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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
26-Oct-1992 05:42pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Carol B. Aarhus
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: Train Trip
In General: The train trip will take place on Saturday, October
31 -- Halloween. This means we should come up with some good
Halloween lines for the speeches. I came up with some on the
train, but we should probably think of a few for each stop.
I don't think the trip has been announced, but there are rumors in
all the Wisconsin newspapers about POTUS coming. They know he's
coming to Wisconsin, they just don't know what towns. Someone
needs to be in charge of checking with the press office to find
out when the trip has been officially announced.
The President will be traveling on the Wisconsin Central Ltd.
train line. They are primarily a cargo line, and haul a lot of
paper, coal, and lumber. They are non-union and have increased
employment something like 56% since they began in 1987. They have
just begun \ an inter-modal service, in order to keep 18-wheelers
off the road, which is kind of part of the President's ISTEA plan.
For more info on the train line, call John Bradshaw, the VP and
General Manager of Wisconsin Central Ltd. at 715-345-2472. I also
have some fact sheets about it in my office.
POTUS will fly into Milwaukee on Friday, October 30 and drive to
Racine, WI where he will do the Larry King show that night. He
will RON in Racine and in the morning, he will motorcade to
Burlington, WI where the train tour will begin.
All along the train route there are open fields, farms, marshes,
etc. They haven't yet decided how many slow-downs they are going
to do, but there will be some areas of woods and meadows so that
POTUS will have a chance to rest. This is going to be a
loooooooong train ride for a one-day trip. I have a map of the
train route, in case anyone wants to see the geography of it. It
arcs north-northwest across the state.
Harry Truman also did train trip through Wisconsin. Maybe an
intern can pull some of his speeches from it.
Leslie Gromis will be doing acknowledgments for the whole trip.
She will be working out of the command center in Racine. I'll
call her on Thursday or Friday to get a preliminary list of
acknowledgments for everyone's speeches so we don't bother her
with five phone calls from five different people. Count on
Governor Thompson to be mentioned in every speech. I think he'll
be riding the train the whole way.
Other contacts in general:
** Suzanne Faulk -- in command center in Racine; call thru Signal
** Scott Jensen, Exec. Dir. of BQ Wisconsin. He's also a State
Representative and used to work for Gov. Thompson. Scott's
number is 414-821-1992.
** Peggy Dooley is one of the Governor's speechwriters, and can
help with Wisconsin general research questions. She can be
reached at 608-266-1212.
BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN -- Aarhus
Site lead: Lyn Kennelly
Press Lead: Scott Fassett
Event time: approx. 9 a.m.
Local area businesses: Trust-Worthy Hardware
Clinton's Home Building Center/Lumber and
Millwork (The manager's name is Bill, but
his last name's not Clinton. The owner
isn't really around and no one knows who
he is) -- The train will pass by
Clinton's, so I'm sure the press will
have a heyday. If only we could get the
owner to endorse us
American Family Insurance
Hi-Liter Graphics, Inc.
Nestle -- town is called Chocolate City
Fred's Parkview: World's Best Burgers
Veteran's Memorial Park (has bingo)
The Corner Pub: food and Drink
Mayor: Jeannie Hefty, 414-763-7996
Local economy is good. Unemployment is low. Burlington is slated
to be an industrial center by the year 2010. They are
planning to construct a four-lane highway from Milwaukee
through the Burlington area. Milwaukee Journal has done a
number of pieces on Burlington. Call the mayor and she
will fax them. Burlington population is around 10,000.
Event site: Burlington Train depot. Nothing scenic. Empty
buildings and warehouses. Have press advance person scout
out why they're empty. POTUS will speak from front of
train; engine will be backdrop. This is the same site that
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
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Document No.
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Re: POTUS "Spirit of America" train trip through Wisconsin;
10/92
P-6, (b)(6)
personal telephone numbers and information redacted. (3
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Sussex, Wisconsin Train Trip 10/31/92 [1]
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Governor Thompson began his 1990 campaign train trip.
SUSSEX, WISCONSIN -- Bunton
Site Lead: Hopson Nance
Press Lead: Robbie Aiken
Expecting 12-15,000 at event. Will probably draw crowd from
Waukesha area, as well.
Sussex population 6,000; County population 300,000
POTUS will speak from the back of the train. To his right will be
Sussex Lumber "the Do it Center". To his north-northwest about
100 yards will be Quad Graphics. It is one of many of their
plants in the county. They are commercial printers of
periodicals. The CEO, Harry Kuadracci ((kwad-RAH-chee)) and the
Governor are friends, so they assume he is POTUS-friendly as well.
There is an ink plant to the south-southwest of POTUS's speaking
platform. It is where they make the ink to use at Quad Graphics
across the street. Apparently, Quad Graphics is doing really
well, so we may want to mention them if we do an economic
comparison between us and the Slickster.
Other area businesses: Dilly's Bar and Grill (all you can eat ribs
on Thursday); Hardee's
Local unemployment low. Local economy good. P-6, (b)(6)
Rich Longabaugh, a member of the Governor's staff, will be helping
out with this event. He can be reached at
or
608-266-2893 (w). He would be able to put us in touch with a few
good local color people. I think the mayor is a democrat, because
he wasn't there to meet us. Also, call Scott Jensen (phone number
in first section). I think that Sussex is part of his legislative
district. If not, he can put us in touch with the right people.
This is not the most scenic stop. The train tracks aren't really
close to anything cool.
OSH KOSH, WISCONSIN - -- Nix
Site Lead: Diane Harrison
Press Lead: John Meyers
The only potential problem I can see with this site is that the
Osh Kosh Clinton-Gore office is right by the train tracks about
100 yards north of the speaking platform. The whole time we were
out there looking at the area, they sent their little spies down
to see what was going on. It was so sad -- they were so pathetic.
Unfortunately, this will be in the early to mid-afternoon, so it's
likely to be picked up on by the networks. I expect them to have
Clinton-Gore protestors there.
The President will speak from the back of the train. To his left
will be Kitz and Pfeil (a True-Value hardware store). To his
north-northeast will be First Congregational Church. Straight on
will be Gunderson cleaners -- a big dry-cleaning facility. Nearby
is an opera house (it ain't over'til the fat lady sings) and the
Christian Book Nook.
Call Brad Britton, the BQ County Chairman for local color. He can
be reached at 414-235-5520 (w) or
P-6, (6)(6)
Unemployment is around 3.9-4% and the local economy is pretty
good.
STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN -- Grossman
Site Lead: Tim Simonson
Press Lead: Margot McGuiness
The mayor is a democrat, poor fellow. The area is heavily
democrat, also. Event time: approx. 5 p.m.
Event site: Stevens Point train depot. POTUS will get off train
and speak at platform in front of depot.
The audience will be comprised of Stevens Point (pop. 32,000) and
its County, Portage County (pop. 60,000) as well as 3-4
surrounding counties.
At 2 p.m. that day there is a football game at U. Wisconsin/Stevens
Point. They are hoping the game will be over in time for the team
and marching band to come to the event in full uniform, etc. They
also talked about getting the school to move the game to 1 p.m. so
they could definitely have them there.
Trick-or-treat in Stevens Point is from 3-6 p.m. They are talking
about having a costume contest in the park next to the train
depot and the top 100 costumes get to be in the VIP area. They
are also trying to get local businesses to donate candy, etc. for
the contest. Check with the advance leads to see if this contest
is really going to happen.
They are expecting to draw a crowd of 5,000 but I have a hunch the
crowd will be much larger than that. I also expect protestors
from the opposition.
Local color people: Scott West 715-346-2441
Dave Smith 715-341-7999
Karen Englehard
715-346-3811 (o)
Betty Barnes 715-341-1022 (o)
P-6,
- (b) (6)
Dick Whalen 715-341-0052
/
This is a very Catholic/Polish area. There are a lot of Catholic
and Lutheran schools, so school choice is a hot issue. It is also
a very pro-life community. There is also a very strong union
movement in the county, so there are bound to be fat-boy
supporters in the crowd.
This would be a good place to talk about the train line we are
travelling on, since their office headquarters are located here.
We can use them as our business reference if we compare our plan
to Clinton's.
There is a bar and a bowling alley within view of the speaking
platform.
Local beer: Point beer (in case we talk about the Slickster taxing
beer in Arkansas).
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN -- Walters
Site Lead: Brad Blakeman
Press Leads: Denise Dunkel and Brian Jones
Unfortunately, we arrived in Chippewa Falls at 9 p.m., so there
wasn't a whole lot we could see, and plus, no one from Chippewa
Falls came to meet us, just people from nearby Eau Clair. POTUS
will speak at the depot, which unfortunately is next to a
styrofoam manufacturing plant. Talk to Gary Foster to figure out
how we can deal with the styrofoam plant problem.
Chippewa Falls 'is a pretty democrat area. The mayor is a
Democrat.
The local beer is called Leininkugel's ((LINE-in-koo-gulls))
It's a big joke when someone mispronounces it. Again, if we use a
beer tax line, we should mention this. It is a pretty big local
industry. The beer is celebrating its 125th anniversary and was
family-owned and operated until they were bought by Miller (I
believe) a few years ago.
Another local business is Cray Research. They have recently
announced, however, that they will begin laying off some
employees because there international busniess is slow.
Chippewa Falls is 20 minutes from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, so I
expect we will draw a crowd from there.
Local color people: Doug and Karen Knight 715-834-8060
Eau Clair GOP people who were the only ones
to come out and meet with us.
Eau Clair Chamber of Commerce, 715-834-1204
Eau Clair Convention and Tourism Bureau
715-839-2919
John Frank, former chief of staff to Congressman Steve Gunderson,
has done research on the education/business/agriculture
relationship in the area. Mr. Knight said he would have it faxed
to me today, but if he doesn't, call him to get John Frank's
number and have him fax it.
I was told that the Chippewa High School mascot is the Cardinal.
You might want to double-check it though.
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DISTRIBUTION:
TO: Jean M. Bunton
TO: Susan M. Nix
TO: Jennifer A. Grossman
TO: Edward J. Walters
CC: Claire F. Turney
CC: Daniel B. McGroarty
CC: Christina M. Martin
CC: Steven D. Provost
29 OCTOBER 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
CLAIRE TURNEY
RAY SILLER
FROM:
J. BUNTON
SUBJECT:
SUSSEX, WISCONSIN // COLOR
SITE:
From Burlington to the Village of Sussex, the second stop // then
on to [Osh Kosh]. Around 10:30 a.m. POTUS speaks from back of
train to audience of 10,000. POTUS right is Sussex Lumber "The
Do It Center". POTUS north-northwest 100 yds. away is Quad
Graphics, which prints TIME, NEWSWEEK, U.S. NEWS, SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED, and WORLD REPORT and PLAYBOY -- maybe an appropriate
gentle ribbing for "Annoy the Media, re-elect Bush" sticker. An
ink plant for Quad Graphics is south-southwest of POTUS. [Elect
me or Clinton' 11 open up a whole new market for red ink.]
The CEO of Quad Graphics is a Democrat -- and is supportive of
POTUS -- he's hanging a "In George We Trust" banner form the Quad
Graphics building and Advance says he's being cooperative
however, he has not publicly endorsed POTUS.
POTUS INTRO: Gov. Thompson
ACKS:
State Sen. Margaret Farrow, Paul Fleischmann,
President of the Village of Sussex, local high
school bands
When Advance picked Sussex for it's beauty -- little did they
know what they stumbled on to the last 12 years of Republican
rule have helped make Sussex what it is While Bill Clinton
ran Arkansas down -- look what Republican leadership helped
Sussex built up:
Town historian Fred Keller says: "The Reagan-Bush years have
been great for Sussex and the local work force. What was a
series of corn and hay fields for a struggling farm became an
industrial park in 1980. Today there are thousands of good jobs
in this orderly, clean industrial park [train stops in a part of
the industrial park] that you can see just to the east of us.
Sussex has had phenomenal population growth as workers have
flocked to the community for jobs. A new subdivision, Eagle
Ridge, doesn't even have its roads in, and already over 80 of its
100 lots have been sold. Sussex has grown 13% in population in
the last 2 years. Sussex says, "Where is this recession" the
press is always talking about?
The Sussex Story, 1980-1992:
A record of impressive community growth and development built
upon a solid Wisconsin economy, low interest rates, midwestern
work ethic, public-private cooperation, and high quality of life.
1980
1992
% Change
Net Change
Population:
3,482
5,699
64%
2,217
Housing
Single Family:
785
*1,375
75%
590
Multi-Family:
152
*773
408%
621
Two-Family:
30
*130
333%
100
Manufacturing
Employment:
128
*3,169
2,375%
3,041
Unemployment in 1980 was 5.1% / in 1990 it was 2.1%
Industrial Space: 1980: 124,000 sq. ft. / 1992: 2,028,000 sq. ft.
/ % change 1,535 % / net change 1,903,680 sq. ft.
Manufacturing tax base: 1986: $17,941,100 / 1992: $59,185,400 / %
change: 229% / net change: $41,244,300
Equalized Value of Tax Base: 1980: $77.5 million / 1992 $261
million / net change $183.5 million / % change 237%
* estimate
[Compiled by Mooney, LeSage - real estate brokerage, management,
consulting, investment and development
referred by Sen.
Farrow.]
"WCTC" Waukesha County Technical College [commonly called WCTC]
is one of the best international trade curriculum -- people come
from all over country to study -- well known program.
All the kids in the Village of Sussex went trick or treating last
Sunday [the 25th]. A few years back there was a horrible episode
of altered candy [needles, razors, etc.] so the town changed
trick or treating to the Sunday before Halloween -- during the
day.
Dilly's Bar and Grill is the local "in" place for the 21-34 crowd
some of the older folks dine there too -- know for all you
can eat ribs [Tell Tim McBride].
History:
Sussex, Waukesha County, was settled by the three Weaver brothers
in 1834 who laid out the village to resemble their hometown of
Sussex, England. In 1842 they built St. Alban's Episcopal Church
as a copy of the church in England's Sussex. Dick Weaver made a
fortune by raising hops, hanging them out to dry on long tamarack
poles.
Military Service:
In the Civil War Alfred Weaver, son of the founder of the
community {James Weaver} volunteered in Aug. 1862. He became the
flag bearer for the Wisconsin 28th Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
In 1898 the community turned out on the steps of Town Hall to
welcome home the local veterans of the Spanish American War. WW
I saw local butcher, Claude [Butch] Kaderbek [Kad-er-A-bek] got
to France with the American Expeditionary Forces under Gen. Black
Jack Pershing. WW II saw Scout Master Swen Magnusson raise up to
Captain and be captured at the Battle of the Bulge. Ray Podolske
(Pod-ol-ski) was a B-17 navigator when he was shot down, and
taken captive in Fortress Europe. Emory Horne was killed in his
B-17 Fortress crash in Germany. Ray Mudlitz was killed in the
Battle of Hurtgen Forrest, Germany. The Vietnam War saw the
community lose Mike Wilson and Bruce Nettesheim. A local Eagle
Scout, Bob Miklautsch flew out of the Red Sea, off an aircraft
carrier to fight in Desert Storm.
Town historian Fred Keller says Sussex was founded by Mr. James
Weaver [in around 1834] who had 16 kids -- "they call him the
Father of Sussex, in more ways than one. "
CONTACTS:
LEAD -- Hopson Nance: 414-547-0201
SITE -- Warren Hendricks / Staff office: 414-524-0364 / 0241 /
0571 / fax: 0491
Scott Jensen -- Exec. Dir. BQ WI 414-821-1992
Gov. Office - Rich Longabaugh 0) 608-266-2893 / H) 414-241-6595
Charlie Davis - BQ Vol. 414-782-4031
Sussex Historian -- Fred Keller H) 414-246-3603 / 0) 414-246-
5200
Sen. Margaret Farrow 0) 608-266-9174 / D) 414-782-1261
Rep. Lolita Schneiders 0) 608-266-3796 / D) 414-251-0139
30 OCTOBER 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
J. BUNTON
SUBJECT:
SUSSEX // UPDATE
MORE ACKS:
THE HAMILTON-SUSSEX HIGH SCHOOL BAND, THANKS TO
THE VILLAGE OF SUSSEX FOR WORKING so HARD TO GET
THIS VISIT TOGETHER
FLOTUS AND MRS. QUAYLE HAVE RECIPES IN THE ST. ALBAN'S CHURCH
COOKBOOK -- [FLOTUS CAESAR SALAD, P. 19 -- MRS. Q MEXICAN
CORNBREAD, P. 109] THE PRES. OF THE VILLAGE WILL GIVE POTUS A
COPY OF THE COOKBOOK.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH:
Clinton on Larry King [10/28/92] fielded a question on welfare
reform -- read his interesting waffling response and compare
accompanying are transcripts of the question Clinton was asked
with his response -- and Gov. Thompson factoid on welfare reform.
Conservative Activism" Welfare Reform and School Choice:
*
Wisconsin is leading the way for "Conservative Activism" --
as seen in Gov. Thompson's leadership with Welfare Reform
[and School Choice in Milwaukee.]
*
The President approved waivers of federal regulations for
Wisconsin in April 1991 and July of 1992. Upon signing the
second waiver the President said: " I'm very proud to be in
a place where programs like Learnfare and Workfare and the
Parental Responsibility Act all tell America: Watch
Wisconsin because Wisconsin works."
*
PRIOR TO LARRY KING LIVE, Clinton had not taken a position
on Wisconsin's welfare reform, and he waffled on NJ welfare
reforms saying at first he would not sign them and then four
short months later said he would have been inclined to grant
a federal waiver for them.
