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Monday, November 3, 1975
Three candidates
for real changes
In the midst of pre-registration,
parties and the mid-term blues,
Carrboro elections seem to be of the
remotest importance to the UNO
student. But the resident of Carrboro
faces a rare and gratifying experience
behind the curtains Tuesday.
When he or she marks the ballot, it
may actually make some difference in
determining living conditions in
Carrboro. Unlike the Chapel Hill voter,
the Carrboro voter is faced with a real
choice a choice of ideology in town
government and a choice of future
governmental action or inaction in
Carrboro.
The camps are sharply divided. On
one side is the Carrboro Community
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Carrboro
alderman
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Patterson
Coalition, dedicated unequivocally to
the establishment of a bus system and
other services in Carrboro, as well as to
a more far-sighted approach to town
planning. On the other side are the
status quo candidates, who have fiercely
opposed the Coalition.
Fc the Coalition, the issues are
services, especially a bus system, for all
of Carrboro. For the conservative
faction, the issue is fiscal responsibility,
and according to one candidate, steering
Carrboro from the course of
bankruptcy.
Three candidates are running on the
Coalition ticket for aldermen while
three others definitely oppose the
Coalition.
Two independents are running
between the battle lines, one learning
towards the Coalition and one towards
the entrenched Carrboro government.
For the student, buses are the major
issue. Parking on campus is another in a
long line of expenses and, like
everything else, a harrowing journey
through the jungle of red tape.
Commuting to campus is inconvenient,
impractical and uneconomical for
students.
The town as a whole needs a fresh,
professional outlook in planning.
Carrboro will continue to expand, and
the proper supervision of this expansion
can improve conditions for students and
citizens now living in Carrboro as well
as those yet to come.
In the past, Carrboro has suffered
from a piecemeal approach to town
planning. Land use, zoning, apartment
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regulation and other concerns have been
implemented without any guiding
principles, without an eye for the future.
Fortunately, this can be changed. Of
the eight candidates, there are three who
could compose a Carrboro Board of
Aldermen that would change
Carrboro's approach to government for
the better.
The first of these is Bob Drakeford.
Drakeford is a talented, articulate man
with invaluable experience as a
professional planner. Drakeford boasts
a master's degree in regional planning
from UNC as well as an unusual feel for
the real nuts and bolts operation of town
government.
A Coalition candidate, Drakeford is
committed to a strong bus system but
understands and readily admits the
financial problems involved. Drakeford
has worked hard to inform Carrboro
citizens of the exact burdens of cost
(including increase in room rents
because taxes on apartment owners will
go up) but is convinced that the citizens
of Carrboro consider the benefits of
buses much greater than the costs.
Drakeford is one of the few people who
have actually discussed specifically the
dollars and cents impact of buses. He
has neither hidden behind the catch
word "fiscal responsibility" nor
"increased services."
Ernie Patterson, currently a member
of the Carrboro Board of Adjustment, is
an advocate of "controlled change" for
Carrboro. Patterson has consistently
emphasized the need for town hall to be
receptive to all segments of the
community, as it has not been in the
past. Patterson looks to bring town
politics out of the living rooms of "civic
leaders" and into the public eye. A
Coalition candidate, Patterson is a
strong supporter of a bus system for
Carrboro. Patterson sees Carrboro as a
total community, with definite
recreational needs. He is articulate and
well-versed in town" politics.
Patterson's experience and proven
dedication to Carrboro municipal
government along with his open
minded attitude prove his definite
potential as an instrument of positive
change in Carrboro.
Lynda de Friess, one of only two
independents in the race, is another
excellent candidate. De Friess has
served in many civic organizations in
Carrboro as apolitical as the Carrboro-
Chapel Hill United Fund Board, and the
fund committee for the South Orange
Rescue Squad Building.
De Friess displays a perceptive view
of the problems of buses, planned
growth, street conditions and the lack of
bicycle paths all of which she
considers top priority.
A graduate of the Rochester Institute
of Business, De Friess has a tight grasp
on the financial problems the town faces
as it tries to readjust its focus and
expand its services. She advocates the
purchases of only as many buses as are
absolutely necessary.
De Friess, Patterson and Drakeford
are competent to lead Carrboro to
constructive changes in its methods of
municipal government. Neither of the
candidates for mayor, however, seems
appropriate to be at the vanguard of this
change.
