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®&ttortate *6e C&atloti* $o0t Bill Johnson, Publisher Emeritus £&i • j-t~ «*»«. utu. »ni?K^.a™div, iUT.rttoto, iffi5SS*» Q*,,h” Anti-Gantt Ads Are Foolish Anybody But Harvey" and "Anybody But Harvey and Company” newspaper ads re leased in June are as foolish and stupid as the unregistered group sponsors - the Charlotte Citizens Coalition. First, the Coalition ap parently did not have enough sense to know that in spending money on behalf of or against a specific political candidate re quires prior registration as a political action committee. * Secondly, and more significantly, if enough citizens accept the "Anybody" theory, they would make themselves and the City re flect a full and ignorant misunderstanding of what a progressive city is, and could con ceivably elect people with the same ideas and viewpoints as "Harvey and Company." The point is, rational thinking people who appre ciate the value of a free and democratic socie ty accept the responsibility to state in specific terms what their beliefs are and why they op pose, as in thi^ case, the political views and actions of the incumbent elected officials. By way of example, we don't agree with what we think are overly simplistic under standings of city government by the so-called Citizens For Effective Government, Inc., but we respect their right to express what they be lieve. Likewise, we respect their willingness to take the time to study the issue of their con cern and then take a position on those issues. A careful study of history tells us that it was an "Anybody But . mentality that helped bring Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to pow er in post-World War I Germany and result ed in World War II. Think, Charlotte Citi zens Coalition, think, it will do you well. Coping With Success . We were pleased to receive the announce ments about the number of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and other Carolina-area college basketball players who were drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA) last week. Kenny Smith, Horace Grant, Joe Wolf, Tony White and Tyrone Bogus# are among the fortunate few who will get an opportunity to play in the "big time' NBA with megabucks, fame, gloi*y and * newspaper and television headlines. Yet, with all of this opportunity for profes sional success, there hangs a shadow of pos sible fear, failure, stressful pressures, near ly too much money, idle time, women, sex, drug use and constant travel. We are think ing too about Len Bias, David Thompson, Phil Ford and John Lucas. Bias died on the doorstep to success, Thompson and Ford had their careers cut short prematurely, and Lu cas got a second chance. In these young men s lives the challenges of coping with the demands of success became overwhelming to the point of self-destruction for Bias and a nearly similar fate for the others. Interestingly, the Reverend Jesse Jackson presented to the owners of professional base ball recently an idea whose time has come to help prepare young athletes for coping with . success. Jackson's idea is a sort of spring training for the players' minds. Jackson said, "they have six weeks (spring training) for their bodies. Why not give them one week of life-style training, a week to prepare them for the outside world? Many of these players go from extreme poverty to extreme wealth, from being Nobody Knows You to Eric Davis, overnight, and some of them can't handle it. Give them advice on investments, drugs and sex. This is in the owner's best interest as well. They'll get a better return on their in vestment" In commenting on Jackson's point, Steve Wolf in Scorta Illustrated MurazinA (6,22-87) says, "It may sound like % sermon, bufe what Jackson says makes a great deal of sense. If only the owners and Players Association could set aside their differences long enough to draw up plans for just such a program." The NBA and NFL need to do likewise in the interest of their respective sports, but more important, in the interest of helping to devel op young human beings. Supreme Court Tilts Right? The somewhat surprise announcement last week by U.S.Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell that he was retiring after 16 years on the bench resurfaced again Concerns about the high court’s direction. In particular, Powell's exit gives President Reagan another chance to tilt the nine member court's ideological balance more in the direction of conservative views. Just nine months ago, Reagan had elevated Wil liam Rehnquist to the Chief Justice’s post and filled Rehnquist’8 Associate Justice seat with conservative Antouin Scalia. Mr. Reagan had also appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court bench. f t <{ ■ w I Powell was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1972. He was considered to be a moderate who often cast the swing vote that gave the liberal justices an edge in many major court decisions. In fact, under the lib eral leadership of associate justice William Brennan, Powell voted with the 5-4 majori ties to approve preferential job treatment for minorities and women. Powell also wrote the key opinion in the 1978 Bakke case that upheld the concept of affirmative action. Again, it’s our optimistic belief that the U. S. Supreme Court won't slide down the hill to full conservative views. Reagan's nominee, who must be confirmed by the U. S. Senate which is now controlled by the Democrats, will not be an ultra-conservative because he could not be confirmed. Thus, a compromise conservative and hopefully a reasonably bal anced court. Only high court case decisions will tell, so let's hope for the best w* -r/Vt, ;yt. Alright you PTL followers, this is Shepherd Fa I well SpeoKirg! 