*
ON THE LARRY KING SHOW CLINTON FIELDED A QUESTION ON WELFARE
REFORM AND REPLIED:
"The New Jersey experiment -- I want to see how it
comes out
In Wisconsin, for example, they've tried
lowering the welfare benefits of people if their kids
dropped out of school. It seems to have made no
difference." // [transcripts attached]
*
In a speech on 9/18/92 Gov. Thompson said, "The Democrats
fought us
but the President stood behind us. He gave us
the authority we needed to make these programs a reality.
And since I have been governor, welfare rolls in Wisconsin
have gone down 15 percent. In 1990, Wisconsin was the only
state in the nation to see welfare rolls go down -- and that
includes Arkansas. " // [transcript attached]
I couldn't reach anyone in the Gov. 's office for a better
example/anecdote of a success story
since the Gov. is on the
train -- perhaps he can think of one.
29 OCTOBER 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
CLAIRE TURNEY
RAY SILLER
FROM:
J. BUNTON
SUBJECT:
WISCONSIN // COLOR
RECENT NEWS STORIES:
10/28/92 Minneapolis AP -- nearly 60% of 1,005 bankers in the
Upper Midwest believe reducing the federal budget deficit is the
nation's top priority. Half the respondents thought POTUS could
reduce the deficit better than Clinton, 42% saw no difference
between the two candidates and 7% thought Clinton could do
better. Perot was not listed as a choice. Bankers in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Illinois and Indiana were
surveyed.
10/27/92 Milwaukee Sentinel poll says Clinton leads POTUS by 8
points. Perot gaining on both. Clinton 35 / POTUS 27 / Perot 20
/ undecided 18.
10/27/92 Madison AP calling Wisconsin "a new battleground for
Bush and Clinton in the final days of the Nov. 3 election."
10/27/92 Wisconsin's unemployment rate climbed for 5th
consecutive month in Sept., rising half a percentage point to
5.9%. Rate still well below national figure [-1.6 the national
7.5%], officials said increases over the last several months were
caused by more people looking for work, not people being thrown
out of their jobs. Scott Jensen, BQ campaign manager in WI said
voters should give POTUS credit for Wisconsin's healthy economy.
"Income is up in every city in Wisconsin in the last
year
people know Wisconsin is doing a lot better than the rest
of the nation.' " August Cibarish the state labor market economist
said, "There isn't any long-term deterioration in the state's
economy he said the unemployment rate rose most in small
cities, villages and rural areas, possibly reflecting the
disappointing harvest." Unemployment was up in 9 of the state's
11 metro areas -- and down only in Racine and Kenosha.
Appleton-Oshkosh
4.7 to 5.5
Eau Claire
6.1 to 6.2
Green Bay
5.2 to 5.4
Janesville-Beloit
5.5 to 5.7
Kenosha
6.8 to 6.2
La Crosse
5.8 to 5.9
Madison
2.8 to 3.2
Milwaukee
4.8 to 5
Racine
8.4 to 6.8
Sheboygan
5.7 to 6.4
Wausau
7 to 7.8
10/27/92 Madison AP -- could take until Thanksgiving to harvest
Wisconsin's corn crop because of wet fields -- following last
week's snow fall, weather conditions improved and some farmers
were ready to enter corn and soybean fields with tractors and
combines
10/25/92 Milwaukee AP Saying the foundation is in place for an
"astounding economic recovery" in the next four years, the
Milwaukee Sentinel endorsed POTUS for re-election. The paper
said the U.S. fared better than other major nations during the
economic hard times as the world adjusts to the end of the Cold
War. It said Bill Clinton seems to have the motto, "The past is
gone; we face today. " "How he proposed to do this is as hard to
tell as why he didn't go into service during the Vietnam War, a
problem George Bush, who volunteered for service in World War II,
never had. "
10/27/92 WI AP Clinton campaigned in the state twice last week.
10/22/92 Oneida, WI AP // members of the Oneida Tribe of Indians
reacted angrily to POTUS use of the "Tomahawk chop" while
campaigning in Georgia. Darcy Campbell, ast. press sec. at BQ 92
said, "He did not in any way mean to demean the Native American
community
this doesn't lessen his support
he meant merely to
show support for the Atlanta Braves. "
10/22/92 Madison AP // a record 2.4 million or more Wisconsin
voters could go to the polls on Nov. 3
turnout could near 70%
or 2.6 million of 3.7 million eligible voters.
STATE COLOR:
North of Chicago, west of the Great Lakes -- Wisconsin is the
first state of the northwest.
One of the states that gave birth to the Republican Party in
1854.
"The Badger State"
Famous Wisconsonians:
Harry Houdini [from Osh Kosh area], Robert LaFollette, Alfred
Lunt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Spencer Tracey, Orson Welles, Thornton
Wilder, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Trivia: Adolphe Menjou to Katharine Hepburn in "State of the
Union" starring Spencer Tracey
"You're the most beautiful
plank in your husband's platform.' Hepburn played Tracey's wife
-- Tracey was running for President. Perhaps POTUS can make a
play on that
"to paraphrase that old Spencer Tracey movie --
I'm glad to be here with Bar, the most beautiful plank in my
platform."
CONCERNS:
According to Gov. Thompson's staff, "people in Wisconsin are
looking for a reason to vote for George Bush. " Said, in person
and on TV, we need to see him smile more and needs to be seen
more with his family. Both will play big in WI.
Sen. fArrow says play the foreign policy card
her constituents
have called in saying POTUs need to remind everyone of his
international strength -- remind them he knows how to take
charge.
ISSUES:
"Conservative Activism" Welfare Reform and School Choice:
Wisconsin is leading the way for "Conservative Activism" -- as
seen in Gov. Thompson's leadership with Welfare Reform and School
Choice in Milwaukee.
The President approved waivers of federal regulations for WI, CA,
MD, NJ and OR. Clinton has not taken a position on Wisconsin's
welfare reform, but he waffled on NJ welfare reforms saying at
first he would not sign them and then four short months later
said he would have been inclined to grant a federal waiver for
them.
The President signed waivers for Wisconsin in April 1991 and July
of 1992. Upon signing the second waiver the President said: "
I'm very proud to be in a place where programs like Learnfare and
Workfare and the Parental Responsibility Act all tell America:
Watch Wisconsin because Wisconsin works."
Polly Williams' Milwaukee School choice program gives parents
vouchers to help pay for their child's education at the public or
private school of their choice.
Clinton waffles: In 1990 Clinton wrote Polly Williams that he was
"fascinated by that (Milwaukee school choice) proposal. I'm
concerned that the traditional Democratic Party establishment has
not given you more encouragement. " Clinton opposes private and
religious school choice. He has swallowed the agenda of special
interest teachers unions and "business-as-usual" bureaucrats, a
favor rewarded by their money and support.
Clinton's plans cost Wisconsin Jobs:
Clinton's proposed tax on foreign investment in the U.S. would
cost up to 78,000 Wisconsin jobs.
Clinton's defense cuts would cost nearly 24,000 Wisconsin jobs in
defense related industries.
Trade:
Since 1987, Wisconsin's exports to Mexico have more than tripled
to $250 million in 1991, and exports to Canada have grown by one-
third to $1.9 billion. In 1991 over 64,000 Wisconsin jobs were
tied to trade.
Gov. Thompson has pushed NAFTA. Waukesha County small businesses
feel it will benefit them.
29 OCTOBER 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
CLAIRE TURNEY
RAY SILLER
FROM:
J. BUNTON
SUBJECT:
WISCONSIN // COLOR
RECENT NEWS STORIES:
10/28/92 Minneapolis AP -- nearly 60% of 1,005 bankers in the
Upper Midwest believe reducing the federal budget deficit is the
nation's top priority. Half the respondents thought POTUS could
reduce the deficit better than Clinton, 42% saw no difference
between the two candidates and 7% thought Clinton could do
better. Perot was not listed as a choice. Bankers in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Illinois and Indiana were
surveyed.
10/27/92 Milwaukee Sentinel poll says Clinton leads POTUS by 8
points. Perot gaining on both. Clinton 35 / POTUS 27 / Perot 20
/ undecided 18.
10/27/92 Madison AP calling Wisconsin "a new battleground for
Bush and Clinton in the final days of the Nov. 3 election. "
10/27/92 Wisconsin's unemployment rate climbed for 5th
consecutive month in Sept., rising half a percentage point to
5.9%. Rate still well below national figure [-1.6 the national
7.5%], officials said increases over the last several months were
caused by more people looking for work, not people being thrown
out of their jobs. Scott Jensen, BQ campaign manager in WI said
voters should give POTUS credit for Wisconsin's healthy economy.
"Income is up in every city in Wisconsin in the last
year
people know Wisconsin is doing a lot better than the rest
of the nation. " August Cibarish the state labor market economist
said, "There isn't any long-term deterioration in the state's
economy he said the unemployment rate rose most in small
cities, villages and rural areas, possibly reflecting the
disappointing harvest." Unemployment was up in 9 of the state's
11 metro areas -- and down only in Racine and Kenosha.
Appleton-Oshkosh
4.7 to 5.5
Eau Claire
6.1 to 6.2
Green Bay
5.2 to 5.4
Janesville-Beloit
5.5 to 5.7
Kenosha
6.8 to 6.2
La Crosse
5.8 to 5.9
Madison
2.8 to 3.2
Milwaukee
4.8 to 5
Racine
8.4 to 6.8
Sheboygan
5.7 to 6.4
Wausau
7 to 7.8
10/27/92 Madison AP -- could take until Thanksgiving to harvest
Wisconsin's corn crop because of wet fields -- following last
week's snow fall, weather conditions improved and some farmers
were ready to enter corn and soybean fields with tractors and
combines
10/25/92 Milwaukee AP Saying the foundation is in place for an
"astounding economic recovery" in the next four years, the
Milwaukee Sentinel endorsed POTUS for re-election. The paper
said the U.S. fared better than other major nations during the
economic hard times as the world adjusts to the end of the Cold
War. It said Bill Clinton seems to have the motto, "The past is
gone; we face today. " "How he proposed to do this is as hard to
tell as why he didn't go into service during the Vietnam War, a
problem George Bush, who volunteered for service in World War II,
never had. "
10/27/92 WI AP Clinton campaigned in the state twice last week.
10/22/92 Oneida, WI AP // members of the Oneida Tribe of Indians
reacted angrily to POTUS use of the "Tomahawk chop" while
campaigning in Georgia. Darcy Campbell, ast. press sec. at BQ 92
said, "He did not in any way mean to demean the Native American
community
this doesn' lessen his support
he meant merely to
show support for the Atlanta Braves. "
10/22/92 Madison AP // a record 2.4 million or more Wisconsin
voters could go to the polls on Nov. 3
turnout could near 70%
or 2.6 million of 3.7 million eligible voters.
STATE COLOR:
North of Chicago, west of the Great Lakes -- Wisconsin is the
first state of the northwest.
One of the states that gave birth to the Republican Party in
1854.
"The Badger State"
Famous Wisconsonians:
Harry Houdini [from Osh Kosh area], Robert LaFollette, Alfred
Lunt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Spencer Tracey, Orson Welles, Thornton
Wilder, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Trivia: Adolphe Menjou to Katharine Hepburn in "State of the
Union" starring Spencer Tracey
"You're the most beautiful
plank in your husband's platform. " Hepburn played Tracey's wife
-- Tracey was running for President. Perhaps POTUS can make a
play on that
"to paraphrase that old Spencer Tracey movie --
I'm glad to be here with Bar, the most beautiful plank in my
platform."
CONCERNS:
According to Gov. Thompson's staff, "people in Wisconsin are
looking for a reason to vote for George Bush. " Said, in person
and on TV, we need to see him smile more and needs to be seen
more with his family. Both will play big in WI.
Sen. fArrow says play the foreign policy card
her constituents
have called in saying POTUs need to remind everyone of his
international strength -- remind them he knows how to take
charge.
ISSUES:
"Conservative Activism" Welfare Reform and School Choice:
Wisconsin is leading the way for "Conservative Activism" -- as
seen in Gov. Thompson's leadership with Welfare Reform and School
Choice in Milwaukee.
The President approved waivers of federal regulations for WI, CA,
MD, NJ and OR. Clinton has not taken a position on Wisconsin's
welfare reform, but he waffled on NJ welfare reforms saying at
first he would not sign them and then four short months later
said he would have been inclined to grant a federal waiver for
them.
The President signed waivers for Wisconsin in April 1991 and July
of 1992. Upon signing the second waiver the President said: "
I'm very proud to be in a place where programs like Learnfare and
Workfare and the Parental Responsibility Act all tell America:
Watch Wisconsin because Wisconsin works."
Polly Williams' Milwaukee School choice program gives parents
vouchers to help pay for their child's education at the public or
private school of their choice.
Clinton waffles: In 1990 Clinton wrote Polly Williams that he was
"fascinated by that (Milwaukee school choice) proposal. I'm
concerned that the traditional Democratic Party establishment has
not given you more encouragement. Clinton opposes private and
religious school choice. He has swallowed the agenda of special
interest teachers unions and "business-as-usual" bureaucrats, a
favor rewarded by their money and support.
Clinton's plans cost Wisconsin Jobs:
Clinton's proposed tax on foreign investment in the U.S. would
cost up to 78,000 Wisconsin jobs.
Clinton's defense cuts would cost nearly 24,000 Wisconsin jobs in
defense related industries.
Trade:
Since 1987, Wisconsin's exports to Mexico have more than tripled
to $250 million in 1991, and exports to Canada have grown by one-
third to $1.9 billion. In 1991 over 64,000 Wisconsin jobs were
tied to trade.
Gov. Thompson has pushed NAFTA. Waukesha County small businesses
feel it will benefit them.
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Oct
29'92 21:39 No.028 P.01
CNN'S "LARRY KING LIVE"
GUEST:
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON,
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992
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MR. KING: We're going to cover a lot of bases with Governor
Clinton tenight. We're in the waning days; six days to go. He just
told me he had ad terrific day today. How terrific?
GOV. CLINTON: It was wonderful. We did Houston this morning.
A hundred energy company executives from the gas and oil business in
George Bush's home town, in his home industry, endorsed the Clinton-
Gore ticket today, many of them Republicans. And then I went to
Mississippi, where we had a huge rally in Jackson in front of the
old state capitol. That's a state that the Republicans think they
own. And then we came here. This state, Kentucky, has gone
Republican in seven of the last nine presidential elections. I
think we've got a good chance to win here. We're a little ahead
now.
MR. KING: Do you ever not know where you are? (Laughter.)
GOV. CLINTON: (Laughs.) No, most of the time I know where I
am. But I often don't know where I'm going next. (Laughter.)
MR. KING: I know rock singers stand on stage sometimes; they
don't know what city they're in.
GQV. CLINTON: No, I know that.
MR. KING: (Laughs.)
GOV. CLINTON: The rock singers, they've already voted by
coming. (Laughter.)
MR. KING: (Laughs.) Yeah, that's right. They paid the
money.
GOV. CLINTON: That's right. When you're running for office,
they're not going to vote 'til later, so you've got to know where
you are. (Laughter.)
MR. KING: You're here. Quayle was here. The President's
coming. Why -- there's eight electoral votes in Kentucky.
GOV. CLINTON: Well, it's -- I think it's a swing state. You
know, it's a state like my state that's got a pretty strong economy
now because of things that we've done internally and they've done
internally. But it's a state that has a lot of affinity with
Arkansas; same kind of folks, same kind of values. They've got what
I call the New Democratic party represented here with Governor
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Burton Jones, Senator Wendell Ford and many others. They've got --
right near here, in Indiana, Governor Evan Bayh looks like he's
headed for a big re-election.
MR. KING: Birch's son.
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah. And he's my kind of Democrat, you know.
He doesn't waste money. He invests in education. He promotes
private-sector economics --
MR. BEING: But it is only eight votes.
GOV. CLINTON: Well --
MR. KING: or is it more than eight symbolically?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, it's ---- yeah, I think it's potentially
more than eight symbelically. It's one of the border states that we
want to win. And we also, by coming here, have a chance to make a
real stab at Indiana. We're doing remarkably well in the polls in
Indiana.
MR. KING: You think you might win Indiana? Dan Quayle's
state?
GOV. CLINTON: We're still in -- maybe that's why; I don't
know. (Laughter/cheers/applause. No, let me make a serious
comment. I think that the --- obviously Dan Quayle has a lot of
supporters and friends in Indiana. But I think if you look at the
contrast between Quayle and Governor Bayh, between basically a
conservative ideologue and a practical, progressive governor who's
very popular because he gets things done, I think you see the
difference in the kind of contrast that I'm trying to draw with Bush
and Quayle. Al Gore and I have really tried to build a new
Democratic party, one that was open to Republicans and independents
and former Perot supporters. And that's what you have to do to
carry a place like Indiana or Kentucky.
MR. KING: And Bush-Quayle think they can win Tennessee. I
think they're going in there, which is Al Gore's state.
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah. And it's done quite well by the
Republicans in recent years, but I don't think they can. And I
think that - particularly I think the people of Tennessee are like
the people in Arkansas. They're pretty bitter about the outrageous
distortions and outright falsehoods of the Gore record and the
Clinton record. I mean, a lot of this stuff they're saying now,
they're just literally making up -- they are making up.
MR. KING: Are you angry?
