4The Daily Tar HeelFriday, April 15, 1988
Candidates aspire to gain -state Democratic nominations
Jordan platform
By WILLIAM TAGGART
Staff Writer
Health care through a lotto bond
program and changes in the insurance
laws are the major platforms of Frank
Jordan's campaign for lieutenant
governor, the candidate said in an
interview.
Jordan, a Democrat from Rock
ingham who is not related to gub
ernatorial candidate Bob Jordan, said
he strongly advocates selling lotto
bonds to establish a fund to provide
for health care for all N.C. residents.
Citizens would purchase bonds for
the fund for $1 each. That money
would be used for general loans for
state citizens, and the interest from
those loans would create a fund for
general health care.
Jordan said the program could
raise as much as $4 billion each year.
For those in good health, the fund
will pay the insurance premium.
Otherwise, the money would cover
short- and long-term health care.
The bonds w ill be entered in lottery
draw ings for cash prizes to encourage
people to buy them, Jordan said.
ArtsCenter director
,By AMY WEISNER
Staff Writer
Jacques Menache, founder of the
ArtsCenter in Carrboro, released a
statement Wednesday that said he
was resigning as executive director
due to a decision made at last
Thursday s meeting of the ArtsCen
ter's board of directors.
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proposes lotto bond program
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"There is no risk involved because
the bonds are issued by the state and
redeemable by the state," he said.
Jordan also advocates placing all
auto liability insurance under state
control. The state would issue license
tags and handle all insurance. Drivers
would no longer have to pay court
imposed fines and face the insurance
company as well, Jordan said, and
states could deal with drivers on an
individual basis.
"This would do away with the
double jeopardy imposed by the
insurance industry," Jordan said.
Jordan said he would give the right
to alcohol to anyone who registers
for the draft or to vote. Full rights
of citizenship and treatment as an
adult in court for those who register
would also be guaranteed.
Jordan, who served in the army for
15 years, has been active in politics
in both the Republican and Demo
At the meeting, the board decided
to form a task force to study the
relationship between the ArtsCenter
and Main Street Partners, the group
that presently leases the building.
Menache is a partner in the group.
"1 felt the board had lost confidence
in my ability to lead and administer
the ArtsCenter," the statement said.
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for lieutenant governor as a Repub
lican in 1984 and has campaigned for
the state senate three times, in 1982
and 1986 as a Republican.
Jordan switched his party affilia
tion back to the Democratic Party
in 1986. "The Republicans didn't like
me and didn't want me here in the
county," he said. "They invited
everyone but me to functions in the
county."
Jordan said his campaign is going
very well so far. "The last poll I heard
1 was number one," he said. "The
people are ready for me someone
without a lot of political bag
gage." In a recent poll that Jordan
includes in his campaign literature,
he was listed as the top candidate.
The majority of those polled, how
ever, had not decided which candi
date to support.
Jordan, who is married and has
four children, is also an ordained
minister in the Universal Life Church
and Church of Gospel Ministry.
"I expect to be a nominee," Jordan
said.
resigns; task force to study organization
Nevertheless, Menache said his
resignation is in no way connected
with his involvement in Main Street
Partners.
He said he believes his position
with the group benefited the ArtsCen
ter, since the group was responsible
for purchasing a facility for the new
ArtsCenter that would have been
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By ERIC GRIBBIN
Staff Writer
At age 34, Brad Miller is "the first
of his generation to run for statewide
office," said Ken Goldwasser, press
secretary for the Miller for Secretary
of State campaign.
"This is an important race for the
future of the N.C. Democratic Party,"
Goldwasser said. "(Brad) is from a
different mold. He represents a new
type of candidate. He has a great deal
of experience within the Democratic
Party. The party has a new, progres
sive wing and Brad represents this
wing."
Miller, a 1975 UNC graduate,
obtained a master's degree from the
London School of Economics in 1978
and earned a law degree from Colum
bia University in 1979. He was
chairman of the Wake County Demo
cratic party from 1985-87 and has
been a member of the N.C. State
Democratic Executive Committee
since 1985. He is now on leave from
the Raleigh law firm of LeBeuff,
Lamb, Leiby and MacRae.
Miller's platform stresses the need
otherwise unaffordable.
"It really appeared some people did
not trust Jacques," Board Chairman
Joel Carter said. But Carter said those
feelings did not alter his own support
of Menache and his vision for the
ArtsCenter.
The task force has initiated a self
examination to clarify misunder-
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to protect N.C. businesses from
hostile takeovers, Goldwasser said.
"It's a multi-faceted position. The
secretary of state is responsible for
. . . regulating the requirements for
small businesses (to protecting)
shareholders from corporate raiders,"
he said. "The average voter does not
think about how corporate takeovers
affect him. Brad would like to see the
management of N.C. corporations be
able to look to the future instead of
having to look back over their
shoulder out of fear of hostile
takeovers."
Miller would work with the state's
small businesses to create new oppor
tunities and new jobs. When the state
helps small businessmen, they help
the state by increased hiring, Gold
wasser said.
"Stable businesses provide steady
jobs, and steady jobs support stable
families. We can't afford to have jobs
standings and to establish a more
formal structure for the organization.
Carter referred to some inconsisten
cies in the organization's records,
such as decisions made without a
quorum.
The Board offered Menache a two
week vacation, since he had never had
one, Carter said. "We really messed
up there," he said.
"These concerns are not all
Jacques' fault," Carter said. "He is
hard-working and is extremely
devoted to the ArtsCenter."
Bett Wilson, spokeswoman for the
ArtsCenter, said Menache had made
great contributions to the organiza
tion. "He sucessfully brought it
(ArtsCenter) from a one-room paint-,
ing class to its present status as a
thriving arts complex, complete with
an art gallery, two theaters, class
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gamesmanship," he said. ;
Miller wants to expand the role of
the secretary of state, said Anderson
Little, a Chapel Hill attorney and
member of Miller's steering
committee.
"Brad has been progressive, mean
ing that he is willing to look for new
solutions to problems. (He) will be
a much more active and energetic
secretary of state than we have seen
before," he said.
"We're talking about' someone
running for a branch of state govern
ment," said Roscoe Reeve, former
chairman of the Orange County
Democratic Party and also a member
of Miller's steering committee. "This
office functions at a legal level. Brad
is going to go a step further in how
effectively that office will deal with
corporations."
"Mr. Miller is trying to make the
office more active," Goldwasser said.
"It's time to change the role of the
office. Corporate law is changing, and
the office needs to change with it,"
Goldwasser said.
rooms and much more."
The five-person task force will
continue its study of the organization
in preparation for the next board
meeting on April 25, when a new
management plan will be adopted. '
Carter said, "I think well discover
that some things are very unclear.
Roles simply have not been defined."
Wilson said the ArtsCenter has
been operating under financial stress
and plans to promote a closer work
ing relationship between staff
members and board members to
secure a sound financial foundation
for its new fiscal year.
But board members have not
dismissed hopes for Menache's
return. Carter said, "The first action
the board will take at the next meeting
will be to get Jacques back."
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