One hundred eleven years ofeditoralfreedom ait NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 0wwwmichlgandailycom Wednesday November 7, 2001 I Vol C i *.28An Abr @ i* 001Te sianCiy I Engler Tuition won't decrease for st r winter term; tax credit repeal p declared dead by lawmakers Se By Louie Meizlish iss Daily Staff Reporter in spares ate's tuition tax credit have failed. A repeal tees ould have provided more funds to the state's P ublic universities and led to lower tuition. ass "It's dead. It's gone," said the bill's sponsor, affa en. John Schwarz (R-Battle Creek). "That " sue is no longer an issue. It has disappeared hol to the ether." 12, In order to make up for shortages in revenue will aused by the state's economic downturn, he ilmer, an appointee of Gov. John Engler, A nnounced cuts yesterday for most state depart- the ents and other areas of funding totaling $319 has illion. Higher education funding was spared isla those cuts. The executive order cuts were approved by the e House and Senate appropriations commit- Me higher and will take effect immediately. The ft Paul Courant, the University of Michigan's schools ii ociate provost for academic and budgetary toward cc irs, welcomed the news. But th It speaks well of the position education handled 1 Ids in state priorities," he said, noting that K- the comm appropriations were also unchanged. Tuition mittees ai 1 remain unchanged for the winter semester, "We g added. asking to lthough a bill to repeal the credit passed in said Rep. Senate, it remains stuck in the House and ic vice cl little, if any, chance of passage, several leg- Frank sai tors said. approval At this time, there isn't enough support for Under speaker to move that," said Rep. David licans, sai ad (R-Frankfort). Twp.), "w ed The University will not see its state funding cut by the governor for the winter semester, State Budget Director Don Gilmer told the Leg- islature yesterday. But Gilmer's announcement, which means. winter tuition at the University will not decrease, was accompanied by acknowledgements from several lawmakers that efforts to repeal the ca G an m m in th unds that would have goi f the credit was repealed wi avering the budget shortfall. e way the appropriations co the cuts in funding was crit tittees' ranking Democrats. BF re chaired by Republicans. ot it less than two hours ago have the subcommittees lo A.T. Frank of Saginaw, the D hair of the House committee id, the committees hastily r of the governor's cuts. the watch of Engler and fello id Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith re have built a deficit with tai funding ne to the we've done nothing that fixes this revenue." 11 now go With the fiscal year 2002 budget season more or less over, the Legislature is now looking to the )mmittees fiscal year 2003 process, with a strong possibility icized by of no increase in higher education funding. 3oth com- "There's no question that given the current state of the state's economic condition, it makes and were the development of the fiscal year '03 budget a )ok at it," major challenge," Glenn Stevens, executive democrat- director of the Presidents Council of the State e. Instead, Universities of Michigan. cshed the Mead, a member of the House Appropria- tions Committee, echoed Stevens' comments. w Repub- "I would anticipate that funds are going to be (D-Salem very tight and limited for the next few years," x cuts and he said. Baseball to cut two * teams by next year The Washington Post ROSEMONT, Ill. - Less than 48 hours after the conclusion of one of . the most memorable World Series in history, Major League Baseball own- ers voted yesterday to eliminate two teams before the 2002 season over the objection of the players' association. Commissioner Bud Selig said the teams to be dropped have not been selected, but MLB sources said owners of the Montreal Expos and Minnesota Twins are most likely to accept buy- outs of $250 million each. The Florida Marlins (located in Miami) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays are two other teams in difficult financial positions and far from competitive financially with more successful teams such as the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Ori- oles. "It makes no sense for Major League Baseball to be in markets that generate insufficient local revenues to justify the investment in the franchise," Selig said. "The teams to be contracted have a long record of failing to gener- ate enough revenues to operate a viable major league franchise." Selig argued that relocating teams to new markets, including the Washing- ton area, would not solve the sport's economic problems as satisfactorily as contraction, although Selig said relo- cation might be considered in the future. "The Washington/Northern Virginia area was obviously very aggressive in pursuing a club and we'll be very sen- sitive to their issues as time goes on. If relocation serves (to improve the sport's economic situation), we will look at it. ... Merely transferring exist- ing problems to another ownership group or another city would only exac- erbate the problem, not solve it," Selig said. The Orioles have opposed any attempt to place a team in eitier Wash- ington or Northern Virginia, arguing it would infringe upon their franchise. Majority owner Peter Angelos, who attended yesterday's meeting along with Chief Operating Officer Joe Foss and Vice President of Baseball Opera- tions Syd Thrift, was rushed into a waiting van after the meeting and did not comment on yesterday's announce- ment. With baseball's collective bargaining agreement expiring at midnight last night, the owners' action is widely viewed as a move to gain leverage for what could be a protracted labor dis- pute with the players' association. Donald Fehr, executive director of See BAStBALL, Page 7 Detroit mayor Page 3 Kwame Kilpatrick has late lead over Gil Hill Gay rights Page 3 Traverse Oity and Kalamazoo vote to ban policies