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Symington
GOVERNOR
'90
Annette Alvarez
Press Secretary
Post Office Box 16347
Phoenix, Arizona 85011-6347
Phone 602-468-1990 FAX 602-263-7637
Paid for by The Symington 90 Committee
(Smith/Garmey)
October 23, 1990
5 P.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
6:30 P.M.
Fife and Anne, thank you. Senator McCain, State party
chairman Burt Kruglick, Senator Goldwater, our former Ambassador
to Malta John Pritzlaff. Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
Fife, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- earning 60% of the vote. It's great to be back in
Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For nearly a quarter-
century, he has enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election
can enrich America. // We need Fife Symington as your next
Governor. //
((As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people." // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) //
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. // The Arizona
2
Republic calls him "a fresh face. " And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working." Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero. " What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
( (Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome. II // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. The Dallas
game shows it: the power of prayer. // Sadly, prayer was with
the Giants last Sunday. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona. " //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven."
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
3
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the majestic Sonoran Desert. It just
doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Raised five kids. Used the opportunity as old as the
Old West to build, create, and help their neighbors. To
achieve, in short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona."
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up/ inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Over sixteen months
ago, we sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since
then, what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be
hard on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a
workable -- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal
enforcement officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the
criminals. On November 6, we'll elect man like Fife Symington
who believe cop-killers should receive the punishment they
deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
4
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well as vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
Excellence Act proposals to help make American education Number
One. // Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars
spent. On November 6, we're going to measure it by electing
candidates who will give parents, teachers, and local
administrators -- not distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet
local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit.
[[BUDGET INSERT]]
All of us know we must stand up to aggression. We cannot
simply stand by while an outlaw swallows up its neighbor and then
ruthlessly proceeds to remove all traces of its existence from
the face of the earth. We must defend civilized values around
the world -- opposing the acts of brutality inflicted by Iraq. //
There are reports that at one hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged
the oxygen to incubators supporting 22 premature babies. All
died. / At another hospital, troops reportedly cut off the
oxygen supporting the 75-year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet
minister. / Eyewitnesses have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental
5
patients, drug addicts, and others into the streets. This is the
handiwork of a dictator who has little regard for the norms of
civilized conduct -- an enemy of the world order of freedom,
security, and prosperity we are working to build. //
Iraq's world is governed by the law of the jungle. We will
insist on the rule of law. Iraqi aggression will not be allowed
to stand. Saddam Hussein will be held accountable. The
legitimate government of Kuwait will be restored. // If anyone
doubts our resolve, remember another tyrant fifty years ago. And
remember the Nuremburg trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Who can come to Arizona, and not feel the State's Indian
heritage. Arizona is home to over 200,000 Indians, and its name
derives from a word used by the Pima tribe, "Arizonac," meaning
"spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may be autumn back in
Washington -- but together, we can make November 6 a time of
renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm the principles of our
6
Party -- a time to elect "real leadership" both for Arizona, and
the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who will ensure fair reapportionment -- a man
who mirrors America's pride / patriotism / and belief in the
individual. My friend -- your next Governor -- Fife Symington.
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Garmey)
October 18, 1990
8 A.M.
FIFE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SYMINGTON FUNDRAISER
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Senator Goldwater, Ladies and gentlemen, honored guests.
Fife, I appreciate your generous introduction. //
Let me thank you for the chance to return to America's Grand
Canyon State -- which next month we're going to keep one of our
most Republican States. I'll never forget how kind you were to
me in 1988 -- our -highest percentage of vote. It's great to
be back in Arizona. //
I also want to say what a privilege it is to be here on
behalf of a good and talented man. For a quarter-century, he has
enriched Arizona. On November 6, his election can enrich
America. // We need Fife Symington as your next Governor. //
((As Fife tells it, this visit arose from a phone call from
that kinder and gentler human being, John Sununu. // John told
him, "We've got a surprise for Phoenix that will really excite
people.' // Fife replied, "You mean big-league baseball's
finally coming to Phoenix?") ) / /
For the record, I'm not taking sides. All I know is that
Phoenix is in the expansion running -- and you're running to win.
// Well, so is the man I'm here to support. 11 The Arizona
Republic calls him "a fresh face." And the Phoenix Gazette calls
him "determined and hard-working.' Then, there's Mr. Republican.
// Not to embarrass Barry Goldwater, but what a difference it
2
would have made had you been elected in '64. // Barry is Fife's
honorary chairman -- calls him "a patriot and a hero." What do I
plan on calling Fife Symington? Come next January, I think I'll
call him Governor. //
of course, sadly, He qiants
((Let me begin by telling you what Barbara said when I told
her I'd be visiting the home of the Cardinals: "Send me a
postcard from Rome." // Actually, there is a similarity between
the football Cardinals and the ones at the Vatican. Last week's
Dallas game shows it: the power of prayer. )) //
Twelve days from now, you have the chance to exercise
another kind of power -- the power of the ballot box. How? By
voting for the "real leadership [Fife Symington] will provide for
Arizona." //
All of you know Fife's story. ROTC in college -- hero in
Viet Nam -- -- won the the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
Then, came back to America -- was stationed at Luke Air Force
Base. He recalls: "I loved Arizona the first time I saw it. I
thought I'd died and gone to Heaven."
Fife, how right you were. I remember reading Zane Grey in
school -- but it didn't prepare me for the impact of seeing
Arizona's splendor first-hand. // From that blue jewel of the
Desert -- Lake Powell -- to the dark forests of the Magellan Rim.
It just doesn't get any better than this. //
That's why, after the service, Fife stayed here. Where he
met another love / his wife, Ann. Together, they started a
business. Had four kids. Used the opportunity as old as the Old
3
West to build, create, and help his neighbors. To achieve, in
short, the American Dream. //
All of this shows why he may be Fife Symington the third,
but on Election Day he's going to come in first. // So let me
talk about the Symington brand of "real leadership for Arizona." "
On the one hand // the left hand, naturally // when the Democrats
talk about things looking up, they mean taxes up / spending up /
unemployment up / inflation up. On the other hand, here's how
Fife Symington and I want to keep things up for Arizona and
America. //
Look, first, at crime and drugs. // Sixteen months ago, we
sent our Administration's crime bill to Congress. Since then,
what? Delay by those who want to soft-pedal the need to be hard
on crime. // Fife Symington knows better. He wants a workable -
- a real -- death penalty for those who kill Federal enforcement
officers. Let liberal Democrats sympathize with the criminals.
On November 6, we'll elect men like Fife Symington who believe
cop-killers should receive the punishment they deserve. //
Next, let's look at education -- where Governors play a
special role. ((You know, both Fife and his opponent are Harvard
men. Since that's the case, you'd might as well vote
Republican. )) //
When it comes to education, Republicans know that excellence
is obtained through higher standards, more accountability, and
giving parents more choice in where their kids go to school. //
So last year our Administration unveiled its Educational
4
Excellence Act to help make American education Number One. //
Let liberal Democrats measure progress made in dollars spent. On
November 6, we're going to measure it by electing candidates who
will give parents, teachers, and local administrators -- not
distant bureaucrats -- the support to meet local needs. //
Finally, there's a last domestic issue where "real
leadership" can help our generation, and our kids'. The Federal
deficit. [[BUDGET INSERT TO COME. // Our plan ensures critical
funds for Operation Desert Shield. ]] //
All of us know we must stand up to aggression as we defend
civilized values around the world -- especially, the acts of
brutality inflicted by Iraq. // There are reports that at a
hospital, Iraqi soldiers unplugged the oxygen to incubators
supporting 22 premature babies. All died. / At another
hospital, troops reportedly cut off the oxygen supporting the 75-
year-old mother of a Kuwaiti cabinet minister. / Eyewitnesses
have told of Iraqis turning 250 mental patients, drug addicts,
and others into the streets. // Iraq's world is governed by the
law of the jungle. We will insist in the rule of law. Iraqi
aggression will not be allowed to stand. Saddam Hussein will be
held accountable. The legitimate government of Kuwait will be
restored. // If anyone doubts our resolve, remember another
tyrant fifty years ago. And remember the Nuremburg Trials. //
America will not remain in the Persian Gulf one day longer
than necessary. But we will stay for as long as it takes to
complete our mission. // We will keep faith with our friends,
5
and allies -- as America, historically, has. Most of all, we
will keep faith with the greatest servicemen and women any Nation
could have. While they are defending us around the globe, we
must defend them here at home. //
Twenty days from now, we can do that -- by keeping faith
with America. Let's go to the polls. And let's remember what
this State has been, and can become. //
Arizona's name derives from a word used by the Pima tribe,
"Arizonac," meaning "spring" -- a time of renewal. Well, it may
be autumn back in Washington -- but together, we can make
November 6 a time of renewal for America -- a time to reaffirm
the principles of our Party -- a time to elect "real leadership"
both for Arizona, and the Nation.
Let's keep a Republican majority in the State Senate -- and
win a majority in the House of Representatives. // Most of all,
let's elect a man who mirrors Arizona's pride / patriotism / and
belief in the individual. My friend -- your next Governor --
Fife Symington. //
Thank you for what you've done, and are doing. Thank you
for this wonderful occasion. God bless America. And let's make
Fife Symington the next Governor of the great State of Arizona.
#
#
#
#
10/22/90
12:57
002
Ted Garmey
Attached are suggested changes on the child care text. (our
office doesn't handle the crime bill.)
Some background information to explain the suggested changes:
--change from "mandate" to "establish" national child care
standards is suggested to make the point while being more
accurate. Both the House and Senate bills authorized federal
committees to establish "model" or "recommended" standards.
These standards wouldn't have been mandated on the States (tho
they clearly were intended to put pressure on the States to
conform, and the Administration stated that they were the
"camel's nose" for mandatory national standards.)
--The cost of the Administration's child care bill is $9 billion,
not $10. (At one point it was being rounded to $10 but more
commonly we've used $9, which is the correctly rounded figure.)
--funding for the House bill was $29 billion, a figure we used in
the SAP on it. (The Senate bill funding was $18 billion).
The draft refers to 120 pages of mindless paperwork. That is the
total number of pages of new law in the House bill, not all of
which is "paperwork."
NOTE: The draft as marked up seems to be reasonably safe text.
However, the tax portions of child care still are being
negotiated, and there is some chance that a satisfactory
resolution might not be reached. I'll try to let you know if the
text needs to be
changed or dropped.
B Salfidge
you
COMM.
P.02
Symington FOR GOVERNOR
The Hon. Barry Goldwater
Honorary Chairman
FIFE SYMINGTON BIOGRAPHY
Fife Symington was introduced to Arizona while stationed at Luke
Air Force Base in 1968 during his service in the U.S. Air Force.
Like many others, he fell in love with Arizona and decided to make
it his home. All five of his children were born in Arizona and his
wife, Ann Pritzlaff Symington, has been an Arizonan since the age
of six.
Fife's military career included service in Southeast Asia, where
he was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service. He left
the Air Force with the rank of Captain and returned to Arizona.
His civic involvements have included Chairman, Phoenix Citizens
Police Protection Bond Committee, 1988; Vice President of the Board
of Trustees for the Heard Museum; Men's Art Council member;
Environmental Quality Commission of the city of Phoenix; the
Arizona Children's Foundation; and the Executive Board of the
Phoenix Community Alliance.
Fife's Republican Party credentials extend back to his college
days, when he was one of a few Harvard students who openly
supported Barry Goldwater for President in 1964. Barry Goldwater
is currently Honorary Chairman of Fife's campaign for Governor.
Fife is a former precinct committeeman in District 24 and served
as Arizona State Republican Finance Chairman from 1982-1984. He
has helped raise funds for numerous Republican candidates and was
Finance Chairman of the John Rhodes for Governor Committee in 1988.
The "a Arizona Republic has described 44-year old Fife Symington
calls nurturing a new generation of leadership." The Phoenix Gazette
fresh face in a party that in recent years has had trouble as
him "determined and hardworking a formidable person
well-educated, impressive record thoughtful, of community successful service." in business with a long,
Post Office Box 16347
Phoenix. Arizona 85011-6347
602-468-1990
P.03
Military Service Record
Fife Symington was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the
United States Air Force after completing four years as a member of
the Reserve Officer Training Corps (R.O.T.C.). He entered Boot
Camp at Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and went on
to Electronics Warfare Training at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama
city, Florida.
His first permanent assignment was at Luke Air Force Base where he
was stationed for two years. In 1970 he received orders for
Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict. He was assigned to
Udorn, Thailand and was attached to the 621st Tactical Air Command.
Fife Symington worked as a Weapons Controller and was involved in
Search and Air Rescue.
on May 22nd, 1971 he received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious
service as a Squadron Weapons Controller, Operations Section, 62lst
Tactical Control Squadron, Thailand, while engaged in ground
operations against an opposing armed force from 12 June 1970 to 18
June 1971. The citation states, "The exemplary leadership,
personal endeavor and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant
Symington in this responsible position reflect great credit upon
himself and the United States Air Force." "
Fife Symington was honorably discharged from the service in 1972.
SYMINSTON
90
COMM.
Information About...
Rife Symington
EDUCATION:
Harvard University, B.A., 1968 - Liberal Arts Degree
Gilman Country Day, 1964 - Baltimore, Maryland
MILITARY SERVICE:
Captain, U.S. Air Force, 1968 - 2nd Lieutenant, served in Southeast Asia
(14 months until June of 1971)
Honorable Discharge in 1972
Recipient of the Bronze Star
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Arizona State Republican Party Finance Chairman, 1982-84
Former Republican Precinct Committeeman, District 24
Campaign Coordinator - Bud Tims' Campaign for Reelection to Corporation Commission
Finance Chairman - John Rhodes for Governor, 1988
Dinner Chairman - "Senatorial Salute to John McCain," 1986
President - Arizona Childrens' Foundation, 1973
Board of Directors COMPAS, Phoenix
Board of Trustees, Vice President - Heard Museum
Director's Circle - Heard Museum
President - Heard Men's Council, 1975-76
Men's Art Council Member, since 1973
Air Posse, Deputy Sheriff - Maricopa County, 1972
Environmental Quality Commission of City of Phoenix, 1971-73
Member of Board of Directors - Southwest Savings and Loan Association, 1972-84
Member of Board of Directors - American Savings and Loan Association, Utah, 1983-86
Director - Valley Forward Association, 1973-88
Board of Directors, Chairman of Long-Range Planning Commistee, Vice Chairman of the
Board - SAMCOR, 1984-88
Trustee - Helen Clay Frick Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
Chairman - Phoenix Citizens Police Protection Bond Committee, 1988
Executive Board - Phoenix Community Alliance, 1987-88
OCT 13 '90 11:47 SYMINGTON 90 COMM.
P.05
Information About...
Fife Symington
page two
PERSONAL:
Born: 1945
Wife: Ann Pritzlaff Symington
Children: John Fife Symington, IV, born 1968
Scott Hambleton Symington, born 1971
Whitney Olin Symington, born 1977
Richard Edward Symington, born 1979
Thomas Pritzlaff Symington, born 1983
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Pilot - Commercial, multi-engine, instrument-rated, helicopter
Fishing, Canoeing, Snow Skiing
PROFESSIONAL:
Baring Brothers Merchant Bank - London, England, 1965 (Summer)
Officer, United States Air Force - 1968-1972
Partner, Lincoln Property Company, Commercial and Industrial Development -
1972-1976
Chairman of the Board, The Symington Company, commercial and industrial
development.
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
for those who will Federal law enforcement officials.
Republicans have insisted that those who take a life should pay
with their own. //
Crime legislation is still in Conference Committee. If
Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
Finally, education. Here's the record: Over the last three
years spending on education -- local, State, and Federal -- has
increased by more than $50 billion. Our problem is not how much
and illence, enconnaged rewards
we're spending -- but how we're spending our money. 11
while excellencing
Eighteen months ago, we sent Congress our Educational
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and greater accountibility
Excellence Act which stressed reform, restructuring and more
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parental choice in where their kids go to school. Liberal
Democrats -- as usual -- flunked the test: They wanted to more
than double funds -- and for what? More paperwork and Federal
intervention. // Democrats want more spending -- more
bureaucracy -- and more taxes on Oklahomans // Republicans want
greater flexibility
more accountability higher standards -- and the true learning 8
that comes from reading, writing, and arithematic. 11
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America. But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
Republican on November 6. 11
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6
(Smith/Garmey)
((BUDGET INSERT))
Look at child care. Liberal Democrats wanted Federal
intervention. A Federal Committee -- really, a straightjacket -
- to mandate national child care standards. Their bill would
Beverly
have cost $28 billion. Republicans demanded tax incentives to
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help families -- not government -- address child-care.
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Republicans ensured that local standards remain to meet local
needs. Our bill cost $10 billion.
It gets worse. Liberal Democrats aren't content with
kicking God out of the classroom -- they want to boot Him out of
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child care, too. Democrats wanted 120 new pages of mindless
paperwork -- much of which would restrict or eliminate religious-
based child care centers. Thank goodness Republicans protected
religious-based centers, and parents' freedom to use them. In
short -- as usual -- Democrats wanted to expand the budget of the
bureaucracy. Republicans ensured the bill we get from House-
Senate Conference Committee will expand the horizons of our kids.
Next, look at crime. Here, too, the Loony Left is up to its
old tricks. Liberal Democrats believe in perverting Lincoln's
words. They think he really said, "God must have loved the
criminals. He made so many of them. " // Over 15 months ago, I
sent our Administration's Crime Bill proposals to the Congress.
Yet we still have no bill. Here's why.
At every turn, liberal Democrats have tried to soft-pedal
the need to be hard on crime. They sympathize with the
7
criminals. Republicans, on the other hand, have demanded capital
punishment -- we sympathize with the victims. Democrats have
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
-- for those who will Federal law enforcement officials.
Republicans have insisted that those who take a life should pay
with their own.
Although a crime liel has Passio houses lutt as
Crime legislation is still in Conference Committee.
If
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Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
congress
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me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
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insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
into comitter -
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America. But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
Republican on November 6. //
obsane
procedures fairly applied
(Smith/Garmey)
( (BUDGET INSERT) )
Look at child care. Liberal Democrats wanted Federal
intervention. A Federal Committee -- really, a straightjacket -
- to mandate national child care standards. Their bill would
have cost $28 billion. Republicans demanded tax incentives to
help families -- not government -- address child-care.
Republicans ensured that local standards remain to meet local
needs. Our bill cost $10 billion.
It gets worse. Liberal Democrats aren't content with
kicking God out of the classroom -- they want to boot Him out of
child care, too. Democrats wanted 120 new pages of mindless
paperwork -- much of which would restrict or eliminate religious-
based child care centers. Thank goodness Republicans protected
religious-based centers, and parents' freedom to use them. In
short -- as usual -- Democrats wanted to expand the budget of the
bureaucracy. Republicans ensured the bill we get from House-
Senate Conference Committee will expand the horizons of our kids.
Next, look at crime. Here, too, the Loony Left is up to its
old tricks. Liberal Democrats believe in perverting Lincoln's
words. They think he really said, "God must have loved the
criminals. He made so many of them." // Over 15 months ago, I
sent our Administration's Crime Bill proposals to the Congress.
Yet we still have no bill. Here's why.
At every turn, liberal Democrats have tried to soft-pedal
the need to be hard on crime. They sympathize with the
criminals. Republicans, on the other hand, have demanded capital
punishment -- we sympathize with the victims. Democrats have
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
-- for those who will Federal law enforcement officials.
Republicans have insisted that those who take a life should pay
with their own.
Crime legislation is still in Conference Committee. If
Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America. But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
Republican on November 6. //
Budget insert - Curt
Look at child care. Liberal Democrats wanted Federal
intervention. A Federal Committee -- really, a straightjacket -
- to mandate national child care standards. Their bill would
have cost $28 billion. Republicans demanded tax incentives to
help families -- not government -- address child-care.
Republicans ensured that local standards remain to meet local
needs. Our bill cost $10 billion.
It gets worse. Liberal Democrats aren't content with
kicking God out of the classroom -- they want to boot Him out of
child care, too. Democrats wanted 120 new pages of mindless
paperwork -- much of which would restrict or eliminate religious-
based child care centers. Thank goodness Republicans protected
religious-based centers, and parents' freedom to use them. In
short -- as usual -- Democrats wanted to expand the budget of the
bureaucracy. Republicans ensured the bill we get from House-
Senate Conference Committee will expand the horizons of our kids.
Next, look at crime. Here, too, the Loony Left is up to its
old tricks. Liberal Democrats believe in perverting Lincoln's
words. They think he really said, "God must have loved the
criminals. We made so many of them. " // Over 15 months ago, I
sent our Administration's Crime Bill proposals to the Congress.
Yet we still have no bill. Here's why.
At every turn, liberal Democrats have tried to soft-pedal
the need to be hard on crime. They sympathize with the
criminals. Republicans, on the other hand, have demanded capital
punishment -- we sympathize with the victims. Democrats have
tried to kill an equitable death penalty -- a real death penalty
-- for those who will Federal law enforcement officials.
Republicans have insisted that those who take a life should pay
with their own.
