Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 2000 — Page 6
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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4,2000
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GOP ContlmMd fiom A1 In past years, one could sense the distinctly low morale when the Black caucus met as the number of Black journalists far outnumbered Black delegates. The major white leaders would be largely absent, their schedules too filled to spend much time with a small, powerless group. In 19%, however, when Jack Kemp came to the Black caucus session, one would have thought that the Messiah had arrived, because he was so wildly received. Sti II, there was adeep seeded hopelessness, despite the fact that one could hear the dictum repeated that Blacks should be in both parties. This year, the small number of , Black delegates belies the strong optimism that is felt by high ranking Black Republican officials who are keenly aware that George W. Bush is leading in the polls and that they are being courted because of a political role, not necessarily based on their numbers. This was reflected in an interview with Kenneth Blackwell, the Black Republican secretary of state of Ohio who has consistently won elections with strong support from Black voters, reaching 40 percent in his last election. He said that respect for any group began with respect for the individual and therefore, he has focused on public policies that effectively empowered the
individual, because in statewide office, whether Black or white, it was very difficult to implement a racial version of public policy. Blackwell cited welfare reform and the time when he and Jack Kemp came upon a woman who had been prosecuted for welfare fraud, who had worked odd jobs to make ends meet, saved $3,700 in a bank account and invested that money in her children’s education. However, when she correctly put this information onto a federal form, admitting that she made more than the $1,100 allowed, she was prosecuted. That incident led to his opposition to welfare as it was then implemented and to Jack Kemp’s (former Secretary of HUD and Republican vice presidential nominee in 19%) notion that one must find a way to support public policies that were not against bedrock capitalist notions of saving, investment — wealth creation strategies that were good for wealthy Americans. Blackwell, then, came to the convention, admitting that there were still “wrinkles” in the welfare system, but proud of his party’s accomplishment in this respect. This feeling of heightened morale was supported by Joe Rogers, the Black Republican lieutenant governor of the state of Colorado, another moderate, elected in 1998, who carried 30 percent of the Black vote in his run for Congress in 19%. Rogers noted that although
there were few Blacks at the convention, comparatively speaking, the base of the Black support in their jurisdictions was very often very strong, but that this fact was not carried by the media. He also felt that this often strong support for Republican policies was the base upon which Black Republican elected officials could push for greater change within the party structure at both the state and national level, as Black Democrats have done. Yet, when pressed to explain the idea of change, the objective appeared to be more support for Black elected officials and their roles within the local and national party structure, rather than in strong substantive changes in policy direction. So, the heightened optimism is there, perhaps a creature of the projection of Blacks and other peoples of color at this convention. This is something the Republican Party has never done and it begs the question why. It appears that, Ohio and Colorado notwithstanding, there are emerging signs of a Black political strategy within the Republican Party. One element of this will be to shore up. Black candidates to get out the vote in the South, by supporting Black candidates running against Black Democrats. This may be why the candidacies appeared in the first place like: Jennifer Carroll, in Florida’s Congressional District 3, opposing Rep. Carrie
Meek; Dylan Glenn is running in the 2nd District of Georgia against Rep. Sanford Bishop; and Marvin Scott is a candidate in Indiana’s 10th District, now held by Julia Carson. And while there is another Black Republican candidate running, those being show cased at the convention and strongly supported are in the Southern districts. Therefore, the heightened attention to people of color at the convention, causing the sense of optimism among Blacks, may be the making of a Southern strategy that is designed to cut into the lead of the Democratic Party among Blacks especially in the South. To operationalize this strategy. Republicans may have studied what has made white Democratic leadership so highly successful. Bill Clinton has so perfected the symbolic political appeal to Blacks that he was called the “first Black president.” Al Gore has also used it, thundering into the recent NAACP convention saying, “I am one of you" (inferring that George W. Bush was not) and touting the fact that he is a card-carrying member of the organization and in that role, he was, “coming home.” So far all of this attention to Blacks has caused an “optimism bounce” among Blacks at the Re-
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Last living founder of national sorority passes at the age of 100 in Indy Founder and charter member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., which started at Butler University in 1922 died last week at theageoflOO. Among her many accomplishments as an eduator in the Indianapolis community, Mrs. Vivian White Marbury served as the principal at George Washington Carver School #87 for 39 years and also taught at IPS #26 for nine years. DOC’s to hold reunion DOC’s beauty supply will present its 7th annual School #41 reunion on August 12. The reunion, which will be held at the Bertha Ross Park will begin at 3 p.m. Vending booths are
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Cuomo says cuts ’ would mean less / housing for senior citizens Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo has urged Congress not to cut the proposed HUD budget because it would limit the number of new units of housing and supportive services available for the elderly. Cuomo was joined in making the announcement by Cong. Ed Towns as both men toured a HUD-funded senior citizen facility in Brooklyn. President Clinton proposed a fiscal year 2001 HUD budget, that would increase elderly housing programs by $69 million to> $779 million. The House has voted to freeze funding for elderly programs at $710 million, the funding for the current fiscal year. The Senate has yet to act on HUD’s budget for next year.; The “Housing Security Plan for Older Americans," an-; nouncedby Vice President Gore' in January 1999, is HUD’s aggressive plan for meeting the challenge of housing the nationfs seniors. The FY 2000 budget included major elements of the; Plan so HUD could begin to' offer afiiller range of options for the elderly by combining new and existing HUD programs and improving coordination with other Federal assistance. In the FY2001 budget, HUD proposes to build on FY 2000 with additional resources for new construction and conversion of ex-' isting developments to assisted living facilities. O’Bannon appeals injunction barring monument from Statehouse lawn Governor Frank O’Bannon has asked the state attorney general’s office to appeal a preliminary injunction that was 1 handed down last week in U.S.' District Court in Indianapolis. “I think it makes sense to get this case before the 7th Circuit 1 as well. That way we will get guidance from the Court of Ap-' peals that may help resolve this' case,” said O’Bannon. “We will argue that, in the* context of all the historical* monuments on the Statehouse* grounds, the proposed monu-‘ ment would not amount to gov- * emmental establishment of reli- • gion,” he added. “Instead, thd> monument would display the> text of several historic documents that show some of thebasic principles of law on which ‘ our system of government wasfounded.” ' I Experts: More diabetes tests needed The statistic is dismal:' Americans too often have th£' most common form of diabetes' silently festering for up to 12' years before they’re diagnosed. ! That’s 12 years that diabetes, quietly eats away your vision,' injures your kidneys and nerves and sets you up for heart disease - damage that’s preventable if only people learned sooner that they have Type 2 diabetes. Worse, half of diagnosed patients don’t have their diabetes controlled well enough to stop! that early damage from worsen-; ing. And experts estimate hun-; dreds of thousands skip a test they’re supposed to take every few months that’s crucial foi improving therapy. But doctors aren’t doing ft good enough job, says a nelij government call for more ag^ gressive diabetes screening and care - a call that urges at-risk Americans to demand their physicians check them. The NDEP’s new call to action, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is important because too many people don’) realize how serious diabetes is.