News Scrapbook 1984

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San Diego, CA {San Diego co.) Union (0. 217,324) (S. 339,788)

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'> 2 198 Jll/m'• P. c. e. Esr. 1888 Congressmen fill • ~~.~.rl~~12, Copley News Service The lack of campaign finan• Four Democrats, includ- bined total of $191,684 in months before the June 5 mg Simmons, and one Li- campaign funds in the first primary. bertarian party candidate three months of this elec- Lowery raised the most have filed as candidates in tion year, while only one of money in the reporting pe- the 41st District, which in- their 19 challengers report- riod, but Rep. Duncan Hunt- eludes the northern parts of ed raising any money. er, R-Coronado, ended the the city of San Diego and Robert Simmons, a Jaw quarter with the most the lower part of North professor at lJniversity of money in the bank. Both are County. Simmons reported San Diego and'urre of' the seeking a third term in the $9,048 in contributions from fom,)e~ats seeking to House o~ Representatives. individuals and $2,000 from oppose Rep. Bill Lowery, R· R~ps . Jim Bates, D-San the United Food and Com- San Diego, in the 41st Dis• Diego, and Ron Packard, R- mercial Workers Interna- trict, reported collecting Carlsbad, both seeking sec- tional union. $15.120, of which $4,000 was on~ tenru:, were far behi nd Hunter has no primary bis own money. tbei~ semor <:<>lleagues in challenge, but two Demo- . Three of the other poten- raJSmg campaign fu nds • but crats and a Libertarian hal congressional chal- appar~ntly were well ahead have filed to oppose him in lengers have registered of tbel.l' challengers. his 45th District, which in• committees with the Feder- Lowery reported raising eludes South Bay, western al Elections Commission: $72,675, of which $20,175 San Diego County and Norman Mann, a Democrat came from political action Imperial County. Hunter in the 41st District; Marga- committees and the rest raised $66,348, of which ret Ferguson, a Republican from individual contribu- $13,950 came from p ACs in the 43rd; and David tors. He started the year and the rest from individu- Guthrie, a Democrat in the with $65,465 in the bank, a~. He started the year 45th. But none of them had spent $42,670 and ended the with $90,410 in his campaign filed the first-quarter finan- quarter with $95,470 on accounts, spent $28,577 dur- cial reports that were due band for any later cha!- ing the first three months A member of the House register committees and aerospace issues, Lowery Armed Services Commit- file reports if they have received $7,875 from PACs tee, Hunter received most aised or spent $1,000 or representing fmancial insti- of his PAC contributions .,,m aerospace-related p ACs. WASHINGTON - The cial reports indicates a low The Republican National level of competition in the Committee gave him $4,000. four San Diego-area con- gressmen raised a com- congressional races three April 16. lenge. and ended the period with Candidates in federal A member of committees $128,182. elections are required to dealing with financial and

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from corporations and asso- He had $17,584 to start the ciations involved with na, year, spent $16,613 and tional defense interests. ended the period with Bates has one rival in the $21,688 in the bank. Packard won his 43rd two Republicans seeking to District seat as a write-in challenge him in the fall for candidate in 1982 and has the 44th District, which in- one GOP challenger in the eludes the southern parts of primary. Three Democrats the San Diego urban area. and a Libertarian also filed He rep<>rted raising $20,380, for the seat, which covers of which ~11,500 came from the northern half of San PACs, with $6,250 of that Diego County and a small from labor organizations. • portion of Orange County. Democratic primary and

r ality, and Lynn i 3mart enough tO recognlze th t." sa.u:1 M. Larry Lawrence. ''She's C mml!lt, but he ~enerally goes about her pollllcs in non • nt.agorllllllc 11ay. She can work with ~I• Wte ( upem rs) P uJ Fordem nd Paul Eckert. "l'v found that you et a lot more accomplished In government If you make your colleagues look good and f l ood whenev r poea1bl ," Schenk said. "U you have to rtnltle around UtUe credit to get your pro,eets throu h, 90 be IL" closest to Schenk have caullOned h r not to exp,!el other polltic1ans and county talf members to share her zest for work. "I wonder If IOltl tun Lynn d n't rub people the wrong way becaus sh la 30 committed." her brother Fred d. It me 1f I felt any pre~e from her attitudes down to me, but I nev r did. I wu never J alous And I was always proud of my ter and lull of dmiratlon tor her." "I thlnk I've come to the startling realization over the yean that not verybody shares my life style, and that'a been good education," she said. "To me, the idea of working you can have more lel!ure time is ndiculoUl! -I o cruy if I have more th.an a week off at a time. At the sam time. th "A lot of ~pie Lynn because hep

