Wednesday, May 7, 1975 Goodman, SOc sweep SGC election; balloting highest since Fall 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three I THE-M-CH-GAN-D-iL- Page-Thre ,. .. F "y... I By TIM SCHICK Student Government Council (SGC) last week declared Deb- ra Goodman of the Student Or- ganizing Committee (SOC) party the new Council president. The April election drew the largest voter turnout since the fall of 1973. SOC also swept to victory in the races for Council seats, with all six of their candidates elect- ed. SOC was the only undeferted party in the election. NEARLY 7.5 per cent of the student body voted in the elec- tion, which operated under the tightest safeguards against bal- lot fraud in recent memory. Over the years, SGC elections have gained a notorious reputa- tion for alleged corruption and problems forced the cancella- tion of an election two years ago. The use of a double-enveope voting system apparently avoid- ed oroblems this time. An outer envelope contained each veoer's name and identification num- ber, which were checked against a list of enrolled students to pro- vent persons from voting more than once. After the eligibility of e a c Is voter was confirmed, the outer enveloe was opened and its unmarked inner envelope was removed for counting. GOODMAN and her vce pre- sidential running mate David Mitchell defeated candidate J. Thomas Buck of the MOVE (Make Our Votes Effective par- ty by a 1221 to 866 margin. Goodman was reportedly elated over her victory. Other candidates for president were Gary Baker, of the New Action Coalition (NAC) who re- ceived 396 votes, Candice Mas- sey of Positive Action with 139, Michael Forman of New Cam- Housing conl Stockwell pr By BILL TURQUE The Housing office investiga- tion into a petition of griev- ances filed by Stockwell staff and residents against Building Director Mildred Morris con- tinued last week, with Housing officials remaining tight - lipped regarding Morris' future. "It's a management prob- lem, not to be discussed pub- licly," said Associate Housing Director Archie Andrews. An- drews added that he has been involved in the probe merely as a "process observer," as re- quired by housing regulations in investigations of this kind. THE 245 - signature petition, presented to the offices of Hill area Housing Director Gerald Burkhouse, Housing Director John Feldkamp and President Robben Fleming on April 15, cite Morris' failure to partici- pate in dorm functions, a lack of regular office hours and an inability to maintain "a posi- tive rapport" with the staff and residents. The petition was not presented to all residents of the 400-woman dormitory. Burkhouse, who has conduct- ed the bulk of the investigation, notified every fifth resident of Stockwell by memo, on Friday, April 25, asking them to attend a meeting to be held the follow- ing afternoon in one of the elot with 87 and independent Ke- vin Stiers with 78 votes. Goodman's victory mared an apparent victory for radical-lib- eral campus politics. SOC is an out-growth of the Graduate Fm- ployee Organization (GFO) Un- dergrad Suport Committee, he group coordinating the under- graduate activities during t h e recent GEO strike. THE DEFEATED MOVE par- ty was backed by a number of fraternities and sororities. Many liberal opponents said their fear- ed that MOVE would wia the election with this backing and work against progressive move- ments on campus. In the race for Cosncil seats, 46 candidates vied for 15 posi- tions. Not a single incumbent won as SOC took four full year seats and two half-year seats, MOVE won three full-year and half-year seats, NAC took one full-year seat, PA took one half -year seat as did the Unversity Constituents Alliance. THE ELECTION gives SOC a total of seven votes, plus the president's vote which can be used only to make or break a tie. This falls two votes short of a 50 per cent majority, how- Two ballot issues were also decided in the election. A con- stitutional amendment to elim- inate mandatory funding of the Student Legal Advocate pro- gram failed to get the 60 per- rent of the yes votes necessary for passage. Only 53.14 per cent of the vote favored the amend- ment. A second ballot proposal al- Ilocating $2,500 to the Child Care Action Center this year and $1,500 in the next three years passed, receiving an ovrwhelming 71.19 per cent o the votes in its favor. inues obe dorm's dining rooms. Approximately 35 residents cameto the meeting, also at- tended by Morris and Andrews, in which they were asked to fill out a two-page questionnaire ex- panding on the specific charges in petition. There was no dis- cussion of the issuesaccording to those present, just the com- pletion of the questionnaire. Re- ceiving