Wednesday, July 27, 1994 - The Michigan Daily - 3
B days: Primary elections heat up
State Senate candidates differ on 'U'
By Cathy Boguslaski
ILY STAFF REPORTER
Students looking for a state Senate
:andidate should remembertheir place
it the University as they cast their
allots.
Voters will have to choose among
ive candidates in the primary election
Aug. 2: two Democrats, Ken Schwartz
nd Alma Wheeler Smith, and three
epublicans, James Grapp, John
ochstetler, and Joe Mikulec.
State Sen. Lana Pollack, who is
sow running for U.S. Senate, is a firm
supporterofhighereducation,and many
:f the candidates for her open seat also
see funding for higher education as
major issue.
"There's a lot of kids out there who
lon't have the money to go to U-M but
have the brains," Hochstetler said.
Hochstetler said he would like to
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ichigan's governor.
"John Engler has turned the state
tround in the last 3 1/2 years. The
)emocrats are searching for issues to
-Un on," Flood said. "When the issues
Monsidered, I do think the governor
ins hands-down."
HowevertheDemocrats are equally
:onfident that Michigan residents are
ooking for a new state leader.
"John Engler is out of touch with
he Michigan people. He has been a
emarkable failure the last few years ...
people are desperate for a change,"
Wolpe said.
Wolpe said Michigan has a slug-
gish economy that needs to be stimu-
ated. If elected, Wolpe promises to
focus on K-12 education and job train-
ng programs.
Jondahl said he is quite capable of
>eing Michigan's next governor. He
eels Michigan's biggest problems are
its high crime rate and its lack of a solid
ducation system.
Jondahl advocates a crime policy
* focuses on preventing the disrup-
ion and suffering of crime as well as
>roviding for certainty and consistency
n punishment.
He also believes that Michigan
reeds to teach students how to learn, so
hey can develop useful lifelong job
kills.
Owen said Michigan needs to re-
merge as America's state of opportu-
If elected, Owen promises to cre-
te an environment conducive to eco-
omic growth.
Owen also believes Michigan
eeds a tough crime policy. For ex-
see Michigan improve its student loan
programs and offer job service pro-
grams where the state would give stu-
dents money for college in return for
community service after graduation.
Smith also said that higher educa-
tion must be kept affordable.
"When I went to the University of
Michigan in the mid-1960s, my tuition
was $180 a semester. My son's tuition
is 100 times that," she said.
Tuition must be kept "under con-
trol," Smith said, so qualified students
can afford to attend the state's univer-
sities. "Otherwise, our public post-sec-
ondary school program is a joke."
One Republican candidate focused
not on funding, but on crime as his
prime issue.
Mikulec cited the serial rapist in
Washtenaw County as a reason for this
focus, saying the situation creates a
"heightened awareness" of crime.
"I'mastoundedbyrapists,"Mikulec
said."They turn my stomach and make
me breath with a sigh every time I think
of it. Ijustcan'tunderstand how some-
thing like that could happen. ... I think
we need to lock up violent criminals
and not even give them three chances."
Campus safety is also a concern for
Smith, who said she is interested in
supporting student sexual assault pre-
vention programs.
Another Republican,Grapp, is con-
cemed with the Board of Regents rul-
ing to prohibit the University from
discriminating against people on the
basis ofsexualorientation by including
it in Bylaw 14.06.
"One of my main issues is all the
money the special interest homosexual
crowd at the U-M is getting because the
regents have included them in their
Council
seats face
little
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insurance, said Grapp, who describes
himself as a Christian conservative
candidate.
"I'm very frustrated when I see my
tax dollars going for immoral prac-
tices," he said.
Democratic candidate Ken
Schwartz is centering his campaign on
a call for more open debate in Lansing,
and fewer political games.
"The Senate doesn't debate issues
anymore," he said, adding that more
public hearings on divisive issues are
needed.
- Daily staff reporter Andrew
Taylor contributed to this report
By James M. Nash
DAILY EDITOR IN CHIEF
Into what was otherwise a shoo-in
primary for City Council candidates in
Ann Arbor's five wards, Gary Hann
injected a little surprise.
Hann is opposing Democratic ac-
tivist Jean Carlberg for the party's nomi-
nation in the 3rd Ward. His entrance
into the race surprised Carlberg, who
figured she - like Democrats in three
of the four other wards - would face
no opposition from within her own
party.
UnlikeCarlberg,Hannisnotalong-
time Democrat. He ran unsuccessfully
for City Councilin 1982-as a Repub-
lican.
Hanncouldnot be reached this week
for comment on his candidacy, but in
earlier interviews he painted himselfas
a moderate who could represent the
diverse 3rd Ward. The ward, which
includes the southern portion of cam-
pus, is nominally Democratic.
Republican Lee Pace will oppose
Carlberg or Hann in the November
general election.
Carlberg saidsheknowslittle about
her opponent, a real-estate appraiser
who has worked for the University's
Alumni Association.ButCarlberg-a
retired teacher - said her political
experience better qualifies her for the
seat Democratic Councilmember
Ulrich Stoll will vacate in November.
"I've spent a lot of time going door
to door talking to constituents. I also
have acted as a relay to City Council
members about the kinds of issues
people in the ward are concerned
about," Carlberg said. "I don't know
that my opponent has been active in
this area."
Both candidates have campaigned
on fiscal issues, vowing to tighten the
city's budget without sacrificing ser-
vices. Carlberg said she is "certainly
not in favor of raising taxes at this
point," but she would not rule out a tax
hike in the future.
The other city primaries are uncon-
tested:
1st Ward incumbent Democrat
Tobi Hanna-Davies.
2nd Ward incumbent Republi-
can Jane Lumm.
4th Ward Democrat Stephen
Hartwell and Republican Kathryn
Renken.
5th Ward Democrat Elizabeth
Daly and Republican Peg Eisenstodt.
ample, he feels all criminals should gan needs to reduce crime. She has and get a job.
be required to work while in jail. focused her crime policy on improving The Democratic primary, which is
Owen also favors stricter punish- the probation system. less than a week away, is certainly
ments for criminals of domestic vio- She feels parolees should serve their heating up. Many polls have Wolpe
lence and child abuse. maximum sentence unless they gradu- and Stabenow leading, but neither
Like Owen, Stabenow feels Michi- ate fromhigh school,remain drug-free, Jondahl nor Owen is far behind.