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Let's go to work. . .in Riverside For the first year m several, college students have little to fear from impending graduation. Job prospects have improved noticeably although salaries may not be everything asked for. San Diego State has bounced back after a 20 percent drop in the number of interviews during the 19~2-83,fCh?ol year "We've boosted the number of mtef:'1ew sessions, said Neil Murray. UCSD's director of career services center. "The trend continues that the more technical and specialized the ~~eparation, the stronger the results.' Linda Scales at USD noted that the faU was strong for accounting. It looks good as long as students are w1llm_g to relocate." But a national survey by the

SENTINEL APR 2 5 198( Concert benefits scholarship fund The Sr. Rossi Music Scholarship Fund Con- cert will be held April 29 at 4:00 p.m. in the Camino Theatre on the University of San Diego campus. . Student soloist clarinetist Amy Ivey will perform von Weber's "Concei1:o Number 2" and pianist Andrew Camacho will perform the first movement of Mozart's "Concerto Number 11, k. 143." Also at the concert, "Overture and Allegro" by Couperin-Milhaud and excerpts from Dvorak's "New World Symphony" will be of· fered by the USD Symphony, conducted by Dr. Henry Kolar. General admission is $4; admission for students, seniors and military personnel is $3. Tickets may be purchased at the door. The concert, which is sponsored by the usp Department of Fine Arts, benefits the music scholarship fund . For further details, call 291-6480, extension 4427. cacy and education group organized around con• sumer and environmental issues," Gonzalez said Participating students determine what interests the PffiG will pursue. Since CalPIRG was started, Gonzalez says she has seen the development of "a more aware con- sumer, a more concerned consumer." One of the group's most popular projects is the periodic survey of county grocery store prices. "They have stimulated competition," Gonzalez said. "We get a lot of response from the grocery stores. It's public information almost anybody could get, but no one has the time to get it. It bene- fits the consumers because that comparison results In lower prices. I think we've had quite an im· pact." CalPffiG has a consumer information hotline where callers can get help from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Mon- day through Thursday. The number is 279-9409. The group also puts out a newsletter that focuses on a consumer concern each issue. The local group was part of a coalition that helped pass San Diego city and county ordinances requiring that authori- ties be notified when toxic materials are stored or transferred In the area. CalPIRG also supported the so-called "Bottle Bill," voted down in Califor· nia, which would have required a five-cent deposit on all bottles and cans to encourage recycling. "When you say you're a consumer protection or- ganization, you can hardly ignore the politics," Gonzalez said. "(But) I very much think it crosses partisan lines. We're all consumers and it's every· body's environment.'' Gonzalez sees consumers best protecting their rights through consumer advocacy groups that an• swer directly to those they serve, rather than the government. She said UCAN . the Utility Consumer Action Network just established in San Diego to represent ratepayers to San Diego Gas and Elec- tric Co., ls such a board. Gonzalez sees the concerns of the future concen- trating on rising costs of basic necessities, such as renting or buying a home, heating, cooking and telephones. "Those things are Important, and they're becom- ing more and more expensive."

TIMES-ADVOCATE, Escondido, Ca., Monday, April 23, 1984 CB

• A Fundamental Change in Taxation of Corpo· rate Income is the theme of a two•day conference to be sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law Graduate Tax Program April 27-28 at the Islandia Hyatt Hotel In San Diego. The conference will focus on revisions in corporate Income tax structure. Twenty tax authorities from throughout the nation will be on hand, including gov- ernment officials and scholars from major universi- ty law schools. Registration is $295 or $245 per person for two or more people from the same firm . Members of the California, San Diego or Los Angeles Bar Tax Sec• lions pay $245, and full-time tax law professors pay $195. F.or more information call 293-4585.

