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Vol. 86 No. 18
Kerrey may call special legislative session
By The Associated Press
Speaker of the Legislature William
Nichol of Scottsbluff said Wednesday
that a special legislative session appears
likely to modify a farm foreclosure law
that apparently has hampered efforts
by some farmers to get credit.
After hearing from Gov. Bob Kerrey, a
straw vote among senators resulted in a
19-2 vote in favor of covening a special
session. Several senators attending the
Statehouse meeting did net vote.
When asked after the hearing if a
special session appeared likely, Nichol
said, "It kind of looks like it. If we
insist on having the bill, we should
change it."
Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly, dean
of the Legislature, said it appeared
Kerrey intends to convene a special
session to revise the law, passed earlier
this year as LE3S3.
"The governor wouldn't ask for this
(meeting) unless he was pretty well
committed to do it," Warner said.
Before meeting with senators, Ker
rey told his weekly news confernce that
he didn't want to leave a "legacy of
unknown" on the law, which he said
would complicate the job of his suc
cessor. Just before meeting with senators to
discuss the law, Kerrey told reporters
that legislative reaction to his pro
posed changes to LD333 would help
determine whether a special session
will be convened.
"I feel an urgency, a personal urgency,
to have made the effort," Kerrey said.
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"If I can get 33 people (senators) that
say, 'We feel the same way and we like
the bill,' I'd have a special session.
"Because then we can come in and
get it done in a hurry," he said. "Oth
erwise you might as well wait until the
regular session."
Kerrey, who leaves office in January,
said he feels a responsibility to correct
the law's defects before his successor
takes office. The law gives farmers who
are facing foreclosure a chance to
retain their homesteads and up to IP
acres.
"I don't want to leave this legacy of
unknown to either Helen Boosalb or
Kay Orr," Kerrey said. "They're going to
have enough trouble trying to hire peo
ple, and put together an administra
tion and figure out what their budget
looks like.
"They're going to have enough con
troversial issues without having this
one lying around confusing them," the
governor said. "And it's a confusing
issue anyway.
"What I want to do is say, 'Look, the
idea originated in my office, I signed
the bill, I believe it's a good bill. . . I
now have met with some people who
have identified some defects. . . here's
a way to improve the bill," Kerrey said.
However, Kerrey said he didn't know
whether the timing would allow the law
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to be corrected in a special session in
an election year.
"It may be just something that I just
pass on in transition," the governor
said.
Kerrey began considering a special
session once he learned that the law
had reduced opportunities for some
farmers and ranchers to acquire credit.
Insurance companies and the Farm
Credit System have indicated they
won't lend money to large operations
unless the tew is changed.
Kerrey said his bill, drafted after a
task force studied the effects of the law
and possible changes, would correct
the flaws but would not win full sup
port from lenders and debtors.
However, the two sides aren't "as far
apart as they would appear" Kerrey
said. The remaining major disagree
ment deals with a "two-sale" method of
determining the price of a homestead
used with loans made before LBS33
became law.
Kerrey said his draft legislation would
use the "two-sale" method, but if there
is no bid "on the second sale, we will
ask for the judge (to) require an
appraisal to be done,"
The Center for Rural Affairs, an
ardent supporter of LB999, opposes the
"two-sale" method and supports pre
serving the appraisal method of deter
mining a price for a homestead.
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Franchisers submit proposals
By Jeanne Bourne
Staff Reporter
Four fast-food franchises have sub
mitted proposals in response to nego
tiating committee's research into re
placing the Union Square restaurant,
said Daryl Swansdn, Nebraska Union
director.
Burger King, Hardee's, Taco del Sol
and Runza fast-food chains submitted
proposals that include negotiations for
lease price, hours of availability, modi
fications needed and training that the
restaurant will offer students of the
International Center for Franchise
Studies of UNL
Nebraska Union's
'Final Four.'
Burger King
Hardee's
Taco del Sol
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Burger King offered to pay $42,000
per year or 7 percent of gross sales over
Hardee's proposed to pay $40,000
per year or 7.5 percent of gross sales,
whichever is greater.
Taco del Sol bid $28,587 per year
with no percentage cf gross sales.
Bunza cfTered $17,725 per year also
with no pcrceato cf gross sales.
The seven-raeabcr committee will
csrrcw the prepesste to one and scbisut
it within 45 dss to UNL astrsJ;crs
for Cr.il epprcvxl, Swssscn sdd. The
committee also could recommend to
the vice chancellor of student affairs
and business that none of the propos
als be accepted and Union Square
remain unchanged, he said.
Swanson said student satisfaction,
service to the franchise studies center
and increasing traffic to the Union will
be major considerations for the decision.
John Schwery, student adviser to the
Franchise Club and a member of the
committee, said they want to choose
the franchise that appeals to a wide
variety of students.
The committee sent requests for
proposals to 22 fast-food organizations,
Swanson said. He said the response
was good considering that several of
the restaurants have franchises near
the Union.
The committee consists of three
staff members: Swanson; Jerry Willi
ams, manager of the purchasing dept.;
Robert Justis, executive director of the
Franchise Studies Center and four stu-
Klostermeyer, vice president of promo
tions of the Franchise Club; Jeff Fish
back, president of the Nebraska Union
Board and Bruce Lear of the Union
Board.
Union Square has been breaking
even but doesn't attract students to
the Union like a national franchise
could, Swanson said.
After final approval, the franchise
could begin operating as soon as Jan.
1S37. If the new restaurant needs to
make major renovations in the Uniea
Square area, the opening could be
pushed to fall of 1887, Swansea sdd.