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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISER
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER 23, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Thank you, John, for those kind words. And my thanks to all
of you for this warm welcome. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] It's great to see old
friends -- Betsy Heminway. // Chris Shays -- my friend and your
very able representative in Congress. // Gary Franks -- the man
John Rowland and I are certain is the right choice for
Connecticut's 5th District. //
And of course, with the man who's made his mark on Capitol
Hill -- the man who's ready to come back home as Connecticut's
next Governor: // John Rowland. ///
People who know John know he's got politics in his blood:
John's grandfather -- Sherwood Rowland, Controller for the City
of Waterbury back in the 30's -- is still remembered in Western
Connecticut for rooting out corruption. // John followed in
those footsteps early -- just out of college, winning a seat in
the Connecticut state legislature, where he worked his way up to
minority whip. // Then -- at the tender age of 27 -- going on
to become the youngest member of the U.S. Congress.
2
[[And John tells me he would have made it to Congress even
earlier, but his mother said he couldn't leave the table until he
ate all his broccoli. //]]
Now John's ready to put the energy and expertise he
displayed on Capitol Hill to work right here in Connecticut.
You know where he stands: John Rowland is strong on defense.
He's been a mainstay on the House Armed Services Committee --
making sure our nation is strong enough to uphold American
interests and ideals. //
John Rowland is tough on crime. He's been a strong
Pam
supporter of my comprehensive crime bill -- a bill that's been
sabotaged by the liberal Democrats in the House and Senate for
the past 16 months. John and I agree: It's time to break that
logjam -- we can't put criminals behind bars if we put handcuffs
on our law enforcement officials. ///
John Rowland is ready to lead a state-wide battle against
illegal drugs. No more free ride for the so-called "casual" drug
users. No more freedom -- period -- for drug dealers. // And
for drug kingpins who sell poison for profit -- John Rowland
supports the ultimate penalty: the death penalty. ///
Finally, John Rowland is a champion for every Connecticut
taxpayer -- a voice for lean and limited government. This is one
candidate who doesn't think the answer to every problem is
another government program. With John Rowland in the State
House, Connecticut won't need a state income tax to deliver the
kind of government the citizens of this state want and deserve.
3
John Rowland is the kind of Governor Connecticut can count
on -- and the kind of Governor I know I can work with to do
what's right for Connecticut, and for our country. ///
And that means -- first and foremost -- bolstering the
economic strength of our nation. // That's why I want to speak
for a moment tonight about the central challenge back in
Washington: reaching final agreement on the federal budget. //
When it comes to the roles and responsibilities of
government, John Rowland and I both know that the days of tax and
spend and damn the deficit are over. // No American family
could afford to run its household the way the Democrat-controlled
Congress runs the federal budget. It's time for Congress to
realize that our children deserve to inherit more than an
avalanche of unpaid bills. //
[ [BUDGET SECTION TO FOLLOW, pending outcome of Oct. 19
deadline. ]]
Putting our fiscal house in order is critical -- not just
from the standpoint of the American economy, // but especially
now, in light of the big picture: the challenge we face in the
Persian Gulf. ///
We all know the grave economic consequences of Iraq's outlaw
act of aggression. But as serious as these consequences may be,
what is at stake is far more than a matter of economics or oil.
// What is at stake is whether aggression pays -- or whether
aggression is punished. // Whether we live in a world governed
by the rule of law -- or the law of the jungle. ///
4
Make no mistake: America will not waver. The world will
not allow Saddam Hussein's act of aggression to stand. //
And when this ordeal is over -- when Kuwait is once again a
sovereign and free member of the family of nations -- Saddam
Hussein must pay for the pain and hardship he has caused. //
The world will hold him accountable. ///
Our staying power -- and ultimately our success -- is a
matter of the strength of the forces we send to Saudi Arabia --
but it's also a measure of our support back here at home. //
That support is strong and deep -- across the country, and right
here in Connecticut, where Darien's VFW Post 6933 became the
first in the nation to "adopt" an Army unit now stationed in
Saudi Arabia. It's spearheaded by veterans of Vietnam and Korea
-- like Robert Hornlein and James Sparrow, who remember what it's
like to serve overseas, and how much it means to get that package
from home. Whether it's extra pens and paper -- or high-demand
items like sunglasses and flyswatters -- every package is a
reminder to every member of our Armed Services that America
cares. ///
And -- with the young men and women of our Armed Forces in
our minds -- I want to add one thing more. // Right now, in the
sands of Saudi Arabia half a world away, those brave young men
and women are teaching all of us a lesson about what it means to
love liberty -- the precious freedom that gives America its
meaning. // So as November 6th draws near, I urge every citizen
5
of Connecticut: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for
granted. ///
Once again, my thanks for this warm welcome. 11 As John
Rowland knows, in the 1990's, a lot of the ideas that shape
government -- and a lot of the action -- won't originate in
Washington. They'll be generated right here -- at the grass
roots: at the state and local level. //
That's why it's crucial to have the strongest possible link
between the White House and the Statehouse -- and that's why I'm
so proud to be here as we enter the home stretch, to support your
next Governor: John Rowland. 111 Good night, and may God bless
the great state of Connecticut.
# # #
To; Peggy Dooley
From Jimmy Sparrow
Pages to Follow 4
"Semper Fi" 11
90 90 OCT 18 OCT 18 All : 38
veterans want to nelp
Stamford Advocate 9/3/90
VETERA
WARS
OF
AWAND
IHE
STATE
UNITED
PHOTO BY LUCY PEMONI
Members of the Darien VFW post include, from left, Ron Doshna, James Sparrow, George Ducanic, Dennis Doshna, Joe Buzzeo and Bucky.
Wiltshire.
VFW group to adopt platoon in Mideast
By Larry Hartstein
Post Commander George Ducanic said the
Special Correspondent
paper, playing cards, cigarettes and lighters, toile-
group is waiting for a reply from the commander
tries, sunglasses, dry foods, instant coffee
DARIEN - While stationed as a Marine in
of the 197th Light Infaniry Brigade, part of the
pouches, drink mixes and small towels.
iétnam, Jimmy Sparrow received a care pack-
"Americal" division Hornlein fought with in
ge full of cotton socks, cookies and Christmas
Military socks are woolen and uncomfortable,
Vietnam.
Sparrow said. The rest of the items are either not
ecorations from the Stamford Jaycees.
"He's one of our key people," Ducanic said of
provided or rationed in small amounts.
"Il was a great feeling," he said yesterday at a
Hornlein, who was on a boating trip yesterday
icnic for Fairfield County veterans in Darien.
Towels to wipe off sweat are at a premium,
and could not be reached. "He's always abreast of
Sparrow said, as is writing material.
When you're away from home, it means people
the news of the world. He's a very dedicated guy."
e thinking about you support."
"When you're running with all your gear, you
Now he and the rest of the Veterans of Foreign
Ducanic said a public relations official with the
don't bring paper and envelopes," said Bucky
/ars Post 6933, headquartered in Darien, are
U.S. Army was "flabbergasted" when Hornlein
Wiltshire, a veteran of the 1965 Dominican Re-
reparing to "adopt" an American platoon in
made the suggestion, saying Post 6933 was the
public campaign.
audi Arabia. Post members are gathering items
first veterans organization to propose "adopting"
a platoon.
"Most of the stuff they need. they get," Spar-
if shipment as they wait for a list of the soldiers'
row said. "It's how much they get because of ra-
ecific needs.
The post has already received some donations.
tions."
"We want to let them know right off the bat
A salesmen, who Sparrow said wished to remain
at we're behind them," Sparrow said.
anonymous, gave 500 tubes of sun-block The
Some of the proceeds from the group's fund-
The idea was hatched at an Aug. 22 meeting,
World Wrestling Federation in Stamford offered
raiser next month at Darien High School will
nen veteran Robert Hornlein told the group he
T-shirts, Ducanic said.
cover the postage for shipping the items to a
d called the Pentagon to discuss "adopting" a
And a couple of cases of talcum powder are on
U.S. Army post office in New York City, Ducan-
atoon of American soldiers stationed in the
ic said.
the way, too.
rsian Gulf. Horniein received a standing ova-
Sparrow said items suitable for shipment to
in from the other veterans for his suggestion.
To contribute to the shipment. call Jimmy
Saudi Arabia include cotton socks. pens, pencils,
Sparrow or George Ducanic at 656-0003.
Soldier
to soldier:
VFW sends gifts
to 'adopted' unit
Kool-Ald was among the Items
shipped to Darien Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 6933's
adopted platoon In Saudi Arabia
- an Item that should live up to
Its name for the desert-based
soldiers. The veteran's
organization also sent donated
fly-swatters, sunglasses and
magazines to the troops. VFW
members say they hope the
care packages give them the
same feeling they got when they
received tokens from home
while serving on foreign soll -
a feeling of support. 'We want
them to know right off the bat
that we're behind them,' Jimmy
Sparrow, left, said recently of
the post's endeavors. Clifford
'Bucky' Wiltshire, center, and
Richie luso help Sparrow
prepare packages yesterday for
the long trip.
Staff photo
By John Voorhees
Stanford Advocate
Oct, 18th 1990
Heferans
Unifed States
FOUNDED 1899
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
DARIEN POST NO. 6933
HOMER L. WISE (D)
P. O. BOX 2172
MICHAEL 1. DALY
DARIEN, CONN. 06820
Dear SFC Harper;
Oct. 11, 1990
We received your letter yesterday and it created
quite a lot of excitement with our members coming into our
barroom after work. Bob Hornlein, the man who came up with the
idea to adopt a platoon was 50 worked up he was ready to fly over
to you people last night with a bunch of care packages. We have all
of the items you need plus more things, just give us a week or two
to handle the logistical matters of packing the stuff up and mailing
it out to you. In the meantime you will be getting letters from
young school kids that we have collected, some of which are very
meaningful and others that are just plain cute. We are having
special T-shirts made up for your platoon so when you get a
chance send me sizes of your people. Also our Post is very curious
about your platoon; what are your names? Where are your people
from in the States? That kind of stuff.
Our V.F.W. Post has over 300 members, one third each of W.W.II
Vets, Korean War Vets and Vietnam Vets. We do know what it's
like to be far from home and in harms way. Hang in there and
soon you will be knee deep in goodies from us.
We Salute You
James James A. Sparrow
SGT. (RET.) U.S.M.C.
Quartermaster
Darien V.F.W. Post#6933
AN ASSOCIATION OF OVERSEAS UNITED STATES VETERANS OF ALL WARS
TO FIGHT FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN AND CARE FOR THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
Peterans
Unifed States
FOUNDED 1699
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
DARIEN POST NO. 6933
HOMER L. WISE (D)
P. O. BOX 2172
MICHAEL J. DALY
DARIEN, CONN. 06820
27 Sept. 1990
Dear Cpl. Davis;
My name is Jimmy Sparrow. I read the letter you
sent to your Mom when it appeared in the newspaper U.S.A.
Today. In turn our V.F.W. Post commander spoke to your Mom on
the phone and got your mailing address. Our V.F.W. Post wants to
send you Marines things that you need. We already have many
items ready to go. What I need is confirmation that this is in fact
your address and that you recieved this letter. Please send me a
letter back perhaps with a list of things you men need and also a
list of the names of your men. The sooner the better so that we
can start sending stuff. By the way I am a Marine, 1965-69. Served
in Vietnam 1967. Keep the faith and 1 hope to hear from you soon.
"Semper FI"
Janes
AN ASSOCIATION OF OVERSEAS UNITED STATES VETERANS OF ALL WARS
TO FIGHT FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN AND CARE FOR THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
McGroarty/Dooley
October 17, 1990
3:15 pm
[CONN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISER
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER 23, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Thank you, John, for those kind words. And my thanks to all
of you for this warm welcome. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] It's great to see old
friends -- Betsy Heminway. // Chris Shays -- my friend and your
very able representative in Congress. // Gary Franks -- the man
John Rowland and I are certain is the right choice for
Connecticut's 5th District. //
And of course, with the man who's made his mark on Capitol
Hill -- the man who's ready to come back home as Connecticut's
next Governor: // John Rowland. ///
People who know John know he's got politics in his blood:
John's grandfather -- Sherwood Rowland, Controller for the City
of Waterbury back in the 30's -- is still remembered in Western
Connecticut for rooting out corruption. // John followed in
those footsteps early -- just out of college, winning a seat in
the Connecticut state legislature, where he worked his way up to
minority whip. // Then -- at the tender age of 27 -- going on
to become the youngest member of the U.S. Congress.
2
[ [And John tells me he would have made it to Congress even
earlier, but his mother said he couldn't leave the table until he
ate all his broccoli. //]]
Now John's ready to put the energy and expertise he
displayed on Capitol Hill to work right here in Connecticut.
You know where he stands: John Rowland is strong on defense.
He's been a mainstay on the House Armed Services Committee --
making sure our nation is strong enough to uphold American
interests and ideals. //
John Rowland is tough on crime. He's been a strong
supporter of my comprehensive crime bill -- a bill that's been
sabotaged by the liberal Democrats in the House and Senate for
the past 16 months. John and I agree: It's time to break that
logjam -- we can't put criminals behind bars if we put handcuffs
on our law enforcement officials. ///
John Rowland is ready to lead a state-wide battle against
illegal drugs. No more free ride for the so-called "casual" drug
users. No more freedom -- period -- for drug dealers. // And
for drug kingpins who sell poison for profit -- John Rowland
supports the ultimate penalty: the death penalty. ///
Finally, John Rowland is a champion for every Connecticut
taxpayer -- a voice for lean and limited government. This is one
candidate who doesn't think the answer to every problem is
another government program. With John Rowland in the State
House, Connecticut won't need a state income tax to deliver the
kind of government the citizens of this state want and deserve.
3
John Rowland is the kind of Governor Connecticut can count
on -- and the kind of Governor I know I can work with to do
what's right for Connecticut, and for our country. ///
And that means -- first and foremost --- bolstering the
economic strength of our nation. // That's why I want to speak
for a moment tonight about the central challenge back in
Washington: reaching final agreement on the federal budget. //
When it comes to the roles and responsibilities of
government, John Rowland and I both know that the days of tax and
spend and damn the deficit are over. // No American family
could afford to run its household the way the Democrat-controlled
Congress runs the federal budget. It's time for Congress to
realize that our children deserve to inherit more than an
avalanche of unpaid bills. //
[[ BUDGET SECTION TO FOLLOW, pending outcome of Oct. 19
deadline. ]]
Putting our fiscal house in order is critical -- not just
from the standpoint of the American economy, // but especially
now, in light of the big picture: the challenge we face in the
Persian Gulf. ///
We all know the grave economic consequences of Iraq's outlaw
act of aggression. But as serious as these consequences may be,
what is at stake is far more than a matter of economics or oil.
// What is at stake is whether aggression pays -- or whether
aggression is punished. // Whether we live in a world governed
by the rule of law -- or the law of the jungle. ///
4
Make no mistake: America will not waver. The world will
not allow Saddam Hussein's act of aggression to stand. //
And when this ordeal is over -- when Kuwait is once again a
sovereign and free member of the family of nations -- Saddam
Hussein must pay for the pain and hardship he has caused. //
The world will hold him accountable. ///
Our staying power -- and ultimately our success -- is a
matter of the strength of the forces we send to Saudi Arabia --
but it's also a measure of our support back here at home. //
That support is strong and deep -- across the country, and right
here in Connecticut, where Darien's VFW Post 6933 became the
first in the nation to "adopt" an Army unit now stationed in
Saudi Arabia. It's spearheaded by veterans of Vietnam and Korea
-- like Robert Hornlein and James Sparrow, who remember what it's
like to serve overseas, and how much it means to get that package
from home. Whether it's extra pens and paper -- or high-demand
items like sunglasses and flyswatters -- every package is a
reminder to every member of our Armed Services that America
cares. ///
And -- with the young men and women of our Armed Forces in
our minds -- I want to add one thing more. // Right now, in the
sands of Saudi Arabia half a world away, those brave young men
and women are teaching all of us a lesson about what it means to
love liberty -- the precious freedom that gives America its
meaning. // So as November 6th draws near, I urge every citizen
5
of Connecticut: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for
granted. ///
Once again, my thanks for this warm welcome. // As John
Rowland knows, in the 1990's, a lot of the ideas that shape
government -- and a lot of the action -- won't originate in
Washington. They'll be generated right here -- at the grass
roots: at the state and local level. //
That's why it's crucial to have the strongest possible link
between the White House and the Statehouse -- and that's why I'm
so proud to be here as we enter the home stretch, to support your
next Governor: John Rowland. /// Good night, and may God bless
the great state of Connecticut.
# # #
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October 2, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON cw
FROM:
DAN MCGROARTY DMcH
SUBJECT:
ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 4, at 6:30 p.m. you will address a
fundraiser for John Rowland for Governor in Stamford,
Connecticut. Rowland will introduce you.
II. DISCUSSION
Indications at this point are that John Rowland will
vote against the budget package. For this reason, the
budget portion of the speech is bracketed in case further
changes are needed.
###
McGroarty/Dooley
October 2, 1990
7:30 pm
[CONN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISER
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER 4, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Thank you, John, for those kind words. And my thanks to all
of you for this warm welcome. //
[Introductory acknowledgements.] It's great to see old
friends -- Betsy Heminway. // Chris Shays -- my friend and your
very able representative in Congress. // Gary Franks -- the man
John Rowland and I are certain is the right choice for
Connecticut's 5th District. //
And of course, with the man who's made his mark on Capitol
Hill -- the man who's ready to come back home as Connecticut's
next Governor: // John Rowland. ///
People who know John know he's got politics in his blood:
John's grandfather -- Sherwood Rowland, Controller for the City
of Waterbury back in the 30's -- is still remembered in Western
Connecticut for rooting out corruption. // John followed in
those footsteps early -- just out of college, winning a seat in
the Connecticut state legislature, where he worked his way up to
minority whip. // Then -- at the tender age of 27 -- going on
to become the youngest member of the U.S. Congress.
[[And John tells me he would have made it to Congress even
earlier, but his mother said he couldn't leave the table until he
ate all his broccoli. //]]
2
Now John's ready to put the energy and expertise he
displayed on Capitol Hill to work right here in Connecticut.
You know where he stands: John Rowland is strong on defense.
He's been a mainstay on the House Armed Services Committee --
making sure our nation has the strength to uphold American
interests and ideals. //
John Rowland is tough on crime. For drug kingpins -- who
deal death right on our streetcorners -- John Rowland supports
the ultimate penalty: the death penalty. And in the battle
against crime, John knows the handcuffs belong on criminals --
not on the cops and the courts committed to uphold the law. //
Finally, John Rowland is a friend to the Connecticut
taxpayer -- and he'll be a champion for fiscal sanity, for lean
and limited government. With John in the State House,
Connecticut won't need a state income tax to deliver the kind of
government the citizens of this state want and deserve. ///
Whatever the issue, John Rowland is the kind of Governor
Connecticut can count on -- and the kind of Governor I know I can
work with to do what's right for Connecticut, and for our
country. ///
[[ And that means -- first and foremost -- bolstering the
economic strength of our nation. // As you know, today,
Congress gave the bipartisan budget agreement its stamp of
approval -- and sent the American people a strong signal that
we're dead serious about dealing with the deficit. //
3
There aren't very many times John Rowland and I disagree --
but this was one issue where we did. Each of us had to do what
we thought was right -- what was in America's best interests.
/// And each of us knows there's room for honest differences of
opinion in this democratic system of ours. //
But I remain firmly convinced that Congress took the right
course today. // This budget compromise is balanced, it is fair
-- and it is critical to the economic well-being of this country.
No one agrees 100% with every element -- but we can be 100%
certain that this is our best chance to bring this deficit under
control. //
As I've said all along: It's easy to pick this package
apart -- but you cannot put a better package together. ///
Yes, this agreement raises taxes on gasoline, alcohol,
cigarettes, and certain luxury items -- but on the critical
matter of income taxes, this plan leaves the low federal rates we
fought so hard to preserve untouched -- and in place. //
This agreement also delivers significant cuts in federal
entitlements spending. // No smoke. No mirrors -- $120 billion
dollars of real spending cuts in domestic programs -- and $180
billion dollars from discretionary programs, including defense.
// But make no mistake: even at these lower levels of spending,
we can and will meet America's vital national security needs.
Now I know the American people have heard the Congress
promise to cut spending many times before. And for too long,
there has been a make-or-break attitude on spending cut promises
4
make them today, break them tomorrow. /// This plan changes
all that. It handcuffs the high-spenders once and for all with
the strongest enforcement mechanisms any budget has ever
contained. // From now on, Congress and the country will be on
the pay-as-you-go plan: no new spending in any area, without
cuts in equal measure somewhere else. //
Today -- with the passage of this budget plan -- we have
taken a positive step forward, and we have put this nation on the
path to long-term economic growth. /// ]]
And that's critical -- not just from the standpoint of the
American economy, // but especially now, with the challenge we
face in the Persian Gulf. ///
We all know the grave economic consequences of Iraq's
occupation of Kuwait. But as serious as these consequences may
be, what is ultimately at stake is far more than a matter of
economics or oil. 111
What is at stake is whether the nations of the world can
take a common stand against aggression -- or whether aggression
will go unpunished. Whether we will live in a world governed by
the rule of law -- or the law of the jungle. ///
That is why America and the world cannot allow this outlaw
act to stand. // That is why Saddam Hussein will fail. ///
And make no mistake: When this ordeal is over -- when
Kuwait is once again a sovereign and free member of the family of
nations -- Saddam Hussein must pay for the pain and hardship he
has caused. // The world will hold him responsible. ///
5
And -- with the young men and women of our Armed Forces in
our minds -- I want to add one thing more. // Right now, in the
sands of Saudi Arabia, those brave young men and women are
teaching us a lesson about duty to country: what it means to
love liberty -- the precious freedom that gives America its
meaning. / So as November 6th draws near, I urge every citizen
of Connecticut: get out and vote. Don't take democracy for
granted. ///
Once again, my thanks for this warm welcome. // As John
Rowland knows, in the 1990's, a lot of the ideas that shape
government, and a lot of the action, is going to occur not in
Washington, but right here: at the state level. //
That's why it's crucial to have the strongest possible link
between the White House and the Statehouse -- and that's why I'm
so proud to support your next Governor: John Rowland. /// Good
night, and may God bless the great state of Connecticut.
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McGroarty/Dooley
October 1, 1990
7:00 pm
[CONN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISER
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER 4, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Thank you, John, for those kind words. And my thanks to all
of you for this warm welcome. //
Nancy Johnson
[Introductory acknowledgements.] I'm delighted to be here
Christopher Shaysi with {Members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation}. //
With Gary Franks -- the man John Rowland and I are certain is the
right choice for Connecticut's 5th District. //
And of course, with the man who's made his mark on Capitol
Hill -- the man who's ready to come back home as Connecticut's
next Governor: // John Rowland. ///
People who know John know he's got politics in his blood:
wood
John's grandfather -- Sherman Rowland, Controller for the City of
Waterbury back in the 30's -- is still remembered in Western
Connecticut for rooting out corruption. // John followed in
those footsteps early -- just out of college, winning a seat in
the Connecticut state legislature, where he worked his way up to
minority whip. // Then -- at the tender age of 27 -- going on
to become the youngest member of the U.S. Congress.
[[And John tells me he would have made to Congress even
earlier, but his mother said he couldn't leave the table until he
ate all his broccoli. //]]
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Now John's ready to put the energy and expertise he
displayed on Capitol Hill to work right here in Connecticut.
You know where he stands: John Rowland is strong on defense.
He's been a mainstay on the House Armed Services Committee --
making sure our nation has the strength to uphold American
interests and ideals. //
John Rowland is tough on crime. For drug kingpins -- who
deal death right on our streetcorners -- John Rowland supports
the ultimate penalty: the death penalty. And in the battle
against crime, John knows the handcuffs belong on criminals --
not on the cops and the courts committed to uphold the law. //
Finally, John Rowland is a friend to the Connecticut
taxpayer -- and he'll be a champion for fiscal sanity, for lean
and limited government. With John in the State House,
Connecticut won't need a state income tax to deliver the kind of
government the citizens of this state want and deserve. ///
Whatever the issue, John Rowland is the kind of Governor
Connecticut can count on - - and the kind of Governor I know I can
work with to do what's right for Connecticut, and for our
country. ///
And that means -- first and foremost -- bolstering the
economic strength of our nation. // As you know, this past
Sunday, we reached an agreement -- a bipartisan budget accord
that at long last sends a strong signal that we're dead serious
about dealing with the deficit. //
3
This agreement is balanced, it is fair -- and it is critical
to our country. 11 We've got to spread the pain now -- so we
can share the prosperity down the line. //
The effects of this agreement will be felt across the board:
It cuts defense -- and caps domestic spending. It cuts farm
subsidies and medicare payments. With the exception of the least
well off among us, every segment of society and every program in
the budget is going to feel the pinch. //
That's only fair. This agreement is a compromise: No one
agrees 100% with every element in the package -- but we can be
100% certain that this is our best chance to bring this deficit
under control. ///
So let me say to the critics out there: You can pick this
package apart -- but you cannot put a better package together.
///
Let's take a quick look at the key elements in this plan:
The agreement raises taxes on gasoline, alcohol, cigarettes,
and certain luxury items -- but on the critical matter of income
taxes, this plan leaves the low federal rates we fought so hard
to preserve untouched -- and in place. //
And to keep America competitive, we won approval for a
package of pro-growth incentives -- from R&D to enterprise zones,
to tax incentives that spur investment in small businesses: a
shot in the arm for the job-generating companies at the cutting
edge of our economy. // That's good news for the American
4
entrepreneur. And it's good news for the American worker --
because more investment and opportunity means more jobs. ///
This agreement includes significant cuts in spending. 11
No smoke. No mirrors -- $120 billion dollars of real spending
cuts in domestic programs -- and $180 billion dollars from
defense. // And make no mistake: even at these lower levels of
spending, we can and will meet America's vital national security
needs. ///
And this agreement does one thing more: it brings new
discipline to the budget process. // For too long, there's been
a make-or-break attitude on spending cut promises -- make them
today, break them tomorrow. /// The time has come to put some
teeth behind those promises -- to handcuff the high-spenders once
and for all. // From now on, Congress and the country will be
on the pay-as-you-qo plan: no new spending in any area, without
cuts in equal measure somewhere else. //
In the final analysis, this bipartisan budget plan is
fundamentally fair, fiscally sound -- and it meets our key
objective: over the next 5 years, it takes a half a trillion
dollar chunk out of the federal deficit -- and that's a major
step toward bringing this deficit under control. ///
So tonight, I call on Congress to put partisanship aside --
and put America first. // Pass this budget package without
delay -- and put this country on the path to long-term economic
growth. ///
5
Passing this budget bill is critical. Not just from the
standpoint of the American economy -- but especially now, with
the challenge we face in the Persian Gulf. ///
We all know the grave economic consequences of Iraq's
occupation of Kuwait. But as serious as these consequences may
be, what is ultimately at stake is far more than a matter of
economics or oil. ///
What is at stake is whether the nations of the world can
take a common stand against aggression -- or whether aggression
will go unpunished. Whether we will live in a world governed by
the rule of law -- or the law of the jungle. ///
That is why America and the world cannot allow this outlaw
act to stand. // That is why we will not allow Saddam to
succeed. ///
And make no mistake: When this ordeal is over -- when
Kuwait is once again a sovereign and free member of the family of
nations -- Saddam Hussein must make amends for the pain and
hardship he has caused. // The world will hold him accountable.
//
And -- with the young men and women of our Armed Forces in
our minds -- I want to add one thing more. // Right now, in the
sands of Saudi Arabia, those brave young men and women are
teaching us a lesson about what it means to love liberty -- the
precious freedom that gives America its meaning. / So as
November 6th draws near, I urge every citizen of Connecticut:
get out and vote. Don't take democracy for granted. ///
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Once again, my thanks for this warm welcome. // As John
Rowland knows, in the 1990's, a lot of the ideas that shape
government, and a lot of the action, is going to occur not in
Washington, but right here: at the state level. //
That's why it's crucial to have the strongest possible link
between the White House and the Statehouse -- and that's why I'm
SO proud to support your next Governor: John Rowland. /// Good
night, and may God bless the great state of Connecticut.
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ALPRESENTATIVE
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COVER SHEET
DATE: 10-2-90
FROM:- Joanne Epstein, casework supervisor
Congressman Christopher Shays
4th District, Connecticut
Stamford Office
FAX # (203) 357-1050 (Call before sending)
TO: Regay Dooley , research office
SUBJECT: Dariea CT VFWI "Adopt a Platoon"
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Veterans want to help
2.0F3
PHOTO BY LUCY PEMONI
Members of the Darien VFW post include, from left, Ron Doshna, James Sparrow; George Ducanic, Dennis Doshnan Buzzee and Bucky
Wiltshire
VFW group to adopt platoon in Mideast
By Larry Hartstein
Post Commander George Ducanic said the
paper.playing cards, cigarettes and lighters, toile
Special Correspondent
group is waiting for a reply from the commander
tries, sunglasses; dry foods, instant coffee
DARIEN - While stationed as a Marine in
of the 197th Light Infantry Brigade, part of the
pouches, drink mixes and small towels.
Vietnam, Jimmy Sparrow received a care pack-
"Americal" division Hornlein fought with in
Military socks are woolen and uncomfortable
age full of cotton socks, cookies and Christmas
Vietnam.
Sparrow said. The rest of the items are either not
Extended Page
2.1
decorations from the Stamford Jaycees.
"He's one of our key people," Ducanic said of
provided or rationed in small amounts.
"It was a great feeling," he said yesterday at a.
Hornlein, who was a boating trip yesterday
Toweis to wipe off sweat are at a premium
picnic for Fairfield County veterans in Darien.
and could not be reached. "He's always abreast of
Sparrow said, as is writing material.
"When you're away from home, it means people
the news of the world. He's a very dedicated guy."
"When you're running with all your gear, you
are thinking about you support."
Ducanic said a public relations official with the
don't bring paper and envelopes," said Bucky
Now he and the rest of the Veteraris of Foreign
U.S. Army was "flabbergasted" when Hornlein
Wiltshire, a veteran of the 1965 Dominican Re-
Wars Post 6933, headquartered in Darien, are
made the suggestion, saying Post 6933 was the
public campaign.
preparing to "adopt" an American platoon in
first veterans organization to propose "adopting"
Saudi Arabia. Post members are gathering items
"Most of the stuff they need, they get," Spar
a platoon.
for shipment as they wait for a list of the soldiers'
row said. "It's how much they get because of ra
specific needs.
The post has already received some donations.
tions."
"We want to let them know right off the bat
A salesmen, who Sparrow said wished to remain
Some of the proceeds from the group's fund
that we're behind them," Sparrow said.
anonymous, gave 500 tubes of sun-block. The
raiser next month at Darien High School will
The idea was hatched at an Aug. 22 meeting,
World Wrestling Federation in Stamford offered
cover the postage for shipping the items to &
when veteran Robert Homlein told the group he
T-shirts, Ducanic said.
had called the Pentagon to discuss "adopting" a
And a couple of cases of talcum powder are on
U.S. Army post office in New York City, Ducan
ic said.
platoon of American soldiers stationed in the
the way, 100.
Persian Gulf. Hornlein received a standing ova-
Sparrow said items suitable for shipment to
To contribute to the shipment, call Jimmy
tion from the other veterans for his suggestion.
Saudi Arabia include cotton socks, pens, pencils.
Sparrow or George Ducanic at 656-0003.
America willnstwaver:
We will be there
until we meet our olsective,
DARIEN NEWS-REVIEW, Thursday, September 6, 1990
seeks to adopt troops in Persian Gulf
OCT
VINTERS
Although the Defense Depart-
2
of
Stamford
ment will not reveal official fig-
mforting it was
ures. reports say at least 100.000
kages of cas-
U.S. troops have been sent to the
wspapers from
Persian Gulf since Iraq's inva-
06
ueling tour of
sion of Kuwalt a month ago.
Ducanle says that, judging from
lo Stamford
the Pentagon's reaction - com-
War used to
plete surprise - Darien's post
11:22
CARE pack-
may be the first to adopt a pla-
who served
toon. A platoon is a portion of a
1968-1970, It's
brigade There are 30-40 men in
mber as being
a platoon; a brigade has thou-
sands.
gested that he
"I'm hoping our post sets a
FROM
of Veterans
precedent,' Ducanic says.
6933 in Dar-
So far, the VF W has 850 tubes
for one of the
of Johnson and Johnson sunblock,
in the Per-
donated by an individual who
wishes to remain anonymous. With
(the Pentagon
help from the community, the
permission
to
VF W hopes to send toiletry items.
of the 197th
toothpaste, writing paper, enve-
which is ste-)
lopes, cotton socks, plastic play-
He mailed
Ing cards, foot powder, candy
commander,
and other non-perishables.
a unit and
Items found offensive by Ar-
answer
abs, like men's magazines and
antastic idea,'
alcohol, are not permitted, Homlein
VFW com-
says.
ietnam, World
Photo by Liz Miragila
During his tour in Vietriam,
veterans here
crest In fellow
The Veterans of Foreign Ware Post 6933 in Darien wants to adopt a U.S. platoon in Saudi Arabia and
Horniein says he especially en-
send them Care packages to hoest morale. From right is Robert Horniein, who spearheaded the
joyed getting copies of the Stamford
erslan Gulf. IL
morale booster
project, Post Commander George Ducanto and Quarter: Master James Sparrow,
newspaper. The only American
Continued on Poge 10
Continued from Page 9
can be tedious at times. "It's
newspaper available to soldlers
probably boring as hell, filling
overseas was the military publi-
sandbags, playing cards, stand-
cation Stars and Stripes, which
ing watch, doing drills, which is
was censored, Hornlein says. Cot-
all very. boring, very necessary
ton socks were also a fayorite of
stuff.
many.
Ducanic says most of the post
That's what I used to like
age costs will be paid for by money
to get," says Vietnam veteran
raised in the VFW fund drive,
James Sparrow. "The military
which gets underway in several
socks are wool and they make
weeks.
you Itch.
Sparrow says he'd also like
Hornlein says he knows noth-
to start a letter writing campaign
Ing about the brigade because
along with a new program called
all information is classified. Wher-
Voices from Home tape re-
ever it is, Hornlein says, things
cordings of the VFW members
are probably hectic due to the
offering encouraging messages
bullding aggression between Iraq
and the United States, "They
Those wishing to donate may
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are probably trying to learn to
call Vietnem Veterans Agent Or-
deplicable that citatition and the a et ---
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House of Representatives
Mashington, DC 20515
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329 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
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cause to this hour of our series of spe-
it this evening. We are now finding at
about and that we are going to hear
chal orders we de want to talk & little
an alarming rate people arrested for
more about this entire evening, we are
bit about treatment, and in my mind
felonies and misdemeanor charges are
going to have to make sure we can
we will never make progress on treat-
usually under the influence of drugs
reach out to these individuals and
ment until some of those drugpushers
OF alcohol at the time of the arrest.
offer them programs. We have to act
that went off to jail come back on the
According to a study done in QUE
on this legislation before us this
same neighborhood streets, clearly
OWED State, based on over 200 individ-
evening. We have got to talk about
jailbirds, clearly eriminals, doing what
uale arrested, 61 percent of those at-
this and get the American people to
ever that neighborhood council wants
rested were committing a violent crime
act.
them to do to better the neighbor-
and were also under the influence of
I SIX pleased to be a cosponsor of our
hood.
alcohol or drugs. In addition, 71 per-
legislation, the Violent Crime and
So. Mr. Speaker. I would Hke to yield
cent of those charged with a misde-
Drug Control Act. An important
to my colleague, the gentleman from
meanor were found to be under the to-
aspect of this legislation regarding
Connectient EMir. ROWLAND), an as
fluence, and of those questioned over
treatment programs requires States to
teemed friend, a. member of the Intel-
58 percent believe that their drug use
contributed to their arrest and their
develop. implement, and submit &
ligence Committee and a committed
State-wide drug treatment plan. One
activist on this issue.
crime.