Crime legislation is still in Conference Committee. If
Congress sends me a weak bill, I will veto it. If Congress sends
me a strong bill, it will only be because of Republicans who
insist that cop-killers get the kind of punishment they deserve.
You can see the problem. If Congress doesn't act, it hurts
America. But the way those left-wingers think, if Congress does
act, it hurts America, too. Here's the solution: Vote
Republican on November 6. //
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Machakey) : 602-542-3123
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It is believed that before an
three different worlds before
being a basic necessity of life,
individual can receive help
emerging into the present
food welcomes visitors and
from the Great Spirit, one
world - the Fourth World or
expresses thanks.
must first wear appropriate
Glittering World. So, the Holy
Traditional Navajos
clothing in order to be
People pur four sacred
usually cook by memory,
recognized.
mountains in four different
measuring their ingredients
directions: Mr. Blanca in the
with hands or fingers. If there
Navajo Language
east, Mt. Taylor in the south,
is no modern stove, most food
The Navajo people are
San Francisco Peaks in the
is cooked over an open fire.
very dynamic and creative
west, and Mr. Hesperus in the
Traditional cooks still use
people who strongly believe in
north, thus creating the boun-
wild plants and vegetables such
the power of the mind to think
daries of Navajoland.
as spinach, onions, turnips,
and create; finding expres-
Centuries ago, the Navajo
berries, cactus and cedar
sion in the myriad symbolic
people were taught by the Holy
brush. For instance, cedar
creations of the Navajo
People to live in harmony with
brush is used to add color, a
language, art and ritual
Mother Earth and how to
flavor to a popular Navajo
ceremonies.
conduct their many activities
delight called blue com meal
The Navajo language
of everyday life. The Dineh
10/16/90
pudding.
embodies a high prevalence of
believe there are two classes of
humor in day to day conver-
beings: the Earth People and
sation. Humor transforms
the Holy People. The Earth
Ted,
difficult and frustrating circum-
People are ordinary mortals,
stances into bearable and even
while the Holy People are
This is
pleasant situations.
spiritual beings that cannot be
The strong emphasis and
seen. Holy People are believed
wall known
value Navajos place on humor
to have the power to aid or
is evidenced in the First Laugh
about the
harm Earth People.
rite. The first time a Navajo
When disorder evolves
child laughs out loud is a time
in a Navajo's life, such as ill-
Navajo5,
for honor and celebration.
ness; herbs, medicinemen
Aside from being the
(diagnosticians), prayers, songs
The
mother tongue of the Navajo
and ceremonies are used to
Nation, the Navajo language
Navajo
help cure the ailment. Some
also has played a highly
tribal members prefer modern
Code
significant role in helping the
day hospitals on the Navajo
A gorgeous Navajo infant sits patiently
entire nation. During World
Reservation: some seek the
with her mother during the popular baby
assistance of a traditional
contest of the Navajo Nation Fair.
War II, the Navajo language
Talkers
was used as a code to confuse
Navajo medicineman, some
the enemy.
This page
combine both methods.
Traditional Dress
Navajo bravery and
Navajos believe that a
Many Navajos continue
patriorism is unequaled.
was taken
medicineman is a uniquely
to wear traditional clothing
Navajos were inducted and
qualified individual bestowed
daily. Others wear their velver,
trained in the U.S. Marine
out of
with supernatural powers to
turquoise and silver only
Corps to become "code talkers"
diagnose a person's problem
during ceremonial or social
on the frontline. Shrouded in
a brochare
and to heal or cure illnesses.
gatherings.
secrecy at the time, these men
The Dineh believe they
The Navajo woman's
are known today as the famed
are sustained as a nation
Publish by
traditional style of dress
Navajo Code Talkers. The
because of their enduring faith
consists usually of foot or knee-
Navajo language, scrambled
in the Great Spirit. And
the Navajo
high moccasins, a pleated
by the Códe Talkers, proved to
because of their strong
velvet or cotton skirt, a
be the only code that could
and written
spirituality, the Navajo people
matching long-sleeve blouse,
not be broken during World
believe they will continue to
concho and/or sash belt,
War II. Although not all tribal
survive as an Indian nation
jewelry and a shawl. Men also
by Nwg'o.
members speak the language
forever.
wear jewelry, moccasins and
fluently, most Navajos have a
preferably a velveteen shirt.
deep respect for it.
Kee
4
NAVAJO JARGON:
-Famous war chief Manuelito told the young members of his tribe
to "climb the ladder" of education. In so doing, they would
fulfill both themselves and the society.
-well known Navajo prayer: may everything be in harmony,
may we walk in beauty,
may we live in peace and harmony
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
1500
The moderate climate and abundant food supply
Bay, which he named "San Miguel." Cabrillo's voyage marked
of California sustained a relatively large population of Indians
the formal discovery of Alta California.
before the arrival of Europeans. Historians have estimated
FEBRUARY 26, 1543
Bartolomé Ferrer, in command of
that as many as 150,000 Indians inhabited California at the
the voyage following the death of Cabrillo on January 3, 1543,
time of their first substantial contact with Spanish explorers
sailed as far north as Cape Mendocino, the westernmost point
during the latter half of the eighteenth century. This number
on the California coast, before returning south. Failure to
accounted for one-eighth of all the Indians living in what
find either wealth or the "Strait of Anian" (the Spanish name
would become the 48 contiguous states of the United States.
for the Northwest Passage) led Spanish officials to discontinue
California's Indian population was diverse. Their 135 spoken
the exploration of the California coast.
dialects in 20 linguistic families corresponded roughly to 100
1564-1734
"Manila Galleons," ships which plied the
tribes or nations. They also had a great degree of variety in
their diets: the Yurok and other northwestern coastal Indians
Pacific Ocean between Acapulco and the Philippines,
occasionally anchored along the California coast for repairs
were fisherman, while the Yuma and Mohave, who lived along
and to replenish supplies. Some captains of the Manila
the lower Colorado River, were the only tribes to have a settled
galleons conducted extensive surveys of the California coast,
agricultural life centered around growing corn. For the
JUNE 17, 1579
Francis Drake, in his Golden Hind filled
remaining Indians in California, their principal food was the
acorn. Central California Indians like the Mono and Maidu
with booty from Spanish shipping, entered present-day Drake's
Bay below Point Reyes in Marin County and claimed for
did occasionally partake of meat when it was easily accessible,
England the land he named "New Albion." On shore, Franci
but did not develop the highly honed skills of hunters. The
Fletcher, Drake's Anglican chaplain, conducted the fin
ethnic and linguistic variety of California's Indian population
Christian religious service in California.
would have by itself impeded their presenting a unified front
NOVEMBER 10, 1602
Sebastián Vizcaino led a gro
against Spanish explorers and settlers. However, California's
of three ships to survey the California coast and to sea
Indians were naturally more peaceful than their eastern
for pearls, which had been found along the western cd
cousins, who welcomed French and English settlers to the
of Mexico. On November 10, 1602, Vizcaíno entered Cabs
New World, and were usually quite receptive to Europeans.
San Miguel Bay and rechristened it "San Diego de Alc
Nevertheless, the arrival of the White man did contribute to
Two days later Carmelite friars, who sailed with the exped
the decimation of the Indian population through the intro-
said the first Mass in California. Vizcaino continue
duction of new diseases (smallpox, malaria and tuberculosis)
exploration of the California coastline, renaming several
and through the destruction of food supplies, especially during
with titles that have remained in use to this day
the Gold Rush period of the 1840s and 1850s. By 1900, there
Catalina, Santa Barbara, Point Conception, the Carro
were only 16,000 Indians in the state of California.
Point Reyes and Monterey Bay. Vizcaino's voya
took him and his crew as far north as the 43rd paral
EARLY EXPLORATION, 1533-1542
Vizcaino's expedition, Spanish officials saw."
1533
Having killed the ship's captain, Diego de Becerra,
establish a permanent Spanish settlement in Altac
first officer Fortun Jiménez crossed the Sea of Cortes (present-
Events in the mid-eighteenth century, how
day Gulf of California) and discovered the Baja California
convinced Spanish officials that if they wished
peninsula, mistaking it for an island. Ashore, Jiménez and
California, they needed to act decisively.
21 fellow mutineers died during an Indian attack.
1741
Having proved the existence of sin
1540
Two exploration parties, under the separate
North America and Asia in 1734, Vitus
commands of Hernando de Alarcón and Melchior Diaz,
citizen in the employment of the Russi
passed into the lower Colorado River valley and were
Russian exploration of the western const?
reportedly the first Europeans to set foot on soil in the future
Soon, Russian sea otter hunters gradu
state of California.
southward toward California.
1541
While exploring Baja California, Francisco de
FEBRUARY 10, 1763
With the 80
Bolaños was probably the first Spaniard to apply the name
Years' War (French and Indian War In/
"California" to the region. Bolaños possibly took the name
acquired many of France's North
"California" from a popular fifteenth-century Spanish novel,
holdings. As a result, Spanish officia
Las Sergias de Esplandian. Its author, Garci Ordonez de
intrusions into Spanish California
Montalvo, described the mythical island of "California" as
NOVEMBER 30, 1767
Gast
lying "at the right hand of the Indies, near the Terrestrial
governor of Baja California, relin
Paradise" and the home of Black women armed with weapons
9, 1770.
of gold. The legendary valor and wealth of these
JANUARY 9, 1769
Jose de
"Californians" fueled the imaginations of many Spanish
New Spain, took the decisive
explorers of the New World. Also, like their English
other Alta California sites
counterparts, the Spanish hoped to discover a direct passage
Carlos and the San Antonio,
through the Americas to the Orient. Such a "Northwest
California with instruction
Passage" would render unnecessary the arduous voyage
proceed to Monterey, where
around Cape Horn at the tip of South America.
settlement. Among the
Gaspar de Portola, form
UNDER THE FLAG OF SPAIN, 1542-1821
military commander,
SEPTEMBER 28, 1542
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, on a
Junipero Serra, father
into San Diego
first group to leave,
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AMERICA THE
QUOTABLE
Mike Edelhart and
James Tinen
Facts On File Publications
460 Park Avenue South
New York, N.Y. 10016
THE WEST
miserable time. The desert is for movies and God-
***
There have been only a few planned (
intoxicated mystics, not for family recreation."
"Low swells of prairie-like ground sloped up to the
West until very recent years; much moi
Edward Abbey
west. Dark, lonely cedar trees, few and far between,
nant are the cities that never meant to be
The Journey Home
stood out strikingly, and at long distances ruins of red
4
1977
rocks. Farther on, up the gradual slope, rose a broken
We
***
wall, a huge monument, looming dark purple and
"An' the prairie an' the butte-tops an' the long
stretching its solitary, mystic way, a wavering line
*
winds,
that faded in the north."
The excitement of the land in the Wes
when they blow,
Zane Grey
destroyed by the migration of millions-
Is like the things what Adam knew on his birthday,
Riders of the Purple Sage
not be. There still is magic in western la
long ago."
1912
and air and water."
Anonymous
N
Poem, "Medora Nights"
"Draw a line Santa Fe - Pueblo - Denver
We
Quoted by Champ Clark
Laramie — Butte - Great Falls; this line, following
The Badlands
the shadow of the continental divide, is the West's
***
1974
heart line."
"These vast plains of the western hemis
***
John Gunther
"The West begins where the average annual rainfall
become in time as celebrated as the sand'
Inside USA
drops below 20 inches. When you reach the line
Africa; for I saw on my route in various pl
1947
which marks that drop-for convenience, the 100th
of many leagues where wind had thrown
***
meridian-you have reached the West."
in all the fanciful form of an ocean's rollin
"Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Bernard De Voto
on which not a speck of vegetable
Where the deer and the antelope play,
isted
"
Harper's Magazine
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
Zebulon Pike, general a
August, 1934
And the skies are not cloudy all day."
Quoted by Dav
***
Dr. Brewster Higley
Floo
"Thunderstorms are rare on the high plains, but
"Home on the Range"
when they do occur they excel in all the elements of
1873
* *
grandeur and sublimity. Nowhere is the lightning
***
"This
flash a more vivid and blinding glare. Nowhere is the
region
may prove of infinite im
thunder more stunning nor its roll more deep and
"The earth was covered with pebbles
heated by
the United States, inasmuch as it is Ca
prolonged. Nowhere does a man feel more intensely
the sun to such a degree that they would scorch the
serve as a barrier to prevent too great an €
naked foot to a blister. This is a segment [the West]
our population westward."
the nearness and power of the Creator."
of the great American 'Sahara'
"
Zebulon Pike, general a
Col. Richard Irving Dodge
John T. Hughes
The Plains of the Great West
Quoted by Dav
Doniphan's Expedition
Floo.
1877
1847
***
***
"As buffalo he is known everywhere, not only on the
***
plains but throughout the sporting world; as buffalo
"Y'know there ain't nothing but wind and sun upon
As hard as we may try, we can no long
he lives and moves and has his being; as buffalo he
them plains. Why, the wind blows so hard up there
plains behind. They are too much a
will die; and when, as must soon happen, his race
that if a man loses his hat he don't bother to go
national experience. Increasingly, we sh:
has vanished from earth, as buffalo he will live in
chasin' after it, he just waits to grab the next one
plains to be a part of our natural experie
tradition and story."
comin' by."
Dav
Col. Richard Irving Dodge
Vance Johnson
Floo.
The Plains of the Great West
Heaven's Tableland: The Dustbowl Story
1877
1947, 1974
***
***
*
Influencing day-to-day life in many wa
"On patches of dry grassland here and there, down in
"As we crossed the Colorado-Utah border I saw God
western 'surprises' as the ceaseless wi
the bottoms or up on the buttes, there are prairie dog
in the sky in the form of huge gold sunburning clouds
plains, midsummer frosts in the higl
towns-areas sometimes as much as 100 acres in
above the desert that seemed to point a finger at me
parks, the searing dehydrating heat on
extent, thickly dotted with the small bounds of their
and say, 'Pass here and go on, you're on the road to
and that striking contrast between summe
cunning inhabitants."
heaven.' "
shine and shade on High Plains."
The Federal Writers Project of the WPA
Jack Kerouac
North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern
On the Road
Touring th
1955
Prairie State
1950
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ARIZONA
-2 million acres of park and recreation land
-98 lakes, 213 major rivers
-Lake Powell: "blue jewel of the desert"
-Lee's ferry- fishing
-dark blue forests of Magollon Rim
-Grand Canyon- 277 miles
-Shootout at OK Coral
-Red sandstone villages of the Navajo Nation
-Spanish conquistadors (F. Corinado) left dissatisfied 400 years
ago, failed to find seven cities of cibala
-spring training for eight clubs incl. A's (Phoenix)
-Zane Grey
-Saguaro Cactus: 200 year life, 50 ft tall
-over 170,000 indians on 20 million acres, from the 85 acre
Tonto-Apace in Gila County to the 9.1 million acres of Navajo
Nation
-turquoise
-GOP first to call for statehood in platform (1900,1908)
-TR (birthday: 10-27)
-Taft: signed statehood proclamation on 2-14-12
-17 languages
-one of the fastest growing states
-Sandra Day O'Connor
-Michael Carbahal
-Navajo info.: Key Long, 602-871-7352
SYMINGTON FOR GOVERNOR: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990
Issue Report II: 10-16-90
Curt,
We both understand the inherent problems of this event, but there
is, believe it or not, a positive spin on J. Fife. Here it is:
Sure the guy's eastern establishment etc., but he's spent his
life trying to get away from that. Symington is a product of
industrial age entrepreneurs (Carnegie, Morgan etc.), men who
fulfilled the American dream, made their fortunes from the bottom
up, from rags to riches etc. Like them, Symington believes in
making it on his own. He was ROTC in college, went through
Harvard with a "Goldwater for President" button on his lapel,
joined the air force, went to Southeast Asia to fight for
democracy, earned the bronze star. And when he returned, he
didn't want to walk back into the east coast establishment, but a
la Bush he went west to make it on his own. To this day, he
loves the west because it is, still, an open and not-established
land. I think an excellent speech could be crafted around this
"coming out west, American dream" line, perhaps comparing to the
19th century frontier pioneers, and then connect to "freedom of
opportunity" in modern day Republican society. Finally, through
his development, Symington is helping to make Arizona into an
"international capitol," attracting investment and tourism from
around the globe.
-tradition of public service: father was ambassador to Trinidad.
Ran as Republican for Congress three times, but was defeated all
three times in Democratic Baltimore. (humor opportunity: no
wonder Fife came out west- get away from that Democratic
political machine out east
-ancestral home in Fife county, Scotland ( In fact, I
understand that Fife's platform includes a proposal to annex that
county of Scotland into Arizona's territory
)
-Symington's provided the stone from which Wash. Monument was
built (...I understand Fife was a little upset when I had to
close down the monument last week...)
-"weapons patroller" during war, scanning radar screens for enemy
planes.
-Stationed at Luke AFB in Arizona after returning from Asia,
looked around and said of Arizona: "I thought I'd died and gone
to heaven"
-Long GOP history: Fife and Ann were both Republican precinct
committeemen for Paradise Valley in 70's, later he was GOP state
finance chairman (early 80's)
-*Two years ago, Symington lost in his bid for Legislative
District 26 Precinct Committeeman. His wife beat him.
-Development work highlighted by the Camelback Esplanade
(business center, hotels, mall etc. - largest of its kind)
When the location came up for sale in the early 80's there was
competition to buy from around the world. Symington's proposal
was chosen. "It was a great victory for the local boys."
"Attracting new business and attention to Arizona and the central
corridor"
-See enclosed position papers
-personal anecdotes to come
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More Than An Almanac
Arizona
WH
ARIZONA
FACTS
A Comprebensive look
at Arizona today
County by County
IIIII
11111
Flyingthe-Colors
LAND RESOURCE REGIONS
SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SOIL
SONORAN BASIN AND RANGE About 80 percent of this
CONSERVATION SERVICE
area is federally owned, and much of the remainder is owned
by local governments. It includes the counties of Mohave,
La Paz and Yuma. Used only locally for grazing because of
low forage production and the lack of water, the area features
sections used intensively for recreation where motorcycles and
off-road vehicles are driven. Elevations range from 330 feet
5
to more than 11,000 feet in the mountains. Broad basins, valleys
and old lake beds make up most of the area, but widely spaced,
3
north-south trending mountains are found throughout.
5
Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year
1
and ranges from two to 10 inches in the valleys to as much
as 25 inches in the mountains. Water is scarce and irrigation
4
for agriculture comes mainly from the Colorado and Mojave
rivers. Some irrigation water is obtained from large springs.
The soils are generally pale in color and occur in very thin
5
layers from alluvial plains to mountain slopes. Most are low
in organic matter and some are marked by accumulations
of silicate clay. The area supports thin stands of desert
2
vegetation. Bursage, Joshua tree, juniper, yucca, cactus,
creosotebush and Mormon-tea are major species. Numerous
6
annual forbs and grasses grow during years of favorable
moisture. Saltbush, saltgrass, alkali sacaton and iodinebush
grow on the alkali flats. Indian ricegrass, Joshua tree, desert
needlegrass and galleta grow on the sandy soils.
7
IMPERIAL VALLEY Intensive irrigated agriculture is
practiced in this area which includes a tiny slice of western
Yuma County. Citrus fruits, dates, grapes, sugar beets, many
kinds of vegetables, small grains, flaxseed, hay and tame
pasture grasses are grown. Elevation ranges from sea level to
about 660 feet above sea level. This nearly level plain is broken
LAND RESOURCE REGIONS AND MAJOR LAND
by steep-sided valleys and steep mesas. Almost all water for
RESOURCE AREAS OF ARIZONA
agriculture comes from the Colorado River, but wells provide
irrigation water locally. Soils are deep with warm temperatures,
WESTERN RANGE AND IRRIGATED REGION
coarse to moderately fine textured, some formed in recent
1. Sonoran Basin and Range
alluvium. This area supports sparse stands of desert vegetation.
2. Imperial Valley
Mesquite, arrowweed, yucca, saltcedar and cactus are
3. Colorado and Green River Plateaus
dominant species. Numerous annual forbs and grasses grow
during years of favorable moisture.
4. New Mexico and Arizona Plateaus and Mesas
5. Arizona and New Mexico Mountains
COLORADO AND GREEN RIVER PLATEAUS Approxi-
6. Central Arizona Basin and Range
mately 90 percent of this area is rangeland grazed by sheep
7. Southeastern Arizona Basin and Range
and cattle. About one percent, along the valleys of the major
streams, is irrigated cropland where alfalfa, small grains for
hay and corn for silage are grown. In most places, elevations
LAND RESOURCE REGIONS
range from about 4,300 feet to nearly 5,000 feet. Navajo
Arizona lies within a single Land Resource Region-the
Mountain on the Arizona-Utah line, however, towers more
Western Range and Irrigated Region-and there are seven
than 10,500 feet. In general, the surface consists of gently
Major Land Resource Areas in the state: the Sonoran Basin
sloping to strongly sloping plains. The area includes the
and Range, the Imperial Valley, the Colorado and Green River
Painted Desert, Vermillion and Echo cliffs, the Glen Canyon
Plateaus, the New Mexico and Arizona Plateaus and Mesas,
Recreational Area and the Grand Canyon. Precipitation ranges
the Arizona and New Mexico Mountains, the Central Arizona
from six inches or less to 14 inches at the higher elevations.
