for a number of years The dam is about to Neely said $598 million overall county budget proposal 1 1 million less than current funding levels includes 5 percent cuts to agencies and a 2 percent across-the-board salary increase Based on an increase in services including 34 percent more trials last year Neely requested $108 million He would get $10 million under proposal about $400000 less than last year Sheriff Clarence Dupnik requested nearly $46 million He got $414 million down from a current $428 million Dupnik has said he is far below the national average of two deputies per 1000 people It would take 222 new deputies to reach that average Dupnik has maintained the public will suffer from further cuts The average response time is 12 minutes The ideal is eight he said In a prepared statement to the board yesterday he said he is and to cut more services Acting Presiding Superior Court Judge Michael Brown told the supervisors that 1033 felony cases were heard statewide last year Of those 5 1 6 were heard in other i ti i I I I ii 4 it if it 9 AOBITUARIESS Western states unite over environmentalism Patrick Kelly former legal adviser to police By ANN-EVE PEDERSENCifzen Staff Writer How they voted Tucson City Council June 21 meeting Present: Mayor George Miller and City Council members Janet Marcus Steve Leal Bruca Wheeler Molly McKasson Roger Sedlmayr and Mike Haggerty All are Democrats By MIKE GRAHAM CitizenStaff Writer iizm ussu 1 tQIKLMAGISTRAT PASSED 7-0 See story tC Should City Magistrate Pita Jett be suspended for one week without pay pending a closed council hearing next week? The council will question Jett about a June 12 incident in which she signed an order releasing her ex-boyfriend from the Pima County Jail chairman proposed an in-state symposium on forest management and complained about "manage--1 ment paralysis and unending in managing forest resources in the state seem to resolve the 1 communication problem between the Forest Service and the Fish and Game Wildlife ton said frustrated by the fact that we continue to face the same' problems" Gary Filmon premier of Mani- toba Canada talked about part in the Great Plains Initiative an experimental program headed by Wyoming Gov MikeSuP livan The initiative looks at developing strategies to protect habi- tats and species in decline in the Great Plains Robert Armstrong assistant In-j terior secretary for land and min- erals management pointed out the need for a new mining law and said time is right for He asked for comments from' those concerned about a new mim- ing bill On the agenda today the last day of the conference are waste management policies and cleanup at waste sites Ey MARIA ELENA LOPEZ Citizen Staff Writer A panel of governors from Western states and representatives of the Clinton administration agreed yesterday to work together to protect the Western environment and to use its natural resources in a way that keeps people employed have to and can do Elizabeth Rieke a representative from the Interior Department said during a discussion at the annual meeting of the Western Association at Loews Ventana Canyon resort Rieke assistant secretary for water and science lived in Tucson for 14 years can protect and enhance ecosystems We can protect and enhance sustainable she emphasized She has the Bureau of Recla- mation the Bureau of Mines and the State Geological Survey under her wing in Washington DC Yesterday was the second day of the meeting The panel also agreed to resolve a Hopi-Navajo water rights issue raised by Vernon Masayesva chairman of the Hopi tribe Gov Fife Symington association SCANDSWA PASSED 7-0 The council also wants city staff to look into directly buying the proposed school sle at a trustee's sale See story 1A i if 9 9 9 9 Should the council OK a joint Drachman Elementary School-park development with the Tucson Unified School District without committing to a proposed land swap among the city TUSD and developer Donald Diamond? 1 crrvBUDG -ASSED 4-3 McKasson Wheeler and Leal opposed Kelly was sworn in as a judge advocate He retired from the Army in 1972 and was immediately named legal adviser to the Tucson Police Department For nearly 19 years Mr Patrick kept pace with changing local state and federal laws to brief police on what legal procedures to follow and help prevent lawsuits Mr Kelly also taught at the Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy and at the Arizona Law EnforcementTraining Academy He retired in 1990 but not before influencing his daughter into becoming an officer with the Tucson Police Department dealt with the police and it made me respect law said his daughter Bridget McEwen an investigator in juvenile services father had so much integrity that he teach while I was at the academy but he pinned my badge Mr Kelly was preceded in death by his son Darren In addition to his wife and daughter he is survived by daughters Maura Padia of Tucson Casey Easier of Italy and Megan Cole of Phoenix sons Sean Kelly and Brian Kelly of Tucson and Kevin Kelly of Phoenix and 13 grandchildren Memorial services will begin at 1 0 am Friday at St Pius Church 1 800 Camino Pio Decimo A police motorcade will follow to Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery and Mausoleum The family has asked that memorial donations be made