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i -4 MAYOR fixunPage8 n1 Ml gORESlplll ci -jf 5 l'- -V J-JS Y-- said. Boner Baid he will not seek re-election next year, but rejected calls far his resignation. Barring some unseen event, no, he said. However, as the situation wears on, a lotof people hers ars beginning to resent the publicity, even as they revel in the jokes. The shift comes as the Uoom from WhvillA Bmnnmil! twym -i, Nashville is really on its butt, said Bruce Dotrie," editor of the Nashville Scene.

So, while on one The whole thing is really a he said, but on another, people are really getting bitter about it. -They feel he is mating us look like Hee the television show depicting hicks and bumpkins. rv Economists say that Nashville seemed headed for, superstardom in the mid-1980s but that overbuilding created a glut of properties, a huge factor in the citys wnrmrvmii? Now bankruptcies are up said' housing starts are YY -v In such a soured economic climate, there is little tolerance far a mayor from whom rejuvenation seems to take on a new meaning: Boner said he met Peel May at a golf tournament. He announced in July that he and Peel were engaged, even though he is still married to his third wife, Betty. Boners aides say the mayor and his wife had agreed to separate in January, but at the time his engagement was announced, the estranged Boners were living under the same roo with their 4-year-old son.

Peel, a former backup country singer and now an, aspiring soloist, sings in Nashville nightclubs and is joined by Boner, who pulls out a harY accompanies her. She said she and Boner in Hawaii once his divorce is final. She i to repeaters to announce the impend- monica plan to sent ingnui Until the extensive diacumdon of his sex life started in the public prints. Boner appeared to be politically secure in Nashville. He ran lor mayor in 1987 while sitting as a congressman representing Tennessees Fifth District He was elected meyor with 53 percent-of the vote.

His resignation from Congress ended a House ethics committee investigation into a $50,000 alary paid to his wifo by a defense contractor. Boner is now routinely pilloried on issues ranging from the citys need to improve itachool system to where it should locate a landfill. Boner argued that he inherited an extraordinary set of challenges when he assumed office in 1987. People were living through the economic good times, and a lot of outside investors came in and invested," he said, adding that the city was not prepared for this sudden on-rush of building. The mayor sounded an optimistic note.

We think weve about bottomed out," he said. But within days of the story about his sex life, bumper stickers appeared here proclaiming: Seven Hours for Trad. Three Years for Metro, referring to Boners years as nuyor of the metropolis. Boners supporters, who had contributed $526,000 to his re-election campaign, have begun asking for refunds because the mayor decided not to run again. DECORATE.YOUR HOME AT SAVINCS OF 20o TO OFF FASHION STARTS AT FABRIC BONANZA hh I 3 5 5 5 5S A 5 5 26 UMbHUlMlM Board OKs Roosevelt I.

Plan By Katherine Foran The Board of Estimate has cleared the way for construction of the last planned phase of residential development on Roosevelt Island. Late Friday, the board approved the amended development plan for Southtown, a project that will provide 1,956 new housing units on a 19-acre tract just north of Roosevelts tramway, said Martha Thomas, spokeswoman for the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. As with the other Roosevelt Island developments, Southtown is to be built as mixed income co-ops and rental units 50 percent at market rate and 50 percent at low- to mid-income, Thomas said. The tract is adjacent to the tramway, the subway and the new public school that is being built on the island. Southtown is the last phase of the original master plan for the island drafted 20 years ago.

The amended plan haa been through all the planning and environmental review and the site1 is now ready for development, Thomas said. Hie $350-million project, is expected to attract 5,000 more residents to Roosevelt Island. There are 6,800 residents there now, she I Ground-breaking could take' place within' the'neptt year, with completion by 1993, Thomas said. 1 QUANTITIES ARE UMITEDTO 8T0RE STOCK a i LONQ ISLAND NASSAU UONQ ISLAND SUFFOLK MV NVDff PARK ISM MU. SUM AVS.

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