Basin and Range and the Southeastern Arizona Basin and
Water is scarce in the area and though its flow is intermittent,
Range. The state of Arizona features some of the most
the Little Colorado River drains the largest segment of the
distinctive topography in the nation, and the various resource
area. Soils generally are pale in color and range from alluvial
areas offer diverse soil types and vegetation. The region is
plains to steep mountain slopes. Most occur on recently eroded
semidesert to desert with plateaus, plains, basins and many
slopes, some in mudflows, and are gravelly or cobbly alluvium.
isolated mountain ranges. Much of the land is used for range,
The area supports desert shrub and woodland vegetation. At
but irrigation is practiced where water is available and the
high elevations, pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush have
soils are suitable. Feed crops for livestock are grown on much
an undercover of galleta, blue grama, black grama and western
of the irrigated land.
wheatgrass. At the lower elevations, galleta grass, alkali
60
FLYING THE COLORS: ARIZONA FACTS
JOHN CLEMENTS 1989
WATER RESOURCES
SOURCE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREAS (AMA)
OHAVE
COCONINO
NAVAJO
APACHE
A
1. Prescott AMA
2. Phoenix AMA
2
1
3. Pinal AMA
B
4. Tucson AMA
3
6
C
APAI
MOHAVE
COCONINO
NAVAJO
APACHE
D
4
7
5
GILA
LA PAZ
E
MARICOPA
11
9
8
MEENLEE
YAVAPAI
YUMA
10
F
12
16
13
1
H
GILA
5
LAWAZ
PIMA
14
G
COCHISE
MARICOPA
GREENLEE
15
2
YUMA
GRAHAM
SANTACRUZ
PINAL
MAJOR SURFACE WATER AREAS AND RIVER BASINS
3
PIMA
OF ARIZONA
COCHISE
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A. UPPER COLORADO REGION
SANTACRUZ
B. LOWER COLORADO REGION
CENTRAL ARIZONA
PROJECT
C. LOWER COLORADO SUBREGION
1. Colorado River
2. Lake Mead
3. Little Mojave River
ARIZONA WATER RESOURCES
4. Little Havasu River
The story of water in Arizona is a simple one: It's scarce.
5. Bill Williams River
The main plot line of that story is just as basic: an imbalance
exists between the water consumed and the dependable supply.
D. LITTLE COLORADO SUBREGION
Those facts, however, have set the state on a path to correcting
6. Little Colorado River
the problem through innovative techniques and attention to
E. SALT SUBREGION
conservation. Arizona's geographic location and population
7. Verde River
trends created problems that now are being addressed. Because
8. Salt River
of its location in the desert southwest, Arizona historically
9. White River
receives less precipitation than most other states. In addition,
10. Black River
the population centers are in the more arid section of the
state. As precipitation levels increase moving north across the
F. LOWER GILA SUBREGION
state, the population level decreases. More than 80 percent
11. Agua Fria River
of the Arizona population lives in the Phoenix, Pinal, Tucson
12. Gila River
and Prescott water management areas. Arizona is a dry state
G. MIDDLE GILA SUBREGION
with a limited water supply. For many years, water use has
13. Gila River
exceeded the renewable supply at the expense of groundwater
14. Santa Cruz River
which accounts for more than 60 percent of the state's supply.
15. San Pedro River
Arizonans annually consume about two million acre-feet more
groundwater than is replenished by nature. Attempts to meet
H. UPPER GILA SUBREGION
demand with a meager supply resulted in overdrafting which,
16. Gila River
in turn, caused other problems such as land subsidence, earth
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fissures and increased costs for pump lifts and other equipment
about the location, depth, size and pumping capacity. In all
used in the retrieval of groundwater. Arizona's answer to the
cases, drilling a well requires DWR authorization. Land
mammoth problem and the dire consequences of inaction
developers are required to disclose information on water
was a dynamic, innovative approach from two directions
availability. Outside the AMAs, subdivision developers must
designed to merge in the future providing maximum benefit
either show that enough water exists to meet needs for 100
and long-term protection.
years or to disclose the inadequacy on all sales and promotion
materials. The management goal in INAs is to prohibit the
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT CODE By the late
expansion of acreage irrigated with groundwater, restricting
1970s, political leaders and major water interests became
such activity to five years prior to an area's designation as
convinced that something had to be done to stem the tide
an INA. The provisions for the state's four AMAs are the
of depletion of a resource that had been a major factor in
most comprehensive because of the size of the overdraft in
the dynamic growth of Arizona. Part of the answer was the
those areas. In addition to 80 percent of Arizona's population,
Arizona Groundwater Management Code, considered the
the four AMAs comprise 70 percent of groundwater overdraft.
most comprehensive groundwater law in the nation. Adopted
In the Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson AMAs, the primary
in 1980, the code has three primary goals, the first of which
management goal is safe-yield by the year 2025. Safe-yield
is to control the severe overdrafting occurring in the state.
is defined as a long-term balance between the annual amount
The second goal is to provide a means to allocate the limited
of groundwater withdrawn and the annual amount of natural
groundwater resources to most effectively meet the changing
and artificial recharge. In the predominantly agricultural Pinal
needs of the state. The code's third goal is to augment ground-
AMA, the goal is to preserve that economy for as long as
water through water supply development. To accomplish the
feasible, while considering the need to preserve groundwater
goals, the legislation established a comprehensive management
for future non-irrigation uses. To achieve the goal established
framework and set up the Department of Water Resources
for each AMA, five management periods were established
(DWR) to administer the code's provisions. Important aspects
by DWR, beginning with 1980-90 and continuing in 10-year
of the code include: targeting regulations to areas of the state
increments until the 2020-2025 period. Each management plan
where groundwater problems are most severe; establishing a
contains increasingly rigorous water conservation and manage-
system of groundwater rights and permits where no compre-
ment requirements.
hensive system previously existed; setting specific long-term
groundwater management goals and a comprehensive planning
Each AMA includes a five-member advisory council which
process to achieve them; requiring water users to share in the
meets monthly with the AMA officials to discuss progress
cost of implementing the code by paying withdrawal fees;
of plans and conservation options under consideration.
integrating conservation programs with a major water resource
Conservation programs have been developed in each AMA
development project (the Central Arizona Project); prohibiting
for agriculture, municipal and industrial water uses.
new urban development in areas of severe overdraft unless
Agriculture accounts for about 75 percent of total water use
a long-term assured water supply is demonstrated; allowing
in the four AMAs. The primary objective is to reduce each
water to be transported from one area of the state to another;
farm's water use by increasing irrigation efficiency. A schedule
and encouraging sales and leases of water rights through the
of compliance for each management period allows farmers
open market. The code established three levels of water
to adjust to new requirements. The strategy of the municipal
management to respond to diverse groundwater conditions.
programs in the AMAs is to reduce the average per capita
The lowest level includes general provisions which apply state-
water use in municipalities. Aimed at providers such as cities,
wide. The next level addresses Irrigation Non-Expansion Areas
towns and private companies, the provisions are designed to
(INAs), and the highest level, with the most extensive
achieve reasonable and gradual decreases in average water use
provisions, applies to Active Management Areas (AMAs)
by providers over the five management periods and to increase
where groundwater overdraft is most severe. The boundaries
conservation by individual users. The program for industrial
of AMAs and INAs generally are defined by groundwater
provisions is aimed at users such as mines, electric power
basins and sub-basins. The code created four AMAs-
plants, turf facilities and sand and gravel operations. Industrial
Phoenix, Pinal, Prescott and Tucson. INAs were set up in
users are required to implement the most current, commercially
rural farming areas where the overdraft problem is less severe.
available conservation technologies that allow a reasonable
Two INAs, Douglas and Joseph City, were created by the code.
economic return. In addition to developing conservation
Another, Harquahala, was established in 1982. New AMAs
requirements for different water user types, the code addressed
and INAs may be designated by DWR if necessary to protect
other important considerations such as water quality,
the water supply or on the basis of an election held by the
retirement of irrigated acreage, assured water supply and
residents of an area. Provisions that apply throughout the
augmentation and reuse. The latter is an element of the code
state include designation of groundwater basins, rules on
which directs DWR to study and develop ways to augment
transporting groundwater from one area to another, manda-
the state's water supplies. One method is artificial groundwater
tory well registration and requirements for developers to
recharge which involves intentionally adding water to ground-
evaluate and report water availability. The code allows the
water reserves using such methods as spreading ponds or
transportation of groundwater from one area to another, but
injection wells. In 1986, the Legislature enacted a bill regulating
if local water users are adversely affected by that trans-
the underground storage of water and establishing a permit
portation, they may sue transporters for damages, though they
system for wells used to retrieve stored water. Another
cannot stop the transportation from taking place. Throughout
augmentation method is to reuse treated wastewater,
the state, the code requires the owners of existing wells to
particularly for turf or irrigation. The Tucson AMA began
register those wells with DWR and to provide information
an augmentation program in its first management period. Such
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base around Phoenix, along with the accommodating climate,
Canyon attracts countless visitors each year to Arizona, but
makes Arizona an ideal site for sporting activities. Phoenix
it's only one of numerous drawing cards, many of which are
features professional football and basketball teams, and
of historic significance. One of the seven natural wonders of
numerous major league baseball clubs fan out across the state
the world, the canyon offers multi-colored walls carved by
for spring training in the Cactus League. Beautiful surround-
the Colorado River. Other breath-taking historical features
ings and meticulously kept golf courses have combined with
abound in the Grand Canyon State, including the Petrified
the ideal climate to lure professional golfers to Arizona, and
Forest, Painted Desert and Colossal Cave. The historic boom
the men's and women's tennis tours make stops, as well.
towns sprang up in the late 1800s when gold was discovered,
FOOTBALL The newest members of the Arizona sports
and the Vulture Mine in Wickenburg yielded more than $20
community are the Phoenix Cardinals, who arrived in the
million of the precious mineral. Some of the boom towns
Valley of the Sun in the spring of 1988. Competing in the
turned to ghost towns over the years, however, and they dot
Eastern Division of the National Conference of the National
the landscape. "America's Largest Ghost Town" is Jerome,
Football League (NFL), the Cardinals landed in Arizona after
which produced a billion dollars worth of copper, gold and
owner Bill Bidwell moved the team from St. Louis. The
silver. It was designated "the wickedest town in the West"
Cardinals have the distinction of being the oldest continuously
by a New York newspaper. Other historic towns include Bisbee,
operated professional football franchise. Coached by Gene
a copper-mining town, and Oatman, a gold-mining town that
Stallings, the Cardinals play their home games in Sun Devil
had its own stock exchange. Tombstone, Rawhide and Tortilla
Stadium in Tempe, which seats 72,000, and is also the home
Flat are remnants of the gun-slinging past. Wyatt Earp, Bat
of Arizona State University. The Cardinals hold training camp
Masterson and Doc Holliday garnered their reputations at
each summer at Arizona University in Flagstaff. In their
Tombstone, where the Gunfight at OK Corral can be relived.
inaugural season in Arizona, the Cardinals opened slowly,
Other attractions in "the town too tough to die" are Boothill
made a bid for the division lead in the middle of the season
Cemetery, the Bird Cage Theatre and the Crystal Palace
and then finished at 7-9. Phoenix quarterback Neil Lomax
Saloon. Reminders of the rugged Old West also can be seen
led the NFL in passing in 1987 with more than 3,300 yards,
in Arizona's mountains and cliffs. Montezuma Castle, a five-
and he was joined in the 1988 Pro Bowl by teammates Luis
story apartment house built by the Sinagua Indians in 1250,
Sharpe, Vai Sikahema and Ron Wolfley. BASKETBALL The
was given its name by pioneers who discovered it. The castle,
hoops have been a part of the Phoenix professional sports
Fort Verde Historic Park and Tuzigoot National Park, home
scene since 1968 when the Suns began play in the National
of more Indian ruins, are near Camp Verde in the Verde Valley.
Basketball Association (NBA). Competing in the Pacific
Fortaleza, an ancient fortification, petroglyphs and San Lucy,
Division of the Western Conference, the Suns play their home
an Indian village, are near Gila Bend. Other Indian artifacts
games at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Coliseum. The
and cliff dwellings can be found at Navajo, Tonto, Walnut
facility seats 14,471 and was built in 1965. Phoenix games
Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Chiricahua, Casa Grande Ruins
are carried on radio, television and cable, and game times
and Wupatki national monuments. Kinishba Ruins, Besh-ba-
are 7:35 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 7:05 p.m. on
Gowah ruin, Homol'ovi II, Aravaipa Canyon and Prescott
Sunday. The Suns began the 1988-89 season under the helm
National Forest are homes of more Indian history. Cochise
of coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, who replaced John Wetzel after
Stronghold, near Tucson, is a granite fortress used as a hideout
the 1987-88 campaign. Fitzsimmons also coached the team
by the Apache warrior. The famous Apache Trail, located
from 1970-72. BASEBALL Arizona doesn't have a major
east of Phoenix, was used by Apaches as a short-cut through
league baseball team to call its own, but eight clubs call the
the mountains to reach early Salt River Valley settlers. To
state home during spring training. Because of climate and
protect the settlers, many cavalry posts were built. Fort Apache
facilities, Arizona competes with Florida for the pre-season
housed troops who battled the Apaches, and Fort Bowie was
camps with its Cactus League. American League teams and
the scene of skirmishes with Indians led by Cochise and
their winter homes include the Cleveland Indians, Tucson;
Geronimo. The fort, built southeast of Willcox in 1862, is
the Milwaukee Brewers, Chandler; the Seattle Mariners,
the site of Geronimo's surrender. The nation's only active
Tempe; the California Angels, Mesa; and the Oakland
post is near Tucson at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum,
Athletics, Phoenix. Annual National League visitors are the
which is now the home of the U.S. Army Information Systems
San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale; the Chicago Cubs, Mesa;
Command. Fort Yuma and the Yuma Territorial Prison were
and the San Diego Padres, Yuma. In early 1989, the Japanese
important to territorial development, and the St. Thomas
Yakult Swallows also trained in Yuma. GOLF An appealing
Mission is located at the fort.
climate and an abundance of world-class courses make
Arizona a popular site on the Professional Golf Association
The state's most famous mission, the San Xavier del Bac
tour. In January 1988, the Phoenix Open was held on the
Mission just south of Tucson, was built by Spanish mis-
Tournament Players Championship course in Scottsdale, and
sionaries 300 years ago and is used today as a spiritual center
the tour returned to the Grand Canyon State in November
for the Papago Indians. Its domes, carvings, arches and flying
for the Seiko Tucson Open played at StarPass. The Ladies
buttresses distinguish it from other missions. The Mission
Professional Golf Association made a pair of tour stops in
San Jose del Tumacacori, located south of Tubac, was built
1988, too. The Circle K LPGA Tucson Open was played March
by Franciscan friars and Indians in the early 1800s. Nearby
17-20 on the Randolph North course, and the Standard
is the Presidio de San Ignacio de Tubac, established by the
Register Turquoise Classic was played the following week at
Spaniards in 1752, where 50 cavalrymen were stationed to
the Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix.
control the Indians and further explore the Southwest. The
century-old Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Shrine is
HISTORIC PLACES The magnificence of the Grand
in Graham County. Besides cave dwellings and forts, Arizona
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is home to historic buildings and houses. The state's oldest
climate for the shootout at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone now
standing schoolhouse is in Strawberry, and the Hubbell
benefits from a different kind of climate-cool summers and
Trading Post on the Navajo Indian Reservation looks the same
moderate winters-which have allowed the town to become
today as it did when it was built in 1878. The cabin where
a year-round health resort. Arizona's rich recreational store-
Zane Grey wrote some of his more famous novels is near the
house includes two more renowned and sprawling lures to
Mogollon Rim. Douglas is the home of the extravagant
the outdoors: Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Lake Powell, reach-
Gadsden Hotel, "The Last of the Great Hotels," which was
ing down from Utah is the second largest man-made lake
built in 1929 and has been seen in movies. The first territorial
in North America, "the blue jewel of the desert." The little
governor's mansion is in Prescott, which was the first
town of Page welcomes millions of visitors who pass through
permanent capital of the Arizona Territory. The Mystery
each year as they venture to the canyon-lined shores of Lake
Castle, a dream house that took more than 18 years to build
Powell to fish, boat, water-ski, para-sail, explore, photograph
between 1920 and 1940, can be found in South Mountain.
and relax in the great outdoors. On the west side of the Grand
In some cases, one can travel along history in order to see
Canyon lies the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which
history. People have been "getting their kicks" on Route 66
Arizona shares with Nevada, also share a claim to the
since the 1930s when it was the path used by Midwesterners
monolithic Hoover Dam, one of the highest dams ever
in their Model Ts. Although the route, known as "The Main
constructed, and another of the Grand Canyon State's world-
Street of America" and the "Path to Glory," stretches from
renowned attractions. The dam impounds Lake Mead, one
east to west across the state, the only original part left runs
of the largest man-made lakes in the western hemisphere, and
between Ashfork and Topack. The route, which passes the
which gives rise to six major recreation areas on its shores.
hotel in Oatman where Clark Gable and Carol Lombard had
Of these, Temple Bar lies in Arizona, 80 north of Kingman
their honeymoon, grew out of a path taken by an expedition
and offers boating, swimming, fishing, camping and other
using camels to find a wagon route to the Pacific Ocean. The
activities. Lake Mohave also is part of the huge Lake Mead
experiment failed. Camels were not the only import to
National Recreation Area and offers a full range of water-
Arizona. The London Bridge was dismantled piece by piece
related activities as well. An integral facet of the Arizona
and reassembled in Lake Havasu City, opening in 1971.
identity is found in the 20 Indian reservations that comprise
28 percent of the state. Excursionists can venture into the
PUBLIC RECREATION AREAS There is a lot of outdoors
Indian worlds of past and present and combine exploration
in Arizona. The Grand Canyon dwarfs all other attractions
of land with exploration of spirit and history. Monument
in this state whose name is universally and inseparably bound
Valley Navajo Tribal Park presents one such opportunity, a
with that of the largest natural wonder in the world. The Grand
colorful region spanning several thousand square miles within
Canyon extends 277 miles along the Colorado River, averages
the Navajo Reservation in northeast Arizona near Four-
10 miles wide from rim to rim and splits the earth at depths
Corners. The park contains Mystery Valley, where isolated
ranging from 6,000 to 9,000 feet. The awe-inspiring gorge
monoliths of red sandstone tower a thousand feet above the
stands as an unparalleled treasure for naturalist, river-rafter,
valley floor. Camping and picnicking are permitted and horse-
hiker, packer, camper, geologist and spiritualist alike. Nature
back and four-wheel-drive trips through the valley can be
trails around the rims and rugged foot and mule trails ventur-
arranged. Navajo National Monument preserves the largest
ing to the floor of the Canyon beckon as an international
of Arizona's known cliff dwellings.
lure to experience the massive forces and yawning eons
embodied in the creation of our current world. Above the
Other treasures of the Arizona heritage can be found through-
Canyon and beyond the Grand Canyon National Park, the
out the state. The Mountain Country surrounding the mythic
Kaibab National Forest, including the Grand Canyon National
Mogollon Rim lays out before the adventurer the unspoiled
Game Preserve, stretches out and provides a protected home
wilderness trod by Spanish conquistadors seeking the gold
for wildlife including big game and the Kaibab squirrel, with
of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. Vast panoramas, marked
its white tail and tufted ears. As imposing as the Canyon is,
only by the few shrouded trails blazed by pioneers, stretch
it is only the crown atop a state replete with opportunities
out to the horizon and share with the modern-day wanderer
for outdoor recreation. The state of Arizona rolls out below
the same dramatic beauty and peaceful awe, seamlessly
the Grand Canyon with 20 state parks covering 34,000 acres
interwoven with a thread of wild danger, that inspired the
and another four parks under development, seven national
tales of Zane Grey. In dramatic contrast to the mountain
forests covering 11.5 million acres, two national parks covering
wilderness, the Organ Pipe Cactus and Saguaro national
2.7 million acres, two national recreation areas covering 5.5
monuments present yet another view of outdoor Arizona.
million acres, seven national wildlife refuges covering 1.7
The desert southwest is a forbidding environment, but such
million acres, 17 national monuments, 20 Indian reservations
harsh worlds prove inviting and popular destinations for week-
on 25 million acres, 98 lakes greater than 10 surface acres,
end and vacationing adventurers to brave the desert, if only
213 rivers and streams more than three miles long and 21 other
temporarily. Visitors to the Saguaro National Monument will
large parks and recreation areas, in addition to smaller county
discover stands of the native saguaro cactus, state flower of
and municipal parks. With only 3.4 million residents in the
Arizona, which can live up to 200 years and grow up to 50
state, Arizona state and national parks recorded nearly 34
feet tall. The monument grounds include desert rock forma-
million visitors in 1987. At the opposite end of the state from
tions decorated with Indian pictographs and designs, in addition
the Grand Canyon and at the opposite end of the scale of
to animal exhibits and nature walks in winter. The larger Organ
a pure natural wonder, endures Arizona's second most famous
Pipe National Monument contains two self-guided nature
claim to fame, the town of Tombstone. More than just an
drives, in addition to flora and fauna exhibits, ranger-led nature
icon to the days of the lawless West which created the uneasy
hikes, campfire programs and primitive back-country camping
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and offers a children's zoo with more than 1,000 animals.