GOV. CLINTON: You bet I am. I've had a bellyful of it. And
I think it's amazing that a guy could stand up here before the
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American people and say, "You've got to vote for me because you can
trust me. That's what Bush says. And then he runs ads that are
blatantly false, where they literally just made things up. And then
when they're pinned on it, they just virtually admit that they made
them up but they think they'll get 'em votes. I mean, there's stuff
happening in this campaign that makes Willie Horton look like a
Sunday School picnic in terms of --
MR. KING: Yet when we ask the President, he says he likes
you. Last time with you, you said you like him. Do you separate
the two2 Do you continue to like him?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, I've always had -- I like him, but I
think it'd Be a disaster if he got re-elected. And I think that
four more years would be terrible for him, because once again he's
running a campaign based on false promises and bogus attacks. I
mean, the stuff he's said about me, he just literally makes up.
And, you know, the New York Times said his attack on my record was,
quote, "worse than a lie." The Sacramento Bae, a California paper,
talked about how flagrantly he disregarded the truth. And I think
that it's really -- it's going to make it impossible; if he were to
win, I don't know how he could govern. And, you know, and he's
spent all his time explaining why the FBI and the Justice Department
are investigating one another and why his government lied to the
federal court in Atlanta and whether he really didn't tell the truth
on arms for hostages. I mean, it's just --
MR. KING: Let's touch some bases.
GOV. GLINTON: - not good for America.
MR. KING: Dan Quayle was on this show last night in
Washington, brought a chart. The chart showed, according to Quayle,
that this is the strongest economy, right now today, ever in the
history of this country. (Laughter.) There was a dip in '90 --
(let me?) tell you what happened -- a dip in '91. He showed the
chart, I'm sorry we don't have it with us. And then it's peaking
up, up above when Bush took office. And he said it's the strongest
economy ever, and we haven't had a chance for you to comment.
GOV. CLINTON: Well, if the American people believe this is
the strongest economy we ever had, then why have an election? I
mean, you know, I've got some land in the middle of the ocean I'd
like to sell you for a drydock. (Laughter.) I mean, if you look --
(inaudible) -- his chart did. I've got a chart; I wish I'd brought
it in here. Maybe at the break I can get it. They say we're in a
recovery-besause from negative growth, we got a little bit of
growth.
MR. KING: six months of it.
GOV. #LINTON: Yeah, but if you look at it, here's their
chart, like this. The average recovery goes like this. I'll see if
I can get you the chart. This so-called recovery --
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MR. KING: In other words, this is a small recovery or --
GOV. CLINTON: Absolutely -- much worse than normal. This is
the first president since Herb Hoover to produce no net new jobs in
the private sector in a four-year period. And in the last two
years, there's been a decline in family income of $1,600 on the
average. so it's simply not true that they've got anything to brag
about in economic performance. But let me say, there are two issues
here, if I might. There is the short-term performance of this
administration, which is not good. But then there is the decline in
average incomes of working people, which goes back over 10 years,
because America has not made the changes it needs to make to compete
and win in a global economy.
Even when we were creating jobs, when Reagan was president, by
and large average wages were going down; most people who were taking
jobs were taking jobs at lower pay; people were working longer
weeks. More families were becoming two-earner families just to make
ends meet; 100,000 Americans a month losing their health insurance,
which is another way of lowering your income. So it is not just
employment. It is income going down and insecurity going up. And I
think that's very important. So there's two problems. There's this
short-term, horrible recession -- I say short-term; it's been going
on about four years - but then there is a long-term decline in
economic performance that goes back over a decade.
MR. KING: The President says, though, that a lot of people
are better off; that the media's - that we're doing a lot of --
we're a lot at fault; we're reporting only bad news, not good news.
Sure, there are bad things, but there are a lot of good things --
low interest rates, housing starts up. You can buy a house today.
GOV. CLINTON: But look why - that's right, interest rates
are low. But why are interest rates as low as they are? Because the
economy was on the verge of collapse. So they had to bring interest
rates down so at least people could refinance their homes and so
some things could happen. And frankly, most people are surprised
that the interest rates being as low as they are haven't picked up
the economy more. And that's because of trickle-down economics;
that is, you can't 407 689 this is really fundamentally a contest of
ideas. And their idea is that if you keep taxes low enough on the
wealthiest Americans, they will invest their money and the benefits
will trickle down to everybody else. Their idea is, it doesn't
matter how big the deficit is as long as you don't raise taxes on
the wealthiest Americans.
MR. KING: That worked for a while.
GOV. CLINTON: It worked to create jobs under Reagan. We
didn't have job creation after that horrible recession of '81-'82.
Then write couple of real good years where we created jobs. But
even when YE were creating jobs -- this is the point I want to make
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I. want to ask all the American people who are listening to us
tonight to put themselves in their own positions. Remember, most
Americans, according to the Census - this is not a political
document; the Census completed in Bush's presidency says that two-
thirds of the American people are working harder for lower wages
than they were making 10 years ago, when you adjust for inflation.
When you take that plus 100,000 people a month losing their health
insurance, which again lowers your incomes and increases your
insecurity, you have to ask yourself, why is that happening? And
the reason it's happening is that we are following an economic
policy that won't work. It increases the deficit. It lowers
incomes. It keeps growth low.
MR. KING: why, then, are the polls getting closer?
GOV. CLINTON: oh, I think there are a lot of reasons for
that. First of all, you always have -- if you go back to the time
right after the Democratic convention, when I had the biggest lead
you know, 15 points or whatever it was. -- I gave speeches for a
month in which I said, "The polls will close at the end," because
this is a race of hope against fear. And no matter how well we seem
to be doing in the polls, it will take a lot of courage for the
American people to vote for me.
MR. KING: You mean, fear gets votes?
GOV. CLINTON: of course. And the status quo always is it's
the devil you know versus what you don't. And what I'm asking the
American people to do is to have the courage to change. And, of
course, Mr.-Bush has basically turned his campaign into a highly
personal attack on me.
MR. RING: What part in this, Governor, does Ross Perot play
today?
GOV. CLINTON: I think he divides the anti-Bush vote,
MR. KING: Hurts you, then.
GOV. CLINTON: To some extent. It's hard to know. You know,
some of his supporters would vote for Bush if he weren't in the
race; some would vote for me. The surveys indicate that if he
weren't in the race, more would vote for me than would vote for Mr.
Bush.
MR. KING: Why has he made such an impact, do you think? I
mean, even with the ups and downs, the leaving, this is an
incredible performance.
GOV. CLINTON: I think the leaving helped him a lot, because
he was in third place and dropping when he left and he got out of
any sort of harm's way, and then we went through this conflict and
he came- in and once again made the point that I think is very
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appealing to people, which is, "I'm not a part of the political
establishment. Both parties have failed you in Washington." My
argument, net against Perot, but as against both Bush and Perot, is
that I agree with that; that is, I think that both parties have
failed us in Washington. But I think if you look at our
backgrounds, of the three of us, I am the one who has been least
involved in lobbying in Washington, in being part of the Washington
establishment. I'm the only one that's ever balanced a government
budget or passed a tough program to a legislature or taken on these
interest groups. And I think that if you look at that - I also
have had a very aggressive program to reduce the influence of
political action committees, to reduce the influence of lobbyists,
to limit the costs of congressional campaigns.
MR. KING: You're the outsider is what you're saying.
GOV. CLINTON: More than Perot, I think, because I have proved
that I can operate and make government work, but I've not been part
of the Washington establishment STR 666 far less than him.
MR. KING: CNN tracking polls have it as close as 2 percent.
Does that shock you?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, it's funny, but if you look, you ask
them, they decided overnight, basically, that they were going to
change the way they do the polls. In other words, the poll that
they' - they had it all the way down to 6 in the poll they've been
running. And then they just decided that low-income working people
and young folks weren't going to vote. And I agree with that. I
mean, if young people stay home, if the working people stay home,
it'll be a lot closer race because that's the people that I
represent.
MR. KING: So CNN -- I didn't see the news; I was flying today
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah, they the
MR. KING: -- switched the people?
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah, they decided that they were going to have
a much --- to use the jargon of the political folks, they were going
to have a tighter screen for likely voters. And they're absolutely
right. If young people stay home and they don't seize their future,
if working people who've been murdered in this economy stay home,
then I'll have a lot tougher time winning. They're right about
that, I think. But the difference between me and CNN is, I think
they're going to vote. Now, I do think the race has tightened some;
I always thought it would. Mr. Bush has raised the flag of fear,
and he's done it very well.
MR. KING: Are you worried? Is that a good term, worried?
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GOV. CLINTON: I've -- well, I'm concerned about it; I've
always been concerned. But I think in the end, we will prevail
because I have demonstrated to the American people that I got into
this race and I didn't get run out and I didn't wilt, because I was
concerned about them. And I - they know that I can be trusted to
George Bush.
get up every day thinking about them, and they can't say that about
poll/USA Today said that they asked the people most likely to vote.
MR. KING: CNN says that (applause) -- a CNN/Gallup
vote. Do you believe that youngsters won't vote?
this time talked to people that they believe to be most likely to
So that backs up what you said. They did change the course, and
have in a long time.
COV. CLINTON: I think they're going to vote more than they
MR. RING: Now I'm told we've always done it that way.
They're telling me in the earphone. We have not changed the way We
tracked it?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, that's what they said today.
MR. KING: They said they had changed it.
GOV. CLINTON: That's what they told me. But look, there's
two all kinds - there are five polls out, and one says 11, one says 10,
happens, I think you can always expect the race to tighten.
say - one says 8, one says 7, one says 2. But whatever
know, Bush won 40 states in a landslide victory over Dukakis with You
about an 8 percent victory; he had like 53.7 percent. So American
presidential elections are not decided by huge margins. And so I
what' in the wide world could come out of four more years of Bush and
do is to keep making the case for change, to ask people to imagine
always thought they would tighten. But I think that what I have to
Quayle, and what we represent, Al Gore and I.
MR. KING: We'll be back with Governor Bill Clinton of
Arkansas, and we'll include your phone calls on Larry King Live.
Don't go away. (Applause.)
(Commercial break.)
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MR. EING: We're back with Larry King Live. We are going to
be, of course, including your phone calls. That's what this program
is all about. Dan Quayle brought a chart last night. We now have
the Clinton chart.
GOV. CLINTON: Well, I wanted to show it to you, because you
can make the case that it is true that their growth rate is a little
higher here. So you can - if you can draw it on a big enough
chart, you can make it look like a big deal. (Laughter.) But --
wait, let ne show you. But then if you put here -- this is the
record. average recovery coming out of a recession as compared with the Bush
MR. KING: Yeah, okay.
GOV. CLINTON: And you can see, what that means is if we just
had an average recovery under Bush, that would mean 3 million more
jobs and $5,600 more per family in income - if we just had average
something also here.
economic performance coming out of this recession. Let me show you
MR. KING: Two charts. (Laughter.)
the Council of Economic Advisors, the economic report to the
GOV. CLINTON: This is the growth rate per person according to
president since Truman except under Bush, where it's been negative
President. That's -- and see, we've had positive growth under every
growth per person. Now, let me tell you - but let me make another
point. Again, I've really tried to make this a contest of ideas to
the American people. This has not only been negative growth, but
for more than 10 years, the growth that we've had has come from
borrowed money and from people working longer work weeks and more
people baing forced to take jobs in families. So under Carter, to
some extent, and under Reagan almost entirely, this growth came from
borrowed money and from people working longer hours.
MR. KING: Truman had the highest?
GOV. CLINTON: Truman had the highest when he came out of the
war. And then Johnson was the next highest. Then Nixon had -- this
is where we begin to be caught in the global economy. This is when
the oil prices began to rise.
MR. KING: Kennedy had the 2.4.
GOV. CLINTON: That's right.
it would - that it would the dirty part was gone. But Bill
MR. KING: All right, let's touch some other bases. They said
Kristcl, who is the chief aide, I think, to -- chief of staff to
Quayle unipared you to John Tower this week, and I didn't hear
you respond. So would you like to?
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GOV. CLINTON: I think a more interesting thing is how, again,
one thing, George Bush says one thing and does another, you know.
He said this wasn't going to be part of his campaign --
MR. KING: No, Kristol said it; it wasn't Bush.
GOV. CLINTON: I know. Well, it wasn't Bush. Bush works -
Kristol works for Quayle. It's a part of their strategy. And Bush
was given a chance to repudiate it on CNN Newsmaker last weekend,
and has sefused to do it.
MR. KING: Were you offended by it?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, I was -- no. I mean, I expect that from
them. That's the kind of people they are. They can't run on their
do is run me down.
record. THEY don't have any vision for the future, so all they can
BENG: Well, was it unfair to say that if Tower's
character was questioned, he was rejected for secretary of defense,
that they could question your character as a rejection as well?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, John Tower was rejected mostly because
people thought he had improper ties to the defense establishment. I
don't mind them questioning my character, but I think that they have
an extrame double standard. Mr. Bush said that that wasn't going to
be part of the campaign, then he lets other people do it. But, you
know, he's made trust a big issue in this election, and I want to
read you something here I brought with me. And I want to put my
glasses on I want to be fairer to Bush than he is to me. He told
- according to New Yorker magazine this week, Bush says trust ought
to be the issue, right? Mikhail Gorbachev was upset because Bush
was taking credit for all the good stuff that happened in the Soviet
Union and the end of the Cold War. And according to Gorbachev, this
is what Bush said. Quote: "Bush warned me privately not to pay any
attention to what he would say during the presidential campaign."
Now, that's a quote from Gorbachev. In other words, Bush told him
the truth and wasn't going to tell the American people the truth.
He's had -- twice his aides have pointed out that he has. no
intention of doing what he intends - what he says in this campaign.
And, you know, I do think that, you know, it may be that a lot of
people are just not used to hearing these things from their
president. So when they relentlessly attack me personally, this has
a big impact. But look here. The New York Times wrote an editorial
called "Worse Than A Lie" and said, "Bush seemed so eager to smear
his opponent as a big taxer that he is willing to trash the truth."
Sacramento Bee: "Bush so consistently and flagrantly distorts the
veracity." truth that he often seems to have no commitment whatever to
M.
AING: Are you calling the President a liar?
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(Laughter/ GOV. CLINTON: I'm reading what these newspapers said.
applause.) All I'm saying is, here's a guy who's called ne
can't trust me. And he makes up the ads and the charges they run
everything but a blue goose and told the American people that they
against no half the time. The Oregonian says, "We no longer trust
him." Look at this, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune says, "A
president must tell the truth. Bush has said often in this campaign
a president must inspire trust. His argument is sound. It's one
more reason to elect Bill Clinton as president." (Laughs.)
tell you what this week's been like; we go to North Carolina and
(Applause.) But now, I - this guy -- just this week -- let me just
defending Bill Clinton and Al Gore, two people from farm states.
I've got seven agriculture commissioners there from various states,
Gore lives on a farm. I represent a farm state, Bush goes to North
Carolina and spends a zillion dollars on radio with an ad telling
people that we're going to make them get a permit to do any kind of
it's farming - and shut all their farms down. He just made it up. I mean,
MR. KING: Never happened.
know; Bush and Quayle don't know "Come here" from "Sic 'em" when it
GOV. CLINTON: No, just made it up. And here we are, you
comes or agriculture. (Laughter.) And they're -- (applause) --
MR. HING: We've got to take a break. Our guest is Governor
Bill Clinton. We're on a roll. (Laughter.) This is Larry King
Live (Cheers/ in Louisville. We'll be back -- (inaudible). Don't go away.
applause.)
(Commarcial break.)
night, when President Bush appears -- and we're getting very close
MR. KING: One note: We have just been told that on Friday
to this -- he has requested and we have granted 90 minutes for
President Bush's -- we offered it, he accepted, as I'm told. And we
offered to Ross Perot. We have not heard back yet from him. He's
on tomerrow night. But we just offered it to Bill Clinton and he
has (Chaars/applause.) accepted. So Bill Clinton will be here for another hour.
CNN all I think I speak on behalf of Ed Turner and Tammi Haddat
(ph) and Tom Johnson and Bob Pernard (ph) and everybody involved
with CNN. We feel this is an important public service. Now, Bill
wanted calla. to finish what he was saying, and then we'll get to phone
The American people have to believe, 'you know, that we'll make the
GOV. CLINTON: Well, yeah, we were talking about these ads.
deal with that.
just, to make stuff up, I mean, it's almost impossible to know how But to
strongest case for each other, or against one other, whatever.
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MR. KING: Do you. think they know they're making it up?
GOV. CLINTON: Oh, absolutely, they do. They made it -- I
mean, you know, Time magazine quoted a high-ranking official in the
Bush administration the other day as saying, "It doesn't much matter
what we say in this campaign; we don't plan to follow through on it
anyway." In the State of the Union address earlier this year, he
advocated middle-class tax relief, and then he never sent the bill
to Congress. And when asked, a ranking official in the
administration was quoted in a major magazine as saying, "Oh, we
just served that up for New Hampshire." I mean, it is very hard -
I can't imagine what four more years would be like of this sort of
constant playing politics.
MR. KING: How about the other side, Governor --
dov. CLINTON: Nebody's ---
MR. KING: -- that says you waffle, that you go here on the
draft, there on the draft? You said this, you said that.
GOV. CLINTON: Well, give me an example. Just give me one
specific example. Let me give you a few examples. (Laughter.)
Bush was in Michigan last week while I was up there. He speaks to
these chiefs of police in Michigan and he says, and I quote, "I got
Congress to pass a bill making carjacking a crime.' Fact: He --
the administration, his administration, twice testified against
making carjecking a crime. But they passed it anyway. And in the
teeth of this election, he signed a bill. Fact: He sends Quayle to
Michigan to-say, "We're releasing this money to modernize the M-1
tank. That's what he said. What are the facts? They were against
modernising it. They refused to release it until Congress made them
release it. They released it over their dead bodies, but when they
had to release it, they went up there and took credit for it as if
it were their idea all along.