less than 24 hours no- tice, some students felt the pro- cedure was wholly inadequate. "IT WAS THE weekend be- fore finals," said one resident, "and a lot of people who were asked to come to the meeting had gone home. Also, she (Mor- ris )got to see the answers we had written right as we handed them. in. She was staring straight at us." Burkhouse, Andrews, and Morris held similar meetings that same day with Stockwell staff members, and dorm gov- ernment representatives. Burkhouse held a final meet- ing on Monday evening the 28th for those residents who could not attend on Saturday. Burk- house, Morris, and Andrews have reportedly had individual sessions with at least one staff member and several residents regarding the charges. Burk- house declined to comment on any aspect of the investigation. Oops! Is President Ford pushing former Treasury Secretary George Shultz to the ground? Not really-- Shultz simply slipped while ascending the steps of the Treasury Building and Ford reached out to assist him. The two were on their way to the formal unveiling of a portrait of Shultz. Council splits on Mayor Pro Tern By ROB MEACHUM Voting along party lines, the Ann Arbor City Council failed Monday night to elect a Mayor Pro Tempore-each nomination being defeated 6-5 except Human Rights Party (HRP) Coun- cilwoman Kathy Kozachenko's nomination of herself which died because it wasn't seconded. In other action, Council refused to consider a motion by Kozachenko to amend the 1975-76 city budget, tabled a motion by Councilman Ronald Trowbridge (R-Fourth Ward) to place preferential voting on the ballot in the next general election and accepted the resignation of City Attorney Edwin Pear. THE DEMOCRATS nominated Councilwo- man Carol Jones (D-Second Ward), the Repub- licans nominated Councilman Louis Belcher (R-Fifth Ward) and Kozachenko nominated herself to become Mayor Pro Tem. Each vote resulted in a split, with Kozachenko voting against both Democratic and Republican nom- inations. Kozachenko has vowed not to form a coalition with the Democrats. Because of her actions, Kozachenko's mo- tions and resolutions were not seconded, there- fore dying for a lock of a seconding motion. It was in this manner that her resolution to amend the 1975-76 city budget failed. But that didn't stop party members from presenting their alternatives to Council as they instead used the opportunity of public com- ments. They called for, among other things, a reducing of administrative positions and salaries, increasing monies for day care and legal aid and creating nine additional posi- tions for firefighters-a move that could create a fire station on the city's south side. KOZACHENKO used the hearing to say, "The Democrats have stated to me personally that the changes are not radical enough, are not sweeping enough. See COUNCIL, Page 15 Wheeler certified Mayor By ROB MEACHUM Two years of Republican domination in city politics officially ended last week as Democrat Albert Wheeler was sworn in as the new mayor - 23 days and a court ruling after the hotly-contested election was held. In that election, Wheeler received 14,684 votes while Republican incumbent J a m e s Stephenson received 14,563 votes, the differ- ence being a mere 121 votes. THE DISPUTE arose after the Republican members on the City Board of Canvassers re- fused to certify Wheeler. According to state law, if that board doesn't certify, the results go to the county canvassers for certification. A similar bipartisan split occurred there, how- ever. The entire case went to court as a result - Wheeler demanding to be certified as the "duly elected mayor" and Stephenson asking the court to declare the city's unique but con- fusing "preferential voting" system unconsti- tutional. Under the system, Ann Arbor voters could make several choices for mayor. Since no can- didates received a clear majority of votes, the candidate finishing third (Human Rights Party (HRP) candidate Carol Ernst) was eliminated and her second choice votes redistributed among Wheeler and Stephenson. It was this redistribution that gave Wheeler the win. IN HIS court ruling, Judge James Fleming of Jackson said, "The right of the electorate to have their votes tallied and the office of Mayor filled is paramount. This right of self- determination is basic to our system of demo- cracy, and the office of Mayor should not be suspended in limbo ." Stephenson, along with other Republican members of Council voted to keep themselves in office while the matter with in the court. Although there is likely to be further legal action taken by the Republicans, the Council makeup at present is five Democrats, f i v e Republicans and one HRP member who vows See WHEELER, Page 16