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18B - The Michigan Daily Voter Guide - Thursday, November 2, 2000

City Council could have
high turnover in election
4 wards contested in crowded race

Anthony
Ramirez
Party:
Independent
Incumbent:
NoW
Robinson
Party:
Democrat
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CIY OUCI WRDI

The Michigan Daily Vol
Election likely to have sweepi:

Jean
Carlberg
Party:
Democ raft
Incumbent:
Yes

From the White House to City
Hall, options abound at polls

$y Hanna LoPatin and
Jeremy W. Peters
Daily Staff Reporters
On Election Day, four seats on the Ann Arbor City
Council will be up for grabs.
in two wards the incumbent is being challenged, and in
two other wards the seats are open. Ward II incumbent Joe
Upton, a Republican, is running unopposed.
Neither candidate for the Ward I seat has ever held an
elected public office, but both say they were driven to run
primarily because they want to address concerns related to
housing costs.
"There are the day-to-day issues, but what I'm hearing
from the lips ofc\eryone have been concerns about afford-
a.ic housing" said Democratic candidate Jean Robinson, a
retired social worker.
Her opponent. Tony Ramirez, said he, too. has concerns
about the price of housing in Ann Arbor.
"The number one issue is affordable housing. It's a tough
goal, but I think we'll make some progress." said Ramirez,
an officer in the Detroit police reserves running as an inde-
pendent candidate.
Ward I incumbent Tobi Hanna-Davies, a Democrat, is not
seeking re-election.
The Ward IIIr ace pits two relatively inexperienced, aspir-
ing politicians against a three-term incumbent who says her
work isn't finished vet.
"There are things I need to continue to work on," said
Jean Carlberg, a Democrat and retired high school teacher
who is seeking another two-year term.
. Her Republican challenger is Gary Vandermade, a Kroger
store manager. He said his managerial experience would
translate well into a seat on City Council.
"I think that basically business experience will help me
run the city" Vandermade said. "I think generally, the bud-
get experience I have and my experience in capital expendi-
tures will help."
Libertariai candidate J.P. Denover, who works for an
inventory company, is making his second run for City
Council.
Although he admits he has little experience, he has been
politically active in Ann Arbor for three years. Specifically,
he chaired the local committee that tried to legalize medical
marijuana.
In Ward IV, Democratic incumbent Steve Hartwell faces
Republican Jeff Harshe, the Green Party's Christie Nowak
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and Libertarian Stephen Saletta.
Harshe said he would like to fix infrastructure problems
that plague Ann Arbor housing like flooding basements.
water pressure and brown water.
"Ann Arbor represents a lot of different viewpoints," he
said. "I'd like to talk about the issues, instead of having
everything fall into party lines."
Hartwell, a three-year council veteran, said growth and
development are the main issues facing Ann Arbor.
"A lot of the changes are going to affect the county" he
said, not necessarily the city.
By building businesses near residential areas, Hartwell
said, the city can cut down on traffic congestion.
Nowak expressed concern about financial matters for
Ann Arbor residents.
"The prices in Ann Arbor are quite steep," she said,
adding that she hopes to pass a living wage for residents.
Saletta, an Eastern Michigan University senior, included
the student population in talk of development issues.
"The big way the City Council can help students lower
the cost of housing is to encourage more development," he
said.
In \Vard V, Democrat Elisabeth Daley has chosen not to
run for a fourth term, and in her place are Democrat Chris
Easthope, Republican Todd Hagopian and Libertarian Larry
Purdy, all newcomers to the political arena.
Easthope, an attorney, said urban sprawl needs to stop. "It
hurts ecosystems. It hurts the environment," he said.
To combat urban sprawl and soaring housing costs,
Easthope said he wants to start a community land trust. The
group would purchase and renovate existing homes and sell
them at below-market prices. When the owner sells a house
back to the land trust, a smaller equity would be paid to
keep it permanently affordable.
Hagopian said although he is a Republican, his main
objective is to eliminate partisanship from the City
Council.
"If I ran as an independent and said there should be no
parties, I'd look like a 20-year-old radical," said Hagopian,
a part-time student at Eastern Michigan University and a
TCF Bank loan officer
Purdy's campaign focuses on less government in daily
life.
"I'm running in an attempt to peel away some of the lay-
ers of governmental control that the city of Ann Arbor sub-
jects its residents to,"said Purdy, director of purchasing and
estimating'at Wexford Homes.