Ruth West offers a progressive but
simplistic outlook and onl limited
experience in town government while
Fred Chamblee offers experience but
little possibility of change from the
status quo.
The real future of Carrboro
government will be decided Tuesday in
the voting for aldermen.
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Wallace's
Chapel Hill voters do indeed face a
difficult decision in tomorrow's mayoral
election. Cole Campbell in his editorial
endorsement of Gerry Cohen on Friday
pointed to many of the similarities of the
candidates in this race. He then turned to the
differences between the two that in
Campbell's opinion would make Cohen the
best choice for the town. In so doing, the
editor has overlooked the strong points in
Jim Wallace that he finds so attractive in
Wallace's opponent.
The progressive stances and the energetic
histories of both candidates have been
recounted time and again during this
campaign. Now, no one can doubt the
dedication that both men have had to the
underprivileged and oft-times unrepresented
portions of the community.
What is surprising, however, is Campbell's
belief that Gerry Cohen is better prepared to
assume the role of the mayor of Chapel Hill
as defined (n the town's new charter. The
charter says the mayor has three functions:
to preside over Board of Aldermen meetings,
to represent Chapel Hill in
intergovernmental affairs and to listen to
and to act upon the grievances and concerns
of the citizens of Chapel Hill. With these
functions as the legal parameters of the
office, Jim Wallace is the best qualified
candidate to fulfill these roles and to extend
these roles in the best interest of the
community.
Jim Wallace's oratorical prowess and
organizational ability highly qualify him to
assertively lead the town's board of aldermen
in efficiently structured meetings and in
action-delivering policy formation.
Jim Wallace's personal and political
contacts in the federal, state and University
administrations would make him at once a
universally acceptable and aggressively
effective representative of our town. We
cannot risk the demise of the landmark
progress made in this town during the last six
years because of basic personality and
philosophic differences between our primary
representative and the powers controlling
the purse strings in outside governmental
bodies.
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A pattern in Tar Heel football
To the editor:
For the third consecutive season, a
disturbing pattern has emerged in the
Carol ina football program. The 1969
72 teams were characterized by spirited
efforts and gang-tackling defenses. Tar Heel
teams since the have been plagued by
constant lapses in motivation, resulting in
unexpected losses, often to teams with far
inferior talent.
To make matters worse. Tar Heel fans
have seen a strong revival of other football
programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference,
many of which have caught and surpassed
ours.
The decline of the Carolina program,
relative to those at State and Maryland,
cannot be blamed on a lack of talent. With
the exception of the present senior class, the
past five recruiting seasons have been
outstanding. The decline, instead, has been
caused by an emotional yo-yo that the Tar
Heels seem to play upon, with outstanding
performances that are followed by pathetic
efforts.
Witness, by contrast, the program at N.C.
State. Lou Holtz has his team emotionally
prepared week after week, whether the foe is
Florida or East Carolina. Even in the
M ichigsn State game this season, with State
trailing 37-7, in the fourth quarter,
WolfpacK defenders continued to swarm
around the ball carrier.
This is a far cry from the Tar Heel
defenders, who are often seen standing
around in indecision or half-heartedly
attempting arm tackles.
The point is obvious: there has been a very
poor utilization of talent in our football
program. Either the teams have lacked
character or the coaching staff does not
appreciate the role that emotion plays in
college football.
Before our program slips even further
behind those at other conference schools, a
change must take place. The coaches must
provide motivation, or they must leave.
Bill Dooley must show that he is on a
competitive level with Jerry Claiborne and
Lou Holtz, whose teams have been out
performing Carolina teams, with talent that
is no better.
strengths
Most importantly, Jim Wallace would
provide the sort of concerned ear to the
grievances and interests of Chapel Hill's
citizens that any truly democratic system
must have to thrive. Campbell sees as
Cohen's strongest point that he could best
listen to the concerns of Chapel Hill citizens
because he would be able to devote almost
full-time to the job with no other job
commitments to shackle him. Campbell
himself admits that current Mayor Howard
Lee, a man with a full time position at Duke
University and with political interests
beyond the town limits, has been able to
The Daily Tar Heel welcomes
dissenting opinion in response to its
editorial stance. This column is written in
response to the DTffs endorsement on
October 3 1 of Gerry Cohen for mayor of
Chapel Hill. Anyone interested in
offering reasoned dissent in a reaction
column is invited to contact the associate
editor in the Daily Tar Heel office.
respond to the calls of help and
disgruntlement of people whom he
represents whenever those calls have come.