Mr. ROWLAND of Connecticut. Mr.
Additional data from OUR home
action that must be taken by States is
Speaker. I want to thank the gentle-
State, ass reported in the Uniform
to refer the treatment of drug users to
woman from our great State for yield-
Crime Report, illustrates that from
these facilities. A number of programs
ing at this time and also for taking a
1987 to 1988 the mumber of state-wide
address these problems by monitoring
leadership role on this issue and man-
drug arrests increased by over 33 per-
the users' progress, often with a
aging this hour of our all-night special
cent, It is net secret that our society
random urinalysis. Sometimes they
orders. It is & pleasure to participate
pays an extremely high price for sub-
have negative reinforcement purposes.
and join with our colleagues in high-
stance abuse. These include social
They apply the carrot and the stick
lighting to our friends ECTOSS the
costs such as the loss of legitimate
approach to fastill in the addict the
Nation the importance of this issue. It
work and the criminal justice system
sense that he is accountable for his
is generally assumed that a Republi-
casts, police, courts, corrections, pro-
condition and has responsibility for
can plan would focus on tough laws,
bation, parole, treatment costs, private
changing it. Sanetions can be used,
tough penalties, the death sentence,
crime prevention and other less tangi-
anything from the denial of metha-
and more law enforcement. but the
ble costs due to the fear of crime and
done or transfer to B: more structured
Republican plan also takes a very com-
the suffering of victims.
program, the loss of & job, weekend
passionate approach to drug treat-
An important facet in addressing our
passes, visiting rights, and residential
ment.
current drug and crime crisis is to im-
programs. Positive incentives can also
1 would like to hit just & few high-
prove the availability of our substance
be used, like granting privileges and
lights of the drug treatment priorities,
abuse programs. Treatment programs,
making sure there are leisure activities
first and foremost increasing, increas-
whether they are residential, halfway
and $ decreased frequency of testing
ing Federal funds for treatment- in
houses or outpatient homes, have
or treatment. Expanding the capacity
order to expand the number of treat-
proven to be very, very effective in re-
of the treatment system will not in
ment slots and the range of treatment
dueing alcohol and drug abuse and
itself cause those who are users to
methods available. We have heard
criminal activity. It is also much more
change their minds.
horrer stories around the Nation and
cost effective to treat an individual in
around our own States about the lack
8 treatment facility, as opposed to &
2045
of treatment alots for those who want
correctional facility.
For that we need to expand and tn-
and seek treatment. We need greater
I observed firsthand just a short
tensify measures which persuade. en-
State, local and individual achieve-
while ago the success of the drug
courage. and, if necessary, require ad-
ment programs for accountability and
treatment facilities in my own district
dicts to seek treatment. States should
for effectiveness. We want to improve
in Newtown, CT. The APT Foundation
consider expanding the use of clvil
coordination among all the facilities so-
presently conducts two treatment fa-
commitment whereby addicts convict-
we do not have duplication. We want-
cititles and two programs. They serve
ed of criminal offenses are sent by the
to improve coordination with employ-
only 78 clients with 2 programs. These
ment agencies and other facilities,
include one 12-month program for
courts to treatment facilities in Neu of
social and health, to make sure that
adults. It is referred to as DAYTOP.
incarceration, and research indicates
people coming off of drugs will have
And there ts ALPHA program, which
that voluntary and involuntary pro-
better economic opportunities and a
is for adolescents.
grams do equally well.
place to go once they get off drugs. We
I had the privilege of addressing the
We have heard a little bit this
want to increase funding for outreach
graduates of the ALPHA House Pro-
evening about some of the crime sts-
programs and early treatment for ex-
gram last year. It was a wonderful ex-
tistics in some of our districts and
peetant mothers, a very high risk
perience. There were 8 or 9 young
some of our States. I took a random
group of people.
people that were graduating away
sample of 1 month in this past year.
We want to explore ways to Increase
from drugs and into a drug-free envt-
the month of May. and out of the 25
the civil commitment as a means to
ronment. E cannot tell you the erro-
cities and towns that I happen to rep-
bring more drug-dependent persons
tional feeling I had as 1 talked to these
resent, I took a look at just & handful,
Into the system. We need to get into
young people and they saw for the
and obviously we know the statistics:
the neighborhoods and find those who
first time in a long time the opportuni-
70 percent of all crimes are due to
need and want treatment. We need to
to to reach out and the opportunity to
drugs, and in the month of May in &
develop methods of treatment for co-
become involved again with their famil-
few towns that were under 25,000
caine and crack dependency and co-
lies, the opportunity to be part of soci-
people, in the town of Mangatuck, for
cafne in combination with other sub-
cty and part of the environment they
example, over 117 crimes were commit-
stances, and we need to find individ-
have long waited for
ted to that * month. In Ansonia, $1
usle with both psychiatric and drug
At the seme time I was dismayed to
crimes were committed in that 1
problems and alcohol problems.
learn that because of long waiting Nata
month. In Waterburg, my hometown.
The use of drugs in our seciety has
in programs such as ALPHA House,
1,102 crimes were committed to the
become a national epidemic. I think
many other substance abusers scross
month of May. In Merident under
we all know that It has spared no
our State and many other States in
150,000 people, 290 crimes were com-
town OF no region. This spidemic has
this country cannot receive similar
mited in E month In Seymour, 8 small
also significantly contributed to our
help. I believe that in order to reduce
town in my district, 26 erimes Were
crime problem. as we have highlighted
these artma figures we have talked
committed in 1 month.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
H 3911
I then broke down to 1 week, and in
now are strongly on their feet. At the
as 8 leader in dealing with the issue of
Cheshire, for example, 10 crimes were
Wheeler Clinic, an outstanding outpa-
crime and drugs and for coordinating
committed in the week of June 10 to
tient facility in my district, they have
this special hour.
16. In Danbury. eight crimes were
now 8 well-established outpatient drug
I would also like to commend my col-
committed. In Meriden, 69 crimes were
abuse treatment program. It has a suc-
leagues on the Republican side of the
committed.
cess rate of about 68 percent. They
House who have agreed to spend the
I then took that week and broke it
find the key factors in successful drug
time. the necessary time this evening,
down to 1 day. June 14. In Wolcott. a
treatment are early intervention. get.
to deal with this important issue.
very small suburban town, three
ting at people before they have been
You do not have to be a Rhodes
crimes were committed. In Waterbury.
addicted for years and years and years.
Scholar to figure out that crime is the
31 crimes were committed in that 1
support for those in outpatient treat.
day. In Meriden. 14 crimes were com-
No. 1 issue In this country. As this dia.
ment from those that they work with
mitted. And just over the past few
gram points out, which was at the
or their families or their community.
hours and throughout this afternoon.
table, the crime clock. one violent
and the staying power in the program.
in Seymour, two assaults and two ar.
We are beginning to know what
crime is committed in this country
rests have taken place. one larceny
works. We know that DARE, the State
every 20 seconds. In my State, every
arrest took place in Seymour. and in
police program that educates children
poll which I have seen, crime and
Cheshire, just an hour and $ half ago,
about drugs and how to say no. is
drugs are the No. 1 issue.
there were four arrests for stolen cars,
working. Not only is it helping kids
Today. while we were here trying to
and in Wolcott, just this afternoon,
deal with the problem of drugs, it is
pass laws, tn one of my cities, five lar-
one arrest for larcens and one arrest
teaching them about the positive role
cenies occurred with arrests. In an-
for trespassing.
of authority in our community. So we
other city there was an arrest on a
I believe that if the American people
know some of the things that are
police officer based on an assault. In a
and our coileagues in the Congress on
working.
third city. two stolen cars and arrests.
both sides of the aisle looked at these
What brings me to the floor here to.
Crime is unfortunately taking over our
statistics, take a few moments, not
night Is that we know some other
cities. It is becoming a way of life for
only to look at the record that we are
things that might work. but we need
too many people. and there is an inex-
compiling this evening but to look at
the law. We need the authority to
tricable link between crime and drugs.
their own citles and towns and look in
make some new opportunities possible.
As we stand here tonight talking
their own neighborhoods; my family
One of the proposals that the Presi-
about crime and drugs, I expect on the
and 1 were victimized in the last few
dent suggested were some demonstra-
eve before the flag amendment is dis-
years twice where we had literally ev-
tion grants for treatment campuses.
cussed tomorrow, we are going to hear
erything stolen from our homes.
My State is going to close a 400-bed
the majority party say that this issue
We know. from walking and talking
cancer hospital. The State owns the
ought not to be discussed. the amend-
with the police, that many of those
127 acres the facility is on. What a
ment on the flag, because we have too
crimes were committed because of
marvelous opportunity to create a
many important issues to discuss.
drug use.
healthy, integrated treatment facility.
Let it be recorded that the Repubil-
It is & pleasure to join with my col-
Think what you could do with crack
leagues here today to focus attention
can Party is willing to discuss those
babies if you combine two new ideas in
on the need for action to address the
other issues as well as the flag amend-
the Republican proposals, demonstra-
ment. and let it be recorded that we do
current crime and drug dilemma that
tion grants for treatment campuses.
We are facing. It is my hope and expec-
not. control the agenda but that the
and the civil commitment provision so
tation that our combined efforts will
Democratic majority controls it, and
you could get mothers that were preg.
provide the necessary tools for Con-
that the Republican minority. hope.
nant, that were doing drugs, and you
gress to take further action on this
fully someday the majority. would in
could get the civil authority to commit
vital matter.
fact spend the night to bring this Issue
them to a really solid residential treat-
The people of our Nation deserve
to the forefront.
ment facility that had the kind of ca-
nothing less, and I want to thank my
pacity that we need in our cities that
The gentlewoman has discussed
friend and colleague from our great
are desperately plagued with crime.
treatment. and nothing is more impor-
State for yielding me this time. I look
forward to listening to the rest of our
We are not here tonight just to com-
tant as I view how we are going to ap-
full-night special order to highlight
plain that the Democratic majority in
proach drugs than the treatment proc.
the seriousness of this issue.
the Congress refused to move on the
ess. We can deal with the interdiction
President's crime package. We are
of drugs. We can deal with the pros-
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. I
here to complain that the Democratic
ecution of drugs. But until we really
thank my colleague from Connecticut.
majority in the House refuses to move
begin to get serious about dealing with
! partricularly thank him for focus-
to deal with the most pressing prob-
treatment and prevention of drugs. we
mg on treatment and what it means in
lem facing the people of America, the
are not going to decrease the demand
the lives of our children and of our ad-
thing that is destroying our children.
in this country.
diets and to crime reduction and its
the thing that is destroying the com-
Very recently the Harvard School of
prominent proposals. place in the Republican
munity in its most constructive sense.
Public Health conducted an exhaus-
Indeed. few are aware that in the
I just want to say. because I do not
tive study of Rhode Island to deter-
think it can be said too often, if we
mine what was the extent of drugs use
President's proposal he has authored a
dis-percent increase in treatment
cannot bring those bills forward, we
and abuse in the State and how were
cannot argue the case for treatment
we dealing with the treatment. I would
funds. It does matter what Congress
does, It matters because it either pro-
campuses. We cannot argue the case
like to discuss some of those very im-
vides more or less money for treat-
for civil commitment and for those
portant conclusions which were ar-
ment. It matters because last year
other treatment assists that are con-
rived at, because I think they are an
when BE appropriated money we sepa-
tained in this new legislation.
example of what is occurring in this
rated from out some prevention money
With that, & would like to yield, with
country.
We treatment money. so not only are
great pleasure, to my colleague from
We have about 1 million people in
the increasing money but we are help-
Rhode Island. one of the outstanding
our State. This study found that
in States to allocate their resources
new Member of Congress.
82,000 residents had either used or
such a way as to prevent the drug
Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, I
abused drugs. nonmedical drugs.
problem reduce from growing and thereby
thank the gentlewoman very much.
within the last year. about 8 percent
la the crime associated with it.
Mr. Speaker. I would like to com-
of our population. Over 25 percent of
that my district, I am proud to
mend the gentlewoman from Con-
our adolescents had used or abused.
some of those treatment efforts say
necticut for her very artículate words
and these are controlled drugs, durtng
here this evening and for her efforts
the past year. These are the teenagers,
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Champion bond stationery -- or 6,000 1,000 pounds of paper.
"The whole idea started with a phone call," Smith said.
"A San Antonio woman called Thursday, Sept. 6, concerned
that her son, who is stationed in Saudi Arabia, did not know
when he would be able to write her again.
"The constituent received a letter from her son in Saudi
Arabia which explained that he had to borrow the sheet of paper
he was writing on. He told her paper was more scarce than water.
Furthermore, the constituent's son explained that he did not
know when he would write again, because he did not know where he
could find more paper.
"After hearing this, I checked with the Department of
Defense concerning paper. Because stationary is not a life
sustaining critical material, this was extremely low on the list
of priorities.
"The Army stated that all soldiers are given a sundry kit
which includes a pen and pencil and writing supplies. The
supplies, however, were not meant to last through an extended
engagement.
"The Department of the Air Force further explained that
some soldiers were having to use stationary taken from Saudi
Arabian hotels to write home.
"Due to the extraordinary situations in the Middle East and
the need to keep up the morale of both our overseas soldiers and
their families at home, the paper donation seemed the logical
step to ensure that these critical links of communication were
not broken."
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Elected to the 99th Congress, 1984; re-elected
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Elected to the Connecticut House of Represen-
tatives, 1980; re-elected in 1982
Member House Armed Services Committee
John 9. Rowland
Connecticut needs John Rowland.
Member Veteran's Affairs Committee
House Republican Leadership Task Force on
Drugs; Steering Committee Task Force
on Education
Director, American Cancer Society
"I am running for Governor because Connecticut needs - and deserves
"A decade of public service has prepared me well for this challenge. With
your help and support, we will win this election. Together, we will bring
the people of Connecticut new ideas that make sense for the 1990's.
Ambassadors of St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Distinguished Service Award
Watchdogs of the Treasury, Inc.
Tax Payer Protection Award
National Sierra Club
"Clean Air Champion" Award
Connecticut needs new leadership.
- forceful leadership."
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
Rowland Governor Committee
P.O. Box 1990-R
Waterbury, CT 06722
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Connecticut is at a crossroads.
If the policies of the past and the people behind those policies
continue to govern our state in the 1990's, our children will
not enjoy the fine quality of life that we have worked SO hard
to bring to Connecticut.
Continuing the failed policies of the past will not serve our
children tomorrow. Connecticut needs a "clean-sweep";
wholesale reform of state government from top to bottom.
It's time for change. It's time for a new generation of leader-
ship to lead Connecticut into the 1990's. It's time to elect
John Rowland as our next Governor.
Connecticut needs an activist.
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We need an activist who will take ideas and make them reality. John
Rowland doesn't watch things happen, he makes them happen. It's
time Connecticut had a Governor who is more than a spectator
a Governor who rolls up his sleeves and gets the job done right.
Connecticut needs experience.
John Rowland has more than 10 years experience as a State Legislator and
a Congressman. Whether fighting for us in Hartford or in Washington,
we've always been able to count on John. He knows what needs to be done
to solve the tough problems facing Connecticut. More importantly,
he knows how to do it.
Connecticut needs
someone who
shares our values.
John Rowland represents the traditions of hard
work, honesty and family that have made
Connecticut great. Family has a special meaning
to John, and the love for his family has played a
big role in his candidacy. You see, John wants to
be Governor SO that he can help make a great
Connecticut even better for his family and for
your family, too. As Governor, John will fight to
protect our taxpayers, protect our environment, and
protect our families and neighborhoods from crime.
The Rowlands: John, Debi, Kirsten, Robert John, and Julianne.
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Connecticut First!
It's time for a new generation of leadership in Connecticut.
If the politics and policies of the past are continued, our
children will not enjoy the quality of life we have worked so
hard to bring to Connecticut.
We need to put Connecticut First!
We need fresh, innovative leadership to restore
Connecticut's prominence.
John Rowland will provide that leadership!
It's time for change. It's time for a new generation of
leadership. It's time for John Rowland!
Taxpayers First!
Connecticut's economic future is in jeopardy
because of the oppressive taxes caused by the
Democrats in Hartford.
Connecticut needs to get off the tax and spend
roller-coaster that has led to billion-dollar tax increases
and annual deficits.
John Rowland will work to reduce excessive taxes
and restore fiscal integrity to state government.
As a Congressman, John Rowland won awards for
holding down government spending. As Governor,
John Rowland will streamline government and hold
down spending - that means no tax increases, and
NO STATE INCOME TAX!
Connecticut needs a leader
who shares our values!
Connecticut needs a leader who will represent our
values in Hartford.
Hard work - honesty - and family are values
that have made Connecticut great. These are values
that John Rowland believes in.
John Rowland wants to be Governor to protect
our families from oppressive taxes, to protect our
environment from destruction, and to protect our
neighborhoods and families from crime.
John Rowland wants to make Connecticut proud
again!
Dear Friend,
Connecticut faces a key challenge as we enter the 1990's -
how to end the fiscal crisis of the state and lead it back to fiscal
prosperity.
Some politicians believe a state income tax is the answer -
I DO NOT!
As Governor, I'll put taxpayers first and fight for reasonable,
responsible state budgets - with no new taxes
and that means NO INCOME TAX!
- John 9. Rowland
John Rowland — Taking Charge of Connecticut's Future!
Member,
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Lifelong Resident of Connecticut
Manager,
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3 children, - Kirsten, Robert John, Julianne
Married to Deborah Nabhan, 1982
National Sierra Club
"Clean Air Champion" Award
Watchdogs of the Treasury, Inc.
Taxpayer Protection Award
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Distinguished Service Award
1980 - 84 73rd Assembly District
Connecticut House of Representatives
House Republican Task Force on Drugs
Select Committe on Intelligence
Veteran's Affairs Committee
House Armed Services Committee
1984
present
United States Congress
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to adopt a line unit of the 197th Infantry Brigade, stationed in
Saudi Arabia.
Idea started by Robert Hornlein, who remembers receiving care
packages from home during his tour of duty in Vietnam
immy
Sparrow another member of the post who is running the day-to
day opérations of the drive, also served in Vietnam, and
remembers receiving a package full of cotton socks, cookies, and
Christmas decorations.
They want the U.S. soldiers to know the people from home are
behind them right from the start.
Items received run the gamut from 850 tubes of sun-block from a
donor who wishes to remain anonymous, to people who stop in on
their way home from the grocery store with a shopping bag full of
soap, razors, and playing cards.
Clairol Corp. has donated all kinds of shampoo. 4th and 5th
grade kids in nearby schools are writing letters. Senior
citizens are putting together sewing kits -- with the needles
already threaded.
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grandfather -- Controller for Waterbury?
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Airman First Class Gregory C. Vale
226 Abby Road
South Windsor, Connecticut 06074
age 28
Wife: Sara Rogers Vale
Son: Chadwick Rogers Vale - age 3
Parents: David D. Vale - guidance counselor Timothy Edwards
Middle School, South Windsor, CT Alice S. Vale - 4th grade
teacher, Orchard Hill Elementary School, South Windsor, CT
Brother: Jason D. Vale age 21
Sister: Trisha A. Vale age 25
- Born and raised in South Windsor.
- Attended South Windsor Schools and graduated from South
Windsor High School in 1980
- Attended University of Connecticut
- Member of the Connecticut Air National Guard - worked on
the permanent detail for fours years prior to joining the
the United States Air Force in 1989.
- Attached to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Hill Air
Force Base, Utah. Named Airman of the Month prior to being
sent overseas.
- Jet Fuel Specialist
- We do not have exact information as to his location in
Operation Desert Shield
- Wife and son are still at Hill Air Force Base
2'd
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New England, were the last voters loyal to the Federalists and the Whigs; they were loyal enough
to the Republicans who succeeded them to make Connecticut one of the few states to vote for
Election Results
Herbert Hoover in 1932. But in the years that followed, Connecticut became more Demo-
136,487
(63%)
($636,204)
Dan Schaefer (R)
cratic-even as it grew more affluent. For in 1932, when a majority of the state's adults were
1988 general
77,158
(36%)
($489,303)
Martha M. Ezzard (D)
Protestant, a majority of its children were Catholic. The Democrats' success was accelerated by
1988 primary
Dan Schaefer (R), unopposed
104,359
(65%)
($125,435)
the skill of John Bailey, Democratic State Chairman from 1946 to 1975. He was a master
1986 general
Dan Schaefer (R)
Chuck Norris (D)
53,834
(34%)
legislative strategist and ticket-balancer, and Connecticut's strong party and straight. ticket
voting traditions enabled him to exercise more clout than he could have in Massachusetts or
New York. Bailey had a brilliant sense of timing: he endorsed, early, the state's first Jewish
governor, Abraham Ribicoff, in 1954, and the nation's first Catholic president, John Kennedy.
Bailey and his Democrats also gave the state honest and thrifty government: Connecticut does
CONNECTICUT
not have a state income tax nor a big bureaucracy like those of its neighbors.
Connecticut had, throughout the Democratic ascendancy, a vital Republican Party, a strong
enough organization to have generated a couple of Republican national chairmen. It elected
senators in the 1950s (including George Bush's father), and it swept the board when the
Through most of its history Connecticut-stony, chilly, out of the way, with no great had city, the no
Democrats were split on the Vietnam war and cultural issues in 1970. In the 1980s Connecticut
natural resources-has been one of the richest of states. Half a century ago it it was
has tipped first one way and then another. It has voted Republican in the last five Presidential
great nation's highest incomes behind bustling New York and tiny Delaware; in the late 1980s
elections, in all but 1988 by solid margins. It has tilted heavily to Republican congressmen in
behind only Alaska. In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by how this spot on the map gave the
some years (1972, 1980, 1984) but toward Democrats in others (1982, 1986). It threw out a
America "the clock-peddler, the schoolmaster, and the senator. The first gives you time,
Democratic 1986. majority in the legislature in 1984 and then threw out the Republican majority in
second tells what to do with it, and the third makes your law and civilization." Connecticut cradle
already you almost 200 years old then, a crotchety, Federalist backwater; but it was also American a
Meanwhile Connecticut has had Democratic governors for all (but four of the last 30 years,
was of civilization and hive of ingenuity that had placed its peculiar imprint on brooks
and has two Democratic senators now. But they came to office by different routes, and can
civilization. The stony hills rising from the shores of Long Island Sound, the fast-flowing and
expect serious Republican competition.
and occasional meadows along the Connecticut River furnished only timber, water power,
In the 1980s Connecticut's economy has been growing faster than the nation's, and one reason
rocky farmland-none of the advantages supposedly needed for economic growth.
is the defense industry. Defense contractors have been prominent in Connecticut since World
But Connecticut had something else: this has always been a state of tinkerers and innovators, ethnic a
War II and now more so than ever. Connecticut's unemployment rates have been among the
place melange of today-have worked with vast ingenuity and unusual precision. Connecticut the brass
whose people-from the stern Congregational Yankees of the 17th century to the has
lowest in the country in the 1980s, and it would be hard for one living here to ignore the
connection between defense work and economic recovery. Yet Connecticut's Democrats in
produced Eli Whitney's rifle made of interchangeable components and his cotton gin; combs,
Congress, and even more so former Republican Senator Lowell Weicker, have opposed major
fabrication business and hats made of felt; it invented vulcanized rubber; it has produced and
defense programs and Reagan foreign policy initiatives even as they continue to lobby, with
cigars, clocks, silk thread, pins, matches, furniture; it has companies like Colt Industries of
some embarrassment, for local companies' defense contracts. It's a situation that refutes any
United Technologies, to the point that this small state has one of the largest shares Pentagon make
run. Marxist notion of the economic determination of politics, and seems unsustainable over the long
spending; and it has Perkin Elmer, the high tech company that makes the machines that industries
semiconductor chips with lines no wider than a micron, one millionth of a meter. The
Governor. Connecticut has a governor, William O'Neill, with a traditional Democratic
here from time to time decline and are replaced by something else. And thanks to its ingenuity,
background-and a longer time at the top than anyone expected. A bar owner in the town of
Connecticut has always generated plenty of capital to export, in private placements and through
East Hampton on the lower Connecticut River, he got active in local Democratic politics in the
the nation's largest insurance companies, long headquartered in Hartford, and it has enjoyed above
1950s when he returned from the Air Force. In 1966 he was elected to the legislature-not a
high incomes-with per capita incomes in 1988 the highest in the nation at $22,761, 33%
difficult feat since Connecticut's lower house has many seats, and a district is about the size of a
neighborhood. He got his current job less for his leadership ability than for his loyalty. Governor
the
Connecticut's average. politics has been a struggle between the conservative tendencies fostered by most its
Ella Grasso made him chairman of the state Democratic Party when John Bailey died, and when
economic success and the more liberal proclivities which stem from its ethnic history. For
her lieutenant governor ran against her in the 1978 primary, she chose the faithful )'Neill as his
of the 20th century, politics has been an arena in which ethnic conflicts and rivalries were Yankees" played
successor. When Grasso resigned in late 1980 just before her death O'Neill became Governor
out. Once the state was populated almost entirely by the kind of "Connecticut saltbox
O'Neill has won the job in his own right now twice, and both times against opposition that
celebrated by Mark Twain. If you drive around the state today, you still see towns with talk
initially looked formidable. In 1982 he withstood a primary challenge from state legislative
colonial houses, tourist attraction whaling ships, and low green mountains; and you can still
leader Ernest Abate and then won with only 53% against Republican legislator Lewis Rome in
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lifestyles. Joseph Lieberman started off as a liberal reformer, beating the incumbent state
Central America and as a backer of programs to accommodate Americans' changing family
Senate majority leader in a primary in 1970; but he won his seat in 1988 by running slightly but
c
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c
foreign policy.
noticeably to the right of Republican Lowell Weicker on cultural issues like school prayer and
CANADA
North Cansan
SOMERS
DUREBAUG
KEY
Salubury
NorToCt
Stafford
Colebrook
Kartland
Suffield
Union
Weedsteck
MONTH
Granty
STAFFORD SPRINGS
Dodd has had an easier political rise and wields greater national power. He was a Watergate
-
Canton
SUPTINED
(Enfield)
Somers
-
Date
HARTFORD COUNTY
Rinchester,
L
East
SOUTH WOODSTOCK
Thompson
SHIR#000 MANGH
Barkhamsted
GUARTY
baby, first elected to Congress in 1974; in 1980, when Senator Abraham Ribicoff retired, he
Ellington
Willington
PUTRAM
-
works
Windsor
Ent
SOUTHWOOD CAS
TOLLAND
Lastford
Sharen
NEW
Canton
MROSON.
Windsof
Askford
WINDSOR 10043
Cornect
Gashen
MARTFORD
Talland
CANTON
South
Bloomfreld
Windkor
PSIDERS
WINDHAM
6
ONLY BOOMM
faced down Toby Moffett and got the Democratic nomination uncontested. He easily beat his
Relangly
New
Hartford
Republican opponent, former New York Senator James Buckley. His name and family
EAST
MAGNET
DANIELSON,
WEST SINTEURY
SOUTH
LITCHFIELD
AVOR
COVENTER
CENTER
Chapin
LAST
Brooklyn
BROOKLYN
reputation helped (though his father was censured in 1967 for misuse of campaign funds); so did
Aven
WETNERSFIELD
Litchheld
NARWWTON
Burlington
8
IMMORTER
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Warren
BANTAM
Farmington
Carterbory
his pleasant demeanor and lack of overall enthusiasm for the Buckley brand of conservatism in
Thomasion
Rent
NEWINGTOR
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Plymouth
Worris
MARTFORD
2
the Buckleys' home state.
(AN POCOTOPANG
(AST NAMPTOR
New Milford
Washington
-
PLANFRED
(SSE#
Sharman
Hebron
In the Senate Dodd immediately set to work on foreign policy. He had served in Latin
Pam
NEW
Bathlehem
DAKVILLE
REASONCTOR
Crombell
Portland
Sprages
Labence
TEWETT
CITY
MANOR
-
Wolcott
PORTLAND
Gricarold
Burlin
America in the Peace Corps, and he seems to sympathize with the complaints of many Latin
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
WOODSORY
NEW.LONDON
INAUGATOCK
Rostery
Ln)
Colchester
COLCHISTER
critics of U.S. policy. He has consistently worked against U.S. aid to and involvement with what
NEW LONDON COUNTY
MEMBER
BLETOWN
Barrah
ONESSRE
Woodbury
e
Prospect
MOODUS
Presten
Bridgewater
he sees as repressive right-wing forces in the area. On El Salvador, he pushed the measure
COUNING
Forfield
Southbury
Orders
i
MIDDLESEX
Balam
Montville
MAUTHUS
Noth Stonington
NEW HAVEN
MEMON
End Haddem
ledyard
barring economic aid unless the President certified progress in human rights, and then opposed
MATERIORS
NEWTOWN
MONTHILLE
6 GROTOR
DANOURT
PRIDGE
Newtown
5
Bettrary
DESTR.
GALES -
the certifications when Reagan made them. The decline of right-wing death squad activity and
Deep
Lyne
PANCATURE
MYSTIC
BETHELS
Bettal
NAMENO
Greten
Stanington"
Mathon
Lyme
the election of President Jose Napoleon Duarte for a time seemed to prove Dodd's fears
10 S ONINGTON
FAIRFIELD
3
Lyne
WILDHAM COUNTY
Redding
Registered
SMELTON
MAVEN'
unfounded, but those things might not have happened without Dodd's pressure, and the death
INVOLLEMANTIC
BRANFORD
GULFORD
SOUTH WINDWAM
Erston
DRANGE
STRATFIELD
squads may be revived with the uncertainty which will follow Duarte's departure.
MADISON
WESTBROOM
FERWICK
Millord
MILFORD
HAVENO
EAST
HAVEN
Did
Saybrook
On Nicaragua Dodd is the lead spokesman in the Senate against aid to the contras, and has
WOODMONT
Within
LEGEND
Fairfield
New
2
number
visited often with the Sandinista leaders. In 1987 he was part of a congressional delegation sent
Canada
STRATFORD
o
BRIDGEPORT
Congressional boundary
NEW
YORK
Place of 100,000 more
to observe the talks on the Arias plan, which he has strongly supported. He has been outspoken
WESTPORT
Place
of
50
to
100,000
Greatheich
in his criticism of the contras, but has had little to say about human rights violations by the
Place of
SCALE
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ceptal
Sandinistas. On Central America generally, he seems more concerned about Vietnam-type
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involvement by the United States on the side of what he considers unprogressive forces than he
30 Miles
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
does with human rights violations or aggression by Salvadoran guerrillas or the Sandinista
Department of Commerce
government. On other Latin issues, he has demurred at using U.S. power heavyhandedly,
Congressional districts established October 29. 1001; all other boundaries are 05 of January 1, 1980.
that any action against Panama's Noriega should be multilateral.
arguing against decertifying Mexico for aid because of its lax drug enforcement and arguing
the general election. In 1986 at the state convention he did better, holding challenger Toby
Domestically, his first cause is his ABC child care bill. Supported by the AFL-CIO and
Moffett-a onetime Nader raider and four-term congressman-to less than the 20% he needed
Children's Defense Fund, the legislation would put $2.5 billion into child care, setting federal
to get on the ballot (Moffett is now a local TV anchor); and then beating Republican Julie
standards for child-staff ratios, classroom size, and caregiver training. It would make ineligible
Belaga, a Weicker ally, in the general election by a 58%-41% margin. O'Neill has now served
for federal grants and voucher assistance most of the churches that provide currently one-third
about as long as John Dempsey, who took Abraham Ribicoff's place when he became HEW
of day care, and it wouldn't cover neighbors and relatives who take care of children. The aim is to
secretary in 1961, and has done so without John Bailey at his side. It helped that for years the
institutionalize pre-kindergarten day care on a national basis, and to create a corps of caregivers
state's booming economy boosted revenues and painlessly produced surpluses; in 1988, he had a
in the image of the teaching profession, complete with postgraduate training and union
harder time balancing the budget, and by early 1989 the state was experiencing considerable
representation. To do that for all children would of course cost much more than $2.5 billion;
budget shortfalls after double-digit state spending increases during the boom years of the mid-
Dodd is interested now in making a start, and has modified his plan to meet various criticisms.
1980s. Will O'Neill run again? Many expect him to, although he says it will depend on his
unpaid leave to new parents.
Dodd's other great cause is parental leave; he has a bill which would require businesses to grant
health. If he doesn't, Democratic House members Bruce Morrison and Barbara Kennelly are
touted as likely possibilities, while their GOP colleague John Rowland may also run. Other
In March of 1989 Dodd was one of three Democratic Senators who voted for the nomination
Republican possibilities include state senate and house minority leaders Reginald Smith and
of John Tower as Secretary of Defense. Twenty-two years earlier, Tower was one of two
Republicans dissenting on a 92-5 vote to censure Thomas Dodd.
Robert Jaekle, as well as businessman Joel Schiavone.
Senators. Connecticut now has two Democratic Senators who have crossed political paths
Dodd has proved exceedingly popular in Connecticut in 1980 and 1986. He won his second
during their careers. Christopher Dodd's father, Senator Thomas Dodd, was notably more
term against a weak opponent with an impressive 65% of the vote. He has also taken a hand in
conservative on cultural and foreign issues than other Connecticut Democrats; the current
presidential politics. He was the one senator supporting Gary Hart in 1984, giving him
Senator Dodd has made his name as an opponent of efforts to oust Communist-backed. forces in
in San Francisco.
conspicuous support in the Connecticut primary which he carried handily and nominating him
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Joseph Lieberman came to the Senate in 1988 by beating one of the most original and most
bumptious of American politicians, Lowell Weicker. A Republican who more or less stumbled
the Catholic voters of the Northeast, and of John Bailey's shrewdness in endorsing him early. In
1988 Waterbury voted against a son of immigrants and for George Herbert Walker Bush. While
into the Senate in 1970-as a young conservative he won a three-way race with only 42%-
Weicker became a liberal force more from personality than ideas. Tall and imposing, aggressive
the Democrats have been carrying statewide elections in the 1980s, they seem to have lost the
knack for carrying Connecticut in presidential races. The state went Democratic in the close
and irritable, impassioned and self-righteous, he gloried in taking on forlorn causes and fighting
elections of 1960 and 1968, but Republican in the close elections of 1976 and 1988. One reason
them to the end. On the Senate Watergate Committee he was the one Republican aggressively
is that the culturally liberal views of national Democrats have not kept in the party's ranks all the
going after Richard Nixon; on the Senate floor he relished fighting Jesse Helms on school prayer
and abortion; in the Appropriations Committee he fought for money for the handicapped and
Catholics (or their descendants) who were so enthusiastically for the party of the Kennedys in
AIDS victims. And with considerable success: he funneled lots of money into those programs
the 1960s. Another is that the mistrust of technology national Democrats have portrayed-in
and shot down lots of Helms's amendments. In the process he made political allies and enemies:
their attacks on SDI and the space program-resonates negatively with many of Connecticut's
allies like feminists and the state AFL-CIO, which endorsed him in 1988, and enemies like the
technical and high-tech workers, the modern equivalents of the tinkerers of the 19th century.
