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Harvey Gantt, Democrats Win Two years ago Harvey Gantt won an historic and unprecedented election as mayor by capturing 52 percent of the votes cast. On Tuesday, Mr. Gantt won reelection to a second two-year term with an even larger 61 percent of the votes cast or 40,373 votes to his opponent Dave Berryhill’s 39 percent, or 25,952 votes. While campaign style, name recognition • and personalities were undoubtedly factors . in the election results, issues that trans cended to a large degree political party differences may have been the real election stars. For example, Berryhill asked voters to consider the election a referendom on a payroll tax, a possible alternative revenue source favored for voter consideration by incumbent Gantt. Any hope that Mr. Berryhill had of making the payroll tax a liability for Mr. Gantt was dashed when Gov. Jim Martin came to Charlotte last week to campaign for Berryhill. The go vernor did not endorse Berryhill’s view point on the payroll tax; instead he . indicated support for Gantt’s proposal that the voters be given the opportunity to vote on the issue. Secondly, Mr. Gantt’s election appears to indicate voter support for managed growth, a major political issue between the ites and in some City i the latter, Republican Fenning won a/Qbuncil seat in District 7 with no Democratic Party op position after a tough primary election win over incumbent Paul Juneau. The key issue in the Republican primary election in District 7 was neighborhood preservation as opposed to management growth by market conditions. This latter position was sup ported by Mr. Juneau. As in 1908, Gantt captured 96 percent of the votes to the city’s eight predominantly bladk precinct*, which have also predomi nantly Democrat!* voters. Thus, Gantt’s jump from 52 percent of the votes cfcst to 1968 to 61 percept to 1965 was a result of gaining strengthen thepredominantly white Precincts, receiving « percent of the vote, increased from 36 percent two years ago. Gantt was therefore jmtifled to saying “that victory tonight was one that came --“*«T nook --of Charlotte/’ * managed growth and a new money . J tor the city, possibly through a payroll tax. Council Race S.j »•. ' • In the City Council At-Large races two Republican incumbents, Minette Trosch* and Richard Vinroot, were reelected; and two Democrats, first time political candi dates Cyndee Patterson and A1 Rousso, won. The surprises in the at-large races were threefold. Herbert Spaugh Jr. was not reelected, Minette Trosch’s vote total was the smallest of the four winners, which may cost her the mayor pro-tem poet, and that' jeweler A1 Rousso was the top vote-getter' among the four. Ironically, with the four Council at*** large seats divided equally between the Republicans and Democrats, and six of the seven District Council seats divided equally between Republicans and Democrats with no opposition at the polls, it was left to the election in District 4 to determine which party would have a majority of the votes on City Council. Democrat Roy Matthews defeated Republican Jim Hawks for this Council seat. Matthews was the major force in stopping white-flight in his neighborhood in the 1970s. In the District Council races unopposed candidates Pam Patterson (D-District 1), Charles Dannelly (D-District 2), Ron Leeper (D-District 3), Ann Hammond (R-District 5), Velva Woollen (R-District 6) and new comer Gloria Fenning (R-District 7) were all elected. Bonds The voters were very supportive of all bond issues favoring them in voter majori ties ranging from 57 to 77 percent. These votes too were at least an indirect en dorsement of Mayor Gantt's viewpoints and thus a rejection of BerryhilTs charges of big spender Democrats led by Gantt. In more specific terms, the Charlotte Mecklenburg voters approved a bond package of eight items totaling a record of $131.75 million in new debt for .new schools, utility needs, swimming pools, garbage disposal and other needs. In the non-partisan School Board elec tion, former UNCC education professor Harvey. Sadoff won election to the School Board, out-distancing his nearest opponent, Maggie Nicholson, by nearly a two to one margin. ^ve spoken; now in the mteresrof^good government, a progressive city, and a truly All-American neighbor hood it is time for us all—Democrats, Bepublicans, independents and others - to put Aside our differing viewpoints and join together to. move “ .. i J your home it aU tions. Speak Out - Do you