Tuesday, August 12, 1986
World-Herald story
Boosalis doesn't pi
OMAHA ( AP) Democratic cuhpr.
natorial candidate Helen Boosalis said
Monday that she has not proposed any
property tax reduction plan that would
require sharp increases in the state
sales and income tax rates.
Boosalis said a story in the Omaha
World-Herald made it appear she had
proposed specific increases in the state
sales and income tax rates to replace
revenue lost in reducing local property
taxes.
"That is not correct," she said. "It is
not my plan."
Boosalis took issue with a World
Herald story about a speech she gave in
Omaha on Friday. In the speech she
said:
"If Nebraskans are to share the
benefits of education, we must share
the burden of furnishing that educa
tion. That's why as governor, I will work
with the unicameral to fulfill the prom
ise made to Nebraskans made in the
1960s to have one-third of our taxes
from the property tax, one-third from
sales tax and one-third from the income
tax.
"We can fulfill these promises with
out a tax increase," she said.
She did not, however, mention spe
cific percentages by which the three
taxes would increase or decrease to
meet the formula of three eaual shares
from the taxes.
A World-Herald reporter obtained
figures from the State Revenue De
partment showing that in 1984 a total
of $950 million of state tax revenue
came from local property taxes. The
figures showed $335 million came from
the state sales tax and $384 million
came from the state personal and
corporate income taxes.
To reach a ratio of one-third from
each tax, the sales tax would have had
to have been in the 6 percent to 6.5
percent range, instead of in the 3.5
percent to 4 percent range, the news
paper report said.
Thus, a sales tax increase of more
than 60 percent would have been needed
to raise the extra revenue, the World
Herald story said.
The personal income tax rate would
have had to have been about 27 percent
of the federal liability instead of 19
percent, and a corresponding increase
in the corporate rate would have
required increases of 40 percent, the
story said.
Boosalis said those calculations made
it appear that she wants the entire
shift to one-third sales tax, one-third
Daily Nebraskan
wrong,
m tax hike
income tax and one-third property tax
to take place in one year.
"I'm not saying it would be done in a
year or two," she said. "No one can say
exactly when it will be done. But if you
don't start, it will never be done."
. She declined to give any estimate of
how long such a shift might take. She
said the state's rate of economic growth,
changes in the federal income tax law
and future actions of the Nebraska
Legislature make a specific prediction
impossible.
Boosalis said a gradual shift to one
third for each tax would not require
increased sales or income tax rates
because:
O Cost, savings can be achieved
through efficiencies in providing gov
ernment services. She declined to give
specifics, saying she won't know what
state-government efficiencies are pos
sible until she becomes governor.
O Some of the shift to sales and
income tax revenue occurs naturally.
Assuming tax rates stay constant,
revenue from property taxes does not
increase as rapidly as revenue from the
state sales and income taxes.
Boosalis stressed that she was refer
ring to increases in revenues from
those taxes, not increases in tax rates.
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CAP's methods follow
finest American tradition
By James Lillis
Senior Reporter
Editor's note: The following
article contains the opinions of
the writer.
Lincolnites concerned about the sale
of pornographic materials in the area
but don't know what to do about it
need look no further than Citizens
Against Pornography.
Citizens Against Pornography (CAP)
was established in Lincoln in January,
of 1985 by Diane Nyangira. She said the
organization's purpose is not to ban or
censor the publication of pornography,
but to encourage local merchants in
"targeted categories" to stop selling
pornographic material either over or
under the counter.
"Banning and censoring is a nega
tive way to go about getting the (por
nographic) material out of the targeted
areas," Nyangira said. "We try to edu
cate the public and encourage those
who are offended by pornography to
speak out about it and try to work
positively with their favorite merchants
to get the pornography out."
According to a 14-point definition of
obscenity as determined in the 1973
Supreme Court case, Miller vs. the
State of California, both nonviolent,
noncoercive, "soft-core," consenting
sex pornography and "hard-core," devi
ant depictions, including graphic vio
lence without sexual content, and soft
core depictions of consensual sex be
tween heterosexual couples lead to
desensitization, callousness, and in
some circumstances trigger emotion
ally violent behavior. Pornography af
fects the most dangerous sex offender
as well as the normal person and it
affects interpersonal relationships and
personal moral development in every
one who uses it, not only in the dis
turbed, Nyangira said.
As normal and disturbed people
become "desensitized"-to soft-core ma
terials, they also develop a fondness for
more deviant materials. They incorpo
rate them into their sexual practices,
and begin to fantasize about, and even
endorse the use of force in their sexual
relationships, she said.
