Thornburg, 'I'll be
a 'hands on' governor'
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer
Winston -Salem and the Pied
mont area may soon participate in a
crime prevention conference
designed to tackle the crime and
drug problem that exists in the
black communities by getting to its
"root causes," according to Attor
ney General Lacy Thornburg.
? Thornburg, democratic candi
date for governor, said the confer
ence, which was initiated by the
attorney general's office, was first
held in Fayctteville at the request of
minority businessmen and leaders
in the community. Due to the over
whelming response, Thornburg said
his office is now working to devel
op a similar conference to the Triad
area and other communities
throughout the state.
"The program was initiated
through my office, through and with
the help of several minorities, to set
up a crime prevention conference
that would get to the root causes of
crime. It also dealt with equality of
education, equality for state and
local contracts for minority contrac
tors and business people, communi
ty policing and family involve
ment," he said during a visit to the
Chronicle on Friday. t
Thornburg said equal education
and job opportunity play a signifi
cant role in the problems currently
facing minority communities.
While the conference is not
part of his campaign efforts, Thorn
burg said he too has set up a minori
ty affairs advisory group that will
advise him on problems facing the
communities on a weekly basis.
"My campaign has its minority
focus," he said. Thornburg said as
governor he will pusj? for more
minority contracts and availability
for bank loans for minority busi
nesses who wish to expand or
develop a new business.
Thornburg said he also will
work on "providing earlier interven
tion for children at the 3-and-a-half
year old level that will provide day
care-type facilities" so that single
n\others could receive training and
educational opportunities. "While
providing job training for the moth
er, at the same time it will be help
ing their children/' he said.
Job opportunity, he added, and
good education programs will help
eliminate much of the crime prob
lemsv
Thornburg said he will also try
to restructure the school testing sys
tem. "(Testing) needs to be based on
achievement and competence rather
than grade levels. Those changes
provide a more equal opportunity
for those at a young age, so they
can enter the school system with the
same competence as others," he
said.
One phrase Thornburg uses to
describe his leadership abilities is
that he is a "hands on" person.
"I plan on getting in there and
working with my staff and my peo- .
pie around the state and seeing that
the programs are actually carried
out," said Thornburg, who has
served as attorney general since
1984. .
"The people in North Carolina
are tired. They want to see action.
That's why its it is important to put
a new leader to improve the educa
tion system, to work with industry
to get more jobs, to protect our
environment, to develop health care
programs and to move ahead with
these programs. We don't need
someone whose going to sit back
and point the finger," he said.
Another issue Thornburg's
^campaign will address will be envi
ronmental protection. "We have to
manage our waste. First by prevent
ing it. Then by reducing it, then
recycling it, and reusing what's
there."
Issues he will run under will
include: putting North Carolina
back on sound fiscal ground with
out increasing current taxes by set
ting new priorities and streamlining
state government; improving the
state's educational system by cutting'
unnecessary programs and channel
ing the funds to the.
classroom levels;
and ensuring com
munity safety by
getting criminals
off the street and
requiring prisoners
to work. ?
In his declara
tion of candidacy,
Thornburg states
that he will fight to
reform the prison
system; stating that
the "revolving
door" prisons are
turning into a dan
gerous criminal
loose for everyone
that goes in. He
states, "when we
put criminals back
on the streets we
have just that. . .
criminals on the
streets."
Thornburg states as governor
he will try to see that prisoners
work to earn their keep, in a prison
industry or on the roads. Also drain
ing the state, he added, is the mas
sive amount of money spent on wel
fare programs.
"Poverty is no crime", the dec
laration reads, "and we must have
compassion for people who can't
,work for legitimate reasons. &ut
North Carolina has reached the
point where the people who do
work can't afford to pay for those
who won't work ... as governor, I
intend to see that every physically
able adult be required to work for
their welfare or to participate in
training to qualify them for gainful
employment"
As attorney general, he has
worked to fight crime in North Car
olina, by increasing cooperation
between local, state and federal law
enforcement agencies. He also
brought the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse
Resistance Education) program to
schools and initiated the R.I.C.O.
"(Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations) law that allows the
1 2 District contenders
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Larry D. Little
Education: B.S. Winston-Salem
State, M.S. UNC-G, law degree
from Wake Forest School of Law.
__ Experience : Alderman (north
ward) 1977-1985. Record of com
munity involvement and social
activism includes programs he
helped lead through the Black Pan
ther Party in the 70's including free
breakfast, free ambulance service,
and senior citizens transportation
service. In 1982, led the effort to
crcate a business-financed fund for
affordable housing. Chaired alder
man public works committee.
