The Fresno Bee du lieu suivant : Fresno, California • 11

Supervisors i approve spending plan County budget totals $3865 million Fairness Doctrine criticized Fresno-area TV news officials say rule unnecessary Fresno-area television station representatives agree that the so-called Fairness Doctrine governing broadcasters is unnecessary with one station manager calling it a rule that can make look like a jackass The representatives were asked to comment on a Federal Communications Commission ruling that the doctrine and coerces and is constitutionally While refusing to repeal the Fairness Doctrine the FCC voted unanimously Wednesday to send a 100-page report to Capitol Hill with the suggestion that Congress itself abolisn the rule definitely support it and would go along with the said Joel Cheatwood news director at KMPH-TV Channel 26 has been very restrictive to stations who are in fact intimidated or feel restricted in attacking a field of Cheatwood said Any broadcast station its salt" will try to provide all sides of an issue Cheatwood added Gene Ross acting news director at KFSN-TV Channel 30 said he agrees with what the FCC is trying to da personal feeling is that any responsible news organization will get the other side of an Ross said He added he is in favor of deregulation of broadcasters funding for the library system ana allocating an extra $410(K) for the agencies that serve the county's poor Throughout the sessions county staff members reminded supervisors and they reminded those who appeared before them that the fiscal picture is bleaker this year than last and is expected to get worse In addition to the SI 6 million decrease from last year's budget 82 positions were eliminated LJuring the first day of hearings County Administrative Officer Bruce Spaulding characterized the plan as and mean" and the supervisors made efforts to keep it that way They appeared confident that Spaulding and his analysts had made substantive cuts arid turned their attentions to some of the smaller expenditures They quizzed nearly every department on travel expenses They questioned the prices of desks and chairs They had a brief overview on the county's purchasing practices and then urged that more trips be made to the state's surplus warehouses in search of bargains They trimmed about $15000 in printing costs and $3035 in furniture At the same time they boosted spending for the library by $393000 including an uncertain allocation from the state of $262000 A 21 See Spending Page B2 director of KMPH says the federal rule is restrictive get both sides of an issue" The doctrine is not a concern Wilson added we do make every effort to get both sides" The doctrine which was held constitutional by the Supreme Court in 1969 requires broadcasters to cover controversial topics and make time available for all sides to comment It differs from the Equal Time Doctrine which dictates that equal time be provided on political issues Jury considers Campo case Andreen changes vote on judges Joel Cheatwood right news because is just too much policing" Larry Rhodes vice president and general manager of KSEE-TV Channel 24 called the Fairness Doctrine a rule that limits competition with magazines and newspapers because don't have to search out the other I'm telling a story of a controversial nature and if I can't provide another point of view then I have to provide that view myself" Rhodes said why many broadcasters sion there would be other Andreen said after the board adopted the county's final budget feeling of cooperation was in Andreen said the judges met Thursday and that battle lines had been Speculating on the possibility of more court orders placed on the county Andreen said are a lot of implications to declaring war on the Presiding Superior Court Judge Robert Mardikian who had lobbied the board Wednesday to maintain the fees was pleased about the reversal But he said the issue had not come to matter of either you do this or we do that" Mardikian said judges gathered for one of their regular meetings Thursday had expressed disap-intment at the original decision ut that there was no planned effort See Andreen Page B2 By BRENDA MOORE Bee staff writer Fresno County supervisors spent a half-hour Friday wrangling over one last item then gave final ap- firoval to a $3865 million budget or 1985-86 After six days of hearings the budget still closely resembled the spending plan county officials had recommended in late July The supervisors approved about $483000 more in expenditures than had originally been recommended The total was about $16 million less than last year's budget A large chunk of the budget is directed at the criminal justice system Allocations in the justice category total $72 million but funds also were approved for four additional courtrooms and part of the new jail Criminal justice concerns also made supervisors reluctant to dig too deeply into contingency funds The county is under a court order to reduce the population in the main jail and the solutions being considered all are expected to cost money The final budget includes a contingency fund of $4 million Another $2 million has been set aside in a general reserve and the supervisors want to leave it untouched so that the county can maintain a high credit rating The most significant changes made by supervisors over the course of the budget hearings were scaling down the proposed cut in BemPaui Kuroda final arguments By BRENDA MOORE Bee staff writer Reacting to pressure from judges Fresno County Supervisor Judy Andreen on Friday reversed her earlier vote to quit paying the jurists' memberships in the California Judges Association The board on Wednesday had voted 3-2 in favor of asking the judges to pay their own $200 membership fees in a cost -cutting move to shave $6400 from the 1985-86 budget of $386 million But during the last two days judges effectively lobbied Andreen to change her vote shifting the majority After the issue was revived by Supervisor Deran Koligian Andreen said she had talked to several judges and received indications that the cut would jeopardize efforts to meet a court order to reduce the county jail population just got a very clear message that if we didn't change our deci refuse to get involved because you can look like a jackass" Rhodes said as an example that if a station editorializes against an issue and can't find an opposing view then the station has to come back with an editorial in support of the same issue Fairness Doctrine is ridiculous