I mean, these people are shameless. (Laughter/applause.) And
they - no, wait a minute. This is serious business. I mean, the
level of frustration I sense from among people who try to get things
done, who are really trying to make a difference, is enormous in the
Congress. Three-quarters of the Republicans, the Republicans in the
House of Representatives, voted against the Bush budget this year,
it was so bad. And you cannot run a government when there is no
truth, no. facts, no nothing. There's no conviction. It's just do
whatever you have to do to win. On the David Frost show at the
beginning of this campaign, George Bush said he would do or say
whatever campaign he had to do to win, and he's certainly proved that in this
ME. KING: All right, you've mentioned some newspapers. The
Arkansas-Democrat-Garette, the top paper in the state, refused to
endorse-you-today compremies. and said that you had no great principles to
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GOV. CLINTON: Well, let me tell you, sometimes a person is
known by his enemies, and I'm proud of that. (Laughter/applause.)
But the greatest newspaper in the history of our state, the Arkansas
Gasetta, always endorsed me. And they went under in a financial war
with the Arkansas Democrat, and the Arkansas Democrat has always
been an ultraconservativa Republican paper, and I would expect them
not to endorse me.
MR. RING: Similar to the New Hampshire paper?
CO7. CLINTON: Yeah.
MR... KING: Okay.
GOV. CLINTON: But, let me say this. I'm the first
presidential candidate since 1964 -- Democrat -- who's had more
newspaper endorsements than the Republican has. And we got the
Hartford Current. We got a call from Hartford waiting.
MR. NING: Coming right now.
GOV. CLINTON: I don't think - in 200 years, they hadn't
endorsed a Democrat. They endorsed me. The Portland Oregonian in
142 years hard never endorsed a Democrat. They endorsed me.
NR. NING: Let's go to some calls.
GOV. CLINTON: So I feel good about that.
MR. KING: Lat's include now the callers as we spring back and
forth. Hartford, Connecticut, for Governor Bill Clinton. Hello.
Good evening, Larry. You're a great American giving so
many Americans the right to free speech. Governor, my question is a
very. quick one. I am at physician who is specialized. I make over
$200,000 a year. I have severely been hurt by the Medicare
reimbursement changes instituted by Gail Wilenski and President Bush
at HICFA (pa). Why should I vote for you to be the next president?
you?
MR. KING: Because you're going to raise his taxes, aren't
GOV. GLINTON: Yeah, I'm going to raise your taxes, but I'm
going to make your life & lot better if you're a doctor, and let me
explain why. First of all, let's talk about medical care; then
let's talk about taxes. First, on medical care, I disagree with the
way this administration has tried to overregulate Medicare and
Medicaid. They've made it very difficult for doctors to
participate. The average doctor is now spending 30 to 40 percent of
gross income on paper work. Under our system, we will move to an
all-payan system, where the reimbursement rates are the same. In
other werds, you'll be properly reimbursed. We will regulate less
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on the front and and evaluate more on the back end. We will put
Medicare and Medicaid patients into big pools of managed care so
that you will have private doctors, private health care providers
and private insurance.
But we're going to make some changes in the rules governing
insurance to out out excessive administrative costs and profits
there and simplify, deregulate the front end of medical care. I
don't like the government micromanaging health care. You will like
it much better under my system. I developed a health care plan
after consulting literally with hundreds of physicians. And the
plan that I've advocated is roughly like the one supported by the
American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family
Practice. So your life would be less regulated and the government
reimbursements would be more even with private sector.
Now, on the tax issue, let me say this. Under - if you make
over $200,000 a year under my plan, that portion of your income over
$200, 000, the maximum tax rate would go from 31 to 36 percent. But
you'd have a way to lower your tax burden if you invested in a new
business, in new technologies, in new plant and equipment. In other
words, if you invested in things that increased the productive
capacity of America and put Americans back to work, you could get a
bigger tax break by far than you can get now. So America would be
better off because the only way you could lower your tax break would
be by increasing jobs and incomes for the rest of Americans.
MR. KING: Did you say today, by the way, that you would
consider asking Perot to serve in your administration?
GOV. CLINTON: What I said today was that I had not discussed
a potential position in the administration with anybody, and I
wouldn't make an exception with him. I didn't think on principle I
should do that. What I said was, number one, I want an
administration that is not just Democrats; I want some Republicans
and independents, people who have a can-do spirit and want to face
the problems of this country and want to solve them. I'm not going
to just run a highly partisan administration. I've seen that for
the last four years and I don't like it.
MR. KING: So you will appoint Republicans and you will
appoint independents.
GOV. CLINTON: Absolutely.
MR. KING: And Perot will be on that list?
GOV. CLINTON: No, and what I said about Perot was that I
thought that he had a contribution to make in two or three areas. I
think that he understands the necessity to cut the budget in areas
that are appropriate. He is committed to the cause of political
reform, I think, now, having participated in the Washington system
the way it is and been very effective at it. And I think we do have
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to reduce the influence of lobbyists and special interest groups.
And if we don't finish the MIA-POW business soon -- there's been
some progress on that - if we don't finish it, I think he'd be
interested in doing that.
MR. KING: so --
GOV. CLINTON: so I think he ought to have a chance to play a
role in these areas.
MR. KING: That formulates into what? What would be the
position?
GOV. CLINTON: That's what I'm saying. I don't know. I think
- I haven't won this election yet, and I am not about to discuss a
position for anybody. But I would like to have his input and the
input of his supporters. And there are a lot of gifted people out
there; a lot of people who work for him who are now supporting me.
And F think they ought to be represented in this government.
MR. KING: Even though he may hurt you, has he added to this
picture this year constructively?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, I think there's ---- I think the two things
that he's made a constructive contribution to in the debate is, one,
driving home the notion that we ought to reduce the influence of
political action committees and open up congressional campaigns and
reduce the influence of lobbyists. I think that's important. The
other thing he has emphasized is the importance of bringing down the
deficit. The difference I have with him is that I believe if you
did what he advocates now -- in other words, if you had big tax
increases now on the middle class to bring the deficit down
immediately - you would make unemployment worse and the income of
the ---- excuse me, the economy would go down, and therefore
government revenues would go down. So I think that he's going at
the problem, but I think it is wrong, given the fragility of this
economy.
MR. KING: He's also created a lot of interest in the whole
(ball of wax?).
GOV. CLINTON: But then there's a lot of interest. But I
really thought very seriously about this, because I live in a state
with a very strict balanced budget law. I have cut spending three
times since I've been running for president -- three times. I
really believe it's important. But I don't think you can do what he
recommends now without making the problem worse. Actually, he hired
somehody to investigate his economic plan. He hired a firm, and
they said, "If you do what you're recommending, unemployment will go
up by nearly half & million through 1995."
MR. KING: But he says the situation is a lot worse now than
either you or President Bush are letting on.
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GOV. CLINTON: oh, I think it's quite severe. No, I think
it's very bad. But I think that the answer is a long-term -
commitment to balancing the budget through a very disciplined
reduction of the deficit while you're increasing investment. But
that/s the difference between me and him. And let me just say, the
weight of opinion is on my side. Ten Nobel prize-winning economists
and John White, the man who developed the Perot plan, has endorsed
the Clinton-Gore ticket because he believes that now you've got to
get jobs and growth back in the economy and reduce the deficit.
MR. KING: We'll be back with phone calls for Governor
Clinton, and we'll stay with the calls right after this.
(Applause.)
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MR. KING: Okay, we're going to go back right to phone calls.
By the way, we just learned the Bush campaign has announced that
President Reagan will campaign this weekend in North Carolina, New
Mexism and Georgia. Any comment?
GOV. CLINTON: Good. (Laughter.)
MR. RING: Okay, let's go to --- the caller is from Atlanta.
Hello.
CALLER: Good evening, Larry.
MR. RING: Hi.
CALLER: Governor Clinton, good evening.
GOV. CLINTON: Good evening.
CALLER: Glad to see you in my home state of Kentucky. I have
a question on how you plan on reforming the welfare system so that
it's no longer a lifestyle for some people but just a helping hand
so they can get on their own two feet. And how do you feel about
the way New Jersey has reformed their welfare system?
GOV. CLINTON: Thank you. Let me say, first of all, I have
been working on this issue since about 1980. If you look at the
people on welfare, about half the people on welfare really do view
it as a second chance. They're on welfare for a while because
they're down on their luck, and then they get right off. But about
half the people stay longer, and about 25 percent of the people stay
for years and years and years. They are, by and large, young women
and little children with no education. And so what I think we
should do is to make the welfare system a second chance, not a way
of life, and here's how I would do it.
First, I would fully implement the law that I helped to write
that was signed in 1988 but has never been implemented in America.
We would invest in people on welfare and their education and their
training. We would support their children through medical coverage
and child care, and then we would require them to take jobs.
Then I would go one step further than that. I would say that
once you educate somebody and once you support their kids, if they
can't get a job in the private sector after a certain amount of
time, then they ought to have to do community service work to keep
drawing an income from the government. You should promote work and
independence. And there's a lot of community service work to be
done. We need workers in child care centers, for example. We need
people working with the homeless. We need people doing work to help
felks stay: in their homes, if they want to stay out of nursing
homesy persons with disabilities, persons who are older. There are
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all kinds of people work that needs to be done that we could use
folks on public assistance to do until they could move into private-
sector employment. so that's what I think we ought to do.
The New Jersey experiment I want to see how it comes out.
I can say that we've tried a lot of these experiments. In
Wisconsin, for example, they've tried lowering the welfare benefits
of people if their kids dropped out of school. It seems to have
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made no difference. In New Jersey, they want to reward people who
don't have extra children and penalize people who do and see if it
makes any difference. I think the states ought to be free to
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experiment. But if you want to really change it, what you've got to
do is empower people on welfare to go to work without hurting their
children: that is, train them and take care of the kids through
health care, and then require them to do it. Make work the rule at
the and of the rainbow for welfare. That is the answer to this
issue.
MR. KING: Back to the calls; Narita, Japan, for Governor
Clinton. Hello. Hello, Japan.
CALLER: (No response.)
MR. KING: Are you there, Japan? Are you there? They're not
there. Speaking of Japan
GOV. CLINTON: They went to lunch.
MR. KING: They went to lunch.
GOV. CLINTON: It's lunchtime tomorrow in Japan. (Laughter.)
MR. KING: That's right, it is. A strange - well, kind of a
strange interlude in the debates when Ross Perot - I say strange
for want of a better term -- said that he was really opposed to this
merger between US Air and British Airways. Are you?
GOV. CLINTON: I've got real problems with it. We get no
access to the British market if we do it. It's just an admission
that we've allowed the American companies to get in terrible
financial trouble. It is a legacy of one of the horrible things
that happened in the Reagan years, where instead of rewarding
investment in new plant and new equipment, we rewarded financial
manipulation. so what happened? All these airlines were subject to
hostile takeovers. What happened? The people that bought them were
up to their ears with debt. So to pay the debt, they laid off
people. They slowed down their repair schedule. They reduced
service. And eventually, they bankrupted the airlines. Now, so
what? so you got them in trouble.
underneath that, something else was going on. The people
who making the airplanes were getting in trouble. Why?
Because City Europeans, instead of giving tax breaks to people who
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took over airline companies, spent tax money with the airplane
manufacturers to make the airbus. They subsidized airbus to the
tune of $25 [billion] to $40 billion. So what they're doing now,
they're driving McDonnell Douglas to the brink of bankruptcy,
killing workers in my home state and all over this country, and
they're taking market share away from Boeing because their
government waid, "Wa're going to work with the private sector to
make at new airplane." Our government said we're going to subsidize
people to push paper and throw people out of work.
MR. KING: So you -
GOV. CLINTON: It was a dumb legacy from the Reagan years.
MR. KING: so you wouldn't sign off on it.
GOV. CLINTON: No.
MR. KING: Narita, Japan, now. Hello.
CALLER: Hello, Larry, Governor Clinton.
GOV. CLINTON: Hello.
CALLER: Greetings from Japan.
MR. KING: Hi.
CALLER: I'd like to ask a question. The Bush administration
has personally hurt many members of my family, and I would like to
know what Governor Clinton can do as president about the cutthroat
ethics of our corporate America, specifically the firing of older
employees before retirement, leaving them without health care when
they need it most, and on unemployment, without much prospect of
finding good jobs their age. This has happened all over our great
country, and it's wrong.
MR. KING: Are you just a tourist in Japan? I guess she -
GOV. CLINTON: Did she hang up?
MR. KING: Yeah. By the way, what can a president do about
that?
GOV. CLINTON: Two or three things. Let's talk about it.
First of all, if we had a health care system that controlled health
care costs and had a framework of basic health care for all
Americans, like all our competitors do, including those with higher
wages and faster growth than we have, then this would not be a
problem, the health care issue. We ought to have a system in which
Bas access to health care and in which costs are brought
within inflation. Now, we have laws against age discrimination, but
they'fe difficult to enforce. What we have to do is recognize that
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a lot of these layoffs are occurring as a result of the legacy of
the '80s, when paper pushers got rich by running companies in debt
and turned around and threw people in the street and treated them
like' they were disposable paper cups, and it was wrong.
What I want to do is to change the incentives for the '90s;
that is, you can't make people behave differently in the private
sector if you're president, but you can change the environment and
the incentives. The environment of the '80s was greed, get it while
you can, run these companies in debt, throw people in the street,
treat them like they don't matter. The environment of the '90s, if
we want to grow, we'll learn something from our competitors. People
are the most important thing. What you earn depends on what you can
learn. If people are happy and secure and learning and they're
given the power to become more productive, they'll make you a lot of
money. So what I want to do is to give companies tax incentives to
continually invest in new plant, new equipment and retraining of
their workers instead of to subsidize the kind of mergers and
takeovers and destruction of people's lives that were subsidized by
govermment policies in the '80s.
MR. KING: Houston, Texas, for Governor Clinton. He'll be
with us to the bottom of the next hour, so, we've got time to get
more calls in. We have offered the same to Ross Perot tomorrow
night, and we've offered it to President Bush, who accepted it,
Friday. Back to the calls; Houston, hello.
CALLER: Hello, Larry.
MR. KING: Hi.
CALLER: Thanks for this opportunity to be a part of the
election process. Mr. Clinton --
MR. KING: (That's?) what this is all about.
CALLER: -- we like what you're saying and the direction that
you propose to take our country. I hope you'll recognize the duty
and the solemn trust that the American people may place in your
hands. My question: I understand that Mr. Black of the Bush
campaign is a lobbyist for foreign corporations, as is Ron Brown of
your own campaign. And my question is, what would you do to prevent
people from using government service to line their own pockets by
lobbying, for taking jobs and money from the American people.
MR. KING: Thanks for calling in, Ross. (Laughter.)
GOV. CLINTON: Hey, you're right.
MR. KING: I mean, that's his big complaint.
GV. CLINTON: That's right. First of all, sir, I know that
Mr. Black is and Mr. Lake is. He's a lobbyist for the Japanese, I
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think, auto parts people or some Japanese auto group. They're two
people in the Bush campaign.
MR. KING: Mr. Brown's law firm, don't they?
GOV. CLINTON: But I'm unaware -- I think Ron Brown now is the
full-time chairman of the Democratic Committee. I don't believe
that he is a lobbyist for foreign interests. I can tell you what my
policy is. My policy is that no one who works in my administration
can lobby for foreign interests or for domestic interests. And when
they leave my administration, if they're in senior positions,
they're going to have to wait several years before they can lobby
for foreign interests and a couple of years before they can lobby
for anybody again. I think you have got to have the assurance that
our people - (applause) - let me say something about that. I
think you've got to have the assurance that our people who are
working for you are working for you and that they're not sitting
there thinking every day, when they make a decision, whether they
can make some money out of it as soon as they leave the government.
Let no just give you one example.
MR. KING: Quick; we've got --
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah. This is a real important issue, though.
one example: Multipurpose vehicles coming in from Japan were always
treated like light trucks for tariff purposes; that is, they paid a
higher tariff. And we had a lot of people working in America making
multipurpose vehicles. It was a protectionist measure, all right,
but the Japanese are very protectionist against our auto parts and
other things. NOW, the Bush administration on their own reversed
the decision of their own government and reclassified multipurpose
vehicles, not as light trucks but as cars, lowering the tariff,
giving the Japanese a $300 million a year trade break with no
concession in return, putting auto workers in America at a severe
disadvantage without anything to show for it. And when you see
that, plus people in their campaign lobbying for those interests,
you wonder, did they really do it because they believe in free
trade, or was there some other reason? I want you to know that
every decision we make, we make because we believe; we may be wrong,
but because we believe it's good for you and other Americans who are
working for a living and playing by the rules.
MR. KING: We have an extra half hour to go with Governor Bill
Clinton. (Applause.) And we'll be back with more calls right after
this. Don't go away.
(Commercial break.)
MR. KING: We're back on Larry King Live. We're going to go
right back to your calls. I want to cover some other quick bases,
though, that the President has charged. He called Al Gore the
"ozone man." Any comment on that? Ridiculing his -- said he's an
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GOV. CLINTON: Extremist.
MR. ENG: extremist.