Commission on the Arts was established in 1967. The commis-
Tucson's Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a facility in which
sion is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life by ensuring
native animals frolic freely in their natural habitat, has been
that opportunities to attend cultural events and take part in
called the most distinctive zoo in the nation. The rich diversity
creative experiences are available to all citizens. The commis-
of Arizona's ethnic roots provides a wide variety of festival
sion achieves that mission through grants, programs and
events, including "Tucson Meet Yourself" and "Hello
services in all arts disciplines for artists and non-profit arts
Phoenix," which focus on each city's many ethnic groups and
and community organizations. The commission is composed
their traditional arts. The Mexican holidays of "Cinco de
of a 15-member, non-salaried board appointed by the governor
Mayo" and "16 of Septiembre" are celebrated with festivals
to determine policy and make final decisions on grant
statewide. Flagstaff's Festival of native American Arts offers
allocations. The commission oversees numerous programs,
a seven-week interpretive program on Native American arts
including Art in Arizona Towns. It is a touring residency
in the four corners area. Tucson's Scott Avenue Festival was
program which brings professional performing artists to rural
conceived to attract visitors to the newly designated downtown
Arizona communities. Each residency ends with a community
arts district. Other major festivals include Tucson's
concert. Art in Public Places assists cities, towns, governmental
International Mariachi Festival and Mesa's Day of the Dead
agencies and non-profit community organizations to commis-
Festival. Music festivals that offer a variety of classical and
sion works of art for permanent installation in places of public
contemporary programming are available statewide including
acces such as parks, libraries, office buildings, communitiy
Flagstaff Festival of the Arts, Jazz Mesa, Lake Havasu Arts
centers and hospitals. The Artists-in-Education program places
Festival, Sedona Jazz on the Rocks, Scottsdale Festival of
practicing professional artists of all disciplines in residence
the Arts, Summer Nights Festival, Tucson Jazz Society
in schools, libraries, museums and community centers, provid-
Summerset Festival and Tucson Summer Arts Festival. The
ing for interactions among students, teachers and artists.
literary arts are not neglected in the Grand Canyon State. Both
Artists Fellowships give recognition and encouragement to
the University of Arizona and Arizona State University have
outstanding artists, allowing the opportunity for professional
highly ranked programs of creative writing. Tucson also is
growth. The Bicultural Arts program promotes cultural
the home of the University of Arizona Poetry Center which
exchanges between Arizona and Mexico to broaden awareness
presents a full season of readings and special projects. The
on both sides of the border. The Design program promotes
Tucson Public Library has several writers in residence who
excellence in design. It provides technical assistance to com-
conduct workshops throughout the community and coordinate
munities and non-profit organizations planning to develop
the annual Tucson Writers' Conference. The Tucson Poetry
housing for the arts, and to non-profit art organizations and
Festival is one of many special events offered annually for
artists to produce printed promotional materials. The Meet
the writing community. Nationally recognized independent
the Composer program promotes the living American com-
presses include Bilingual Review/Press in Tempe, Ironwood,
posers, encourages the performance and commission of new
Sonaro Review and Suntracks in Tucson and Word Beat Press
music and develops audiences for contemporary music.
in Flagstaff. Patrons from the academic, business and legisla-
tive communities have joined forces under the Arizona Arts
ARIZONA INDIANS
Commission to propel the arts into a prominent position in
Native Americans have been a part of what now is called
the state. Business leaders recognize the contribution that arts
Arizona for thousands of years. Today, their presence con-
make to the overall image of Arizona and the affect they have
tinues to lend a rich cultural and social patina to the image
on the state's ability to attract new business and to increase
of Arizona. Nearly 170,000 American Indians-more than
tourism. Ordinances have been passed in Glendale, Chandler,
five percent of the state population-live on 20 reservations
Casa Grande, Phoenix, Tucson and Scottsdale to set aside
which encompass nearly 20 million acres, or 26 percent of
dollars out of construction budgets to purchase and integrate
the land area. Often, the federally reserved lands include
artwork into new and renovated facilities. Public art projects
original tribal territory. The reservations range in size from
have been completed with assistance of the Arizona
the tiny 85-acre Tonto-Apache in Gila County to the gigantic
Commission on the Arts in 14 Arizona communities, 10
Navajo Nation and its 9.1 million acres stretching across
outside the metropolitan areas. Private sector developers are
Apache, Navajo and Coconino counties and into New Mexico
encouraged to allocate a percentage of their construction
and Utah. It is home to more than 94,000 Indians and com-
budgets for the purchase of artwork. Many have responded
pletely surrounds the 1.5 million-acre Hopi Reservation. Tribes
by making art a central part of their marketing plan in such
represented in Arizona's Indian population include the
projects as hotels, shopping centers and office buildings. The
Yavapai, Cocopah, Chemehuevi, Hopi, Mojave, Navajo,
state's strong academic institutions contribute to the cultural
Apache, Yuma, Papago, Pima, Havasupai, Tewa, Hualapai,
environment both in the commissioning and displaying of
Paiute and Yaqui. Once almost entirely dependent on federal
rtworks and in presenting low-cost performing arts to the
and state aid and work programs, most tribes in recent years
ommunity. Arizona educators have also made a strong
have begun or improved efforts aimed at economic self-
ommitment to the arts, officially recognizing them as an
reliance. Projects and programs range from agricultural
ntegral part of a well-rounded education. A 1987 report by
endeavors to tourism to on-reservation industrial parks.
he 50th Arizona Academy Town Hall declared that "the arts
Though unemployment rates remain high at most reservations,
nd humanities should not be considered frills in the academic
the trend is upward for both labor forces and economic expan-
rograms of our educations institutions, but should instead
sion. There is a great diversity among the various tribes them-
e central components of required curricula, with additional
selves, and 16 separate languages are represented in the state.
unding for art education provided as needed." In an effort
Each reservation has its own government, and many provide
0 promote the arts and other cultural offerings, the Arizona
basic services such as electricity, and water and sewer.
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if wholly derived from reservation sources. The federal
85364; Clerk of Court/County Clerk's Office, (602) 782-4534.
government does not exempt individual Indians from income
INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES (1986 population and
or other federal taxes. Arizona Indians are also exempt from
ZIP code) San Luis (2,910) 85349, Somerton (4,430) 85350,
state and local sales taxes on consumer goods purchased on
Wellton (940) 85356, Yuma (47,240) 85364. UNINCOR-
the reservation, unless such taxes are imposed by the tribal
PORATED COMMUNITIES (ZIP code) Araby, Asher
government. Arizona does tax the property and business
85356, Aztec 85352, Blaisdell, Bush Pit, Colfred, Crane 85369,
transactions of non-Indians who operate on reservations and
Dateland 85352, Desert Wells, Dome 85369, East Yard, El
Indians who live or work off reservations. The current
Pueblecito 85369, Engesser Junction, Fishers Landing 85369,
Cocopah property tax rate is $10.47 per $100 assessed
Fortuna, Gadsden 85336, Growler, Hope, Horn 85352, Hyder
valuation. SCENIC ATTRACTIONS Train excursions from
85352, Kim, Kinter, Kofa 85369, Kofa (sta.), Laguna 85369,
Yuma to the West reservation; several historical areas in Yuma.
Ligurta 85356, Martinez Lake 85364, McVay, Meadow Brook
SPECIAL EVENTS Cocopah Land Acquisition Day,
85369, Midway, Mohawk, Noah, Norton, Owl, Palomas,
Cocopah Festivity Days, Miss Cocopah Pageant, Cocopah
Pioneer, Planet, Plomosa, Roll 85347, Somerton (sta.), Steam,
Street Fair.
Stoval, Swansea, Tacna 85352, Tyson, West Yuma 85369. FOR
ADDITIONAL LOCAL INFORMATION Yuma Civic and
COMMUNITIES
Convention Center, P.O. Box 6468, Yuma; 85364, (602)
COUNTY SEAT Yuma, County Courthouse, P.O. Box 1112,
344-3800.
ARIZONA INDIAN RESERVATIONS
1. Ak-Chin
2. Camp Verde
3. Cocopah
4. Colorado River
13
5. Fort Apache
14
6. Fort McDowell
10
7. Fort Mojave
11
12
8. Fort Yuma
9. Gila River
7
20
10. Havasupai
2
11. Hopi
19
12. Hualapai
4
6
5
13. Kaibab-Paiute
17
18
14. Navajo
9
15. Papago
8
1
16. Pascua Yaqui
3
16
17. Salt River
15
18. San Carlos
19. Tonto-Apache
20. Yavapai Prescott
Source: Commission on Indian Affairs
FLYING THE COLORS: ARIZONA FACTS ©JOHN CLEMENTS 1989
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48 PHONE NA Magazine
ON 90 COMM.
Yesterday's
over his shoulder
J. Fife Symington III makes no
apologies for his wealthy and powerful background;
but he wants to make his own marks
on Phoenix and Arizona.
by Laura Greenberg
The pale blue eyes are at once gentle
N
ice morning, isn't it?" J. Fife
and stern, kind and sad, impatient and
Symington III asks rhetori-
tolerant; the penetrating gaze speaks
cally of the valet as he
volumes of experience and privilege.
brakes his silver Lincoln beneath the
Henry Clay Frick, who carved his
porte cochere of the Ritz-Carlton, The
initials across the hide of American
voice is even and upbeat at 6:15 a.m.,
capitalism, stares unflinchingly from an
though the fetid air already bears the
oil painting, trapped in gilded frame in
promise of another smothering sum-
his vested pinstripes and manicured
mer day. Sliding out from behind
beard on the wall of the third floor offices
the wheel, he moves with polished
of the Esplanade. From this lofty view,
ease to open the passenger door for
the man - whose name is associated
a female writer. A gentleman,
with the Carnegies and Mellons and
cushioned in class, Symington edges
Rockefellers and J. P. Morgan; the coke
his brand new machine into stutter-
tycoon who made his first million by age
ing traffic that won't be gridlock for
30 in 1879, whose company became
another hour.
United States Steel; the man who sur-
J. Fife Symington III, heir to the
vived an anarchist assassination attempt
fortunes of the Industrial Revolu-
and left a priceless art collection to
tion, builder of the Ritz-Carlton and
America - watches the every move of
adjoining Esplanade towers, and
his great-grandson.
Republican candidate for governor
When Frick's daughter gave the old
before anyone else has announced,
maris leather-bound biography to her great-
is, fittingly, on his way to Chandler
nephew, she wrote this inscription: "To J.
to chow down some breakfast and
Fife Symington III. May this biography
swill some coffee - "decaf, please"
of your great-grandfather inspire you to
- with the local boys at Brunchies
excel in everything you undertake.
cafe. So far, the majority of notice his
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early candidacy has brought him
American Airways. Father J. Fife II
were Palladin, Marshall Dillon and
has been reporters dwelling on his
was a high-level executive with Pan
Wyatt Earp - this peachfuzz
"funny name" and "blue blood"
Am, an ambassador to Trinidad and
Goldwater Republican out of step
heritage. Thus, we are foregoing
Tobago under President Nixon and
in the sixties. After Harvard, he
another rubber-chicken-circuit-
a dogged Republican who competed
enlisted in the Air Force and was
jawbreaker to break bread with the
repeatedly - and unsuccessfully -
assigned to the land of true grit at
real people, and perhaps break the
for a congressional seat in a
Luke AFB, before serving in Thai-
notion that Fife Symington is either
Democratic-gimme district domin-
land during the Vietnam War as a
a pampered wimp or a fat-cat
ated, ironically, by the steel workers'
weapons controller with the Tactical
developer and get down with his
union fought by Frick.
Air Command watching the Ho Chi
message that he is a mainstream,
Fame and fortune veritably dances
Minh Trail across the river in Laos.
intelligent GOP choice over a
across Fife Three's lineage, but if you
When he got out, Phoenix drew
crazed Evan Mecham in his own
wanna git him, just call him a blue
him back, where he met and mar-
party or an ineffective Gov. Rose
blood. Whisper it. It's an assignation
ried more spunk and more money.
Mofford in the other.
that brings a rush of red blood to his
"This is the only other home I've
Steering his own silver ship
known," he says. "All five of my
toward I-10 - no drivers, no limos -
kids were born here."
Symington already is on guard,
The dewpoint starts its upward
exhaling an easy steam of practiced
"I need my hair cut,
creep at 6:30 a.m. in his adopted
conversation on cars, business,
hometown, mixing with the sun to
burnout, family and a dozen other
I'm beginning to
spill watery mirages across the
safe subjects. Occasionally a well
freeways; just a preview of the day's
rehearsed gem falls to separate him
from the opposition: "Artemis Ward
look like an Afghan."
sizzle. He laughs easily about the
Republicans' "pro-family" slogans.
at the turn-of-the-century said, I'm
Another call: "Joyce?
That's one litmus test in which he
not a professional politician and my
excelled, although there was a
other habits are good also!'
We need to write
divorce from a four-year first mar-
He is energetic, likeable, endowed
riage that bore his first two children
with the amenities, and if you talk to
that letter to
before he married Ann Pritzlaff 13
him for more than 10 minutes, he's
years ago. Symington steers with his
bound to slip in something about
Barry Goldwater.
left hand while the fingers of his
grizzlies, salmon running in Alaska
right punch the digital office
white water, sports, real-man talk.
numbers on his car phone.
He seems caught between the
"Fife, here the Lincoln becomes a
noblesse oblige of the privileged and
command post for reminders and
the raw industrial ghosts of his past
face and stiffens his tailored body.
scheduling. He wants to catch up with
who forged an America of brawling
For god's sakes, he's the Frick-
the state Senate majority leader. "John
mills. Though he vibrates with vigor
Symington who heard the siren of
Mawhinney, I need to see him can't
this morning, beneath his promi-
the American West, chased the
we find an extra day? I have a bunch
nent blondish brows his eyes are
dreams that have lured the pioneers
of people from Tucson I need to
rimmed red and he looks tired.
of this nation for 200 years. Here,
see Another time: "I need my hair
Allergies. His white handkerchief is
he made peace with a whole neigh-
cut, I'm beginning to look like an
always within reach as he sneezes
borhood and city council and
Afghan." Another call: "Joyce? We need
his way through the campaign.
erected edifices on 24th Street and
to write that letter to Barry Goldwater
John Fife - the family ancestral
Camelback, some of the choicest dirt
confirming that date in September.
home was in County Fife, Scotland
in the county.
Goldwater was friends with his
- Symington III left his fellow
Before the battle was won to build
father, and leaped to endorse Fife III
Harvard grads and the foxhunt/
the project - $500 million worth of
when he announced. A river of
political set of the green toupee
five office towers and the hotel when
apologies flows from Symington to
lawns of Baltimore for Arizona 17
completed, 60 percent owned by
his passenger, but this driving
years ago to make his own mark on
Japanese investors - Symington
machine is a roving branch office
America's new frontier. He had
had spent $3 million on his Star Wars
and if he doesn't work now, he won't
tough acts to follow: Besides great-
style TV ads and collected 60,000
get anything done. Driving is fun
granddaddy Frick, on his mother's
signatures in support. It so resem-
tional, not a joy or a chore.
side, the no-nonsense Pennsylvania
bled a political campaign, stations
The halo of pollution hovers above
coke tycoon who teamed with
felt they had to give the opposition
us, threatening to choke the Phoenix
Andrew Carnegie to deal the firms
equal time.
bird in its own ashes. Staring into
that J. P. Morgan turned into U.S.
So, he's not some stiff collar smok-
the Valley haze, Symington is
Steel; on his father's side, uncle
ing cigars in an overstuffed private
excited about alternative fuels. He
Stuart Symington was the long-time
club talking DuPont preferred; he
thinks methanol is interesting -
senator from Missouri who chal-
splashes the Pacific Rim onto
we'll never get people out of their
lenged John F. Kennedy for the
Arizona, and, for fun, runs sneak
cars in Phoenix, he says. Electric
presidency in 1960.
attacks with wet washclothes on his
cars? Maybe, though the problem
A great-uncle started Pan
children. Growing up, his heroes
will be power. His own dashboard is
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lit up like a Boeing 747, gauges glow-
They discuss polls. Symington says
John Pritzlaff [his wife's father and
ing atomic green. But it's a modest
his support jumped from 3 percent
former state Senate Republican
Lincoln, decorated in sedate gray
to 30 percent within 30 days after he
power]? He's my father-in-law and
fabric. Simple. Classy.
announced April 12. "I have to
was in charge of the state budget for
The sleeves of his pale yellow
believe I could go back to 3 percent
many years
oxford shirt are still buttoned, the
because I'm the underdog. I'm the
Q: You had a more unified GOP then.
pants are Mills-Touche style cotton
long shot and I don't want anyone to
A: "Yeah, but they were working
khakis. The thin oxblood belt
believe I'm out in front. It's the worst
under a Democratic governor.
matches the leather shoes. Pens line
place to be." Linda and Fife both
People would get together earlier,
his shirt pocket. The face is starched,
worry about love this morning.
sometimes before the session
near albino, and if he's caught in the
Afterwards, climbing into Brooks'
started, and cross a lot of important
sun too long, he'll take cover - a
Audi for a tour of Chandler, Sym-
thresholds What worries me -
magazine will do, although he
ington's head is on a swivel. He
and I know there are great demands
attends his son's soccer games in
notices every structure with a
for funding of federally mandated
straw hat and shades. His broom of
builder's stare. "In your efforts to
programs we're getting ourselves
evebrows and his pale face make his
into serious economic problems in
blue eyes look black in the sunlight.
the state and you just don't go in and
At 43, Symington has the attractive,
pass a $300 million tax increase, it's
non-threatening countenance of a
"I'm concerned that
the worst thing you can do, it will
man who can get along with anyone;
hurt business. They've been flirting
though he has an intense gaze and
we're going to do
with a real estate tax and that
sometimes he will pinch his eyes
together in a curious way, a good
the classic things
whole industry is flat on its back.
The time to do it is when things are
listener absorbing information. The
which you don't do
going well. I'm concerned that we're
directions to Brunchies are on a
going to do the classic things which
yellow Post-it in his black appoint-
when you're headed
you don't do when you're headed
ment book. He squints at them a
south in your economy which is
couple of times as he searches
south in your
have a tax increase."
Chandler's Arizona Avenue.
Q: Well, Rose seems to be doing a lot
Pulling up minutes before 7 a.m.,
economy - which is
of the right things, in that she seems to
Symington shakes hands with Jerry
have been gaining some political stature
Brooks, the former Chandler mayor
have a tax increase."
and respect. At least, that's how some
who arranged this appearance, and
people are viewing it. How do you view
smiles, "I'm early. That's unheard of
the incumbent?
for a politician." The fake wood
A: "I think the staff choreographs
tables are mostly empty, but in the
bring business into the community,
her well, a lot of Babbitt style
back room - where no one smokes
did you do any land subsidies or tax
Symington sits with his legs
and local deals are done over home
breaks, or did you just provide the
stretched out. The shoulders look
fries - one table is filled with
infrastructure?" he asks.
relaxed, he's jes' hangin' out with the
large men with full-brim cowboy
"Nah," says Brooks. "I call it mak-
boys. Only the outline of his feet
hats and guts that hang over jeans,
ing a nest. We went out, built the
wiggling inside his leather shoes
a collective GOP endorsement if you
roads, got the sewers extended,
betray him.
ever saw one.
demanded quality development to
A few days later, Tribune asso-
Symington joins the five impor-
make it look attractive for employees,
ciate publisher Hal Dekuyser will
tant denizens and orders scrambled
and we sold them on good govern-
write that Symington will be our
with bacon. And a fruit platter. Plus
ment and responsive government.
next governor, barring any untoward
political decaf. Chatter. Fife drops
Then it's a quick stop at the
surprises. Some veteran pols would
his Artemis Ward line. He tells how
Chandler Tribune where Fife gets an
laugh at this notion: they figure
yesterday he beat Phoenix Mayor
unexpected work-over in an interview
Symington will finish maybe third
Terry Goddard in a golf cart race
room designated "the vault," marked
in a GOP primary chopped up by
before the Grand Prix. Piped-in c&w
with a story-idea board, waxed Pepsi
Mecham, and moderates who
music competes and Linda Ronstadt
cups and coffee makings.
have money. From those back-
wails, "It's the right kind of night for
Q: What do you think of Mofford's
rooms, Rose looks safe, barring any
makin' love," while the men from
veto of the budget?
untoward surprises.