1 Know Jim antrTommy sheared you and "fleeced'you but we must persevere. So, KnocK ofP the bO -bSOS and repeat after me send j more moo-La, moo*LOO. _^^moo-LO,moo-La *_ _\ __ \ /A f Covie THE "Pfc»*«4 CALLED THE UNDER —y WopLp — "TWe- C5PAMD 'pRAtS|e*J OF We By Charlotte's Stand On Klan a wa* recorded on June 22,1987 and read* . >*" lv/ Pe°Ple °fCharlott* conflPr^se • ^ diversity of racial, religious and ethnic character; and 'HMEfcDlS, under the U.S. Constitution each of these persons enjoys the same freedoms guaranteed to every other citizen and shares the same dignity and worth accorded to every human being; and I Charlotte has a long and proud history of diligently working to remove barriers that separ ate different segment* of the community and is nationally regarded as a community where different seg- ' ments of the community harmoniously work together for its peace and prosperity; and • ’ • t j nWLjyZ&S, as elected officials of this City, it is important that we publicly and officially express our views and concerns about groups that seek to undermine the diverse yet peaceful values and beliefs that characterise our community. ‘fif&RF'JO'RJL, WE ITXESOLVZE) by the City Council of the City of Charlotte, in regular ses sion duly assembled: , 1. fj£hat we Reject all claimsijf racial, religious or ethnic superiority and deplore all public gatherings for'the purpose of promoting such superiority. r 3. That we deplore the activities of all groups which would divide our community and promote hate and violence toward any other group. 8. That we specifically disavow and unequivocally oppose the principles, purposes and activities of the Ku Klux Klan groups and similar groups. 4. That we reaffirm our support and charge to the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Community Relations Commit tee to aggressively monitor any hate/violence activity in our community and to make recommendations to control and eliminate such activities as not being consistent with the beliefs and values of this community. 6. That we reaffirm our support and charge to local law enforcement agencies to protect citizens from threats of violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan and similar groups. «. That while we acknowledge the constitutional right of individuals and groups to free speech and peace ful assembly, no individual or group will be permitted to unlawfully disturb the peace of this City while exer cising such constitutional rights. 7. That the strongest statement of rejection that individual citizens and the entire community can make to such groups is to avoid and ignore their public actions, gatherings, and marches thereby defiiaing their de , lured publicity and reducing the potential for any violence they may seek to encourage. A Spouse Is A Business Asset A workaholic who trades his family life for success is the stere otypic image of the upwardly mo bile executive. Yet, common sense suggests that marital problems are a mental albatross fofr an exec utive or a professional. This, then, poses the question, "Does Ameri can businesses have'an economic incentive to make the spouses of their employees become quasi employees of their companies?" America’s hugs trade deficit de-' mends that its executives and pro fessionals have the latitude to per form to the maximum of their po tential. Although product quality and rapid product impede the for eign economic carnage in Ameri ca's domestic market, she can make a quantum leap ahead of these international aggressors if we eliminate some mental shackles. If we examine the scenario of black Americans entering the white collar work force over the last 20 years, we gst an inkling of the deleterious impact of a mental burden on harnessing an employ ee’s flill potential. Many Mack ex ecutives and professionals started out with the mental trepidation of the civil rights struggle still afresh in their minds. Some of these peo ple fell into the career destruction trap of continuing to wage the civ il rights struggle rather than dem onstrating their aMlity to signifi cantly turn a profit for their com pany. Thus, many blacks became world-class sprinters in the world Milter SL__ marketplace buaineaa Olympic game* wearing heavy mental ankle weighta. A young Domino'* Plua execu tive aaya thia company ha* pro grama to reduce mental burden*, one of which ia a apouae involve ment program. Thia chap claima their apouae program ia pramieed on getting the apouae to under etand and ahare in the mate’e commitment to the eucceaa of the burineae. 8ince email buaineaa ia the prime generator of new Joba, I queried two email buaineaa own era on the importance of apouae involvement in their buaineaa. One chap waa a manufacturing fabricator in Prefer, Penney]va nia, and the other the owner of a carpet aervice buaineaa in Albany, Georgia. Both men felt their employee* muet make unen cumbered decieiona. The manufacturing fabricator, who aervea a regional market, agreed that to footer the proper marital climate for hie employees to excel, the spouse should be in volved in the perks of the busi ness. Yet, he cautioned about the potential of abuses to a company's reward programs. He pointed out that there have beep cases whs re yearly sales fluctuated radically between two companies because tripe were won based on sales Im provements over the previous year. , A third businessman, from near New Orleans, Louisiana, seated directly in front of us on this At lanta to Philadelphia flight chimed in on our discussion. Thle chap argued that the spouse must possess the mind-set, "We work for the company!" Nevertheless, all three chaps ex pressed serious concern over in tegrity in American business to day. One worried about the im pact of extra-marital affairs on sen employee's productivity. The oth er two frit that today’s business- J person's words were meaningless J and any information these people ; had to offer may be suspect I could not resist asking these ! businessmen what American ! school, should be teaching. The J all felt reading, writing, and arith- ; metie were imperative. In recounting my discussions • with the above businessmen, I've concluded that American business must view their employees' epous •e as a business asset. And like any other asset, if properly cult! vated, It can produce a significant return for the business.
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