The Independent-News, Volume 106, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 March 1981 — Page 5

The legislative "body" is now budget-building, and the goal of this resistance training is a lean and tight frame, not one well-pad-ded w ith the desserts of excess. It’s not news that the result will be achieved by stretching our resources as far as possible without a tax increase. Governor Orr asked that we labor toward that end in the first weeks of the session, and House Republicans have consistently said "no" to proposals which conflicted with that goal. What is news is that at a time when cutbacks are being made in most areas, we were able to set aside $66 million more for education in fiscal year 1982 and give local school boards the option to generate about S4O million more each calendar year of the biennium. That translates into a possible $l3O more per child for school support in the next fiscal year. While the portion of the budget for education is not as large as any of us would like, it is important to note that no increases arc possible for education in some of our neighboring states, where in fact, decreases arc sometimes being forced. I would also like to use this as an opportunity to comment on some misinformation which has been generated by Democrats about state finances: — Republicans did not vote to increase county individual income taxes, but Republicans do support more leeway for financially strap-

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Ic^pricing bulletin From Ray’s I Supermarket We have been following a store policy for quite I some time that we would like to point out to our I customers. That is the practice of raising prices on merchandise I that is already on our shelf when our supplier raises I the price to us. We de not raise prices on merchanI dise already on our shelf — we simply pull the old ■ lower priced merchandise forward and rotate the new J product to the back. I We feel this is the fairest way we can treat our V customers. We know some stores raise prices on stock already I on the shelf and feel it is not fair to take the added । profit by doing this. For this reason you may sometimes find two different prices on our stock of the same item. We charge whatever is marked on the ■ can. We thank you for your patronage and hope you apI preciate our goodwill in this policy. Thank you. Ray’s Supermarket

Legislative Update From The Office Os Rep. Richard Mangus । TENTH DISTRICT Indiana House Os Representatives

ped governments to raise needed funds for local programs. For years, local governments have been asking for greater control over their fiscal destinies, and by making the local option tax a feasible solution to their problems, we can avoid higher taxes statewide and keep propertv taxes in reign. — Democrats would have us believe more should go to schools, mental health and higher education. and thev would use the $l2O million tuition Reserve Fund to accomplish that. The truth is. that money can t he touched for other purposes because it is needed to make monthh distributions to schools from the state, and if it were not there, schools would be forced to borrow to meet their obligations. — Democrats call the choice for local governments to impose a local option income tax a windfall to corporations. If you understand that corporations are made of people who pay taxes, and that almost half of the shareholders in most corporations consist of retirement funds, then more corporate taxes would really be a tax on retired people. Now in the hands of the Senate Finance Committee, the budget bills will have to undergo scrutiny by the full Senate, and the bills will then be returned to the House for "concurrence" or acceptance of any changes made there. I plan to work hard in the Senate to obtain $480,000 for Potato Creek State Park w here the constructioin of cabins and primitive camping

facilities is needed. The fact that such an appropriation is not in the House-passed bill does not mean the funding is out of the question, as the budget is certainly a document representing compromises. Generally, the House does not automatically agree with all the changes, and the budget is put into a conference committee w here representatives of both houses and both political parties must negotiate until the product is acceptable to all. When the conference committee report is accepted, and the bills are sent to the Governor, he must approve of each bill intact, because he has no line item veto. Trimming the state's outlay of tax money has meant that we as state legislators have to sav ‘no’ more often that we would like. We simply do not have enough resources for all needs and causes. Alan Rosenthal, Director of the Faglcton Institute of Politics and consultant with state legislatures for more than a decade, summed up the situation aptly when he wrote: "The cupboard is not bare, but neither is it full. It’s necessary today to allocate what resources we have to the most pressing purposes. and in pursuit of objectives w here government can make a difference." Weekly Senate Wrap-Up From Sen. V. R. Miller The General Assembly recessed two days this past week to work on the budget and other matters The Senate is wrapping up work on Senate bills and has begun to hear House bills in committee; the reverse is taking place in the House w here they are now hearing Senate bills in committee. As of Friday, March 6. the General Assembly will have completed 38 of their 61 working session days. The main reason for the two dav recess this week was to give some time for legislative fiscal experts to work on the budget. Recent figures indicate that the state revenues will be even less than were originally anticipated, and the state budget must be trimmed accordingly. Since Indiana has a constitutional amendment stipulating that there can be no deficit spending, every effort is being made to match expenditures with revenues. However difficult the planning job is, most of us feel that this assembly can pass a balanced budget without a tax increase. The recession Indiana has faced during the last year has been a burden to all Hoosiers, but it won't last forever and the state should come through in good shape. Another reason for this week’s recess was to save some session days for reapportionment. Not all of the 1980 Census data is in and so the issue of redistricting may have to wait until late in the session. Some action was taken this week however, when S.B 85 passed the Senate by a vote of 37-9. The bill provides that redistricting could not break election precinct lines, when drawing districts up for Indiana House. Senate or congressional seats. Another bill heard in committee this week which deals with redistricting is SB. 84. The bill specifics that state legislative and congressional districts must fall w ithin a 5% deviation range. S B. 160 was approved by the Senate Finance Committee this | TELEPHONE ; NUMBERS FOR < ;! LEGISLATORS j ; House Os Representatives 1-800-382-9841 J; ; Senate < > 1-800-382-9467

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week and is expected to be considered by the full Senate in the next few days. The bill would require that non-emergency medical expenses for welfare recipients be approved prior to payment by the state instead of after the services are rendered, as is currently the case. Welfare expenditures for medicaid services will exceed S6OO million in, 1981. up from $19.6 million in 1970, and S.B. 160 is intended to tighten the payment system and reduce unnecessary or fraudulent payments. With a cost of only SISO,(MX) per year, it is estimated that the savings of the program could be as much as $1(M) million in a vear. Ihe Senate toll-free number is i KOO-382-9467. Please call me if you have something you want to talk about, a problem you're having. or an opinion you want me to know about. I'd be glad to hear from you. My mailing address is c o Senate, State House. Indianapolis. 1nd.46204. REDUCING AUTO INSURANCE RATES State Farm Agent DeWayne Pavey said today the company is reducing auto insurance rates and starting a discount program for ac-cident-free drivers on March 15. The overall effect will be a decrease of 5.2 percent in State Farm's Indiana premiums. Mr. Pavey gave this example of how the rate change will affect State Farm customers in the Walkerton area. An adult motorist who I

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drives a 1981 Chevrolet Citation and has an accident-free record for seven years with State Farm is presently paving $130.00 every six months for a typical package of coverages. After March 15. the same driver will pay $105.(X). To qualify for the accident-free credit, a motorist will need to have been insured at least three vears with State Farm without a chargeable accident. Customers with six or more accident-free vears will get a 10 percent reduction on liabilitv. medical payments, and collision premiums. Those with three through five accident free vears will get a live percent reduction. The accident-free credit is a reward for responsible driving," Mr Pavey said. "We want to do everything we can to see that our good customers remain our customers. This credit provides a rate reduction for those who have earned it because of their g<xxi driving records." John Rockefeller and his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave away $930 million to chanty. DENTURE WEARERS A major advancement CUSHION GRIP DENTURE ADHESIVE one appbeabon holds , comfortably up to 4 days

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