I Page 2--- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 30, 1989 Kolb Continued from Page 1 someone with expertise in the waste disposal field." As a solution to the landfill problem, Kolb supports the current mandatory recycling legislation be- ing considered by the city council. "We know how to do it, and our cit- izens have a high desire to partici- pate in recycling," he said. Like most candidates, Kolb iden- tifies the city's budget crunch as the other major campaign issue. He said the Headlee amendment override - which would raise city property taxes if passed by voters Monday - "will not close the deficit and won't guarantee we will not have to come back to the voters again." He said a "property tax hike should be the last resort, not a first resort." Instead, Kolb subscribes to the deficit-cutting approach advocated by Democratic mayoral candidate Ray Clevenger. If enacted, this plan would explore alternative sources of revenue and try to hold spending down through greater bureaucratic accountability. "The department heads can't have a guarantee they are going to get more money," Kolb said. Kolb also said he has expertise on student issues, especially campus crime. He was a representative to the Michigan Student Assembly and was Chair of the Campus Safety Task Force as a student earlier this decade. Kolb said the city's efforts to "clean up" the crime-ridden Liberty- Maynard St. area with extra police patrols are not enough to win the fight against campus crime. "If you have more police in one area, you just move the crime to an- other area," he said. "We do need more visible police, but police can't be seen as the sole answer... We have look at the causes of crime and eradicate them." Kolb also said the city needs bet- ter lighting and should provide more resources to "handle the needs of rape survivors" and crime victims. IL S ITiU5JIE1D"y It's better than another paper Students in the Architecture 212 class put up their projects on the northwest corner of the Diag yesterday morning. The class was given one hour to construct the projects. Food Buy r ' H4~ I9? f E 6 4WM I COME IN AND TRY OUR i p NEW PEANUT-BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES ! 761-CHIP Open Daily c, 715 N. University Till 11:00 p.m. V - . .... -. . .. - - ... . - .... .,. . .1 SZE-CHUAN WEST Schleicher Continued from Page 1 representing the Fourth Ward. He said he enjoys helping constituents with concerns such as getting a new stop light. Despite the decrease in the Ann Arbor crime rate over the last year, crime is one of Schleicher's primary concerns. "The whole city has a crime rate that is too high," he said. His main solution to Ann Ar- bor's safety problems is to "increase the police presence, increase their numbers." Butdincreasing police ranks may be difficult during the city's current budget crunch. Eight positions in the police department are vacant and the city, which is fac- ing an estimated $2.8 million deficit, is not"currenly making plans to fill them. Schleicher said that if the Headlee amendment, which would supple- ment city revenues by asking voters PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE Invites Interested applicants to pick up applications for the 1989 Delegation to the Occupied Territories -available at the MSA Office, PSC Office (4203 Michigan Union), and at The Michigan Daily -deadline for pick up Tuesday April 5, 1989 -for further information call 665-9620 to temporarily raise their property taxes, does not pass, then "more se- vere cuts must be instituted." He said the cuts should come from the "lean fat" in the human services departments in order to re- tain police and fire services. Schleicher says -he wants the University to pay more for city ser- vices such as police and fire protec- tion. He does not, however, advocate an increase in the University's depu- tized security force. "The University should take a more active role," he said. "The hands-off policy they have taken (with the city) before - I think I have some concerns about that." University property is not subject to city property taxes, which de- creases Ann Arbor's property tax base by 17 percent. His goal for the next term is to "create fiscal responsibility within the city" and put the city into a sta- ble budget situation. Election Continued from Page 1 rejection of party and government officials. Those in the three largest cities - Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev - felt the sting of a frustrated public, as did at least 37 top local officials around the country. Among the losers was Yuri Solovyev, a candidate member fo the ruling Politburo who ran unopposed in Leningrad but was kept from a majority by voters who crossed his name off the ballot. IN BRIF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Bush names MI resident ambassador WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday announced his selection of Michigan businessperson Peter Secchia, a longtime state Republican party leader, to be U.S. ambassador to Italy. Michigan's national GOP committeeperson since 1980, Secchia was co-chair of Bush's 1988 Michigan campaign and his is a close associate of former President Gerald Ford. Secchia has a measure of notoriety arising from his combative, outspoken style that has often angered more conservative elements in the state GOP. During a public encounter at last year's Republican convention in New Orleans, Secchia used an obscenity to refer to a Livonia Republican activist who earlier in the campaign had been part of a conservative coalition opposed to Bush. Secchia called her "a born bitch," and reports were published in state newspapers. Secchia said he expects no problem with winning Senate confirmation. Oil spill spreads to 500 square miles VALDEZ, Alaska - The worst oil spill in U.S. history has spread beyond 500 square miles in one of the nation's most productive fishing regions, officials said yesterday, as crews all but abandoned hope of containment. A former oil industry official charged that cutbacks had left operators of the Port of Valdez with ill-maintained booms,no barge to take on oil and virtually no properly trained people to respond to the disaster. Three top administration officials met with representatives of the oil industry, state and federal agencies to assess the cleanup of 10.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from the 987-foot tanker Exxon Valdez. President Bush said the federal government may take over the cleanup if it is determined that Exxon Company USA is not doing enough. Feds make largest drug bust ever WASHINGTON - Federal authorities have smashed a billion-dollar international operation laundering drug money and forced Colombia's Medellin Cartel to alter the way it handles drug profits, the Justice De- partment said yesterday. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, FBI Director William Sessions and other top law enforcement officials said their "Operation Polar Cap" has ended with charges against 127 people and two Latin American banks. Thornburgh called the investigation "the largest money-laundering crackdown ever carried out by the federal government. Agents seized a half ton of cocaine and $45 million in cash, jewels, and real estate, and filed civil actions in an effort to seize as much as $412 million more in assets of the banks, Banco de Occidente of Panama and Banco de Occidente of Colombia, that are deposited in U.S. bank ac- counts. Study shows eating Great Lakes fish may cause serious birth defects CHICAGO - Conclusive evidence shows eating chemically-tainted Great Lakes fish can cause health problems in humans, a researcher said yesterday at a workshop assessing the impact of pollutants on nature. At greatest risk are infants born to women who eat fish once a week caught by non-commercial anglers, said Wayland Swain, former director fo the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes research lab- oratory in Grosse Ile, Mich. Citing several previous studies, Swain said such infants tended to be born early with low birth weights, small head circumferences, neuromus- cular problems and impaired responses to visual stimuli. Researchers have found that toxic PCBs contained in the fish can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, said Swain, vice president of the Eco Logic consulting company located in Ann Arbor. 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A group of friends met in a small restaurant to celebrate a friend's birthday, Duvall said. Also meeting at the restaurant was a group of optimists. "After a few drinks some words were exchanged and we decided the world really needed a pessimists group to counteract the influence of these bizarre optimists and their strange rituals," he said. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: for fall and winter (2 semesters) $25.00 in-town and $35 out-of-town, for fall only $15.00 in-town and $20.00 out-of-town. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Student News Service. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. 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