Why then should we not believe that Jim
Wallace, a man with a teaching position at
another University, could not provide this
listening ear and helpful hand equal to if not
above and beyond the levels that Mayor Lee
has?
Indeed, Jim Wallace has always been in
the vanguard of issues of social and political
importance to this town, state and nation.
He has never waited for issues to come to
him, but has actively pursued solutions to
such important issues as race relations,
environmental quality and student rights
long before they became politically popular.
Jim Wallace has proven that it is in his
basic constitution upon these concerns even
when it means sacrifices for his family.
Dooley says that he is not going to panic.
We hope he is aware that this trend has now
been going on for three years, and the fans,
the backbone of the program, are disgusted.
The alumni, the students and the fans
deserve better.
Mike Danford
Q-15 Estes Park
Carl Fox
2219 Granville South
Bobby Oakley
518 Morrison
From Deep Throat to Scotland Neck
To the editor:
The noted Freudian, Dr. Fred C. Dobbs,
has written in his latest book entitled
Psychology, Sublimation, Politics and
Related Subjects: A Study, that a fervent
following of political pursuits "generally
results from the ruthless repression of
libidinal lust by the superego and related
forces, thus channeling the thwarted energy
toward the attainment of public power." (p.
144)
Most Jungians, Skinnerians and
Episcopalians agree that Dr. Dobbs' dogged
and dogmatic theories are over-simplified
and underdeveloped. Cole Campbell,
however, has given credence to Dobbs'
absurd viewpoint by stating in his Friday
editorial endorsing Gerry Cohen: "He is the
kind of political animal we need to
scientifically breed . . . with other
communities."
With this attitude we might expect to see
Linda Lovelace in Deep Throat replaced by
Gerry Cohen in Scotland Neck.
Winston Jones
Chairman
Don't Clone Cohen Committee
K-l 2 Colony Apts.
Dorm room auction
To the editor
I would like to make a suggestion that
overlooked
teaching and business.
Actually, the mayor's office is not
designed to be full-time. A mayor who
receives $5000 a year, as opposed to a town
manager who receives 530,000 a year, is
clearly not expected to be full-time. Jim
Wallace realizes that a full-time mayor
concept, such as his opponent is promoting,
would quickly produce undue conflicts with
the town manager. Such a realization is
tantamount to efficiency and effectiveness in
the operation of a council-manager form of
government. However, such a realization
does not mean a slackening of the mayor's
function to best represent the town's
concerns and the interests of all of its
citizens. J im Wallace has a clear and mature
understanding of this distinction.
The citizens of Chapel Hill certainly do
have a major and difficult decision to make
tomorrow. This is particularly true of
students, who have so recently been afforded
this significant right to vote. Do we as
students vote for a person who may actually
represent only the views of one or two
segments of the town's population? Or do we
vote for a man like Jim Wallace whose
support in this campaign and whose past
association with a broad range of issues and
concerns shows that he is the person to fairly
represent all of the diverse interests that
make this "Southern part of heaven" so
unique.
Students must use their vote responsibly.
We must look beyond our perceived self
interest to the best interests of the entire
community of Chapel Hill. In accepting the
privilege to vote in Chapel Hill, we are saying
that Chapel Hill is our home. In using that
vote, we must take into account the best
interests of all of those w ho are a part of this
home and realize that the best interests of
our fellow Chapel Hillians are inseparable
from our own.
Jim Wallace is the candidate who appeals
to a diverse enough group to draw from these
differences a cohesive force that will
continue to make Chapel Hill a good home
for us all.
Robert L. Pharr is a senior history major
from Lexington, N.C.
might help solve the current dilemma of the
student body and Dr. Condie regarding the
distribution of dormitory rooms.
As was pointed out in a recent article in the
DTH, our economic system of supply and
demand should be allowed to dictate those to
whom rooms should be given. What better
w ay to do this than an auction of the rooms
by bid.
1 suggest that the rooms be auctioned off
to the highest bidder (the university may
want to impose a minimum bid) with any
monies over and above the amount normally
charged for a room going to student
government. This could be accomplished
w ithout a lottery or long lines and waiting by
preparing a computer bid sheet on which
each bidder would enter his name, the rooms
he would like to bid on (in order of
preference) and the amounts he would like to
bid.