giving gays protected status Michigan Senate Page 3 Republicans hold onto Jaye's old seat Other national races Page 2 Democrats recapture the governors' offices in New Jersey and Virginia loo-mberg wins N.Y. -mayor race NEW YORK (AP) - Republican Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul, defeated Democrat Mark Green in a tight race yesterday for mayor of embattled New York City. Bloomberg will succeed Rudolph Giuliani, a Republi- can barred from seeking a third term, and take charge of the daunting efforts to rebuild New York after the Sept. 11 terror attack on the World Trade Cen- ter"New York is alive and well and open for business," Bloomberg declared in his victory speech. The city's Board of Elections said Bloomberg had 711,189 votes to Green's 670,413 in nearly complete unofficial returns. Green, the city's elected public advocate, spent about $12 million on his campaign, while Bloomberg, Bloomberg owner of the Bloomberg financial information company, was expected to spend more than $50 million of his own money. That made it the most expensive mayoral cam- paign in U.S. history, according to Common Cause, a citizen lobbying group. Green's once-large lead in the polls faded after the pop- ular Giuliani endorsed Bloomberg as the man to guide New York. "We gave it our all and it wasn't enough," Green said. "I ask the city to support him." LAURIE BRESCOLL/Daily Michael Reid (far left), a Republican candidate for City Council who defeated Democratic Incumbent Joan Lowenstein in the 2nd Ward, looks over election returns last night at Cleveland's Gill and Grill with other local Republican. GOP gains1 seat on council By C. Price Jones and Louie Meizlish Daily StaffReporter Republicans gained one seat on the Ann Arbor City Council last night, with GOP chal- lenger Michael Reid edging out Democratic Councilwoman Joan Lowenstein by a 1.5 per- cent margin. It was Lowenstein's first election since her appointment to the 2nd Ward seat last year. Reid, a portfolio manager, attributed the win to his experience with budgetary issues as the city is forced to work with a smaller bud- get. He and fellow Republicans, including for- mer Mayor Ingrid Sheldon, celebrated last night at Cleveland's Gill and Grill on Main Street. "A lot of people realized that budget issues are real important and I have a lot of experi- ence in that;' he said. He also said his opposition to accessory apartments - extra apartments built onto houses -put him over the top. Residents were "concerned it would change the character of the city,"he said. Democrat Robert Johnson of the 1st Ward and Republican Marcia Higgins of the 4th Ward easily won re-election, while 3rd Ward Councilwoman Heidi Cowing Herrell and 5th Ward incumbent Wendy Ann Woods, both Democrats, ran unopposed. Democrats now hold an 8-3 majority on the council, including Mayor John Hieftje. Five of the 10 seats are up for election each year. Lowenstein, who waited out the close elec- tion in the 2nd Ward with fellow Democrats at Arbor Brewing Company on Washington Street, promised to remain active in local affairs. Democrats crossed their fingers as they waited for the results from the ward's See COUNCIL, Page 7 Gaining ground Afghan opposition forces seized several villages near Mazar-e Sharif after U.S. warplanes raided Taliban-held territory near Bagram Air Base. ' TAJIKISTAN UZBEK Mazar-e Sharif Bagram Air Base (PAKISTAN Kabul - AFGHANISTAN; 0 100 m t 0 100km SOURCE: The Associated Press AP Opposition forces seize, 3 key towns Keeping warm BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Backed by heavy U.S. bombing,;Afghan opposition forces claimed the capture yesterday of several key towns on the road to Mazar-e-Sharif in their first reported significant advance against Tal- iban defenses. At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said an assessment of the claimed move against the strategic northern city would have to wait until the "dust settled" and there was a pause in the fighting. Even if true, it would mean opposition forces were several dozen miles away across mountainous terrain from Mazar- e-Sharif, with winter closing in. But after seesawing battles south of Mazar-e-Sharif in recent weeks, the opposition said intense strikes by Amer- ican planes helped open the way for yes- terday's advance. The alliance had complained earlier that U.S. bombing was not heavy enough. U.S. jets also hit Taliban positions on another main front of the war, north of the capital, Kabul, dropping more than a dozen bombs and raising black smoke over the valley. See AFGHANISTAN, Page 7 Odd-even rules could restrict parking By Daniel Kim Daily Staff Writer Many students leave their cars parked on residen- tial streets near campus to avoid parking tickets and paying for an expensive on-campus spot, if one is even available. But an ordinance approved last week by the Ann Arbor City Council may take away that option. The new ordinance would put an odd-even park- park on the side of the street with even numbered addresses on the even days of the month and on the opposite side on the odd days. On the streets with only one side of parking, dri- vers would only be able to park there every other day. City officials say the main goal of the new ordi- nance was not to discourage students from parking in residential areas, but rather "to help street mainte- nance, such as leaf pickup and street sweeping," said term parking in residential areas. "I think it's unfair for students who need places to park," said LSA senior Yohan Ghang, who already spends at least 10 minutes every time he looks for a place to park, on or off campus. Some Ann Arbor residents are also against the new ordinance. "For me, (students parking in residential areas) is not that big of a deal," said Joe Tesar of Lincoln Avenue. "It's not so inconvenient unless they park in YENA RYU/Daily LSA junior Rabia Asghar serves hot chocolate on the Diag yesterday as Yusra I I I