Chandler ask this dude about other
A: "I think it's really unfortunate
things that matter. Real estate, rising
at this point in the cycle for the
taxes, Mecham, and abortion.
budget to get vetoed. I don't think
The last one is sensitive: the table
we ever should have been in this
A
Iready behind schedule from
Chandler, Symington hur-
silences while Symington delicately
position
It could have been
ries the Lincoln into his
explains he doesn't think anyone is
avoided, it's an indication of not
driveway at the base of Camelback
really pro-abortion or anti-life. But, he
good planning, not a lot of
Mountain in Scottsdale. Tommy, 6,
would have a hard time telling a
forethought, too much partisanship,
the youngest child, and Richard, 9,
woman who's been raped or a victim
lack of leadership, which is my
are kicking around a soccer ball
of incest she can't have an abortion.
favorite theme. Did you ever know
with a friend. This fall. dad's going
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Symington grabbed a hard hat and blueprints to pose for campaign photographs on the second tower of the Camelback Esplanade.
to be an assistant coach on Richard's
chair in front of a built-in TV,
see exactly how he lives, he has no
soccer team. Both kids resemble
identical-looking parrots, Cherry Oh
secrets. See, I live well, his home
him with pale complexions and
and Sweet Pea, hanging out on her
says, but I am not showy nouveau
lemon yellow hair.
shoulders. She buzzes numerous
riche. Fife disappears into a bedroom
Eight bicycles, a skateboard and
stations, rejecting Beverly Hillbillies
to change from his Brunchies outfit
other wheel toys are lined up in a
and All in the Family before settling
to business clothes, emerging in a
bike rack. The Brady Bunch would
on a movie, Arthur Two. Ruffy, the
gray suit, red tie and black shoes.
be comfortable here. The house is
large lap dog Siberian Husky, is
The only thing that remains is the
large, not ostentatious, a ranch style
flopped on the floor in a corner, lost
pale yellow shirt.
with California twisted corners and
in private dog-thought.
Brushing Whitney's cheek with
angles that seem like puzzle parts,
The comfortable living room has
his lips, he breezes, "Bye sweetie,
built 30 years ago by Jon Wong.
wood floors, an antique Persian rug,
see you later. "Bye, Dad In the
Inside the roomy kitchen, Sandy,
plump blue couches, recessed book
driveway, Symington tries for notice
the live-in housekeeper, is fixing
shelves, and artifacts brought back
from the boys. "Hey men, don't tear
iced-tea. Boys' Nikes with scuffed
from travels - some arranged for
the house up too much, okay?" They
bottoms are in the middle of the
viewing on a brown baby grand.
hear him, but are involved in a
floor. Ann Symington walks into the
Two Curtis oils hang kitty-corner -
minor dispute. He tries again. "No
family room, gives a pleasant, but
presents that Fife and Ann gave to
broken windows, okay?" He glances
slightly exasperated smile because
each other. Arrrhhhh! Arrrhhhh!
at the bicycles and quips, "We're
her arms are loaded down with
the parrots belier.
ready for the next oil embargo."
laundry and she can't shake hands.
He has brought reporters here
Reaching for the car phone again
Twelve-year-old Whitney. the Sym-
before. Perhaps he wants the people
as he clips down Camelback to the
ington's only girl, is curled up in a
who will judge him the harshest to
office, he savs that as a teenager his
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broadside Mecham and position
several personalized thank-you notes.
himself as the GOP repairman to the
Always, the amenities. Behind him,
monied folks at the Mainstream
from the oil painting, Henry Clay
Republican Club meeting in
Frick's blazing light blue eyes seem to
Paradise Valley. But he will rewrite
follow like lasers wherever Sym-
Smith's script to suit himself.
ington moves. A constant reminder of
Gone is the polite tone when he
gargantuan appetites and accom-
discusses former governor Ev, and
plishments to live up to.
a whiplash tongue engages.
In the early afternoon, Symington
"Mecham finds a conspiracy under
sits in a plaid chair in his office and
every
rock
That type of person-
speaks at length about his "name-
ality absolutely thrives on the
brand family." The animosity it
criticism and the living martyrdom.
draws is just not understandable to
He sees himself as right in the face
him. "I am proud of it. I'm not run-
of the rest of the world and is very
ning away from it," he repeats in
happy that way. and everyone else
various phrasing. "But people say,
is wrong. I'm not a medical doctor,
'Oh he's a blue blood, ha, ha, ha.'
but a classical paranoid has a fixed,
Well what does that mean? It
different, sense of reality and is very
means, 'You're a snob or an aristo-
content with that - and if you attack
crat, that you can't relate to the com-
it, you just feed it."
mon man and that you're not one of
The Lincoln rolls down the ramps
us - how could you possibly relate
into the black hole of the Esplanade
to the concerns of the broader
underground parking garage, the
public?' That's basically it and it's a
second largest in the country, with
lot of crap. And I have to deal with
room for 6,000 cars.
that and I do, head-on."
J. Fife Symington III, Chairman of
Stumping through northern
The Symington Company, swiftly
Arizona, he says many people
moves into his third floor office
seemed surprised he was a regular
where his assistants have spent the
mortal. Well what did you expect, he
morning organizing his life. To prove
asked - a three-piece suit and a
it, there are 61 neatly printed
Rolls Royce? He didn't pick his
messages spread out on an oak table
ancestors, he points out, so he walks
near Joyce's desk. In Joyce Riebel's
the tightwire between family pride
Rolodex there are 2,000 cards on file.
and forever qualifying his back-
"Please copy that article on
ground and bearing. It is both a
methanol," he asks Karen Zan-
blessing and an albatross to have
zucchi. "It's a wonderful article."
rich, powerful, high-achieving
Wonderful, fantastic, amazing -
lineage. It affords a comfortable life,
a vocabulary rich in Americana -
but ruins it by setting overwhelming
ordinary corny from a man of inor-
standards to surpass.
bathroom was home to a pet
dinary background. Active with
"I grew up on a farm in Maryland,
alligator - and a monkey named
curiosity and philosophy, Sym-
and when I say a farm, I mean pigs
LuLu who would embarrass him by
ington maintains a genuine gee-
and chickens and horses and cows,
biting people on the "fanny" and
whiz quality that money couldn't
and we used to make our own bacon
fighting everyone. "My bathroom
spoil. In the green office with floor-
and kill our own chickens, a true
was unbelievable."
length curtains depicting a fox hunt
farm. No, I never killed a chicken, I
"Karen please, this is Fife -
and a warm carpet that has Scotland
couldn't stand it, they get up and
"And we had a skunk called Chanel
and the ambience of the Moors all
run around after they're beheaded.
No. 5 that was deperfumed." - "Hi,
over it, M. Scott Peck's argument for
Did you ever see it? It's terrible. I
Fife. You know that speech that was
the devil, People of the Lie, sits on a
don't like killing things. I love to fish,
faxed to me from Jay? That needs to
dark wood table. Symington points
it's really therapy and I really enjoy
be on word processing because
to a passage he marked: evil always
it. But when it comes to - and I'm
when I get back on the 16th, 1 give
comes disguised behind the smile,
a fairly decent shot - I just don't like
it. And I also need to make some
the velvet glove. Does he believe in
to kill animals. I love animals and I
changes. It's not quite the way I want
evil? Oh, yes, yes, he does
can't see it, it's not in my blood."
it
Could you put it in the format
Fife doesn't sit in the green swivel
Then he quickly adds, "But I'm a
I like, in bigger type I need to
chair on a parquet island behind
sportsman for sure."
study the speech today and tonight
the antique desk. He stands; sifts
The official Symington family
and talk to Jay in Washington. That's
through the mountain of papers and
genealogy does not describe his
really an important speech
prioritizes. Joyce slides out a
father as a farmer; the phrase
In the speech, written by his
secretarial panel from her side and
chosen is "country squire." Has Fife
Washington-based political strate-
takes dictation. A quick letter to a
ever been on a fox hunt? "Sure. It's
gist J. Brian Smith, he is planning to
reporter who wrote an article and
wild and crazy. It's survival. You've
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got 150 people on horseback trying
thousand surrounding acres - but
Rubens, Rembrandt, Whistler,
to jump the same fence at the same
was beat out by Talley Industries.
Vermeer, Corot, Monet, Diaz, El
time, and the foxes heading off into
Later he became a partner in Lin-
Greco, Rousseau, Renoir, et al. He
the country and the hounds are in
coln and by 1976, when he left to go
left the city of New York $15 million
full cry and it's crazy Karen
on his own again, he had already
to administer it.
knocks and breaks his excitement
developed almost a million square
Today, Fife III says he's no
with the news that Symington's eye
feet of retail, office and industrial
billionaire - by the time the blood
doctor is on the line. "He's worried
space in Arizona. Best known as the
has filtered down to his generation,
about you," she says.
builder of the most ambitious proj-
what's left is the name and not really
Symington sounds like a little kid
ect this town has seen, he ducks
the cash. "I'm very proud because
and emits a sheesh sound back, "Tell
the developer label, calling himself
both sides of my family have done a
him not to worry about me." Into the
an entrepreneur.
lot for this country. It's a tradition,
phone he says, "My eye doesn't hurt
Symington paces around his
and not just to be proud of - but to
at all, it's just a little bloodshot in
office, dealing with easy paperwork.
compete with. It almost forces you
the right side, that's it" Still, he fits
He squeezes drops into his red eyes.
to get in there and make your own
in an appointment during the lunch
From the wall, great-grandfather
mark if you're at all competitive, and
hour the next day. "Okay, boss,"
scrutinizes him.
I am. I have a great time and chal-
he signs off.
"Carnegie and Frick couldn't get
lenge out there trying to make my
Where were we? The fox hunt.
along in their old age, they used to
own way and do my own thing
The interruption has broken his
fight a lot. So they eventually sold
Symington takes a break to don a
enthusiasm and his face pinches
the company to Morgan. Great-
hard hat and haul a roll of blueprints
together in a maybe-we-shouldn't-
granddaddy owned all the coke
up to the third floor of the twin
discuss-this look. He hasn't been on
mines, and that was essential in the
Esplanade tower under construc-
a fox hunt in years, he now hastens
Bessemer process to make the steel
tion. He poses for a photographer
to explain, this was when he was a
strong - you had to have coke. So
doing campaign promo shots,
kid and he really didn't like it that
Carnegie had to come to him.
outlined in the polarizing glare,
much. "Gosh, there's no way to
Carnegie was the promoter and the
the sun spotting the green glass
really explain it." Then he dodges.
salesman, but great-granddaddy
of the completed Esplanade build-
"You know, they have coyote hunts
was the one who actually built the
ing behind him.
down in Patagonia. It's just - it's no
business, ran the corporation and
"Real estate attracted me because
different than a cattle roundup and
really built the first fully integrated
it's just SO damned creative," he says
everyone gets on horseback. It's that
corporation in America. He was
over a sent-in lunch of albacore tuna
same feeling when you're with
quite a businessman. He started out
salad. "I don't know if others on
your horse and out in nature, but the
making well below minimum wage
the outside appreciate it that much,
hunt is more exciting because this
as a telegraph operator for Union
but putting something like this
one fox takes off across the coun-
Pacific. He was one of the non-blue
together is like building a mini-city.
trvside. If it's a red fox, it runs in the
bloods' of his generation; he was
you deal with government, and
same line forever; if it's a gray fox, he
totally self-educated, went out and
private investors and institutions
goes around in circles which isn't
taught himself accounting and
that have money. You borrow
much fun."
studied and apprenticed and just
money, you retain architects and
The talk switches to sports at
picked himself up by his bootstraps.
engineers and lawyers. You have
Gilman prep school, where Sym-
He didn't have a dime to his name,
to be the team captain."
ington says he was an honorable
just borrowed some money and
After lunch, we are attacked by
mention All State guard in football
speculated on some coal leases and
grizzly bears. They emerge from the
and a defenseman on the lacrosse
just did it all on his own
enormous pines along a wild Alaskan
team. He did well enough at Gilman
Symington's mother remembers
River, swaggering toward us,
to gain early admission to Harvard
her grandfather and passed on to
chestnut-brown, bobbing fur masses
and studied history and 17th century
her son that he was truly a man of
of muscle and claws and jaws that can
Dutch painting. Today, 123 paintings
special quality, gentle, but with a
crush in an instant. Two cubs
and other artworks including many
first-rate organizational mind. In
guarded by a 9-foot mean mother -
Dutch masters - worth millions -
Fife's home are the last twenty
big trouble. Sloshing in the water,
grace the Ritz-Carlton's walls.
bottles of Overholt Rye Whiskey,
searching for food with her snout, the
After his tour in Southeast Asia he
vintage 1912, from the distillery of
she-bear wheels and stops twenty
returned to Arizona in 1972 and
Frick's grandfather, Abraham
feet from us - the Alaskan guide
never left. He got a real estate license
Overholt. Has he ever snuck a swig?
hollers, "Hey, hey, hey!"
and took some business courses at
"No," he laughs, "you'd need a
"How many rounds do you have
Arizona State University. He began
paramedic standing by."
in your gun?" Fife wants to know.
selling commercial and residential
The Frick Museum is his great-
"Enough for all three of them," the
real estate and used Back East con-
grandfather's house on 70th Street
guide assures him.
nections to become Eastern Airlines'
in Manhattan. Among the two
Mama bear finally reconsiders
representative, in concert with
hundred paintings of the Frick Art
and lumbers off, diving face-first
Lincoln Properties and Trammell
Collection are works by nearly every
into the icy water for a sockeye
Crow, in its bid to acquire the
luminary - Gainsborough, Titian,
salmon, plowing out of the stream
Arizona Biltmore hotel and the
Velasquez, Turner, Van Dyke,
with a large fish flopping its last in
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After lunch
her jaws. Awesome. Fife thanks the
Campaign mechanic Smith can
Fife IV after he spent a year at St.
guide for yelling her off. "She was
counter with a role-model anecdote
Andrew's in Scotland.
going to have us for supper."
he heard from another father-son
Another close call on Camelback.
outing: "I think it was in Spain, and
Fife IV, 20, and a Harvard sopho-
The scene is on videotape in Sym-
Fife was on a hunting trip with his
more, is the 27th generation of an
ington's office - an exciting memory
father and there was a pack of wild
unbroken, 900-year line of male Sym-
of last year's fishing trip with his
boars coming up - they're real
ingtons tracing their history back to
father. Fife kept the tape rolling
ferocious animals. His father had a
County Fife. Fife III spent much of his
throughout the encounter, and
rifle and shot at the lead boar and
own youth in foreign places - Spain,
now narrates with relish, staff
wounded it, so all the other boars
Ireland, Scotland, Brazil, Argentina,
members gathered. Along with
took off in the opposite direction.
as his father opened up airways for
pictures of Ann and the kids, old
But this one started charging up the
international travel. He remembers
man Frick and George Washington,
hill at the two of them, and Fife III
the stirrings of his political conscience
several prints of grizzly bears adorn
was 14 and he jumped up into the
about age 12, after reading Conscience
his office area.
nearest tree, petrified out of his
of a Conservative, Goldwater's mani-
The office phone rings. Fife gets it.
mind, and watched as his father
festo against Big Government spend-
Discussing politics into the receiver,
very calmly took aim at the boar and
ing and the welfare state. Before the
he still has one eye trained to the
fired his last round, hitting him
final buds of puberty had sprouted,
tape. "This guy is really getting
again. Still, the boar kept coming
J. Fife Symington III was a committed
close watch this watch this, this
right at him and he flipped the gun
Republican and politician-in-training.
is incredible!"
around and held the barrel and
He brings out Scotch and Soda by
In a later phone conversation, Sym-
swung it and hit the boar just as it
Charles Symington, a black and
ington is still talking about it: "What's
was lunging at him and knocked it
white genealogy book and skims
so incredible, is you can smell the
down the hill."
through it, orating his family
damn bears, they really stink, that
In a corner of the room where the
history. "There had been a whole
was the grizzly bear, that was the big-
grizzly video rolls, a teenager con-
bunch of Symingtons. You've heard
gest bear on the continent and oh,
tinues stuffing envelopes with
of Robert Fulton? Well, he stole my
weren't they majestic?. He switches
campaign literature, keeping the
ancestor's design for the first steam-
to a couple of Pima County GOP
political machine cooking. In
boat Steamboat William Sym-
bears. "The good news is the
another corner of Symington's office
ington, was a brilliant engineer and
Mungers are on board and they're
is a handmade wooden golf club
he invented it
"
delighted and that's key."
and a golf ball, brought to Fife by son
"Thomas Symington was a major
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in the Civil War for the confederacy,
Mercado will be a large market of
be home until at least 8 p.m. This
and you've heard of Pickett's charge
ancient Aztec motifs blended with
can't happen, he insists. Back in
at Gettysburg The charge, of
colonial Spanish styles, housing
his office, staring helplessly at the
course, was a disaster for the South,
shops, restaurants, day-care and a
paper heaped on his desk, he
but Thomas, Gen. Pickett's top aide,
Hispanic cultural center. Olga wants
wonders, "How am I going to get
survived because his horse was shot
to introduce Fife to Guillermo
through the next two days? I have no
and hid him when it fell on top of
DeLeon from the Mercado in
time for myself!"
him: "He was the one who helped
Guadalupe. It's after 3 p.m. and
build the Washington National
the road south is filled with adults
Before announcing Fife's decision
Monument," Fife continues. "All the
playing bumper cars scrambling
to run for governor, he and Ann
foundations for the Washington
to get on and off the Superstition.
discussed it with the entire family.
Monument came out of the Sym-
The relentless afternoon sun takes
Did everyone understand what it
ington quarries."
up chunks of energy, and Fife meets
really means? "Who knows? Do any
A heavy marble statue of Thomas
the owners of several Guadalupe
of us really know? Ask me in a year,"
founder of the original Symington
stores. He's not fluent in Spanish
Ann says. Whitney fretted over the
Company - on this day lies in pieces
pains of peer pressure. "Mom, at
in crates in the Symington family
school I'm already called a rich bitch
room. A shipment from his father.
because of Esplanade," she worried.
Fife plans to reassemble Thomas at
Ann told her, "Whitney, people are
his headquarters in the Esplanade.
Then there was "Bamps" - a
"We're going to
just looking at that project, they're
looking at the public image of your
grandfather on his mother's side -
father - whether we do this or not
a poet, scholar and naturalist who
knock the city
- they are not looking at what he is
studied bones and declared camels
or what kind of person he is
native to North America, having
There are a lot of kids who have
reached other continents over the
on its fanny
more money. It's who you are, not
land bridge. Fife speaks with warm
what you have."
affection of the man who repre-
Ann Symington's gold hair is just
sented the thoughtful side of the
with the Mercado."
above her shoulders; swinging
physical Symingtons,
when she walks. The face expres-
Fife wraps up his family story by
sive, the smile not practiced. The
remembering his last visit to Stuart
only makeup she wears is some
Symington last year, basically a
dark pink lipstick. Symington says
goodbye visit before the famous
of Ann, she's "not just his other half,
senator died. "I'll never forget, he
but his superior half."
said, 'I know what you think, you
yet, though he has made a commit-
She is a product of the Pritzlaffs,
think I was too liberal.' He said, 'But
ment to himself to be there in
a prominent Midwest mercantile
let me tell you something, until
eighteen months. Meanwhile, Olga
family, and the Olins of chemical
you get there and you're elected
translates. In a small restaurant,
fortune. The parallels between her
to the office, you can't believe the
Symington accepts a cup of brute
and Fife seem to have made them for
demands, the needs that have to
strength coffee - he doesn't even
each other While her father was
be taken care of.' He said, 'The
ask for decaf - and thanks the men
ambassador to Malta, his was
pressure on you is enormous to
for their promised support. They
ambassador to Trinidad. Both
do more and provide more' and he
discuss Mexican-Americans and
fathers attended Princeton. Ann's
said, "There is no way someone on
being a Republican Fife is told that
mother worked on Goldwater's
the outside can understand what it's
80 percent of Guadalupe is Yaqui,
campaign for years. Ann attended
like to be the United States Senator
and is surprised.
Scripps College in California and
dealing with these problems that
On the way home, Olga and Fife
majored in psychology, eventually
you face every day, the wants and
keep conversation flowing. They
receiving her teaching credentials in
the needs of the people. You just
discuss retail stores, "Have you
San Francisco.
could never understand it.'
talked to you know your culture
"I met Fife when I was home on
better than I do, but how can we not
spring vacation during my junior year
In a box on the table behind his
have piñatas?" the businessman
in college. My parents were in Tucson
desk is a deflated blow-up toy.
asks. "There will be piñatas in the
at an art opening and Fife had come
Before Symington heads out to
candy store," Olga promises him.
down with someone else but they
shake more hands, he blows it up -
"We're going to knock the city on
gave him a lift back to Phoenix, dur-
a grand old blue elephant.
its fanny with the Mercado," he says,
ing which time my parents grilled
Then he leaves to meet Olga Soto,
then punches the digital phone to
him," she laughs. "My mother's
the leasing coordinator for the
speak with his secretary. This
from St. Louis and all the Sym-
Mercado at Seventh and Van Buren
carefully orchestrated campaign that
ingtons she's known were Democrats,
streets, an ambitious project being
allows Ann and Fife time together
but here was this man
developed by The Symington Com-
has slipped up and Fife is angry
"I had a boyfriend who they did
pany, Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc./
that Ann is expecting him for dinner
not approve of - and my parents
Tiempo and the city of Phoenix. The
when he has a meeting and won't
figured out a way before they took
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Fife home to introduce us. We met in
parents afforded me was a lot of
my opinion so all of a sudden, all
that other room, Can you stand it?
travel I valued that, because I
hell broke loose at the airport and
Talk about roots and tradition, we
have a sense of a lot of different
of course it scared the heck out
met right in that sun room and it
cultures and there are people who
of Tommy and he was trying to
took him a week to ask me out - he
think the way that I live is pretty
flee off into the crowd and they were
was really concerned because he
strange." She's discussing the Masai
trying to interview me and I was
was a divorced man They were
tribe in East Africa where she visited
chasing after him and it was really
married three years later.
with her family when she was 13
difficult and I felt really badly for
Earlier, at 21, Symington was mar-
and 17. "They wear red clay in their
him. So I'm nervous about the
ried after his Harvard graduation
hair and drink goat's blood." Ann
kids being spotlighted
to Leslie, the mother of his two
first attended public school in
But he tries to keep up the family
oldest children, Fife IV, and Scott,
the Kaibab district, then moved to
play. "We have great marshmallow
18. Married young, much of that
the prestigious Miss Porter's when
fights. Great washcloth fights. For
time he was in Southeast Asia.
she was 15.
those, you make sure nobody knows
When he came home, his marriage
About her husband, the candi-
you're going to start the war. You get
had spun out and they were
about four washcloths and you get
divorced. One of his lawyers told
some nice cold water and get them
Symington that his was the first joint
nice and spongy; then you go find
custody case in Arizona. Leslie and
where everybody is and nail 'em.
