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EN RESUMEN: South Tucson's Murray aids 3 candidates with funds By JAMES MAGGIO South Tucson City Attorney Robert L. Murray contributed $500 to a campaign fund supporting three incumbent council members facing re-election last May, according to City Hall recorda. Murray donated to the 'Three for a Change" campaign committee, of which Mayor Dan W. Eckstrom and council members Shirley A. Villegas and Luis D. Redondo were members, the records show. Murray was appointed city attorney by the council in 1975. His current contract of $16.800 annually expires in June 1983, said William L. Pondcr, city clerk. If tue three council members are still in office when Murray's contract expires. they may determine whether to retain Murray as city attorney. Redondo, who is Murray's father, ab-stains from voting on issues relating to the city attorney, Murray said. Reached by telephone at his law office last week, Murray said, "t am confident enough to know t would have been given Ihe position whether t contribute to campaigns or not." (Continued on Page 3) City wants to operate own pension By EMIl. VENERE Despite some concern over South Tuc-son's proposal to operate its own retirement fund, City Clerk William L. Ponder said public employees would benefit under a separate system. Ponder said the city's decision to pursue state legislation that would allow for a retirement fund separate from the public safety retirement system was based on poor investment returns from the state fund. Ponder said the fact the city was late in paying $3,300 for each two-week pay period last August to the state retirement system had no bearing on the city's decision, Ponder said the city's financial condition was "no more shaky then anything else." Some investments of municipal money by the state program failed to keep up with inflation, some yielding little more than 5 percent, city officials contend. Ponder said lithe city had its own fund it could invest in the marketplace and gain higher returns. "Why get 5 percent when you can get 12 or 15 percent?" he asked. He said higher yields could be schieved by placing funds in more lucrative markets or insurance policies than the state, and returns ranging as high as 15 percent are possible. He salda reliable city (Continued on Page 3) Si la Corte Supreme dc Arizona decide dar audiencia ala apelación dein decisión en contra de la ciudad pur $3.6 millones podrian so de cuatro a siete renes antet de que cl caso llegue a la corte. Richard P. Kaffenberger, el gerente municipal rehuso a predicir el resutado de las deliberaciones de la corte porque según ô, "nuestras posibilidades de ganar en la Corte de Apelaciónes nan exetentet --- en puntas de la ley" En ô 20 de enero la Corte de Apdaciónes decidió no oir la apelación deis ciudad enei caso de Julian Roy Garcia. Corda, anteriormente un pulida de la ciudad de Tucson. fue balaceado y resulto parcialmente paralizado en 1979 cuando asistía a la poticia de Sur Tucson. Despuet deque la Corte de Apelaciones se negó oir la apelación, la ciudad tiene t? dias para registrar una peticion con ía Corte Supreso de Arizona. La corte puede rehusar oir et caso y dejar que la decición de $3.6 millones se con- EI Independiente firme, o puede comiderar la información presentada act panel de apelaciones para evaluar los meriten de ta petición, dijo un empleado de la corte. "Yo pensaba que teniamos buena probabilidad de ganar en la audiencia de la Corte de Apelaciones y son igualmente buenas las probabilidades en la Corte Suprema," dijo ?Mlliam G. Walker. el atsogado representando a la ciudad. Continuación en pagina 7 Tucson lowrider Otis "Big O" Dos displays his modified pickup truck equipped with front and rear hydraulic jacks. Photo by Anna Beth 'tsmussen Bill to adjust low, highriders grounded uy 'NNA BETH ASMUSSEN Tucson towriders and highriders say they are delighted now that the Senate Transportation Commiltee has takt to rest a bill that would have outlawed sub-stantially raised or lowered bumpers. "I can't tell you how happy this makes us feel," said Otis Ray Doy, president of the Tucson chapter of the "Sophislicated Few" lowrider's car club. "The bill, which would have caused our car club and others like it to fold, was ridiculous in the first place. lt really had us scared for a while but now I'm just glad it is all over," he said. However, the fight is far from being over. Many lowriders expressed nèw concern when the majority of the Senate Transportation Committee introduced another bill prohibiting lowriders from changing the height of their vehicles while moving. Lowriders are often equipped with battery-operated hydraulic systems that can lower the car almost to ground level, or jack it up above normal bumper height. This bill would prohibit the use of these hydraulic systems while a caris moving at 15 miles per hour or below. Hut Rep. Tony Abril, D-Phoenix, who look up the opposition for the mostly Hispanic lowriders, said he did not expect 'the newly introduced bill to get off the Senate floor. "This bill is just as bad as the other." he said. "t don't know why the legislators can't just leave these gond people alone." The defeated Senate Hill t043, sponsored by Sen. Edward Sawyer, D-Safford, would have made it illegal to operate a non-commercial vehicle if its bumper height had been altered from the manufacturer's