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"Morris says she wants to see more spport for small business in Ann Ar- bor. In addition, she would like to see the city expand into other areas of 6ommerce. Although she encourages development of high technology in the City, she does not want this accom- plshed at the taxpayers' expense. "I don't like to see tax abatements just given away ... I'm absolutely against tax abatements unless you can prove this is the only way Ann Arbor gets the business." However, Morris is not adverse to the possibility of making idw-interest loans available to local siall businesses. "I think Ann Arbor should try to diversify its economic base in several directions and high technology is not diversification. High technology is in line with the University's dominance of this city's economy," Morris explained. "The Democratic candidate says she does not believe development of high echnology in the area will solve any unemployment problems. "I think that some of the small businesses that we have here in the service, arts, and craf- ts sectors are actually better (for) job creation than high technology ex- 'lusively," Morris said. For the most part Morris supports the city's Downtown Development *Authority and its efforts to revitalize Ann Arbor's downtown district. Her early reservations about the com- mission involved the possibility that some residential areas would be con- verted into commercial districts. She is pleased that a downtown parking structure has been planned by the development authority, but she doesn't "want (parking) to be the sole emphasis" of the group. Morris would like to see the DDA concentrate more * seriously on making improvements in pedestrian walkways, parks, and down- town housing. Morris is opposed to the repeal of the $5 pot law, as are most Democrats. "I think it's just a transparent attempt to get some political points with some people who want to purge the town of an action they see as taken up by some undesireables," she said. Morris claims that marijuana use has declined among both University and high school students. She said she feels police time and manpower could be devoted to other activities. As an alter- native, Morris favors implementing a drug education program through local schools as a means to heighten awareness about drug abuse and discourage its use. Contrary to Belcher, Morris thinks the $5 pot law's present status as an amendment to the city's charter is proper. As an ordinance, she says, the law would be a "political football," changing every time the majority of council changes.- She also supports ballot proposal A - the "weatherization proposal. Morris scoffs at Belcher's claim that weatherization legislation does not belong in the city's charter. City coun- cil, she says, has ignored the issue, and with a Republican majority.can be ex- pected to do so in the future. Morris supports the other three ballot proposals. According to Morris, Belcher has been "naive" in his past dealings with the University. She said she sees both good and bad points about the Univer- sity's relationship to the city, but recognizes the need for strong com- .munication between city government and school administrators. "We've got to have a good relation with the University . . . of course the University is resented by a lot of the townspeople because it doesn't pay property taxes. The University of Michigan causes a financial problem to the city, and the University is a finan- cial boon. It regards itself as superior to the city of Ann Arbor. .. in some sen- se, it's a higher level of government, in some sense it's the economic base of the town," Morris said. Morris said she isn't opposed to having students serve on city boards and committees. "Students shouldn't be separated from the rest of the com- munity," she said. Morris thinks Republicans have ignored social services too long. "I think there's a lot of community sup- port for social services," she said. She proposes to appoint a committee to design a new tax for social services if she is elected. Jensen says city is mismanaged By RITA GIRARDI and THOMAS MILLER No one ever said third party cam- paigns were easy. Just ask Paul Jen- sen, the American Independent Party candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor. Jensen, 29, has virtually been ignored as a serious choice for the job, but that doesn't mean he's giving up without a fight. "I wouldn't be in this race if I didn't think I could win," Jensen said. He says the city is in serious trouble.. "I think our problems come not only from a mismanagement and misrepresentation by the present ad- ministration, but also from a lack of communication (between city gover- nment and the citizens)," Jensen said. "I want to create a 'new' Ann Ar- bor. We have to stimulate business in Ann Arbor," Jensen said. "There are a lot of people who are aware that there's a need for a change." To create a "new" Ann Arbor, Jen- sen says he is working on a new budget to accommodate more flexibility in city spending. One of the areas that Jensen would like to concentrate on is taxes. "I am appalled at the way taxes are being handled these days. We have a large surplus of money - about $2 million," Jensen