Super Candidate Contends
Fund-Raising Plan Creates
“Unwarranted Controversy”
By Mac Thrower
Post Staff Writer- - —
In campaign literature
adorned with a modified
"superman” logo, Mr.
Harry Stegall, candidate
for Mecklenburg County
Sheriff, is described as a
' 'super candidate running a
super campaign to be a
super sheriff." Although he
did not emerge from a
phone booth moving “fast
er than a speeding bullet"
to do a recent Post inter
view, Stegall did arrive in
business-like Clark Kent
attire to talk about the
controversy surrounding
his unorthodox campaign,
and to explain what he feels
he has to offer as a can
didate in the Democratic
primary for sheriff.
Stegall smiled when
asked about the Superman
imagery, saying that as a
man who has survived be
ing shot seven times (by a
- -. JTOUpfer juspect when Ste
gall was a member of the
N.C. Highway Patrol) he
believes that he has some
lustiftcation in Invoking the
' name of the magical
character.
a iuna-raising plan
devised by Stegall and his
— campaign aide _ Terri
Byrum, which involves re
warding volunteers who
raise $500 for Stegall’s
campaign by making them
eligible to win a three-day
vacation prize, has the
subject of what Stegall
thinks is unwarranted
controversy. He stated mat
the plan is legal and that
his opponents “can’t stop
us" from implementing it
In some form. “We have a
phase two plan we can use
if necessary, but we’ll still
have a winner,” he
_ reported.
-Stegall hristled at the
mention of the published
description of his fundrais
ing plan as a “lottery.” “It
Trash-A-Thon
Launches Keep
Charlotte Beautiful
Charlotte businesses and
clubs will sponsor a trash
r-thmr “to-launch -the - Keep
Charlotte Beautiful Month
proclaimed by Mayor
Eddie Knox for April 17 to
May 17.
The trash-a-thon will be
held on Saturday, April 24,
from 7:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Members of the Young Life
youth organization, Queen
City Optimist Club and
Burger King will combine
forces to clean up illegal
dump sites throughout the
Charlotte area. Young peo
ple involved in the clean up
will gather in the parking
area of the Cameron
Brown Building, 301 S. -
McDowell Street, at 7:45
a m. Burger King, Pepsi
Bottling -Company, and
P.Y.A will serve break
fast to the 140 persons who
are expected to partici
pate. Groups will leave for
the clean up sites at 8:15
a.m. At 12:30 p.m. groups
will return to the Cameron
Brown Building for lunch.
The Queen City Optimist
Club is donating T-shirts
that read, “WE’RE
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
CHARLOTTE,” to all
young people who help with
the clean up.
Local businesses and
churches are invited to
sponsor a student in the
clean up. Interested per
sons may call Sherry
Varkonyi at the Young
Life office at 377-9515.
For more information
about the clean up, con
tact Woody Fox, vice
chairman of the Clean City
Committee and president
of Burger King at 527-3358
or Barbara Gammon,
CtearrCity coordinator, at
374-2547
Harry Stegall
...Candidate for sheriff
is not a lottery,” he in
sisted. “It is an incentive
fundraiser designed to get
people involved in politics
who might not normally get
involved.”
In replying to the charge
from one of his opponents
that his fundraising
concept is either illegal or
~Tmpraper,-Stegallcom
mented: “Well, if he
weren’t running for sheriff,
-I—think -he'd have a dif
ferent attitude.” I want to
do something nice for
people who get involved...!
hate to hear the cliche that
politics is a dirty game,”
Stegall explained.
Stegall was blunt in his
assessment of the perform
ance of incumbent sheriff
John Kelly Wall: “Two
years ago he campaigned
as a capable administra
tor, but under him the
department haa absolutely
deteriorated.” Stegall
declared that the depart
ment budget has increased
dramatically, and implied
that wasteful spending on
items that "may or may
not be needed,” such as
new uniforms, is a major
reason.
SfegairaTstTSfil JTthat prtp
blems in the processing of
prisoners at the county jail
have resulted mainly from
the "politically packed”
nature of the sheriff’s
department. He believes
that “an experienced
prison administrator needs
to be hired.”
Responding to a question
-about-thooo who might-aug*—
“PEDIATRIC
NOTES”
Dr. Deborah Scott, M.D. I
The common cold is
due to different viruses
and usually dears in
about one week, if there
are no complications.
There may be nasal dis
charge and or cough,
and sometimes fever for
the first two to three
days. Tylenol may be
given for fever or dis
comfort for the first
day, but generally is not
needed.
An uncomplicated
cold usually is self-limit
ing, but there are symp
toms which need further
care. If your child has
fever longer than two
days, difficulty breath
ing, ear ache or drain
age, begins coughing up
green or yellow phlegm
that has a bad odor, or
any other unusual
symptoms, then your
doctor needs to be
notified for further
treatment.
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gest that the au-year-old
Stegall is too young to
handle a sheriff’s respons
ibilities, Stegall alluded
indirectly to an opponent as
“a 58-year-old man who
has never sat in the front
seat of a police car.” ‘‘I’ve
been there,” Stegall assert
ed in summing up his law
enforcement experience.
In addition to his own ex
perience, Stegall noted that
his father had been a
Charlotte police officer. “I
was raised in the front seat
of a police car," he added.
If he’s elected sheriff,
Stegall promises to achieve
"maximum efficiency” in
department operations
"The survival of county
services depends on pre
cisely administering every
penny, nickel and dime. I’ll
cut the department budget
a quarter of a million
dollars the first year."
Megan advises members
of the black community.
~tFat he doeshT" ""Suffer
from racial prejudices.”
He promises to deal equal
ly ^wmratrctttzenK bfadror
white. In hiring for his own
security agency. Stegall
says that he adheres to a
strict non-discriminatory
policy. , ___
When questioned about
whether he thought the
publicity surrounding his
“win a vacation' fundrais
ing plan and “superman”
advertising might cause
voters to not take his
campaign seriously, Ste
gall remarked that he
doesn’t feel that will hap
pen. “We’ve been in the
Observer at least once a
week” since beginning the
campaign-“name recogni
tion is the determining
factor in most local elec
tions,” Stegall maintained.
Terri Byrum. Stegall’s
campaign aide, added that
she thinks most people will
be pleased to see that
“we’re not afraid to do
something different."
“I won’t be defeated
because people don’t know
me,” Stegall concluded.
Crime Of The Week
In the early morning hours of
March 23, 1981, a 1978 white
Freight-Liner truck was stolen
from Southland Trailer Sales at
3673 1-85 North. The truck, which
was parked inside the fenced
parking lot of the business, was
driven through the front gate. A
witness last saw the truck travel
ing North on 1-85. This theft is
only one of 35 thefts of large
trucks since February 1981.
Some of the trucks have been
recovered but the majority have
not. These trucks have been
stolen from truck stops, motel
parking lots, truck repair and
sales businesses, and trucking
companies. Anyone with inform
ation about these truck thefts, or
any other crime, should call
CRIME STOPPERS at 334-1600.
You may be eligible for up to a
$1,000 reward, and confidential
ity is guaranteed.
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