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n cronym for Pri­
vatize, Eliminate, Reduce, Main­
tain -i a reference to the
choices available to the Depart­
ment of Management and
Budget as it evaluates state pur­
chasing in r ponse to Engler's
executive order mandating re­
duction of tate government.
Rep. Kilpatrick ponded in
a written statement.
"I believe my vote on the sale
of the Accident Fund was in the
best interest of the citizens of
Michigan;" the statement said.
"It promotes competition, pro­
vides money for the Budget sta­
bilization Fund, and is in the
best interest of the injured work­
era since it promot protection
for their future claim ."
The article called Engler the
"enemy" and charged that he is
selling the tate's assets and
services to the low bidder so
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'Mandatory minimum oppo­
nents contend many violent
criminals erve less' time than
first-time nonviolent offenders
sentenced by mandatory mini­
mums. Second-degree murder­
ers and rapists have been
paroled after an average of
seven years, according to Dennis
Louney, legislative assistant to
Sen. Faust, while first-time non­
violent drug offenders are being
put away for 10 or 20 years or.
life.
Louney specified that Faust
is not condoning drugs or advo­
cating not: puni hing drug of­
r nders.
"W 'r ying I t's put our
prioriti s in order' nd make the
punishm nt fi he crime,"
Loun y said.
OLUTIO favored by
Branham and Gov. Engler is the
tablishment of a sentencing
commission to oversee sentenc­
ing guidelines and correct some
of the disparities. Many tat
have adopted such commissions
and a bill to create one in Michi­
gan has passed the Ho e.
Specifically, the propos d
Faust legislation would allow:
the court to depart from
mandatory nten in drug
when a fi t-time nonvio­
lent oro nd r is involv .
th t to permit such of-
fend nten to two years
to complete their n­
ten t hom on an electronic
monitoring (te her) program,
but only if they have erved at
least half ofth ir term.
offenders convicted under
the "650 Lifer Law," which man­
dates life ntences in certain
drug cases involving 650 grams
(1.4 pounds) or more, to eligi­
ble for parole aft r 10 y rs.
Despite th rgum nt on
both sides, the bo tom line i dol- .
lars and cents. Th imply
can't afford to allow th correc­
tions budget to con inue to rise
at its current rat. M ny Re­
publican lawmak who would
n v r nd on law and order is-
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Rep. Mathi u
able for comment.
While th chan
promoted throughout th
and nationally--U. . Attorney
General J net Reno rec ntly
mad similar recomm ndations­
-the bills' ponso acknowled
they 11 ce an uphill fight. The
Senate Judiciary Commit
controlled by Republicans,
the S nate itself. In ddition,
lawm k rare ov rwh lm d
with school reform nd next y r
is an election year wh n nobody
wan to be portray a ft on
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After th qu tioning nd an-
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ikiwe, Chairperson of th A2TF
and rcher of African Af­
fairs at Wayne State U nive ity
id the Africa 2000 T Force
is a growing organization that
ponsored three ummit confer­
ences which brought together a
diverse number of organizations
and individuals in the commu­
nity who hed a lot of light on the
events and movements that are
forming the political arena of the
contemporary African World.
Azikiwe said A2TF is in the
process of forming into a non­
profit organization.
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