said. He wants to return the money to the taxpayers through property tax breaks. Most city officials say the surplus Jensen is referring to is necessary "working capital," without which the city would encounter cash flow problems. Jensen's views differ from his op- ponents largely because he tends to have few specific proposals to combat the problems he sees. Yet, he claims that he is the best man for the job. "I know this city better than anyone. As a non-elected official, I've done more in two years that Leslie Morris have done in eight," Jensen says. Jensen would like to see the Down- town Development Authority disban- ded, but he proposed nothing in place of it to attract business to Ann Arbor. The relationship between the city and the University is a problem that he thinks has long been ignored. He would like to see a better interaction betweeen the two, including more student contact with the mayor's of- fice. At a recent mayoral debate at which he read from John F. Ken- nedy's 1960 inaugural address Jensen managed to raise more laughter than he did serious support for his can- didacy. AP Photo A holy kiss Pope John Paul II kisses the foot of a young boy yesterday to commemorate the Last Supper, when Christ washed and kissed the feet of his disciples. OSHA totighten i Beicher thinks mayors must be assertive (Continued from Page 1) too much power. He says he can take the initiative, but the final decisions always rest with city council. "The power of the city is in the city council," Belcher said, "I can't do anything unilaterally. I don't even have executive powers to pass any of- these things." Morris and her Democratic allies charge that Belcher is often tempted to act unilaterally, and sometimes does. The Democrats say' 'Belcher has abused his power, especially in the case of the Ann Arbor airport expansion. They say he even may have broken the law by requesting materials for the ex- pansion without the council's consent and despite city council's disapproval of the airport project. Belcher dismisses the accusations as fabrications aimed at sabotaging his campaign. "It's a bunch of cheap politics," Belcher said, "they haven't got an issue in this campaign. I haven't heard Leslie Morris say 'what are you going to do as mayor for the next two years."' Belcher says economic development should be the city's primary concern. "In the city, if you have a strong economic base, everything else takes care of itself." The mayor, he says, is an integral part of this development. "My role, as it has been in the last two years, is to help and to throw the city's weight behind the effort to recruit firms and to encourage development of , new firms here," Belcher said. Belcher sees the recruitment of high- ,ech firms as a key part of the economic development, something his opponents claim will make Ann Arbor too depen- dent on one industry. Belcher calls that claim nonsense. "The strength of our economy lies in the diversity of our high-tech base." Belcher said. "The jobs these high-tech firms will bring will be vital to the health of Ann Arbor." "In view of the fact that our Univer- sity is downsizing, we're going to have people unemployed who've never faced unemployment before, and they're going to be highly educated. We've got to have fields for these people to go in- to," Belcher said. "Those jobs aren't going to come from government, they're going to come from the private sector," he ad- ded. Morris' problem, Belcher says, is that she wants to create jobs, but isn't willing to make the climate favorable for economic growth. Morris has not made a pro-business vote yet," Belcher said. His Democratic opponents say the mayor should be concentrating on developing small businesses already in the city instead of recruiting big business. Belcher says he has never ignored small business in Ann Arbor. "(Democrats) are out to lunch on this thing." Belcher said. "They don't even know what a small business looks like. I own five small businesses. Small business is my strongest suit, not just from a mayor's point of view - it's my life," Belcher said. Besides downtown development, Belcher supports all of this year's ballot proposals except the "weatherization" proposal. Proposal C - repeal of the city's $5 marijuana law - owes its existence largely to Belcher. In Ocober, 1982, Belcher began a campaign for repeal of the law. He dropped the effort when even the Republican members of city council failed to support him. After a citizens group failed to get even half the signatures required to put the repeal on the April 4 ballot, the Republican-dominated city council voted to put the proposal on the ballot anyway. In case the repeal succeeds, the council in February approved a backup ordinance with slightly stiffer penalties for sale and use of marijuana. Because the present law is an amendment to the city's charter, it can only be changed by city-wide referendum. An ordinance, however, can be changed by council vote. Democrats say the back-up ordinan- ce is a political smokescreen meant to attract voters to the repeal who don't want extremely stiff laws. They charge that council Republicans - who presently hold a majority - will make the law much stiffer once the amen- dment is