Fife have remained friends.
"We have great
Then you have the advantage. Like
Tommy, skippering his remote
any family, we do wild and crazy
control boat through the blue water
of the pool, calls for help when an
marshmallow fights.
things. The marshmallow fights are
good because you wing 'em, they
accident occurs and the batteries go
Great washcloth
stick to the ceiling, they never really
for a dive. Mom calmly produces a
hurt anybody. Kids have got to have
Phillip's screwdriver from a garage
closet and sets about putting a smile
fights
Kids
fun, to blow off steam, and every
now and then, the marshmallows
back on her son's face. Ruffy ambles
are launched."
across the kitchen and Ann calls the
have got to
beast "Fifey," then laughs - she's
To strategist Smith, more impor-
losing track of names.
have fun."
tant than playing down Fife's
Ann Symington doesn't dodge
background or money is actually
questions about whether it's a liabil-
getting his name known, and the
ity coming from money. Turning her
money his candidacy can raise. In
face toward the ceiling, wanting to
July, $100,000 in campaign contribu-
make someone understand, she
date, she says, "He likes a good
tions were already in; another
explains that both she and Fife come
fight, he thrives on it. Sometimes I
$400,000 pledged. He figures it will
from families with money, but they
think he gets going so fast, though
cost $2 million for the GOP primary
also come from families with back-
he's very thoughtful, that he doesn't
and a million more if Symington
ground the money was earned by
take the time to pay attention to
survives to the general election in
amazing people, she says, and adds
me
but all married couples go
November 1990.
it's both a gift from God and a
through that. You have to remember
How will he handle the blue blood
tremendous responsibility.
to put each other first. And what
issue? "Do we have to get around it?"
Born in Milwaukee, 37 years ago,
we're doing, when we are in town
he asks. "How did the Kennedy
Ann Pritzlaff Symington came west
we're going to block out one meal or
family, how did the Rockefeller
to Arizona when she was 6 years
perhaps two and that's inviolate
family get around it? I don't know
old, and moved into the home she
because we have to survive this as a
you need to get around it. I mean, he
lives in now when she was 8, Three
couple and a family."
is what he is, he comes from dis-
vears ago, she and Fife bought the
In Ann Symington's room is a
tinguished lineage and family and
home from her parents.
piece of paper. At the top of it, the
the idea that I've got to put him in a
"No," she savs, "we were not
word "Commitment" stands out in
dirty T-shirt and have him swigging
raised to think of ourselves as patri-
bold lettering. It might sound corny,
beer down in South Phoenix in
cian or blue blood, and the realiza-
she says, but that's why they're in
order to be elected is preposterous."
tion doesn't come into play until
the race for governor. They love this
Charles Symington, in tracing the
someone points it out." She leans
state, this is where their children
family genealogy back to two Har-
back, looks at herself and says,
live, she says.
rison presidents and Robert E. Lee,
" Did you know you were this? You
"I'm having to get used to being
concludes his book with a quotation
get a bit defensive about it because
more public," Symington explains,
by his mother's grandfather, Con-
you don't think of yourself as dif-
recalling the day he was boarding
federate Lt. Col. William Willis
ferent
I'm not sitting by mv pool
a plane with Tommy for Disneyland.
Blackford: Good birth is only
and never have. I can't sit still
"Three TV stations jumped on us
despised by those who do not
any longer than Fife can
it
because the attorney general just
possess it, and only boasted by
wouldn't be a choice.
issued his opinion that Mecham
those who have nothing else to
"One of the great things my
could run and they wanted to know
recommend them
PM
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THE YANKEE DOODLE
DEVELOPER
J. Fife Symington III has the name and credentials of an
East Coast dandy, but a Westerner's love for land deals and brawls.
Oh, yeah - he might just run for governor.
By Charlotte-Anne Lucas
T
he salmon were running in Alaska, and a
to denounce the measure as "racist," a step "back into
grizzly bear and her cubs were loping down-
the dark ages" that was bad for business.
stream toward an afternoon feast. But J. Fife
Now Symington, whose name smacks of Eastern
Symington III was too absorbed in his fly-
establishment and national politics, is being asked to
fishing to notice until a roar from the huge she-bear
consider running for the top political office in Arizona.
brought him up. They were heading straight for him.
Knowing it's unwise to surprise a grizzly. Syming-
ton repeatedly yelled "Hey, bear!" as he moved out of
O
n this winter morning, J. Fife Symington has
their path. As it turned out, the bears-now 15 feet
pushed the dark shutters back from his office
away-wanted salmon, nothing more. Still, Syming-
windows, giving 4 clear view of the Phoenix
ton's guide kept his rifle trained on the mother and her
Country Day School across the wash. Still, the room 1:-
300-pound cubs.
almost dark-the deep, mossy green decor soothes the
Symington took Jim too, but with A video camera.
eyes and the nerves. He picks up a pair of binoculars
He shot the most riveting five-minute home movie his
from the table, interrupting the interview for a moment.
friends will ever see. Even when the 10-foot-tall mother
"I hope you don't mind," he says, adjusting the focus as
lunged directly toward Symington tin pursuit, it turned
he looks through the lenses toward the private school.
out. of a yard-long salmon the camera never flinched.
"But my daughter is competing in a track meet over
Reflecting on the incident. Symington shrugs and
there, and I promised her I'd watch."
-ays that staying calm was simply the sensible thing to
According to Symington's resume. he has five chil-
do. the most basic rule of grizzly encounters being:
dren: the youngest is in kindergarten and the oldest
Never panic and run. "It you run away, they eat you,"
(John Fife Symington IV) is a freshman at Harvard. But
he savs. "You have to stand your ground."
ask his friends, and they'll tell you he has another
Whatever else is said about 1. Fife Symington III,
child-the Camelback Esplanade.
her never been known for running away. In the past
From the beginning, Symington treasured this pro-
five years, he's made a habit of running headlong into
ject as if it were his offspring. But at the same time, he
volatile situations that would have prompted many
knew it was unwanted-by people who lived near the
other people to dig a deep hole and hide.
proposed site, at the southeast corner of Camelback and
When he needed city approval to build a megadevelop-
24th Street. Rather than try to change their minds,
ment on one of Phoenix's most controversial corners,
Symington made a "strategic decision" to take his case
he didn't go into the back door of City Hall. He
to the whole city. "The only way to my mind that we
promoted the project through a multimillion-dollar
could change the way people think." says Symington,
advertising blitz the likes of which Arizonans had never
"to make the kind of departure with the past that was
seen
required to build a really great. mixed-use project at
In 1987. when the staunch Republican decided Gov.
24th and Camelback, was to make it .) citywide battle
Evan Mecham had become a liability, he put his money
and awaken a lot of people's consciousness and create
and his mouth out front. becoming the first prominent
a debate about what lies ahead for this city." And, he
businessman to publicly and financially support Mecham's
adds, "The most effective way was through the televi-
recall. Then last fall. he decided that Proposition 100
sion medium. to treat it as a campaign"
the "Official English" reterendum was a bad idea, and
To that end. in 1985 Symington poured an estimated
the tlaxen-haired man appeared on televised debates
$3 million into a sophisticated ad campaign designed to
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In Symington's office is a portrait of his great-grandfather, Henry Clay Frick,
a founder of U.S. Steel and the Frick Art Collection.
win support for the Esplanade development. The televi-
Yet Symington's team of pollsters, lobbyists, behav-
-1011 ads used special effects reminiscent of the movie
ioral scientists and media experts gathered signatures
SMIT Ware, making it appear as though actual people
from 60,000 people across the city who supported the
were walking through tiny scale models of the project.
project. Technically, the signatures signified little if
The shopping mall proposed in those ads would have
anything. For unlike Symington's hometown of Balti-
been bigger than any other in the U.S., and the
more, where zoning issues can be decided by referen-
crystal-shaped office towers made Emerald City look
dum, Phoenix leaves such matters to the City Council.
dim by comparison. In all, the project would have
Still, Symington believed that council members would
consisted of 2.3 million square feet.
be impressed by proof that 60,000 citizens supported
The Esplanade, the television spots promised, would
the project.
help Phoenix become "a great city, not just a big city."
The night of the hearing, the council had to move
Sounding almost like " call to the ballot box, the ads said:
to the nearby Palace West Theater to accommodate the
"On March o. say yes to Camelback Esplanade."
crowd of about 1,700 emotion-charged citizens. Led by
Looking back at Symington's Esplanade campaign is
Mayor Terry Goddard, newly elected on a pro-
like watching a slow-motion film of a brick crashing
neighborhood platform, the council ordered Symington
into a wall of glass. No one in Phoenix had ever done
to come back in 45 days with a proposal for a 1.5 million
anything like it before. It got people's attention. But
square foot development-a million short of his request.
rather than seducing them. it stunned them.
Today, Symington says he regards that outcome as
The campaign had overtones political enough to
a victory. "In retrospect, we were successful," he says.
prompt local broadcast stations to give free air time to
"Many of us felt that we would have to lose to win.
opponents. Those against it included some well-known
And that's what happened." He came back to the council
citizens: Dino Dec oneini U.S. Sen. Dennis DeC oncini's
and got approval for a downsized project that was still
brothers and Circle K Chairman Karl Eller's wife, Stevie,
bigger than anything outside of the Central Corridor.
both of whom lived in nearby neighborhoods.
"Had we not moved aggressively with the campaign."
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Before the Esplanade project,
almost no one had ever heard of Symington.
Symington says. "I think we probably would have
that " breach of trust occurred when the city and
gotten a lot less approved."
Symington decided to change that agreement. "That
Overnight, the Esplanade saga gave Symington a
was a very public compromise (in 19851, and a very
very visible presence in the business community. "We
unpublic change to the compromise." says Heather
made a star out of him," says one of the people who
Litton. president of the Arizona Biltmore Estates Village
worked on the Esplanade compaign.
Association, a critic of the project.
It also won Symington the respect of those who
view him as the enemy-neighborhood groups. "If he
says he's going to build something," he'll build it, savs
Phoenix Councilwoman Linda Sue Nadolski, a neigh-
W
hen he first approached City Hall about building
the most ambitious project Phoenix had ever
borhood advocate elected last year to represent home-
seen, J. Fife Symington wasn't exactly a house-
owners in the Esplanade area. "It's not an idle threat."
hold name in these parts. Most people. in fact, had never
heard of him. And, as it happened, his first encounters
with people didn't always inspire a lot of trust. For
H
ad Symington truly regarded the outcome of his
instance, although Goddard now professes admiration
City Council hearing as a victory. he would not
for Symington, their first meeting wasn't exactly auspi-
likely have been inclined to seek a second hearing.
cious. "He looked like, acted like and smelled like another
Yet he did.
version of the land speculator," recalls Coddard. "I 11:35
And had he truly regarded his media bliez as a
not favorably impressed."
successful promotional play. he would not likely have
Besides being unknown, Symington's name had a
taken the evact opposite tack the second time around.
pompous ring to it. It brought to mind the image of a
Yet he did.
dandy, the sort of person who could win contests
As Symington tells it, his plans for the project simply
without ever dirtying his hands. It was a name that
evolved in such a way that 1.5 million square feet was
seemed to signify wealth, tradition, East Coast aristoc-
no longer adequate: he wanted an additional 200.000
racy, Ivy League schools, long stays in Europe -
square teet. Needing the council's approval, this time
impressions that did in fact describe the roots of 1. Fife
he approached in a quiet-some say sneaky-way. Says
Symington III.
Symington. "I was not interested in having a huge
The first part of his name comes from his family's
confrontation or another media feeding frenzy." This
ancestral home in Fife County, Scotland. As for his
time. he says, "there was TO way we were going to carry
surname, it is steeped. as they say. in history. There
on ,1 holy war" wer the project.
were Civil War-era Symingtons, bankers who, because
is his point man. Symington hired former Arizona
they owned the fastest ships, ran blockades for the
Senate Democ ratio Minority Leader Alfredo Gutierrez.
Confederacy. There were Symingtons whose rock quar-
a lobbyist who has considerable influence at City Hall.
ries provided the stone for the Washington Monument
When Gutierrez walked in to talk with the mayor
Of course, there is Fife's recently deceased cousin.
and council members about Symington's desire for
Stuart Symington, the former U.S. senator from Mis-
another 200,000 equare feet. he got " chilly reception.
souri who was runner-up for John F. Kennedy's run-
But after three months. ive quietly managed to persuade
ning mate in 1960 and chairman of the Armed Services
Goddard and others on the council that the additional
Committee during the Vietnam War.
coming was A "pretty reasonable request."
Then there are his non-Symington relatives: great
At the same time, Symington approached the newly
uncle Johnny Hamilton, al World War I flying ace who
elected Nadolski. who savs she came into office ready
went on to co-found l'an American World Airways
to do battle with him. "My initial reaction was, You've
great-uncle Bob McClain, owner of the now-defunc:
got to be kidding,' Nadolski says But in the end, she
Philadelphia Bulletin and the Santa Barbara (Cal.) News-
found he had considerable support from the neighbor-
Press: and great-grandfather Henry Clay Frick. who
hoods and carried a proposal that was not precluded
among other things, founded New York City's Frich
under the city's master plan. The most she could do
,Art Collection, and teamed up with Andrew Carnegie
was tie him tua written agreement to spend $2.5 million
to start a little company called the Carnegie-Frick Steel
in street widening and repairs next to the Esplanade.
Works, which would become U.S. Steel.
"Non:" says Gutierrez. "the only debate left is
Despite the strong Democratic leaning of relatives
whether you like the buildings or not."
such as Stuart, Fife Symington mherited Republican
The Ratz-C arlton Hotel 15 pink. The newly com-
lovalties from his father. a top executive of Pan An:
pieted office lower IS sheathed in green glass. "Pink and
When the family wasn't living or traveling in Europe.
green. SAVE Gutierrez it'- verv unaque 111 this town."
Fife's father Was campaigning as a Republican candidate
Still. resentment hogers among some neighborhood
for Congress. Three times he can. and three times he
groups OVIT what then will "Esplanade II." They contend
lime in the Democratic stronghold of Baltimore.
the symmeten WAS bound by the coming agreement
There was also the powerful influence of his father
bearh
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In the dining room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Symington recalls fighting
like A mother bear' to win approval for the project.
father's library with the former Arizona senator im-
than S2 million worth of art to hang on the walls, says
pressed Fite to much that he boldly wore , "Coldwater
Symington, "we duked it out." The smile on his face
for President" button on his lapel when he entered
says that, in the end, he won.
Harv and in 1904. something only about five others on
After graduation, he had an experience that took the
campus dared is do. "I 11.15 immediately ostracized by
edge off his hawkishness: He entered the Air Force and
many people." he ave
got sent to Southeast Asia. Even before that, he had
when he and others got the Young Republican Club
logged hundreds of hours flying and was certified to
in take of pro-Goldwater stance, the Harvard Crimson
pilot anything from commercial jets to helicopters. But
really went after us." he says. Along with other ROTC
now, a depth perception problem kept him out of fighter
students, he had to pack his unform in a paper bag and
cockpits and relegated him to serve as I "weapons
go off campus for drills. Once. he returned to his
patroller," a sort art combat air-traffic controller who
dormitory to find on epither scrawled in Ketchup across
coordinated air-to-air refueling missions and scanned
his door: "Symington 15 a fascist."
radar screens for enemy planes during combat.
Symington walls Harvard a "rude awakening" that
He spent 14 months based in northeastern Thailand.
lett him discouraged and disillusioned. love to debate."
fighting the war across the river in Laos where the Ho
he save. "but UP there, people were very intolerant of
Chi Minh Trail wound its way south, He earned .)
anything but the very liberal VIew
Bronze Star for his work on dozens of search-and-air
It Harvard. Symmgton majored IT .1 subject not
rescues, and got d postgraduate degree in how not to
usually associated with conservative politics: 18th cen-
wage war.
tun Dutch painting Twenty years after leaving school
"I saw how ineffective the war effort was, the way
he recently made public use of that traming for the first
that we were fighting the war." Symington savs. 1
11111 11 the new Ritz- arton Symmeton lett selection
went over quite a hawk, and I came bash feeling like
it the plush and exoth furnishings 10 the official Ritz
quite .1 dove."
intersor decorator But when :! came to choosing more
When Symington returned in 1972, tw WAS stationed
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Symington was the first prominent businessman to publicly
support the campaign to recall former Gov. Evan Mecham.
at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. "I thought I'd died
it stay there forever. So it would take some kind of
and gone to heaven," he says. "I always had this sort of
special offer to interest them in selling it.
romantic vision of the West."
"So we sat down and we figured that, number one.
He liked Arizona SQ much that after being dis-
unlike your typical real estate acquisition, we would
charged, he decided to stay and try making a living in
have to go in totally without contingencies. We would
real estate. "I really wanted to get out on my own and
have to walk in the door and say, 'Here's your money.
make my own business," he says. "I felt it was important
Full price. Not contingent on zoning or anything.'
to get away from my family back East. I'm related to
"Number two, when we walked in the door to do
too many people in Maryland."
that, we really had to have the money. Number three,
There was also the feeling that Arizona held more
we had to have a pretty convincing plan for develop-
promise than did long-established cities back East.
ment. Number four, we had to prove to them that we
"We're just a young town," he says of Phoenix. "And
were the local guys and we could get the zoning done,
the fun part about it is that we get to make the city-the
versus others who couldn't.
city isn't already made. Baltimore, on the other hand, is
"So we addressed all of those matters. In our first
basically a cooked dinner-it's already made."
meeting with the Friedmans, we walked in the door and
Symington made his first big gains at Lincoln Prop-
said, 'We're here to buy your property and we'll buy it
erty Cu., where he founded a commercial and industrial
non-contingent and it's all cash and we're ready to close
office. He learned as he went. He negotiated Lincoln
in 30 days.' They looked at us and laughed and said,
and Eastern Airlines' offer to buy the Arizona Biltmore,
'Sure, tell us another story."
but got outbid by Talley Industries. At first, he oversaw
Eight months later, the deal was done. It involved a
construction-from beginning to end-of warehouses
partnership between Symington Co., Southwest Finan-
in the Tucson and Phoenix areas.
cial Group, Shimizu of Japan and the Friedman family.
As a partner in Lincoln, he shared in both the profits
"We were elated," Symington says, "and we were very
and losses of each project. "Some of them were success-
proud. They said the reason they picked us in the end
ful and some of them weren't," he says. "I made all the
was that they felt our concept for development was
mistakes you can make. I was told to go out and build
terrific and they had a lot of confidence that we could
all these buildings, and I'd never built a building in my
get the zoning, because we were local. So we really won
life." But it worked out in the end.
one for the hometown group.
Eventually, Symington says, "I just got sick of
"Then as you know," he concludes, "we fought like
building warehouses," and he branched out into devel-
a mother bear to get the project approved."
oping office complexes. Among his projects are the
Priest Industrial Park in Tempe, Nantucket Square I and
II in Phoenix and Lincoln Center in Scottsdale.
S
ymington, of course, is no stranger to politics.
By 1076, Symington had developed nearly 900.000
Besides his own family's deep political involvement.
square feet of garden-office. retail and industrial space
he married a woman, Ann Pritzlaff, from a politi-
across the state. That year, he decided to leave Lincoln
cally active family. Her father, John Pritzlaff, was a
and form the Symington Co,
longtime state senator.