have something to say? Then do so for everyone to read. Hie Charlotte Poet, the only other voice in town, welcomes aH letters on various subjects. . Letters to the editor must include your signature and address, both of which may or may not be used per your request. Address letters to: Editor, The Charlotte Post, P. O. Box 30144, Charlotte, N.C. 28230. THE CHARLOTTE POST \ North Carolina’s Fastest Growing Weekly 704-379-O496 ————— "The People’s Newspaper" 107Years. Of Continuous Service BM Johnson Editor, Pah. Bernard Reeve* Gen. Mgr. Fran Fairer-Bradley Adv. Mgr. Daanptte Gaither Office Mgr. Published Every Thursday by The Charlotte Poet PabHsMag Company, lac. Main Office: 1531S. Camden Road Charlotte, N.C. »303 Second Class Postage Paid at Charlotte Member, National Newspaper Publishers' Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. Om Year Subscription Rat* One Year -917.75 Payable la Advance 1 , U8P8 Ns. MSMS POSTMASTER Send Change of address to: Charlotte Post . 1531S. Camden Rd. Charlotte, N.C. 15203 MiBer Sqy: > Black Leadership Struggle: Reality Or Myth? By Sherman N. Miller ' As I read about the strug gle between the liberal tra ditional black leadership (NAACP, Urban League, Congressional Black Caucus, and so on) versus nationally recognized black conserva tives (such as Thomas Sowell and Reagan Admin istration appointees Clarence Thomas and Clarence Pendleton) I won der if there really is an iso lated black American lead ership war underway. When I employ a purely black perspective to under stand these black leaders’ salvos I find it very diffi cult to devise a scenario that justifies all the media attention. However, if I treat this black leadership chasm as an element of a mainstream struggle then it does suggest that} we are currently in the inidst of i nc American conserva tive versus Liberal Political Crusades of the 1980s.” I recall hearing William P. Worrell, Managing Editor of the Richmond, VA Afro American Newspaper pre sent some very strong cases for black American upward mobility. Since Worrell is a white chap, I found myself looking at him a second time to be sure I was conversing Sherman with a Caucasian. Worrell left me with the impression that he truly believed that liberalism is the best course for America. He also seemed to argue against conserva tives solely on the basis of . their philosophical stance. Stephen Steinberg of Queens College goes a quan tum level beyond Worrell. In the Summer 1985 issue of “The Review of Black Po litical Economy” (A Publi cation of the National Eco nomic Association and the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy of Clark College), Steinberg bellige rently takes Thomas Sowell to task. in urc nanus ui i nurnas Sowell, ‘human capital’ is little more than an obfusca tion for writing a morality tale whereby groups-notably Jews and Asians-who have ‘the right stuff’ overcome every impediment of race and class to reach the econo mic pinnacle. Other groups especially blacks-suffer from historically conditioned cul tural defects that condemn them to languish in the eco nomic competition. Ethnic chauvinists and bigots have said as much all along, *nd it is difficult to see what Sowell his added to the discourse -except a specious scientific veneer for moral platitudes and common ste reotypes,” declares Stein berg. y i aiemoerg s comments ap pear t6 attack Sowell not as a black conservative but as a conservative who happens to be black. He even goes so far as to pugnaCiously challenge Sowell’s intellectual honesty. Steinberg* proclaims, “More than other human capital theorists, Thomas SoweU attempts to account historically for the values that ifosees as explaining the success or failure of ethnic groups. But he does so through a rendering of ethnic history that is riddled with fallacies.” % I decided t*pose my main stream political crusade theory to some of my white liberal friends to get their reaction. They all viewed the current black leadership struggle as merely one cam paign front in an American mainstream philosophical struggle between conserva tives and liberals. Some may wonder why •conservatives have any in terest at all in the black community. I believe that as more black leaders like the Reverend Jgsse Jackson raise black America’s voting consciousness, conservatives realize that this portends their losing more and more close elections. Thus it ap pears that conservatives really have a legitimate reason to fight for a sigdtft-1 cant share of black Ameri ca’s votes. I