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Chiropractors board threatens suit over blast .:2~ .5~ "complete retraction" of "serious . . . misstatements" in By Daniel C."tll son, Staff Wrller California the article. SACRAMENTO - In this world, Benjamin Franklin "If this is not received, the board will consider legal once wrote, nothing is certain but death and taxes. ffa teh action to prevent the continued false and misleading But Franklin was wrong. He missed one: American characterization of the board by the California Regulato- citizens paying those taxes are certain, at one time or ry Law Reporter," the letter warned. anoth r m their lives, to denounce the government to mented over the last four years, the boards and commis· What terrible words did the journal contain that so which they are financially beholden as (a) crooks, (b) sions have instead been dominated by the industries they upset board Executive Director Edward Hoefling? th1ev s or (c) expletive deleted. are supposed to police. This has resulted in lax enforce- One objection was to a sentence that could have wrong- For xample, it is a cherished, national tradition to ment of business r-egulations, lackadaisical pursuit of con- ly led readers to believe the chiropractors board has no lament, in the strongest possible language, the existence sumer complaints and the creation of barriers that keep public members. It in fact has two. and tactics of the IRS (usually about April 15). out competition. A subsequent Reporter article explained that the sen- And who has not felt the urge, on occasion, to use a The center sued the Board of Osteopathic Examiners tence was meant to refer to the osteopaths' refusal to seat timely epithet to reflect on the action or inaction of such for ignoring a state law requiring the seating of two public members on grounds of its privileged constitution- governmental institutions as Congress, the California members of the public. It took the Solid Waste Manage- al status. Legislature, or the U.S. Postal Service? ment Board to task for allowing use of public bond money Another allegedly "serious" falsehood was the article's But con 1der yourself warned. Don't you dare say any- to subsidize a San Diego landfill operator. It questioned suggestion that the board does not have to obey state thing bad about the state Board of Chiropractic Examin- the need for the state Board of Fabric Care, which had administrative law. ers, or you might find yourself dragged into court to revoked only one license since 1976 while holding ex- The board does comply with that law when it comes to defend a libel or slander suit. pense-paid meetings in such garden spots as Carmel, proceedings to discipline chiropractors, Primes declared It's not at all unusual for public officials who feel they Monterey, and Palm Springs. in his letter. But the center, in response, bas pointed out

1 , 1880 Answer Editor CaW!RG plays advocate for area consumers By Kathleen Buttermore The T1mes-Advoca1e Today marks the beginning of National Con- sumers Week, proclaimed by the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. There isn't much going locally on to commemorate the event, but it's a good time for consumers - that's us - to take a look at who represents us in the marketplace. One of consumers' biggest supporters locally is Ca!PffiG, started by crusader Ralph Nader in 1970. CalPIRG - the California Public Interest Research Group - Is just what It says: a research group trying to arm consumers with the information they don't have the time or resources to obtain them- selves. There are now PIRGs in 28 states. They're supported largely by student donations from mem- bership colleges and universities. CalPIRG was founded in 1972, and the San Diego office Is affiliat- ed with the Unlvifys~of San Diei::o Law School and the Univers allfornia. "I was felt there was a lot of good energy on the streets being wasted," Carmen Gonzalez, consumer program director of the San Diego office, said of the philosophy behind CalPIRG's inception. "The structure of the PffiGs ls to train students to be ef• fectlve social advocates. Students work with profes- sional staff on all issues, ranging from research to lobbying to survey work. We are a research, advo-

that the board has held itself exempt from other sections

Then last spring, the center had the unmitigated gall to take a swipe at the Board of Chiropractic Examiners in of that same law -

1 have been maligned in print or in electromc broadcasts to hire themselves a private lawyer and file a slander or libel case. It's clearly a right to defend one's personal But in a move that may be without precedent, a little• known state agency is threatening to bring a libel suit to protect its good name - at pubhc expense, no less. reputation

such as one that would have made it

more difficult for the panel to increase chiropractors'

the "Commentary'' section of its quarterly journal. The article pointed out that regulatory boards for chiropractors, osteopaths and boxing promoters all have

license fees.

In a follow-up "Commentary," the center upbraided the board for "a defensiveness bordering on institutional par-

special state constitational status.

The article asked: "Do our fundamental governmental anoia.... They respond by mad attacks on all who ap-

The ca of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners began outline and our sacred repository of guarantees to free proacb their turf. The threat appears designed to intimi- w1th the publication of the pring 1983 edition of the speech and due proce;s really belong in the same docu• date a publication into commenting favorably on this Cahfornla Regulatory Law Reporter. ment with the arrangements we have chosen to regulate board." The quarterly IS a product of niversit .Qi.San.Diego's chiropractors?" Primes admits he has not researched whether the Center for Public Interest Law. The cen er, funded by the Protesting that "the osteopaths, chiropractors and box- board has the right to use public funds '(in this case, university and private grants, has grown into an effective ing promoters hav donned the robes of state royalty license fees paid ultimately by chiropractors' customers) w tchdog over the myriad of state government boards without debate," the article urged the boards be pulled to bring a libel or slander suit before sending his threat- and commi ions. out of the Constitution so they would be subject to greater ening letter. But be said, "We go into court all the time Ostensibly, the panel are created to protect the inter- control by the Legislature. filing injunctions against people violating the law." ts of consumers. The board struck back with a letter from its lawyer, The question is, who will be next? Big Brother may not Di tr ingly often, the center has repeatedly docu- Deputy Attorney General Joel S. Primes, demanding the only be watching. He may be suing for libel.