GOV. CLINTON: You know, when it suits him, he says I'm
terrible and I pollute the environment. And then when he goes to
Michigan, he tells the car dealers - car workers - I'm going to
put them out of business because of the environment, because Gore
and I have an extremist position. First of all, if I worked at it
18 hours a day, I couldn't cost as many auto jobs as they've lost
under Bush. But my answer to you is that I think Al Gore has a
sensitive, realistic position. For example, on autos, we have not
said We are going to adopt a law mandating higher fuel efficiency
standards that cannot be met by the auto industry, but we have said
we're going to work with them to try to increase fuel efficiency and
clean the air by increasing the number of cars that run on natural
gas.,
MR. KING: He said your plan - this is President Bush -- your
plan to tax foreign companies - I'm reading because I want to get
it back -- tax foreign companies in American markets would endanger
4.3 million jobs in this country.
GOV. CLINTON: Well, let me tell you what the facts are, and
the American people can decide.
MR. KING: Then we're going to go right to phone calls.
GOV. CLINTON: Okay, the big issue -- in the last 10 years,
the income of foreign corporations in America has gone up by 65
percent. Tax payments have gone down by 15 percent. Now, if your
income goes up, will your taxes go down 15 percent? If any American
company's income goes up 65 percent, will their taxes go down 15
percent? No. Why have they been able to do this? Because they ve
got accounting gimmicks where they can make it look like the income
was earned in another country besides America. I do not want to
hurt foreign companies. I wanted to say that before. I'm all for
trade. I'm all for investment. But I think it has to be fair. I
have sought foreign investment in my state. I have been honored to
have' it. But I think when people come here and do business and earn
money here, they ought to pay the same taxes American companies do.
I don't think it's fair for them. (Applause.)
You know, 70 percent of foreign companies -- 70 percent of the
foreign companies located in this country didn't pay any taxes last
year. And I just don't think that's fair. Mr. Bush is taking the
position that if we make them play by the same rules our own
American companies do and our own country that we're somehow being
unfair to them. But what our companies --
MR. KING: He says it'll cost jobs, though.
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GOV. CLINTON: Well, it's not going to cost jobs. You think
they're going to give up the American market just because we ask
them to pay their fair share of taxes? Don't you think American
companies, when they do business in England or Japan or Germany,
they don't have to pay taxes over there? You bet they do. And
they've got tax systems, by the way, which make it much harder to
evade their tax obligations than our system system does here.
MR. KING: Camp Pendleton, California, for Governor Clinton.
Hello.
CALLER: Good evening, Governor. I understand that within the
next four years, there will be serious military cutbacks. I have
heard that the Marine Corps, since it is one of the smallest units,
will be out by two-thirds. Is this true? And how will it affect
our manpower? Will there be early out programs, et cetera?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, the answer to your question is, it
depends on whose defense plan is adopted. Under my plan, we would
not cut the Marine Corps by two-thirds. Let me tell you what my
plan is as against what President Bush's plan is. I propose to cut
about, oh, $60 billion more than Mr. Bush does out of defense over &
five-year period. Most of it would be in reducing the number of our
troops in Europe and spending less on the space portion of Star Wars
and having fewer carriers. I don't think we need as many (full?)
carriers. I want to invest more in higher mobility, which would be
something that would be good for the Marines, and in greater airlift
and sealift capacity and in some weapon systems to maintain our
technological lead. But we will reduce the size of our permanent
military no matter who's elected.
Now, let me answer the question first and then I'll go to
Larry. Will there be early-out programs for people? You bet there
will. Senator Sam Nunn has proposed a program that I have endorsed
which basically says you ought to be able to cash out your
retirement, get some retirement if you don't have 20 years in. If
you get out, you ought to have one year free, government-supported
time for education. If you decide to become a teacher or a police
officer or perhaps do some other public service work, you should be
able to earn credit on your military retirement if you get out and
you haven't vested at 20 years. So I want you to know, at least
from my perspective, when we do reduce the size of the military, We
have an encrmous obligation to the people who won the Cold War not
to leave them out in the cold. And I'm going to make sure that we
do it in a way that is humane and fair and makes it possible for
people to succeed when they come out into the private sector.
MR. KING: In the military area, your response to the
statement by the other side that as president, you might get
involved in a conflict, a war; you might have to have a draft, and
some Americans are going to stand up and say, "Well, like you, Mr.
Provident, choose. not to serve."
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GOV. CLINTON: But that's not what I said.
MR. KING: You didn't say you wouldn't.
GOV. CLINTON: No, I never said I wouldn't serve. Like a lot
of people, like Dan Quayle and Secretary of Defense Cheney and
Senator Phil Gramm and Pat Buchanan, I sought a deferment, and I got
one. I didn't feel right about it, so I gave it up. I went back
into the draft and I got a high number. I was never called. But
I've been candid enough to say that I was opposed to the war and I
didn't want to go. Let me say this: First, we don't have a draft
now. And I think that our all-volunteer army has served us very
well, It's been highly trained --
MR. KING: But a crisis could occur.
GOV. CLINTON: Well, it's difficult to conceive of one in
which you would need a draft, given the size of the Reserves and the
Guard units. But 1f we had as draft, I would attempt to do two
things that were never done in Vietnam. First of all, before I
instituted a draft, I would want Congress to declare war. I would
want Chem to say -- (applause) --- that if we're going to have a
draft, or at least before we sent draftees into harm's way, I would
want & clear declaration that Congress agreed with the policy. Then
I'd want to make sure we'd sold it to the American people. And
then, unlike Vietnam, I'd want to have clearly defined objectives
and use overwhelming American power to get the job done quickly and
with minimum loss of life to Americans. I think that's the only way
you can do it with the draft unless the existence of your country is
at issue. So we won't have another Vietnam. I think that -- let me
point out that one of the most rewarding things to me in this
campaign has been the support I've received from military and former
military people. Twenty-four former generals and admirals, as you
know, endorsed my campaign, including -
MR. KING: Were you hurt --
GOV. CLINTON: -- Admiral Crowe, who was the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bush and Reagan.
MR. KING: Were you hurt by Stockdale's statements yesterday,
though?-
GOV. CLINTON: No, because I think the American people
understand that there are differences of opinion on that. The other
day, I received a Vietnam battle ribbon from a man who'd been
captured by the North Vietnamese.
Atlanta, Georgia -
GOV. CLINTON: So there are differences of opinion.
MR. KING: Atlanta for Bill Clinton. Hello.
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CALLER: Good evening, Larry.
MR. KING: Hi.
CALLER: Larry, the first thing is, Public Broadcasting
published a documentary this weekend on Mr. Clinton, and the first
point was, I think the American people do not know that his 12-year
honeymoon with the Arkansas people was interrupted in 1980 when he
was voted out of office, but that was not my question. My question
is this: In 1985, a commission that he appointed to study the
environment in Arkansas rated, by this documentary again, 80 percent
of the rivers and streams in Arkansas unfit for human contact. And
it cited the dumping of chicken feces and chicken waste in the
Arkansas rivers as the main cause of this pollution. My question:
Since Mr. Tyson, the head of Tyson Chicken, Incorporated, is a major
contributor to the Clinton campaign and has been over the years, how
does Mr. Clinton square this with his inaction on all of the
suggestions of the study?
GOV. CLINTON: In the first place, your facts aren't right.
Let me --- I did lose an election in 1980, and I'm not ashamed of it.
I learned & lot from it. And Mr. Bush will learn something on
Tuesday if he gets beat. (Cheers/applause.) So it was interrupted.
But let the go back to your facts here. If you go back to when I
took office in 1983, January, and you look at what we've done in
putting in water standards and protecting the environment, let me
just give you a few facts. Now, over 85 percent of our streams are
fishable and swimmable.
MR. KING: The report then was wrong on ---
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah, over 80 - well, he said unfit for human
contact. over 85 percent of our streams are fishable and swimmable.
There have been reports that there's been no significant
deterioration in water quality in our streams since I have been
government. Many of our water standards have been copied by other
states. We were one of the first four states in the country to
fully comply with the clean air standards, one of the first three
states to comply with the Community Safe Drinking Water Act. Now,
is there a problem in Arkansas? Here's what it is: The United
States government under Reagan and Bush has refused to take any
stand at all against water pollution caused by so-called non-point
sources, and that's primarily agriculture, agricultural runoff. So.
all the states which raised livestock and chickens -- you know,
poultry, cattle, hogs - have to be very careful about how the waste
from these animals spread on the land, because it will (leak?)
through the land and get into the water.
I have taken initiatives in my state to try to reduce non-
point pollution. I have done it with, I might add, no support from
the federal government. They have never touched this area. It was
too hot for them politically. And so I'm trying to deal with it.
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But it is simply not true that over 80 percent of our streams are
unfit for touching. We have a huge tourism industry. We have
people awimming and fishing in virtually all of our streams --
MR. KING: Is that --
GOV. CLINTON: -- virtually all the time.
MR. KING: The gentleman he mentioned, is he a big supporter
of yours?
GOV. CLINTON: Ha is a supporter of mine. And unlike many of
the people in the poultry industry, he is a Democrat. I wonder
whather, if they were all Republicans, you'd be calling me with this
question tonight.
MR. NING: We'll be back -
GOV. CLINTON: But whatever, that's true. He is a supporter
of mine. But he's also invested massive amounts of money in plants
to deal with his own chicken litter and chicken waste and has helped
to underwrite some of the things that we're trying to do to minimize
pollution in Arkansas. So I would just ask you to go back and look.
The water's cleaner than it was when I became governor. The air's
cleaner than it was when I became governor. We are the number one
state in the country in growing chickens. We grow a billion a year.
so that is an issue, and we're trying to address it, and we're going
to address it. But our water is cleaner than it was when I took
office, not worse.
MR. KING: We'll be back with Governor Bill Clinton right
after this. (Applause.)
(Commarcial break.)
MR. KING: Welcome back to Larry King Live in Louisville.
Ross Perot tomorrow night; we have offered him an hour and a half -
we have not heard yet whether he will take it; and George Bush on
Friday. Concerning Ross Perot, he has spent $58.7 million to this
day. It's his own money. Do you have any problem with that?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, he can spend his own money. I have two
problems with what he's said lately. One is, you know, when he said
my state was irrelevant. You just heard him say that I was just a
governer of a state whose principal industry was raising chickens
You know, my state produced Sam Walton and he made his money in the
private sector -- (applause) -- without any help from government.
And I -
MR. RING: Are you saying that Ross didn't make --
ELINTON: Yeah, let me -- and our principal industry in
Arkansus is manufacturing. The American people have only about 16
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1/2 percent of their jobs in manufacturing. In Arkansas, it's about
22 perdent, and we lead the country in private-sector job growth.
I'm the only person in this race, not Mr. Perot, who's ever balanced
a government budget, worked with the private sector to create jobs,
and getten the tough programs through a legislature, or ever done
anything to restraint the influence of lobbyists. And, you know, he
talks about how he paid for his own campaign and the taxpayers are
paying for mine, but the taxpayers are paying for his, too. He made
most of his money as as Medicaid contractor. (Laughter/applause.)
And I think - and, you know, I think, again, I've not been critical
of him, but I sort of resent -- you know, I've worked for 12 years
for $35,000 a year because I believe in public service, and he made
a lot of money out of dealing with the government.
MR. KING: Why haven't you?
GOV. CLINTON: And I think it's -- well, because ---
MR. KING: Why haven't you been critical?
GOV. CLINTON: Because I've tried to be positive in this race
and because he's basically not been critical of me, but I'm getting
a little bit weary of that whole business about how, you know, he's
just spending his own money. Poor Ross Perot with his three billion
bucks. (Laughter.) And I'm ripping off the taxpayers because I'm
dealing with the system that frees us of special interest dependency
because the taxpayers pay for it. You know, surely we don't want to
get in the position in this country where you've got to be a
billionsire to run for president. (Applause.) And I just think --
I think - and I do think if he's going to tell the people how great
he is for spending his own money and how it's not tax money, he
ought to 'fess up to the fact that he made hundreds of millions of
dollars from government contracts, from processing Medicaid claims.
That's where he made his money. That's what his big money was from.
MR. KING: We'll ask him tomorrow. (Verdan?), Illinois, for
Bill Clinton. Hello.
CALLER: Hello. Governor Clinton, my question is, when you
speak of helping the small business person, the figures that we
always get are like if you have about 100 employees. We're a small
trucking business with half a dozen trucks and a dozen employees.
You can't get any help from the banks because they don't want
anything to do with the trucking industry. We would like to be able
to expand and grow. And how can we look for any help in your
adminictration?
GOV. CLINTON: First of all, I want to thank you for calling
in and saying that, and I want to emphasize something you probably
already know, but the American people may not know, which is that
people THE you have generated most of the jobs in this economy. In
the last dozen years, over 80 percent of the new jobs have been
created in units of under 50, by people like you. And I'd like to
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ask you another question, so don't get off the line, but let me
answer your specific question. I want to help you to expand your
business in two ways. First of all, I want to make your tax
liability smaller if you invest in expansion; if you buy new trucks
or you start a new enterprise, under my tax system you'd get a much
bigger break than you do now. So the government would lower your
tax liability for the cost of your expansion.
Secondly, I want to reorganize the banking system in this
country SO that we have a whole series of community banks that make
more loans to small businesses. And I want to deal with the two
problems we've got in our banking system today. We have some banks
that are in trouble, that are on the verge of failure. We're going
to have to figure out what to do with those sick banks and try to
minimize the problem SO there's not a taxpayer bailout like there
was in the S&L business. But then I want to end the credit crunch
for small business people. Bank profits are way up now, but banks
are putting all their money in government securities and not making
loans to small business people.
MR. KING: You're going to do that with legislation?
GOV. CLINTON: Well, I hope we won't have to do it with
legislation. I think we can do it with some changed regulations.
But WE may Have to change the legislation. But the credit crunch is
the biggest problem we've got: The only other thing I want to say
to you before we go on to another question is, I've also got a plan
to simplify government regulation on small business and to lower the
cost of health care for the 70 percent of small business people who
are buying It today, by making sure that you and self-employed
people and farmers can buy into big pools. and get rates as low as
people who work for big companies.
MR. KING: IS there anything you don't have a plan for?
(Laughter.)
GOV. CLINTON: Yeah, sure there are. There are a lot of
things that I don't know the answer to, but I --
MR. KING: I've got to get a break. They're talking to me. I
have to break. We'll be back after these words. (Applause.)
(Commercial break.)
MR. KING: We're back on Larry King Live. We thank the
Governor for staying the extra 30 minutes. We're going to cover a
couple of other quick bases here. What's your plan the next four
days? Where are you going? Five days.
GOV. CLINTON: I'm going to work like crazy. I'm going to go
back to all the battleground states in the middle west. I'm going
to go up to New Jersey. I'll be in New Jersey twice. And I'm going
back to the South, to Georgia and maybe some other states in the
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South, and going back to the Midwest and then back up again. I'll
have we're going to try to do three, four, five states a day.
And then on Monday we may do seven or eight. I may work all day
long, all night long.
MR. KING: Aren't you really whipped?
GOV. CLINTON: No, I'm pumped. (Applause.) I've worked for
more than a year in a race that many times it looked like there was
no way I could win, because I believed we had to change this
country, because I didn't want my child and other children to grow
up to be the first generation of Americans to do worse than their
parents. I can be tired when the election's over. I'm fighting for
something that I desparately believe in.
MR. KING: Was there ever a time you thought you'd lose?
GOV. CLINTON: I don't know, but there were times when I
didn't think about it. I wouldn't permit myself to think about it.
I'll' tell you this: I never thought of quitting. I always thought
that no matter how tough it got that the people should decide. I
always - my whole judgment was, if the people want me to quit, they
can just vote me out and I'll go back to my life and my job. I've
got a wonderful job and a wonderful life.
MR. KING: Isn't there a little awe in thinking that you might
be president?
Gav. CLINTON: Yes.
MR. KING: We all think back to childhood. Hey, we were all
kids. "What am I doing here?" Don't you think that?
GOV. CLINTON: It is a little awesome. I often talk with my
wife and with Senator Gore about the enormous responsibility we
have. We've raised so much hope in this country. I've gone around
and tried to give people hope again. And if I do win on Tuesday,
I've got to start on Wednesday working to fulfill those hopes and to
challenge the American people to face these problems and get on with
it. It's exhilarating. I look forward to it. But it's also a very
heavy responsibility.
MR. KING: No vacation?
GOV. CLINTON: No, we'll take a couple of days off in a few
days, but I expect to have to work starting on Wednesday. We've got
a lot of decisions which have to be made if I win.
MR. KING: Are you prepared to lose?
GOV. CLINTON: I don't ever think about it.
Net (Applause.)
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dov. CLINTON: I believe wtih all my heart that I'm on stand the for is side
I never think about it. And I don't think right I
will, because - not because of me, but because what I -- know,
of history America now. But if -- (applause) you something if
what's right work for out, I'll go on with my life and try to things do happen
it doesn't personally, I've already had more good because it's
useful. than torez For could me have deserved. But I think I'll win
right for America.
KING: We're out of time. There's no year like that this as year.
I don't would continue to meet the public and on you like the
MR. want to put you on the spot, but would you say -- said
president last time you you'll continue bus trips. Would you go programs
this -
GOV. CLINTON: Absolutely.
MR. KING: - as president, answer-calls from people?
CLINTON: Absolutely. Absolutely. We cannot afford that ever
GOV. -- but the one thing that I'm really proud of is
-- (applause) these town meetings in New Hampshire; that I suggested will the be
I started of the Richmond debate, which let real people in. We
formst to restore the faith of the American people in the will political look
process, Americans in the eye and will level with them. so yes, going to
able I think, if presidents will be accountable, I'm
keep doing it.
MR. KING: Thanks, Bill.
GOV. CLINTON: Thank you. (Applause.)