The top of the ticket matters less to Connecticut politicians than it used to, because voters in
Buckleys, a bunch of whom puckishly endorsed Lieberman that year. Liberal Republicans of
1986 by a 50.4%-49.6% margin outlawed the straight-party levers which for years dominated
Weicker's stripe used to be unbeatable, and many still are, winning many Democrats' and all
Republicans' votes. But Weicker's self-righteousness irritated too many Republicans, while the
Connecticut politics. Straight-ticket voting was once required in Connecticut: until )1965 you
had to pull one party's lever to activate the machine, and only then could fiddle with the levers
fact that his fervor was directed mostly to cultural rather than economic issues left nonplussed
down below to split your ticket, So the party with the winning presidential or gubernatorial
many traditional Democrats who are themselves conservative on cultural issues.
Enter Joseph Lieberman, as well positioned as any Democrat these days to take advantage of
candidate tended to sweep the state. Even in the early 1980s there wasn't much ticket-splitting
here. But in 1988 there seemed to be lots of Bush-Lieberman and Dukakis-Weicker voters.
Weicker's weaknesses. Lieberman started off the decade disastrously, losing a 3d District House
As for primaries, here you find a vestige of Connecticut's old machines: registration on both
race in 1980; two years later he was elected state attorney general. In that job he daringly sued
the big insurance companies and issued a ruling forcing the resignation of a close friend of
sides is low, because the machines used conventions rather than primaries for nominating
statewide and congressional candidates, and didn't encourage uncontrollables to vote in what
Governor O'Neill. He is a Democrat appreciative of the traditions of his party-he is the author
of a 1966 biography of John Bailey which succeeds in being revealing and admiring at the same
primaries there were. This has been changing only slowly: there have been statewide primaries,
time-and of the tradition-minded views of many Democrats of ethnic stock. The son of a
but not all that many, since 1970, and the 1986 Supreme Court case opened up the Republican
primary to Independents. But only 241,000 Democrats and 103,000 Republicans voted in the
Stamford.liquor store owner, he is an Orthodox Jew who observes the Sabbath so rigorously that
1988 Presidential primaries-turnout levels that approximate those of the Iowa caucuses, in a
he declined to appear at the convention that nominated him because it was held on Saturday. On
some cultural and foreign issues he is more conservative than Weicker: he favors the death
state that cast 1.4 million general election votes. The winners in the Connecticut primaries,
incidentally, were Michael Dukakis and George Bush.
penalty and a moment of silence (but not prayer) in schools; he backed the invasion of Grenada
Congressional districting. The boundaries of Connecticut's six congressional districts received
and the bombing of Libya and strongly opposes Fidel Castro.
only marginal adjustments for the 1980s, and will probably not be much changed for the 1990s
Weicker's slogan was "Nobody's man but yours," but Lieberman's ads showed a cartoon bear
emitting GRRRRRRs and ZZZZZZs when irritated or sleeping. The bear ads seemed to click,
The People: Est. Pop. 1988: 3,241,000; Pop. 1980: 3,107,576, up 4.3% 1980-88 and 2.5% 1970-80;
not just because they were funny, but because they accurately described Weicker's strengths
1.32% of U.S. total, 28th largest. 16% with 1-3 yrs. col., 21% with 4+ yrs. col.; 8% below poverty level.
and weaknesses. Polls all along had shown about half the voters ready to vote against Weicker,
Single ancestry: 11% Italian, 7% English, 6% Irish, 5% Polish, 3% French, German, 1% Russian,
by mid-October Lieberman was running even in the Hartford Courant poll, and on election day
Portuguese, Swedish, Hungarian, Scottish, Greek. Households (1980): 74% family, 38% with children,
61% married couples; 36.1% housing units rented; median monthly rent: $203; median house value:
he won a dead heat. The contest cut across party lines, as many Democrats backed Weicker and
$67,400. Voting age pop. (1980): 2,284,657; 6% Black, 3% Spanish origin, 1% Asian origin. Registered
many Republicans Lieberman. Lieberman ran especially strong, compared to the Democratic
national ticket, in the industrialized area around Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley and in
voters (33%). (1988): 1,612,971; 648,483 D (40%), 429,904 R (27%), 534,595 unaffiliated and minor parties
the towns around his home in New Haven. Weicker ran ahead of his ticket in central city
1988 Share of Federal Tax Burden: 17,979,000,000; 2.03% of U.S. total, 15th largest.
Hartford and heavily Jewish Bloomfield, in the college town of Storrs, and in the New York
1988 Share of Federal Expenditures
expatriate part of rural Litchfield County.
Total
In the Senate Lieberman is likely to be more of a team player in his party than Weicker was in
Non-Defense
Defense
Total Expend
$13,770m
(1.56%)
his-he could hardly be less so-and in his first moment in the spotlight joined most Democrats
$8,272m
(1.26%)
$5,842m
(2.56%)
St/Lcl Grants
1,542m
(1.35%)
1,542m
(1.35%)
Om
in opposing John Tower. With seats on the Environment and Public Works and the Govern-
(0.03%)
Salary/Wages
1,142m
(0.85%)
673m
(1.00%)
470m
mental Affairs Committees, he is likely to focus on environmental issues. An interesting
(1.00%)
Pymnts to Indiv
5,215m
(1.27%)
5,094m
(1.30%)
121m
(0.65%)
question: will his example as a Democrat winning in a Northeastern state with somewhat
Procurement
5,250m
(2.78%)
344m
(0.74%)
5,250m
(2.78%)
conservative cultural and foreign policy views move his colleagues to give such positions more
Research/Other
621m
(1.66%)
620m
(1.67%)
1m
(1.67%)
serious consideration than they have during most of the 1980s?
Political Lineup: Governor, William A. O'Neill (D); Lt. Gov., Joseph J. Fauliso (D); Secy. of State,
Presidential politics. In the final days of the 1960 campaign, John Kennedy was scheduled to
Julia H. Tashjian (D); Atty. Gen., Clarine Riddle (D); Treasurer, Francisco L. Borges (D); Comptroller
finish his day with a rally in Waterbury. He was far behind schedule (in those days when rallies
J. Edward Caldwell (D). State Senate, 36(23 D)and 13 R); State House of Representatives, 151 (88 D
weren't all staged before 6:30 so as to be on the TV news), but a crowd of 100,000 waited up past
midnight to cheer him wildly. It was the clearest example of the enthusiasm Kennedy aroused in
)-R) and 63 R). Senators, Christopher J. Dodd (D) and Joseph 1. Lieberman (D). Representatives, 6 and
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212
1984 Presidential Vote
Group Ratings
1988 Presidential Vote
(52%)
Reagan (R)
890,877 (61%)
ADA
ACLU
750,241
COPE
CFA
LCV
ACU
NTLC
NSI
COC
CEI
Bush (R)
676,584 (47%)
Mondale (D)
569,597
(39%)
1988
85
63
94
100
60
8
8
10
36
19
Dukakis (D)
1987
65
-
95
75
-
0
-
-
13
27
1988 Democratic Presidential Primary
1988 Republican Presidential Primary
140,291
(58%)
Bush
73,501
(71%)
Dukakis
National Journal Ratings
68,372 (28%)
Dole
21,005 (20%)
Jackson
18,501
(8%)
Kemp
(3%)
1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
3,281
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
Gore.
Economic
(3%)
86%
-
0%
58%
-
5,761
(2%)
Robertson
3,191
41%
Hart
Social
71%
-
27%
60%
-
39%
Simon
3,140
(1%)
Foreign
70%
-
25%
81%
-
0%
Babbitt
2,370
(1%)
Key Votes
GOVERNOR
1) Cut Aged Housing $
AGN
5) Bork Nomination
AGN
9) SDI Funding
AGN
2) Override Hwy Veto
FOR
6) Ban Plastic Guns
-
10) Ban Chem Weaps
AGN
Gov. William A. O'Neill (D)
3) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice AGN
7) Deny Abortions
FOR
11) Aid To Contras
AGN
Assumed office 1980, term expires Jan. 1991; b. Aug. 11, 1930,
4) Min Wage Increase
FOR
8) Japanese Reparations
FOR
12) Reagan Defense $ AGN
Hartford; home, East Hampton; New Britain Teacher's Col., U. of
Hartford; Roman Catholic; married (Natalie).
Election Results
Career: USAF, Korea; Dem. East Hampton Town Cmtee., 1954-
1986 general
Christopher J. Dodd (D)
632,695
(65%)
($2,276,764)
80; CT House of Reps., 1966-78; Chmn., CT Dem. Central
Roger W. Eddy (R)
340,438
(35%)
($183,632)
Cmtee., 1975-78; Lt. Gov. of CT, 1978-80.
1986 primary
Christopher J. Dodd (D), nominated by convention
1980 general
Christopher J. Dodd (D)
763,969
Office: State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave., Hartford 06106, 203-
(56%)
($1,403,672)
James L. Buckley (R)
581,884
(43%)
($1,652,672)
566-4840.
Election Results
1986 gen.
William A. O'Neill (D)
575,638
(58%)
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D)
Julie D. Belaga (R)
408,489
(41%)
Elected 1988, seat up 1994; b. Feb. 24, 1942, Stamford; home, New
1986 prim.
William A. O'Neill (D), nomi-
Haven; Yale, B.A. 1964, LLB. 1967; Jewish; married (Hadassah).
nated by convention
1982 gen.
William A. O'Neill (D)
578,264
(53%)
Career: CT Senate, 1970-80, Major. Ldr., 1974-80; CT Atty.
Lewis B. Rome (R)
497,773 (46%)
Gen., 1983-88.
Offices: 502 HSOB 20510, 202-224-4041. Also 1 Commercial
Plaza, 21st fl., Hartford 06103, 203-240-3566.
SENATORS
Committees: Environment and Public Works (9th of 9 D).
Subcommittees: Environmental Protection; Toxic Substances,
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D)
Environmental Oversight, Research and Development; Water Re-
Elected 1980, seat up 1992; b. May 27, 1944, Willimantic; home,
sources, Transportation and Infrastructure. Governmental Affairs
East Haddam; Providence Col., B.A. 1966, U. of Louisville, J.D.
(8th of 8 D). Subcommittees: General Services, Federalism and the
1972; Roman Catholic; divorced.
District of Columbia; Oversight of Government Management;
Career: Peace Corps, Dominican Republic, 1966-68; Army Re-
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Small Business (10th
serve, 1969-75; Atty., 1972-74; U.S. House of Reps., 1974-80.
of 10 D). Subcommittees: Competition and Antitrust Enforcement;
Export Expansion; Government Contracting and Paperwork Re-
Offices: 444 RSOB 20510, 202-224-2823. Also 100 Great
duction.
Meadow Rd., Wheathersfield 06109, 203-240-3470.
Committees: Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (4th of 12 D).
Group Ratings and Key Votes: Newly Elected
Subcommittees: Housing and Urban Affairs; Securities (Chair-
Election Results
man). Budget (12th of 13 D). Foreign Relations (5th of 10 D).
Subcommittees: East Asian and Pacific Affairs; International Eco-
1988 general
Joseph I. Lieberman (D)
688,499
(50%)
($2,570,779)
nomic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment; Western Hemi-
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R)
678,454
(49%)
($2,609,902)
sphere and Peace Corps Affairs (Chairman). Labor and Human
1988 primary
Joseph I. Lieberman (D), nominated by convention
Resources (5th of 9 D). Subcommittees: Aging; Children, Family,
1982 general
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R)
545,987
(50%)
($2,306,615)
Drugs, and Alcoholism (Chairman); Education, Arts, and Human-
Anthony Toby Moffett (D)
499,146
(46%)
($1,368,147)
ities. Rules and Administration (8th of 9 D).
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possible candidate for governor in 1990, but only if William O'Neill retires: she is not the person
FIRST DISTRICT
to challenge an incumbent of her own party, but she has shown that she can both work with
Before the War of 1812, Hartford was one of Connecticut's seaports; vessels could sail down the
colleagues and take command, so it would not be a surprise to see her run-and win.
Connecticut River from its wharves straight to foreign ports. Jefferson's Embargo and the war
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 523,900, up 1.5% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 516,232, dn. 1.7% 1970-80.
stopped that trade, and the marine insurers who had gathered in the little Connecticut town
turned to writing fire insurance policies: from this beginning sprung some of America's great
Households (1980): 71% family, 36% with children, 56% married couples; 42.2% housing units rented;
median monthly rent: $205; median house value: $65,700. Voting age pop. (1980): 383,559; 10% Black,
insurance companies. As they were growing, Yankee tinkerers were producing new products-
5% Spanish origin, 1% Asian origin.
the Colt revolver in the 1850s, for example-and Hartford was on its way to being what it clearly
1988 Presidential Vote
became by 1940, Connecticut's first city, the center of its largest urban area, the state capital,
Dukakis (D)
133,867
(55%)
and its economic capital as well. Since then, Hartford has continued to grow; it is the center of
Bush (R)
106,890
(44%)
one of the nation's leading defense contractors, United Technologies, which produces a large
percentage of the world's jet engines in the Pratt and Whitney plant in East Hartford. State
Rep. Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
government also provides Hartford with a stable employment base, though not a large one in
Elected 1982; b. July 10, 1936, Hartford; home, Hartford; Trinity
thrifty Connecticut.
Col. (Washington, D.C.), B.A. 1958, Trinity Col. (Hartford, CT),
Politically metropolitan Hartford, which is, give or take a few suburbs, coterminous with
M.A. 1971; Roman Catholic; married (James).
Connecticut's 1st Congressional District, is the most Democratic part of Connecticut, not
Career: Vice Chmn., Hartford Comm. on Aging, 1971-75; Hart-
because of any industrial proletariat but because of its ethnic makeup. Hartford has proportion-
ford Crt. of Common Cncl., 1975-79; CT Secy. of State, 1979-82.
ately one of the nation's largest Jewish communities; it also has many Irish, Italian, and French
Offices: 204 CHOB 20515, 202-225-2265. Also One Corporate
Canadian Catholics, and it has a fair number of blacks, including the city's present mayor Carrie
Center, Hartford 06103, 203-240-3120.
Saxon Perry. Most of the original immigrants' grandchildren have moved moved out of the
Committees: Ways and Means (18th of 23 D). Subcommittees:
central city and into its hilly suburbs, but enough of them retain Democratic voting habits to
Human Resources; Select Revenue Measures. Permanent Select
make this white-collar, high-skill urban area one of the most Democratic in the country.
Committee on Intelligence (8th of 12 D). Subcommittees: Legisla-
Strengthening that allegiance was John Bailey, longtime state (1946-75) and national (1961-
tive; Oversight and Evaluation.
68) Democratic chairman, an old-fashioned political boss who had a career free of scandal and
who promoted a raft of first-class candidates.
Fittingly, the House member from the 1st District today is Democrat Barbara Kennelly, who
was known when she started off in politics as Bailey's daughter and former state Speaker James
Group Ratings
Kennelly's wife. But since she first won the seat in a 1982 special election, she has made a
reputation of her own. First, she won a seat on the Ways and Means Committee in 1983, over the
ADA
ACLU
COPE
CFA
LCV
ACU
NTLC
NSI
COC
1988
CEI
opposition of Chairman Dan Rostenkowski; Ways and Means's jurisdiction over taxes is vital to
90
83
90
73
75
8
16
10
36
1987
13
-
the insurance industry. Next, she was the chief House sponsor of the 1984 law to use the federal
84
89
86
I
0
I
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21
7
tax system to enforce child support payments. For years everyone was reluctant to use the IRS to
enforce these state laws, and many legislators probably did not think non-paying ex-husbands
National Journal Ratings
1988 LIB- 1988 CONS
were doing anything all that reprehensible. By focusing hard on the issue, and by coming up with
1987 LIB- 1987 CONS
Economic
67%
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a workable plan, Kennelly and the other members of the Women's Legislative Caucus who
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bill, Kennelly concentrated on getting a high deduction for single heads of household and saving
the historic preservation and rehabilitation tax credit. She worked hard also on the 1988 welfare
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save the single-premium insurance policies from what the insurance companies consider
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overtaxation. This was a tough fight, and she beat Rostenkowski in committee on it-which did
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Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
not increase his warmth, but may have increased his respect, for her.
176,463
(77%)
($471,530)
Mario Robles, Jr. (R)
By inheritance and temperament, Kennelly is a team player Democrat. She was a booster of
51,985
1988 primary
(23%)
($11,520)
Barbara B. Kennelly (D), nominated by convention
Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President in 1984 and nominated her in San Francisco; she was given
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Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
128,930
(74%)
a seat on the House Intelligence Committee in 1987. In the 1st District she has proved a strong
($388,045)
Herschel A. Klein (R).
44,122
(25%)
($6,705)
vote-getter indeed, winning in 1986 and 1988 with more than 70%. She is mentioned as a
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he thinks eastern Connecticut's four nuclear plants pose. He works hard on local issues,
returning to the district often and handling matters from loans to Connecticut flood victims to
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The hilly, wooded land of eastern Connecticut, with its Yankee villages and high-income havens
settling Indian land claims; he has proposed a Quinebaug River heritage corridor to urge
landowners to limit development.
like Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, doesn't look it, but it's one of the nation's high-tech industrial
areas. New London and Norwich were among the 13 colonies' leading workshops and ports, and
Gejdenson seems as happy where he is as most of his constituents seem happy to keep him
there. He has declined to switch to Armed Services, and has not renewed his unsuccessful bid in
in the 19th century factories sprang up there and in the little villages on fast-flowing Quinebaug
and Shetucket Rivers that provided waterpower. None of these became a metropolis-they have
1984 to get on Appropriations; he now chairs a Foreign Affairs subcommittee. He promises
about the population New York did in 1790-and a sandbar across the mouth of the
never to run for Senator or governor. For all his strong views on issues, he seems to many
Connecticut River kept a big port from establishing itself there. But these towns kept their
constituents "just a farm boy who spends his week in Washington," and he made a point of
announcing for reelection in 1988 on his parents' dairy farm.
technical ingenuity and know-how and today, in'a time when more Americans are moving out
into the countryside, many are thriving. They also house big, high-risk, high-tech operations. The
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 539,200, up 4.0% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 518,244, up 6.4% 1970-80.
part of eastern Connecticut that makes up the state's 2d Congressional District has four nuclear
Households (1980): 74% family, 40% with children, 63% married couples; 35.2% housing units rented;
plants, the largest number in any area of similar population in the U.S. In Groton, across
median monthly rent: $202; median house value: $56,800. Voting age pop. (1980): 378,132; 3% Black,
power the Thames River from New London, is General Dynamics's Electric Boat Company, the major
1% Spanish origin, 1% Asian origin.
producer of the nuclear submarines which do so much to maintain nuclear stability-and which
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(R)
119,947
(50%)
are also expensive and difficult to build.
The Nutmeg State landscape may look colonial or early industrial; the people are more often
Dukakis (D)
115,813
(49%)
descended from the immigrants of 1840-1924 than from the Yankees who lived here during the
Revolution. For many years, the balance of mostly Protestant Yankees and mostly Catholic
Rep. Samuel Gejdenson (D)
immigrants produced a lively two-party politics here. Over the last 25 years the 2d District has
Elected 1980; b. May 20, 1948, Eschwege, Germany; home,
been represented by both Republicans and Democrats, although none has actually lost an
Bozrah; Mitchell Col., A.S. 1966, U. of CT, B.A. 1970; Jewish;
election: they usually have run for other offices. Most recently Christopher Dodd, after
married (Karen).
representing the 2d District for six years, became well enough known on Hartford and New
Career: CT House of Reps., 1974-78; Legis. Liaison to Gov. of
Haven television to be elected senator in 1980.
CT, 1979-80.
The current congressman, Sam Gejdenson, says he wants to stay in the House. He worked
Offices: 1410 LHOB 20515, 202-225-2076. Also P.O. Box 2000,
hard to get there, beating the son of former Governor John Dempsey in his first primary and
Norwich 06360, 203-886-0139; and 94 Court St., Middletown
then beating Republican Tony Guglielmo in the Reagan year of 1980, though he started off little
06457, 203-346-1123.
known and his name (gay-den-son) was often mispronounced. But he had other assets: an ability
Committees: Foreign Affairs (9th of 28 D). Subcommittees: In-
to organize a campaign, an instinctive feel for communicating issues to voters, a wry sense of
ternational Economic Policy and Trade (Chairman); Western
humor, and the willingness to campaign hard personally. He has displayed all these in elections
Hemisphere Affairs. House Administration (10th of 13 D). Sub-
since, plus the ability to raise vast sums of money. Gejdenson won with only 56% in 1982 and
committee: Accounts. Interior and Insular Affairs (11th of 26 D).
sagged to 54% in 1984, when the straight-party lever hurt him. But in 1986 he won 67% against
Subcommittees: Energy and the Environment; Water, Power and
highly-touted but poorly-financed former FBI official Francis Mullen. For 1988, the straight-
Offshore Energy Resources; General Oversight and Investigations.
ticket lever was abolished, and Michael Dukakis almost carried the district anyway; Gejdenson
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won 63% against a spirited but underfinanced challenger.
Gejdenson has one of the more liberal records in the House, and his success at making this a
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Committee, where he has been a leading opponent of aid to the Nicaraguan contras, taking on
Administration spokesmen in televised debates. He is a critic as well of many weapons systems,
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opposing the MX, the B-1, and Trident II, though he adds that he supports Trident I, the Stealth
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bomber, and Minuteman. Furthermore, he stresses that he works hard to keep work coming into
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Electric Boat, and he talked with union and management officials there when workers went out
on strike. He argued for stronger anti-drug laws (though he opposes the death penalty), and he is
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one of Congress's most vocal supporters of vast increases in the budget of the Coast Guard
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(whose academy is in New London). He serves also on the Interior Committee, where he has
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emerged as one of the leading critics of the nuclear power industry. He opposes, however, some
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debt, and has suggested an international agency to buy it up from the banks (presumably at
1988 general
Samuel Gejdenson (D)
143,326
(64%)
($727,919)
some discount) and then repackage it and sell it elsewhere; he takes the common sense position
Glenn Carberry (R)
81,965
(36%)
($246,903)
that banks should lose something when they make bad loans. In the middle 1980s he led fights to
1988 primary
Samuel Gejdenson (D), nominated by convention
freeze various parts of the budget. But he does seek more money to build public housing-one of
1986 general
Samuel Gejdenson (D)
109,229
(67%)
($987,167)
the few members with real faith in that program-and he has resisted efforts to let tenants buy
Bud Mullen (R)
52,869
(33%)
($145,336)
housing projects (lest they cut the wages of the projects' union-represented employees).
Morrison is not afraid of the L-word, arguing that "things that have been supported by liberal
political leaders over the last half-century have built middle-class America." He casts lonely
votes against measures like banning dial-a-porn calls on free speech grounds and opposes capital
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punishment. On foreign policy he is a vehement opponent of aid to the Nicaraguan contras, and
Once the capital and largest city of Connecticut, best known as the home of Yale, New Haven is
in early 1987 he was arguing that Congress should think about whether Ronald Reagan should
really an industrial town, the place where Eli Whitney first mass-produced rifles-the forerun-
be impeached. In some quarters these views might get him in trouble, but among House
ner of Connecticut's big defense industry. It is a town where tinkerers mass-produced clocks,
Democrats they help. When Judiciary Committee Democrats voted Romano Mazzoli out of the
locks, hardware, and toys in the 19th century and which still, despite the departure of the
chair of the immigration subcommittee by a 16-5 vote in 1989, they promptly installed
Winchester rifle company, shows signs of its factory town past. Politically, New Haven is the
Morrison.
center of Connecticut's 3d Congressional District. You can still see the remains of New Haven's
How does he win at home? In 1982 Morrison won by stressing economic issues, by attacking
turn-of-the-century factories, but the children of the Irish, Italian, and Polish immigrants have
trickle-down Reaganomics and charging DeNardis with voting to weaken Social Security. As
long since spread out from their old neighborhoods of frame houses, huddled within walking
the economy recovered, he has used the advantages of office to stay in office. He has raised vast
distance of the factories, to the close-in suburbs and beyond.
sums from PACs and other contributors. He works the district hard, staying in touch with local
For years New Haven politics centered on ethnic rivalries: the Irish became Democrats
businessmen even as he supports greater regulations on business, and helping out local defense
because the Yankee Republicans would have nothing to do with them; the Italians became
contractors even as he supports cutbacks in the Pentagon budget. Against his political smarts
Republicans because the Democratic Party was controlled by the Irish. (In all this Yale played
and energy, the hapless Republicans who ran against him in 1986 and 1988 had no chance, and it
little part: for all its national reputation, it has a small enrollment and, except for a few blocks
hardly seems likely that this active and creative legislator will be seriously challenged in the
near campus, New Haven is not really a college town.) But over time, as second- and third-
future.
generation Americans got educated, found good jobs, and raised their families in the suburbs,
ethnic identity and ethnic jealousies came to matter less, and cultural attitudes more. New
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 527,900, up 1.8% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 518,677, up 1.6% 1970-80.
Haven's Yankees were staunch Republicans-cannons boomed out over the Green in 1860 when
Households (1980): 73% family, 36% with children, 59% married couples; 37.0% housing units rented;
Lincoln was elected-and the Democratic loyalties of its Catholics were strongest when
median monthly rent: $212; median house value: $65,400. Voting age pop. (1980): 387,740; 9% Black,
Kennedy was elected in 1960. In the years since, the conservative cultural attitudes that are
2% Spanish origin, 1% Asian origin.
strong in so many factory towns have become the determinant of political attitudes here. The
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city of New Haven, depopulated by urban renewal and the flight to the suburbs, is heavily
119,329
(50%)
Dukakis (D)
117,432
(49%)
Democratic, but the New Haven area and the 3d District have not voted for a Democrat for
President since 1964.
The congressman from the 3d is a Democrat, however, and his success helps make clear why
Rep. Bruce A. Morrison (D)
his party still controls the House. Bruce Morrison came to New Haven to go to law school and
Elected 1982; b. Oct. 8, 1944, New York, NY; home, Hamden; MA
stayed to work in and run the legal services program. In 1982, fed up with the Reagan revolution,
Institute of Technology, S.B. 1965, U. of IL, M.S. 1970, Yale U.,
he decided to run for Congress; an outsider, with a WASP name in a district represented for 30
J.D. 1973; Lutheran; married (Jane).
years by men named DeNardis, Giaïmo, and Cretella, unconnected to the local pols, Morrison
Career: New Haven Legal Assistance Assn., Staff atty., 1973-74,
built an organization, raised $300,000, and ran some truly clever ads (the 3d, served primarily by
Managing atty., 1974-76, Exec. Dir., 1976-81.
two Connecticut TV stations, permits unusually spirited and specific campaigning, with plenty
Offices: 330 CHOB 20515, 202-225-3661. Also 85 Church St.,
of charges and countercharges on TV). In the primary he beat the president of the board of
New Haven 06510, 203-773-2325.
aldermen and in the general incumbent Lawrence DeNardis, who had won the district in 1980
Committees: Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (14th of 31 D).
by beating Joseph Lieberman, now U.S. Senator. In the years since, in this Republican-leaning
Subcommittees: Housing and Community Development; Policy
district, Morrison has simultaneously made a distinctive liberal record in the House and made
Research and Insurance; International Development, Finance,
the 3d District a safe seat.
Trade and Monetary Policy. District of Columbia (7th of 8 D).
In the House he has not been much of a gladhander and he is not afraid to make waves; he
Judiciary (13th of 21 D). Subcommittees: Administrative Law and
tried three times to get a seat on the Budget Committee, and lost each time, and in December
Governmental Relations; Immigration, Refugees and International
1988 lost a bid for a seat on Appropriations. But he has used his seat on Banking to advantage,
Law (Chairman). Veteran's Affairs (17th of 21). Subcommittee:
voting against Fernand St Germain and in favor of keeping banks out of stock underwriting, and
Hospitals and Health Care. Select Committee on Children, Youth
he has championed the interests of the insurance companies. He is interested in Third World
and Families (10th of 18 D).
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income voters in artsy-craftsy Westport are more liberal on cultural and foreign issues than blue-
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The political diversity of this district became apparent in the fight for the seat after the death
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in May 1987 of Stewart McKinney, the first member of Congress to die of AIDS, a liberal
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Republican who left his name on an act to help the homeless. The Democratic nominee,
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legislator Christine Niedermeier, grew up in working-class Bridgeport, and taking conservative
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stands on cultural issues won 46% against McKinney in 1986; she beat a black state Senator
from Bridgeport in the July 1987 primary. The winner of the four-way Republican primary was
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bitter critic of Israel. He was outspent by Niedermeier, but she managed to alienate liberals
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without gaining the trust of conservatives, and Shays won the August special 57%-42%.
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Shays seems to be a Republican in the Weicker mode; quieter, perhaps, but still liable to make
waves. He went to the length in 1985 of going to jail for three days to protest a corrupt judicial
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Bruce A. Morrison (D)
147,394
(66%)
($506,799)
system; he is independent to the point of protest on occasion, and publicly criticized Republican
1988 general
74,275
(34%)
($116,117)
leader Robert Michel when he didn't get the committee assignment he wanted. His record in his
Gerard B. Patton (R)
first year was arguably the most liberal of House Republicans. Shays won a full term in 1988
1988 primary
Bruce A. Morrison (D), nominated by convention
114,276
(70%)
($567,868)
with 72%, even carrying Bridgeport, but he was saddened by Weicker's defeat-and Weicker's
1986 general
Bruce A. Morrison (D)
Ernest J. Diette, Jr. (R)
49,806
(30%)
($14,307)
loss of many ordinarily Republican votes in the 4th suggests that sometimes a Republican can
get too independent for his own good.
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Each morning at the railroad station in Stamford the expensively dressed commuters getting and on
the train to New York are outnumbered by the more diverse lot getting off the trains
searching for a bus to take them to the corporate headquarters or the mirror-glassed office park of
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where they work in Connecticut. What was 50 years ago a commuter suburb is now the center of
of the nation's hottest white collar job areas, as corporations flee the high taxes and costs
but now make up one of the booming office centers in the United States.
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This is Lower Fairfield County, a string of diverse towns along the New Haven Railroad line for
He has done
just above Long Island Sound. Politically, this was the Republican stronghold in Connecticut
The People: Est. Pop. 1.
for Vietnam
one of the most affluent parts of the nation, a land of broad, well-manicured Canaan lawns
Households (1980): 74% fa
ase votes-which
years, sweeping down to Long Island Sound, of establishment Greenwich and woodsy New New
median monthly rent: $230;
and artsy-craftsy Westport. Today real estate prices are higher-far higher-than ever, as office
6% Spanish origin, 1% Asian
York's glitzy elite competes for prime property; most of the people who work in the new in
Connecticut. Hartford is a lot farther away than Grand Central Station, and the major
politicians produced by Greenwich-Senator Prescott Bush and his son George, Senator Lowell
Weicker-lived very much in the New York orbit.
The 4th Congressional District of Connecticut is made up of the string of towns along the
precision place at almost the of western the fabricating. no felt old but Yankees, edge is of a major the and district, corporate was headquar once (D)
Connecticut's residents have 5th been Congressional making The talent comfortati old seems products
ne first Connecticut
New Right: "school
buildings can't afford to live nearby. That means that, despite the commercial growth
Christines
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Gagainst abortion and for
not lead him to support
Stamford and Greenwich and Fairfield, voters here are still oriented to New York, not
Oraries who have used drugs
Connecticut; they watch New York, not New Haven or Hartford, TV stations; they are Yankees, in
not Red Sox, fans; their political attitudes are shaped by what is happening in the City, not
were the Democrats. In early
ichael Dukakis for vetoing a bill
ince to the flag, Rowland rose in the
day. Kenneth Gray, in the chair, ruled
crty line vote; but Speaker Jim Wright,
Sound plus the old industrial (but also park-laden) city of Bridgeport. Politics here was Boothe once a
The charge of voting against the Pledge,
battle between factory workers and railroad commuters, back in the 1940s when Clare
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Ex. This episode kept the Pledge issue on the
Luce won the seat and used her platform to denounce Franklin D. Roosevelt. Nowadays there
Bush (R)
Bush.
Dukakis
are fewer factory workers and not so many commuters, and politics is more complicated. High-
incumbent William Ratchford off guard, and
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Rep. Christopher Shays (R)
was until recently the nation's largest producer of brass products and one of its major
Elected Aug. 1987; b. Oct. 18, 1945, Stamford; home, Stamford;
clockmakers; the last of Waterbury's Big Three brass fabricators shut down in 1985, leaving less
Principia Col., B.A. 1968, N.Y.U., M.B.A. 1974, M.P.A. 1978;
than 1,000 workers in a local industry that once employed 20,000 here; but the city is more
Protestant; married (Betsi).
prosperous than ever, with a low unemployment rate and a high level of satisfaction with the
Career: Peace Corps 1968-70; Aide to Mayor of Trumbull, CT
economic policies of the Republican Administration. The towns of the Naugatuck Valley used
1971-72; CT House of Reps., 1974-86.
the river's fast-flowing waters to make things in the 19th century; now they are adapting to the
Offices: 1531 LHOB 20515, 202-225-5541. Also 10 Middle St.,
high-tech world of the late 20th.
Bridgeport 06604, 203-579-5870; 888 Washington Blvd., Stamford
After the Revolution, this part of Connecticut was Yankee country. Its voters-first
06901, 203-357-8277; and 125 East Ave., Norwalk 06851, 203-866-
Federalists, later Whigs, then Republicans-were men who wanted to stop revolutionaries like
6469.
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from putting into effect their newfangled ideas, even as
Committees: Government Operations (9th of 15 R). Subcommit-
they themselves, in their factories, were making newfangled machines and products. By the
tees: Employment and Housing; Legislation and National Security.
1940s Yankees were in a political minority, replaced by Democrats who went to Mass, lived in
Science, Space and Technology (16th of 19 R). Subcommittees:
traditional ethnic neighborhoods, supported the New Deal, and revered John F. Kennedy. Now,
Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment; Trans-
as ethnic discrimination vanishes and market capitalism (and the Pentagon) produces new and
portation, Aviation and Materials. Select Committee on Narcotics
unanticipated prosperity, this part of Connecticut has been moving perceptibly to the right, In
Abuse and Control (10th of 12 R).
the Kennedy and Johnson years the 5th was a solidly Democratic district. By the 1980s, with the
Democratic factory towns balanced off by the smaller, still Yankee rural towns and by the wide
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Republican margins in the high-income woodsy suburbs of Weston, Wilton, and Ridgefield, it
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other Connecticut districts. The 5th District seat changed partisan hands in 1972, 1978, and
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He is John Rowland, still the youngest member of Congress as he was when he was first
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elected in 1984 at 27, who describes himself as a "Waterbury rat. He is from a political family:
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his grandfather, as Republican Controller of Waterbury, exposed the Democrats' shenanigans.