He says he "brought a couple of key people" with
After marrying, Fife and Ann for years served as
him. and between them, enough money (he won't say
Republican precinct committeemen from Paradise Val-
how much) to capitalize the operation on their own.
ley. Fife also served as the COP's state finance chairman
When he started the company, Symington says, "We
in the early '80s. It was then that he stumbled a bit.
were basically putting projects together. We had and
politically speaking.
still have private investors who come in with the equity
At the request of Republican Jim Gardiner, Syming-
capital to get it built."
ton raised about $30,000 for Gardiner's 1983 runoff
In the early 1980s, Symington decided to pursue the
campaign against incumbent Phoenix City Councilman
most sought-after property in Arizona: the undevel-
Ed Korrick, then a vocal Symington critic. But when
oped southeast corner of 24th Street and Camelback. "I
Korrick's campaign discovered that donation checks
always loved that piece of property," says Symington,
were made out to the Republican Party as "designated
quickly adding that he wasn't alone. "Everyone in the
contributions" to Gardiner's campaign (meaning Gardi-
world was trying to buy it-Trammell Crow, Olympia
ner could say the money came from the party, rather
York-all the large international development compa-
than name individual contributors) all hell broke loose.
mes. But nobody seemed able to get it. We said 'Well,
Symington says it was a "brilliant political move" for
we're just the local guvs, and we're small. But maybe
Korrick's campaign to take the issue to the papers.
we can figure out a way to do it.'
Indeed, "we lost the election over it," he says.
The property was owned by the Friedman family
"The whole thing was perfectly legal," Symington
of Philadelphia, and it was not for sale "It was more
says now. (Election-law specialists in the Arizona attor-
than just .) prece of real estate to the tamily." says
ney general's office agree that the procedure was legal
Symington. "They were perfectly content to just have
at the time. but say 1987 campaign disclosure laws
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As Symington enters the Ritz dining room, the man at the
grand piano strikes up a dramatic chorus of Hail to the Chief.
prohibit such action now.)
t is lunchtime at the newly opened Ritz, and Syming-
Even Korrick, who is no longer on the council, says
ton is showing off the building to a guest. Around
there "was nothing illegal" about what Symington did.
every corner, this slightly built man with the bushy
"It was just a little bit unethical," he says.
blond eyebrows is met with respectful salutations from
By 1987, Symington's name was in the headlines
hotel workers. He is, after all, an owner. As Symington
again. Although he had contributed $2,000 to the 1986
pokes his head into the dining room, the man sitting at
gubernatorial campaign of Evan Mecham, he now was
the grand piano winks and launches into a dramatic
convinced Mecham had surrounded himself with "terri-
chorus of Hail to the Chief.
ble people" and was "self-destructing" in a way that
The piano man may be joking, but nowadays there
"was certainly hurting the state and hurting the party."
is serious talk of Symington serving as chief of some-
Symington became the first prominent Republican busi-
thing much bigger than a hotel. Specifically, he is often
nessman to step forward and give $2,000 to the cam-
mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for gov-
paign to recall Mecham.
ernor in 1990.
Mecham Recall founder Ed Buck said he was initially
"He's one of the most serious [and] most formidable
suspicious that Symington's support would come with
potential candidates the Republicans have to offer," says
strings attached; for instance, Buck feared Symington
Gutierrez. Echoing that opinion is political consultant
would ask the recall movement as a whole to support
Rod Pritchett, who orchestrated Symington's Esplanade
John Rhodes for governor in the recall election. "But
ad campaign and whose clients now include Mayor
that wasn't the case," says Buck.
Goddard, who is widely regarded as a likely Democratic
"I was very impressed by Fife." Buck goes on. "Even
candidate for governor in 1990. A race between Sym-
though it might have been the very first time J. Fife
ington and Goddard "would be like Thor and Zeus
Symington had sat down with a no-name homosexual,"
meeting-two Titans," says Pritchett. "I'd love to be
and even though he was embarking on a public stance
involved in that race."
"that was not necessarily to his advantage," Symington
Chuck Carlise, a fellow developer, says Fife has the
demonstrated a willingness to do what he thought was
right ingredients for public office. "You have to have a
right. says Buck.
fair-sized ego and a fairly thick skin," says Carlise. "He's
Symington says he still admires Mecham's "tenacity
shown he has both of those."
and toughness" and his "absolute devotion to keeping
Another close friend, former Arizona House Major-
government spending under control If he has a choice
ity Leader Burton Barr, believes that Symington "does
of raising taxes or reducing the size of government, you
harbor political ambitions."
know that he's going to reduce the size of government.
But having political ambitions and executing them
And I couldn't agree with him more."
are two different things, as Barr is quick to point out.
Last fall, Symington stepped out again. In mid-
The name J. Fife Symington III, Barr notes, would not
October he held a press conference at the state capitol
exactly establish a commonality with "the man on the
to announce his opposition to Proposition 100 on the
street." Moreover, Symington already has a losing track
November ballot. "I was initially for 106," says Syming-
record as a politician. Last fall, he lost a bid in legislative
ton. "That was my kneejerk reaction." But the more
District 26 to be elected precinct committeeman. (His
he learned about the so-called "Official English" pro-
wife, running in the same election under her well-
posal. he says, the more "it became very apparent to
known maiden name of Pritzlaff, won. "She beat me
me that we were dealing with the big lie."
out," Symington laughs.)
He is emotional about it still. "I'm really burned up
What are Symington's own thoughts about running
about it," he says. And he is also pragmatic-106, he
for governor?
says, IS bad for business. "Here we are, trying to become
He acknowledges he's been approached by certain
a big. sophisticated state, play ball on the international
people. "There have been discussions like that, but 1
scene, bring in all this wonderful investment capital
don't know if those people are my friends or my
from around the world," he says. "and we pass a law
enemies," he says with a grin.
that is a throwback to some earlier time."
He suggests it isn't likely he will run, but then adds,
By election night, he had appeared on a televised
"I'm not saying that I wouldn't consider it." Finally, he
debate, and raised thousands of dollars for the anti-106
says: "That would be a momentous personal decision,
cause. Any regrets? "I wish I had gotten involved earlier
requiring a great deal of thoughtful analysis."
and I wish I could have done a better job of raising
Symington says he is certain of one thing: If he does
money for them." he says. "I feel strongly you've got
run, he will have no trouble withstanding the pressure.
to fight for the things you believe in."
"That was the one thing the Esplanade did for me," he
What's in these battles for him? "I've always thought
savs. "I learned that I can take [being] in the middle of
that the worst thing you can be is silent in the face of
a feeding frenzy of the media.
bad things," he says.
"If I feel that what I'm doing is right and reasonably
Not that it's purely a matter of principle. With a grin,
correct," he goes on, "I'll defend my position honorably.
he admits that "I like to get in there and mix it up."
and I'll stay there-stay in the ring."
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"Spirit Of The Desert Bighorn"
wanted to capture some of that spirit so people could,
one-to-one, relate to it.
"That spirit is one of freedom and strength. Perhaps
we can remember it wasn't that long ago their tracks
crossed this way. The spirit of these animals is still here.
Listen and feel it. in the end we are one, the desert
bighorn, the dragonfly and 1."
"We are proud to have these non-paying guests here,"
said Fife Symington. "Their presence embellishes the
Esplanade and Is our way of celebrating the heritage
of Arizona."
Mathiesen's most recent work, the heroic-size bronze
entitled, "One With The Eagle," was erected at the
entrance to the Scottsdale Airpark and Airport last fall.
Her life-size bronze "Viola" was commissioned by the
Wm. M. Grace Company for the entrance to the Prescott
Sheraton Resort to honor Yavapai Chieftress Viola
Jimulla and her granddaughter, Patricia McGee. She also
has commissioned bronzes in Chicago and Milwaukee in
developments owned by Trammell Crow.
Mathiesen produced a limited edition of bronze
maquettes, miniatures of the bighorn sculpture. Six of
the maquettes were donated by The Symington Company
to the Arizona Bighorn Sheep Society who will use the
proceeds of the sale for the preservation of endangered
bighorn sheep in Arizona.
Fife Symington
"Spirit of the Desert Bighorn," by Scottsdale artist Pat
and Pat
Mathlesen is a welcome guest at the Camelback Esplanade.
Mathlesen
discussed last
minute details
The first in a series of wildlife sculptures by Scottsdale
of the
artist Pat Mathiesen was unveiled in April at The Camel-
unvelling
back Esplanade in Phoenix. "Spirit of the Desert
ceremony.
Bighorn" is the first of what will be the Esplanade
Collection of Arizona Desert Life, a series of animals of
the desert, including white-tail deer and a family of
javelina.
"Spirit of the Desert Bighorn" features three one and
one-half life-sized desert bighorn sheep atop a mountain
crag. The boulders spill downward into the surrounding
fountain and out onto the Esplanade plaza. Mathiesen
was commissioned to begin the series over two years
ago by The Symington Company, managing partner and
developer of The Camelback Esplanade. This first in the
series stands on the north side of the Esplanade facing
Camelback Road.
"When Fife (Fife Symington, chairman of the board of
The Symington Company) and I discovered we shared a
deep reverence for the outdoors, we began to think about
how to express that in sculpture at the Esplanade," said
Randy Todd, president of the company. "We found an
artist who not only shared our feeling but communicated
it through her art. Pat Mathiesen has done a tremendous
The Arizona Nature Conservancy
job and we are thrilled."
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony on behalf of The
"Sculpture is my way of expressing the Intensity of my
Arizona Nature Conservancy was Dan Campbell, vice
feelings for these animals," said Mathiesen. "We did the
president of the 24-year-old organization founded to
desert bighorn sheep because Fife and Randy agreed
safeguard rare and endangered animals and plants. "Ten
that of all the desert animals, the bighorn exemplifies the
percent of Arizona's wildlife is nearing extinction, 532
spirit of the desert. The ruggedness, the beauty. We
species are threatened or endangered," said Campbell.
"Today we own 140 square miles of Arizona, valuable
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Three bronze bighorn sheep stop a rocky crag surrounded by a fountain. Rocks cascade downward through the fountain,
spilling into the plaza.
habitats for our vanishing wildlife."
bond referendum on the ballot for parks and wildlife that
The Arizona Nature Conservancy efforts began with the
will be voted on next November, while Colorado
purchase of the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary in
dedicates a portion of lottery funds for conservation.
1966. Today, the Conservancy acts as protector and
Other states use general fund appropriations, real estate
guardian of ten preserves for future generations. "We
transfer taxes and special fees.
have just reintroduced five native fish to the Hassayampa
Arizona's State Parks Acquisition and Development
River Basin," said Campbell.
Fund, established in 1988, provides $2 million for parks,
"Former governor Babbitt, Congressman Morris Udall
not nearly enough to meet the needs. The State Parks
and Senator Barry Goldwater have agreed to co-chair an
Natural Areas program exists but has never received
initiative to protect Arizona's habitats. The Arizona
funds for the protection of natural areas. General wildlife
Heritage Fund Initiative will provide resources to protect
programs in Arizona Game and Fish depend primarily on
our natural and cultural heritage for future generations."
voluntary income tax check-offs totaling approximately
$250,000 per year. Most of the Game and Fish
The Arizona Heritage Fund
Department programs have traditionally depended on
Over 60 groups have endorsed the initiative, which
revenues from hunting and fishing license fees and,
would be placed on the ballot in November to give
therefore, non-game programs have been limited.
Arizonans an opportunity to establish the Arizona
The Arizona Heritage Fund would provide an additional
Heritage Fund. The initiative earmarks $20 million,
$1.7 million each year for park acquisition and
derived from the Arizona lottery, to be divided equally
development; $3.5 million for regional and local parks; $.5
between the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the
million for trails; $1.7 million for cultural and historic
Arizona State Parks Department. Land purchased and
preservation; $1 million for environmental education; $2.1
programs financed by the Arizona Heritage Fund would
million per year for acquisition and maintenance of
help assure Arizona's continued biodiversity and scenic
natural areas; $2.5 million for habitat acquisition and
beauty. The Arizona Heritage Fund is based on the idea
protection of state threatened fish and wildlife and
that as Arizona grows and prospers it makes good sense
associated biotic communities; $1.5 million to the Game
to reinvest some of today's wealth to protect her heritage
and Fish Department's Habitat Evaluation/Protection
to reinvest in Arizona.
Program; $3.5 million for the identification, inventory,
Other states support recreational and wildlife and
acquisition and protection of key wildlife areas; and $1.5
natural area protection projects through bond initiatives
million for urban wildlife projects.
or lottery funds. California in 1988, passed a $776 million
For more information about the Arizona Heritage Fund,
bond and has since dedicated another $650 million per
call 256-6712 (Phoenix); 791-0763 (Tucson); or 774-5100
year of cigarette tax revenues. Nevada has a $48 million
(Flagstaff).
Scottsdale Airpark News, May 1990
83
10/16/90 PXI-
TALKING POINTS ON HOUSE DEMOCRATS' BUDGET ALTERNATIVE
Deb
Income Tax Increase
O
On October 15, 1990 Chairman Rostenkowski circulated to all
members of the House an alternative deficit reduction plan
which will be offered as an amendment to the plan reported by
the Committee on Wednesday, October 10. The Democrats' Ways
and Means alternative includes a $93.6 billion across-the-
board income tax increase.
Slippery slope on Personal Exemptions
o The proposal reduces the tax benefits of the personal
exemption by removing indexing for inflation. This will
increase taxes on everyone except the wealthiest 1 million
taxpayers. They had already lost their personal exemptions in
the 1986 tax bill. Who is next?
The Return of Bracket Creep
o
The Democrats' proposal brings back bracket creep with a
vengeance. Since World War II every taxpayer was subject to
ever-increasing taxes through inflation. Bracket creep was
the favorite tool of the tax and spenders. This was stopped
by 1985 with indexing of personal exemptions and tax brackets.
By reversing this policy, Democrats would now return us to
silent rate increases for everyone.
The Effect on Typical Taxpayers
It increases income taxes for people in all brackets.
--
A married couple with two children, who have taxable
income of $34,000 in 1991 would pay income taxes of
$5,100 under current law. Under the no-indexing
provision of the Democratic alternative, they would pay
$5,413.50, an increase of $313.50, more than 5 percent.
--
A single person with no dependents who has taxable income
of $21,000 in 1991 would pay income taxes of $3,150 under
current law. Under the no-indexing provision of. the
Democratic alternative, she would pay $3,301.50, an
increase of nearly 5 percent.
A Permanent Tax Increase
©
These tax increases are permanent. Even if indexing is
delayed for just one year, the increase will apply for every
year thereafter.
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form any unusually large percentage of the state's population.
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The political and cultural inclinations of the new Arizonans are at the same time untraditional
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and conservative. There is something vibrant and chaotic and not at all traditional about life in
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Phoenix-the untramelled growth, the absence of an established order and, sometimes, of
) Deficit Reduc
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established standards of legality and fair play. The establishment occupies a very thin layer atop
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local society, and except for a few pioneer families most Arizonans are newcomers. Underneath
that top layer, there is plenty of money but few standards; plenty of crooked land salesmen, fast-
lection Results
120,595
(62%)
($626,377)
buck artists, and drifters who would have been at home in Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles
988 general
Don Young (R)
71,881
(37%)
($402,477)
(though not in the more mature and sophisticated Los Angeles of today). Even so, the new
Peter Gruenstein (D)
Don Young (R)
62,803
(91%)
Arizonans see themselves as defenders of old-fashioned free enterprise and traditional moral
988 primary
6,214
(9%)
values, building a new America that, like Disneyland, is a more gleaming and spotless
George Johnston (R)
101,799
(56%)
($487,261)
embodiment of old values than the old America ever was.
986 general
Don Young (R)
Pegge Begich (D)
74,053
(41%)
($269,560)
As Arizona grew, it changed politically, from an old-fashioned, practical-minded Democratic
state to a brash, idea-guided Republican one. The old Arizona sent politicians to Washington to
funnel government subsidies to the state's dependent economy. So Carl Hayden, Democratic
congressman from statehood and Senator from 1927 to 1969, tried to prop up the price of copper
and secure water-more precious here than oil-for the cotton, citrus, and cattle farmers.
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Hayden was the father of the Central Arizona Project enacted after a 21-year fight in 1968; but
its original purpose-providing cheap water for farming-has been superseded by the needs of
Arizona's thirsty cities. Then, starting with Barry Goldwater's election to the Senate in 1952 (to
"Frontier days are still a living memory," John Gunther reported when he visited Arizona in child the
replace the then Senate Majority Leader, Ernest McFarland), postwar Arizona started sending
politicians to Washington to advance their theories and ideas. Goldwater's book The Conscience
1940s. "People can recall fights with Apaches right around the corner, and the first white
of a Conservative and his big reelection win in otherwise Democratic 1958 made him a national
born in Tucson still lives there, aged 77." In 1940, Arizona was sparsely settled, a wide expanse
of desert and mountains with only 550,000 people, scattered in dusty crossroads settlements, Pacific
figure and the spiritual leader of Republicans who wanted to roll back the New Deal and pursue,
mining company towns, and whistlestop towns on the Santa Fe and Southern and
at least in Asia and the Pacific, an aggressive foreign policy. His frank, often blunt and impolitic
lines. copper To most Americans at that time Arizona was exotic, the home of the Grand Canyon Western
articulation of his beliefs brought him so much devotion and volunteer support from all over the
the Painted Desert, a place most had never visited but which everyone knew from behind
country that he won the 1964 Republican presidential nomination despite his malapropisms, his
modesty, and his evident distaste for running. Goldwater's candidacy turned out to be a
movies-where the cowboys rode out against the Indians over the desert and the sun set
harbinger, not a throwback; it did not lead to a repeal of New Deal programs, but did produce a
giant Saguaro cacti.
Then the air conditioner, the jet airliner, and water made possible the affluent urban the
conservative reaction to the Great Society programs that Goldwater's defeat allowed Lyndon
Johnson to pass.
civilization of 3.3 million that is Arizona today. Air conditioning made life here bearable in
hot summer months. Jets made Arizona accessible first for vacationers and then for business-
Goldwater's conservative ideas had already set the political tone for Arizona. The new
And water-collected in this almost entirely rainless desert from anything resembling a
Arizonans seeking to root a new American society in desert soil found the state's old "pinto"
men. river and piped in at great expense from the Colorado River-initially made possible Arizona's fastest-
Democrats unappealing-dusty, rural, old, and more concerned about a few federal dollars
farm industries and, more important, the vast cities of Phoenix-one of America's in
when the real growth of the local economy seemed to come from private business. They found
growing major metro area in the 1980s-and Tucson. Three-fourths of Arizonans live today streets
the Goldwater Republicans appealing-including some young Arizonans who became promi-
cities that are almost entirely the creation of post-World War II America: amid grid
nent in Washington: John Rhodes, Richard Kleindienst, William Rehnquist, Sandra Day
two laid out over deserts, shopping centers and schools clustered where not long ago there was
O'Connor. Their success is symbolized not only by the fact that Arizona is the only state which
nothing but sagebrush, with water now abundant enough to keep golf courses green and artificial
has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1948, but by the success of their
leaders at the national level: in January 1989, George Bush was sworn in as president by Chief
wave machines churning.
For the Midwesterners and Texans who flocked here from the 1940s, the Easterners who
Justice Rehnquist, and Dan Quayle, who spent most of his childhood years growing up next to
started arriving a little later, and the Californians fleeing their own overdevelopment in the
the Paradise Valley Golf Club, was sworn in as vice president by Justice O'Connor. Who would
1970s and 1980s, this new Arizona is a fresh start, a chance to build in a descrt once owned by
have thought it in the 1950s, when three of the four were living in Phoenix and the fourth across
the desert in Midland, Texas?
Spain and Mexico a quintessentially American civilization. The state is not built on resources:
Arizona's copper industry is near exhaustion despite the recent rise in prices and its agriculture been
Even so, Arizona like other western states elects Democrats here and there; successful and
is in decline. Instead Arizona lives on technology, which is to say ideas. Phoenix has
talented Republicans have an innate distaste for government, and few will have anything to do
attracting high-tech industries since Motorola built a research center for military electronics
with it. So it was a Democrat, Bruce Babbitt, who dominated state government here for a
there in 1948; the dry climate is good for precision manufacturing and the cultural environment is
decade-and set the terms and conditions for Arizona's future growth for decades more. At a
attracts well-educated technicians, people who like certainty and order and discipline. That
cost of some $3.5 billion, the Central Arizona Project diverts Colorado River water up to the
true also of Arizona's retirees, who tend to be more affluent than average-though they do not
Phoenix and Tucson areas, and almost all of it originally was intended for agriculture.
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delivery-oriented nonprofit groups. In 1985 he concentrated entirely on children's programs.
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trouble. He rescinded Babbitt's proclamation of Martin Luther King's birthday as a state
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governor, head in 1989 of the National League of Cities, and an innovator in city government.
Congressional districts established April 2. 1982 all other boundaries are as of January 1983
Some possible Republicans include Evan Mecham-once again, as well as developer J. Fife
Symington (who has received the endorsement of Barry Goldwater) and possibly Jim Kolbe of
the 5th District.
