Council candidates' backgrounds, ideas vary
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For three years, he was president of the Lincoln
Central Labor Union, a parent body of all unions in
Lincoln, and he has served on numerous city boards.
Muggy said he is concerned with providing more
housing for low-income elderly, beautification of
downtown Lincoln and the Lincoln Police
Department (LPD).
Loopholes
Too many loopholes in present laws allow too
many elderly people who are not low income to
obtain lowncome housing, he said.
He also, said the individual property owner, not the
taxpayer, should pay for a majority of downtown
beautification.
He said he is concerned with Lincoln's practice of
having separate police forces patrol the parks and the
city.
"There is too much overlap," Muggy said. "If we
had the proper people in the parks, they could create
a terrific image with children and become friends so
that we'd have a generation growing up respecting the
police."
The Council should go outside the city for a new
police chief, to get a new man who can change the
department and give it a new image, he said.
Social services
John V. King, 61 , owner of a hearing aid business,
said his main priority is social services.
He said he thinks the Council should investigate
and approve the individuals appointed by the mayor
for administration of various city departments,
low-income housing and the LPD.
He also said the housing authority is not as
responsible to low-income persons "in the way it's
designed to be" and that Lincoln should be able to
have a police department that can "be responsible to
human rights and still maintain law and order."
King said the only form of campaigning he has
done is telephoning, and putting a sign on his car.
He said he decided to run for the Council because
it has been "sitting on its hands."
Hale Laws, a .47-year-old factory worker, said "I
have to work every day to make a living. Sometimes I
wonder if the money of my own that I spend for the
campaign is worth it."
Laws said his main campaign tactic has been phone
calls to friends. He said he plans no major television
or radio advertisements.
Unemployment the issue
Laws said an unemployment rate of six or seven
percent is too high and is a major issue in the
campaign. "Maybe the others aren't as interested, but
I think it's very important," Laws said. "I'd like to
represent the worker. I can't see squandering tax
money if people need some tiling to eat."
The physical growth of the city should be directed
to the west and northwest to make the down town
area the center of the city, he said. Transportation
and governmental problems would be eased with such
growth, Laws added.
Attorney Bruce Douthit, 28, said yard signs,
handbills, and speeches have been his main campaign
tactics.
Douthit said the two issues mentioned most by
citizens are police abuse and city spending.
Budget padding
"I " also feel there are some outrageous
expenditures and budget padding in the city budget,"
Douthit said.
He also mentioned downtown and neighborhood
development as issues to be considered.
Douthit said he feels he is qualified because of his
two and one-half years of service as an attorney for
city and county government.
Douthit said he sees no issues that specifically
concern students other than possible police abuse.
Jim Carson, a 40-year-old insurance and real estate
broker, said he will spend about $1,000 on his
campaign, mostly for signs and mailing costs.
The main issue, he said, is effective, responsive
government. "This encompasses many issues, such as
housing, transportation, and downtown
development," he said.
What he called the tremendous backlog of business
is the main council problem, Carson said. "The
council will have to learn to stick to the schedule
more," he said. "It has gotten out of hand. Proper
management is needed to help clear this up."
Students residents, too
Any issue that concerns the city, Carson said,
should also concern students because they are either
temporary or full-time residents.
Robert Jeambey, 44, a minister, said he has spent
less than $1,000 on his campaign. He said his
campaign has consisted of selective radio and
newspaper ads, personal campaigning and some
writing by friends.
The completion of the comprehensive plan for the
downtown area is the main issue ,x Jeambey said. He
said this plan embraces the problems of
transportation and low-income housing for the
downtown area.
Executive job
Encroachment on areas of authority of the
executive branch of government is the biggest
problem facing the council, he said. "If the executive
branch doesn't do some of its work, the council
wants to get at the problems," Jeambey said. "The
council is overloaded already and doesn't have the
time or staff to handle executive problems as well."
Housing for students is the main issue facing the
council that could involve students, he said. Jeambey
said rents have been too high, and there has been a
lack of low-income housing. In addition, development
of the downtown area would assist students because
it is their main shopping area, he said.
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