Pagel Ten HE MICHIGAN DRILY Friday, October 12, 19/:s Page Ten IKE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, October 12, 19/i City faces dire fiscal crisis i (Continued from Page 1) To further complicate matters, "If we get the right combination, gets containing "optimistic" rev- to the report. union salary negotiations often we would be fine," Sheehan ex- enue figures. In his report, Sheehan also attacks drag on past the deadline for bud- plains. "But when the figures go council for instituting policies under get approval. Consequently the ad- the other way we come up very Aov ITTEal, matinike which department heads "felt they ministration must guess at how shortolvency of a large corporation, like had a mandate to keep personnel much to allot for salaries and fringe the city of Ann Arbor, is a tricky levels that existed and maintain ... benefits. Last year, for example,' U proposition requiring a near perfect service regardless of budget con- the wages were not accurately ULTIMATELY the city officials meshing of the internal machinery. straints."g agcontributingo thchrtyhave been unable to concretely But somehow a monkey wrench' gDuring the deficit years, council deficittestablish the causes for the debt. got lodged in the gears. refused to lay off any full-time city They blame each other, inflation,------ employes forcing the administra- GENERALLY the deficits have and just plain bad luck. tion to budget all anticipated rev- resulted from too generous revenue No single department or execu- KALEIDOSCOPE presents enuesratherdsthanrholdin some predictions rather than department tive in city hall can be held re- expected funds in reserve. :; : ,:; ...::...:::::... overruns. "In the past few years sponsible for the financial woes r::: :::: ::::: ::: FORMER Mayor Robert Harris parkingviolations and other fees plaguing Ann Arbor, but the record most of its debt, claims the fiscal comments Sheehan. completely absolved. :JJ ' ,. :. .. > ,,.- , , -S , d 'oi5 RACC I$ Y O" SMOKIN'r tY / y7 ° '^ ,......... _. r 1 ... .i I .: .... l ..:' ROCK & ROLL DANCING! Daily Photo by JOHN UPTON Guerilla tactics A guerrilla theater group uses body language on the Diag yester- day to express their feelipgs about the military takeover of Chile. The noon rally also included speakers and' dis6ussion, and drew a crowd of onlookers.x Richardsone Nixon OKd Anewsplea problems are part of a long-term national trend. Employe layoffs or development of a new revenue source were the only avenuesavail- able to prevent deficit spending he says. Council tried to increase revenues through a city income. tax proposed in 1969. But the voters overwhelm- ingly rejected the additional tax. Harris contends that city services had been pared to the bone, and the "only way to further. cut back was by dismissing permanent em- ployes." Council soundly opposed that action and braced for debt increases. COUNCIL was clearly informed that such a policy would result in tight budgets and possible over- spending, according to Harris. But he questions whether the council members fully understood the warning. "There simply was not high level understanding of budget information on council," he ex- plains. In evaluating the budget prob- lems,,most officials emphasize the In 1970 the city suffered a $445,174 entry on the debt side of the ledger, the largest ever. That year nearly every income source produced less than anticipated. Council plunged ahead with a "no layoff policy" which it had been informed could "result in deficit spending. The administration played along by submitting balanced bud- THE AWAKENING OCT. 12 8 P.M. PEASE AUDITORIUM TICKETS: $2.50 JAZZ CONCERT TICKET OUTLETS: Ann Arbor Music Mart, Huckle- berry P a r t y Store, McKenny Union Ticket Office MONDAY, 15th RADIO KING (AND EVERY MONDAY) TUESDAY, 16th DETROIT $1.00 r' > 217 S.ASHLEY i Ann Arbor FRIDAY & SAT., 12th & 13th $1.50 BROOKLYN BLUES BUSTERS SUNDAY, 14th $3.00 TIM BUCKLEY $1.00 I __ - _ (Continued from Page 1) who is regarded as a leading po- unpre1iat sumed last Saturday and sped to tential contender for the 1976 GOP year to ye agreement Tuesday. nomination. 0 n e congressional tickets any source made a flat prediction that stitute a s MEANWHILE, the President be- ]a Connally nomination would be re- budget but rgan looking for a new partner jected by the Senate. eral hundr amid reports that he hoped to- place a name in nomination by the end of the week. One Nixon associate emphasized ~ the President feels he canact "POVER TO BE HUMAN "without parameters" of any kind ISSUES OF THE and is seeking a "strong man" he would regard asrwell-qualified to SUNDAY NIGHT SERIES OCT take over the presidency in the event of Nixon's death of dis- SPEAKER: A. THEODORE KACHEL, Direct ability. Ethics and Religion at the University. Mr. ' Under the 25th Amendment to tation topic is: "New Religous Communi i the onsitutonratifedin 167, Drugs in the USA." Publications include: the Constitution, ratiifed in 1967, and God's Providence," ''Psychedelic Drugs Nixon's nominee must win major- Religious Experience," a' chapter in the bo ity approval from the Democratic- Revolutionaries are Saying." controlled Senate and House. 'That provision has prompted some Con- TOPIC: "SPIRIT INTO FLESH: TOWARD A' gress members to suggest they BODY." should be the President's partners TIME: 7:30 P.M.-9:00 P.M. OCTOBER 14th in naming a new vice president. PLACE: 921 Church Street DEPUTY WHITE House PressS Secretary Gerald Warren was ask- Sponsored by the Ecumenical Cam ed if Nixon would forego choosing bility of city income from .ar. Such items as parking 1d recreatiorfal fees con- significant portion of the t vary annually up to sev- red thousand dollars. The Beer Depot MIDST THE 70'S" OBER 14th or of the Office of Kachel's PhD disser- ties and Psychedelic The Student Radical s and the American ok, "What Religious THEOLOGY OF THE " cold beer " chilled wines " dairy products . Epop " KEG BEER NO PARKING PROBLEMS just DRIVE THRU and select from our LARGE INVENTORY If I pus Center I a nominee who might prove a, strong contender for the 1976 GOP presidential nomination, a limita- tion urged upon the President by many Democrats in Congress. l "I would not limit the Presi- dent's options in seeking a suc- cessor," Warren replied, under- scoring the description of Nixon's attitude as described by other associates. 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