By AUR N . F RFO IA
C pit I N.w S rVIC
By HEATHER MCEVOY
Sp!c/al to Michigan Citizen
LA' I G ( ) - A turbul nt el ion ye r
bringing overwhelming power to U.P. vote to
d termin th balance of pow r in th Michigan
Hou of Repr ntativ .
Th Hou is d dio ked with 55 Republicans
and 55 D mocrats, The voters of the 110th Distric
can throw control to either party with their b 110 ,
according to political analyst Bill Ball nger.
"This fight for control of the Hou e is a pivotal
ue," Ballenger aid.
D mocrat are battling to retain control of the
110t,h District as Republicans fighr to regain their
power in t h Hou e.
Incumb nt Rep. Paul T anovich, D·L'Anse, is
battling opponent Stephen Dresch, R-Hancock, to
repr. ent the six northwest countie of the U.P.
F RMER REP. TEPHE hepich, D·lron
River, abandoned the seat when pr ecutors forced
him to resign b cau e of his involvement in last
year' Hou 'e Fiscal Agency. Scandal.
Hi untimely resignation resulted in an April 26
face-off betw n the political fo . The voters e
lected Tesanovich over Dr ch by fewer than 100
vot
Mor t han half the voters in the 11 Oth Di trict
ar D m r . But. in 19 0 hey elected Dresch. a
R publican. " nly wo R pu lican have r pre
S n ed the 110th D' strict ince World War II "
Ballen raid
H h b liev s voters will
r memb r Dr ch's d i ion to leave th House
early and vot.e against him in Nov moor's ele ion.
"Mr. Dr ch bandoned hi s t after one term.
They want omeon to stay put and s rve th ir
needs," Te anovi h said. Dr ch xplained he f It
he mad th right d i ion and voters will agr .
"I he nl r pologi nd 11 r gr ," h aid.
Dr . ch i: probably h only R -publican who c n
win in th 110th D trict whi h i 0 rc nt
D 111 rat ic, ac ording to Ballen er.
"H • I maverick. He' the m t unique
Republican running," Ballen rid.
pite t.h di rict' D mocratic majority, Te-
novich id vot rs upport the b t candidate
r gardl of p rtyaffiliation.
By DAWN LOCNISKAR
C.pltal New S.rvlc.
Vo
to
TE ANOVICH co-sponsored 20 legislative
piec since lat April and u th first repre
entative to offer his voters a toll-free phon num
b r.
"He has a very impr ive record to run on,"
Pawlicki said. Dr ch said he is not worried about
h election's outcome, but is concerned about re
toring political power to U.P. r iden and im
proving economi onditions of th area.
"W 've hewed down 0 the im ition of federal
and state authority" Dr h aid.
In support of coll tive bargaining and onomic
revival of the U.P., Dre ch claims it is within the
power of the pea pl to r claim control of th ir
communiti from the governm nt.
"I think th government intrud xc iv ly,"
he said.
The federal and "tate gov rnments ar largely
r ponsible for drn: tic job I s and population d
din in the U.P., ac ording to Dr.. h.
In th past. 5<J y " U.P. population h d-
clin d 12 p rc nt to 15 p rent v ry d ad, and
th numb rs continue to fall.
By TAMI L SLINGERLAND
Special to Michigan Citizen
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minimum
fo
mak decisions about uto in
uran e," h said.
Mi .higan i th only tat
WIth unlimi d h It h )' cov-
rag under auto insu ra nc ,
an h $1 milli n limit woul
be at least four tim s high r
the n ny oth r stat, Marti n
. id
, "Till
,
UL betw n the a of 20
nd 24 are not immune either, h y made up
an additional 15.2 per nt of he total, The
16-t -24 a group mad up 17.8 percent of the
total driving population, third behind the 25-34
and 35· 4 y ar-old group.
"If ou an imp ct younger drive before
th y b d habit, they will carry ov r a they
t older, It aid Bethany Goodman, executive
dire tor in Michigan for Mother Against
Drunk Dri VI ng.
Di n Page, public r lations director for
MA , id th c m ination of driver inexpe-
, risk- taki ng ha vior and al hol all take
011 on th YOUl1 r driv -r.
b r,1l.5p
mo ile : An al-
HI CAMP ION manager, Diana Pawlicki,
, greed.
"Voters will vote for the man who will do the
t job, not n rily the Democrat," he aid.
Ballenger disagreed.
"Th voters are locked in a time warp. They've.
been voting Democratic for 50 yea I" he aid.
Or ch' 1990 victory is an example of vote
upporting the individual, not imply th Demo
cratic Party .:
"They're a very independent gro\lP of people,"
Dresch explained.
T anovich said he believes he will win the'
election by howing voters what he accomplished
in Lansing.
"Since I was elected I've worked to erve my
people. It's the t it's ever been for the 110 1),"
he aid.
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