specifications. According to Sawyer, lowriders' highly customized cars have undersized tires and hydraulic suspensions. They are owned mostly by Hispanic youths in their teens and 20s and are viewed as cultural ex-pressions. Highriders, ou the other hand, are generally four-wheel drive pickup trucks with "lift kits" installed on their suspensions which, with oversized tires, drastically increase the vehicles height, he said. Sawyer insisted, however, that the bill was aimed only at highriders. "I was realty concerned more with safety on the highway and these trucks that are raised up so high they're unsafe," he said. He added that highriders have their bumper heights modified so much that there is a serïous mismatch in a collision, a problem which he said could increase the severity of an accident. However, Sawyer stated that he failed to find statistics to back his theory, and opposition to the bill was so great that he was forced to move that the bill be held indefinitely. The Transportation Com-mittee voted unanimously in favor of his proposal. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Higuera, D-Tucson. said it was a wise decision not to touch the lowriders. "They are a very organized and well-behaved group," he said. "They are viewed as a part of the culture of our forefathers. You just can't say enough about these people. They're good people." Richard M. Granillo, a member of a four-wheel auto club known as the" Desert Cruisers", agreed. "We are not out to hurt or bother anyone. We just cruise around having a gond time. We even sponsor f und-raisers for various charities and try to help people in need," he said. "Actually, there was no real need for such legislation anyway. Noi only ss'ould it have hurt us, it would have hurl these (continued on Page 2) IN SIDE Page South Tucson in cable TV franchise 2 Indian Alliance weathers problems 3 KHYT serious about South Tucson 5 n Resumen: las noticias enespanol 7 Pueblo High football players honored 8 Vol. VI No. 9 Published by the Journalism Department of the University of Arizona February i,l'.)02
Object Description
Title | South Tucson's El Independiente, 1982-02-05 |
Description | Published in Tucson, AZ. Published monthly during fall and spring semesters. Later title: El Independiente |
Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Journalism |
Date | 1982-02-05 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | Newspaper |
Language | Spanish & English |
Relation | Historic Mexican and Mexican-American Press |
Coverage | 1967-1984 |
Rights | The contents of this collection are available to the public for use in research, teaching, and private study. U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws may apply to the resources made available through this site. |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Description | Published in Tucson, AZ. Published monthly during fall and spring semesters. Later title: El Independiente |
Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Journalism |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | Newspaper |
Language | Spanish & English |
Coverage | 1967-1984 |
Rights | The contents of this collection are available to the public for use in research, teaching, and private study. U.S. Copyright and intellectual property laws may apply to the resources made available through this site. |
Full-text | EN RESUMEN: South Tucson's Murray aids 3 candidates with funds By JAMES MAGGIO South Tucson City Attorney Robert L. Murray contributed $500 to a campaign fund supporting three incumbent council members facing re-election last May, according to City Hall recorda. Murray donated to the 'Three for a Change" campaign committee, of which Mayor Dan W. Eckstrom and council members Shirley A. Villegas and Luis D. Redondo were members, the records show. Murray was appointed city attorney by the council in 1975. His current contract of $16.800 annually expires in June 1983, said William L. Pondcr, city clerk. If tue three council members are still in office when Murray's contract expires. they may determine whether to retain Murray as city attorney. Redondo, who is Murray's father, ab-stains from voting on issues relating to the city attorney, Murray said. Reached by telephone at his law office last week, Murray said, "t am confident enough to know t would have been given Ihe position whether t contribute to campaigns or not." (Continued on Page 3) City wants to operate own pension By EMIl. VENERE Despite some concern over South Tuc-son's proposal to operate its own retirement fund, City Clerk William L. Ponder said public employees would benefit under a separate system. Ponder said the city's decision to pursue state legislation that would allow for a retirement fund separate from the public safety retirement system was based on poor investment returns from the state fund. Ponder said the fact the city was late in paying $3,300 for each two-week pay period last August to the state retirement system had no bearing on the city's decision, Ponder said the city's financial condition was "no more shaky then anything else." Some investments of municipal money by the state program failed to keep up with inflation, some yielding little more than 5 percent, city officials contend. Ponder said lithe city had its own fund it could invest in the marketplace and gain higher returns. "Why get 5 percent when you can get 12 or 