repealed. Belcher denies the allegations, and says the pot law repeal "isn't that big a deal." Belcher says the $5 law has attached a stigma to Ann Arbor that the city does not deserve. He is also opposed to the law being part of the city's charter, but says enforcement will not change if the amendment is repealed. "The backup ordinance will give the police officer much more latitude with how they charge a person," Belcher said. With the backup ordinance, het says it will be possible for offenders to have their record erased by just atten- ding a drug education class. The other ballot proposal which has received significant attention, especially among students, is the proposed "weatherization" charter amendment. Though in favor of energy conservation measures, Belcher again opposes a charter amendment as the vehicle to accomplish these goals. He says that the city charter is the wrong place for the law, because the only way to make changes is by city- wide referendum. He said he would prefer an energy conservation ordinan- ce. He also objects to proposal A because the plan only coversrental housing. "We've got to have a plan to cover all buildings, not just the rental section of the market," Belcher said. Whether or not the proposal passes, he says the city is committed to saving energy. "There are far more innovative ways of doing things than the city charter speaks to. We're not' afraid of these things, but they have to make sense," he said. job safety WASHINGTON (AP)-The Oc- cupational Safety and Health Ad- ministration, apparently seeking to allay concerns of critics who charge the agency has been too cozy with business, moved yesterday to restrict worker ex- posure to benzene, a widely used chemical known to case cancer. OSHA spokesman Douglas Clark said they plan to propose by May tighter benzene health standard, saying "ob- viously, by taking this action, we think our current standard would need revision." Benzene has been shown to cause leukemia in humans. It is a highly volatile chemical used extensively in making a long list of products that in- clude detergents, plastics, solvents, resins, disinfectants and pesticides. CRITICS HAVE charged that at the levels currently allowed, some 600,000 workers are exposed to hazardous fumes. The Urban Environment Conference charged earlier this week that OSHA had refused to move against benzene standards despite a recommendation by the National Intitute of Occupational Safety and Health. The group asserted that benzene exposure "at the current standard is estimated to result in risks of 1,400 to 1,700 leukemia deaths per 100,000 exposed workers." The existing benzene standard, which was issued in 1971, limits human work- place exposure to 10 parts per million parts of air averaged over an eight- hour period. A NEW standard, proposed in 1977, would have lowered exposure to 1 part per million. The standard was to have gone into effect in March 1978, but was postponed by court challenges filed 'by the American Petroleum Institute and other industry groups. MSA COMMITTEE POSITIONS 8344 The following committee positions are open for studentrepresenta- tion. Many more committees will be available for fall placement later. * ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON * BOARD IN CONTROL OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS * HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE * UNIVERSITY COUNCIL * MILITARY OFFICER EDUCATION PROGRAM Application deadline is April 8th, 1983. Interviews will be held Saturday, April 9th, 1983. Sign up for interviews when applications are dropped off. Any questions should be directed to the Personnel Office of MSA, c/o C. Reaves, 3909 Aichigan Union 763-3242. ALSO POSITIONS ARE OPEN ON: MICHIGAN UNION BOARD/ UNIVERSITY CELLAR OF REPS (Grads preferred) / BOARD OF DIRECTORS MSA T / (application deadline is also 4/8/83) ....................... . . . . ........ . . . ~ ** . . . .............. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Dioxin levels in Michigan rivers dangerous - EPA From AP and UPI CHICAGO - Potentially dangerous levels of dioxin are being released into Michigan's Tittabawassee River by a Dow Chemical Co. plant, a preliminary report released yesterday by the En- vironmental Protection Agency revealed. "This is going to become the ticking bomb for human beings if it is ac- cumulated over years and years," EPA Region 5 Administrator Valdas Adamkus said during a a news con- ference. "WE'RE TRYING to prevent this type of tragedy in a decade or two," he added. The EPA study, concluded in Sep- tember 1981, showed more than 40 toxic chemicals, including the most dangerous form of dioxin, are being released by the Midland firm into the nearby Tittabawassee River. Sumer Session '83 e * **.* * **** .. **ee.* * *e * *e ............00 ........O.O.........e... June 20--August 12, 1983 Language Workshops June 13-August 19 To obtain a free copy of the Summer Session Bulletin, containing full infor- mation and an application, call or write: Round Haus - at Doole' presents All the soup, salad & Summer Session 22 Wheeler Hall UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (415) 642-5611 V, Name Address If w-s'w w rrv i n---% NE I.E U l1411 I ng& I I