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One year out of college, while working in his father's insurance business, Rowland ran for the
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legislature and ousted a veteran Democrat; two years later he was a minority whip; two years
after that he was in Congress. He speaks in the authentic language of the vast American middle
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class, eager to get ineligibles off the welfare rolls, determined not to deny college loans to
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That means he has caused trouble in the House for the leadership-of both parties. He was
not shy about opposing the administration on Social Security or urging President Reagan to fire
Edwin Meese; he signed up to support Claude Pepper's long-term health care bill. He has done
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Christopher Shays (R)
147,843
(72%)
($372,680)
some grandstanding on the POW issue, and he has urged more generous programs for Vietnam
Roger Pearson (D)
55,751
(27%)
($44,410)
and other veterans. But he has mostly supported the Administration on defense votes-which
1988 primary
Christopher Shays (R), nominated by convention
probably helped him get on the House Armed Services Committee in 1987, the first Connecticut
1987 special
Christopher Shays (R)
50,518
(57%)
member there in 18 years. All of this means that Rowland is not a part of the New Right: "school
Christine M. Niedermeier (D)
37,293
(42%)
prayer and those issues,1 don't get excited about them," he says. He is against abortion and for
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Stewart B. McKinney (R)
77,212
(54%)
($534,663)
the Equal Rights Amendment. And his opposition to drug use does not lead him to support
Christine M. Niedermeier (D)
66,999
(46%)
($305,822)
absolute "user accountability"; he says he knows too many contemporaries who have used drugs
and doesn't favor such a punitive approach.
But the leaders he really irked-and caught off guard-were the Democrats. In early
September 1988, after George Bush had been attacking Michael Dukakis for vetoing a bill
FIFTH DISTRICT
requiring teachers to lead students in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, Rowland rose in the
Connecticut's 5th Congressional District is a slice of the stony hills where for 300 years its
House and proposed that the House say the Pledge every day Kenneth Gray, in the chair, ruled
residents have been making comfortable livings in a cold land by tinkering, inventing, and
this out of order, and his ruling was sustained on a party line vote; but Speaker Jim Wright,
precision fabricating. The talent seems to go with the soil: new ethnic groups now live in the
uneasy about leaving his Democrats vulnerable to the charge of voting against the Pledge,
place of the old Yankees, and old products that lose their markets are replaced by new. Danbury,
announced that the House would say it twice a week. This episode kept the Pledge issue on the
at the western edge of the district, was once the nation's leading producer of hats; now it cuts
TV newscasts for another day-which didn't hurt Bush.
almost no felt but is a major corporate headquarters city. The biggest of these cities, Waterbury,
Rowland won the seat in 1984, catching incumbent William Ratchford off guard, and
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benefiting from Connecticut's straight-party lever. He held it with 61% in 1986 and 74% against
a former Meriden mayor in 1988 running far ahead of Bush. He has stayed in close touch with
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the district, and may consider running for governor in 1990, or even for senator in 1992 or 1994.
From the urban corridor alongside the Connecticut River north of Hartford to the tiny
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 546,400, up 5.3% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 518,700, up 8.2% 1970-80.
Litchfield County towns just north and west of industrial Waterbury and Danbury and Bristol,
Households (1980): 78% family, 42% with children, 65% married couples; 32.2% housing units rented;
extends the 6th Congressional District of Connecticut. This is an ethnic hodgepodge. Enfield
median monthly rent: $179; median house value: $70,200. Voting age pop. (1980): 372,002; 4% Black,
and Windsor Locks, north of Hartford, are heavily Italian-American; New Britain, not far
3% Spanish origin.
southwest of Hartford, is heavily Polish-American; the mill towns of Torrington and Winsted, in
1988 Presidential Vote:
Bush
(R)
141,664
(58%)
the clefts of river valleys amid mountains, are a mixture (Winsted is the hometown of Lebanese-
Dukakis (D)
97,553
(40%)
American Ralph Nader). Interspersed are the Yankee Republican towns of Litchfield County,
whose proud houses bear witness to its prosperity in the Revolutionary eΓa, and whose
communities and hidden estates are now sought out by elite New Yorkers. Also here are some
Rep. John G. Rowland (R)
high-income suburbs of Hartford like Farmington, home of the famous Miss Porter's School.
Elected 1984; b. May 24, 1957 Waterbury; home, Waterbury;
Villanova U., B.S. 1979, Catholic; married (Deborah).
The 6th District has produced a series of interesting and successful congressmen, including
two governors (Republican Thomas Meskill and Democrat Ella Grasso). The current incum-
Career: Insur. agent, 1979-84; CT House of Reps., 1980-84.
bent, Republican Nancy Johnson, is in that tradition. She has also been an active and creative
Offices: 329 CHOB 20515, 202-225-3822. Also 135 Grand St.,
legislator. On roll calls she has compiled a record midway between standard Republicans and
Waterbury 06720, 203-573-1418.
Democrats. But more important are the issues on which she has taken a lead.
Committees: Armed Services (14th of 21 R). Subcommittees:
The most prominent are child care and welfare reform. She is the lead House sponsor of the
Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems; Seapower and Strate-
Republicans' major child care bill, which would give the states $250 million in block grants but
gic and Critical Metals. Veterans' Affairs (9th of 13 R). Sub-
which, unlike Christopher Dodd's ABC bill, would set up no federal standards. She also has a
committees: Hospitals and Health Care; Housing and Memorial
shorter-term reform, to change the day care tax credit by eliminating it for the highest income
Affairs. Select Committee on Intelligence (6th of 7 R). Subcommit-
taxpayers and giving the $300 million saved as vouchers to mothers not on welfare but with
tee: Legislation.
incomes too low to take advantage of the credit. As part of welfare reform, she would require
mothers to enter part-time training when their children are six months, but in return would pay
for day care for a year while they are working at jobs that pay up to 150% of the poverty level.
The principles behind these ideas are that those closest to the children, not federal authorities,
can make the best decisions about child care, and that benefits should be targeted toward the
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spending increases, and she would accept a small tax hike. On military issues, she tends to
support the administration, though occasionally dissenting; her toughest vote, she says, was
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supporting aid to the contras. On cultural issues, she is more liberal, supporting the Equal Rights
34%
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Amendment and abortion. One pet cause is the bearing industry, which has been losing jobs in
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Connecticut: with John Spratt of South Carolina she set up a Bearing Caucus. She charges that
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foreigners have been dumping bearings in the United States, and she persuaded the Pentagon to
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say it would buy only U.S.-made bearings for eight years. Johnson tried and failed earlier to get
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on the Armed Services Committee; but in December 1988 she got on the Ways and Means
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Committee, where she serves with her next-door neighbor (and possible future statewide rival),
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Democrat Barbara Kennelly.
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community affairs before she was elected to the legislature in 1976 from heavily Democratic
and industrial New Britain. Here being a woman may have helped, by suggesting that she would
Election Results
1988 general
John G. Rowland (R)
163,729
(74%)
($375,660)
be somewhat more compassionate and generous than most Republicans. When 6th District
Joseph Marinan, Jr. (D)
58,612
(26%)
($54,524)
Congressman Toby Moffett ran against Senator Lowell Weicker in 1982, Johnson beat a nuclear
John G. Rowland, Jr. (D), nominated by convention
freeze organizer for the House seat. Since then she has won by wide margins, against a strong
1988 primary
1986 general
John G. Rowland (R)
98,664
(61%)
($425,746)
opponent in 1984 and weak ones in 1986 and 1988. She is mentioned as a candidate for governor
Jim Cohen (D)
63,371
(39%)
($344,285)
in 1990, or perhaps as an opponent for one of Connecticut's two Democratic senators in 1992 or
1994. In the meantime she obviously has a safe seat and steady work.
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The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 540,100, up 4.4% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 517,146, up 6.4% 1970-80.
Households (1980): 77% family, 39% with children, 65% married couples; 30.6% housing units rented;
median monthly rent: $185; median house value: $63,300. Voting age pop. (1980): 378,872; 2% Black,
DELAWARE
2% Spanish origin.
1988 Presidential Vote;
Bush
(R)
133,709
(53%)
Dukakis (D)
115,742
(46%)
Deep in Delaware's chateau country, the rolling land where mansions sit behind acres of trees,
above the cobblestone walls that line the narrow winding roads, is the place where Delaware's
Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R)
Elected 1982; b. Jan. 5, 1935, Chicago, IL; home, New Britain; U.
wealth creation got started, the site of the gunpowder mill that Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, the
of Chicago, 1951-53, Radcliffe Col., B.A. 1957, U. of London,
practical business-minded son of a dreamy, idealistic French immigrant, built on the banks of
1957-58; Unitarian; married (Theodore).
Brandywine Creek in 1802. This was the first of the enterprises of the family du Pont, which
Career: Pres., Sheldon Commun. Guidance Clinic; Adjunct Prof.,
expanded to become one of America's great munitions and chemical companies, and which
Central CT St. Col.; CT Senate, 1976-82.
made the fortunes of the more than 2,000 of E. I. du Pont's descendants who are alive today.
A half century ago the Du Pont company also made Delaware America's richest state, with
Offices: 119 CHOB 20515, 202-225-4476. Also One Grove St.,
New Britain 06053, 203-223-8412; and 276 Hazard Ave., Enfield
per capita income level 73% above the national average. Most heavy industry had bypassed
Delaware in the early 20th century, moving inland to sites nearer coal and iron ore, and leaving
06082, 203-745-5722.
the Du Pont company and the white-collar business of chartering most of the nation's leading
Committees: Ways and Means (13th of 13 R). Subcommittees:
corporations to a state that in 1940 had only 266,000 people, most of them clustered in or near
Health; Human Resources.
Wilmington. In the postwar years, when more factories were built on low-lying coastlands, and
as Du Pont prospered, pioneering new synthetics and plastics (rayon, nylon, cellophane,
polyethylene, lucite, teflon: "better living through chemistry"), Delaware grew rapidly with new
blue- and white-collar workers. Their comfortable but ordinary incomes diluted the impact of
the du Ponts' wealth, and today the income levels of the 622,000 Delawareans are just above the
national average-but still far ahead of where they were in 1940.
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district-should be a separate state is one of those American anomalies that continually amaze
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foreigners. Delaware became a separate entity in the 17th century when three counties along the
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it managed to stay separate by pitting Anglican London against Quaker Pennsylvania; it stood
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tough in the Constitutional Convention for equal representation by state; then it rushed and beat
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey by a few days to become the first state to ratify the Constitution.
42%
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Social
57%
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Yet the politics of this small state is arguably a microcosm of the nation. Wilmington is an old-
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fashioned industrial city with distinct Polish, Italian, and black neighborhoods, heavily Demo-
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cratic but casting only 10% of the state's votes. The two downstate counties, Kent and Sussex,
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cast one-third of the state's votes. Most of the voters live in suburban New Castle County, in all
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But for all this diversity there is an intimacy to politics here. Most of Delaware is served by
Philadelphia TV, so personal campaigning is still important. And the Thursday after the election
Election Results
Nancy L. Johnson (R)
157,020
(66%)
($399,370)
is "Return Day," when winning and losing candidates-opponents ride in the same car-come
1988 general
James L. Griffin (D)
78,814
(33%)
($128,853)
back to the downstate town of Georgetown and receive the bipartisan cheers of the voters.
1988 primary
Nancy L. Johnson (R), nominated by convention
Delaware chooses its small number of national convention delegates by caucus. Thinly
Nancy L. Johnson (R)
111,304
(64%)
($425,553)
attended, the caucuses were won by Jesse Jackson and George Bush in 1988.
1986 general
Paul S. Amenta (D)
62,133
(36%)
($41,840)
Governor. Clearly the most influential governor of Delaware in the last generation has been
Pete du Pont (officially Pierre S. du Pont IV). He is friendly and affable, crisply articulate, at
ease with all sorts of people. He is also cerebral-arguably the brainiest candidate on the 1988
presidential campaign trail. He brings to politics the analytic skills and willingness to challenge
with that received wisdom of a science major, which he was in college. When he was first elected
to the House in 1970, he seemed a moderate Republican, opposing the Du Pont company on
some environmental laws, for example. But he became convinced that government needed
WHY YOU
SHOULD SUPPORT
JOHN ROWLAND
FOR GOVERNOR:
JOHN ROWLAND HAS GRASSROOTS SUPPORT
Within days of his formal announcement, over a half-dozen town committees en-
dorsed John, including NEW BRITAIN, MERIDEN, SOUTHINGTON,
WETHERSFIELD, FARMINGTON and more keep coming each and every day.
JOHN ROWLAND IS KNOWN STATEWIDE
In both published and private polls, JOHN ROWLAND was the only Republican
candidate known to a majority of Connecticut voters. This degree of recognition
so early in the campaign clearly demonstrates electoral strength.
JOHN ROWLAND IS A PROVEN WINNER
In the politically marginal 5th District, John Rowland has won three elections
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the last one by over 105,000 votes in a district with 20,000 more Democrats
registered than Republicans. John Rowland has proven time and time again that
he can appeal to Democrats and urban voters in large numbers. Without this sort
of appeal, no Republican can win.
JOHN ROWLAND WILL RUN AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
John Rowland has assembled a strong campaign team for his Congressional cam-
paigns. This nucleus is now attracting top talent from across Connecticut and
elsewhere in the country to ensure that John's campaign will be the best organized
and effective Connecticut has ever seen.
JOHN ROWLAND IS GOING TO WIN IN 1990
Research by both the Rowland campaign and outside sources demonstrate con-
clusively that a proven, aggressive and popular Republican like John Rowland is
a strong alternative to the tired, bloated policies of the past ten years. The people
of Connecticut want change - and John Rowland is ready to deliver that change.
JOHN G. ROWLAND
U.S. CONGRESSMAN
CONNECTICUT
Dear Friend:
On October 16, 1989, I announced my candidacy for Governor of Connecticut. I made
that decision because I could not allow our state to continue the disastrous path that
has been charted by the current administration.
The families of Connecticut are demanding new leadership and a new direction from
their state government. They deserve a Governor who will take charge and provide
clear direction rather than simply react to crisis after crisis.
To position Connecticut for the 1990's, we need aggressive, hands-on leadership that
is not afraid to institute policies of wholesale change and reform. We must provide
a positive alternative to the neglect and cronyism of the past years.
We need the best and the brightest to alter the direction of our government. The people
of our state deserve nothing less. We are committed to attracting good, quality people
to our new administration.
That is exactly what my campaign is all about. The voters across Connecticut are look-
ing for someone who understands their problems and concerns, who has a record of
tackling rather than reacting to issues, and who will bring a fresh outlook to our state.
In this packet, I have provided some background on my campaign, my career, and my
plans for Connecticut's future. Please take the time to review this material and con-
tact me with any questions or suggestions.
Thank you for your interest in my campaign and in our State. I will be working hard
to earn your support because, with your help, we can make Connecticut a model for
our nation.
With warm regards,
Sincerely, JOHN G. 9. ROWLAND Rowland
Member of Congress
Paid for by Rowland Governor Committee
Alan J. Cicchetti, Treasurer
Not printed at Goverment expense
A "PROFILE
John Rowland has spent his career in public service improving the quality of life
for Connecticut's families.
In 1980, at age 23, Rowland became the Republican candidate for Waterbury's 73rd
District State Representative seat. Although a Republican had not won the district in
decades, Rowland was elected and elected in 1982 despite strong efforts by the
Democratic party to unseat him.
As a state legislator, Rowland fought Governor O'Neill's fiscal and budget policiés.
He proposed legislation to reform Connecticut's welfare system and investigated illegal
hazardous waste dumping in Waterbury. Rowland's leadership capabilities were recog-
nized when he was named House Minority Whip by his Republican colleagues after
just one term.
In 1984, Rowland challenged three-term incumbent Democrat Congressman William
Ratchford. While many said that it could not be done, Rowland was elected to Con-
gress by a 21,000 vote plurality. His victory margins for Congress increased to 35,000
in 1986 and 105,000 votes in 1988. After serving in the 99th, 100th, and 101st
Congresses, The Wall Street Journal has recognized Rowland as being one of the nation's
emerging government leaders at the turn of the century.
As Fifth District Congressman, Rowland has emphasized close contact with con-
stituents. He travels home from Washington each weekend attending to the diverse
nèeds of his District which stretches from Waterbury to Wilton.
Rowland's legislative priorities have reflected his concern for Connecticut's interests.
He was named to the Armed Services Committee the first Connecticut member
in over 20 years where hé actively promotes the interests of thousands of Connec-
ticut workers in the defense industry. He serves on the Veterans Affairs Committee,
where he is recognized as an advocate for Connecticut's 400,000 veterans. He also has
been active on a number of environmental issues, fighting both the unneeded Iroquois
gas pipeline and New York's attempt to ship nuclear waste through Connecticut
Rowland has played an important role in formulating new approaches to the war
on drugs. He served on the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control
as well as the House Republican Anti-Drug Task Forcè, where he has supported
improved law enforcement and drug education efforts.
Rowland has received numerous awards for his pro taxpayer and -environment
records in Congress Among these have been the Watchdog of the Treasury" award
for his efforts against unnecessary government spending, and the Sierra Club's Clean
Air Champion' for his work on behalf of clean air.
John Rowland's sense of value and civic responsibility are derived from his family.
The Rowland family has lived in Connecticut for over 100 years and enjoys a 50-year
tradition of public service. Rowland's father and grandfather both served as Waterbury's
City Comptroller. His grandfather helped uncover massive municipal corruption dur-
ing the 1930's The family has operated an insurance firm which John helped manage
prior to entering Congress, for the past four generations.
John Rowland was born and has lived his entire life in Waterbury. He graduated
from Holy Cross High School and Villanova University He lives in Waterbury with
his wife Deborah and their three children, Kirsten, Robert John, and Julianne.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Enormous challenges face the State of Connecticut as our population grows
older. The "graying" of our country will require new innovative programs, new
ideas, and new strategies for assisting our elderly. Unfortunately, shortsightedness
and failure to address the many emerging issues such as convalescent care will be
a long-term tragedy! In the final analysis, Connecticut seniors are a resource to be
cultivated - not to be ignored.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
One simple fact should be kept in mind about John Rowland. He is one
Republican who routinely has won the support of senior citizens. Active in
protecting the Social Security and Medicare programs throughout his tenure in
Congress, John Rowland has compiled a solid record on those issues which are
of concern to the elderly. He worked closely with the late Congressman Claude
Pepper to propose a comprehensive long-term health care plan. He has been a
long-time supporter of programs designed to allow our seniors to live in dignity,
such as the fight against the Social Security discrimination known as the "notch".
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
The current administration has spent a decade "studying" the issue of health
care for our state's seniors. John Rowland says: "enough studies, enough task
forces, it is time for action." He will work to make home health care programs a
reality for seniors throughout the State of Connecticut and will work closely with
the federal government to win approval of innovative demonstration projects that
have worked in other states.
"I want to tap the expertise, the wisdom, and the lifetime of knowledge that
our seniors possess. We will establish programs that will, for instance, enable
retired educators to tutor disadvantaged students. We owe much to our seniors,
and my Administration will acknowledge this debt of gratitude."
John Rowland
ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT
When it comes to mismanagement and waste, the current state administration
belongs in the "Guinness Book of World Records." Commissioners resigned and
indicted state contracts channeled to "favored" consultants and lobbyists
a quarter of a billion dollars in welfare payments made erroneously
missing
road equipment and pilfered state property
poor budgeting and virtually
nonexistent accounting practices
wire taps that violate the Constitution
Serious management problems exist in state government today. Even the
Democrat-controlled legislature admitted as much when they decided to spend
another $4 million to "study" the state's bureaucracy. We have a suggestion as to
how state government can be made more efficient without spending another
nickel
elect John Rowland as Governor.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
As State Representative, John Rowland did not hesitate to blow the whistle on
mismanagement and waste in state programs. As Congressman, he has carried on
this fight and has authored one of the toughest ethics reform proposals ever seen
in the nation's capitol calling for an end to "honoraria," restricting privately
funded travel, and other reforms.
John Rowland's record has been one of scrutinizing government programs and
expenditures. He has not hesitated to propose elimination of government
programs that are not working as designed.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
Ten years of public service at both the state and federal level has prepared
John Rowland well to lead Connecticut. You lead by setting an example, John
Rowland will expect - and demand - the very best from his appointees.
As a start, he will have a new team from top to bottom in state government.
Expert managers will be brought in throughout the state government to properly
administer its many programs. A new "Code of Ethics" will be devised to assure
that favoritism no longer influences the award of state contracts. Above all, state
government will once again be open and accessible to the people
and will
respond to their needs.
"Let me be honest. I look at the Governor's cabinet today and I do not see
many people protecting your pocket books
many political appointees but few
recognized experts. Mismanagement costs money - your money. A clean sweep
is needed throughout state government, and a clean sweep it will be. The people
of Connecticut deserve far better than what they have received from the executive
chamber in Hartford the past decade. As Governor, I will see that they are no
longer short-changed."
- John Rowland
EDUCATION
Connecticut's future is directly tied to the education of our young people.
The present state administration has failed to address such critical problems as
overcrowded classrooms, unsafe inner-city schools, dilapidated facilities, and
stagnant achievement test scores. Many employers complain that our high school
graduates lack fundamental skills, while at the same time parents scramble to pay
the cost of higher education tuition for their children.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
As any other parent, John Rowland wants our educational system to be the
very best it possibly can be. He has a consistent record in Congress of support for
education-related programs: everything from "Chapter 1" to "Even Start" (which
benefits lower-income disadvantaged children) to higher educational grant
programs.
A vigorous opponent of student loan cuts, John Rowland has worked to see
that Connecticut's higher educational system receives a fair share of federal aid
support.
To stem the growing tide of mediocrity in our educational system, John
Rowland has supported the development of increased performance and testing
standards within our schools.
Those who know this important issue the best - our state's teachers - have
endorsed John Rowland in prior elections precisely because of his strong support
for educational programs across the board.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
John Rowland will not stand by and allow our inner-city schools to be unsafe.
Nor will he neglect the need for our students to be able to read and write
properly. Under a Rowland Administration, local schools and teachers will be
encouraged to be innovative and bold as quality educational programs are provided
for all our young people.
"Our drop-out rate in Connecticut is much too high. At the same time, we
need to do a better job of ensuring that students who graduate from our schools
are fully prepared to compete in the job market. We need to improve our
institutions of higher learning
and make them nationally known for research
and excellence."
- John Rowland
CRIME AND DRUGS
A state prison system that is overcrowded
"crack," and other drugs
infiltrating our cities, suburbs, and schools
an "early release" program that
enables these drug dealers to avoid serving their sentences
infighting in the
state's attorney's office
the list goes on and on. The sad fact is that all of these
factors have caused the people of Connecticut to lose confidence in the state's
criminal justice system.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
Perhaps no Connecticut official has spent more time talking to school
assemblies and young people about the evils of drugs. But John Rowland hasn't
just talked about this problem, he has worked hard to provide solutions to the
serious drug menace.
As a member of the Select Narcotics Committee, John Rowland helped draft
tough anti-drug legislation. As a state legislator and Congressman, he consistently
voted for strong measures to deter drunk drivers and assist substance abusers who
seek treatment. At the same time, he has been a strong advocate of using the
Coast Guard and military to interdict the flow of drugs coming across our borders
and supports the death penalty against "drug kingpins."
John Rowland has used his position on the House Armed Services committee
to advocate the use of surplus military bases as emergency jails and prisons -
which could help Connecticut address its serious overcrowding problem. As State
Representative, he was a strong proponent of "merit selection" of judges and of
stiff, mandatory minimum sentences for individuals convicted of hand gun
crimes.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
John Rowland will increase the level of support and assistance our State's
Attorneys require to relentlessly prosecute crime in Connecticut. A top priority
will be to alleviate the state's prison overcrowding problem so that criminals are
not let back out onto our streets before their sentences are completed. He will
appoint the best legal talent to judgeships and will create the post of "Drug Czar"
to coordinate the state's anti-drug effort.
"Under my Administration we will bring back the public's confidence in
the criminal justice system. I will see to it that our courts work overtime, if
necessary, to process cases quickly. Individuals who commit serious crimes will
go to prison
and they will not be released before the sentence is completed.
We will work very closely with the federal government to do everything we
possibly can to win the 'war on drugs."
- John Rowland
TRANSPORTATION
"Can't get there from here" could easily become the state's new slogan. Poor
management, or more accurately, mismanagement, of the state's multi-billion
infrastructure renewal program has turned our transportation system into a
nightmare.
The current state administration will leave a legacy of neglect in the field of
transportation. Our roads and bridges were allowed to fall apart and it took the
Mianus River tragedy before the Governor acted. Then, in typical "mismanage-
ment" style, he attempted to correct years of neglect overnight. The result has
been unnecessary and inexcusable delays on virtually every highway in
Connecticut.
The state's Transportation Department has been known more for scandal
than for maintaining our roads, bridges, buses, and rail cars. The Motor Vehicle
Department is the butt of jokes about inefficiency and flawed license examina-
tions. Our traffic congestion and delays in commuting become worse by the
day
hurting our economic competitiveness.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
John Rowland knows Connecticut's transportation problems first-hand, having
served on the Public Works and Transportation Committee. In this capacity, he
worked to assure that Connecticut received its fair share of federal funds for
highway projects and the Metro-North rail system.
In addition, John Rowland has worked to crack down on drunk drivers as well
as supporting programs such as MADD. He opposed higher speed limits on
Connecticut's congested roadways and, as State Representative, consistently
supported the removal of tolls.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
John Rowland will bring in a new team to manage the state's transportation
system. Repair projects will continue, but will be better scheduled so that
disruption to travel and commuting is kept to a minimum. Other priorities will
be to improve commuter rail and bus service as well as to promote the increased
use of mass transit.
"I hear complaint after complaint about our transportation system. We can -
and will - do a better job of managing it. Above all, we will not allow our roads
and bridges to deteriorate as they have in the past."
- John Rowland
ENVIRONMENT
600 confined hazardous waste dumps with little state clean-up
fifth worst
ozone pollution in the nation
open space disappearing at a rate of 20,000 acres
per year
filthy state parks
polluted waterways
dozens of oil spills
annually into our land and water.
This is the present environmental record. It is not one in which we can take
pride. What is the state administration's response? Little other than to propose
severe budget cuts to their own state Department of Environmental Protection.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
From fighting the shipment of New York's nuclear waste, to saying "no" to
unneeded natural gas pipeline projects which could scar our state's beauty, John
Rowland has worked tirelessly to protect Connecticut's environment.
From acid rain legislation to the clean air act, John Rowland's efforts have
been recognized by groups such as the Sierra Club - who have called him
"a friend of the environment."
John Rowland has long supported initiatives that will help protect Long Island
Sound
that will effectively track medical wastes
and which have resulted in
Congress passing the very toughest "Superfund" law possible.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
John Rowland will bring the very best minds together to plan the improve-
ment of Connecticut's environmental quality. He will work closely with the Bush
Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to see that the strictest
possible standards are set for cleaning our air, land, and water.
"At one time Connecticut state government was a national leader in proposing
innovative programs for our environment. Not any more. The past decade has
seen our waterways become dirtier; our open spaces have declined; and our state
parks have fallen into neglect. My administration - with new leadership and new
energy - will put us back on the road to cleaner, healthier surroundings."
- John Rowland
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The highest corporation business tax in the nation
stagnant job growth in
small and medium-sized businesses
an uncertain tax structure which makes
long-range planning impossible
companies moving out of Connecticut. These
are just a few of the consequences of the unpredictable economic policies of the
current administration.
We must turn this around. Connecticut needs strong leadership that will bring
new economic policies to the state for the 1990's.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
Connecticut's low unemployment is primarily due to the continuing success of
the Reagan and Bush administrations' economic program. We have also benefited
from continued strong levels of defense spending in Connecticut by the federal
government.
From Pratt & Whitney jet engines to Sikorsky helicopters to Electric Boat
submarines, Connecticut ranks second in per capita defense contracts nationally.
John Rowland's service on the influential House Armed Services committee has
helped to maintain this position. And, John has never hesitated to go to bat for
Connecticut companies - large and small - whenever they've sought to do
business with the federal government.
John Rowland has also fought the unnecessary and unproductive regulation of
small and medium-sized businesses during his public service at both the federal
and state levels. Connecticut needs an advocate of private sector investment and
growth. They have such an advocate in John Rowland. Maybe that's why he has
been repeatedly endorsed by many business and industry groups.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
Connecticut is rapidly becoming less attractive to companies as a place to do
business. To stop this trend, John Rowland will make the state government a
partner in the creation of private sector employment. In his first 90 days in office,
he has pledged to order a sweeping "top to bottom" review of all state rules and
regulations that govern small and medium-sized businesses, to see where "red-
tape" and inefficiency can be eliminated.
"Once we were the state where companies wanted to relocate. This rarely
happens now because of the high tax burden which the Governor and his party
have imposed on the business community. Our first priority will be to end the
anti-business bias of the state government and make Connecticut attractive again
to employers and companies."
- John Rowland
BUDGET AND TAXES
Increases in state spending five times the inflation rate
billion dollar tax
hikes
inaccurate budget estimates
surpluses to deficits to surpluses
again
it's time to get Connecticut off the fiscal roller-coaster. Connecticut's
tax structure penalizes investment and growth
and it is in bad need of reform.
It will take a leader to end the economic chaos which has plagued Connecticut
state government for the past decade. To do so, we need a Governor who has a
record of holding the line on government spending.
THE ROWLAND RECORD
The National Taxpayers Union rates John Rowland as having the very best
record among the Connecticut congressional delegation for holding down federal
spending. For these efforts, he has been recognized annually as a "watchdog of the
treasury."
Even before he served in Congress, John Rowland fought the big spenders. As a
member of the Finance Committee during his four years as State Representative,
John Rowland never once voted for a tax increase.
John Rowland has offered proposals to reduce fraud and abuse in government
programs. In Congress, he has taken a leading national role in questioning the
need for certain expensive defense programs. As State Representative, John
sponsored legislation that continues to this day to save millions of dollars each
year in unnecessary state welfare expenses.
THE ROWLAND VISION FOR TOMORROW
As Governor, John Rowland will move quickly to bring an end to fiscal
gimmickery in state budgeting. He'll take a long hard look at each and every
program that the state has
and will not hesitate to cut expenditures that are
not critical to the health and welfare of Connecticut's citizens.
"Connecticut's state government is badly organized; its spending is out of
control. There is no legitimate reason why a state needs more cabinet-level
agencies and departments (26) than the entire federal government (14). Our job
is to squeeze and trim expenditures. We will consolidate and reform state
government; we will make certain that for each dollar they pay in taxes, the
people of Connecticut will get a dollar's worth of services. The days of give-away
high budget increases, will end."
- John Rowland
City/State: Stamford, CT
Event: Rowland for Governor
Date: Sept.13,1990
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202/456-7565
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202/456-2820
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WH Advance
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WH Advance (press)
202/456-7565
Lucy muckerman
WH Advance
202/456-7565
Buice Stebbins
WH Political advance
202)456-6510
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WH SPEECHWRITING
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Secret Service
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202-395-4040
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White House Communications
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR FUNDRAISER
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
OCTOBER 4, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Thank you, John, for those kind words. And my thanks to all
of you for this warm welcome. //
[[I won't keep you here long -- I know Thursday's a big TV
night: Cosby. The Simpsons. And of course -- a special episode
of America's Funniest Home Videos -- starring Saddam Hussein.
//]]
[Introductory acknowledgements.] I'm delighted to be here
with {Members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation}. //
With Gary Frank5-- the man John Rowland and I are certain is the
right choice for Connecticut's 5th District. //
And of course, with the man who's made his mark on Capitol
Hill -- the man who's ready to come back home as Connecticut's
next Governor: // John Rowland. ///
People who know John know he's got politics in his blood:
John's grandfather -- Sherman Rowland -- is still remembered in
Western Connecticut for rooting out corruption. // John
followed in those footsteps early -- just out of college, winning
a seat in the state legislature. Then, at the tender age of 27,
going on to become the youngest member of the U.S. Congress.
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[[That's right -- John was the only Congressman with name tags
sewn into all his clothes. //]]
[[And John tells me he would have made to Congress even
earlier, but his mother said he couldn't leave the table until he
ate all his broccoli. //]]
And John's ready to put the energy and expertise he
displayed on Capitol Hill to work right here in Connecticut.
You know where he stands: Strong on defense. Tough on crime.
And he's a friend to the Connecticut taxpayer. The other
candidates may keep you guessing, but this one has given you his
word: Connecticut won't see a state income tax as long as John
Rowland is Governor. ///
Whatever the issue, John Rowland is the kind of Governor
Connecticut can count on -- and the kind of Governor I know I can
work with to do what's right for Connecticut and our country.
///
I want to turn now to a critical issue at every level of
government -- and that's how we keep this economy of ours on the
upswing -- and steer a clear path around recession. // As you
know, this past Sunday, we reached an agreement -- a bipartisan
budget accord that at long last sends a strong signal that we're
dead serious about dealing with the deficit. //
The effects of this agreement will be felt across the board:
It cuts defense -- and caps domestic spending. It cuts farm
subsidies and medicare payments. With the exception of the the
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least well off among us, every segment of society and every
program in the budget is going to feel the pinch. //
That's only fair. This agreement is a compromise: No one
agrees 100% with every element in the package -- but we can be
100% certain that this is our best chance to bring this deficit
under control. /// So let me say to the critics out there: You
can pick this package apart -- but you cannot put a better
package together. //
This agreement is balanced, it is fair -- and it is critical
to our country. // We've got to spread the pain now -- so we
can share the prosperity down the line. //
Let's take a quick look at the key elements in this plan:
The agreement raises taxes on gasoline and airline tickets,
on alcohol, cigarettes, and certain luxury items -- but on the
critical matter of income taxes, this plan leaves the low federal
rates we fought so hard to preserve untouched -- and in place.
//
And while there is no change on capital gains, we won
approval for a package of pro-growth incentives -- from R&D to
enterprise zones, to tax incentives that spur investment in small
businesses: a shot in the arm for the job-generating companies
at the cutting edge of our economy. // That's good news for the
American entrepreneur. And it's good news for the American
worker -- because more investment and opportunity means more
jobs. ///
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This agreement includes significant cuts in spending. //
No smoke. No mirrors -- $120 billion dollars of real spending
cuts in domestic programs -- and $180 billion dollars from
defense. // And make no mistake: even at these lower levels of
spending, we can and will meet America's vital national security
needs. ///
And this agreement does one thing more: it brings new
discipline to the budget process. // For too long, there's been
a make-or-break attitude on spending cut promises -- make them
today, break them tomorrow. /// The time has come to put some
teeth behind those promises -- to handcuff the high-spenders once
and for all. // From now on, Congress and the country will be
on the pay-as-you-qo plan: no new spending in any area, without
cuts in equal measure somewhere else. //
In the final analysis, this bipartisan budget plan is
fundamentally fair, fiscally sound -- and it meets our key
objective: over the next 5 years, it takes a half a trillion
dollar chunk out of the federal deficit -- and that's a major
step toward bringing this deficit under control. ///
So tonight, I call on Congress to put partisanship aside --
and put America first. 11 Pass this budget package without
delay -- and put this country on the path to long-term economic
growth. ///
Passing this budget bill is critical. Not just from the
standpoint of the American economy -- but especially now, with
the challenge we face in the Persian Gulf. ///
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We all know the grave economic consequences of Iraq's
occupation of Kuwait. But as serious as these consequences may
be, what is ultimately at stake is far more than a matter of
economics or oil. ///
What is at stake is whether the nations of the world can
take a common stand against aggression -- or whether aggression
will go unpunished. Whether we will live in a world governed by
the rule of law -- or the law of the jungle. ///
That is why America and the world cannot allow this outlaw
act to stand. // That is we will not allow Saddam to succeed.