to the St Hospice Unit or the American Cancer Society Should the council adopt a $5305 million city budget for fiscal 1993-94? The budget $23 million larger than that for the current fiscal year would not mean higher taxes Patrick Kelly who died Sunday was viewed as a man of integrity by those who worked with him could always take his advice to the bank and could always trust Tucson Police Chief Elaine Hedtke said of Kelly who was a legal adviser to the Police Department family remembers him as a man who always faced challenges head-on really pushed said his wife Patricia had a big family and he wanted to Mr Kelly 66 died in the Hospice Unit at St Hospital after a bout with cancer Mr Kelly was born in East Chicago Ind and graduated from Arizona State University in 1949 In 1950 he went into the US Vir Force in the Office of Special nvestigations It was during the same period that Mr Kelly attended law school at the University of Arizona went to school during the day worked at night and all that with eight said Patricia Kelly Mr Kelly passed the bar exam in 1964 and spent only two hours as a civilian until the Army hired him after finding out he was a lawyer his wife said went from the Air Force to the Army because the Air Force going to utilize him with his law she said In 1966 while stationed at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista Mr 1 acouNciatsArARi Should the council forward a proposed City Charter amendment that establishes a -commission to set mayor and council salaries every two years? Currently any salary increase must be OK'd by voters: Council members are paid $12000 per year the mayor is paid $24000 DEFEATED 5-2 Marcus and Haggerty supported the plan Instead a proposal to estaUsh a citizens' commission to make salary recommendations that would have to be OK'd by voters was passed 6-1 wih Leal opposed Carmona ouster tied to new plan for units 1 USB? Ik Continued from 1C DEFEATED 4-3 i Vifer Leaf McKasson I and Sedlmayr opposed Should the council forward a proposed City Charter amendment to establish a 2 percent city use tax? The tax would be imposed on alt items over $1000 that businesses and individuals purchase outside the city but bring into the city to be used A City Charter election will be held Nov 2 in conjunction with the city's general election 1 CIVllJSERVlC 4 PASCED 5-2 and Sedlmayr opposed Should the council forward a Charter amendment that would eliminate Civil Sendee protection for ail department heads and deputy directors with the exception of those in the police and fire departments? Bemie Perlin 68 sports journalist businessman Libertarians sue over signature rule Raised in the streets of Harlem the high school dropout was wounded three times during his service in Vietnam as a Green Beret 1 medic and weapons specialist 3: Since his ouster as trauma director was announced last week 1 Carmona has publicly expressed shock and surprise over the loss of his job He has said he was told little -1 about why he is out of the trauma business here other than that he has done an excellent job of this will become a lot more! clear when the new trauma plan is said Reavis The unification of the two trauma services is driven by the need to I attract top trauma medical resi-l dents to Tucson and to develop a solid injqry prevention research i program here said Reavis Both goals have been thwarted by the lack of unity between the two4 services said both UMC and TMC'- i officials I two trauma centers have 1 1 been in name only until Reavis said had worked out arrangements to handle each cases if one of the centers was overloaded but that was about Carmona contends however i that TMC officials have refused to provide the resources he requested to meet the needs of residents in trauma services and maintain the trauma top status The seeds of the new plan and these twin goals were apparently planted by the new head of surgery --at University Medical Center Dr Bruce Jarrell who took that posi- -tion two years ago 1 Jarrell will now be the acting director of UMC-TMC trauma ser-vices and will choose a permanent director after a national search Reavis said services for eight years was let go with only three notice Carmona said he and his lawyer Roger Levitan are trying to talk with TMC officials about legal issues surrounding the situation just want to know what my rights are" Carmona said yesterday been able to get any answers (from TMC) about He said he is baffled by hospital statements that he could apply for a position within the new trauma system "They told me I have no place in the Carmona said think backpedaling now because of all the response over Carmona was told on June 7 by TMC officials that he would be out of a job by June 30 Sources within the medical community say however that the hurly-burly high-profile style that marks 43-year-old Carmona makes him an unlikely choice for a job that calls for real teamwork between the two hospitals Since founding and directing TMCs trauma center eight years ago Carmona has created headlines not only for his trauma work but also for his role In dramatic search and rescue operations and as a member of the sheriff SWAT team A doctor unabashedly at ease with action and adventure Carmona was credited with the risky helicopter rescue last year of a plane