MR. KING: This was a partisan audience. We want to thank --
(inaudible). And we'll see you tomorrow night with Ross Perot.
Good night.
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MOONEY LeSAGE
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POPULATION
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
6,000
5,000
Population
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Population
1980:
3,482
1992:
5,699
Net Change:
2,217
% Change:
64%
Mooney LeSage Group
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HOUSING UNITS BY TYPE
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
1,500
Housing Units
1,000
500
0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
est.
Year
Single-Family
Multi-Family
Two-Family
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Single Family Housing Units
1980:
785
1992:
1,375 (estimated)
Net Change:
590
% Change:
75%
Multi-Family Housing Units
1980:
152
1992:
773 (estimated)
Net Change:
621
% Change:
408%
Two-Family Housing Units
1980:
30
1992:
130 (estimated)
Net Change:
100
% Change:
333%
Mooney LeSage Group
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Per Capita Income
Village of Sussex, 1985-1991
(adjusted for inflation)
$25,000
$20,000
Per Capita Income
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$0
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Year
Sources: WI Dept. of Revenue, Mooney LeSage
Per Capita Income
(adjusted for inflation)
1985:
$16,840
1991:
$21,350
Net Change:
$4,510
% Change:
27%
Mooney LeSage Group
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Unemployment Rate
Village of Sussex, 1980 & 1990
6.00%
5.00%
Unemployment Rate
4.00%
3.00%
2.00%
1.00%
0.00%
1980
1990
Year
Sources: U.S. Census, Mooney LeSage
Unemployment Rate
1980:
5.1%
1990:
2.2%
Mooney LeSage Group
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Major Manufacturing Employers
in the Village of Sussex
Firm
Employment
Quad Graphics, Inc.
1,995
Sussex Plastics, Inc.
280
Tombstone Pizza
240
Hi-Ranger
85
Sterling Tool & Manufacturing Company
75
Vanier Graphics
75
Raven Press
60
Sharp Packaging
55
A & V, Inc.
50
Color Ink
45
Repete Corporation
33
Dynamic Stamping
33
Perkins Engineering Company, Inc.
25
Plastomeric, Inc.
25
Zell Machine Industries
21
Tooling & Production Systems, Inc.
20
Friday Canning Corporation*
20
Quickrete
20
American Printpak
7
Merritt Tool & Manufacturing
5
Total
3,169
* Employs approximately 200 seasonal workers.
Source: Village of Sussex
Mooney LeSage Group
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MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
3,500
3,000
2,500
Employment
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Manufacturing Employment
1980:
128
1992:
3,169
Net Change:
3,041
% Change:
2,375%
Mooney LeSage Group
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INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
2,500,000
Total Square Footage
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Industrial Space
1980:
124,000 sq. ft.
1992:
2,028,000 sq. ft.
Net Change:
1,903,680 sq. ft.
% Change:
1,535 %
Mooney LeSage Group
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MANUFACTURING TAX BASE
Village of Sussex, 1986-1992
$60,000,000
$50,000,000
Equalized Value
$40,000,000
$30,000,000
$20,000,000
$10,000,000
$0
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Manufacturing Tax Base
1986:
$17,941,100
1992:
$59,185,400
Net Change:
$41,244,300
% Change:
229%
Mooney LeSage Group
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EQUALIZED VALUE OF TAX BASE
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
$300,000,000
Total Equalized Value
$250,000,000
$200,000,000
$150,000,000
$100,000,000
$50,000,000
$0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex. Mooney LeSage
Equalized Value of Tax Base
1980:
$77,502,000
1992:
$261,000,000
Net Change:
$183,500,000
% Change:
237%
Mooney LeSage Group
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Federal News Service, AUGUST 18, 1992
worried about is that school choice will work. And that means radical changes
to the status quo.
Or take welfare reform. Again, we had a radical idea -- let's help people get
off of welfare and on to the elevator of opportunity
where they can be productive, independent, successful members of society. And
you know what the Democrats said? Oh, no. Can't do that. And I said, oh, yes,
we can. And we did. And welfare reform is working in Wisconsin.
(Applause/cheers)
Look at some of the programs we've been able to implement -- Learn Fair (?),
making sure young people get an education SO that they can get off of welfare;
Work Fair (?), give people the skills they need to get a job with a future;
Parental Responsibility (?), strengthen young families and remove the barriers
to marriage; and Children First (?), make sure parents pay their child support.
(Applause/cheers)
The Democrats, they fought us in every one, but the President stood behind us.
He gave us the authority we needed to make these programs a reality. And since
I have been governor, welfare rolls (?) in Wisconsin have gone down by 15
percent.
(Applause/cheers)
And in 1990, Wisconsin was the only state in the nation to see welfare rolls (?)
go down -- and that includes Arkansas. The same could be true for this country.
IF the Democrats in Congress were willing to try something new.
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St. Alban's Tipiscopal Church
W239 N6440 Maple Avenue
Post Office Box 202
Sussex, Wisconsin 53089
(414) 246-4430
October 31, 1992
Dear President and Mrs. Bush:
On behalf of St. Alban's Episcopal Church Out reach Committee, [ am proud to
present you with our 150th Anniversary Cookbook as 11 momento of your visit to
Sussex, Wisconsin.
It was a pleasure to include one of the Bush Family's favorite recipes,
Caesar Salad, which can be found on Page 19 of the salad section. Mrs. Quayle
was also kind enough to submit her recipe for Mexican Cornbread. found on
Page 109 of the bread section. We have raised several thousand dollars from
the sale of these cookbooks to be distributed 1:0 both local and national
charitable organizations.
I give thanks to both you and Mrs. Quavie for you participation in this project.
Faithfully yours,
Michael Trapp
Michele Knapp
St. Alban's Outreach Committee
Extended Page
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Jeannie Botton
White House.
202-456-6218
Fax letter From St: Alban's
Gift of cook book
with Barbara Bush recipe Mrs Quayle recipe will be given to Pres/Barbara
at the Saturday morning Sussex, Wis whishle stop
St Alabn's was founded Oct 2, 1842 CO- Counder James Weaver 1992 is the 150th
anniversary.
From Frod H Koller, Sussex Village Historian, Sussex, Wis
150 Years of Good Cooking
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Sussex, Wisconsin
1842 - 1992
Sesquicentennial Edition
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OCT-29-92 THU 10:57 SUSSEX VILLAGE HALL
SUSSEX SUN
OCT 27,1992
The Bald Facts
By Fred H. Keller
I was called Saturday afternoon to be
involved in setting up for President
Let's have fun this weekend and enjoy
George Bush's stop at Sussex on
our national and world spotlight. This will
Saturday, Oct. S1 at 10:30 a.m.
be the biggest party ever thrown in the
community
10
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Daze
Sussex will be jumping this coming
concentrated down into one morning.
weekend. Bush will be making his train
whistle stop going from the south to the
One side piece of information, Sussex
north on the Wisconsin Central Railroad,
village president Paul Fleischmann has
with a major stop on Main Street. If you
volunteered to be in charge of the
are a Village of Sussex resident, don't even
weather He has predicted ideal
OF
VILLAGE
Village Historian
conditions.
think of driving to the event. Think about
Superistement of Recreation &
FRED H. KELLER
Sussex, Wisconsin 53089
N64 W23760 Main Street
Sussex Village Hall
walking.
Fleischmann will be presenting a
Traffle and congestion will be the
Sussex LOGO hooded sweatshirt to
President Bush.
order of the day. Between 10,000 and
&
or
20,000 people will be coming once the
word is out. It will be something to tell
With all the politics flying around right
your children about or something to bring
now, I like a man that comes right out and
your children to:
says what he thinks, provided that he
The Sussex community will need a lot
agrees with me.
of cooperation from the village, be it
A lot of couples are on the outs right
people, businesses or the village itself. It
now because of lovers' quarrels that were
will be disruptive, but everyone will have
really political discussions.
to give up a little of their freedom to go
#
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where they want in the village on this
Did you hear about the guy who
morning because of the magnitude of the
admonished his girlfriend not to drive a
Home '414' 246-3603
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happening.
nail in the wall with her hair brush. That
It will all be part of the fun. There will
Was okay, but when he added, "Use your
be carloads and trainloads of press here,
head instead," the romance was over.
secret service guys that talk up their
sleeves, helicopters and planes overhead.
The village will be pushed around a little
You had to BCO it to believe it.
bit, but We should all have patience and &
Hobbes, the paper ager, tackled a
sense of humor
Waukesha North starting varsity football
player.
A search train came through Sussex
last Saturday afternoon to scout out a
Congratulations have to go to the
location for a possible presidential whistle
Hamilton football team on their 8-1
stop, and they chose this village to have its
regular season record, and their first trip
16 minutes of the limelight. They liked
to the state playoffs. One just knew they
what they saw.
were going to beat Waukosha North
It will be a great day for Sussex to
Thursday evening after the introductions.
throw out the welcome for the President,
As the first Waukesha North player
the Very first time $1 President has ever
was introduced, he ran through a paper
visited this fast growing community.
banner held up by the cheerleaders. The
The fiming is critical, because the 10:30
player couldn't make it through the paper
a.m. Blot 15 ideal for afternoon and
barrier and was tackled for no gain as he
evening news coverage. Sussex will be on
fell to the ground Hamilton prevailed 27-
state, national and even world news
14, to Win its sixth straight game.
reports.
The only Charger loss was a 10-6
For me personally, it will be the second
game to Braveland champ Arrowhead, a
time I have had credentials to be & news
game where Hamilton outgained
photographer of the President
Arrowhead in everything except the
score.
An added note:
Hamilton will be playing tonight
It in a good possibility that Barbara
(Tuesday, Oct. 27) at Port Washington. If
Bush will be on hand. For sure, Gov.
they win, they will play Saturday
Tommy Thompson will be on hand plus
afternoon in the second round, possibly at
many other honchos.
Hamilton High School.
SUSSEX, WISCONSIN -- Bunton
Site Lead: Hopson Nance
Press Lead: Robbie Aiken
Expecting 12-15,000 at event. Will probably draw crowd from
Waukesha area, as well.
Sussex population 6,000; County population 300,000
POTUS will speak from the back of the train. To his right will be
Sussex Lumber "the Do it Center". To his north-northwest about
100 yards will be Quad Graphics. It is one of many of their
plants in the county. They are commercial printers of
periodicals. The CEO, Harry Kuadracci ((kwad-RAH-chee)) and the
Governor are friends, so they assume he is POTUS-friendly as well.
There is an ink plant to the south-southwest of POTUS's speaking
platform. It is where they make the ink to use at Quad Graphics
across the street. Apparently, Quad Graphics is doing really
well, so we may want to mention them if we do an economic
comparison between us and the Slickster.
Other area businesses: Dilly's Bar and Grill (all you can eat ribs
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Other area businesses: Dilly's Bar and Grill (all you can eat ribs
on Thursday); Hardee's
Local unemployment low. Local economy good.
CAROL
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Rich Longabaugh, a member of the Governor's staff, will be helping
out with this event. He can be reached at 414-242-6595 (h) or
608-266-2893 (w). He would be able to put us in touch with a few
good local color people. I think the mayor is a democrat, because
he wasn't there to meet us. Also, call Scott Jensen (phone number
in first section). I think that Sussex is part of his legislative
district. If not, he can put us in touch with the right people.
This is not the most scenic stop. The train tracks aren't really
close to anything cool.
OSH KOSH, WISCONSIN -- Nix
Site Lead: Diane Harrison
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Date: 10/27/92 Time: 12:31
Gore Visits Racine for Town Meeting
RACINE, Wis. (AP) Vice presidential candidate Al Gore was
welcomed by cheering supporters today as he arrived for a town hall
meeting before an overflow crowd at the Racine Labor Hall.
OCT-29-92 THU 10:55 SUSSEX VILLAGE HALL
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Fax 202-456-6218
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1837.
received wife Klizabetn Fielder hill ii children, COD Allow: serving i., The 28th Volunteer
Infantry AS Class bearer- James W 15 TOWN Chairmen, -
master, large land owner, built Sussex creck dam, :1 Alban"s 111 1842, 2 CODES
became state legislature coveral hand where OBILLY intoday, built
retirement home in Sussex. Jun ind under bangest Stope : Acr, cemetary of
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
1895 consituction of the Marsden building across from
VILLAGE OF
Main it School it me the Baer General Store.
19:0 12 beonght construction of the Northwestern Railroad,
SUSSEX HISTORY
about mile 11 that Sussex's Main SI Therenow were four railroad
depoper the iven comminaties of Sussex Templeton.
H. 19:" experienced additional major changes as electric
consente M.m. St and corporation of the Village of
By
Sussex, breaking away from the Town of Lisbon.
Fred H. Keller
The Manimoth Spring Caming Company was started in
1920. canning its first crop in 1921.
Village Historian
Adm 20. 1922 five destroyed the 9-year-old two story Main
St. School Thes. lurn, lest to formation of a fire company in May
1922. when Was the forerunner of today's Sussex Fire Depart-
11591
In (924, destrud who Was primarily responsible for building
The first settlers in the immediate area of the future Village of
theraming factory. rebuilding the Main St School, and starting the
Sussex were George Elliott and Richard Cooling. Cooling opened
Sussex Fine Department gathered a group of local leaders together
a blacksmith shop near the four corriers in June 1843. Shortly
forecorporal. Susank and Templeton inton true village. This leader
afterwards, other villagers came. There were names such 15 Frev,
wordohn i' Knowner.
Smith, Brown, Champeny, Sims. Stone, Weaver and others The
1933, there Walls " first attempt at incorporation. It
four corners area of Sussex were intersected by Main and South
foled On-lune 30. 1924 second pelition was signed by 16 local
Streets (today's Maple Ave.)
leaders Kins një, rank T. Grogan, J.C. I ungelbach, Henry C.
The first business Was the blacksmith shop. opened by William
Woode k, Paulf. in Inoveder, Charles Wiledon, William E. Russell,
Brown about 1849. A Union store Was opened in 1854, but Was
Cm: M.H.S. Gerupe W awler. C.D. freulich, Fred Stier, J.W.
something of a failure, falling into the hands of Richard Cooling.
George Neomeuller, WilliamE Edwards, George Podolske
Cooling became the Sussex Postmaster Jan. 6. 1851. Cooling had
and Jamas Booth
the combined general store and post office for a decade, Inally
Theres washeld Aug. 19, 1924 with " Milly of 113 "yes"
turning it over to his somin-law, James Templeton, Templeton Wills
and 78 "no" voter plus. one blank The election was accepted on
a Civil War veteran who went on to prominent political positions,
Sept 1: PM with Sussex Templeton becoming the Village of
St. Alban's wooden church and its cometery were constructed
business
at the central core of Sussex. The original church of world Will
and .11 and as the lied president.
replaced by a stone church in 1864-66.
Notable I. uppendings 111 the 60 years of the Village of Sussex:
1866 saw construction of $1100 for the Town of Lisbon MI
qual opening of the WPA built Sussex Community Hall. Oct. 27,
just to the west of the four corners 1867 saw the first Main SL
1937; burnings. theold Marsden, I ees, Schumann General Store
School built on the eastern edge of the growing village. .1 twomon:
building Agril 26. 1960; the increase (1) population from 496 in
cream brick structure.
inc P330 the 1090 population of 5,222*. the purchase
In 1885 '86 a great event took place 15 the hed rathoud train
obtails : Villey Parkin 1958, thestatof a waste water treatment
came through. The Wisconsin Central was located of
plant :: al .1 municipal water system in 1976. ^ key
Sussex with a new village being started there first called Pur Town,
happensant with envition of (II) industrial park in 1980. A Sussex
then East Sussex and finally Templeton, after its most Sue cestal
ibrang W.S mated 11.1 October 1980. This has evolved into the
businessman, politician and postmaster, James Templeton. Both
Pauline Houss Public Library of Sussex-Lisbon.
old Sussex and Templeton had separate post offices and rural
1959 NOW thelocal school system become part of Union High
routes.
Schooldont No 12. which evolved into the Harnilton School District
1886 also saw the construction of a lumber company los ated
in 1962 1986 %W .) joint celebration of the Lisbon-Sussex 150th
adjacent to the Wisconsin Central Railroad.
onniversary of the coming of the first settlers to the local area back
In 1890 came the construction of the Milwaukee, Menomonee
in 1836
Falls and Western Railroad (Bug Line) to Maple Ave where the
1988 WAT: .1 momentous year as the 1922-built Main St.
Small family put up Sussex Mills. The following years, the Bug Line
School Well given its death sentence. However, an active and
was expanded westward to Merton and North Lake.
persuasive local group, named "Save the School Committee"
The big reason for the Bug Line was the Templeton Lime and
convinced elected officials to remodel the old school as a new village
Stone Co. The quarry where Friday Canning is today employed 50
hall. A year and & hall of gutting, designing, rebuilding, remodeling,
workers earning between 12 and 15 cents per hour. producing
reducorating and moving into it led to this official grand opening on
"burnt" lime in multi kilns.
September 15, 1990.
W.F. the leading community in Waukesha County during the
1980% it percentage of population growth, up 49.9% over 1980. The
rounly grew by is 9.3% population increase.
Date: 10/28/92 Time: 13:36
Upper Midwest Bankers Say Budget Deficit Top Priority
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Nearly 60 percent of 1,005 bankers in the
Upper Midwest believe reducing the federal budget deficit is the
nation's top priority, an informal survey says.
Half of the respondents thought President Bush could reduce the
deficit better than Democratic opponent Bill Clinton, 42 percent
saw no difference between the two candidates, and 7 percent thought
Clinton could do a better job, according to the survey by Norwest
Corp.