It always has Rhodes added Ed Wilson news director of KJEO-TV Channel 47 said the doctrine is not needed because general in the broadcast industry stations are responsible enough to Farm labor plan calls for amnesty By WILLIAM SEYMOUR South Valley bureau VISALIA Rep Romano Mazzoli D-Ky brought his campaign for a new agriculture labor program to Visalia Friday and assured farmers that he is committed to their needs immigration reform bill with Sen Alan Simpson R-Wya died last year over basically the same points that are creating problems with a revised bill he wrote with Rep Peter Rodino Jr D-NJ However he said there is a than 50-50 chance of passage" for the bill this year There are three elements Mazzoli said he considers absolutely essential to immigration reform employer sanctions amnesty for illegal aliens and temporary worker provisions The employer sanctions created the biggest stir in Visalia and the suggestion that people who hire illegal aliens might face criminal penalties drew some heated questions But Mazzoli said there would be no way to enforce the measure without those provisions California fanners hire thousands of workers each year and Visalia-area farmers and labor contractors contend it would be impossibly time-consuming to check each laborer's documents Even worse one said if an illegal alien with forged papers is hired it's the farmer who could go to jaiL Mazzoli conceded that it is a problem area and said that was the reason he was in Visalia talking to farmers Opponents to the issue of amnesty for people who entered the country illegally but who have been here for some time working and paying taxes are less vocal but just as determined he said had a man from Lebanon in the audience one time who was very upset about how long it took him to get into the US Mazzoli said said it would have been far foster and easier to just go to Mexico and walk Mazzoli said he is afraid there will be a backlash" in the country from legal immigrants if a workable compromise isn't reached in Congress on die amnesty issue don't want to be accused of rewarding people for doing some-tiling he said Friday The third problem he is wrestling with is the differing needs across See Amnesty Page B2 CC child development lab project pared down Fresno teen charged with kidnap murder of Egyptian student By ELEANOR GARNER HANNAH Bee staff writer A Fresno Superior Court jury will-resume Monday the deliberations they began Friday in the trial of Robert Ray Campo 18 of Fresno in the murder and kidnapping of Egyptian student Ashraf Bandari last September The defendant tall and thin with shoulder-length hair remained virtually motionless and expressionless as he heard himself described as a willful and callous first-degree murderer by the prosecution and as a confused dupe of an evil scheming woman by the defense attorney in final arguments Friday before Judge James Ardaiz Both the prosecutor Deputy District Attorney Lawrence Jones and the defense attorney Richard Cenci agreed that Julia Hannah Francis 26 planned the killing of Bandari because he had threatened to report her alleged drug use to her probation officer And both attorneys pointed to testimony by several co-defendants that Francis had said Campo then 17 would be less severely dealt with by the law if they were caught because he was a minor Where the prosecution and defense differed sharply was in their arguments that Campo volunteered to shoot Bandari or that he was mesmerized into doing it by Francis and her friends While Jones urged a finding of first-degree murder Cenci argued that the jury should return a verdict of second-degree murder or manslaughter and acquit Campo of kidnapping Testimony during established that six the trial Fresnans estaDiisnea tnat six young res nans who drank and used drugs together grabbed Bandari handcuffed him and beat him Then five of them not including Francis drove him to the mountains near Shaver Lake forced him to watch as they dug his grave then pushed him into it alive Campo then allegedly shot him with a single-shot shotgun in the back of the head Even as the arguments were in progress two other defendants in the case Jennifer Wilson 20 and Lori Renee Harkins 21 were sentenced in a nearby courtroom to 12 years in prison on their pleas of guilty to voluntary manslaughter with aggravated assault Sentencing for a third co- See Campo Page B2 development teaching lab and child care center But the school's tight budget this year following a $914000 deficit last year prompted Stewart and SCCCD trustees to take a cautious approach to the project The portable building idea had not been thoroughly reviewed by trustees prior to its presentation chancellor is suggesting we approach the project in a smaller way and let the place grow" said Dr Gerry Stokle Associate Dean of Instruction in Social Sciences who is spearheading the project sounds like good advice to Stokle said he and others involved in the project hope to meet with Stewart soon to re-evaluate the project A survey of private childcare center fees in Fresno may be part of that review Stokle said He also mentioned die center's parking lot and proposed bus service to the site as two items that might be scaled back in order to reduce costs The original proposal for the center envisioned caring for 100 children at a chaige of $125 per hour School officials may review those fees although Stewart said he See Child Page B2 By IRWIN SPEIZER Bee staff writer officials say they expect to build a proposed child development center by tne fall of 1986 despite a serious financial pinch that has sent the project back to the drawing boards The final project may be a more modest version of the original plan with no bus service limited parking and possibly even higher fees for child care service at the center But school officials say they are determined to see the project completed think eventually get done but it may not be as grand as some people would said Bill Stewart chancellor of die State Center Community College District which governs the school have very (united financial resources right now" SCCCD trustees this week voted against authorizing bids on four used portable buildings for the center thereby killing that plan The deadline for bids on the portable buildings is later this month School officials had hoped to buy the portable buildings from the Fremont School District move them to Fresno City College and renovate them for use as a combination child Robert Campo listens to the A.