Personal : Married to the former
Glenda Wharton. Two children.
Member Dellabrook Presbyterian
Church.
Melvin L. Watt
from Yale University School of
Law.
Experience: Served as N.C. Sena
tor 1984-86. In the Senate, he
fought to create a housing trust fund
for the poor, he spoke out in favor
of legislation that would eliminate
federal funding for abortions, and
voted against a bill that would let
small loan companies make mort
gage loans (at high interest rates).
Haitians
Haitian Information and Docu
mentation Center, which helps
immigrants with paperwork for
work permits and other legal
mattery.
"We are sure those people
are not coming for economic rea
sons. Maybe 10 years ago some
people were. But not today. I am
very, very, very worried."
"We don't like it at all," said
Edward Lewis, director of the
Haitian Community Center in
Brooklyn. "A lot of these people
who go back are going to be hurt
? some of them not, but most of
them will. Most of them are
political refugees. But Haiti is a
black republic, so they are' not
given the same treatment as the
European community."
The Roman Catholic Bishop
of Brooklyn, Thomas V. Daily,
Managed Harvey Gang's bid
against Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate
in 1990. Served on boards including
Johnson C. Smith University, North
Carolina Association of Black
Lawyers, Legal Aid of the Southern
Piedmont, NCNB Community
Development Corporation, Family
Housing Services.
Personal: Member of Mt. Olive
Presbyterian Church. Grew up in a
single-parent home without running
water. Decided to leave state poli
tics until his children graduated
from high school. His youngest son
is now a freshman at Yale Universi
ty.
H.M. Michaux Jr.
degree from N.C. Central Universi
ty.
Experience : Currently serving as
N.C. representative for district 23
in Durham County. Elected 1972,
'74 '76, '84, '88 in district 23 of
Durham County. First black U.S.
Attorney in the South (served North
Carolina's middle district in 1977
81). Ran strongly in a congression
al primary against Rep. Valentine in
the 2nd district in 1982. Served on
many committees, including: cor
rections, courts and judicial dis
tricts; chairman of constitutional
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also condemned the governmen
t's decision.
"I am anguished by the
forccd repatriation of the
Haitians who sought asylum in
our country," he said in a
statement.
"It was not for frivolous rea
sons that they fled their home
land. They left in desperation
because of intolerable violence
tind oppression. I pray for a dra
matic and swift change in our
policy toward these long-suffer
ing people."
Mayor David Dinkins called
on Bush to "rescind this inhu
mane and irrational policy which
is inconsistent with what this
country stands for."
Asked whether he thought
the reason for the repatriation
was racial, he said. "I can't find
amendments; chairman of higher
education; chairman of public safe-,
ty and insurance; chairman of
administration. Currently chairman
of court, justice, and constitutional
amendments and referendum; vice
chairman of congressional redis
tricting.
Personal : One daughter, graduate
of Howard University School of
Law. Brother and law partner Eric,
graduate of Duke University School
of Law.
Earl F. Jones
law degree from Texas Southern
University
Experience: Completing his tenth
year as Greensboro city council
man. former assistant attorney for
Legal Aid in Greensboro. Served as
volunteer legal counsel for the
Greensboro NAACP. His suit
against Greensboro city and Guil
ford county initiated redistrictrict
ing which resulted in black repre
sentation on city council and county
commissioners. Founded and super
vises Guilford Community Action,
an anti-poverty program.
Personal: Married to the former
Adria-Anne Donnell, assistant
English professor at N.C. Central.
Member of Shiloh Baptist Church.
any other."
A few dozen Haitians held a
protest in Times Square Monday
afternoon. One protester, Eddie
Michaels, 27, an airline ramp
worker, said "a lot of Haitians
are willing to go back to Haiti
once Aristide is back. Then
they'll be more than happy to go
back."
Haitian exiles in Miami are
also upset about the repatriation, i
said Jacques Despinosse, presi
dent of the Haitian-American
Democratic Club. ,
"Way back in 1939, when
we sent the Jews back to Poland,
Hitler didn't kill them right away.
I don't think anybody can claim
those people are safe,"
Despinosse said Monday. "The
Bush administration clearly does
not care."
Attorney General Lacy Thornburg
state to seize the illegal profits from
drug dealers. He graduated from
Mars Hill College and the Universi
ty of North Carolina and received a
law degree from IJNC in 1954.
Lacy and his wife Dottie, an
English teacher, then moved to
Jackson County where he began his
law practice.
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