Denoyer
Party:
Libertarian
incumbent:
No
Gary
Vandermade
Party:
Republican
Incumbent:
No
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Jeff
Harshe
Party:
Republican
incumbent:
No

By Yael Kohen
Daily Staf Reporter
So much is at stake when voters head to the
polls Tuesday that one analyst even described it as
"a once-in-a-lifetime election."
After the polls close and the votes are tallied, all
levels of government could have an entirely new
face.
Republicans are hoping to win the presidency
while maintaining control of Congress, and
Democrats hope to regain a majority in Congress
while holding on to the White House.
Although Supreme Court justices are not elect-
ed, the next president may nominate anywhere
from two to f our new justices.
And countless third-party candidates are cam-
paigning not just for the presidency but for
Congress, state legislatures and city councils as
well.
"Think of the possibilities," Inside Michigan
Politics editor Bill
Ballenger said. "Any "Think of the
one of a nmiber of
things can happen Any one of a
After gaining a
stronger majority in tiJng S can h
1998's off-vear election,

Reps. Sander Levin of Royal Oak and David
Bonior of Mt. Clemens also have been on the trail
with Gore.
Although Democrats have been campaigning
together, Denno said "they're running their
own campaigns, and they're very independent
people."
Polls have indicated that Stabenow's support
often fluctuates similarly to Gore's, but Denno said
each candidate's success is "not rising or falling
with the success if the any of the presidential can-
didates."
Bush has been rallying in Michigan with Gov.
John Engler and Secretary of State Candice Miller
to promote himself and other Republican candi-
dates, including 8th District congressional candi-
date Mike Rogers of Brighton and Rep. Joe
Knollenberg of Bloomfield Hills.
''This is a full-fledged ticket with the top of the
ticket leading the way," Michigan Republican
Party spokesman Sage Eastman said.
And the races are

Steve
Hartwell
Party:
Democrat
incumbent.
Yes

Todd
Hagopian
Party:
Republican
Incumbent:
No

Chris
Easthope
Party:
Democrat
Incumbent:
No

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Christie
Nowak
Party.
Green
Incumbent:
No

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REGENTS
Continued from Page 48
Bollinger asked for a 7 percent raise
in state funding to help combat
tuition costs and funding for other
programs.
But both candidates agree state
funding is not enough. McGowan told
The Michigan Daily's editorial board
that the University must pursue out-
side funds to build scholarships for
out of state students.
Regarding the Code of Student
Conduct, the University's disciplinary
Iidelines of student behavior,
McGowan said she supports it but
encouraged constant review and stu-
dent input. Deitch told the Daily's
editorial board that he does not "love
the thing - I'm not locked into the
notion of having a code" - but that
he did vote for it despite his ambiva-
lent feelings.'
But one subject that Deitch has no

ambivalence about is his support of
Boll inger.
"One of the major reasons I'm run-
ning for re-election is because I sup-
port Lee Bollinger," Deitch said at the
regent candidates forum.
McGowan agreed, saying that the
present administration is "doing an
extraordinary job."
In asking for voters to grant them
another term, the candidates not only
point to their previous experience on
the board but also their own personal
commitment to the University.
"I'm proud of the things we've
been able to accomplish." Deitch
said. "We've done a number of things
to make the University a better
place."
"I believe I share the values of the
people of the University of
Michigan," McGowan said. "I feel
like I'm in a good place with the val-
ues that have stood this institution so
well for so long."

A-TEAM
Continued from Page 5B
campaigning," Avery said. "There are a
lot of qualified people without the
opportunity or know-how to get
through this."
. Anderson said while she agrees, she
also thinks voters should have some
influence on who is elected.
"I understand where Susy's coming
from, on the other hand, voters need to
have some type of influence on the
University," Anderson said.
The two said one of the biggest
things they would like to tackle as a
regent is rising tuition rates.
"One of the biggest challenges facing
the University is tuition. The University
of Michigan has not met the threshold of
having a tuition rate lower or equal to the
rate of inflation," Avery said.
Repeated telephone messages left
for Anderson and Avery were not
returned.