///
Every day, new word filters out about the atrocities
perpetrated by Saddam's forces -- about the cruel and senseless
suffering endured by the people of Kuwait. // As you know, I
met last week at the White House with the exiled Emir of Kuwait.
I assured him then that America will not stand aside -- that the
world will not allow the strong to swallow up the weak. //
And make no mistake: When this ordeal is over -- when
Kuwait is once again a sovereign and free member of the family of
nations -- Saddam Hussein must make amends for the pain and
hardship he has caused. // The world will hold him accountable.
//
[ [CONNECTICUT CONTRIBUTIONS TO GULF TROOPS. 1]
And -- with the young men and women of our Armed Forces in
mind -- I want to add one thing more. // Right now, in the
sands of Saudi Arabia, those brave young men and women are
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teaching us a lesson about what it means to love liberty -- the
precious freedom that gives America its meaning. / So as
November 6th draws near, I urge every citizen of Connecticut:
get out and vote. Don't take democracy for granted. ///
Once again, my thanks for this warm welcome. // I'm proud
to be here to show my support for your next Governor: John
Rowland. /// May God bless the great state of Connecticut.
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The Washington Times
September 20, 1990, Thursday, Final Edition
SECTION: Part A; WORLD; CRISIS IN THE PERSIAN GULF; Pg. A8
LENGTH: 600 words
HEADLINE: U.S. troops would be warned 6 to 9 hours before attack by Iraq
BYLINE: Rowan Scarborough; THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BODY:
U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia would have six to nine hours of warning time
before an attack by Iraqi forces, according to Defense Department officials.
It would take Iraqi forces 18 hours to launch an attack once President
Saddam Hussein gave the order, the officials said. The warning estimate is
based on the amount of time required by intelligence officials and commanders on
the ground to interpret movements of Iraq's elite Republican Guards, which would
lead an attack.
The defense officials, in interviews this week, also said Mr. Hussein is
playing a chess game with his large occupation force in Kuwait, moving units
from one location to another in an effort to fool U.S. commanders relying on
satellite photographs to monitor their movements.
The officials also said Mr. Hussein decided last month to pull his
Republican Guards out of Kuwait because he believed they were "boxed in" and
would be vulnerable to U.S. land and air assaults from the Persian Gulf side of
Kuwait.
The Pentagon said Tuesday that Iraq has increased its troop strength in what
it called the "Kuwait theater" from 265,000 two weeks ago to 360,000 this week.
The deployment of tanks in the theater - which includes Kuwait and areas of Iraq
north and west of Kuwait - also has increased from 2,200 to 2,800.
Operation Desert Shield has deployed more than 150,000 U.S. military
personnel in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region, according to Bush
administration officials.
One defense official said the Iraqi troop estimate has increased because the
Pentagon has enlarged the area it considers the "Kuwait theater."
"There was really no major change in deployment," said one official.
"They're [Pentagon officials] raising the noise level."
Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said Tuesday the increase of 95,000 Iraqi
troops was the result of not only a larger theater, but also Iraqi troop
movements.
"The assessment of the status of these forces is that Iraq continues to
improve its defenses, but nonetheless retains the capability to conduct
offensive operations with very short notice," Mr. Williams said.
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The Guards, now deployed in southern Iraq, are believed to number more than
50,000 of Iraq's best fighting men divided into armor, infantry and special
operations units. They are equipped with the army's most advanced weapons,
including Soviet T-72 tanks.
These units led most offensives during the eight-year Iraq-Iran war, and
served as the driving edge of the Aug. 2 blitzkrieg that smothered tiny Kuwait
in two days.
With Kuwait subdued, the Guards and their tanks then moved toward the Saudi
border, prompting Saudi King Fahd to request the U.S. deployment.
Once the massive U.S. deployment began, Defense Department officials said,
Mr. Hussein decided the Guards' position was too vulnerable to U.S. attack on
its left flank - from the Persian Gulf - and decided to move the elite corps
into southern Iraq, according to defense officials.
There, the officials said, it has been easier to resupply the force. The
new location also gives the Guards added flexibility to launch offensives in
several directions, into Saudi Arabia or Kuwait.
The 140,000-strong Iraqi force now inside Kuwait is dominated by draftees
ranging in age from 17 to 45, the officials said.
"He's showing a lot of deception, moving units in and around Kuwait," one
official said. "He's trying to confuse us. He doesn't want us to be able to
pinpoint those units to do a surprise strike."
GRAPHIC: Photo, Pfc. Keith DesRoberts, an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper
from Manchester, Conn. , prepares to fire an SAW machine gun during live fire
exercises in the Saudi desert yesterday. The 82nd was the first American unit
to arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield. By AP;
Photo, Syrian commandos wearing gas masks man a position in Saudia Arabia., By
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The Associated Press
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materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Associated Press.
September 14, 1990, Friday, AM cycle
SECTION: Washington Dateline
LENGTH: 411 words
HEADLINE: Donation Offers Flood Military; Few Can Be Accepted
BYLINE: By EVAN RAMSTAD, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
KEYWORD: Gulf-Donations
BODY:
Generosity is overwhelming the military agency responsible for shipping
supplies to U.S. troops in the Middle East, an official said Friday.
The military received more than 100 offers of food, magazines and other items
since a donation hot line started this week. But few can be accepted now without
interrupting the flow of basic and priority items such as chemical suits and
medicine, said Pat Miller, spokeswoman for the Defense Logistics Agency.
The hot line, which is being answered by three people, has been ringing off
the cook, she said. Callers have offered videocassette recorders, Nintendo
games, even fresh lobster. Many want to donate water.
"Some even collected water with the misunderstanding or thinking that we
needed it," Ms. Miller said. But Saudi Arabia has modern desalination plants
and local water supplies have been more than sufficient, she said.
The calls show "a tremendous outpouring of patriotism," Ms. Miller said. But
they have caused some headaches too.
Agency officials Friday had to explain to an angry church group why a
truckload of cookies and baked goods couldn't be accepted at the military post
office in New York, Ms. Miller said.
"Food items are just a really bad idea," she said. "We have a way of
packaging and shipping the menus that the services are requesting, according to
their own feeding plan."
Offers for electronic and recreational items are also being turned away, at
least temporarily.
"I wouldn't want to stifle that. If we're still there two months down the
road, some recreational items might be nice," Ms. Miller said.
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After the Armed Forces Radio Network accepted a donation of 25,000 personal
stereos, the logistics agency agreed to take 30,000 pre-recorded cassette tapes
offered by a record company.
The agency procures items like food, fuel and medicine that are used in
common by all branches of the military.
In August, agency statistics show it shipped 318,000 chemical suits, 200,000
hot weather boots, 100,000 pairs of sunglasses, nearly 27,000 cans of chigger
repellent, 257,000 bottles of sunscreen and 570,000 dispensers of lip balm for
Operation Desert Shield.
Ms. Miller suggested the best thing citizens could send to troops is a
letter. The agency has been accepting donations of stationary so soldiers can
write back, she said.
On Wednesday, the agency took an offer of 1,000 reams of stationary from
Champion International Corp., a paper company based in Stamford, Conn.
203/358-7000
Linda Zemo - Jeanne Connelly
Wash D.C.
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USA TODAY
August 27, 1990, Monday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 8A
LENGTH: 527 words
HEADLINE: DEBATE;
Military reservists deserve a break
BODY:
War or no war, the Mideast crisis has already created a home front. And
keeping the home fires burning is going to take cold cash.
The Pentagon began calling up the reserves Friday for the first time in 20
years. They will fill non-combat support roles for Operation Desert Shield in
Saudi Arabia.
That means doctors, nurses, lawyers, pilots and water-purification experts
are taking leave from their civilian jobs and a good chunk of their civilian
salaries.
Their military salaries may not cover credit card bills, car loans and
mortgages. Their military medical insurance - which doesn't start for 30 days -
may leave families temporarily unprotected from health emergencies.
Reservists are going to need help meeting their financial obligations while
fulfilling their military duties. They have some legal and every moral right to
our help. They deserve a break from employers and creditors.
In the few short days since the call-up, dozens of employers and creditors
have rushed to hold out a reassuring hand. They've dusted off a fine old law -
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 - and some old-fashioned
concepts - generosity and good faith - for inspiration.
The law says, among other things, that a reservist on active duty can return
to the same or an equivalent job, reduce mortgage and loan interest rates to 6%
after meeting certain requirements, get Veterans Administration help to pay life
insurance premiums, and defer rent payments.
Some people, like the writer across the page, grumble about doing that much.
He implies that large firms, including Gannett, owner of USA TODAY, won't do
their part.
He's wrong. A grateful nation should and will do far more. Bankers and
businesses have opened their hearts and wallets to support the country's
guardians.
- Most companies will pay reservists full salaries for one or two weeks and
are redrafting leave policies to help them survive financial hardship.
- United Services Automobile Association of San Antonio, Texas, will pay its
employees the difference between their military and civilian salaries for a
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full year.
- Xerox Corp. of Stamford, Conn. , will pay its active-duty employees the
salary difference plus full family medical and dental insurance for 180 days.
- MCI Communications Corp. of Washington, D.C., is extending employee pay for
several weeks and continuing full health benefits for the duration of active
duty.
That's the spirit that should infuse smaller operations, too, where the
impact is even greater.
Nine of 29 officers in the Clinton, Miss., police force belong to the
National Guard or reserves.
One-third to three-quarters of the employees in some security-guard firms
have military connections.
Some hospitals have had to call on retired nurses and doctors to fill in for
those supporting the military effort.
Authorizing more overtime, extending benefits and giving the benefit of the
doubt are small prices to pay if they help bring peace of mind to those keeping
the peace.
We all should be willing to sacrifice a little for those who are willing to
sacrifice so much.
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''I SHALL RETURN'
GRAPHIC: CARTOON; b/w, Doug MacGregor's cartoons appear regularly in the Fort
Myers, Fla., News-Press (drawing, man dressed half in a suit, half in combat
gear leaving office with briefcase and rifle as boss salutes and coworkers wave)
TYPE: Opinion
SUBJECT: MILITARY; SALARY
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By rail. The Association of American Railroads says that rail companies
hired by the Pentagon have transported to ports more than 2,000 flatbed and
boxcar loads of equipment, including everything from M-1 tanks to ammunition.
By truck. The American Trucking Association said the Pentagon could call on
thousands of truckers nationwide. For example, Landstar System Inc. of Stamford,
Conn. , ran 327 truckloads from Fort Campbell, Ky., to port at Jacksonville,
Fla., 780 miles away. Cost to the Pentagon: from $1.05 to $1.30 a mile per
truckload.
By sea. The Military Sealift Command says that as of late last week it cost
$93 million to move equipment by sea. Much of the 447,000 short tons was sent on
eight fast sealift ships, which carried the equivalent of enough fully loaded
semi-trailer trucks parked side by side to cover 76 football fields, including
end zones.
Forty cargo ships from the 96-ship Ready Reserve Force have been activated,
and three commercial cargo ships have been chartered 50 far.
By air. The Center for Defense Information says 286 military transport
aircraft are being used: 174 C-141's, each capable of carrying 200 troops and 34
tons of equipment; 32 C-130's and 80 C-5's. Both the C-130 and the C-5 can carry
340 troops and 130 tons of equipment.
Thirty-eight commercial aircraft also are being used.
COSTS OF DEPLOYMENT: AN EDUCATED GUESS
The Pentagon on Aug. 15 gave a preliminary estimate of $1.2 billion for the
cost of Operation Desert Shield through Sept. 30. But that did not take into
account subsequent developments like the call-up of reserves, and in any case
military officials for strategic reasons are reluctant to provide many specifics
about deployments. The estimates here were developed by the Center for Defense
Information, an independent organization of retired senior officers that
analyzes military policy. The number show how much it might cost, above and
beyond normal military operations, to keep 100,000 American troopsin Saudi
Arabia with other forces aboard ships in the region. There is no way to
calculate the costs should war break out, the center says.
Military units
Cost per day
(in millions)
Navy
Independence carrier battle group
1.7
Eisenhower carrier battle group
1.7
Saratoga/Wisconsin battle force
2.0
Two hospital ships
0.2
Sealift
3.8
Joint Task Force, Middle East
$0.5
Marine Corps
2 Marine Amphibious Ready Groups (5,000 marines)
$0.5
Marine Expeditionary Force (45,000 marines)
4.5
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Army
50,000 troops
$4.0
Air Force
245 tactical combat aircraft
$1.6
5 AWACS
0.1
40 aerial refueling aircraft
0.9
Airlift operations
6.3
Reserve/Guard forces
50,000
$4.2
TOTALS
$31.9
Note: Estimates assume a cost of oil of $31 a barrel.
(Source: Center for Defense Information)
CARE AND FEEDING OF THE TROOPS
The Department of Defense has allocated $600 million for food, clothing and
medical supplies for troops involved in Operation Desert Shield in Saudi
Arabia. About $400 million is for food, $25 million for medical supplies and
the rest for clothing. Here are examples of the quantities and costs of such
supplies as of Wednesday.
Item
Quantity
Cost
Medical >
Suncreen lotion
150,000 bottles
$219,000
Lip balm
600 boxes, a100 tubes
99,000
Foot powder
230,000 tubes
80,000
Chigger repellent
40,000 cans
76,400
Food
Hamburger
2,000,000 pounds
$2,000,000
Fresh fruits & vegetables
2,000 pounds
N/A
Clothing and protective gear
Chemical protection suits
168,000
$68.15 each
Goggles
100,000+
3.85 each
Sewing kits
100,000+
$3-5 each
(Source: Defense Personnel Support Center)
OIL'S POWER OVER THE ECONOMY
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The economic consequences of the gulf crisis are uncertain to say the least,
but econometric models can show some likely effects of a specific disruption
like a sharp rise in the price of oil. These figures compare forecasts of United
States economic performance by DRI/McGraw Hill, a forecasting firm. The first,
issued on Aug. 2, before Iraq invaded Kuwait, assumed that the price of oil
would not go above $22 a barrel. The second, issued after the invasion,
forecasts what might happen if oil purchased on contract goes as high as $27 a
barrel. Contract oil generally costs less than oil bought on the spot market,
where it has risen above $30 a barrel.
Growth in real Gross National Product
1990
1991
1992
Forecast before Aug. 2
1.1%
1.6%
2.5%
Current forecast
1.0
0.6
2.5
Change in Consumer Price Index
1990
1991
1992
Forecast before Aug. 2
4.9%
4.3%
4.2%
Current forecast
5.2
4.8
3.8
Change in industrial production
1990
1991
1992
Forecast before Aug. 2
1.2%
1.6%
2.6%
Current forecast
1.0%
0.1%
2.8%
Federal budget deficit
1990
1991
1992
1993
In billions of dollars (unified budget basis,
Forecast before Aug. 2
$225.5
$216.1
$197.7
$167.2
Current forecast
$225.4
$234.4
$225.0
$185.1
Targets under Gramm-Rudman
$100
64
28
0
deficit reduction act.
(Sources: DRI/McGraw Hill; Joint Economic Committee)
GRAPHIC: Photos: soldier with full pack (Pool photo via Reuters) (pg. 1);
armored vehicles bound for the Middle East await loading at a port in Georgia.
(Les Stone/Sygma); Troops sent to the Middle East are equipped to deal with
chemical warfare. If the area is delcared an imminent danger zone, each member
of the armed forces will receive an extra $110 a month; family separation pay of
$60 a month begins after 30 days. (Pool photo via Associated Press); map: Saudia
Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq indicating possible targets and opportunities (Source:
Center for Defense Information) (pg. 3)
SUBJECT: ARMAMENT, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES; UNITED STATES ARMAMENT AND
DEFENSE
GEOGRAPHIC: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ
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August 24, 1990, Friday, BC cycle
SECTION: Regional News
DISTRIBUTION: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont
LENGTH: 472 words
HEADLINE: Airlift reserves scramble to base
DATELINE: WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Mass.
KEYWORD: NE-RESERVES-NEWENG
BODY:
Scores of Air Force reserves with the 337th Military Airlift Squadron
reported for duty Friday as the Pentagon mobilized six cargo-hauling units for
Operation Desert Shield.
At an afternoon news conference, commanders said the Bay State unit's
activation was ''no surprise'' because dozens of reservists in the squadron had
already volunteered to help transport military cargo to Saudi Arabia.
All but two of the 206 reservists in the unit -- which transports cargo in
massive C-5A Galaxies -- had been notified and were to report by midnight
Friday.
'What we're presently doing is starting to form crews,' said squadron
commander Lt. Col. James Gallen. 'We'll be forming them up by crews as tasking
comes down. We'll be sending them out on aircraft.
The planes -- which are suited for transporting tanks, helicopters, and
other heavy equipment -- will pick up unspecified cargo at other East Coast
military bases, refuel in Europe, and then continue to destinations in the
Persian Gulf, Gallen said.
The first flight with reserves was expected to depart Saturday, Gallen said.
The trip takes about 16 hours each way, and crews are expected to return to
the Chicopee base near the Connecticut River after unloading their cargo.
Brig. Gen. Frederick Walker, wing commander for the 439th Military Airlift
Command at Westover, said the reservists would ease the burden for the
active-duty command, which has been tranporting cargo for the last three weeks.
''The C-5s are probably in one of the most massive airlifts this country's
ever undertaken,' he said.
About 10 percent of the 337th Military Airlift Squadron are women. The
squadron includes 58 pilots, 56 engineers and 70 loadmasters.
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Gallen, who works for Digital Equipment Corp., said most members of the
squadron reside within 50 miles of the base and should be able to live at home
when not in transit. The others will be housed at the base.
Reservists' occupations ranged from commercial airline pilots to
construction workers to state police troopers, military officials said.
Gallen said there had been no indication of any problems from employers
about the activation.
Meanwhile, in the central Massachusetts town of Athol, residents tied yellow
ribbons to some 90 lamposts on Main Street. The townspeople were concerned about
a local Marine and all the U.S. forces called to the Middle East.
Jim and Karene Davis started the drive to show support for their 22-year-old
son, Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas James Davis, whose battalion was sent to Saudi
Arabia last week.
''It's absolutely overwhelming. It just makes us feel so good, Karene
Davis said. ''To drive down the street is just beautiful. It's our solemn way of
saying we're here and we're united. It's a quiet way of telling them we care.''
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The Associated Press
The materials in the AP file were compiled by The Associated Press. These
materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Associated Press.
August 21, 1990, Tuesday, AM cycle
SECTION: Washington Dateline
LENGTH: 795 words
HEADLINE: Flags, Atlases, Sunscreen: A Foreshadowing of War?
BYLINE: By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
KEYWORD: Preparing for War
BODY:
In Alabama, a bookseller finds a run on atlases because "people want to know
where it all is."
In Texas, there are runaway sales of moist towelettes and camouflage-colored
muscle shirts. In Georgia, a business hands out little American flags to wave
proudly from car antennas.
Main street America prepares for war.
Along Interstate 75 in northern Georgia, gray-green trucks rumble taking the
101st Airborne from Fort Campbell, Ky., to Florida ships bound for the Middle
East.
The troops are cheered on their way by people on overpasses. Banners read:
"Get Their Gas and Kick Their ASS."
Don Gage of Dalton, Ga., supplied a flag, 30 feet by 50 feet.
"Gosh," he said, "we had to do something. We want them to know we care. And
I'll tell you this: We can't wait to put it on the northbound side to welcome
them back.
The mood catches on.
Fourteen inmates at Cross City Correctional Institution in North Florida
announce they want to fight in Saudi Arabia and redeem their honor . and in
the process gain their freedom, like the heroes of "The Dirty Dozen."
"We are not just seeking release from prison," the inmates say in a letter.
Bob Macmaster, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections, says
the inmates have been watching too many movies.
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There were other signs of a country gearing for war in a far off place:
-Bell County, Texas, waives the 24-our waiting period for marriages of Fort
Hood soldiers and issues a record 160 licenses last week.
-Seven comedians of the Stand Up NY Comedy club in New York City performed on
the theme of "Iraq-Nophobia."
-Julie Trahan of the Hair Force barber shop outside South Carolina's Shaw Air
Force Base gate, figured her customers were headed for a warmer climate when
they asked for haircuts "almost to the skin."
-Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. put his feelings about Iraq and its
poison gas into a song that suggested: "Stick it in your sassafras."
Everywhere that soldiers leave for the oven-baked Middle East, there is a
rush to buy sunblock cream. Paul E. Burke Sr., president of Native Tan Inc.,
offers to supply odorless sunblock at cost.
"I'd hate to see 5,000 of our guys advancing across the desert toward the
enemy smelling like a coconut," he said. "I think they'd be detected."
T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, would have approved.
Families left behind seek solace.
Eileen Bronko of Naugatuck, Conn. , sister of a Saudi-based soldier, led a
contingent of 50 people to tie a ribbon around the town flag pole. She wants
Americans to decorate trees with red-white-and-blue ribbons to show they care
about the troops and not just about oil prices.
Two Alabama fabric stores one in Enterprise and another in Dothan - have
given away thousands of yards of yellow ribbons since troops from Fort Rucker
shipped out last week.
Diana King of Book-Keepers in suburban Birmingham said people curious about
the location of the crisis spurred atlas sales at her store and Greg Wilson of
Books & News in Birmingham said sales jumped when he set up a special section
with books that deal with the troubled region.
"I guess people are concerned," he said, "that if we're going to war we'll be
protecting a monarchy."
Dean Richards, program director for the nationwide Satellite Music Network,
got a call from a frightened girl he estimated to be 8 to 10 years old. She
asked that he play 'Right Here Waiting for You' by Richard Marx.
The youngster said "her daddy was in the Marines and she was right here
waiting for him to come back," Richards said.
Richards devoted air time all last weekend to 500 messages to GIs along with
playing musical requests. The network contacted the Armed Forces Radio network
and arranged for a tape of the show to be replayed for troops in the Middle
East. It will happen again next weekend.
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Hinesville, Ga., like many other communities with military bases, is feeling
the bite of reduced income.
'Hinesville has many other industries," said Gary Walker, president-elect of
the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce, "but none spends the amount of money in
our city that military people do."
Hinesville K-Mart manager Wesley Bennefield, whose store sold 24,000 items of
bug spray, suntan lotion, skin lotion, lip balm and foot power to the Army at
Fort Stewart last week, said the service got a discount.
"You might say we're waving the flag," said Bennefield. "I'm a patriotic
guy."
Stores in Killeen, Texas, were left with shelves cleared of canned pudding,
shoestring potatoes and scented towelettes as elements of the 1st Cavalry
Division and the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood left on Operation Desert
Shield.
A military clothing store, Fatigues and Things, stayed open late to sew
patches on desert-colored battle dress for $$1 apiece.
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Talking Points
1. Please insert in the President's speech the campaign slogan we
will be using: "Leading the Connecticut Comeback."
2. Connecticut has no state income tax. John Rowland is the only
candidate to pledge to veto any attempt to impose one. (This is a
top issue in this state.)
3. John Rowland is the only conservative in the race. Lowell
Weicker and Bruce Morrison are liberals.
4. John Rowland is tough on crime, believing in the death penalty
for drug kingpins (those who knowingly cause the death of another
during an operation in which he commits a series of felonies,
acts with others, has authority over those others and makes a
sizeable amount of money from it.)
a) He also believes in more prisons.
b) He wants to do away with the state's notorious early
release program that causes prisoners to serve about 5% of their
sentences because of crowded prisons.
c) He is for taking drivers licenses from those convicted of
taking drugs. The last idea will be a deterrent to the 35-year-
old casual drug user and for the teenager looking to get his or
her first license.
5. John Rowland has been the most specific on issues, beginning
on Jan. 4 and releasing issues positions periodically. He has
been much more specific than Morrison and Weicker, and has
discussed the state budget, the environment, illiteracy,
education and workers' compensation, among others.
6. John Rowland is the only native of Connecticut and is a fifth
generation state resident. His grandfather rooted out corruption
aneedated
in Waterbury in the 1930s and sent the mayor and other city
potential
officials to jail. He has a tradition of public service behind
him. He helped manage the family's 140-year-old insurance agency
in Waterbury and understands small business problems.
7. John Rowland has never voted for a tax increase. He believes
the state's fiscal problems can be brought under control by
spending reductions and a cut in the capital gains and
corporation taxes. Those tax cuts will stimulate business growth
and job creation, which now is sluggish.
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Rowland hones in on districts,
Democrats in state campaign
By PETER KOCH
Chronide Staff Writer
WINDHAM - Republican
gubernatorial hopeful U.S.
Rep. John Rowland, R-5th Dia-
crict, said he is concentrating
his compaign in Connecticut's
2nd and 4th Congressional dis-
tricts.
The candidate made stops
Friday in New London. Nor.
walk. Putnam, Croton and
Willimantic making his pitch
to voters in supermarkets. on
main streets, in chambers of
commerce and radio stations.
By the early evening, the
three Lerm congressman from
Waterbury estimated he had
shoken over 1,000 hands.
If the Republican candidate
:8 to win the gubernatorial
race. he needs n substantial
number of Democratic votes in
2 state where registered Demo-
crats outnumber Republicans
three to two.
Also vying for Democratic
votes will be former Republi-
can U.S. sension Lowell Weick-
er, an indeper nt candidate
and the Democratic nominees,
U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison, D-
3rd District, and Rep. William
J. Cibes Jr. of New London.
who are battling for the nomi-
Fran Funk
nation in Tuesday's Demo-
U.S. Rep Jonn G Rowland
cratic primary.
In a race made more confus-
few specifics on how he would
Corps of Engineers for a more
ing by Weicker's independent
reduce the state's deficit. esti-
balanced approach to the high-
bid, party affiliation matters
mated at S157 million from five
way project which has stalled
less to people than does a can-
cal 1980.00 and expected to
because the Corps says it
didate's stance on issues, Row.
your by another $379 million
would destroy inland wetlands.
land said in a Friday evening
in fiscal 1090-91
For small cities and towns,
interview at the Chronicle
The one idea he suggested is
Rowland said he would work to
"If there is one thing I've
that state employees should
reform state mandated pro-
learned during five campaigns
pay up to 20 percent of their
grams to ensure that all man-
in 10 years is that people want
own health insurance. The
dates are fully funded by Hart-
to hear your positions, he
candidate said his co-pay plan
ford.
said.
would save the state hundreds
of millions of dollars.
He said be also would like to
Rowland said what distin.
guishes him most from the
Rowlard also criticized what
reform binding arbitration
he called 8 top-heavy state bu-
laws that have helped to raise
other subernatorial candidates
is his opposition to an income
with too many come
teachers' salaries across the
missioners and deputy com
statedo to levels that many argue
Lax.
Morrison has said he is
missioners but too few front-
are beyond the means of small
against an income tax while
line workers such as Field in-
towns to support
Cibes favors one. Rowland,
spectors for the Department of
Rowland showed his conser-
however, said Morrison is just
Environmental Protection
vatism when he said he sup-
"playing games and dancing
For Windhum Prea residents.
ports the state's anti-adultery
with the income tax issue to
Rowland promises to help
laws which are still on the
win the Democratic nomina-
move along the Route 6 ex
books and recently have been
tion.
pressway which he soid is a
dusted off and used to prose.
Similarly, Weicker's proposal
key to the area's economic de-
cute citizens caught commit-
to unveil a plan to address the
velopment
Ling adultery. As governor, he
state's burgeoning budget defi-
"We have to find A why to
said he would veto any bill to
cit after he is elected in, in
make it work," Rowland suid.
repont those laws.
truth, & veil to obscure his sup.
He added that be would work
port for an income tax, Row.
with the departments of Envi-
"We should have some morel
land said.
ronmental Protection and of
backbone in this country," he
Rowland, however, offered
Transportation and the Army
said.
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Morrison overwhelms Cibes
Democrat
passes test
uce
in primary
& Sandy
By MICHELE JACKLIN
Churant Political Writer
On Your Side
Bruce A. Morrison's nine-month
For A Char
quest for the Democratic nomina-
tion for governor culminated in *
resounding victory Tuesday as the
3rd District congressman defeated
challenger William J, Cibes Jr. in &
primary.
In light voting, with 99 percent of
the precincts reporting. unofficial
returns showed Morrison leading
85,999 to 46,487. or 65 percent to 35
percent, over Cibes, a state Lawmak-
cr from New London and an avowed
Income tax advocate.
With his victory, Morrison secured
the final spot in the three-way race
for governor against Republican
John G. Rowland and Lowell P.
Weicker Jr., . Republican running as
an Independent.
In other balloting Tuesday, state
Sen. Thomas Scott, the endorsed can-
didate, trounced Gerard B. Patton in
the Republican context for the 3rd
Congressional District nomination.
Morrison, 45. now faces the twin
tasks of uniting a fractured Demo-
Bres City Tre Mentions Courant
cratic Party and raising enough
U.S. Rep. Bruce A. Morrison is Introduced by New Haven Mayor
Toesday after Morrison's victory over William 1. Cibes In Morrison is
money to keep his undertinanced
John Deniels at the LoRicoo Tower bellroom in downtown New Haven
flanked by Sandy Bender, his candidate for lieutenant governor.
campaige affort
The four-term congressman from
Winners
Hamden, who was given little
Morrison's the victor,
chance to win the nomination in Jan-
GOVERNOR
STATE HOUSE, 23RC DISTRICT
uary when be announced be would
Democrat
Democrat
challenge Gov, William A. O'Neill,
Bruce A. Morrison
Joseph S. Rala
barely paused long enough to savor
but what are the spoils?
his victory.
SHERIFF, LITCHFIELD COUNTY
"I am tooking forward to a tough.
STATE HOUSE, 26TM DISTRICT
Democrat
By DAVID FINK
Democrat
hard-hittlog. factual campaign with
Courant Stail Writer
the Democratic Party coming to-
Linda Bongiolatti
Stanley 1. Krawlec
News analysis
gether as It knows how to for A
Bruce Morrison won Tuesday. But
victory In November." Morrison
Inside
the question is, just what did he win?
minds of his most fervent supporters
SAID before retreating to a back
Was it 2 party benner scorched
and the threat that a part of the
room in his New Haven beadquar-
Statewide results
Legislative TRCAS
and traved by dissension?
party. those bitter backers of Bill
ters to watch President Bush's
Please - Pages A10, A11.
Please are Page C3.
Was it the right to begin the race (c)
Cibes and Bill O'Neill, might 20 BOY-
speech on television.
Cibes any on Marrison support
Morrison has uphill battle
November in last place. with hardly
place but the polls come Nov. 6?
In Hartford, A subdued crowd of
Please *** Page A11.
Editorial, Page C14.
any money?
To hear Morrison and his people
about 75 supporters monitored the
Or was this win - A landslide by
tell it, R was worth all of that and
returns at Clies' Asylum Street
Morrison basks in victory
Winner seen as agent of change
anybody's definition - very much
more,
Please - Page AXO.
Don Noet column, Page C15.
worth the bastiness of the final days.
Please are Democrats, Page A10
the doubts Morrison sparked in the
Please see Morrison, Page All
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AFL-CIO expected
Endorsement
to stay out of race
By MICHAEL REMEZ
unlikely in race
Courant Staff Writer
legislative session, as well as take
positions on national issues.
Divided allegiances are likely to
He said the top themes will be a
Continued from Page CI
*keep the state AFL-CIO from en-
push for universal health care, la-
dorsing any of the candidates for
bor's need to organize more workers
Toby Moffett, the Democrat trying
governor at the labor federation's
in the 1990s and support for legisla-
to oust him from his Senate seat.
34th annual convention that opens
tion pending in Congress to prohibit
Moffett had a majority of the votes
Wednesday in New Haven.
employers from hiring permanent
John W. Olsen, president of the
replacement workers to counter
but not two-thirds.
strikes.
Weicker won that general elec-
state AFL-CIO. said that heading
tion. He also won the AFL-CIO en-
into today's Democratic primary,
Most of the resolutions appear
dorsement two years ago in his un-
none of the candidates appeared to
headed for upanimous support. It is
successful re-election run against
a
have the needed support - two
the top endorsement that is likely to
o
Joseph I. Lieberman.
thirds of the delegates - to win the
generate controversy.
"We think we could get close to 60
endorsement.
Morrison and Weicker each have
percent of the vote but that's not
Delegates are divided between
won the support of several major
two-thirds," Alpert said, assessing
U.S. Rep. Bruce A. Morrison, the
unions. Morrison has been endorsed
the support for Morrison. "There are
party-endorsed Democrat, and for-
by the United Auto Workers, the Ma-
still some meetings going on, but my
mer Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a
chinists and the Amalgamated
feeling is people will follow John's
Republican running as an indepen-
Clothing and Textile Workers, for
example.
wishes."
dent. Morrison faces a primary chal-
Martin Dunleavy, director of the
lenge today from state Rep. William
Weicker has the support of the
federation's committee on political
J. Cibes Jr., D-New London. U.S.
New England Health Care Em-
education, said the two-thirds re-
Rep. John G. Rowland, the Republi-
ployees Union, District 1199, and the
quirement ensures that labor is sol-
United Food and Commercial Work-
can candidate, has little support
ers Union.
idly behind a candidate, giving the
within the federation.
endorsement more clout.
No final decision on the endorse-
Harold Alpert, president of Local
He said that despite the controver-
ment will be made until Thursday,
531 of the Service Employees Inter-
sy over the gubernatorial endorse-
when the delegates are expected to
national Union and a co-chairman of
ment, the rest of the agenda should
vote their support for a long slate of
Labor for Morrison, said Olsen asked
not be overlooked.
candidates for Congress, other state-
supporters of both camps to avoid a
"When the smoke clears there
wide offices and seats in the General
battle like the one over a U.S. Senate
Assembly.
endorsement that divided the feder-
may or may not be an endorsement
for governor, but there will be an
Olsen said the delegates also will
ation in 1982. That year, the conven-
endorsement for the rest of the
tion chose not to endorse Weicker or
vote on more than 70 resolutions that
slate," Dunleavy said. "And the rea-
will set labor's agenda for the next
son we make those endorsements is
Please see Endorsements, Page C2
to carry out a legislative agenda."
Speakers at the three-day conven-
tion will include Gov. William A.
O'Neill, John J. Sweeney, president
of the Service Employees Interna-
tional Union, and Joseph Shantz, di-
rector of the organization and field
service department of the national
AFL-CIO. Each of the candidates for
governor has been invited to speak
The state AFL-CIO has about
178,000 paying members. It is made
up of about 600 locals belonging to 70
international unions.
¡SEP 14 '90 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
Rowland helped vet.
AS benefits
Totherditor.
S. Rep John Rowland is a'real fighter:
for veterans and their families.
Lwas discharged from the U.S. Army Hos-
n
pital 48 years ago and am a life member of
the Disabled American Veterans I sincere
ly feel the Veterans Administration has not
performed properly in my case. I am not the
only veteran who sincerely believes the VA
has sidestepped veterans issues. The VA
THE NEWS-TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,>1990
claims some of my military records were
lost. They sound like many insurance com-
panies. It took 48 years to round up military
records.
