Daily Press from Victorville, California • 1

FOE MADE 27 ERRORS CAMPAIGN vTRAlLi Feinstein rips Wilson pn DAILY ESS THE HIGH DESERTS WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER GOOD AFTERNOON IT'S WEDNESDAY JULY 25 1990 5 SECTIONS 48 PAGES 25 CENTS ICTOFiVILLE CALIFORNIA State workers lose bid for paychecks Judge offers sympathy but no relief By GREG LUCAS AND VLAE KEBSHNER San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO Putting the pressure squarely on the governor and legislature a Sacramento Superior Court Judge reflised to order the state to pay employees for work performed during the 25-day budget stalemate have a pending constitutional crisis between the other two branches of government I think we should get the courts in volved said Judge James Brand-new jukebox fine old memories By SARAH CROWLEY Dally Fresa Staff Writer Gallery in Victorville With the aid of her Mends Wally Gould and Irene Somerset Gould she had it delivered to the club on July 17 The entire project was a secret said Wally Gould who was asked to make the presentation for Davis in her absence The Goulds own the Irene Somerset Fashion stores at the Green Tree Inn and in Lancaster and are close Mends Working behind the scenes Davis even threatened staff members at The Gameroom Gallery with bodily harm if they leaked her surprise One employee who was apparently so overwhelmed with threats that See JUKEBOX AS Inn presented the $5000 music box to the club last week because she wanted to provide a little Christmas in July for her Mends really going to enjoy this I can tell you going to be a lot of entertainment And it's going to help with our dance classes" said club president Elisabeth Tedford as she selected another tune and punched up a few buttons Machinery whirred a 45 rpm record dropped onto the turntable and Bing Crosby began to sing "In Your Easter Bonnet" Complete surprise As the dancers whirled again Tedford explained the gift had come as a complete surprise to everyone at the club Davis who now lives in Laguna Hills bought the Jukebox at The Gameroom Ford in denying the requests by two unions Truce called The ruling on Tuesday came as Gov George Deukmejian and legislative leaders signaling at least a truce in the partisan sniping that has left the state without a budget for almost a month agreed to try to draft a compromise spending plan within seven days Some 5JS00 Department of Transportation and printing plant workers have already missed their biweekly pay-checks because of the budget stalemate and most of the state's 200000 workers stand to lose their paychecks due July 31 if an agreement is not reached State law requires that the workers remain on the Job and both state and federal law guarantees that the workers eventually will be paid lawyers for both sides said during the hearing Full hearing later Ford set August 2 for a foil hearing on the suits by the California State Employees Association and the California Association of Psychiatric Technicians But although expressing sympathy for the unpaid workers the Judge said he has doubts" about the authority of the courts to order the office to issue the checks Judiciary branch does not have the power to tax the Judiciary branch does not have the power to he said If the Judiciary got involved it would prompt race to the by government beneficiaries seeking their slice of the pie Collection agency Ford did however order the state to pay $21 million to transportation authorities in Santa Clara and San Diego counties that was raised by those half-cent transportation sales tax See BUDGET A5 Work begins on Victorville Amtrak depot By 8ET8UKO ISOE Daily Press Staff Writer VICTORVILLE After nearly four years since the city first sought to obtain an Amtrak stop for Victorville workers have begun constructing a train station downtown City and Amtrak engineers first toured the Victor Valley area to determine the best site for the Amtrak station in June 1986 Ever since city staff has worked to coordinate the project with representatives of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co Amtrak and the state Department of Transportation The station is located next to Forrest Park near and 7th streets The city spent about $75000 to purchase the land for the station Agreement reached All concerned parties reached final agreement on details of the project last month Three city departments park and recreation engineering and public works have worked on improvements to the parking lot and surrounding area for about 10 days according to the parks and recreation department Santa Fe has also been working to remove siding track and install a pedestrian crossing at Sixth Street since July 9 Cooley Construction Co of Victorville a contractor of the project started Monday constructing a shelter restrooms and passenger platform as well as installing lighting at a cost of about $156000 to the city Two stops daily Arthur Lloyd director of public affeirs for Amtrak said the See AMTRAK A8 VICTORVILLE It waa the regular Thuradajr dance clan at the Victorville Senior Citixena Club though the atmo-aphere waa anything but routine Couples swayed and hopped to the "Pennsylvania Polka" blaring out In Lawrence Wellrt finest style But Instead of booming from a run-of-the-mill tape recorder the tune was played on a gloriously colorful and wonderfully nostalgic Jukebox Edle Davis donation A replica of a 1940s-era Wuriitier Jukebox the machine is actually brand new and was donated to the club by Edle Davis The former owner of the Holiday Apple Valley sets business license fees Make big businesses pay more than $200 limit DePrisco urges should pay more of their foir share through this business license fee" DePrisco said the number of employees at a company Businesses with one to five workers will pay $50 and firms with 21 or more employee top the scale at $200 DePrisco felt larger businesses should pay more businesses in the town such as Stater Brothers have such a tremendous Impact on the town they create maintenance needs for the roads etc that I think they This prompted DePrisco to argue that if the Town Council could put the license fee dollars to any use it wished larger companies should contribute to costs such as for road repairs Big stores are already providing the town with money through the sales tax dollars the town would otherwise be without according to council member Rob Turner Mayor Dick Pearson sup- See BUSINESS AS ByRITAJUFE Daily Press Staff Writer APPLE VALLEY Major retailer! will not pay their foir share under a business license ordinance established Tuesday council member Nick DePrisco said The ordinance which DePrisco voted for despite his comments imposes a fee based on Part of general fond Kevin Smith finance director told DePrisco the money could be used anywhere in Apple general fond even though the fee was first proposed to cover the cost of enforcing the license AV debate warms up over redeveloping the Village RITA JUPE Daily Press Staff Writer EBEHE23IEII3 Business B1 Classified D2 Comics B6 Community B4 -Cookery El Dear AbbyC3 HorsetalkC7 Movies AS Opinion A4 Sports Cl Traffic Hirer A2 Weather A2 CLASSIFIED 241-7733 CIRCULATION 241-7755 this budget to investigate the feasibility of a redevelopment agency and other ideas for economic expansion in Apple Valley A redevelopment agency would earmark town property tax money for the Village diverting dollars from areas such as the Apple Valley Water District Kevin Smith the finance director said he does not know what redevelopment plan consultants might recommend for the Village Marla Rin-chiuso Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce manager and executive said older stores that are not up to building safety codes might have to be bulldozed but a face lilt could be enough for others See VILLAGE A5 First of two reports APPLE VALLEY Tradition and good business sense are the lifeblood of the the oldest commercial center and the heart of the community Retailers and town administrators believe someone must rejuvenate the one mile or so string of speciality stores offices and restaurants on Highway 18 between Navajo Road and Central Road The debate warms up when it comes to deciding how to make a Village that is both thriving and traditional The town has allocated $100000 in nnv TOLLS! Mir FlWi Many agree that Apple Valley's aging retail area should bo rejuvsnated.