15 percent?" he asked. He said higher yields could be schieved by placing funds in more lucrative markets or insurance policies than the state, and returns ranging as high as 15 percent are possible. He salda reliable city (Continued on Page 3) Si la Corte Supreme dc Arizona decide dar audiencia ala apelación dein decisión en contra de la ciudad pur $3.6 millones podrian so de cuatro a siete renes antet de que cl caso llegue a la corte. Richard P. Kaffenberger, el gerente municipal rehuso a predicir el resutado de las deliberaciones de la corte porque según ô, "nuestras posibilidades de ganar en la Corte de Apelaciónes nan exetentet --- en puntas de la ley" En ô 20 de enero la Corte de Apdaciónes decidió no oir la apelación deis ciudad enei caso de Julian Roy Garcia. Corda, anteriormente un pulida de la ciudad de Tucson. fue balaceado y resulto parcialmente paralizado en 1979 cuando asistía a la poticia de Sur Tucson. Despuet deque la Corte de Apelaciones se negó oir la apelación, la ciudad tiene t? dias para registrar una peticion con ía Corte Supreso de Arizona. La corte puede rehusar oir et caso y dejar que la decición de $3.6 millones se con- EI Independiente firme, o puede comiderar la información presentada act panel de apelaciones para evaluar los meriten de ta petición, dijo un empleado de la corte. "Yo pensaba que teniamos buena probabilidad de ganar en la audiencia de la Corte de Apelaciones y son igualmente buenas las probabilidades en la Corte Suprema," dijo ?Mlliam G. Walker. el atsogado representando a la ciudad. Continuación en pagina 7 Tucson lowrider Otis "Big O" Dos displays his modified pickup truck equipped with front and rear hydraulic jacks. Photo by Anna Beth 'tsmussen Bill to adjust low, highriders grounded uy 'NNA BETH ASMUSSEN Tucson towriders and highriders say they are delighted now that the Senate Transportation Commiltee has takt to rest a bill that would have outlawed sub-stantially raised or lowered bumpers. "I can't tell you how happy this makes us feel," said Otis Ray Doy, president of the Tucson chapter of the "Sophislicated Few" lowrider's car club. "The bill, which would have caused our car club and others like it to fold, was ridiculous in the first place. lt really had us scared for a while but now I'm just glad it is all over," he said. However, the fight is far from being over. Many lowriders expressed nèw concern when the majority of the Senate Transportation Committee introduced another bill prohibiting lowriders from changing the height of their vehicles while moving. Lowriders are often equipped with battery-operated hydraulic systems that can lower the car almost to ground level, or jack it up above normal bumper height. This bill would prohibit the use of these hydraulic systems while a caris moving at 15 miles per hour or below. Hut Rep. Tony Abril, D-Phoenix, who look up the opposition for the mostly Hispanic lowriders, said he did not expect 'the newly introduced bill to get off the Senate floor. "This bill is just as bad as the other." he said. "t don't know why the legislators can't just leave these gond people alone." The defeated Senate Hill t043, sponsored by Sen. Edward Sawyer, D-Safford, would have made it illegal to operate a non-commercial vehicle if its bumper height had been altered from the manufacturer's specifications. According to Sawyer, lowriders' highly customized cars have undersized tires and hydraulic suspensions. They are owned mostly by Hispanic youths in their teens and 20s and are viewed as cultural ex-pressions. Highriders, ou the other hand, are generally four-wheel drive pickup trucks with "lift kits" installed on their suspensions which, with oversized tires, drastically increase the vehicles height, he said. Sawyer insisted, however, that the bill was aimed only at highriders. "I was realty concerned more with safety on the highway and these trucks that are raised up so high they're unsafe," he said. He added that highriders have their bumper heights modified so much that there is a serïous mismatch in a collision, a problem which he said could increase the severity of an accident. However, Sawyer stated that he failed to find statistics to back his theory, and opposition to the bill was so great that he was forced to move that the bill be held indefinitely. The Transportation Com-mittee voted unanimously in favor of his proposal. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Higuera, D-Tucson. said it was a wise decision not to touch the lowriders. "They are a very organized and well-behaved group," he said. "They are viewed as a part of the culture of our forefathers. You just can't say enough about these people. They're good people." Richard M. Granillo, a member of a four-wheel auto club known as the" Desert Cruisers", agreed. "We are not out to hurt or bother anyone. We just cruise around having a gond time. We even sponsor f und-raisers for various charities and try to help people in need," he said. "Actually, there was no real need for such legislation anyway. Noi only ss'ould it have hurt us, it would have hurl these (continued on Page 2) IN SIDE Page South Tucson in cable TV franchise 2 Indian Alliance weathers problems 3 KHYT serious about South Tucson 5 n Resumen: las noticias enespanol 7 Pueblo High football players honored 8 Vol. VI No. 9 Published by the Journalism Department of the University of Arizona February i,l'.)02 |