e Stephen -
Saletta
Party:
Libertarian
Incumbent:
No
STUDENTS
Continued from Page 5B
like to enact a much more conservative
budget policy because they're spending
students money on all of these projects."
Trudeau said his agenda is aligned
with the Green Party platform - includ-
ing supporting an environmentally con-
scious campus and affirmative action.
Maull said one of his main concerns
is the abolition of the Student Code of
Conduct, the University's guidelines for
student behavior. Students can be sanc-
tioned for violating the Code for
actions such as alcohol abuse and dam-
age to University property.
The Code "is important because stu-
dents are treated as second class citi-
zens on campus,' Maull said.
Waun and Maull both said they
believe the University should withdraw
from the lawsuits challenging the use of
race as a factor in admissions.
"I think we should have an open

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Lawrence
Purdy
Party:
Libertarian
Incumbent:
No.

Congress could go
either way this time Insid.eI
around.
"The Republicans are going to suffer a net loss
in seats. The question is, can they hold those loss-
es to only four or five seats, because if they lost
any more than that they will lose control of the
House," Ballenger said.
Ballenger said there is also the possibility the
Democrats could regain a majority in both houses
of Congress.
"I think the Republicans have a good chance to
lose the Senate," Ballenger said.
There is also the prospect of a 50-50 tie in the
Senate, Ballenger said, which means the vice pres-
ident may have to break ties.
Presidential politics are just as ambiguous
nationally as well as statewide.
"That's the tradition of Michigan politics. We
have such close elections because we have a lot of
independent voters," Michigan Democratic Party
spokesman Dennis Denno said.
In the past month, both presidential candi-
dates have come to Michigan at least once a
week. And rarely has a presidential rally in the
state not had Democratic Senate hopeful Debbie
Stabenow campaigning behind the vice presi-
dent or GOP Sen. Spence Abraham alongside
the Texas governor.
Democratic candidates including Stabenow,


admissions policy and eliminate affirma-
tive action,' Waun said. "We need to
diversify the University without setting
racial quotas."
Waun said he is not in favor of appeal-
ing the suit if the courts rule against the
University. "If they lose the lawsuit I
would vote with the Republicans to drop
the suit. I disagree that we had the poli-
cy in the first place and the University
should not have spent S4.1 million to
defend it," Waun said.
Trudeau, on the other hand, said he
would work to uphold affirmative
action at the University. "I applaud the
University on taking a strong stance on
affirmative action, Trudeau said. "It
may not be perfect but it's a good step."
Trudeau said the students running for
seats on the board have a strong desire to
change the way things are done at the
University. "There is a desire and a need
for a student representative on the Board
of Regents:' he said. "We want a say. We
take it very seriously"

possibilities, close. Polls released in
the last week have put
number of Gore and Bush any-
"where from being tied to
?ppen, the Texas governor
being up by three or
- Bill Ballenger four points.
Michigan Politics editor In an EPIC MRA poll
released last week,
Stabenow and Abraham were tied at 41 percent.
An Reuter'MSNBC/Zogby poll from earlier this
week gave Stabenow her first lead of the cam-
paign, after Abraham had held a double-digit lead
for months.
"Michigan is a close state. Really, the only poll
that really matters is Election Day." said John
Truscott, Engler's spokesman.
The election is so tight this year that some ana-
lysts have not been able to ignore the effects of
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, who could
contribute to a Bush win this year by taking away
liberal votes from Gore.
Even though the Green Party recognizes that
Nader has no chance of winning the White
House, party members are hoping to get a few
officials in office with the help of Nader's
popularity.
"My principle concern is ... to build a long-
range progressive political movement in
America," Nader said during a rally at the
University of Michigan's Dearborn campus
Tuesday.
In Michigan, the Green Party has candidates
running for the U.S. Senate, the House of
Representatives and the University Board of
Regents.

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President Clinton speaks yesterday on the 200th ani
head to the polls and pick the next resident of 1600

Some Green Party members have said they
believe Tom Ness, a candidate for Levin's 12th
District seat, has a chance to win.
At 2 percent of the popular vote, Reform
Party candidate Pat Buchanan does not pose as
much of a threat to Bush as Nader does to
Gore, partly because Buchanan has had trouble
getting his name on the ballot in some of the

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