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Vol, 62 No, 25
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MountPleasarit, Mich,4$859
16 pages
Wednesday, Oct. 22,1980
Commission joins
anti-Tisch effort
by TOM HENRY
LIFE Staff Writer
City commissioners are the latest to jump on
the anti-Tisch Proposal bandwagon,
The Commission passed a resolution formally
opposing the referendum at its bi-monthly
meeting Monday.
"We hope since this resolution is passed that
the entire community will read and judge for
itself the impact of Tisch," said City Manager
Thomas Martin.
"The City Commission is. not telling citizens
how to vote, but is recommending they study the
consequences on the city."
Commissioners project the following consequences would result:
—Operating city revenue would be reduced 25
percent, or $632,000, for the 1981 budget year. In
addition, $448,000 would be* lost in state matching
revenues.
Areas which subsequently would be slashed
include police and fire protection, street lighting
and cleaning, and funds for parks, recreation and
the library.
— Two thousand jobs would be lost, 26 of which
would be city positions.
The net effect is that many businesses would
close, and the potential for growth would be
eliminated because the real estate market would
become flooded with empty homes and apartments.
The Commission, Martin said, will be talking to
.organizations in the community about the
proposal.
Copies of the resolution also will be sent to area
groups.
No tax dollars will be spent on anything dealing
with the Tisch plan, Martin said.
Commissioners, however, will seek donations
and send them to Citizens to Save Our State, a
Lansing-based conglomerate of 50 statewide
groups formed to defeat Tisch.
The Tisch II Proposal, if passed, would cut
property tax assessments to half their 1978
levels, which would result in a $2 billion loss in
state revenue.
Future property tax assessments would be
limited to 2 percent increases each year. Any new
tax would require approval by 60 percent of the
voters.
The Commission cited predictions of other
adverse effects of the proposal, such as county
and school unemployment, a nearly two-thirds
reduction in the area state police staff and a 1,400
job cutback at CMU.
William Shirley, city attorney and CMU instructor, said other cities in Michigan may not
suffer as much as Mount Pleasant because they
are not college towns.
"The long range effects on the state are not
that bad," Shirley said.
"The trouble is that the short range effect may
leave Mount Pleasant behind as a casualty."
Student earns honor
"Motivation with a capital
'M* and a lot of drive are two
qualities that keep me going,"
said Vivian Harvey, Southfield
sophomore, who was presented
with the Mortar Board
Freshman of the Year award
Tuesday    afternoon    in    the
University Center.  .
Harvey already knew that she
had been selected Thursday
after the Mortar Board selection
committee had completed all of
the finalists interviews. Her
name will be engraved in the
permanent plaque on display in
Vivian t Harvey
CMUFE/StavanCjMsmora
Warriner Hall. She will also
receive her own plaque.
Bob Kwiatkoski, Mortar
Board chairman, explained how
and why Harvey was chosen.
"Mortar Board is a senior
honor society of 35 members
who have a 3.0 grade point
average or above and a record of
university and community involvement.
"We leaned heavily on how
well-rounded the student was,
being active in as many areas as
possible on campus,"
Kwiatkoski, Cheboygan senior,
added,
"My roommates think I'm
nuts to be so involved," Harvey
said with a laugh. "But then
they're always gone as much as I
am. I guess we all do our own
thing."
Harvey is a psychology major
with biology and sociology
minors. Her career goal is to be
a clinical psychologist and she
plans on doing graduate work in
her field when she graduates
from Central.
While averaging about 18
credit hours a semester, Harvey
still finds time for involvement
in many extra curricular activities. Last year she joined two
freshmen honoraries, t Alpha
Lambda Delta and Phi Eta
Sigma, and was also a member of
the biology and psychology
departmental honoraries,- Beta
Beta Beta and Psi Chi.
She did volunteer work for
Alcohol Awareness, the
Listening Ear Crisis Center,
wrote for her dorm newspaper
which was published every two
weeks, and ran the intramurals
programs for her floor.'
Fall cleaning
CM UFB/Willism Lancmxtn
Workmen draining the fountain between the University Center and the
Religious Center Tuesday gave yet another hint that winter is on its way.
Leaves floating in the water provided a colorful display while troubling the
workmen with a clogged pump.
Forum presents views
on state tax proposals
by JOHN BARNES
LIFE Staff Writer
A near-capacity, vocal
audience filled the 300-seat
University Auditorium Monday
night to hear spokesmen for the
three tax referendums on the
November ballot present the
proposals.
Tisch proponent Walter
" Averill, however, spent much of
his time defending the Tisch
proposal against attacks by both
the audience and the speakers
for the other two referendums.
The three speakers spoke at
the Tax Forum sponsored by
Student Associations'
Legislative Affairs and the First
Voters Forum. •
Responding to criticism from
one student that the**'proposal
will seriously endanger funding
for higher education, Averill.
replied, "I'm telling you that
there's going to be cuts in state
services and that has to be done
by the State.Legislature.
"Now, they have to go back
for reelection in two years. If
you don't like what they did, all
"Two weeks
from tomorrow,
you as voters are
going to have some
key decisions to
make. Are we
going to become a
state that is less
stable because of
decisions made by
its citizens?"—Fred
Whims, Office of
the Budget
you have to do is throw them out
of the legislature, which is what
ought to be done anyway,"
Averill said.
Averill called the Tisch
proposal "a potential salvation
for the democracy of this
country," and added that both
the Smith/Bullard and Governor's Proposals would actually
constitute a tax increase.
Speakers for those proposals
disagreed, however, saying their
referendums, are actually "tax
shifts designed to maintain fiscal
stability."
Tisch, Proposal D on the
ballot, would reduce property
taxes to 50 percent of the 1978
property assessments, and
provides additional tax relief for
.See "Forum"—page 8)
In Brief
President Harold Abel will present an anti-
Tisch films trip in the Towers cafe today at 7
p.m* The filmStrip highlights the effects Tisch, if
passed; will have on the state.. Admission is free.
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Campus
Academic Senate has
raised the maximum
number of physical
education credits from
four to six.
page 6
Campus groups
collecting money to
defeat Tisch have
consolidated • their,
resources in a state
fund. ?'
page 9
Sports
A Maroon team win
Tuesday tied up the
Mini World Series,
page 12
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