hope and pray that the black leadership will not let this golden opportunity for black political enfranchise ment pass whilst they re main at odds over philoso phical approaches. Fop Warner Foodnl The 28th annuel Pop Warner Op timist Bowl Football games will be played Saturday. November ie at Country Day’s School Football Stadium. Gamas begin at 9:00, 11:00,1:00 and 3:00. The games will Aowcose the bast - Charlotte area Pop Warner teams in four different age groups. Proceeds of the event will go to the WBT Penny Pitch Children’s Charities and the North Mecklenburg Opti mist Club’* charities Pressing Problems In The Block Community Satellite DLJies Give “Great’5 Reception mere once was a time, pre-satellite dish days, when dwellers in rural communi ties underwent great dif ficulty to get good television reception. This was due to the fact that the communi ties were too far away from land-based TV transmitters. In addition to regular tele vision programming, view ers alsocould not get cable television. Hence in 10 yean modern technology made the cttf ference for these TV viewers by bringing high quality tele vision to isolated areas. Mo- - dern technology called the satellite dish - an. antenna that picks upa fa,int signal Camiiy Toe reception is great and the choices incredible - with the satellite dish it is possible to pick up over 100 signals or stations at night. By turning a dial, the viewer can catch the latest movie, British tele vision or pre-news remarks. And what makes the dish even iriore appealing is the price: After the purchase of the antenna, the program ming is free. Satellite dishes have come • Sabrina ’’ ' a long way in pricing, in 1979 the Nieman-Marcus Christ mas Catalog featured the development” ■ lias a house ithen the prices '1 , j 3 dramatically and so has the size. Today’s dish is about 10 feet in diameter and costs about $2,500. Companies are recording sales of 40,000 a month and the dishes are cropping up everywhere. If one flew below radar from California to Maine, he could see the more than one million that dot the countryside. With all the glamour and prestige satellite dishes have brought, they are not entirely • problem free. TV program mens such as Showtime, Home Box Office and Turner Broadcasting System do not like the fact that one million dish owners are snatching their programs for nothing. In an effort to cut out the "free ride,” some suppliers such as HBO plan to scram ble their signals. HBO plans this move for January; the result being the movie magic will dissolve into snow and to get the signal a dish owner will have to purchase a de coder for up to $400 and pay a - monthly fee.' If dish owners are forced to conform to this idea throughout the indus try for programming ser vice, they may be forced to _ pay three to fo times as much their primary customers. That is not fair. rm. __i-.ij_*_ __ ouiuuuu la pi u^i am mere must act swiftly to set fair and reasonable prices for dish owners. Some dish owners have been led to believe that scrambling is illegal. It is not. The Cable Communi cation Act of 1984 recog nised that programmers can scramble to protect their services from unauthorized 'use. In fact HBO has been concerned about un authorized use by bare, restaurants and hotels who oftentimes charge their cus tomers for viewing pro grams which the establish ment receive for free. To these cable program mers, scrambling seems to be the most effective and efficient way to curtail un authorized use and unlawful activity. In addition to scrambling, HBO has de vised a marketing strategy that will allow dish owners to subscribe to HBO .' and Cinemax if they choose to do sfir. This is due to the fact that 'Satellite programmers do not receive any income from the sale of satellite dishes.. / On-the other side of the argument, dish owners strckigly protest paying ad ditional money for decoders and such, llwir reason being that they spent a sub stantial amount of money to purchase the antenna and do not care or wish to fork up any more. The majority in this group are fanners. fPt» m — ■ — f_ it. ll. • mtmj uiatm uuu uk invest ment and corners cut in the purchase is enough. Maybe so. They go on to say that their tax dollars were used to put the satellites in space. True. They too paid taxes toward the space prottam which improved satellite transmissions and that every taxpayer has the same right to those transmissions as the networks and cable com panies. Maybe.
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