Independent candidate Ross Perot was not listed as a choice.
The Minneapolis-based banking company surveyed bankers in
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Illinois and
Indiana. The survey was released Tuesday.
AP-NY-10-28-92 1335EST
Sussex
Village Historian Fred Keller
The Reagan-Bush years have been great for Sussex and the local work
UNITI
force.
What was a series of corn and hay fields for a stuggling
farm
became an industrial park in 1980. Today there are
STATE
thousands of good jobs in this orderly clean industrial park,
doesn't train stop in
that you can see just to the east of us.
the industrial park
Sussex has had phenomial population growth as
workers have flocked to the community for the jobs A new subdivision
Eagles Ridge,
doesn't even have its roads in, and already over 80
of its 100 lots have been sold. Sussex has grown 13% in population
in the last 2 years.
Sussex says, "Where is this recession?"
the press is always talking about.
Frank kelter:
tall evil of train is in industrial
purk 4 gestum to last (bing
bldge - his left ) industrine
pack
biseck and pm village
TOD- 1 10:30-45 am
LOCAL ENTERTANMENT 1
Poins INTRO-
GOV. ON TRAIN
STAFF OFFICE RADID/BEEPERS
QUADGRAPHES - ItE'S ADEM. HELPE us.
WARREN HENDRICKS
(Tom) mooney's AST.
(414)524-0364 STAFF
0241
6571
fox 0491
Village of Sussex
N63 W23626 Silver Spring Drive
Sussex, Wisconsin 53089
Phone (414) 246-8044
VILLAGE OF SUSSEX DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
POPULATION
Year
Population
1980
3482
1981
3504
1982
3648
1983
3741
1984
3799
1985
4004
1986
4106
1987
4160
1988
4483
1989 (present)
4745
HOUSING UNITS
Year (as of Jan. 1)
Single Family
Multi Family
Two Family
Total
1980
785
152
30
967
1981
800
2/7
30
1107
1982
816
277
30
1123
1983
844
277
30
1151
1984
892
277
30
1199
1985
918
313
32
1263
1986
953
323
34
1310
1987
999
347
42
1388
1988
1045
347
56
1448
1989
1093
395
78
1566
1989 (as of May 15)
1101
427
90
1618
EQUALIZED VALUATION
Year
Value
1980
$ 77,502,150
1981
34,721,800
1982
91,530,800
1983
92,964,700
1984
97,048,500
1985
107,908,600
1986
116,107,600
1987
131,079,300
1988
149.084,700
1989
174,409,700
-1,-
1,800
1,700
OCCUPIED INDUSTRIAL SPACE
1,600
(SQUARE FEET IN THOUSANDS)
1,500
1,525
1,400
1,300
1,372
1,200
1,250
1,100
1,000
1,018
900
800
700
740
600
500
520
400
300
315
200
234
250
100
124
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
YEAR
MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE VILLAGE OF SUSSEX - APRIL 8, 1992
Hi-Ranger
85
Merritt Tool & Manufacturing
5
Perkins Engineering Company, Inc.
25
Sterling Tool & Manufacturing Company
75
Tooling & Production Systems, Inc.
20
Plastomeric, Inc.
25
Sharp Packaging
55
Sussex Plastics, Inc.
280
Repete Corporation
33
Dynamic Stamping
33
Zell Machine Industries
21
Friday Canning Corporation
20 (200 *)
Tombstone Pizza
240
American Print Pack
7
Color Ink
45
Quad Graphics, Inc.
1,995
Raven Press
60
Vanier Graphics
75
A & V, Inc.
50
Quikrete
20
TOTAL
3,169
* Friday Canning employs approximately 200 seasonal workers
QUAD GRAPHICS
FRANK ARNDORFER
CARL BENNETT
246- 9200
066[
1961
8861
1967
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1861
0861
00
Q
0
128
P
861
230
2000
313
400
009
702
008
1
000'1
KESSEX W 0 I $ $ FL VILLAGE OF 0 « 15:31 n M NOW RPR-27-92 " 1 Y N
1,226
00200
1,400
009'1
008'1
1,914
20000
2,289
2 02 00
20440
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2,576
20660
4145470207 COUNTRY INN
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APR-27-92 MON 15:28 VILLHGE DUSSEA
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INDUSTRIAL JOBS
Year
Jobs
1980
128
1981
198
1982
230
1983
313
1984
702
1985
1046
1986
1268
1987
1914
1988
2289
1989
2576
VILLAGE AREA IN ACRES
Year
Acres
1980
1941.78
1981
2020.29
1982
2020.29
1983
2020.29
1984
2340.63
1985
2340.63
1986
2340.60
1987
2340.60
1988
2358.69
1989
2362.07
APR-27-92 4145470207 MON 15:30 COUNTRY VILLAGE INN UP SUCCER
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Chris Swartz
FROM: Todd Taves
RE:
Building Activity in Hamilton School District
DATE:
March 24, 1992
Number of Building Permits issued by Year (Single-Family Only)
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
Sussex
47
26
36
46
46
48
48
54
75
NA
Lisbon
15
15
24
30
42
38
43
37
54
NA
Men. Falls
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2
39
55
47
6
Total
62
41
60
76
88
86
130
146
176
6
NA indicates not available
Number of Multi-Family Units added by Year
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
Sussex
0
2
14
32
14
70
156
180
46
NA
Lisbon
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
Men. Falls
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Total
0
4
14
32
14
70
156
180
46
0
NA indicates not available
Hamilton's Strategic Plan: On the Road to Real Reform
"It is the mission of the Hamilton School District to provide quality education through a
shared relationship with a group of diverse communities, to be pro-active and student-
oriented, to provide experiences through an innovative curriculum and caring people,
thereby preparing students for lifelong learning in a global society."
-Hamilton School District mission statement
Providing quality education is the mission of the Hamilton School District. The district is
among the first in the state which has undertaken Strategic Planning in an effort to bring
about serious, innovative reform. District staff and the school board reached out to
community members, asking their support and input as a new standard for school
excellence was established. The community's expectations are the blueprint for what
public education will provide to this area's young people.
Positive trends have developed since the time Strategic Planning was initiated. Staff
members are empowered to provide exceptional service, students are achieving academic
goals, and community members are feeling the pride of success which is a result of their
involvement.
This district has decided to take proactive steps in determining where it will be in
five years. The following are the things that will occur to let us know whether or
not we have achieved our long-range goals
By 1996, district standardized test scores will increase an average of one
percent annually.
Beginning in 1996 and measured through the year 2000, there will be an
annual five percent increase in the number of graduates who, after
graduation, affirm that the district educational program prepared them
adequately.
By 1996, all students will demonstrate an awareness and respect for the
differences in people and cultures.
No later than 1999, students will demonstrate competency of a
predetermined set of outcomes prior to graduation.
By the year 2000, all schools will be safe and free of alcohol and drugs.
As a result of the Hamilton Strategic Plan, this district identified and prioritized those
things that would bring us closer to our mission statement and success indicators. We
believe this to be true educational reform.
4145470207 COUNTRY INN
Sussex Village Historian Fred H Keller
Sussex is named after the founding family's (Weaver) origin in England
from the southern part of England
Bussex
This part of Sussex where the president 1S talking is called
the "Templeton" area of Sussex as it was formerly a separate
village
named after James Templeton. Civil War volunteer,
Town Chairman, county supervisor, sheriff of Waukesha County,
post master,
TEMPLETOM
STARTED
1886
/MAPLE
ENDED
MAIN
1924
WHEN
SILVER
ABSORBED
BY
susset
OLD SUSSEX -STARTED 1842
SPRING
Huby
164
GOT JOINED
1924 by incorporated
Sussex State Graded School, built in 1922 for $26,000. Closed in 1979. It was a 1 - 8 grade school and,
from 1922-1947, included 2 years of high school.
History of Sussex Main St. Schools
By Fred H. Keller
Sussex Village Historian
1988-1990 saw a community effort in the Village of Sussex to
In 1913, a new two story, four room red brick and stone school
save a piece of local history, the 1922-bullt Main St. School. This
was built immediately in front of the old cream brick school. After
school and its predecessors were the center of the community for
completion of the new building, the old one was tom down in 1914.
over 100 years. It was left to completely die in 1988, after an earlier
(During the excavation for the remodeling of the Main St. School
death in 1979 when It was closed as a school.
in 1989, the rubble foundation of the old two room brick school was
Schooling and a proper school building were an Important
dug up.) Today, the exterior main entrance stairways and canopy
factor in the Sussex community.
are over the area where the 2 room school stood.
The first settlers came in 1836, '37 and '38. The initial school
The 1913 school was a source of great community pride. It
was a log cabin near the present day Clover Dr. and Essex Ct.
cost $13,000. Electricity and Indoor plumbing were added in the
intersection. It was opened by Melinda Weaver in 1838.
early 1920's.
Various local schools were constructed; the earliest one being
On January 30, 1922, a disastrous fire claimed the nine year
Lisbon Plank School, built in the 1839-1842 time frame. By 1849,
old school. All that was left of the building was its outside brick walls.
the new small community of Sussex, situated on Main and South
Walt Steuwe demolished the walls for $790. Only $20,000 was
Sts. (Maple Ave.) needed a school.
received from the Insurance company to cover the fire loss.
Lisbon School District #10 was organized in 1849 at the
Immediate plans were made to build a new school, with costs
crossroads of Sussex; sections 21, 22, 26 and 27, The first
being quoted as high as $35,000 and $40,000. The final contract
residents of the future village were Richard Cooling and George
for the 1-10 grade two story replacement schoolhouse had a cost
Elliott
of approximately $26,000, with L F. Schroeder getting the bid.
The first District #10 school was wooden, costing $71 on land
Gone from the new school was the exposed bell cupala. The
leased for $2 a year from William Weaver. The location of this
new school was approximately one-third larger as a double set of
original school was behind present day Paul's Service.
stairs were built in case of a future fire, while school was in session.
The first teacher was Mr. Calkins at a salary of $66 for the
In 1920, a two year high school was added to the Main St.
term. In addition to the cost of the wooden school, there was $8.50
School. The two year high school was used until 1947. The Sussex
spent for an outdoor privy and $13.46 for a stove.
two year high school graduate would have to go on to Waukeshe,
This wooden school lasted until 1867 when a cream brick two
Menomonee Falls, Pewaukee or Hartland High Schools for his/her
room school was built on the far eastern edge of Sussex, next to the
final two years If they desired to complete a four year high school
creek. The new school cost $683.41. This school lasted for 47
course of education.
years.
In 1962, the Sussex Main St. School became part of the
In progress: remodeling of old Main St. School into Sussex Civic Plaza and Village Office. 350 cubic yards
of old interior debris was removed. Frank Balistriere of R.S.L. Construction was part of the gutting crew.
Hamilton High School district. With a declining school population,
completed product was an outstanding success, and a source of
the Main St. School WERE closed in 1979, and later sold to Village of
community pride. Today, # is Sussex Family Practice and is
Sussex. The adjacent Orchard Drive School became the Sussex
decorated in "Old Sussex."
Library and later the Sussex-Lisbon Fauline Haass Public Library.
The effort to save the of Lisbon Town Hall wa so successful
It also was used 18 a Nutritional Site for community senior citizens.
that a group of local citizens asked themselves "Why couldn't this
With the 1979 closing of the 1922-built Main St. School, there
be done with Main St. School? A piece of village history could be
was a disaster. An early freeze-up broke several water pipes in the
saved."
building (Nov. 1979) The maintenance of the building had been
The immedaite goal of this group christened "Save the School
neglected in its final school years. The freeze-up of the water pipes
Committee" was to secure a stop order on the impending demoli-
and general neglect took Its toll. Serious damage was done to the
tion of the Main Street School.
roof and interior floors as a result.
Many meetings were held by this Save the School Committee.
The derilect two story building went down hill swiftly as it was
The composition of the group was mainly former high school
used for cold storage and as the heating source for the adjacent
graduates of Sussex High School. There also were significant
Orchard Drive building that was finding new uses. In 1988, it was
numbers of new residents, who wanted to save something of old
decided to demolish the 66-year-old building.
Sussex. Rabinowitz and Ollswang were retained to do a study of the
Prior to the scheduled demolition, all salvageable wood and
possibilities. The end result was the building was saved and
fixtures were removed by village workers. Several pickup loads were
remodeled into the future Sussex Village Hall.
saved.
While plans were being drawn, the first order of business was
The village sat March 26, 1988 as a final good-bye date for
gutting of the interior. A small work crew spent three months
Main St. School. in addition to the final good-byes, village residents
removing over 350 cuble yards of lath, plaster, door frames, drop
could remove anything and everything they wanted before the
ceilings, old bathroom fixtures and unneeded walls. A major
wrecking bulldozers arrived. Well over 100 people showed up for
removal job was destruction of the two bollers in the basement. It
the Saturday afternoon final open house. The scavengers removed
took three weeks for the plece by piece removal of the plumbing
banisters, clothes hooks, blackboards, lighting fixtures, even plumb=
monstrosity. It had to be cut up with torches and sledge hammers
ing and doors. One person removed the shoe mud scraper from the
into handable pieces to be walked up the rear steps. In the end, 25
concrete front door landing, using harraner and chisel to gnaw away
tons of scrap metal were salvaged for recycling.
the hard concrete to get at the metal artifact.
Major other first steps were the removal of the chimney off the
An event had happened in Sussex during 1987-88 where a
north wall and placing of a new roof to stop further destruction by
historic old building had been saved. The 1866 constructed Lisbon
rain and melting snow.
Town Hall was purchased by two local doctors. The doctors
In-depth engineering studies were made and architectural
engaged two Milwaukee University teaching architects, Harvey
drawings completed and approved. Reconstruction started in Feb-
Rabinowitz and Jeffrey Ollswang, to draw up plans to incorporate
ruary, 1989, for the Sussex Village Hall of the 1990's and beyond.
the old Town Hall into a functioning modem structure. The
4145470207
COUNTRY
1898 saw construction of the Marsden building across from
VILLAGE OF
Main St. School. It became the Baer General Store.
1910-12 brought construction of the Northwestern Railroad,
SUSSEX HISTORY
a half mile north of Sussex's Main St. There now were four railroad
depots in the twin communities of Sussex-Ternpleton.
The 1920's experienced additional major changes as electric
power, a concrete Main St. and incorporation of the Village of
By.
Sussex, breaking away from the Town of Lisbon.
Fred H. Keller
The Mammoth Spring Canning Company was started in
1920. canning its first crop in 1921.
Village Historian
A Jan. 20, 1922 fire destroyed the 9-year-old two story Main
St. School. This, in turn, led to formation of a fire company in May
1922, which was the forerunner of today's Sussex Fire Depart-
ment.
In 1924, the man who was primarily responsible for building
The first settlers in the immediate area of the future Village of
the canning factory, rebuilding the Main St. School, and starting the
Sussex were George Elliott and Richard Cooling. Cooling opened
Sussex Fire Department gathered a group of local leaders together
& blacksmith shop near the four corners in June 1843. Shortly
to incorporate Sussex and Templeton into a true village. This leader
afterwards, other villagers came. There were names such as Frey,
was John P. Kraemer.
Smith, Brown, Champeny, Sims, Stone, Weaver and others, The
In January 1923, there was a first attempt at Incorporation. It
four comers area of Sussex were intersected by Main and South
failed. On June 30, 1924, a second petition was signed by 16 local
Streets (today's Maple Ave.)
leaders: Kraemer, Frank T. Grogan, J.C. Lingelbach, Henry C.
The first business was the blacksmith shop, opened by William
Woodchick, Paul E. Schroeder, Charles Wileden, William E. Russell,
Brown about 1849. A Union store was opened in 1854, but was
Carl Marx, George W. Lawler, C.D. Greulich, Fred Stier, J.W.
something of a failure, falling into the hands of Richard Cooling.
Cannon, George Neumeuller, William E. Edwards, George Podolske
Cooling became the Sussex Postmaster Jan. 6, 1851. Cooling had
and James Booth.
the combined general store and post office for a decade, finally
The election was held Aug. 19, 1924 with a tally of 113 "yes"
turning it over to his son-in-law, James Templeton. Templeton was
and 78 "no" votes plus one blank. The election was accepted on
a Civil War veteran who went on to prominent political positions.
Sept. 12, 1924 with Sussex-Templeton becoming the Village of
St. Alban's wooden church and its cemetery were constructed
Sussex.
at the central core of Sussex. The original church of wood was
Frank Grogan served as the first president.
replaced by a stone church in 1864'66.
Notable happenings in the 66 years of the Village of Sussex:
1866 saw construction of $1100 for the Town of Lisbon Hall
grand opening of the WPA-bullt Sussex Community Hall, Oct. 27,
just to the west of the four corners. 1867 saw the first Main St.
1937; burning of the old Marsden, Lees, Schumann General Store
School built on the eastern edge of the growing village, a two room
building April 26, 1966; the increase in population from 496 in
cream brick structure.
the 1930 census to the 1990 population of 5,222", the purchase
In 1885-'86 a great event took place as the first railroad train
of the first Village Park in 1958, the start of a waste water treatment
came through. The Wisconsin Central was located one mile east of
plant in 1960 and a municipal water system in 1976. A key
Sussex with a new village being started there first called Buck Town,
happening was the creation of an industrial park in 1980. A Sussex
then East Sussex and finally Templeton, after its most successful
Library was added in October 1980. This has evolved into the
businessman, politician and postmaster, James Templeton. Both
Pauline Haass Public Library of Sussex-Lisbon.
old Sussex and Templeton had separate post offices and rural
1959 saw the local school system become part of Union High
routes.