Congressman Rowland was a major player
in obtaining important records within six
weeks. I thank him, along with numerous
veterans and their families, for his adminis-
trative ability in understanding govern-
ment procedures to get the job done.
Over the years our government has spent
billions of taxpayer dollars on wasteful pro-
grams. 1 sincerely believe, and the Ameri-
can people agree, that veterans gave us
part of their lives to answer the call of duty
to their country. They are entitled to their
share of earned benefits.
Connecticut voters are in dire need of a
qualified government administrator who
has the knowledge and background to get
- the job done for the voters of Connecticut in
the least possible time to keep Connecticut
taxpayers' hard-earned dollars from leav-
y-
ing their pocketbooks.
o,
I thank Congressman Rowland for being a
real friend of the veterans and their fami-
as
n.
lies, and a friend of the voters of Connecti-
1C cut.
JOS A. CAROSELLA SR.
n,
Bethel
Row and proposes
session on deficit
By LARRY WILLIAMS
where the i-percent cut falls
Capitol Bureau Chief
On one hand, Rowland said, it
won't save enough money to affect
The legislature should be called
the deficit significantly. Yet its
into special session to enact more
across-the-board application may be
than $200 million in budget cuts to
harmful to vital programs, be said.
reduce the state deficit, Republican
"A hatchet approach hurts priori-
gubernatorial candidate John G.
ty items like mental health, mental
Rowland said Tuesday.
retardation, education, the environ-
But Gov. William A. O'Neill, a
ment and the drug war," Rowland
Democrat, rejected the idea. saying
said.
a legislative session during the
Instead of cutting across the
height of the election campaign
board; Rowland said, the governor
would be unproductive.
and legislature should come up with
O'Neill's fiscal advisers last week
a program of targeted cuts that
projected a $379 million deficit in
saves $222 million - the full amount
the $7.05 billion budget for the year
of the deficit attributable to the cur-
ending June 30, 1991.
rent fiscal year and that spares
That includes a $157 million defi-
vital services.
cit being carried forward from last
"We need more vigorous action
fiscal year and $222 million in red
and we need more specific action,"
ink in the current fiscal year.
Rowland said. "This is an emergen-
The governor reacted by ordering
cy situation. We can no longer just
a 5 percent cut in all agency admin-
trim around the edges. We need sub-
istrative budgets for the last three
stantial savings."
quarters of the fiscal year, estimat-
Although "Neill has promised not
ing it would save $85 million.
to lay off state employees to balance
U.S. Rep. Rowland criticized the
the budget, Rowland said he would
governor's program Tuesday as both
too little and too much, depending on
Please see Rowland, Page D9
Rowland seeks deficit session
Continued from Connecticut Page
Asked what he would do about the
rest of the deficit - the $157 million
make no such commitment if he is
being carried forward from last fis-
elected in November.
cal year Rowland said, "We'll
Rowland has promised not to raise
cross that bridge when we come to
it."
taxes and to preserve the state's
financial aid programs for cities and
He said he expected the $222 mil-
towns, which are scheduled to in-
lion program to include layoffs, as of
crease by about $110 million next
Oct. 1, of about 94 executive assis-
fiscal year.
tants - political appointees who
He said Tuesday that keeping
work for the governor and his de-
those promises will be more difficult
partment heads.
without greater effort to contain red
Rowland also said the mumber of
ink in the current fiscal year, but
deputy commissioners, who also are
that he was not backing away from
political appointees, should be
his past statements.
sharply reduced.
Rowland said he has appointed a
The budget, as approved by the
task force headed by his lieutenant
legislature, anticipates that many
governor candidate, state House Re-
executive-assistant and deputy com-
publican Leader Robert G. Jaekle, to
missioner posts will be eliminated as
come up with a program to cut the
of Jan. 1, but Rowland said the cuts
deficit by $222 million.
should be instituted sooner.
No AFL-CIO endorsement
likely in governor's fray
By LARRY ROSENTHAL
Associated Press
VANEW HAVEN - The fate of la-
bor in the 1990s will hinge greatly
on the outcôme of this fall's state
elections, union leaders said at
the opening of the annual Con-
necticut State AFL-CIO conven-
tion on Wednesday.
State AFL-CIO President John
W. Olsen said citizens and labor
had fared well during the O'Neill
administration but that those
gains are threatened by the
state's economic difficulties.
Whoever follows me in that
governor's chair is going to be in
for difficult times," Gov. William
Nelll acknowledged in an ad-
dress to the convention.
Olsen said labor needs to work
for the election of candidates who
John Rowland
will not try to close budget defi-
Opposes income tax
cits through regressive taxes and
cuts in critical services.
CIO leadership's call for imposi-
The convention is not expected
tion of a state income tax.
to endorse a candidate for gover-
"If you still believe a state in
nor because allegiances are divid-
come tax is an important issue, I
between Democratic nominee
certainly urge you to support one
Bruce Morrison and former Re-
of the other candidates," Rowland
publican Sen. Lowell P. Weicker
said to a half-empty convention
Jr., who is running as an inde-
floor.
pendent, Olsen said. Neither ap-
He said Morrison and Weicker
pears to have the needed support,
would back an income tax of
two thirds of the delegates, to
raise taxes some other way, als
gain the endorsement, he said.
though he contended neither has
A committee of top officers
taken a clear position.
was expected Wednesday night to
If neither Morrison or Weicker
recommend that the convention
states a clear position on the tax
simply make no endorsement.
issue, "they should not get your
In a brief telephone address to
endorsement," he told the union
the convention from Washington,
members.
U.S. Rep. John Rowland, the Re-
Weicker and Morrison were to
publican gubernatorial nominee,
speak today, when a final decision
said he did not support the AFL-
on endorsements was to be made
- ne won't do much
noid state jobs may have to be reas-
mandate is clear, and I would hope
unless the congressman
sured that "he's not going to fire
the governor, in the tradition he has
some of the political fences
them."
already been a part of, will support
Still smarting from attacks Mor-
the ticket."
(shattered during the recent pri-
rison made on O'Neill and his "kit-
O'Neill, however. said he
ary campaign.
the rift in the Democrat-
chen Cabinet cronies," many of the
doesn't expect to "pick up the
still so severe that key
Democratic old guard will have to
phone at the moment to call
be wooed back into the fold,
Bruce."
leaders will meet Monday
"I'm going to vote for him, you
Morrison on Wednesday said
thrMorrison in New Haven to
can't do much more than that,"
he riceds the support of the entire
The party together so they can
buntin credible challenge in the
said O'Neill of Morrison when
Democratic Party in order to win in
member election.
questioned Wednesday. "I will
November, but admitted. some
Morrison a four-term congress-
campaign for him depending on
O'Neill supporters won't be won
whether I'm asked to campaign,
over.
instrom. Hamden, overwhelm-
codefeated challenger state Rep.
and depending on the tenor of the
"I look forward to the support
campaign. To win, he has to attack
of Bill Cibes, along with many peo-
illiam Cibes of New London, in
esday's primary for the Demo-
the opponents and not attack the
plc who supported him," said Mor-
Democratic Party."
rison. "I think the kitchen Cabinet
tic gubernatorial nomination.
O'Neill has not called to con-
is unlikely to be supportive of my
Hells now in a three-way con-
gratulate Morrison on his sound
candidacy
Bill Cibes got over
bfor governor against U.S. Rep.
thrashing of Cibes in Tuesday's pri-
40,000 votes, I need and want their
In.G. Rowland. a three-term Re-
mary. Morrison garnered 65 per-
votes in the election in November."
bfican congressmant from Water-
cent of the vote to Cibes' 35 per-
Wrabel said Morrison should be
ryteand Lowell P. Weicker. a for-
cent. Less than 20 percent of the
able to win back most of the
Republican U.S. senator
state's 681,000 registered Demo-
O'Neill supporters who were alien-
ining as an independent.
crats voted in the election.
ated by commercials run last week
John Wrabel, a member of the
O'Neill apparently has not for-
that criticized Cibes and the gover-
mocratic State Central Commit-
given Morrison for mounting an
nor's "cronies" who backed him.
from Fairfield. said members of
early challenge against him, leading
Staff writer Christopher Blake
mison's advisory group will
to his ultimate decision not to seck
also contributed to this story.
Veicker: voters tired of party politics
C. BALDOR
Weicker to be governor."
stops in Fairfield to speak at a
Bureau Chief
He was referring to polls that
fund-raiser for Rowland. Buckley is
show he has a commanding lead,
a fervent opponent of Weicker and
Rep Bruce A. Morrison's
including support from a majority
was outspoken in his criticism two
unding victory in Tuesday's
of the Democrats questioned.
years ago when Weicker lost his
nocratic gubernatorial primary
"It must be pretty discouraging
U.S. Senate seat to then-state Attor-
libe enough to overcome the
when four out of five people in his
ney General Joseph 1. Lieberman.
sayers frustration with political
own party didn't take the time to
The Republicans are planning a
ies che independent candidate
vote," he said at a press conference
number of large fund-raisers in
governor said Wednesday.
in Bridgeport Hospital.
Fairfield County, which is
Former U.S. Sen. Lowell P.
Democrats, however, have said
Weicker's home district, and where
cker Jr., a Republican who is
the primary victory will "jump-
he would expect to do well. They
ing on the Connecticut Party
start" Morrison's campaign for the
include an Oct. 4 visit by President
spent the day after the Dem-
November election.
Bush in Stamford.
primary in Bridgeport,
Weicker also acknowledged that
he will be the prime target for both
Weicker said, however, that he
ading his call for new leader-
the state.
Morrison and the Republican gu-
will not engage in dirty campaign-
tacknowledged that Morri-
bernatorial candidate, U.S. Rep.
ing, like that which divided the
Copsided 65-to-35 percent vic-
John G. Rowland of Waterbury.
Democrats during their recent pri-
over state Rep. William Cibes
mary.
"I have no doubt that all the
The media attention. But, he
guns are going to be brought to bear
A person who runs a dirty cam-
of the problem that he
on me," he said.
paign, he said, will be a "dirty gov-
that well over half of
ernor."
One of the first volleys is likely
with party has since day one
to be fired Sunday when political
[they] want Lowell
columnist F Rucklev It
The Bribgeport Post Thursday, September 13, 1990
STATE NEWS
Morrison will try to mend rifts
LOLITA c. BALDOR
meet Monday to discuss how to
apite Bureau Chief
re-clection to a third full term. Al-
unite the party. And some Demo-
though he remained publicly neu-
crats believe Morrison must make
HARTFORD - Gov. William
the first move.
tral in the primary race, O'Neill pri-
to Neill said Wednesday he'll
vately supported Cibes, a six-term
"It's going to depend on Bruce."
or U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison.
said Wrabel. adding that some
associate, state representative and long-time
separty's gubernatorial nominee,
ha
hold longtime O'Neill supporters who
Morrison said, "I think the
L '6
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Dest 830M3Y932 YAQUOM
COMMENT
Bluster doesn't dispel questions about Weicker's income, credibility
At a recent press conference,
blood and attacked. And he kept
yours" who chose a third-party
Then there is the matter of
Lowell Weicker was seated at a
on attacking.
route rather than submit to a
Research! America, the organiza-
table before a bank of
Prompting this fight was
political organization this year,
tion of which Weicker was presi-
microphones. Suddenly he got up,
Weicker's release of a skimpy
Morrison could make it a close
dent until he became a candidate
took off his cost, and dreped it
summary of his income and takes
election after all.
again. Morrison wondered
over the chair. Then he sat down
from 1989. The other candidates
Weicker indeed handled badly
whether the organization wasn't
again to continue answering ques-
for governor - Morrison, the
the criticism over his lack of dis-
set up just to give Weicker a cushy
tions in his shirtsleeves.
candidate of the Democratic State
closure of his income. Enraged by
job (with & salary of $177,000)
Convention; William Cibes It., the
the charges provoked by his
after he lost his Senate seat to
challenger in the Democratic
incomplete first release, Weicker
Joseph Lieberman. Weicker
primary; and John Rowland, the
held a lengthy press conference
responded angrily, accusing Mor-
14 '90 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
Republican candidate - all had
and issued & second report with a
released their complete tax
bit more detail but still far short of
rison of maligning a worthy
LEE
returns, as has become the custom
the complete picture.
organization.
in gubernatorial campaigns. All
He worsened his reluctance to
Yet Weicker's defense of
GRADAR
jumped on Weicker for being less
be more candid by offering a
Research! America was far from
than candid. In fact, they said he
variety of reasons - in succession.
persuasive. He showed reporters
was being hypocritical.
He said be wanted to protect the
four television commercials that
Removing his coat was a typical
Of course all the other can-
privacy of his family. He said he
were prepared by the organization
Weicker gesture, meant not so
didates have an interest in cutting
doesn't believe that 8 candidate's
to offer informational materials to
much to introduce informality to
Weicker, the independent can-
tax returns. are anybody's busi-
the public and to solicit funding.
the proceedings as to show this
didate, down to size politically.
ness. Then he said that he didn't
This seemed to be the heart of the
millionaire's down-to-carth
Ever since the former Republican
think it was necessary to disclose,
group's effort after receiving $1.1
nature, his supposed rapport with
U.S. senator set his sights on the
since he was no longer a public
million in funding from drug com-
the common man. But this time
governorship, he has been a strong
servant-but a private citizen.
panies last year. Most of the
there was a symbolism to it as
Robert B. Domfried
frontrunner in the polls, and only
The last comment came in
money, about $600,000. went for
well: Weicker was under attack
in August did polls show the other
issues quickly disappeared from
response to an embarrassing
salaries and office costs.
from political opponents, and
candidates gaining. But if the elec-
the news.
quotation dug up by reporters
Weicker can get as angry and
removing the jacket meant that he
tion was held today. Weicker still
Morrison has little to lose and
from Weicker days in the Senate.
call criticism "gutter politics" all
was getting ready for & rough-and-
would win with case.
much to gain in slugging it out
The Congressional Record shows
he wants, but as long as he
tumble fight.
So the other candidates could
with Weicker over the tax and
Weicker piously declaring in 1977:
behaves in a way that leaves him
And so, unexpectedly, Connec-
not resist the chance to flay at
income issue. While Morrison is
"Senators should be required to
open to complaints about his
ticut's gubernatorial campaign
Weicker when the opportunity
almost certain to defeat Cibes in
make public every financial detail
credibility, he can expect his oppo-
began to heat up sooner than
came. Morrison made it virtually a
the primary, he still stands to run a
they possess through yearly
nents to fire away at him. Given
usual: with summer still at its
one-on-one battle, no doubt to the
poor third behind Rowland in the
publication of individual income
his commanding lead in the polls,
height and before the Labor Day
delight of Rowland, who was try-
general election. So anything Mor-
tax returns and an itemized state-
they would do so anyway. What
weekend, when political activities
ing to control minor controversies
rison does to instill some hope in
ment of net worth, detailing assets,
he's doing with his misjudged
rusually start to kick into high gear.
over the Republican platform's
his own party that he can be a
liabilities, and gifts received."
actions and statements is giving
Bruce Morrison, who might
reference to a murder by a mental
tough fighter will be in his favor.
Weicker went on to say that even
them targets.
have been focusing on his upcom-
patient and the state pension of
If, meanwhile, Morrison
the financial status of spouses and
ing primary for the Democratic
the Republican candidate for state
diminishes the popularity of
children should be put on the
Lee Grabar writes about Connec-
gubernatorial nomination, smelled
treasurer Joan Kemler. Both
Weicker, the "nobody's man but public record.
ticut politics and government.
The L ridgeport Post
AGES
BRIDGENDH
CONN VEDNESDA SEPTEMBER
1990
P
GOOD DAY
NEWS IN BRIEF
Morrison gets Democratic
]
LOCAL
Cibes loses
for governo
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Capitol Bureau Chief
HARTFORD - U.S. Rep.
landslide victory, won the D
nomination Tuesday over state
Parking patrol
With voter turnout near 2
first Democratic gubernatoria
Westport chief plans to enforce
Morrison claimed wins in th
handicapped parking. / B1
Bridgeport, while Cibes took
GOVERNOR
towns. Unofficial totals gave 1
TOWN BY TOWN
3rd District congressman from
cent of the vote to Cibes' 35 pe
DIRIDGEPORT - West End
There are 681,000 registe
roman gang raped by several
state.
nen in van as she was driven
"The Democratic Party ha
round the city./B1
date for change," a cuphoric N
E:ASTON - Library to
in New Haven late Tuesday 1
Te-evaluate decision to close
lenge moving forward tonigh
aturdays/B4
Democrats together so we ca
AIRFIELD - Plans under way
gether."
0 expand trash transfer
Campaigning earlier in the
tation./DS
rison said he would be happy
DMILFORD - Republicans vent
- or 55 percent of the vote.
inger at Joseph Viscount's war
Cibes, a six-term state re
on crime./D5
London, called Morrison to (
MONROE -- Town Council
p.m. But, while urging his
inanimously passes a recycling
party's slate, Cibes gave only
ment to the victor.
ordinance /B4
SHELTON - Demolition of
Post/Mark Holtman
new
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bruce Morrison campaigns at the Bridgeport train station Tuesday.
See MORRISON on A2
Extended Page 1 11.1
nod
primary
or's seat
Bruce A. Morrison, in a
emocratic gubernatorial
= Rep. William Cibes Jr.
20 percent in the state's
1 primary in 12 years,
e large cities, including.
( many of the smaller
Morrison, the four-term
1 Hamden, about 65 per-
recent.
ered Democrats in the
IS produced a clear man-
Morrison told supporters
night. "We have a chal-
at, a challenge to bring
in bring Connecticut 10-
: day in Bridgeport, Mor-
1 with a 10-point victory
epresentative from New
concede just before 9:30
supporters to back the
f a half-hearted endorse-
State union leaders
laud Gov. O'Neill
NEW HAVEN (AP) - The annu-
al Connecticut State AFL-CIO con-
vention opened yesterday with
union leaders saying the fate of la-
bor in the 1990s will hinge greatly
on the outcome of this fall's state
elections.
State AFL-CIO President John W.
Olsen told convention delegates
that Connecticut citizens and labor
had fared well during the O'Neill
administration but that those gains
are threatened by the economic dif-
ficulties facing the state.
"Whoever follows me in that gov-
ernor's chair is going to be in for dif-
ficult times," acknowledged Gov.
William O'Neill, in an address to the
convention.
AP
Olsen said labor needs to work for
Gov. William A. O'Neill speaks at the the Connecticut State Labor Coun-
the election of candidates who will
cil, AFL-CIO, yesterday in New Haven.
not try to close budget deficits
through regressive taxes and cuts in
delegates. to gain the endorsement,
state government). it will be spent.
he said.
critical services.
It may not be fair and it may not be
With the responsibility for meet-
A committee of top officers was
appropriate," Rowland said.
ing basic needs falling increasingly
expected Wednesday night to vote
Before Rowland telephoned, two
to recommend that the convention
on the state, which must cope with
delegates stepped forward to a mi-
simply vote to make no endorse-
budget deficits, Olsen said many
crophone and asked to be excused.
ment.
key political battles affecting the
They said they did not want to lis-
lives of union members will be DC.
in a brief telephone address to the
ten to the GOP candidate. But Row.
curring at the state rather than fed-
convention from Washington, U.S.
land received a smattering of
eral level.
Rep. John Rowland, the Republican
applause when he finished.
Union members must be prepared
gubernatorial nominee, told the
Weicker and Morrison were to
to be on the front lines of battles to
delegates he did not support the
speak today, when a final decision
protect the gains won by labor, he
AFL-CIO leadership's call for impo-
on endorsements was to be made.
said.
sition of a state income tax.
O'Neill received three standing
The entire General Assembly and
"If you still believe a state income
ovations during his appearance be-
Connecticut's six congressional
tax is an important issue, I certainly
fore the convention. Olsen called
seats are up for election this fall.
urge you to support one of the other
him a friend of labor who had
but even more important to labor,
candidates," Rowland said to a
earned "our respect and gratitude."
Olsen said, the governor's office is
half-empty convention floor.
The governor, who decided in
opening up.
He said Morrison and Weicker
March not to seek a third term, said
would be certain to back an income
he believes history will show the
The convention is not expected to
tax or raise taxes some other way.
1980s were "the golden era in Con-
endorse a candidate for governor
because allegiances are divided be-
although he contended neither has
necticut."
tween Democratic gubernatorial
taken a clear position.
Citing a number of accomplish-
ments of his administration, includ-
nominee Bruce Morrison and for-
If neither Morrison or Weicker
ing programs to greatly increase
mer Republican Sen. Lowell P. Wei-
states a clear position on the tax is-
teacher salaries and rebuild Con-
cker Jr., who is running as an
sue, "they should not get your en-
independent, Olsen said, Neither
necticut's roads and bridges, the
dorsement," he told the union
candidate appears to have the
governor said: "All these things
members.
needed support, two-thirds of the
were not done by mc. I was your in-
"If we give more money to (the
strument."
21.2
GOVERNOR
FOR
ROWLAND
16:47
06,
14
SEP
CONNEC
Election
worries
AFL-CIO
I
Extended Page 12.
9
AMC united candidate said he didn't
unning on nis newly
record during his years in Congress,
want the endorsement of the
created Connecticut Party ticket,
Weicker a 66 percent rating in the
178,000-member labor organization,
said the fact that there was no en-
Senate and Rowland 51 percent in
&
holding its annual convention this
dorsement this time should be con-
Congress.
#
week, because of the group's tradi-
sidered a win for him because the
tional support for an income tax.
group has traditionally supported
Hal Alpert, the executive vice
President John W. Olsen said the
Democrats for governor.
president of the organization, said
"It's a great tribute, in terms that
Morrison had the support of a clear
decision not to make an endorse-
ment came as a result of there being
it was a choice between a sitting,
majority of the delegates, but not the
very pro-labor congressman and 3
two-thirds required to win the en-
two "strong friends of labor" in the
man who had been out of office for a
dorsement,
governor's race, Democrat Bruce A.
Morrison and third-party candidate
couple of years," said Weicker, who
Alpert said Morrison might have
Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a former
had been given a warm welcome by
been able to muster the two-thirds,
three-term Republican U.S. senator
the 400 convention delegates.
"but it's not worth it to us" to "push"
who lost a bid for re-election two
Morrison, a four-term congress-
the delegates into a vote.
man from Hamden, also received a
"The necessary work to get Bruce
years ago.
rousing welcome from the conven-
elected governor is going to be done
"It's hard for me to find anything
tion delegates.
without splitting up the labor move-
negative to say about either of these
"We are very content with the de-
ment," said Alpert, who is also a co-
two candidates," Olsen said. "With-
cision not to have an endorsement
chairman of the "Labor for Morri-
out an endorsement, every individu-
and the opportunity to persuade each
son" committee.
al union is free to go forward to work
and every member of all of the
Morrison and Weicker drew ap-
for the governor of their choice."
unions in Connecticut to start today
plause from the convention when
Morrison said the non-endorse-
with an open mind," Morrison said.
they endorsed the idea of health in-
ment was a victory for him because
The third candidate in the race,
surance for the 280,000 Connecticut
the last time the group made an en-
Republican John G. Rowland, had
residents without it, although neither
dorsement in a statewide race was in
told the convention in a telephone
candidate could say how such a mas-
1988 when they backed Weicker.
hook-up Wednesday he wasn't in-
sive program would be paid for.
P.13
SEP 14 '90 16:48 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
- The Advocate, Friday, September 14, 1990
Union chooses not to choose
Rowland not interested; Weicker, Morrison called friends'
Associated Press
NEW HAVEN - Two of the
terested in the endorsement if the
311
group was clinging to its long-stand-
three candidates for governor
Election 1990
ing support of tax reform and a state
claimed victory Thursday when the
Connecticut AFL-CIO decided not
STATE GUBERNATORIAL RACE
personal income tax, which he op-
poses.
to make an endorsement in the gov-
emor's race since it considers the two
now running as an independent for
The national AFL-CIO's commit-
friends of labor."
governor.
tee on political education gave Mor-
The third condidate AMIN ha
Weicker. runnine on his newle
rison a 95 percent pro-labor voting
1. 18.
Extended Page
SEP 14 '90 16:49 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
P.14
orrison says spending cuts
O solving state's woes
Editor's note: This is the sec-
Jr. in Tuesday's primary for the
state referendum.
one two articles about the two
Democratic nomination.
Delineratic candidates for gover-
He said Hartford has to recog-
In a recent wide-ranging in-
Tuesday's primary. Rep.
nize that Fairfield County in-
terview with The Hour, Morri-
William J. Cibes Jr. was featured
cludes urban areas like Nor-
son outlined his goals for this
Thursday.
walk, Bridgeport and Stamford,
9/7
part of the state and how he
which face urban problems such
differs from Cibes.
buy FRAN SILVERMAN
as drugs and crime,
Contrary to Cibes, Morrison
Hour Staff Writer
Like Cibes, Morrison said
NORWALK
says the state has to cut spending
Hartford
transportation is a major. con-
before instituting new taxes. He
should stop looking for "a myth-
cern in this area. He advocates
said Cibes' plan to establish an
icale not of gold" in Fairfield
investment in mass transit alter-
income tax clearly targets Fair-
County and instead should work
natives instead of widening I-95
field County residents.
to solve its biggest problems:
or the Merritt Parkway.
"It is another example of peo-
drugs, traffic, and pollu-
He suggested the state focus
ple who have been too long in
the Long Island Sound,
on promoting car pooling, high-
Hartford who said there is a pot
SETS Democratic gube rnatorial
er occupancy vehicles, moving
of gold down there somewhere
candidate Bruce A. Morrison.
truck traffic off the roads during
in Fairfield County and we are
term U.S. Rep. from
peak periods, creating designat-
going to reach into that," said
the 3rd district, Morrison, the
ed traffic lanes and upgrading
Morrison, who maintains that he
parts endorsed. candidate, will
parking facilities. Also, he said
would only approve an income
State Rep. William J. Cibes
tax if voters approved it in a
the state should increase its rep-
Please See MORRISON, Page 8
Sound.
Sound:
the federal government
$3602 JO areus 511
Locally Morrison said he sup said he supported the panies that want to
contributer to pollution pays
environmental officials is a main
New York - which according to
Sound, he said, is making sure
The key to cleaning up the
coordinating the clean-up of the
which would be responsible for
ronmental Protection Agency
new position in the federal Envi-
introduced a bill to establish a
1991. And, Morrison said he has
will be completed in October,
Long Island Sound Study, which
changes recommended the
committed to implementing any
Congress, Morrison said he is
the Long Island Sound Caucus in
Stating that he helped found
region, he said, is Long Island
Another critical issue in this
increased rail fares.
gasoline tax, gateway tolls and
come from user fees such as the
improve the transit system will
Morrison said the money to
the Metro-North rail system.
Transit Authority and beef up
resentation on the Metropolitan
Continued From Page 1
Morrison
he said.
cient
past.
Regarding the schools Morri
housing units for lower income
ects which would set aside
help finance development pro-
Morrison said the state should
(then) people will participate,"
places that won't participate,
going to send state dollars to
gumption to say that we are not
comes to shove, if we have the
"I believe that when push
dens be compensated for it,
than their share of housing bur-
like Norwalk that take on more
dismissed the notion that areas
cut off from state aid. But he
tunities for their communities be
affordable
housing
towns which don't provide suffi-
He suggested that suburban
proach must be taken.
Morrison said a regional ap-
ing problems facing Norwalk,
When pressed about the hous-
dling of highway design in the
ment of Transportation's han-
and he condemned the Depart-
in an environmentally safe way
panded Route 7 if it can be done
ports the completion of an ex-
-Joddo
tiens investor for defer
the the state should b
the end of the Cold War.
panies lose business be
tors retrain workers if
willing to help defense
@ He said the state S
the road."
to become self-sufficien
time Center though he S
ued short-term aid for t
0 Morrison supports
In other areas:
doesn't."
take a vote in Hartford $
got a way that works,
mandate would be resul
system upside down
"We have to turn th
tem," he said.
bureaucratic, oppress
tem, (they say) it's a.t
wrong with our educa
"If you ask teachers
on results instead of the
forts and the state need
cracy have stymied tear
of the school system ani
He said centralized
won't solve its problem
ey into the educationa
he said continuing to p
crease in teachers sal
chai
Extended
laries but
our mon-
al system
ns.
planning
d bureau-
chers' ef-
is to focus
e process.
S what is
ation sys-
top-down,
sive sys-.
his whole
n. ... My
ilts. If you
,
let's not
and say it
BRUCE A. MORRISON
ts contin- product lines.
the Mari-
He recommended an ove
said it has
haul of the state social servi
nt "down
agencies to make them more I
sponsive to clients' needs.
should be
He recommended a sta
e contrac-
health care system that wou
the com-
make health care more efficie
ecause of
and less expensive. He said a)
Primary's over, onto the core issues
Morrison and his rivals must
sniping at each other's records in Washing-
now come out swinging - with
ton, they will be doing a disservice to the peo-
specifics on fixing Connecticut
ple of Connecticut.
The state is facing a daunting deficit at a
time when the Northeast, if not the whole na-
Bruce Morrison cannot afford more than a
tion, is sliding into a recession. What people
momentary pause for pleasure in his primary
here need to know to elect the next governor is
victory over William Cibes. He's got but two
what he plans to do to cover the deficit, to
months to accomplish two goals: Convince
control state spending, to raise the money for
fractious Democrats to kiss and make up if
state expenses and to jump start the
economy.
they don't want to interrupt their 15-year reign
in the governor's mansion and pull himself
The gubernatorial candidates must not
out of third place in the three-way race for the
avoid these crucial issues by concentrating on
state's top office.
past history in Washington in their advertis-
Congress has been the bailiwick of Morri-
ing and in their speeches. There's too much
son and his rivals, John Rowland and Lowell
that has to be done to fix things here in Con-
Weicker. But if they spend the rest of the gu-
necticut to waste time jawing over what was.
bernatorial campaign hyping their own and
Connecticut voters desperately need to know
what will be.
respects
nm,
primary, Rowland may have been
which is more than will be said for
almost as much the victor in the
Bruce Morrison and the others
primary as Morrison was. For the
who are running or have run for
stronger the Democratic nominee
governor of Connecticut this year.
is, the more votes he will take from
But Cibes, the veteran state
the independent candidate for gov-
representative from New London
emor, former U.S. Sen. Lowell
and co-chairman of the General
Weicker, who, receiving much sup-
Assembly's Finance Committee,
port from Democrats, leads in the
failed to impress people outside of
polls. And the more voters who
personal encounters. He had no
leave Weicker to return to the
way with a large audience.
Democratic candidate, the fewer
When the votes in Tuesday's
votes the Republican will need to
Democratic primary were counted,
win the election.
Cibes had. only those of political
Where does Morrison go from
insiders close to his ally, Governor
here?
O'Neill, members of newspaper
He says he wants to reconcile
editorial boards and other aspiring
with Cibes. But denouncing the
intellectuals, and the people who
O'Neill administration and tying
knew him personally. Cibes nar-
Cibes up with it was the price of
rowly carried his own neighbor-
Morrison's victory in the primary.
hood, the 2nd Congressional Dis-
O'Neill administration Democrats
trict, and came close in the 1st
will be lured back to their party's
Congressional District, where sup-
nominee only if Morrison, now
port for the "Neill administration
running a poor third, quickly goes
is strongest and employment by the
up in the polls; administration
administration concentrated But
Democrats are not going to launch
he was demolished everywhere else.
him there: Indeed, the interest of
Cibes' pointed stand in favor of a
that part of the party, the con-
state income tax seems to have hurt
servative part, seems to be to let
him seriously. After the 3rd Con-
Morrison, a: liberal, take the
gressional District, which Mor-
inevitable fallifor its 16 years in
rison has represented since 1982,
power, after which it can reclaim
Cibes ran worst in the 4th Con-
the party and use Morrison's defeat
gressional District, lower Fairfield
to discredit uppity liberals for all
County, Connecticut's Gold Coast,
time.
where an income tax would be
Morrison hardly can run on state
most burdensome. But Cibes was
issues. Though he has been a can-
trounced in poverty-ridden
didate for governor for a year, he
Bridgeport in the 4th too, as he was
still doesn seem to know much
in other poor cities, which, as his
about them, and his few positions
campaign manager, state Rep.
are contradictory he scorns
Jonathan Pelto, D-Mansfield,
more taxes but proposes expensive
noted; have the most to gain from
things like universal health
an income tax.
insurance.
That is, Cibes failed to get his
Morrison's only course seems to
message across even to his natural
be the one he already has taken: to
allies.
intensify his appeals for class war.
or course Cibes still put the
and his personal attacks on
income tax on the state's political
Weicker in the hope of pushing
agenda, making it the defining
Weicker to the right in the public's
issue in the campaign for governor
perception and consolidating for
so far. But now, ironically, the
himself the hard liberal vote. This
issue will be pressed by the
might split the conservative and
Republican nominee, U.S. Rep:
moderate vote evenly between
John Rowland, the lone absolute
Weicker and Rowland and let
opponent of an income tax. Having
Morrison squeak through with as
been put in the center of the cam-
little as 35 percent.
paign by its advocate, the income
It's plausible Weicker is vulner-
tax seems to threaten more than
able personally and already has
ever to drag down any candidate
reacted badly to Morrison's
willing to consider it,
attacks. But such a strategy would
If, as most observers thought,
require Weicker's cooperation, and
Morrison was the Democrat with
one of these days he may refuse to
the greatest prospect of appealing
be baited.
HSMOONI
9/12/90
Editori
Morrison's victory helps
Rowland, hurts Weicker;
a
nice guy finishes last
-
Extended Page 16.1
Lee Grabar
press conference in mid-Aug-
owell Weicker was seated at a
before R bank of microphones.
nly he got up, took off his coat
aped It over the chair, then sat
again to continue answering
Shing
ons in his shirtsleeves.
noval of the coat was typical
er,a gesture not so much to in-
in informality to the proceed-
is to show this multi-million-
down-to-earth nature, his sup.
irapport with the common
But this time there was a sym-
to it as well: Weicker was un-
ayy attack from opponents and
ing. the jacket meant he was
ready for a rough and tumble
so unexpectedly, the guberna-
campaign began to heat up a
ner than usual: with summer
its height and the Labor Day
nd, when political activities
WEICKER
art to kick into high gear, yet
ve. But Bruce Morrison, who
1040
have been focusing on an up-
$ primary for the Democratic
atorial nomination, smelled
and attacked. And kept on at-
the ensuing weeks.
gering the flap was Welcker's
of a skimpy summary of his
"YOU WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN THE FULL RETURN.
ayand: taxes paid in 1989. The
candidates in the race, Morri-
MY INCOME 15 FROM SALARIES, CONTRIBUTIONS CAPITAL
Democratic convention-en-
GAINS, DIVIDENDS, STOCK SPLITS, HONORARIUMS, TRUSTS
candidate; William Cibes Jr.,
llenger in the Sept. 11 Demo-
AND STUFF
JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!"
primary, and John Rowland.
publican candidate, has all re-
sion. Both Issues quickly disappeared
their full tax returns as has
wanted to protect the privacy of his
Licberman) and pay him a good sal-
from the news pages.)
family. He doesn't believe that a can-
the custom in gubernatorial
ary ($177,000). Welcker and others in
Morrison has little to lose and
didate's tax returns are anybody's
the organization responded angrily
much to gain- in slugging it out with
business. Then he said he didn't think
amediately jumped on Welck.
and accused the congressman of
being less than candid - in
Weicker over this issue. While he Is
it was necessary to make a disclo-
maligning a worthy institution.
ey claimed he was being hy-
almost certain to defeat Cibes in the
sure since he was no longer a public
Yet his defense of the research or-
als
primary, he still stands to be third
servant but a private citizen.
ganization was far from persuasive.
all should do so is no surprise.
behind Rowland in the main contest.
