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Thursday, February 18, 1999
GOP Pans Lottery in Radio Ad
By Holly Neal
Staff Writer
The N.C. Republican Party began an
ad campaign this week criticizing the
proposed statewide lottery and Lt. Gov.
Dennis Wicker’s support of it.
Republicans are not supporting the
push for a lottery because it would cre
ate a larger state government, said Mark
Fleming, communications director for
the N.C. Republican Party.
In addition, opponents say they are
against a suggestion to put the lottery
issue to a public referendum, which they
describe as unconstitutional.
“We’re opposed to taking money out
of the private sector and putting it into
the public sector,” Fleming said.
The , 60-second radio ad targets
Wicker because he once opposed the
lottery, and he now supports it.
“In 1992, (Wicker] was a strong lot
tery opponent,” Renting said. “Six years
later, he has changed his position
because his pollster told him it was an
issue.
“It just shows that Dennis Wicker has
no principles, and he’s willing to do any
Officials: Kosovo Peace Still Possible
Associated Press
RAMBOUILLET, France - Despite
Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic’s defiant “no” to the chief
mediator at the Kosovo peace talks, the
British and French foreign ministers said
Wednesday they detected some
progress.
With less than three days to go to the
Saturday noon deadline for reaching a
three-year interim agreement between
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Heather Faulk said the bill would help
because, in the future, special elections
would occur more frequently to fill
vacancies more quickly.
She said she had been unaware of the
provision because it was not in her job
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thing for political expediency.”
But Bob Phillips, press secretary for
Wicker, said Wicker changed his mind
for two reasons.
“He has recognized people really
want to have a say and vote on (the lot
tery issue),” Phillips said. “But most
importandy, it would be the opportuni
ty to help education.”
But opponents of the lottery have
said the money generated would not go
toward education improvements.
Don Carrington, vice president of the
John Locke Foundation, a conservative
think tank in Raleigh, said states without
lotteries allocated 36 percent of their
budget for education compared to the
32 percent in states with lotteries.
Fleming also said a statewide lottery
would not benefit education.
“We don't think we should be gam
bling with our children’s education,” he
said.
But Phillips said Wicker wanted lot
tery proceeds to go to specific educa
tional programs that were new, such as
Georgia’s HOPE scholarship program
that grants money to students who meet
a grade point average requirement
Serbs and Kosovo Albanians, Foreign
Ministers Hubert Vedrine of France and
Robin Cook of Britain said both sides
are showing signs of moving closer to a
deal.
“It seems things are moving a bit,”
Vedrine said on the steps of the 14th
century chateau in Rambouillet, outside
Paris, where talks have been taking
place since Feb. 6. “But there is only a
little time left.”
Key to any Kosovo peace agreement
description. Asa result, vacant seats
remained open longer than they should
have, she said.
But Student Body President Reyna
Walters, who said she supported the bill,
said seats remained vacant too long
because the Elections Board did not
have enough members to run special
elections early last semester.
The provision was not strictly fol-
State & National
In that way, dollars targeted for pub
lic education would not be taken away
and given to other government pro
grams as lotterv monies increased, a
phenomenon that is occurring in other
states with lotteries, Phillips said.
The ad. which is running in metro
politan areas across the state, tells lis
teners that lotterv money won’t go to
education and encourages them to
inform Wicker of their opinions.
Carrington said the ad’s focus on
Wicker was an appropriate tactic.
“I think it’s important the lieutenant
governor has flip-flopped on the issue,”
he said. “I don't reallv know what he
thinks either."
But Phillips said Wicker w ould con
tinue supporting the lotterv' despite
opposition.
“The Republican Party perhaps does
n’t have any ideas to help enhance pub
lic education,” Phillips said.
“He will continue to fight to improve
public education despite the Republican
Party’s attacks on him.”
The State & National Editors can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
is the deployment of a 30,000-strong
NATO force in the province to ensure
the deal is implemented.
Belgrade’s refusal so far to consider
allowing such a force on Yugoslav terri
tory has been a major roadblock in the
talks.
Christopher Hill, the American who
heads the international mediating team
at the talks, flew to Belgrade on Tuesday
with a message for Milosevic: Sign a
deal by Saturday or face NATO missiles.
lowed this year because no one asked
Walters to set a date for special elections,
Schlitt said.
“Student Congress members could
call for a special election, and it would
be the student body president’s respon
sibility to follow through.”
The University Editors can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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