School Joint No. 6, which evolved into the Hamilton School District
1886 also saw the construction of a lumber company located
in 1962. 1986 saw a joint celebration of the Lisbon-Sussex 150th
adjacent to the Wisconsin Central Railroad.
anniversary of the coming of the first settlers to the local area back
In 1890 came the construction of the Milwaukee, Menomonee
in 1836.
Falls and Western Railroad (Bug Line) to Maple Ave. where the
1988 was a momentous year as the 1922-built Main St.
Small family put up Sussex Mills. The following years, the Bug Line
School was given its death sentence. However, an active and
was expanded westward to Merton and North Lake.
persuasive local group, named "Save the School Committee"
The big reason for the Bug Line was the Templeton Lime and
convinced elected officials to remodel the old school as a new village
Stone Co. The quarry where Friday Canning is today employed 50
hall. A year and a half of gutting, designing, rebuilding, remodeling,
workers earning between 12 and 15 cents per hour, producing
redecorating and moving into it led to this official grand opening on
"burnt" lime in multi kilns.
September 15, 1990.
Sussex was the leading community in Waukesha County during the
1980's in percentage of population growth, up 49.9% over 1980. The
county grew by a 9.3% population increase.
"NEW" VILLAGE HALL
CIVIC PLAZA
ALTERATIONS 2 ADDITIONAL TO
MAIN STREET INCOME
SURGAR A7.
Main St. side of building during remodeling.
in 1987 we had saved the 1866 Lisbon Town Hall as part of
the new facilities for the Sussex family practice. Based on the
success of that project in June of 1988 we were asked to
Jeffery Ollswang
evaluate whether the Sussex State Graded School, which
had been abandoned and empty for the previous nine years,
could be renovated into a new Village Hall. Our report,
which was largely technical, recommended saving the
building, and the result is the fine building which is now the
new Village Hall.
Other considerations were also important in saving the
building. Sussex is rapidly growing and becoming over-
whelmed with the new construction and population growth.
The
However, the history of Sussex dates back some 140 years
and saving ties to the past, such as the school, preserves part
chitects
of this history. Three generations of Sussex residents went to
the school and many more generations will visit the new
Village Hall. The building, because of its height and central
location in the Village, is also the most preminent structure
in Sussex. The school is a handsome, straight forward brick
building and has been an important landmark in Sussex
since its construction.
Renovating this 1922 building allowed the use of high
ceilings, and provided a superb quality of light and a civic
character rarely found in modern structures. The previous
Harvey Rabinowitz
use as a school provided large open spaces and many exits
which were compatible with the new requirements for the
Village Hall. The quality of construction and space in the
new building will serve a growing Sussex for many decades.
Sussex Village Hall Staff, left to right, seated, Bruce M. Zeller-Director of Public Works, Village Engineer,
M. Chris Swartz-Village Administrator, Susan Freiheit-Village Deputy Clerk-Treasurer, standing row, Pat
Furno-Accountant, Barbara Fecteau-Secretary, Gloria Lehr-Bookkeeper, Thomas Martin-Building Inspector,
Brian Kober-Engineering co-op student, Robb Dietrich-Engineering co-op student, Jamie Bowden-Adminis-
trative Intern, Fred H. Keller-Park & Recreation Supt., Village Historian.
The "Save the School Committee" at an early meeting, April 1988, had these members in attendance, left to
right, Lois Wandsnider, Elsie Mae Weyer, Gwen Wareing, Carl Stolper, Wilmer Marx and Wes Rankin.
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The first school building on this site was a cream brick two room school constructed in 1867 to replace a
wooden school that was on Maple Ave. just south of the intersection of Maple (South St. then) and Main St.
The old wooden school was built on a 50 by 100 foot lot. The wood schoolhouse cost $80 in 1849. Records
in 1851 show that an additional $71 was used to complete the school. An outdoor privy was added for $8.50.
The brick school was used until 1914 when it was torn down. During the excavating for the sunken patio in
remodeling of the New Village Hall, the rubble foundation of the old two room brick school house was
unearthed.
The 1913-1922 Sussex Main St. School. This postcard photo of the $13,000 second school building on this site
was taken sometime during the 1915-'16 school year by a traveling photographer. A disastrous fire destroyed
this school January 30, 1922. The girls congregated in front of the school are, left to right, Irma Lingelbach,
Eleanor Baer, Lydia Marx, Elsie Radtke, Eleanore Motz, Lucile Robinson, Lillian Motz, Alma Dettman, Arlene
Christian, Ester Viergutz, Ruberta Christian, Alice Malsch, Rose Orgas, Donna Schlaugenhauf, Gladys Brown,
Maybelle Taylor, Loretta Medhurst, Certrude Kohlmorgan, Mary Schultz and Retta Small.
The
Presidents
Frank Grogan
of the
Charles Busse
1924-1933
1933-1957
Village of
Sussex
924 . Present
Roy Stier
John Karner
1957-1961, 1965-1969
1961-1965, 1969-1971
Harold Tobin
John Tews
Paul Fleischmann
1971-1974
1981-1987
1974-1981 and 1987 to present
in 1988 a contractor was hired to knock down the old Main Street School. A committee of concerned citizens came to the Public
Safety and Welfare Committee meeting. The thought of this committee was the village should look into saving the old school, a Village
landmark.
The Village Board hired Jeffery Ollswang and Harvey Rabinowitz (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture) to
offices. evaluate the building and estimate costs. Board voted to go ahead with converting the 1922 Main St. School into the new Village Hall and
Initially there was a reroofing and later a complete gutting of the interior. Very few interior walls, and no exterior walls were removed.
Rebuilding followed. It was put back together to what we now have.
Looking back in 1960 when I was originally elected to the Village Board we met in a cloak room in the 1937 built Community Hall. A
few years later we moved down stairs to larger quarters. As the Village grew in 1973, the Village Board moved to the Lions Building in the
Village Park. In 1977 the former fire department garage-later public works garage was remodeled into offices and mesting rooms with the
Village Board moving back to the Community Hall expanded lower level. For the past 13 years the board and the Village office has
occupied these quarters.
Now the growing Village has a new Hall that should last for 20 years plus.
Paul Fleischmann, President
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Fred H Keller Sussex Village Historian
Sussex has always sent its sons and daughters to national defense calls.
In the Civil War Alfred Weaver was one of many that went. Son of the
founder of the community (James Weaver) he volunteered in Aug 1862.
Wis
He became the flag bearer for theY 28th Volunteer Infantry Regiment
A major village happening was in 1898 when the communities population
turned out on the steps of the Town Hall to welcome back the local
veterans of the Spanish American War.
WWI saw the local butcher, Cluade (Butch) Kaderbek (Kad-er-A-beck)
go to France with the American Expeditionary Forces under General
Black Jack Pershing. He came back to be elected Fire Chief and Village trustee.
WWII saw scout master Swen Magnusson raise up to a Captain, and be
captured in the Battle of the Bulge.
Ray Podolske (Pod-ol-ski)
was a B-17 navigator when he was shot down, and taken captive
in Fortress Europe. Emory Horne was killed in his B-17 Fortress crash
in Germany.
Ray Mudlitz (Mud-litz) was killed in the Battle
of Hurtgen Forrest, Germany.
The Vietnam War saw the community lose Mike Wilson and Bruce Nettesheim
(Nett-E-shime).
A local Eagle Scout, Bob Miklautsch (Mick-lautsch) flew out of the Red
Sea, off an air craft carrier, to fight in the Desert War Desert Strim>
Person Gulf.
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L Charles Pairs
Chanber of Commine ?
had Halloween last Sunday
why?
George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / July 27
1335
from Siberia to
almost 200 days later. This economic recov-
America will change by reaffirming the les-
npete now that ev-
ery plan is being held hostage, and the ran-
son it has taught the world, by trusting a lead-
e? Despite all the
som note reads, "Wait till after the election."
er who trusts you.
ely, keep in mind
Today I say to the Congress, House of Rep-
I am delighted to have been here. Thank
rgest, most envied
resentatives and the Senate, especially: Re-
you very, very much. May God bless you,
d.
lease the economy. Approve this jobs pro-
and may God bless our great, free, wonderful
nes who robs the
gram, and put America back to work, now.
country, the United States of America. Thank
John has said, as
So you see, it all does come down to a
you very, very much.
is been put safely
question of trust. I trust you to spend and
me interest rates
save your money more wisely than a budget
Note: The President spoke at 12:13 p.m. at
dy Bunch" wasn't
planner in Washington.
the plant. In his remarks, he referred to John
ite all the stories
You'll say this is common sense, and I
S. Vander Heide, chairman of the board, and
orkers are still the
agree. But there's a certain type of person
Stuart Vander Heide, president, Holland
ntire world, more
attracted to Government for whom the word
American Wafer Co.
ish, the Germans,
"trust" has strange meaning. Most of them
roductive.
have spent their lives in Government and
sound things out
don't have much experience in the real
my is growing, it's
world. They say they want to put people first.
) grow faster. The
But if you look real close at what they're pro-
Remarks on Arrival in Appleton,
Wisconsin
er side suggests a
posing, the people they put first are all on
Governor Engler
the Government payroll.
July 27, 1992
raise Government
A leader of a free people must understand
xes.
that Government can not only help, it can
Thank you all for this marvelous turnout.
eir idea, keep this
hinder. He must have the confidence to say,
I do have an official announcement I want
you already work
"I trust you. I trust the people." Ultimately
to make today. I first want to salute Governor
taxes before you
you must decide who you trust, who has the
Thompson, Senator Kasten, and our distin-
d on your family.
experience, the ideals, and the ideas to find
guished Members of the United States
e wants to go for
the appropriate balance.
House of Representatives. Great to be back
pending and taxes
Of course, America will change, just as
in this State that's built on faith and family
ne other side is a
we've changed the world. The question now
and freedom. Wisconsin is a great example
Abraham Lincoln
is who will change America for the better?
to the rest of America, just as America is to
he people, by the
It won't be people whose only enthusiasm
the entire world. And today I'm very proud
But they seem to
is for Government, who measure progress by
to be in a place where programs like
ernment, by the
programs enacted and special interests satis-
Learnfare and Workfare and the Parental
nment."
fied.
de. I'll give you a
If you want to know who's going to change
Wisconsin because Wisconsin works.
Responsibility Act all tell America: Watch]
I proposed a com-
America, look at who is sitting right next to
Governor Thompson wants Wisconsin to
plan to get this
you. Look around you. It's going to be the
work even better, and that's why he's joined
ght now. The plan
guy who works an extra shift every week so
my crusade to reform our welfare system.
encourage busi-
his son can go to the school of his choice.
Let's face it, we know the system has failed
breaks for young
It's going to be the small businessman who
the people. It doesn't lift families from pov-
that first home, a
takes a risk on a new product, the computer
erty; it traps them there. Welfare discourages
y can participate
hacker working in a lonely garage, that merit
families from staying together. And when the
{alf a million jobs
scholar from south central L.A., the entre-
system rips families apart, it's time to rip
the Congress had
preneur with a future as big as his dreams.
apart that system.
There's your answer: The American peo-
Now, Americans yearn to keep families
d Congress sent
ple are going to change America. But only
whole and give our kids the learning skills
an anti-trust pro-
if they have a Government, particularly a
and, yes, track down parents who run out
pending and new
Congress, with the wisdom to know its own
on their kids. They know that if America
1 said, "I am not
limits and with a leadership who knows
doesn't change the welfare system for the
he American peo-
where the true American imagination lies.
better, the welfare system is going to change
t going to do that.
Countries around the world have at long last
America for the worse. That means trying,
id I'm still waiting
understood the power of trusting the people.
therefore, new plans, new ideas, a new kind
1336
July 27 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
Admins
of reform. Only then can we break the cycle
Remarks to Outlook Graphics
Boris Y
of dependency.
Employees in Neenah, Wisconsin
eliminat
In my State of the Union Address last Jan-
July 27, 1992
clear W₂
uary, I made a commitment to far-reaching
ting rid
reform. I acted because I believe we can no
Thank you all very, very much. Please be
That's go
longer afford the existing welfare system.
seated. Thank you and good afternoon, ev-
great for
Our recipients can't afford to be dependent
eryone. Let me just say thank you to the Gov-
Now
on government for their livelihood, and our
ernor for that very kind introduction. But let
time to
taxpayers can't afford to pay the welfare bill,
me tell you this: I know these Governors,
attention
and our economy can't afford the lost pro-
all of them, and you've got one of the very
give a pi
ductivity.
best, if not the very best, in the entire United
and hov
I also acted because I trust the American
States. I really mean that, a solid friend, a
like the
people and because I believe that those on
strong leader and innovator. You're lucky,
Simpson
welfare, what they really want is a piece of
and I'm lucky, too, because he sets an exam-
streets f
the American dream: homeownership, a
ple. He brings new ideas to these Governors
nals. Pr
good job, opportunities for their children,
meetings. He sets a high example for every-
nounced
and strong, loving families. And therefore, I
body including the President of the United
the casu
am determined to make it quicker and easier
States, and I am very, very pleased to be with
dramatic
for States who choose to reform their welfare
him.
down in
systems to get the Federal waivers that they
Of course, I'm very pleased to see my great
a long W
need to help the people help themselves.
friend, your Senator Bob Kasten; and these
This e
Last April my administration signed a first
two Congressmen, Toby Roth and Tom Petri,
we can C
waiver for Wisconsin. And today it will sign
who are doing a first-class job. If we had
this elec
a second giving Governor Thompson the
more like them, you talk about change, we
change }
freedom to further reform this State's wel-
could change America and change it fast for
you get
fare program. Governor Thompson's ulti-
the better. I am glad they could join us today,
every ot
mate goal is to break the cycle of dependency
as well as Mr. Herbert Grover, the super-
booth an
that traps so many people and create incen-
intendent of public instruction for the State
matters.
tives for recipients to work and learn. He un-
of Wisconsin. He's doing a first-class job for
That's
derstands that more important than having
education statewide. And David Erdmann,
in the W
an America that helps people in need is
thank you, sir, for your hospitality. I'm just
rings. Us
building an America where fewer people
delighted to be here.
about do
need to be helped.
Now, it is a pleasure to be here. For any
ule. But
Today I want to challenge other States in
sports fan, it's a thrill to be at the birthplace
serious,
our country to follow Wisconsin's lead in
of America's sports trading cards, and for me,
coup in
bringing new ideas to our welfare system.
it's a little humbling. I don't dare ask how
we shou
Last week we approved New Jersey's Family
many hundreds of George Bush cards you
halfway
Development Program, whose reforms in the
have to trade to get one Michael Jordan.
people n
State welfare program reward work and unite
[Laughter]
swers tha
families. And I am confident other States will
I've come here to talk a little bit about
soning, t
now do what America does best, bring local
our future, about the kind of Nation we want
proved I
genius to local needs.
for ourselves and our children. The world has
That i
In coming months, we are going to watch
undergone remarkable changes in the past
people
Wisconsin to see how Wisconsin works. To-
few years. And today our kids worry about
ment for
gether, we can help change that welfare sys-
the usual things, about school friends, about
I'm a Te
tem and, in doing so, change America. I'm
such earth-shattering questions as "Where
my busin
proud to sign this waiver. I congratulate Gov-
can I get an Olympic Dream Team card?"
dential e
ernor Thompson and the people of Wiscon-
But I can tell you one thing they don't worry
tion, the
sin.
about anymore, the specter of nuclear war.
ber, som
Thank you all very, very much.
Today, America is safer than ever before,
the press
safer than we were a decade ago, safer than
Truman
Note: The President spoke at 1:19 p.m. at
we were a year ago, and safer than we were
I belie
the Outagamie County Airport.
just a few weeks ago, when I sat down with
felt in P
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POPULATION
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
6,000
5,000
Population
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex. Mooney LeSage
Population
1980:
3,482
1992:
5,699
Net Change:
2,217
% Change:
64%
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HOUSING UNITS BY TYPE
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
1,500
Housing Units
1,000
500
0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
est.
Year
Single-Family
Multi-Family
Two-Family
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Single Family Housing Units
1980:
785
1992:
1,375 (estimated)
Net Change:
590
% Change:
75%
Multi-Family Housing Units
1980:
152
1992:
773 (estimated)
Net Change:
621
% Change:
408%
Two-Family Housing Units
1980:
30
1992:
130 (estimated)
Net Change:
100
% Change:
333%
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EQUALIZED VALUE OF TAX BASE
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
$300,000,000
Total Equalized Value
$250,000,000
$200,000,000
$150,000,000
$100,000,000
$50,000,000
$0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex. Mooney LeSage
Equalized Value of Tax Base
1980:
$77,502,000
1992:
$261,000,000
Net Change:
$183,500,000
% Change:
237%
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MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
3,500
3,000
Employment
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Manufacturing Employment
1980:
128
1992:
3,169
Net Change:
3,041
% Change:
2,375%
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INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Village of Sussex, 1980-1992
2,500,000
Total Square Footage
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Industrial Space
1980:
124,000 sq. ft.
(
1992:
2,028,000 sq. ft.
Net Change:
1,903,680 sq. ft.
% Change:
1,535 %
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MANUFACTURING TAX BASE
Village of Sussex, 1986-1992
$60,000,000
#
$50,000,000
Equalized Value
$40,000,000
$30,000,000
$20,000,000
$10,000,000
$0
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Year
Sources: Village of Sussex, Mooney LeSage
Manufacturing Tax Base
1986:
$17,941,100
1992:
$59,185,400
Net Change:
$41,244,300
% Change:
229%
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