The computer would then compile
information useful for bidders such as the
bids placed on a particular room, past bids
for the room and, or any other information
that might make bidding on a more
intelligent basis possible. It would also
ascertain the highest bidder and notify him
as well as: provide him with a list of the other
bids for the room. He would be given a
specific time period to decide if he wanted
the room and place a deposit on it, after
which time the next highest bidder would be
given the same option, or the room placed
back on the bidding list.
Certain rooms would be removed from
bidding to be used for freshmen students,
while the rest would be up for auction. The
money generated in the process could be
designated by student government for loans
or even in a "tax cut" reflected in reduced
fees. (Not a bad idea considering our general
surplus.) Those not interested in long lines
and those that feel a lottery is unfair could
resolve their problems by the use of free
economic principles.
J. A. Keyes
Rte. 1 Box 71-E
Pittsboro
executive
" must be clear that the Constitutional
power given to the President cannot be taken
from him and transferred to another officer
hy a mere legislative enactment. If such were
the case, we would have no need for a
Constitution."
Excerpt from the opinion of
the Student Supreme Court in
O'Neal v. Bates, October 15
The comptroller bill qualifies as a "mere
legislative enactment" to wrestle power away
from the executive branch. This bill, if
enacted, would rob the executive, branch of
its constitutional right to enforce the
treasury laws, and transfer this right to the
legislative branch.
The Student Constitution simply states
that the treasurer "shall disburse all monies
appropriated by the Campus Governing
Council." Student Attorney General
Andromeda Monroe issued an opinion on
October 30, which stated that "the sole
power of the authority to pay out or expend
monies appropriated by the CGC resides
with the treasurer..."
M onroe went on to state that no one other
than the treasurer may "disburse funds,
unless he be in violation of the
Student Constitution."
Since the comptroller would possess the
authority to sign requisitions, thus
disbursing funds, he would be performing
the constitutional duties of the treasurer.
However, I do not oppose this bill solely
on a constitutional basis. The office is simply
unnecessary.
First of all, there exists a constitutional
office designed to perform the duties that
would be given to the comptroller.
Proponents of the comptroller bill, arguing
that the responsibilities of the treasurer are
too great for one person, see it as a means to
divide these duties. However, if the office
needs div iding, an assistant treasurer would
be a more effective solution to this problem.
Secondly, a comptroller would only add
to the present red tape and confusion
involved in Student Government finances.
As it stands now, the bill provides for a
duplication of official duties. Thus, it does
not decisively relieve any of the treasurer's
present duties. The bill only creates an office
that duplicates the treasurer's.
One argument used by proponents of the
comptroller bill is that CGC should be able
to obtain financial records "upon request.
However, when asked what information the
treasurer has that any member of CGC
cannot obtain, Dick Pope, co-sponsor of the
bill, said "There isn't any." Therefore, it is
not necessary for the comptroller to hav e the
power to sign requisitions in order to obtain
financial information.
It has been speculated that, if the president
and the treasurer wanted to, they could
easily cover up any undesirable financial
information. The comptroller could do this
just as easily. Either in coordination with the
Finance Committee chairperson or the
Rules and Judiciary Committee (the
committee necessary to remove him from
office), the comptroller could also cover-up
similar undesirables.
The preamble of the bill states that "A
high degree of professionalism, competence
and continuity is essential in any efficient
administration of the budget and budget
laws." If a high degree of professionalism is
the goal, then the comptroller should be
required to have extensive accounting
experience. Yet, the bill does not require
such experience of the comptroller.
Although the preceeding are all good
reasons to oppose the comptroller bill, the
most important issue is the question of
constitutionality. Student government,
having had its share of legal battles this
semester, can ill afford to be bogged down
w ith another court suit.
The Student Supreme Court, in O'Neal v.
Bates explicitly stated that it is the
President's responsibility "to enforce and
administer laws enacted by the Campus
Governing Council."
The Court further explained that:
"An appropriation hy the Campus
Governing Council is a law enacted by the
same body. As a law, its enforcement lies
with the President, the treasurer is provided
to assist him . . . In all matters of
administration of laws, the President is
Paramount."
In view of the facts, the comptroller bill
should be defeated by CGC. 1 urge every one
to express their opinion of this bill to your
CGC representative.
With such pressing issues as the Student
Bill of Rights, room sign-up systems and the
proposed change in the grading system.
Student Government can no longer afford to
be held down by internal struggles.
Progressive, not regressive, actions need to
be taken now.
Rick Buttner is a sophomore political
science major from Hendersonville, N.C.
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