The last differentiation was a re-
He showed reporters four television
e an Interest in reducing the
A poor third. So anything he does to
spouse to an embarrassing quotation
promotions prepared by the organi-
dent candidate to size (politi-
instill some hope in his own party
that reporters dug up from days
zation with the purpose of offering
1 course). Ever since the ex-
members that he can be a tooth-and-
when Weicker served in the U.S. Sen-
materials to the public and soliciting
can and ex-U.S. senator set
nail fighter will be in his favor.
ate. The Congressional Record shows
funding. This seemed to be the heart
ts on the governor's chair, he
If, at the same time, he succeeds in
Welcker plously declaring in 1977:
of the group's effort after receiving
in a distant front-runner in
demythicizing the popularity of
"Senators should be required to
$1.1 million in funding last year.
ter poll and only in August
Lowell Weicker, the populist "no-
make public every financial detail
Most of the money spent, about
ults show the others mov-
body's man but yours" who chose a
they possess through yearly publica-
$600,000, went on salaries and office
the big gap.-But If the
third-party route rather than submit
tion of individual income tax returns
costs.
e valid, a vote this summer
to a political organization, Morrison
and an Itemized statement of net
Weicker can angry. as he
put Weicker into the state
could well make It a close race after
worth, detailing assets; liabilities
wants and call it gutter politics all he
with ease,
all. Especially since Weicker has
and gifts received." He went on to
wants, but so long as he behaves in a
ad is worrisome to the oth-
handled the criticism over his per-
say that even the financial status of
way that leaves him open to credibil-
refore, and none could resist
sonal income disclosures badly.
spouses and children should be put on
ity charges, he can expect his oppo-
ice to flay at him when the
Irate over the charges his first re-
record.
nents to fire away at him. Given his
nity came. But Morrison
lease provoked, Welcker staged a
Then there is the matter of Re-
commanding lead in the polis, they
virtually a one-on-one battle.
lengthy press conference and issued
search! America, a non-profit organi-
would do SQ anyway. What he's doing
delight of Rowland, to be
a second report - with a bit more
10 was trying to control mi-
detail but still far short of a com-
zation of which Weicker was presi-
with his misjudged actions and state-
dent until he took leave to run his
ments is giving them targets of op-
slover the GOP platform's
plete picture.
campaign. Morrison wondered
portunity.
e to a killing by a mental pa-
He compounded this reluctance to
whether the organization wasn't set
Lee Grabar, veteran Connecticut
and running mate Joan
be more revealing by offering a vari-
up simply to give Weicker a job (af-
journalist, writes on state and local
'S. controversial state pen-
ety of reasons - in succession. He
ter he lost his Senate seat to Joseph
Issues,
P.17
GOVERNOR
FOR
ROWLAND
16:54
06,
to
PINIONS the
PAGE 2A'
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1990
WATERBURY, CONN.
bernatorial candidates circle Weicker
Extended Page 17. 1
charge after another that are
Weicker's campaign quickly followed with
ARTFORD
-
Independent
unbecoming to the office
a news release defending his handling of the
erriatorial candidate Lowell P. Weicker
he's seeking."
surplus campaign money and copies of the
ounced late Saturday that he would
Avice Mechan, Weicker's
federal law to back up its claims.
ate $11,634 leftover from his 1988 Senate
campaign spokeswoman,
Later Saturday, the campaign released a
spaign to charity after his Democratic
said Weicker decided to
statement saying he would donate the money
onent charged that it was improper for
donate the money because
to charity.
to have kept the money.
he did not want to allow
Meehan said Weicker still maintains that
(eicker said be complied with federal law
Morrison to confuse voters.
Weicker
he handled the money properly, but decided
transferred the money to his
"There is a clear cut difference between
to give the money to the Greenwich Associa-
ional bank account after he lost his re-
the Senate rules and the federal law on what
tion for Retarded Citizens because "he
flon bid in 1988, but U.S. Rep. Bruce
to do with surplus campaign contributions.
didn't want to confuse the voters."
rison; citing a news report, accused
Having fully complied with the federal law, I
Weicker. who served as a Republican
over of violating a Senate rule.
do not intend to let a desperate opponent
senator for 18 years, is now running for
Lowell- Weicker knew the rule, and
traffic in confusion," Weicker said in a state-
governor as an independent.
ated if anyway." Morrison said in a news
ment released late Saturday.
Under pressure from Morrison, Weicker
Saturday. "Rather than return the
Weicker's announcement came during &
released his financial records last week.
act to campaign contributors or donate it
bizarre day that began with a report out of
Morrison, a congressman from Hamden.
charity, Lowell Weicker took $11,634
Washington by the States News Service
is the endorsed candidate of the Democratic
usted to him by the people of Connec-
about the propriety of Weicker's keeping the
party, but he faces a Sept. 11 primary
Land put it in his own personal bank
surplus campaign money.
challenge from state Rep. Wiliam Cibes, D-
bunt
Morrison called a news conference Satur-
New London.
FW, Gold, co-chairman of the
day morning to capitalize on the story, but
After learning that Weicker planned to
ckcr campaign, said a federal law which
had trouble drawing reporters on the Labor
donate the surplus to charity, Morrison's
we candidates to declare excess campaign
Day weekend.
campaign dashed off yet another fax to news
personal income supersedes the
Morrison then sent press releases outlining
organizations.
ato rule. He called Morrison's accusation
his accusations to news. media across the
'You can't buy integrity," Morrison said
desperate attempt to revive his cam-
state, He called on Weicker to seek # Senate
in the release. "A. big check written on a
Ethics Committee investigation to determine
Labor Day weekend won't hide the truth."
ubernatorial campaign claiming air time
ads "speak to the idiocy of modern politics.
his income. Cibes said he agrees that can-
BOB KING
This campaign isn't about what's best for
didates for governor should release their full
KEVIN FLOOD
political parties."
tax returns; but he recalls that his wife "had
net Inquirer Staff Writers
Morrison faces state Rep. William J. Cibes
to be scraped off the ceiling" when she
Jr. in a Sept. 11 primary.
I promised, political ads
realized that details of her personal finances
Jaekie sees much more red
would be public.
gubernatorial candidates
0 begun running on the
State Rep. Robert G. Jackie, the
Morrison gets city backing
network TV affiliates.
Republican candidate for lieutenant gov-
alystwo of four can-
ernor, said last week he's afraid the deficit
The Cibes campign attacked Morrison for
ates are on the air so far
for the current fiscal year. which ends next
promising the moon without a prayer of
endorsed Democrat
summer, will top $400 million.
delivery when he called for slashing local
CONTA Morrison and
Political
The state legislature's Office of Fiscal
property taxes in cities last week. Whether
rd-party poll leader
Analysis has estimated the likely shortfall at
voters are buying Morrison's version of the
notes
well P. Weicker Jr.
$206 million. But the OFA added in a report
state's finances, his supporters said they
he two candidates' approaches couldn't
Aug. 24 that once the books are closed on
appreciate his rhetorical commitment to
nore different. Morrison's two 15second
the fiscal year that ended July 30, that year
their budgets, as expressed in a Hartford
to attack Weicker and Republican John
will show a $157 million shortfall. That's
City Hall news conference.
Rowland for votes they cast in Congress.
$365 all told.
Problems in Connecticut's towns and
Expoints to votes that the four-term
Jaekie, the House Minority Leader, made
cities are largely financial, said Meriden
nden congressman says helped create and
the comment at a brief appearance in East
Mayor James Pellegrino, adding "it's no
burage the federal savings and loan crisis
Hartford where he was substituting for
small coincidence that all of the large cities
bailout The other calls the two to task
gubernatorial candidate Rowland, who was
are having deficit problems."
votes in favor of the Reagan economic
in Washington for a presidential briefing on
Morrison stood with supporters including
fram of the early 1980s, which Morrison
the Mideast situation.
the mayors of New Britain, Meriden, and
racterizes as tax cuts for the rich.
New Haven.
forrison has highlighted those votes in a
Cibes would cut busines levies
Pellegrino said he's sure from Morrison's
at series of press conferences. Morrison
A further point differentiating him from
congressional record that "he's a strong fis-
has faulted Weicker for taking as
other candidates regarding economic
cal person" who will "80 after spending first
mc $11,000 in surplus campaign funds
recovery, says Democratic contender Cibes,
and consider tax reform second."
1988, and Rowland for changing his
is his contention that business taxes must be
"Cities experience all of society's problems
on abortion on demand. Most
cut before the state's economy is to recover.
in disproportionately large doses," said
ervers say this amounts to a negative
Cibes will face Morrison in a Democratic
Donald DiFronzo, mayor of New Britain.
paign.
gubernatorial primary next week. and he's
Morrison "really. knows the problems of
Alexer on the other hand, in his first ad
made changes in state tax policy - including
our cities," said New Haven Mayor John
subis feeling that "we don't inherit the
a tax on wages - the centerpiece of his
Daniels. "We need every ounce of assistance
from our fathers, we borrow it from our
campaign. The earned income tax would
we can get Bruce Morrison is the only
dreath None of the ads Weicker's cam-
allow the state to cut the corporate tax from
salvation for us.
miproduced name other candidates, his
13.8 percent - a national high - to 10
Other officials attending were state Rep.
paign has said.
percent, and eliminate other levies, he says.
Eric Coleman of Bloomfield: state Reps.
Weicker childrens' theme has been
putting the state on the road to recovery
John Fonfara Juan Figueroa and
tered on the side of Hartford buses in
quicker. The tax program is "a prerequisite
Democratic Town Chairwoman Mary Phil
of days as well: "T'll work for the kids."
to job creation and economic recovery,"
Guinan of Hartford; Mayor John Daniels
nos quote the former Senator saying,
Cibes said last week.
and state Sen. Bruce Morris of New Haven;
For the politicians."
Also last week, Cibes faulted Morrison's
state Rep. Ernest Newton and state Sen.
leicker co-chairman Peter Gold called
"tone" in attacking independent Lowell P.
Margaret Morton of Bridgeport; and
IGS "Very uplifting." Gold added that the
Weicker Jr. for not disclosing full details of
See CITIES, page
SEP 14 '90 16:55 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
Journal Inquirer
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1990
ONNECTICUT
orrison blitz over campaign funds
urs Weicker to give to charity
"Bruce Morrison is in serious political
whether he violated the Senate rule, 8 sugges-
NISE LAVOIE
trouble," Gold said. "He's
tion that touched off a paper war between
Press Writer
making one outrageous
the two campaigns.
chasse often another that
Weinber's companión quickly followed with
Extended Page 18.1
P.19
SEP 14 '90 16:57 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
Weicker broke
Senate rules
Jack Goldberg, spokesman for Rep.
John G. Rowland, Weicker's Republi-
can opponent.
Spokesmen for Democratic candi-
date Rep. Bruce Morrison - whose
pressure on Weicker to release finan-
cial records brought the controyer-
sial action to light last
"We are shocked that a man who
blusters so loudly about his own in-
tegrity would crassly violate a Sen-
ate rule to enrich himself and put
money in his own pocket," said Ted
Baldwin, Morrison's campaign man-
Keeping leftover $11,000 legal,
but a violation of ethics regulations
agreed.
ager.
N/W Heven Resister
By Amy Brooke Baker
States News Service
9/1
WASHINGTON - When Lowell
We are
Weicker transferred almost
shocked that a
$12,000 in leftover funds from his
failed 1988 senatorial campaign to
man who
his personal bank account, he
broke no law. But he did violate
blusters so loudly
Senate rules. according to a Senate
about his own
ethics panel.
Senators may not convert old
integrity would
may have broken rule, but not law
she said. "He declared the money as
income and he paid taxes on it as in-
But Weicker opponents respond
that the wealthy Greenwich resident
amassed funds while serving in an
organization that prohibited him
from keeping the money once he left.
When he did leave, they contend, he
said the rules didn't apply to him,
and kept the money. And that,
Weicker opponents say, is unethical.
"I think that for Lowell Weicker in
the 1970s and '80s to claim to be a
champion of ethics in Congress and
for him now to violate the ethics of
the Senate is extraordinary." said
campaign money to personal use,
crassly violate a
even after they retire. said a
spokeswoman for the Senate Select
Senate rule.
come."
Committee on Ethics.
Ted Baldwin, manager
And while the panel rarely does
Morrison campaign
so. she added, it has the authority
to investigate former senators be-
lieved 10 have violated that rule.
land. Weicker's Republican
However. the practice is not
opponent.
technically illegal. according to the
Spokesmen for Democratic can-
Federal Election Commission, bc-
didate U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison
cause Senate rules are not laws.
- whose pressure on Weicker to
Once lawmakers leave the Sen-
release financial records brought
atc. said FEC spokesman Scou
the controversial action to light
Moxley. they may not feel bound
last week - agreed.
lieved to have violated that rule.
However, the practice is not ille-
gat, according to the Federal Elec-
tion Commission, because Senate
rules are not laws. And once
lawmakers leave the Senate, said
FEC spokesman Scott Moxley, they
may not feel bound by its regula-
Avice Meehan, spokeswoman for
the former Republican senator now
running for governor as an independ-
ent, said Weicker believed his action
"It is my understanding that the is-
sues of whether or not this was legal
and appropriate were looked into,"
by its regulations.
"We are shocked that a man
Avice Mechan. spokeswoman
who blusters so loudly about his
for Weicker, a former Republican
own integrity would crassly violate
tions.
was permissible.
senator now running for Connecti-
a Senate rule to enrich himself and
cut governor as an independent.
put money in his own pocket."
said Weicker believed his action
said Ted Baldwin, Morrison's
was permissible.
campaign manager.
Lowell
It is my understanding that the
The practice. however. is not
issues of whether or not this was
uncommon, according to cam-
legal
and appropriate were
paign finance experts.
looked into." she said. "He de-
Many former lawmakers have
clared the money as income, and
taken home much more than
he paid taxes on it as income."
Weicker did after their own failed
But Weicker opponents respond
re-election campaigns or voluntary
By AMY BROOKE BAKER
States News Service
When
that the action is unethical.
retirement.
Weicker Jr. transferred almost
$12,000 in leftover funds from his
failed 1988 senatorial campaign to
his personal bank account, he may
not have broken the law. But he did
violate Senate rules, according to a
Senators may not convert old cam-
paign money to personal use, even
after they retire, said a spokeswom-
an for the Senate Select Committee
on Ethics. And while the panel rarely
does so, she added, it has the authori-
ty to investigate former senators be-
Former Texas Sen. John Tower
WASHINGTON
"I think that for Lowell Weicker
retired in 1985 with more than
Senate ethics panel.
in the 1970s and 80s to claim to be
$450.000 in unspent campaign
a champion of ethics in Congress
funds. according to the FEC. For-
and for him now 10 violate the
mer Vice President Walter Mon-
"
ethics of the Senate is extraordi-
date held a sizable unused war
nary," said Jack Goldberg. spokes-
chest at one point - as much as
man for U.S. Rep. John G. Row-
$560,000.
OPINION
Frank O. King
The News-Times
President and Publisher
Wayne J. Shepperd
General Manager
Published daily since 1883
Edward Frede
Editor
Mary T. Connolly
Editorial Page Editor
And now there are 3
ow that the Democrats
N
politicians who won't honey-coat the
finally have a candidate, the
economy, or pretend part of the deficit
real campaign for governor
doesn't exist as they propose how they
of Connecticut begins.
will deal with it.
Democrat Bruce Morrison won an
Cibes talked frankly and lost.
impressive victory over William Cibes
Morrison, Rowland and Weicker have
in Tuesday's primary. But it was a
yet to get as specific as Cibes-and -
victory won with a low voter turnout in
probably can't be expected to do so
a race in which Morrison had greater
now.
name recognition and funding.
But they should be expected to run
Based on what is at stake, an open
issue-oriented campaigns, campaigns
governor's seat in a turbulent
that are as serious as the challenges
economic climate, Connecticut voters
facing the next governor.
surely will be paying more attention in
the next two months as Morrison,
In the last few.weeks before the
Republican John Rowland and
primary, Morrison ran an aggressive
independent Lowell Weicker compete
campaign that tended toward the
to win the tough job of restoring
negative. He tried to twist the records
Connecticut's luster.
of Rowland and Weicker. Morrison
The three candidates will no doubt
even tried to taint the reputation of a
learn a lesson from the Democratic
medical research lobbying group
primary: Don't talk about tax reform.
founded by Weicker with wild charges
Cibes based his entire campaign on the
that he did not support with evidence:
need for tax reform. But he failed to
Connecticut has enough problems to
help the voters understand that tax
handle without facing a
reform does not necessarily mean
take-no-prisoners-style gubernatorial
higher taxes; it just means getting
campaign. Other states have had their
revenue from different sources.
reputations tarnished by such
Connecticut needs tax reform, as a
campaigns, and that should not happen
means of giving the state a more
here.
reliable source of revenue, one that
does not ride the economic ups and
Sticking to the facts and being candid
downs as does the sales tax.
about the state's fiscal picture may not
But Connecticut also needs
be the easiest way to run for governor.
But it is the way to inform voters and
politicians who can talk candidly with
build a political consensus for the
the voters before an election,
tough days ahead.
SEP 14 '90 16:58 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
was,
we
A
my selection as the Democratic
nominee reflects a majority view in
the party: that we have to move in
Rowland and Weicke
the directions that 1 set forth
One vote that Morrison probably
didn't get yesterday was Govi Wil-
unperturbed by/primary
liam O'Neill's, O'Neill, according to
Morrison, didn Make the usual
By Alexander Meara
way race to proceed unimpeded
phone call offering congratulations.
NEWS-TIMES CAPITOL BUREAU
by Democratic issues, the orima
"I'm sure we'll be speaking about
ry - the aftermath of which con
it," said O'Neill offhandedly about
HARTFORD - The Democrat-
tinues to be mar ed
why he hasn't called Morrison. "I
ic primary for governor may
Democratic squabbling
don't expect to be picking up the
have plastered Bruce Morrison's
helped Rowland in another way:
phone at the moment to call Bruce.
name on headlines across the
name recognition, said Gold
You know, it wasn't my race. It was
state, but it álso left the other
berg.
between Bruce Morrison and Bill
two candidates poised to come
"The primary gave-Morrison
Cibes and I'm sure we'll be discuss-
out fighting in the home stretch.
increased name recognition,
ing it."
Lowell Weicker, the indepen-
said Goldberg. "That's plus for
O'Neill didn't say he would active-
dent, snickered at the low Demo-
him. But it's also a plus for us
ly campaign for Morrison. He said
cratic turnout and proclaimed
More. Democrats are aware 0.
he would support Morrison, but
yesterday he has half of John
Morrison and that eats away at
hedged when pressed on how
Rowland's Republican party.
Weicker's Democratic base. The
wholeheartedly he would work for
Rowland started running a
liberal vote is split, which leaves
the endorsed candidate:
television ad yesterday in oppo-
the door open for Rowland
"Well, as wholeheartedly as you
sition to a state income tax and
It's OK for Mr. Rowland to say,
can O'Neill said. "I'm going to
his press secretary, Jack Gold-
but his big problem is Lhave 50
berg, said "There's seven weeks
percent of his party! sniffed
vote for him, you can't do much
to go and there's still a whole lot
Weicker when told of Goldberg's
more than that. So I guess that's as
wholehearted as you can be. I think
of people who don't know where
assessment of the situation
the carididate has got to work with-
Rowland stands on the issues."
There's no point to do any fin-
in the framework of the party and
Weicker, the former Republi-
ger pointing as far as what the
the party will then totally support
can U.S. senator who is leading
Democrats would do. Don' for-
the candidate."
the field in his quest for the gov-
get, Rowland's a got 2 huge prob
lem because he can ill afford to
But Morrison said he would still
ernor's office on a third party
seek O'Neill's support, mainly be-
ticket, said Morrison "has the
give up anything in the smallest
cause he earried it with yesterday's
largest block of votes in the
political party in Connecticut
state. Yet four out of five of those
Neither Rowland nor Weicken
victory.
voters said 'We don't want to
would crow about the Democrat
"Gov. O'Neill understands and ap-
preciates the process by which the
vote in this contest.'
ic Party infighting. The party
Democratic, party makes its deci-
"I think that's his problem.
which seems split between Mor
sion," Morrison said. "The Demo-
Clearly anyone that has been in-
rison's camp and a segment of
to a primary contest has a sharp
voters loyal to Cibes and Gov.
cratic party chose its nominee for
organization, is in good tune. So
William O'Neill, must be unified
governor yesterday, I think the
mandate is clear. And I would hope
that's an advantage. But I've got
if Morrison is to win in Novem-
the governor, in the tradition he's
to say I think those figures from
ber, according to party leaders
always been a part of, will support
last night wouldn't exactly thrill
Weicker dismissed the idea
the Democratic ticket."
me if I had a party that was
that O'Neill's fall from political
O'Neill also said Morrison needs
681,000 strong and I came out
grace would drag Morrison down
because, even though the two
to focus his attacks on his oppo-
with 85,000 votes."
nents and - rapping Morrison on
The low turnout of roughly 20
men are sharply divided they
the knuckles for a political ad that
percent of the electorate was ex-
are both Democrats.
was aired against Cibes during the
pected.
"I don't think the O'Neill situa-
Weicker said it didn't matter to
tion is one that necessarily falls
primary fight not against the
him who won the primary. But
on Morrison's shoulders, Wei-
Democratic party.
The ad said Cibes was one of the
the fact that he made himself
cker said. "Obviously, he is &
'Hartford cronies" who have
available to the press indicated
Democrat and it has been a Dem
Weicker wanted to put his two
ocratic administration and peo-
plunged the state into economic
cents worth into a fight that has
ple want a change. But I also
troubles. Cibes blasted Morrison
over the word "cronies," saying
undoubtedly increased Morri-
think they recognize different
Morrison impugned the reputation
son's name recognition in the
people are just that: different
state.
Morrison's problems will be his
of the entire Democratic Party just
Besides finally clearing the
own problems, "hot those
to win the primary. Morrison said
smoke and allowing the three-
O'Neill.'
"cronies" referred to O'Neill's in-
SEP 14 '90 ROW AND FOR GOVERNOR
A PROFILE
Tax
John Rowland has spent his career in public service improving the quality of life for Connecticut's
families.
Some F
it's on I
In 1980, at age 23, Rowland became the Republican candidate for Waterbury's 73rd District State
Representative seat. Although a Republican had not won the district in decades, Rowland was
John Rc
elected and re-elected in 1982 despite strong efforts by the Democrat Party to unseat him.
income
that a Si
As a state legislator, Rowland fought Governor O'Neill's fiscal and budget policies. He proposed
that it \
legislation to reform Connecticut's welfare system and investigated illegal hazardous waste dump-
needs i
ing in Waterbury. Rowland's leadership capabilities were recognized when he was named House
Minority Whip by his Republican colleagues after just one term.
Few CO
recover
In 1984, Rowland challenged three-term incumbent Democrat Congressman William Ratchford.
Democ
While many said that it could not be done, Rowland was elected to Congress by a 21,000 vote
taxes at
plurality. His victory margins for Congress increased to 35,000 in 1986 and 105,000 votes in 1988. After
serving in the 99th, 100th, and 101st Congresses, The Wall Street Journal has recognized Rowland as
What Ci
one of the nation's emerging government leaders at the turn of the century.
funds t
econom
As Fifth District Congressman, Rowland has emphasized close contact with constituents. He travels
rolling
home from Washington each weekend attending to the diverse needs of his District which stretches
from Waterbury to Wilton.
Since Jo
billion t
Rowland's legislative priorities have reflected his concern for Connecticut's interests. He was named
during
to the Armed Services Committee-the first Connecticut member in more than 20 years-where he
actively promotes the interests of thousands of Connecticut workers in the defense industry. He
Because
serves on the Veterans Affairs Committee, where he is recognized as an advocate for Connecticut's
The fisc
400,000 veterans. He also has been active on a number of environmental issues, fighting both the
gimmic
unneeded Iroquois gas pipeline and New York's attempt to ship nuclear waste through Connecticut.
deficit i
Rowland has played an important role in formulating new approaches to the war on drugs. He served
A natio
on the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control as well as the House Republican
country
Anti-Drug Task Force, where he has supported improved law enforcement and drug education
efforts.
John Ro
reformi
Rowland has received numerous awards for his pro-taxpayer and pro-environment records in
another
Congress. Among these have been the "Watchdog of the Treasury" award for his efforts against
unnecessary government spending, and the Sierra Club's "Clean Air Champion" for his work on
The
behalf of clean air.
John Rowland's sense of value and civic responsibility are derived from his family. The Rowland
How cal
family has lived in Connecticut for more than 100 years and enjoys a 50-year tradition of public
on durii
service. Rowland's father and grandfather both served as Waterbury's City Comptroller. His
grandfather helped uncover massive municipal corruption during the 1930's. The family has
Usi
operated an insurance firm for the past four generations, which John helped manage prior to entering
autl
Congress.
Trin
John Rowland was born and has lived his entire life in Waterbury. He graduated from Holy Cross
of di
High School and Villanova University. He lives in Waterbury with his wife Deborah and their three
tron
children, Kirsten, Robert John, and Julianne.
Dov
ager
22 d
SEP 14 '90 17:01 ROWLAND FOR GOVERNOR
WSI
test
that
Party. If 11
rebuttal ads not only deny the
politics.
in H will tell Democrats how
charge, but claim Wilson is
The negativism was clear in a
Ben Wattenben's column is distributed
far they still have to go.
pro-quotas. (Feinstein says that
by the Newspaper Enterprise Associacion."
id
Republicanism neatly ruined, Weicker turns independent
BIT Por 9-5-90
It surprised everybody that
the years 1984-87. Connecticut ran
people quite mad every time the
points behind Weicker, but the gap.
Massachusetts went from being the
a surplus of $1.4 billion. O'Neill
gave a speech. Anyway, having
has closed now to 12 points. And a
06
best-governed state in the Union
and his Democratic House and
announced after his defeat by Sen.
private poll registers that those
on Monday
Senate turned that into a $700
Joseph Lieberman in 1988 that he
voters who have absolutely made
(when
million deficit even as they levied
was retiring from public life. he
up their mind for whom they will
Michael
new, unprecedented taxes.
announced this spring that he
go favor Rowland by three points
Dukakis was
In 1984. state spending was $3.6
would run for governor of
over Weicker. The young (he is-33)
nominated
billion per year. It is now $7.4
Connecticut That was dismaying
congressinan is very bright,
for president)
billion, double that of accumulated
news, since, as the only contender
thorough, ingenious, popular
to being all
inflation. A recent survey rated
with coast-to-coast name
Democratic constituency
but bankrupt
Connecticut one of the "10 worst
recognition, he leaped to a dizzying
(Waterbury), and has detailed
on Tuesday
fiscally managed states" in the
lead over other contenders.
positions on taxes (no increase), the
FOR
y
(when
country. Back then the state had
But Weicker did not ask for the
economy (state husbandry), health
Dukakis lost,
the lowest unemployment rate in
Republican nomination. He will
care (reform), the environment (lift
ck
and the data
the country and was near the top in
run. be said, as an independent.
the current official grade of "D" to
silted up). It
By BILL
job creation and personal income
Having all but ruined
"A"). crime (capital punishment
IS similar
BUCKLEY
growth. Unemployment now
Republicanism in Connecticut, be
and workfare), housing. drugs
with
exceeds the national average for the
is doing his best to discredit
(no-nonsense), abortion (he IS
Connecticut, except that although
first time in 13 years, and the state
ite
independence. After his entry into
pro-choice), education (pro-choice,
the data are there in the midday
ranks near the bottom in
the race, uncharacteristically, he
against forced busing).
P
sun. almost bleached from
employment. There is no state
said practically nothing else. When
He suffers, like his Democratic
exposure, not all that many people
income tax in Connecticut, but the
asked when would he unveil his tax
counterpart Rep. Bruce Morrison
are paying attention to them, if you
legislature has done its best to make
policy, on which $0 much hangs, he
(who is engaged in a primary fight
don't count unemployed people in
up for it. matching the highest sales
gave it out that be would do this
with a professor in love with the
Connecticut, businesses that are
tax in the country, the highest
two months after he was
income tax), from that odd
languishing, others that are moving
capital gains tax, unearned income
inaugurated as governor.
reluctance that the state of
dest
OCL, and people trying to sell their
tax, inheritance tax.
Since then. Weicker has made
Connecticut has against giving
houses or pay their taxes, which are
Who is going to save
vague statements ID vague
general recognition to any resident
in Connecticut higher than they
Connecticut?
directions, under great pressure;
of the state who isn't a governor or
have ever been.
The incredible actually
and, after intensive pressure,
a senator or Paul Newman.
All of this was done under the
happened. Lowell Weicker, who
released most of his tax returns,
But those in Connecticut who
the
zegis of another Dukakis,
served three terms in the U.S.
confirming that he is a very wealthy
are suffering from the recession will
at
Democratic Gov. William O'Neill.
Senate and was finally eased out of
man. safe from the ravages of
gravitate to John Rowland, and
It was done, moreover, in almost
office in part by people who had
Connecticut's tax policies.
that means the majority.
ran
record time; indeed, one wonders
developed an allergy to a mix of
William F. Buckley's column is
whether Juan and Evita Peron
left-wing pomposity that drove
Rep. John Rowland, the
distributed by the Universal Pross
could have spent money faster. In
some otherwise imperturbable
Republican candidate, began 33
Syndicate.
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
JOHN G. ROWLAND
U.S. CONGRESSMAN
CONNECTICUT
Dear Friends:
Connecticut's 1990 campaign for Governor is one for the political science textbooks. However, there
remains one constant during this time of political upheaval: the need for the candidates to explain
their positions on the issues and problems confronting Connecticut.
I have been the only candidate to do that. I first introduced this booklet detailing my positions in
February when it became clear voters wanted more than a handshake and a smile from their
candidate. They wanted to know that the important issues affecting Connecticut have been
thoughtfully considered.
Today I am the Republican nominee, facing candidates from the Democrat Party and a third party.
What has not changed is that I still am the only candidate not afraid to take positions on the
controversial and vital issues facing Connecticut.
My two opponents have attempted to change their stripes, hoping the voters will forget they were
consistent and unabashed champions of higher spending and taxes while in Congress. I am the only
candidate for Governor to oppose a state income tax, to oppose higher taxes, to seek spending
reductions and a better business climate, which will result in more jobs for state residents. I remain
the only candidate to release my finances in detail, including my 1989 federal income tax.
These all point to a candidate who is not afraid to be open with Connecticut's taxpayers in his personal
life and in his public positions. It is this openness as well as ideas that the people of Connecticut are
looking for in their Governor.
This new edition of my positions on issues updates and expands my ideas on the challenges facing
Connecticut in the 1990s. With your help we can return Connecticut to its taxpayers.
With warm regards,
Sincerely,
John G. 9. ROWLAND Rowland
Member of Congress
P.O. BOX 1990-R WATERBURY CONNECTICUT 06722 (203) 753-1990
Paid For By Rowland Governor Committee, Alan J. Cicchetti, reasurer
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
Taxes and Spending
Some politicians say the only solution to the state's fiscal problems is a state income tax. Others say
it's on the table, or that they'll need a referendum to make up their minds.
John Rowland is the only candidate for governor who is firmly and unequivocally opposed to a state
income tax. He understands that "tax reform" is just a fancy way of saying "tax increase." He knows
STATEME
that a state income tax would be just a license for liberal politicians to spend more and tax more, and
that it would not solve the state's fiscal problems. John Rowland believes that what Connecticut
in
needs is not "tax reform," but a strong dose of spending reform.
Few complaints were heard about the inadequacy of our tax system when the national economic
LSSUE
recovery helped the state rack up $1.4 billion in surpluses in 1984-87. Within a few short years, the
Democrats in Hartford turned this into a $700 million deficit and levied almost a billion dollars in new
taxes and fees on the people of Connecticut.
What caused this? The Democrats committed the cardinal sin of budgeting: using one-time surplus
funds to build in higher levels of spending that could not be supported when a booming state
economy inevitably slowed down. Big spending programs continued long after the money stopped
rolling in, and the Democrats closed the gap the only way they knew how - by raising taxes.
Since John Rowland left the state legislature for Congress in 1984, state spending has grown from $3.6
billion to $7.4 billion - a 103% increase in just six years! Inflation increased at less than half that rate
during that time.
Because the Democrats continue to avoid making tough choices, the state budget remains in the red.
The fiscal 1990 budget ended more than $200 million in deficit, and the Democrats used so many
gimmicks to "balance" this year's budget that many experts are predicting another massive state
deficit in the next fiscal year.
A national survey recently rated Connecticut one of the ten worst fiscally managed states in the
country.
John Rowland believes the state's financial problems should be solved by cutting wasteful spending,
reforming state government, and restoring economic prosperity to Connecticut - not by making
another raid on taxpayers' pocketbooks to feed politicians' appetites for more big spending.
The Rowland Agenda
How can we save money and avoid a state income tax in light of the spending binge the state has been
on during the past decade? John Rowland is committed to taking the following steps:
Using the Governor's line-item veto authority to cut unnecessary spending that the legislature
authorized. This important weapon to control spending has not been used since the '70s.
Trimming the state's top-heavy bureaucracy, with particular emphasis on reducing the number
of deputy commissioners, executive assistants, public relations specialists and other political pa-
tronage jobs.
Downsizing and streamlining state government Connecticut operates with 26 cabinet level
agencies while the federal government needs just 14. Consolidating state agencies would save
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
millions of dollars by cutting wasteful bureaucracy and eliminating duplicated services while
improving service delivery.
Sharply reducing the number of consultants the state uses as quasi-executive employees.
Enacting a constitutional amendment to limit state spending increases to the average increase in
personal income over the prior three years. This would prevent routine double-digit
spending hikes that outpace economic growth and force tax increases.
Eliminating special-interest, pork barrel bonding. State bonding rose from $419 million in 1984
to $1.9 billion in this fiscal year, an increase of 397%. Despite the state's fiscal problems, there is
almost $3 million in pork in this year's budget. The explosion in state debt due to this borrowing
is a burden state taxpayers will be saddled with for years to come.
Protecting the state's Rainy Day Fund to prevent more raids on it by politicians to pay for their
big spending plans.
Implementing biennial budgeting to provide for better budget planning and restrain spending
growth to prevent future deficits.
Targeting for reform over a multi-year period those programs that have been growing the fastest
and busting the budget. Programs such as worker's compensation, which has grown by 128%
since just 1985, and Medicaid, which now makes up almost 15% of all state spending, need to be
reformed and made more cost-effective.
Creating a Productivity Improvement Unit in the governor's office to force economies on state
agencies, and holding commissioners accountable for meeting spending control targets.