Dangerous offenders, such as child
molesters, incestuous fathers, killers
and rapists, develop a fondness for
deviant material and incorporate it
into their preparatory stimulation before
seeking out a victim, whether it is a
child to molest, a women to rape, or an
adolescent boy to assault. Rapists, in
particular, report a preference for
"soft-core" material before seeking out
a rape victim in order to enable them to
fantasize that the female they stalk
will in fact resist, Nyangira said.
Individuals "habituated" to porno
graphic materials require increasingly
unusual and bizarre images to re
establish their original, pre-habituation
level of sexual arousal, she said..
For the increasingly addicted "nor
mal" consumer of pornography, habi
tuation is overcome by engaging in
increasingly unusual and bizarre sex
acts, which often lead to dissatisfac
tion within marriage, and to seeking
out a greater variety of sexual partners,
including prostitutes, outside of mar
riage. Both sets of behavior are per
ceived to be "quite normal." This per
ception evolves into the. belief that
these materials do not harm others,
even children.
Nyangira furthered her definition
flipping through the pages of Hustler
magazine emphasizing the cartoon ser
ies "Chester the Molester" and finally,
deliberately stopping at the centerfold
of an attractive nude young woman rec
lining on a blue silk sheet, shoving a
ruby red high-heeled shoe into her vag
ina. "That's got to hurt," she said.
One way Citizens Against Porno
graphy helps people concerned about
the sale of pornography in target areas,
such as grocery stores, gas stations,
etc. is to use "positive consumer pres
sure" when dealing with merchants.
"We use a system of issuing local
merchants who take a public stand
against the sale of pornographic mater
ial a 'Welcome' sticker to place on
their door," she said. "The sticker says
the business is a family oriented one,
which will not sell the materials."
Concerned consumers who shop there
can also obtain cards from CAP that
show their appreciation for not selling
the material or encouraging them not
to, to be given to the merchants. Nyan
gira says that just friendly conversation
with the merchants makes a big dif
ference. Over 175 local merchants display the
stickers; 21 of those have stopped the
sale of the material within the last
year, she said.
"We don't support boycotting or
police raids or public burnings of the
materials," she said, "it doesn't pro
mote a positive, constructive atmos
phere." Citizens Against Pornography also
educates the public about what it can
do to stop pornography on television. .
She said if you see pornography on tel-'
evision and want to stop it, write a
letter to the station explaining your
feelings and also write a letter to the
show's sponsor, which often does not
know what it sponsors, and tell them
about it.
"This really does make a differ
ence," she said, "organize several peo
ple to do this and the voice is that
much stronger."
Nyangira pointed specifically to an
incident last year in which Channel 8
was going to show "R" rated videos
during prime time. One letter stopped
it from happening.
Bill Morris, president of the Nebraska
Civil Liberties Union, said that when
the NCLU Board first heard about Citi
zens Against Pornography, they were a
"little nervous" about what the organi
zation stood for and the methods they
planned to use.
NCLU members openly attended CAP
meetings, spoke with the CAP general
council, followed their approach, and
eventually found them to be perfectly
legitimate and laudable.
"Whether or not we agree or disagree
with the organization's philosophy is
not the point," Morris said. "The thing
that matters is whether or not their
methods are legitimate. They are. Citi
zens Against Pornography is exercising
their rights in the finest American tra
dition, and the NCLU would go to court
to protect their rights."
Of course, he said, if they ever cross
the line or overstep their boundaries,
the NCLU would go to court to stop
them.
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Sarah Travis, 7, said she liked
drawing the elephant the best.
Claus said that most of the kids
had already shown an interest for
art at home. Their parents enrolled
their kids in the art class so that
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"Just like a kid interested in
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Police Report
Thursday, August 7
6:53 a.m. Property damaged by
storm at Hamilton Hall.
7:10 a.m. Richards Hall damaged
by storm.
8:30 a.m. Cash stolen from Hamil
ton Hall.
1 1:30 a.m. A plant "and a painting
stolen from Andrews Hall.
Friday, August 8
2:48 p.m. Map stolen from Bessey
Hall.
5:50 p.m. Billfold stolen from car
at the Sports Center.
Saturday, August 9
5:18 p.m. Bike stolen from 1245 N.
16th.
6:01 p.m. Intoxicated person
taken into protective custody at 13th
and R streets.
Sunday, August 10
1:41 p.m. Camera stolen from
Memorial Stadium.
9:03 p.m. Cash stolen at Abel Hall.
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