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Dr. Bertha Maxwell Advocates Programs *
"Addressing The Needs Of The Entire Community"
oci uid maxweii is a aemocratic
candidate for the North Carolina
House of Representatives. She is
an advocate for programs address
ing the needs of the entire com
munity.
Programs such as alcohol con
trol and drug abuse, reforms in
juvenile correction, utility and
energy conservation, planning
development and land use regula
tion; and accountability for the use
of the state tax dollar are her
concerns. She favors a reduction of
class sizes from kindergarten
through 12th grade, increased
benefits for teachers, better edu
cational services for severely han
dicapped children not presently
served in public schools.
She wants to remain visible,
viable, accessible and accountable
to all citizens if she is elected.
Because of her numerous com
munity activities she.has come in
contact with people in all walks of
life. For instance she organized
Charlotte's first volunteer teach
ers' program for 84 economically
disadvantaged children, a catalyst
for Head Start and state-supported
kindergartens in Charlotte She
was the first black administrator
in a predominantly white school in
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg system
and developed Charlotte-Mecklen
burg's first open education pro
gram. At the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Maxwell
conceptualized and implemented
the curriculum in Afro-American
and African Studies, thus broaden
ing the range of knowledge for
many of black history, literature,
and accomplishments.
What is important too is that Ms.
Maxwell has served on various
boards and been a part of many
organization whose main purpose
is to improve humanity. Among
her many involvements are the
North Carolina Women's Task
Force on Alcohol and Drug Abuse,
Hope Haven, Inc., Charlotte Men
tal Health Center, The Charlotte
Arts and Science Council and the
Charlotte Drug Education Center.
She is also an active member of
Friendship Baptist Church.
Indeed, Ms. Maxwell's career
has also placed her in contact with
people. She began her career in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School sys
tem as a classroom teacher and
corrective reading teacher. -She
distinguished herself as an admin
istrator with principalships at
Morgan Elementary School and at
Albemarle Road Elementarv
School. She furthered her profess
ional career as Professor in the
College of Human Development
and Learning at University of
North Carolina at Charlotte; Vice
President for Administrative Af
fairs and Planning at Johnson C.
Smith University; and Frank
Porter Graham Professor and
Director of Afro-American Studies
at UNC-Charlotte.
Inflation Cruelest Tax North
Carolinians Have To Pay
Calling inflation the "crudest
tax" North Carolinians have to
pay, House Speaker Carl J. Stew
art Jr. said last Friday that it's
time for the State to give taxpayers
more relief in the form of tax
adjustments.
He specifically proposed that the
General Assembly increase the
standard state personal income
tax deduction from $550 to $1,250
and make adjustments in the tax
brackets so that gains North Caro
linians make in income won't be
eaten up by inflation.
The proposals came during a
press conference in Raleigh. Stew
art is seeking the Democratic
nomination for Lt. Governor in the
May 6 primary.
"As I have been campaigning
arund the state, people have told
me they can't keep up with infla
tion," Stewart said. "They're
making more money, but they're
being placed in higher tax brack
ets, which cancels any real in
crease in income."
The tax proposals would return
over $67 million to the taxpayers,
probably in the form of tax refunds
next spring, Stewart said.
He emphasized that the propo
sals will require careful legislative
study and debate but said he feels
confident the General Assembly
will react favorably to the idea.
"At the end of this fiscal year,
the state will have a credit balance
of upwards of $330 million," the
House Speaker said. "The tax
measures should not and will not
affect much deserved pay raises ,
for teachers and state employees ,
or any essential state programs.
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