Negotiating cost-sharing of health benefits with public employee unions to bring them into
closer parity with private sector benefits and contain the explosive growth in the cost of state
employee fringes. State spending for health insurance for retired state employees has increased
by more than 1400% since 1984.
Implementing a 40-hour work week for state employees.
Examining state mandates to prevent the state from imposing new mandates on localities unless
it is prepared to fully fund their costs. This will provide a major relief to local property taxpayers.
Growth of Legislative Appropriated Budgets
General and Special Obligation Bonds - Legislative
(represents a 148% increase since 1981)
(represents a 1,101% increase since 1981)
Billions
Billions
$7.381
$1894
$6.843
$1619
$6.289
$1259
$5.638
$955
$4.850
$658
$4.374
$681
$3.995
$419
$3.589
$384
$3.195
$223
$2.965
$172
$2.000
$1,000 198 82 83 84 84-85 85-86 86-87 88 89 90 90-91
1981 82 82-83 83 84 84-85 85-86 86-87 87-88 88-89 89-90 90-91
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
Connecticut Economy
Connecticut benefitted as much as any state in the nation from the national economic recovery
brought about by Republican policies in the 1980s. The state enjoyed the lowest unemployment rate
in the U.S., and was at or near the top in job creation and personal income growth.
How suddenly that has changed. Most would agree that the state economy is now in recession. The
state's unemployment rate is the highest since the recession of 1981-82, and exceeds the national
average for the first time in thirteen years. Connecticut, which ranked 19th in the U.S. in employment
growth in 1979-87, now ranks near the bottom. The number of jobs in the state has seen almost no
growth since the beginning of 1987. Real personal income for state residents is likely to decline for
the first time since 1975. Every week brings new stories about businesses shutting down and workers
being laid off.
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Adding to the economic worries are anticipated cuts in federal defense spending. Connecticut will
be hit harder than most other states because of its economy's heavy reliance on defense-related
industries. According to one estimate, defense spending per capita in Connecticut could drop by as
much as 74% by 1995.
While all New England states have been affected to one degree or another by a regional economic
slowdown, state policies dictated from Hartford have a great deal to do with the depths of the slump
in Connecticut. Like Massachusetts and New York, Connecticut spent far beyond its means during
the boom years of the '80s, leading to massive tax increases that fell heavily on businesses. The
Democrat-led state legislature took our economic good fortune for granted, and succeeded in "killing
the goose that laid the golden eggs" by passing legislation that added heavily to the costs of doing
business here. Small businesses, less able to pass on the costs of new taxes and government mandates,
suffered especially from the anti-business climate in Hartford.
It is no wonder that 85% of businesses recently surveyed said they lacked confidence in the ability
of state government to make necessary decisions to strengthen the state's economy. John Rowland
believes it's time to change that. He will put the full resources of state government clearly on the side
of creating new jobs for state residents, improving the state's economic competitiveness and
persuading employers and investors that they are welcome again in Connecticut.
The Rowland Agenda
Give greatest priority in the state's economic development strategy to keeping existing busi-
nesses in Connecticut and promoting new business start-ups.
Reduce the capital gains tax on Connecticut-held stock to spur new investment and job creation,
and cut the present 13.8% corporate income tax rate to make the tax system more competitive for
businesses. Create an investment tax credit to stimulate purchase of new plants and equipment
by businesses, especially manufacturers.
Aggressively support and expand Connecticut's enterprise zone program, which brings needed
jobs and tax revenues to economically depressed urban areas. Eliminate capital gains taxes on
businesses located in enterprise zones.
Avoid new government mandates on businesses that add to operating costs and reduce the
state's economic competitiveness.
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Control the escalating costs of workers' compensation.
Revitalize the small business section of the Department of Economic Development and give more
attention to the needs and interests of Connecticut's small businesses, which account for 80% of
new job creation.
Emphasize basic skills in public education and give more support to the state's vocational-
technical schools to provide businesses with the educated work force they'll need to fill the jobs
of the '90s.
Create a consolidated state permitting process to reduce the time and difficulty involved in
starting or expanding a business in Connecticut. The multiple permits and approvals required
by various state agencies create a disincentive for companies to locate or expand here.
Appoint a businessperson, not a bureaucrat or political aide, to head up a revamped Department
of Economic Development.
Implement a foreign procurement offset program to help Connecticut defense industries sell
their products abroad. Under this program, the state would award to Connecticut companies the
credits it receives for the purchase of foreign goods. This would enable Connecticut firms to meet
protectionist "offset" requirements imposed by foreign governments when they purchase U.S.-
made defense equipment. The companies would be allowed to substitute the state-awarded
credits for the purchase of unrelated goods made in those countries.
Accelerate efforts to help state companies gain access to export markets in the new, consolidated
European economy.
Target efforts to place dislocated defense workers in jobs suited to their level of training and
experience. These highly skilled workers do not need job training, but rather a job, and the best
way state government can help is by creating an economic environment friendly to business
start-up and expansion.
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GOVERNOR
Drug Prevention and Enforcement
The drug epidemic threatens to cripple Connecticut's criminal justice system. The Department of
Correction estimates that close to 70 percent of all crimes and 60% of violent crimes committed in
Connecticut are drug-related. The number of drug arrests has almost doubled just since 1986.
Prevention and enforcement are the keys to stemming the problem. While we work to educate our
children on the horrors of drugs and continue our commitment to treating those who already have
become victims of drug abuse, we must expand our efforts to discourage and punish those persons
who sell and use drugs. Connecticut's drug strategy must focus on reducing the demand -as well
as the supply - of illegal narcotics.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland has made drug education and prevention a cornerstone of his efforts to fight drugs,
appearing on a regular basis as 5th District Congressman in elementary, middle and high schools to
discuss drugs. He has served on the House Select Committee on Narcotics and has helped write tough
anti-drug legislation that Congress has passed.
John Rowland believes it's time to provide effective deterrents to drug use. As Governor, he intends
to take the following actions in Connecticut to improve drug prevention and enforcement:
He will seek legislation allowing the death penalty for drug kingpins. Juries should be able to
impose the death penalty against drug dealers where the evidence clearly shows that the
individual intentionally caused a drug-related death.
He will seek mandatory prison terms for chronic drug dealers. An automatic two-year term
should be imposed on any individual convicted of a drug offense that was committed while he
was awaiting trial for a prior drug-related offense. The two-year term may not be suspended and
must run consecutively with any other sentence that may be imposed.
He will implement drug testing for those released on bail and those on supervised probation
programs to keep those arrested free of drugs and divert them from committing more crimes.
He will enact user accountability measures to deter casual drug use. He believes a person's
driver's license should be suspended if they are convicted of manufacturing, possessing,
distributing, selling or using drugs. In addition, minors found to be using drugs will be
prohibited from obtaining a driver's license for a defined period of time, a particularly effective
deterrent for teenagers. He also favors linking eligibility for state licenses, student loans and
other government privileges to maintaining a drug-free lifestyle.
He will significantly expand drug treatment and rehabilitation facilities to move the state closer
to the goal of serving the more than 55,000 drug abusing persons in the state who would seek
treatment if it were available. He will utilize increased fines and seizure of assets in drug cases
to help fund treatment expansion.
He will assign state police officers in a liaison capacity to the New York City Drug Enforcement
Task Force to interdict drugs coming into the state from New York.
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GOVERNOR
Drug Education
It is imperative that we prevent drugs from invading our schools, our neighborhoods and our places
of business. Most important, we continue to allow drugs to destroy our youth and thus the very future
of our nation.
The use of drugs among our young people remains unacceptably high. Almost half the state's high
school students have used marijuana, and one in ten cocaine or illicit prescription drugs. The
involvement of Connecticut high school seniors with illicit substances is considerably above the
national rates. Substance abuse is linked closely to failure in school, motor vehicle accidents and
teenage suicide.
About 70% of all drug users are in the workforce. Drug abuse places an enormous burden on our
economy in reduced productivity and increased health care costs.
Young people who have never used drugs must be prevented from starting, and individuals who
have begun to use drugs must stop. Education, coupled with tough user accountability measures,
is crucial to achieving these goals.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland intends to stop the drug scourge from destroying our youth. In addition to continu-
ing the visits to schools that he has been conducting as a Congressman for almost six years, he will
take the following actions:
Allocate more resources to the state's Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, program
which utilizes specially trained police of ficers in the classroom. The positive interaction between
children and uniformed police provides a unique educational vehicle for the anti-drug message
and should not be missing from any school system.
Work to enact a law requiring all recipients of state contracts or grants to promote a drug-free
workplace as a prerequisite to receiving contracts or grants. These requirements will apply to
anyone receiving more than $25,000 in direct financial assistance.
Direct state colleges and universities to adopt and enforce "no use" drug policies for all members
of the college community. Such policies should include express prohibitions relative to the use,
possession or sale of illegal drugs by students, faculty and other employees, disciplinary
measures for any violation of these prohibitions and procedures for reporting the use, possession
or sale of drugs by any member of the college community. Any private higher education insti-
tution in the state receiving or acting as a student agent for state money must adopt and enforce
"no use" drug policies.
Require strict enforcement policies by school districts of prohibitions against the use and sale of
drugs by students. Public schools should adopt "zero tolerance" drug policies, prohibit "beepers"
from school grounds, and require counseling and/or treatment as a condition for readmission
to school of those suspended for drug violations.
Support and promote the "Drugs Don't Work! program. This public/private partnership,
formed to reduce drug use in schools and the workplace, is a model for what can be done when
government and the private sector unite to educate the public about the dangers of substance
abuse
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
Education
Throughout the 1980s, Connecticut spent liberally on elementary and secondary education pro-
grams. Education aid to the state's 169 towns and cities is, in fact, one of the largest items of the state
budget, and towns have made an enormous commitment of their own resources to public education.
John Rowland will increase accountability and enact real reforms to ensure that the state's massive
investment in teacher salaries and new programs result in higher achievement by students.
One of the greatest challenges facing education in the 1990's is to improve our inner-city schools
where educational failure and high drop out rates now prevail. We know that public education is
essential for economic prosperity. We know that the costs of unsuccessful schools - welfare,
unemployment, crime, and drug abuse - are far greater than the price of educational success. John
Rowland wants to ensure that all students receive a quality education regardless of where they live.
But simply spending more money is not the answer. What we need are real reforms.
The Rowland Agenda
He endorses the concept of educational choice, which gives parents the right to select their
children's schools. The choice concept has been strongly promoted by President Bush and
implemented in states across the nation. Connecticut should begin taking advantage of
innovative choice-based programs such as open enrollment and magnet schools. Such programs
expand educational opportunities for all children and improve school performance by injecting
a needed element of competition in public education.
He supports graduation exams as a condition for leaving high school with a diploma. We need
to raise the expectations held for students in the most basic areas of reading, writing and
mathematics, and hold students, teachers and administrators accountable for meeting these
goals. This will motivate students and restore value to the diploma.
He believes that teachers should be treated with professionalism and respect, and that parents
should have a greater say in how their children are educated. He will encourage school-based
management, and challenge teachers, principals and parents to develop innovative curricula
and teaching methods. He will put a stop to needless mandates in educational programs from
bureaucrats in Hartford.
He will recruit assistance from the private sector in making all secondary school students
computer-literate.
He will support state programs of aid to municipalities aimed at equalizing educational
opportunities for all Connecticut children.
He opposes the suggestion that forced busing to achieve racial balance in the schools will
improve education. Busing only diverts us from the real challenge in public education which
nation. is to provide more parental choice and make our urban schools among the very best in the
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GOVERNOR
Environment
John Rowland plans to mount an attack on Connecticut's environmental problems, an area that has
not received the attention it deserves during the last ten years. He will return the state's Department
of Environmental Protection to the level of effectiveness and respect it had when it was created by
Gov. Tom Meskill in the 1970s.
Under the Democrat administrations, Connecticut's environmental enforcement program has be-
come lax. In 1986, serious management problems in the DEP caused the federal government to
remove the state's authority to enforce the Resource Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) law, which
provides for cleanup of hazardous waste. Connecticut was given a grade of "D" this year by the
Council of State Governments in its efforts to limit industrial release of toxic chemicals. Eight of the
state's 38 high-yield aquifers and more than 1000 wells are polluted.
The state's Department of Environmental Protection, once one of the best in the nation, has taken the
brunt of the Democrat administration's inability to manage state finances. Because of budget cuts and
staff shortages, business and industry sometimes must wait years to obtain basic permits from the
DEP. Connecticut now ranks 47th nationally in per capita environmental expenditures - behind
even Mississippi, the poorest state in the nation - and dead last in New England in open space
acquisition.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland will commit the state to the goal of allocating 1% of the state budget to the environ-
mental area. He believes that commitment is necessary to hire enough inspectors to enforce state and
national environmental laws, which now go unenforced.
This commitment will require an additional $15 million to $20 million to be spent each year. These
funds will be raised through a system of user fees on businesses and individuals. The fees also will
come with an ironclad guarantee: if DEP does not process the specific fee or application in a timely
manner, the fee will be refunded to the applicant with no ifs, ands or buts. All funds raised through
this new system will be designated for the sole use of environmental programs.
John Rowland believes that Long Island Sound has been ignored for too long and will commit state
resources to restore its commercial and recreational uses.
He endorses recycling as a method of reducing the state's landfill crisis and intends to raise the
present statewide recycling goal from 25 percent to 30 percent.
John Rowland endorses the concept of trash-to-energy generation to meet the twin problems of
declining landfill space and the need for new energy sources.
He will seek legislation to reduce Connecticut's ozone pollution, the fifth worst in the nation, and to
protect the state's open space.
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GOVERNOR
Health Care
Access to affordable health care is a major concern in Connecticut. Approximately 272,000 state
residents, or about 10% of our population, lack health insurance and another 140,000 are uninsured.
About one-quarter of the uninsured are children.
While most people in the state have access to a high quality of medical care, there are serious
deficiencies in health care for others that demand attention in the 1990s. Infant mortality is unac-
ceptably high, especially in our larger cities. Only 78% of women in Connecticut receive adequate
prenatal care.
The greatest gap in our health care system remains long-term care for our elderly. Too many of our
senior citizens must spend down their assets to qualify for Medicaid coverage for nursing home care
for lack of private, long-term care insurance.
The costs of health care continue to rise much higher than the cost of living. Hospitals routinely
request annual rate increases of more than 20%, in part because of the costs of uncompensated care
for poor patients.
The Rowland Agenda
Support and implement the program recommended by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Health
Insurance, which is intended to fill gaps in health insurance coverage among state residents. This
voluntary program expands Medicaid to serve more people, provides for new, lower-cost group
insurance plans to encourage more small businesses to provide coverage for their employees and
creates a subsidized health insurance plan for children, pregnant women and the disabled.
Increase access to health care by providing tax credits to small employers who purchase basic
coverage for their employees and permitting them to form groups to buy health insurance for
their employees.
Promote preventive health care, especially for groups such as inner-city children, the elderly and
pregnant women. Support state programs to reduce infant mortality in our cities.
Protect the children of drug abusers through effective programs of treatment and foster care to
end the epidemic of "crack babies" born in our cities and reduce child abuse.
Closely monitor requests by hospitals for rate increases, and revise the current system if it does
not hold down the costs of hospital care.
Provide better access to long-term health care for senior citizens by adopting measures contained
in a bill that recently came before Congress. The measure encourages elderly persons to remain
at home and receive medical care, rather than being required to relocate to nursing homes.
Reform the management of the problem-ridden Department of Mental Retardation to reduce
excessive management costs, strengthen program oversight and improve the delivery of service
to clients.
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GOVERNOR
Housing
Connecticut's housing crisis is as staggering in its complexity as it is in its gravity. Many low-income
people find themselves closed out of the housing market, and look to government for assistance in
finding decent, affordable places to live and raise their families. Moderate-income families often
must locate long distances from their workplaces to find housing they can afford, inflating housing
prices in neighboring areas and adding to the overburden on our transportation network. In many
communities, the high cost of housing is forcing young people to move out of the towns where they
were born and raised.
Connecticut's housing problems are also a drag on the state's economy. A shortage of affordable
housing translates into tighter labor markets and higher wage costs, reducing the attractiveness of
Connecticut as a place to do business.
There is little to show for the vast amounts of money that have been spent on state housing programs
in the last several years. Some programs have been badly mismanaged. For example, the state's
moderate rental housing program was dropped after disclosure of a pattern of gross favoritism in the
awarding of construction subsidies. A private firm had to be hired to administer the Section 8 rental
assistance program when it was found that the Housing Department had distributed only about half
of the available federal subsidies.
The Rowland Agenda
Make sure the state's housing dollars are spent wisely. Take stock of the multiplicity of housing
assistance and development programs in the Department of Housing, determine which are
working and which are not, and target state resources to the most needed and efficient.
Support the continuation of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's program of mortgage
assistance to first-time homebuyers and seek innovative ways to add to its financial resources to
help more people break into the housing market.
Promote tenant management of public housing, which enables residents to take control of
housing projects and improve the quality of life in their communities.
Promote voluntary, regional methods to expand housing opportunities for state residents.
Support the Connecticut Housing Partnership program, which provides financial incentives to
municipalities to produce more affordable housing units.
Encourage towns to adopt flexible zoning statutes such as "density bonuses," which permit
developers to increase the number of units per acre if a portion is set aside for low-and moderate-
income residents.
Take full ad vantage of federal programs intended to provide assistance to homeless families and
end the expensive and degrading "warehousing" of these families in squalid "welfare motels."
The state failed to participate this year in a federal emergency assistance program that would
have provided 50% matching funds to the state to help homeless families and reduce the cost to
state taxpayers of lodging them in motels.
Discourage rent control which impedes the development of new rental housing leads to
abandonment of existing rental housing by owners and promotes homelessness
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GOVERNOR
Crime
Maintaining basic public order - making sure that we are safe in our homes and that our streets are
safe to walk - is the first duty of government. The evidence is all around us that government in
Connecticut is failing in this duty. Our cities are in virtual anarchy. Hartford and New Haven have
higher rates of serious crime, and Bridgeport a higher murder rate, than New York or Boston. Drive-
by shootings in some of our larger cities have become so frequent as to seem almost routine. Drug
arrests have shot up by 223% since 1980.
As a result of this epidemic of crime, the state's prison population has more than doubled in the past
decade. To reduce overcrowding, the state releases many criminals from jail long before their time
is served. The system forces law-abiding citizens to live in fear, and breeds contempt for the law.
The criminal justice and corrections systems need major changes if the public safety is to be protected.
Connecticut has relatively stiff penalties for drug crimes, but the toughest laws are not much of a
deterrent if no one is doing any time.
We need to expand prison capacity in the speediest and most costeffective ways we can, and develop
alternative sentences that will provide a real deterrent to crime and reduce repeat offenders.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland wants to return Connecticut to the people who obey the laws and take it away from
those who break the laws.
Enact a tough and effective death penalty law. Connecticut's existing law is rarely invoked and
doesn't work. It's time our laws reflect what is right and what the people of this state demand
- simple justice for those who have shown they have no regard for human life.
Bring private industry into state prisons to provide productive work experiences for inmates.
Eighteen states now involve the private sector in prison industries. Require that some of the
money that inmates earn go to restitution for the victims of their crimes.
Require some drug pushers to perform visible community service. Forcing pushers to rebuild
the neighborhoods they've helped tear down would send a strong message to young people that
there is nothing glamorous about the lives of drug dealers.
Examine the use of privatization to expand prison capacity. Private entities can build a facility
in a shorter time and at lower cost than government. This has been a successful mechanism in
other states for meeting short-term and specialized correctional needs.
End the state's "supervised home release" program at an early a date as possible. Most of those
released early under this program have served ten percent or less of their sentences, and we have
had some terrible crimes committed by people out on home release.
Increase security for the criminally insane at state mental hospitals. The number of tragedies and
near tragedies resulting from the escape of patients at these institutions demands stricter
measures by the state.
Require that t victims of crimel be informed of their rights by police the same way criminals already
are State and local police should receive training in victims rights and victims counseling and
should inform victims.of their rights. the scene of crime?
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GOVERNOR
Workers' Compensation
The name workers' compensation system is a misnomer, a cruel joke on thousands of state residents
who are injured on the job. Families suffer as years pass before awards are made. Employers pay high
premiums for a system that does not work.
The system, which was created to help both injured workers and their employers, has helped neither.
New ideas are necessary to break the logjam created by a system out of control.
A severe backlog throughout the state has forced the workers' compensation system to grind to a
near-halt. Claims filed by injured employees remain uninvestigated for months and claims unadju-
dicated for years.
Employers find themselves drowning in a sea of red tape and constantly rising premium costs.
Neither side is profiting from a system that appears unable to cope with the demands placed upon
it.
The costs of this system to employers rose by more than 230% between 1980 and 1988. It is especially
burdensome to small businesses in their efforts to expand and create new opportunities for state
residents.
The Rowland Agenda
Restore the authority of the state Judicial Selection Commission to review and approve nomina-
tions of candidates to the Workers' Compensation Commission.
Require candidates to the Workers' Compensation Commission to be members of the Connecti-
cut Bar.
Require the Governor to appoint candidates to fill vacancies on the Workers' Compensation
Commission within 60 days.
Restore needed staff positions to the Workers' Compensation Commission.
Establish a joint business-labor advisory council, appointed by the Governor, to provide
oversight of Commission activities.
Require all physicians who wish to participate in the workers' compensation system to complete
a commission-sponsored course on the system. Physicians completing this requirement will be
certified to treat workers' compensation cases.
Set by regulation specific time limitations within which hearings must be held on workers'
compensation claims.
Work with the Connecticut Bar Association to provide paralegal or legal intern assistance to
injured employees at the "informal hearing" stage of the process.
Encourage employers through economic incentives and education programs to provide greater
employment opportunties for partially disabled workers.
Require the commission, working with the new Business Labor Ad visory Council, to develop a
three year plan to increase efficiency reduce backlog the ofthe medicals
community, contain costs and employmes ortunities for injured workers
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GOVERNOR
Abortion
The Supreme Court last year, in its opinion on Webster vs. Reproductive Services, left it to the
individual states to set their own abortion policies for the first time since 1973. John Rowland believes
that abortion is an intensely personal decision and ought to be left to each family to decide. Personal
convictions of some must not be imposed on others who differ in good conscience.
The Supreme Court, in Webster, threw the most volatile moral issues of abortion back to the state
legislatures, closer to the will of the people. These issues involve the competing rights of privacy and
unborn life, adult consent and notification, doctor's rights, and women's rights. It was while facing
these and many other difficult questions that the state legislature repealed the archaic statutes
on Connecticut's books outlawing abortion and crafted a new abortion law.
Pro
The Rowland Position
John Rowland supports the law passed by the state legislature this year which allows a woman to
choose to have an abortion, while prohibiting abortion after a fetus becomes viable except when the
mother's life or health is in danger. The law also ensures that women under the age of 16 receive
counselling before deciding on abortion.
John Rowland supports a requirement for teenagers, who get 12 percent of the abortions in this
country, to notify an adult in certain circumstances before proceeding with an abortion. In instances
where there is child abuse by the father, he believes it inappropriate to require parental notification,
although counseling and the support of some close adult would appear to be necessary. To require
adult notification prior to an abortion is consistent with current practice requiring consent when a
teenager enters a hospital for any medical procedure.
As a candidate for office John Rowland believes Republicans should maintain one of their own basic
philosophies. A driving principle of the Republican Party has been keeping government out of our
lives and off our backs. This principle must be applied to abortion. When government does get
involved, it should strive to respect the competing rights of privacy and unborn life which are at stake.
Women who would choose abortion should have an opportunity to do so. At the same time, fetal life,
in the final stages of pregnancy, deserves protection.
Some politicians would use this issue for their own personal gain. John Rowland recognizes that the
public wants to do what is right on this issue and believes people of good will in Connecticut can work
together to accommodate each other's personal convictions.
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GOVERNOR
Binding Arbitration
The state's system of binding arbitration of teacher contract disputes has been in existence for more
than a decade now and has been successful in achieving its goal of avoiding labor strife in public
education. Before the adoption of binding arbitration, the threat of crippling strikes hung like a dark
cloud over the educational future of thousands of Connecticut youngsters every September, as
undercompensated teachers sought to increase their paychecks and improve their standards of
living. Students can now look forward to a school year free of disruption, and teachers to contract
settlements they consider fair and reasonable.
But large salary awards that far outstrip increases in the cost of living have made the system a heavy
burden on local governments and taxpayers. High arbitration awards, combined with slower
growth in state aid and local tax bases, have resulted in hikes in municipal tax rates, repeated
rejections of town budgets and cuts in municipal services. Most important of all, the system has
jeopardized the quality of our children's education, as costly awards force layoffs of teachers and staff
and cutbacks in programs and supplies.
The three-member arbitration panels have tended to side with teachers' unions on financial issues
and with municipalities on non-financial issues. Arbitrators have granted teachers' salary requests
75% of the time over the last five years, leading to strong allegations of bias in the system and
demands for reform. The average teacher salary in Connecticut has leaped from 14th highest in the
U.S. in 1985 to 2nd highest in 1990 at $40,768, but salary awards continue to double the inflation rate,
even as towns find their financial resources stretched increasingly thin.
The Rowland Plan
John Rowland believes that the binding arbitration system needs to be retained, but that changes are
needed to bring more equity to the system. Legislation passed this year made some improvements,
but more reforms are needed. He has developed the following proposals that he believes are fair to
both teachers and taxpayers:
The neutral third member of the arbitration panel, which includes a union ad vocate and a school
board ad vocate, should be hired from the independent American Arbitration Association, rather
than from a list compiled by the state Education Department and approved by the governor.
Require that arbitrators demonstrate in their written decisions that they have given priority
consideration to prevailing labor market conditions in both the public and private sectors and to
a municipality's ability to pay. Draft specific language to guide arbitrators in determining a
town's ability to pay, including such criteria as local property wealth, per capita income, cost of
living and recent settlements in the public and private sectors.
Limit contract settlements under binding arbitration to one year rather than multiple years. This
will restrain the upward spiral of salary increases and encourage teachers' unions and boards of
education to negotiate to settlement and avoid going to arbitration.
ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
Welfare Reform
More than $610 million is spent each year on the basic welfare programs in Connecticut that serve
upward of 50,000 families. Counting Food Stamps, Medicaid, General Assistance, Energy Assistance
and the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, roughly eight cents of every
dollar in state spending goes to welfare payments.
There are two main issues concerning Connecticut welfare programs: the state does not do enough
to help people get off welfare and the Democrat administration remains unable to properly
administer the various public assistance programs.
Connecticut, like all states, is in the process of operating welfare-to-work programs as a way of
helping people get off the public dole. Yet because of cumbersome regulations, only about 30 percent
of Connecticut's welfare population participate in the education or training programs at any given
time. In effect, the state picks the best clients to participate in the programs, ignoring the tougher cases
so the administration can boast about its success in placing welfare families in unsubsidized jobs.
Regarding welfare program administration, the state's AFDC, Medicaid and Food Stamp programs
have had chronically high "error rates" over the years. These errors (which are payments made to
families not legally eligible for benefits or overpayments to eligible families) have added up to $260
million through the O'Neill administration's tenure.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland comes to the welfare reform issue with a national reputation for involvement in the
issue. As Congressman, he sponsored the Reagan administration's major AFDC reform proposal in
1987. Entitled the "GROW" bill for "Greater Opportunities through Work," the proposal required that
a high percentage of eligible welfare families participate in the established education, work or
training programs.
John Rowland will implement a program requiring the participation of at least 80% of all AFDC
families in welfare-to-work activities. Families who refuse to participate will be removed from the
welfare rolls.
He will end high "error rates" through enhanced anti-fraud activities, including a statewide
implementation of the 1983 Rowland-sponsored bank account cross match law to assure that scarce
social service funds go only to the truly needy.
John Rowland intends to reduce the state's welfare caseload by one-half, or about 20,000 families
through enhanced job training, education and work programs and anti-fraud efforts.
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GOVERNOR
Illiteracy
More than 320,000 people are functionally illiterate, unable to fill out a job application, order a meal
from a menu or read from a newspaper. They lack basic skills beyond a fifth-grade level and are
unable to use reading, writing, speaking and computational skills in everyday life situations.
In Connecticut, 15 percent of the state's workforce and one-third of the mothers receiving welfare are
considered to be functionally illiterate. Thèse people are not prepared to meet the needs of the
changing marketplace, which requires a quality workforce to be competitive.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland believes illiteracy is a state disgrace. He has pledged to eliminate illiteracy in
Connecticut by the year 2000 by taking the following actions:
Coordinating all state programs that authorize or oversee basic literacy skills under a single
agency to eliminate fragmentation and lack of coordination.
Restoring to an adequate level state funding of the Adult Education Grant Program. The
Democrat administration this year signed into law legislation to alter the formula for determin-
ing the grants payable to municipalities, effectively reducing the state's annual funding from
$8.42 million to $7.02 million.
Guaranteeing each state resident access to adult literacy training by providing more technical
and financial resources to towns.
Accepting the recommendation of the Coalition for Literacy to fully support the operation of a
regional literacy coalition in each of the nine Service Delivery Areas created under the Job
Training Partnership Act (JTPA).
Encouraging private businesses to commit to improving workplace literacy. Companies may
provide in-kind assistance to volunteer literacy programs. This could include space in which to
hold classes and donations of computers and printing.
Expanding the Neighborhood Assistance Program to allow for tax credits to businesses that
establish and operate literacy training programs for their employees or that contribute financial
or other resources to publicly sponsored or non-profit literacy programs within the state.
Sponsoring a 43-part series of basic literacy skills programs on Connecticut Public Television
which will be purchased from Kentucky Educational Television.
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ROWLAND
GOVERNOR
Transportation
Connecticut's transportation system is decades old and more fit for a 19th Century farm economy
than a state about to enter the 21st Century. The problems differ by region. For some it is parking,
others highway traffic and poorly maintained roads, and still others, a severe lack of mass transit
alternatives.
Clearly, we need to maintain the established infrastructure. But in order to address the problems of
congestion, air pollution and energy consumption inherent in the current system we must expand
mass transit. When Connecticut's infrastructure repair program is completed, more than half the
state's roads will still be inadequate for the current traffic volume. The more convenient mass transit
alternatives are, the more commuters will begin to rely on them instead of their cars.
The $7.5 billion, 10-year repair program for the state's roads and bridges began after the tragic
collapse of the Mianus River bridge in 1983. We can't continue to substitute crisis management for
sound planning when transportation is so vital to the way we work, live and do business in this state.
The Rowland Agenda
John Rowland believes that meeting the transportation challenges of the 1990's requires strong lead-
ership from the Governor's office. He intends to take the following actions:
Implement tax incentives for companies to offer car and van pooling for their employees.
Protect the Special Transportation Fund from being used for non-transportation purposes.
Ensure that New York pays its proportional share of running the Metro-North train system.
Continue the last four years of the 10-year highway renovation plan, while better implementing
the building schedules around the state to provide for less traffic disruption.
Work closely with developers to encourage them to build housing and businesses along existing
transportation routes.
Push for rail service in the Greater Hartford area, which population growth has made more
feasible in recent years.
Use abandoned rail spurs in smaller regions such as Greater Waterbury, Greater Norwalk and
Greater New London for development of commuter rail systems.
Encourage rehabilitation of local roads, which now are ignored by the current infrastructure
repair plan.
Seek increased number of buses during rush hours so commuters will be able to rely on mass
transportation. The more reliable and convenient the transportation, the better the chance it will
be used instead of individual cars.
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August 26, 1990, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 4; Page 1, Column 1; Week in Review Desk
LENGTH: 1530 words
HEADLINE: PREPARING FOR THE WORST;
The Stuff Wars Are Made Of
BODY:
In the last week the United States crossed a threshold in confronting Iraq
over its Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. It became more than a nation responding
firmly to an international crisis; in its collective consciousness and in cold
fact, it began preparing for war.
The signs were numerous. In characterizing the Americans and other foreigners
held by Iraq as hostages, President Bush in effect accused President Saddam
Hussein of direct hostile action against the United States. While declaring
peaceful and defensive intentions, Mr. Bush repeatedly evoked memories of
America and its allies justly confronting threats in the past as he argued for
resolve now.
The American and foreign military buildup in Saudi Arabia and the Persian
Gulf hit full stride, and Mr. Bush called up the reserves, the first time they
have been called since the Vietnam war.
The costs of this effort, many billions of dollars even without the mammoth
expenditures that would be required in a war, will weigh heavily on a Federal
Treasury already battered by seemingly uncontainable deficits and on a national
economy tilted toward recession. The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly
4.5 percent of its value in one week as investors feared the worst.
The charts and pictures on this page and on page 3 illustrate the magnitude
and complexity of the mobilization, and give some hint of its costs. Experts
caution that even the best cost estimates are speculative, in large part a
reflection of the uncertainty of the days, weeks and months ahead.
ALIGNED AGAINST IRAQ
The United States has been joined in the operation against Iraq by many
counries from the West, Middle East and Asia. Full data on troop strength,
equipment and deployments have not been released but many details are known.
Iraq has about 170,000 troops in Kuwait and on the border with Saudi Arabia,
of a force that has been estimated as high as 1 million but is probably less.
Iraq also has 500 planes and 5,500 tanks but a weak navy.)
Country:
Troops:
Ships:
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Warplanes:
Country: U.S.
Troops: More than 110,000 committed to region includiung 40,000 now in
Saudi Arabia, 35,000 on ships
Ships: About 45 warships, including 4 aircraft carriers, 1 battleship, 2
hospital ships and 2 submarines
Warplanes: At least 300 on ships, 180 in Saudi Arabia
Country: SAUDI ARABIA
Troops: Troops: 38,000, National Guard: 56,000, Navy: 7,200, Air Force:
16,500
Ships: 8 warships
Warplanes: 180; 36 flown from Kuwait
Country: AUSTRALIA
Ships: 2 warships
Country: BANGLADESH
Troops: 5,000 likely
Country: BELGIUM
Ships: 2 mine hunters, 1 supply ship
Country: BRITAIN
Ships: 4 warships, 3 minesweepers
Warplanes: 36 in three countries
Country: CANADA
Ships: 3 ships
Country: EGYPT
Troops: 5,000
Country: FRANCE
Troops: 8,500*
Ships: 4 warships, 1 aircraft carrier, 2 support ships
Country: GREECE
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Ships: warships promised
Country: GULF STATES
Troops: 10,000
Country: ITALY
Ships: 2 frigates
Country: MOROCCO
Troops: 1,000
Country: NETHERLANDS
Ships: 2 frigates
Country: PAKISTAN
Troops: 5,000
Country: SOVIET UNION
Ships: 2 warships
Country: SPAIN
Ships: 3 ships
Country: SYRIA
Troops: 1,200
Country: TURKEY
Troops: 70,000 on border
Country: WEST GERMANY (deployed to eastern Mediterranean)
Ships: 3 minehunters, 2 minesweepers, 1 supply ship $
*Includes 3,500 troops on 4 warships, plus troops from Djibouti and the Indian
Ocean.
(Sources: Reuters; Associated Press; Defense Department; Center for Defense
Information.)
MOVING MOUNTAINS
The American military's principal action in the Persian Gulf crisis 50 far
has been transporting thousands of troops and huge amounts of materiel from many
points in the United States and elsewhere. Some highlights:
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