crash victim in the wilderness of the Pinaleno Mountains and was wounded by a gunshot during a SWAT team operation several years ago Vosberg interviewed many fighters and Hall of Fame baseball he said "We interviewed George Foreman Wilt Chamberlain Gaylord Perry and Frank Mr Perlin also -did a lot of work with the University of Arizona football team interviewing players and coaches For a time he did play-by-play announcing for the Cleveland Indians during the spring training in Tucson In May 1967 Mr Perlin resigned as manager of KZAZ-TV and opened Perlin Advertising and Public Relations Mr Perlin was inducted into the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame several years ago He is survived by his wife Zelda three sons Jack of Tucson Allan of San Diego Calif and Barry of North Carolina a daughter Linda Nordgren of Las Vegas Nev a brother David Perlin of Camarillo Calif and 10 grandchildren Sports columnist Corky Simpson reflects on Mr Perlin 1 A graveside service for Bemie Perlin a longtime local sports-caster and president of Perlin Advertising and Public Relations was scheduled for today Services will begin at 3 pm at Evergreen Mortuary Cemetery and Memorial Park 3015 Oracle Road Mr Perlin died Saturday of a heart attack He was 68 Mr Perlin moved from his hometown of Brooklyn NY to Tucson in 1948 He was the manager of radio station KTKT when it opened in 1949 and was sports director vice president and general sales manager of KOLD-TV for many years Mi Perlin was a veteran Tucson-area television and radio sports-caster One of Mr many programs was Press said Don Vosberg a former University of Arizona assistant football coach who worked on the air with Perlin for 25 years interviewed almost all the great athletes of that said man Peter Schmerl said getting 103 signatures from Libertarians in a single district is a herculean task on past performances we know this is simply impossible If we win this suit Ken is not he said No other Libertarian candidates have entered the City Council race yet and he said they will not if the requirement is not changed But Schmerl said he felt the law that sets the required number of signatures is fair What is wrong is how the City Office interpreted it he claimed Arizona statutes state that 5 percent of the party vote in the city" must sign nominating petitions According to the statute that percentage is figured by taking 5 percent of the of the party for mayor at the last preceding election Schmerl said the office has interpreted this to mean 5 percent of the total number of residents in the ward who voted for a Libertarian candidate at the last mayoral election regardless of which party they belonged to He said the statute actually should cover the number of Libertarians in the ward who voted for any candidate By party estimates that would mean Smalley would have to have five valid signatures from the ward not 103 Detrick said yesterday she had no comment because she had not been served with the lawsuit By HEATHER NEWMAN Citizen Staff Writer If a lawsuit filed by a would-be Libertarian Party candidate for the Tucson City Council is unsuccessful no Libertarian candidates for that office will appear on the ballot this year the Pima County chairman contends Kenneth Smalley and the Libertarian Party yesterday sued City Clerk Kathleen Detrick and the city of Tucson in Pima County Superior Court The request for special action claims that the method used to calculate the minimum number of petition signatures Smalley must have to run for the council was incorrect A handout in a city packet given this year to possible candidates states that Libertarians who want to run for the City Council in Ward 6 must have a minimum of 103 signatures from registered party members in the district The lawsuit asserts that there are just 277 registered Libertarians in the whole ward That means Libertarian candidates were required to get 372 percent of the party members in that area to sign their petitions In contrast the suit alleges Republican or Democratic candidates must get just 15 percent of their party members in the area (272 or 425 people respectively) to qualify for candidacy Pima County Libertarian Chair- Public records Refugio Siqueiros 78 heavy equipment operator died June 1 8 Tucson Mortuary Irene Sorensen 91 homemaker died June 20 Memorial Lawrence Thompson Thomas 71 commercial construction worker died June 1 8 Arizona Mortuary Jose Urquldee 75 country employee died June 1 7 Arizona Mortuary Luisa Vigueras 31 homemaker died June 1 9 Tucson Mortuary Ethel Wilhelm 88 homemaker died June 1 8 ucaon Mortuary BIRTHS Joseph's Hoseftal Hpmgmjn JamwA Mr Jeww rt A-r 34 tn Juab 14 Hun Pr na Canos pr 11 a Art DEATHS Socorro Agulno 66 homemaker died June 18 Tucson Mortuary Joeeoh Cuccio 73 block maker died June 1 6 ucaon Mortuary Jamee Dunn 89 security guard died June 1 8 Memorial Chapel Lucille JtBce Ebert 77 homemaker died June 1 5 Evergreen Mortuary Josefa Fell 89 homemaker died June 10 Tucson Mortuary June Marie Horvna 62 homemaker died June 1 8 Evergreen Mortuary Lynn KosU-Mach 34 registered nurse died June 14 Tucson Mortuary Felipe Pinedo 64 maintenance died June 1 5 Tucson Mortuary Concepcion Romero 102 reeteurant owner died June 16 Tucson 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