Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 16

1 Page 16 Fort Worth I Thursday PM October 5 1989 A Abatement BrakesFrom previous page 'cancer' for schools PRIPPok AMPEOPPOWEIVE 0: -a 'S -iv A BOO BO A 100000 HARDBACKS PAPERBACKS 25 ea ch HARLEQUIN 101t EACH GRAB BAGS AVAILABLE $200 $500 OCTOBER 6I 7 8 fil fa fArt A 0 75 ea eo cam IL1 nil- OM GRAF! VINE it i 00- we gt in ualia and approved a weaker version of the federal truck safety regulations adopted by 49 other states DPS troopers began enforcing those standards Oct In a press briefing the day after the accident Dickinson said a preliminary visual inspection of the truck's brake system did not reveal a failure of the system More detailed studies later revealed the severity of the brakes' condition he said "I can say it (brake system) did not satisfy the office of motor carrier safety standards for out-of-service criteria" Dickinson said "If there had been a federal inspection before this trip it would have been pulled out of service for this violation" Witnesses at the scene of the accident said the truck ran a stop sign before smashing into the bus Reuben Perez the truck driver told witnesses and state troopers immediately after the accident his brakes had failed Perez has refused to be interviewed citing Fifth Amendment protection An You Thought In Only Comb! 11: In On ht w2s1 BY SCOTT WILLIAMS Special to the Star-Telegram SOUTHLAKE-- An economic consultant yesterday called tax abatement a "spreading cancer" that has taken millions of dollars school districts abatement is the last thing you think about" said Bernard director of the Center for Development and Research University of North Texas consultant was invited to address the South lake Economic Development Council which plans to develop tax-abatement policy as the seeks to diversify its tax Weinstein cited the Texas Supreme decision on Monday declaring state's system of subsidizing public unconstitutional because I billion system creates disparity wealthy and poor school districts cities and counties want to fritter their tax bases that's one thing" "We can't wait I 5 years to fix schools" court gave lawmakers until May revamp the process which could shifting money away from districts such as the Southlakebased Carroll school district Superintendent John Lowrey district received Tax From previous DAY on essories! DAY On Accessories! you save Famous Texas is the only state that did not enforce the regulations According to the American-Statesman politics kept strict truck standards from being enforced in Texas Under pressure from a group oflegislators and lobbyists Texas Department of Public Safety officials delayed enforcement of st rict truck safety laws the newspaper reported The political group met with thenDPS Director Col Leo Gossett in January 1988 and asked that the rules not be enforced Gossett delayed enforcement until September 1989 so the Legislature could consider changing the law according to the newspaper By doing so Texas gave up $25 million a year in federal funds that would have paid for the 54 new DPS officers hired to enforce the truck regulations the newspaper reported During its regular session last May the Legislature reconsidered the laws Williams White of the Grand Prairie Police Department White said yesterday that the negative autopsy findings damaged theories that Williams was poisoned "However there is a vast spectrum of poisons that could have been ingested at the time that could already have been eliminated from her body" White said "We are proceeding with the (Williams) investigation now trying to resolve whether that was a murder" White said "It would not be the first time that we opened up a case that was 5 years old Obviously there's not as much fresh information as there would have been if this was a fresh homicide Banks IFrom In our Linen Dept a huge selection ToDAY THRI3UGr AUTg In our Linen Dept a huge selection of ROUGH Too)" Allas)1 AY THROUGH IFrom previous page Sectior Al 4 a SOL sultant agreeir alread) from "Tx should Weinsi EC01101 at the The dress I opmen op a commi base Wei Court the sta educat the I betwer tricts "Ifc away he said our scl The to rev involv wealth based Can said hi 4' Assi Direct the pr gested resent Count Worth and rx Junior Count Count ment I isal Di 1 Div mores cil sch Bea 0 13) BEI puffs Hurst Less out sn distric the sch I night i ing art i The policy and ck smoke Section a agreements already from "Tax should Weinstein Economic at the The a community base Court the education the I between "If away he said our The to involve wealthy Carroll said his Director the County Worth and Junior County County Di more Because BY puffs Less out district the night areas The policy and smokers deals called state aid for this school year boosting the total in its coffers to $7 million The district would come out a loser under a financing plan that would spread money more equally "If you're going to lose state funding and then you tax-abate you stand the possibility of a double negative impact" Lowrey said Weinstein said Southlake and other communities between Fort Worth and Dallas are in a corridor that enjoys a healthy business climate and a future of almost guaranteed growth Offering tax abatement to attract that growth would be not only unnecesstuy but also risky he said Most companies seeking out new areas to do business regard quality schools as the biggest attraction and reducing that quality by attacking a school district's tax base could backfire he said "You can pull all kinds of rabbits out of the hat but if you don't have a work force that is literate that can read vN rite and compute you're not going to have economic development" he said Weinstein said Southlake and other nearby cities should reject tax abatement entirely and demonstrate that this area of Tarrant County already has what it needs to lure business including good schools "You might be sending a very positive message to business" he said incentives was amended by the Legislature this year the city council must revise its tax abatement policy before any further abatements are granted One of the provisions of the amended state law cuts the maximum abatement period from 15 years to 10 years Di vely said the city has no new requests for tax abatements at this time She suggested that the proposed committee discuss any revision of the city's abatement policy before it is adopted "To me that's the key: Di vely said "We're wanting to work with everybody and talk to everybody" before revising the policy The change which affects only idults struck down the no-smoking -ule at plargrounds parking facilities and stadiums used for athletics such as football baseball and soccer That includes Pennington Field 'e district's I 0000-seat athletic field State law bars students from smoking at any school facility The district policy now says Pennington Field and other ope facilities each will have a designated smokng area outside the playing seating and refreshment areas Smoking is allowed only during a public event page moNDAY1 tt EIiI Jill 0 fe-' iJ-- --e- ---7- ---7-- --'--'t----- -i-- --4-' z-- )--- 4- stft- -y '4k -k ''4 -ss -ss i A 7''' -4 4' I s-i7s' '-'-k -4' 'i 1 'V' 4 A'' ''i 1 "1- 2 -'1'''-'''C''' i 1 kk'S l' i k' V''7''7'- k' I 4 1 ft e1 tks: I iN4z-'-' I i' l'! i 7 tZ-Z IP -'4 'Yt' ''i''P '1 i pi'' 1 ki 'i 1 A k-'' it' i '4 i MONDAY! 313t1S ti0414 7c 74 4 0 ::7430 7 --'y 4 Assistant Economic Development Ann Dive ly who presented proposal to the City Council suggested that the committee include representatives from the council Tarrant Commissioners the Fort and Northwest school boards possibly from the Tarrant County College District the Tarrant Hospital District the Tarrant Water Control and Improvement District and the Tarrant Appraisal District vely said she would put together a specific proposal before the council schedules a vote on it the state law governing tax previous page "The department would be remiss if we didn't at least check it out" Arlington police are handling the Wright investigation because she died in Arlington Williams died in Grand Prairie Williams' mother Gracie Phillips said she believes her daughter was poisoned despite the autopsy findings Phillips said she has asked Dear to continue investigating her daughter's death Williams' family began questioning the ruling on the cause of death after Wright died of strychnine poisoning more than three years later The family reasoned that Williams may have ingested poison meant for Wright described by all as gentle "She (Banks) was beautiful always trying to help someone out" said Regina Tucker Banks' roommate for five years "She had a lady living with her until two days ago She told me she wasn't afraid that she didn't feel someone would bother her" Tucker said Banks a native Texan moved back from Los Angeles with her husband Oscar 11 years ago to be closer to relatives Banks' husband was sickly and needed constant care Tucker said she moved in with Banks shortly after Oscar died from heart disease seven years ago At that time Tucker said Banks admitted she feared being by but not because of living in the neighborhood Kratz described as being a high-crime area "She fell and bumped her head" Tucker said "1 helped her up and that's when 1 decided to move in with her She was afraid 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