Governor. Bruce Babbitt came to office in 1978 after the resignation of one governor and the
death of another to head a minimalist state government: Arizona was the last state in the
Senators. Dennis DeConcini, Arizona's senior senator, is one of those moderate Democrats not
interstate highway system, the last in the Medicaid program, the last state with a state park
from the South but from states that are Republican in national elections-Arizona, Montana,
system. From an old Flagstaff family, he is an environmentalist who likes to go backpacking, a
Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota-whose instincts on many issues are conservative and who
liberal whose convictions were formed in a summer in Latin America and while working in a
often cast swing votes on key legislation. DeConcini has been a key vote especially often because
U.S. antipoverty program, a Phoenix lawyer who respects the new Arizona that has grown up in
he takes time to make up his mind and sometimes bases his decision on details which other
the years after World War II. He loved the nuts and bolts of government and used the governor's
senators have not given much thought to. This was true in his first term on the Panama Canal
veto to force the legislature to adopt one program after another. His major achievement was
Treaties, when he insisted on making public his own interpretation that the United States was
brokering a groundwater compact, reducing water allocations to farmers (who started off using
not pledging to refrain from using military force to keep the canal open in the future-a point
almost 90% of Central Arizona Project water), giving more to cities, and reserving some for the
the Carter administration and Panama's leaders wanted to fudge, but which seemed worth
mines, so that groundwater will not be exhausted or polluted by 2025. He also got through the
making when the United States tried to topple Manuel Noriega. In his second term DeConcini
nation's toughest water quality bill, while he subcontracted many social services to flexible,
cast a critical vote on the Judiciary Committee, after some excruciating and not entirely
enlightening questioning, against Judge Robert Bork-a vote that helped make the Bork
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nomination a party-line issue and doom it in the Democratic Senate.
His discovery of problems in Arizona has led him to urge doing more to help Indians, and he
DeConcini came to the Senate with little experience outside Tucson, where his family has
thinks Republicans must work hard to earn the votes of Hispanics. He became something of an
been politically prominent for generations, and where he served as county prosecutor. In the
environmentalist, pushing to passage a bill to ban aircraft flights in the Grand Canyon and
Senate he has drawn up and passed an anti-drug bill, and has emphasized aerial patrolling of
supporting the successful fight to stop Cliff Dam.
borders-Tucson is just 64 miles north of Mexico. He also pushed through a revision of
McCain beat a serious Democrat by a 60%-40% margin in 1986. Mentioned briefly as a vice
trademark law in 1988. On Appropriations he has set his heels in against missile sales in the
presidential possibility in 1988, he has the potential of a long and interesting Senate career.
Middle East and elsewhere. He supports the anti-Communist UNITA group in Angola and
Presidential politics. What Arizona does that is interesting in presidential politics is produce
champions the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) nutrition program. He does not neglect
candidates: Barry Goldwater in 1964, Morris Udall in 1976, Bruce Babbitt in 1988. Of different
Arizona issues, working for a new Mount Graham telescope, seeing that the Central Arizona
politics and temperament, they are all intellectually honest, personally candid, genuinely
Project money keeps flowing, and supporting transfer of the Indian School land in central
engaged in ideas while retaining a lively sense of how the real world works; each has a good sense
Phoenix to developers in return for 108,000 swamp wilderness lands in Florida. He chairs the
of humor and is refreshingly unfull of himself; and each lost big.
special committee on Indians that in 1989 uncovered mismanagement by the Bureau of Indian
What Arizona does in presidential elections that is not interesting is vote: it is among the most
Affairs and kickbacks by contractors to Navajo tribe leaders.
Republican of states and has not voted for a Democrat since 1948-longer than any other state.
Sometimes DeConcini's positions have caused him problems. He was attacked in 1988 for
Its caucus process produces some interesting results-the defeated head of the Navajo tribe
profits made by buying land and then selling it to the federal government for the CAP or other
went to Atlanta in 1988 and Evan Mecham went to New Orleans; New York Mayor John
projects; he claimed that he knew nothing about the government's interest. He was also attacked
Lindsay won his only victory here, far from home, in 1972. Most candidates spend little time in
for bypassing the National Endowment for the Humanities and passing a bill giving $7 million to
Arizona, and thus miss out on seeing what this newest version of America looks like and
94-year-old choreographer Martha Graham to record her ballets, when DeConcini's son-in-law
understanding how it works.
worked for her public relations firm, and for meeting with and accepting campaign money from
Congressional districting. Arizona has gained one congressional district in each of the last
Arizona-based savings and loan entrepreneur Charles Keating.
three censuses, increasing the state's delegation from two districts in the 1950s to five in the
These charges and his 12-year-old statement that he would serve only two terms were
1980s. It will probably rise to six in 1992. After the 1980 Census the Republican legislature
DeConcini's main electoral problems in 1988. He won his first term in 1976 after the
drew a plan with one solidly Democratic district, connecting the Hispanic and black neighbor-
Republicans had a fierce primary that hurt winner Sam Steiger; DeConcini won with 59% in the
hoods of Phoenix and Tucson, and four districts which have turned out to be pretty solidly
Democratic year of 1982. In more Republican 1988, he faced Keith DeGreen, a financial
Republican. It's not clear who will control the post-1990 redistricting, but demography helps the
planner who sometimes pitched his services on TV-and who also didn't bother to vote in 1982.
Republicans: the biggest population gaining area is Phoenix where you will find, except for black
1984, or 1986. DeGreen raised little money and made little headway; even so, in Republican
and Hispanic areas, almost no neighborhoods that regularly support national Democratic
Maricopa County-Phoenix and its suburbs, with more than half the state's population.
candidates.
DeConcini ran only barely ahead. He won almost 3-1 in Tucson and Pima County and almost 3-
2 in the small counties, however, for a convincing statewide win.
The People: Est. Pop. 1988: 3,466,000; Pop. 1980: 2,718,215, up 27.5% 1980-88 and 53.1% 1970-80;
John McCain, was elected to the House only one year and to the Senate only five years after
1.38% of U.S. total, 25th largest. 21% with 1-3 yrs. col., 17% with 4+ yrs. col.; 13.2% below poverty
he moved to Arizona-a fast rise even in this migratory state. But, as he says, "the longest place
level. Single ancestry: 10% English, 7% German, 4% Irish, 2% Italian, 1% Polish, French, Swedish.
Scottish, Dutch, Norwegian. Households (1980): 74% family, 39% with children, 62% married couples:
I ever lived in was Hanoi." McCain is one of the very few career military men in Congress, the
31.7% housing units rented; median monthly rent: $228; median house value: $56,600. Voting age pop.
son and grandson of admirals, a Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war in North Vietnam for 5':
(1980): 1,926,728; 13% Spanish origin, 4% American Indian, 3% Black, 1% Asian origin. Registered
years. He came to politics with other qualifications as well: he spent his last four years in the
Navy as a congressional liaison, and so has been on Capitol Hill for most of the last decade. And
(12%). voters (1988): 1,797,716; 767,716 D (43%), 821,323 R (46%), 209,212 unaffiliated and minor parties
he moved to Arizona because it's the home state of his wife. His crucial race was in 1982, when
he won a four-way Republican primary to succeed Congressman John Rhodes by a 32%-26
1988 Share of Federal Tax Burden: $10,964,000,000; 1.24% of U.S. total, 24th largest.
margin. Reelection was easy, and he was strong enough a contender for the Senate (when
Goldwater retired in 1986) that he drew no serious Republican primary opposition, while Bruce
1988 Share of Federal Expenditures
Total
Non-Defense
Babbitt, interested in the White House, declined in March 1985 to make the Senate race.
Defense
Total Expend
$12,248m
(1.39%)
$8,238m
McCain's greatest asset is his character: he can be pugnacious, but he works hard, says what
(1.26%)
$4,395m
(1.92%)
St/L.cl Grants
1,177m
(1.03%)
1,175m
(1.03%)
2m
he believes, and is capable of apologizing-as he did in 1986 for calling the senior citizer
(1.38%)
Salary/Wages
1,763m
(1.31%)
892m
(1.33%)
871m
(1.33%)
development Leisure World "seizure world." His politics is Republican and conservative, but he
Pymnts to Indiv
6,019m
(1.47%)
5,540m
(1.42%)
479m
(2.57%)
has not been a down-the-line supporter of the Reagan administration. He was a fierce supporter
Procurement
3,034m
(1.61%)
385m
(0.83%)
3,034m
(1.61%)
of contra aid, even when the administration gave up on it, but he spoke against sending Marines
Research/Other
256m
(0.69%)
246m
(0.66%)
10m
(0.66%)
to Lebanon; he supported building new aircraft carriers against Navy Secretary John Lehman's
critics, but he voted to kill the troubled Bradley fighting vehicle. He has worked with the right-
Political Lineup: Governor, Rose Mofford (D); Secy. of State, James Shumway (D); Atty. Gen., Bob
and-left caucus on military reform. He dislikes talking about his years as a prisoner in Vietnam.
Corbin (R); Treasurer, Ray Rottas (R); Auditor, Douglas Norton (1). State Senate, 30 (17 R and 13 D);
but spoke out in favor of setting up a U.S. "interest section" there to negotiate on MIAs and
State House of Representatives, 60 (34 R and 26 D). Senators, Dennis DeConcini (D) and John McCain
(R). Representatives, 5 (4 R and I D).
Amerasians.
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1984 Presidential Vote
Group Ratings
1988 Presidential Vote
702.541 (60%)
Reagan (R)
681.416 (66%)
ADA
ACLU
COPE
CFA
LCV
ACU
Bush (R)
NTLC
333,854 (33%)
1988
NSI
55
COC
44
CEI
Dukakis (D)
454.029 (39%)
Mondale (D)
64
100
50
33
16
1987
40
60
21
16
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62
75
-
27
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33
26
National Journal Ratings
1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
Economic
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
GOVERNOR
45%
-
54%
44%
-
Social
50%
34%
-
65%
44%
-
Gov. Rose Mofford (D)
Foreign
55%
44%
-
54%
45%
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Assumed office April 1988, term expires 1991; b. June 10, 1922,
54%
Globe; home, Phoenix; Phoenix Col., U.S. Defense Industrial Col.;
Key Votes
Roman Catholic; widowed.
1) Cut Aged Housing $
AGN
5) Bork Nomination
AGN
2) Override Hwy Veto
9) SDI Funding
AGN
Career: AZ Tax Commissioner 1943-54; Asst. Secy. of State,
FOR
6) Ban Plastic Guns
FOR
3) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice
10) Ban Chem Weaps
FOR
1955-75; Asst. Dir., AZ Dept. of Revenue, 1975-77; Secy. of
AGN
7) Deny Abortions
FOR
4) Min Wage Increase
11) Aid To Contras
AGN
FOR
State, 1977-1988.
8) Japanese Reparations
FOR
12) Reagan Defense $
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Office: State Capitol, West Wing, Phoenix 85007, 602-542-4331.
Election Results
Election Results
1988 general
Dennis DeConcini (D).
660,403
(57%)
1986 gen.
Evan Mecham (R)
(40%)
Keith DeGreen (R)
($2,640,650)
343,913
478,060
Carolyn Warner (D)
298,986
(34%)
1988 primary
(41%)
Dennis DeConcini (D)
($238,369)
195,540
224,085
(26%)
1982 general
(100%)
Dennis DeConcini (D)
Bill Schulz (I)
413,951
(59%)
1986 prim.
(54%)
Pete Dunn (R).
($2,086,401)
Evan Mecham (R)
121,614
292,638
(41%)
($884,517)
Burton S. Barr (R)
104,682
(46%)
1982 gen.
Bruce E. Babbitt (D)
455,760
(62%)
Leo Corbet (R)
236,857
(32%)
Sen. John McCain (R)
Sam Steiger (I)
36,680
(5%)
Elected 1986, seat up 1992; b. Aug. 29, 1936, Panama Canal Zone:
home, Phoenix; U.S. Naval Acad., 1958, Natl. War Col., 1973-74;
Episcopalian; married (Cindy).
Career: Navy, 1958-80; Dir., Navy Senate Liaison Ofc., 1977-
81; U.S. House of Reps., 1982-1986.
SENATORS
Offices: 111 RSOB 20510, 202-224-2235. Also 5353 N. 16th St.,
Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D)
Ste. 190, Phoenix 85016, 602-241-2567; 2675 E. Broadway, Tucson
Elected 1976, seat up 1994; b. May 8, 1937, Tucson; home, Tucson;
85716, 602-629-6334; and 151 N. Centennial Way, Ste. 1000, Mesa
U. of AZ, B.A. 1959, LL.B. 1963; Roman Catholic; married
85201, 602-835-8994.
(Susan).
Committees: Armed Services (5th of 9 R). Subcommittees: Conven-
Career: Army, 1959-60; Practicing atty., 1963-65, 1968-73;
tional Forces and Alliance Defense; Manpower and Personnel
Special Counsel, A.A. to Gov. Samuel P. Goddard, 1965-67; Pima
(Ranking Member); Projection Forces and Regional Defense. Com-
Crity. Atty., 1973-76.
merce, Science and Transportation (6th of 9 R). Subcommittees:
Offices: 328 HSOB 20510, 202-224-4521. Also 700 E. Jefferson,
Aviation (Ranking Member); Communications; Consumer. Select
Ste. 200, Phoenix 85034, 602-261-6756; 97 E. Congress, Ste. 120,
Committee on Indian Affairs (Vice Chairman of 3 R).
Tucson 85701, 602-629-6831; and 20 E. Main, Ste. 315, Mesa
Group Ratings
85201, 602-261-4998.
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ACU
NTLC
Committees: Appropriations (8th of 16 D). Subcommittees: De-
1988
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10
COC
15
CEI
17
33
50
80
68
1987
100
64
fense; Energy and Water Development; Foreign Operations; Inte-
15
60
-
20
42
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91
-
-
100
rior; Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government (Chair-
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man). Judiciary (4th of 8 D). Subcommittees: Antitrust,
National Journal Ratings
Monopolies and Business Rights; Constitution; Patents, Copyrights
1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
Economic
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
and Trademarks (Chairman). Rules and Administration (5th of 9 D). Veterans' Affairs (3d of 6 D).
27%
-
70%
21%
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Select Committee on Indian Affairs (2d of 5 D). Select Committee on Intelligence (6th of 9 D). Joint
Social
74%
19%
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78%
13%
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Foreign
85%
Committee on the Library. Joint Committee on Printing.
0%
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92%
0%
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76%
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becoming part of suburbia now that freeways bring it within easy driving distance of Phoenix.
Key Votes
FOR
9) SDI Funding
FOR
1) Cut Aged Housing $
5) Bork Nomination
This solidly Republican district (it has only a handful of reliably Democratic precincts) has
FOR
2) Override Hwy Veto
AGN
6) Ban Plastic Guns
FOR
10) Ban Chem Weaps
FOR
been represented for almost all of the last four decades by members of one family, John Rhodes
3) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice
FOR
7) Deny Abortions
FOR
11) Aid To Contras
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in the Eisenhower landslide of 1952 and served as House Minority Leader from 1973 to 1980; he
stepped down voluntarily and retired from the House in 1982. He was replaced by John McCain,
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a former Vietnam POW, who was elected Senator in 1986 and was succeeded in the 1st by Jay
John McCain (R)
521,850
(60%)
($2,228,498)
Rhodes, the winner of a seriously contested four-candidate Republican primary.
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Richard Kimball (D)
340,965
(40%)
($657,908)
Jay Rhodes was not just a name candidate. Like McCain he served in Vietnam-he was the
1986 primary
John McCain (R)
205,965
(100%)
only congressman's son to serve on the ground there. He was active in civic affairs in the Phoenix
Barry Goldwater (R)
432,371
(50%)
($949,992)
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area and on the board of the Central Arizona Project. In his first term in the House he took a
Bill Schulz (D)
422,972
(49%)
($2,073,232)
lead role on important issues. As a junior member of Morris Udall's Interior Committee he
worked as Udall's "right hand man" on Arizona issues, keeping the money flowing into the
Central Arizona Project, and making the tough decision of dropping the environmentally
challenged Cliff Dam to do so. He floor managed the bill to swap the government's Indian
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School in central Phoenix for environmentally unique acreage in Florida. He negotiated an
Phoenix is the prototypical Sun Belt city, a metropolis that 40 years ago almost no one would
agreement on Salt River-Pima-Maricopa Indian water rights. He was one of the congressmen
have predicted would be one of America's great urban centers. But today it is. It is almost totally
who urged Governor Evan Mecham to resign, and when it appeared there would be a recall
the product of the air conditioned years after World War II. In 1940 Phoenix had 65,000
election supported his father's candidacy for governor.
residents; in 1950, 106,000; by 1970 the metropolitan area had nearly one million, in 1980 1.5
Rhodes also had his moments of passion. In a debate on contra aid, in response to opponents
million, in 1988 1.9 million. This almost instant metropolis was created not in response to
who called for peace in Nicaragua, he noted that the Vietnamese who had been his interpreter
geographical imperative but in spite of it. Neither the copper mines of southern Arizona nor the
and military counterparts were now either slaves or dead. "Yes, peace came to Vietnam," he
cotton farms irrigated by the Gila River water needed a city anything like the size of Phoenix,
said. "It was the peace of repression, of poverty, of imprisonment, of death, of slavery." From a
nor is there any thickly populated hinterland in the vast land between the Rio Grande and Los
district and state where Republicans are clearly the majority, he has been frustrated by being in
Angeles for which this is the natural commercial center. Nor is Phoenix a giant retirement
the minority in the House. He seems to be well thought of in Washington and in his district, and
village. Though there are huge retirement developments northwest of town, Phoenix's economic
was easily reelected in 1988.
base has been in research and development and high-tech manufacturing, and its population
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 721,800, up 32.7% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 543,747, up 47.8% 1970-80.
tends to be young, family-oriented, on the way up from whatever level of society they were born
Households (1980): 69% family, 35% with children, 58% married couples; 36.0% housing units rented:
median monthly rent: $257; median house value: $60,600. Voting age pop. (1980): 399,698; 9% Spanish
into. Technologically advanced, with little visual evidence of tradition or heritage beyond the
origin, 3% Black, 1% American Indian, 1% Asian origin.
ersatz 1970s Indian and Mexican styled commercial fronts, Phoenix is politically conservative.
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Bush (R)
Not conservative in the Burkean sense, however, here conservatism means devotion to abstract
171,884
(65%)
Dukakis (D)
90,383
principle, to the ideal of the untrammeled free market, opposition to unionization and minimum
(34%)
wages, abhorrence of government welfare programs. Of all the nation's states, Arizona probably
comes closest to this conservative ideal, but it is still an ideal, not a reality. Phoenix, reluctantly.
Rep. John J. Rhodes III (R)
drinks and swims in federally provided water, complains that it has too few 90%-federally-
financed freeways, enjoys easy access to federally protected national parks and monuments. But
Elected 1986; b. Sept. 8, 1943, Mesa; home, Mesa; Yale U., В.Л.
1965, U. of AZ, J.D. 1968; Protestant; married (Ann).
most idealists understand the need to compromise with the practical world. Such abstract
politics come naturally, it seems, to engineers and technicians, whose work it is to make unruly
Career: Army, Vietnam; Mesa Bd. of Educ., 1972-76; Practicing
nature conform to concrete principle and abstract rule, and to upwardly mobile migrants, who
atty., 1970-77, 1980-1986.
have staked their lives on change and movement and who believe-or want to-that the system
Offices: 412 CHOB 20515, 202-225-2635. Also 2345 S. Alma
School, Mesa 85202, 602-831-6433.
works fairly.
The 1st Congressional District of Arizona is the only one wholly within the Phoenix
Committees: Interior and Insular Affairs (9th of 15 R). Sub-
metropolitan area. It includes some of the comfortable neighborhoods east of downtown Phoenix
committees: Energy and the Environment; General Oversight and
and north of Sky Harbor Airport. The district dips south of the almost-always-dry Salt River and
Investigations; National Parks and Public Lands; Water, Power and
includes some black and low-income neighborhoods, but it also extends to the high-income areas
Offshore Energy Resources. Small Business (11th of 17 R). Sub-
near the Arizona Biltmore and takes in the southern half of high-income Scottsdale. To the south
committees: Exports, Tax Policy and Special Problems; Procure-
and east it includes two East Valley suburbs, each with more than 100,000 pcople-Tempe.
ment, Tourism and Rural Development.
home of Arizona State University and the Fiesta Bowl, and Mesa, whose central focus is one of
the nation's few Mormon temples. To the south is the old desert town of Chandler, which is
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Udall labored for years in the dull vineyards of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee:
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this bill moved, finally, at least a little toward making government employees more accountable
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as a friend, though not an automatic vote, by environmentalists. During the Carter years, when
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the committee and the administration were of similar views, he had a number of accomplish-
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years, Udall got through a nuclear waste act in 1982 and a wilderness act in 1984, and worked at
riding herd on the James Watt and Donald Hodel Interior Departments. He led deliberations
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over the potentially awesome issue of nuclear plant liability, taking a stand between those of the
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nuclear industry and the environmentalists.
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Indian water settlement, banning airplanes from beneath the rim of the Grand Canyon, allowing
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telescopes on Mount Graham. He is alert to Arizona's economic needs, shepherding the Central
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John J. Rhodes III (R)
184,639
(72%)
($291,961)
Arizona Project toward completion and authorizing a Phoenix Outer Loop. Farther afield, he
John M. Fillmore (D)
71,388
(28%)
($11,855)
acted to protect the Manassas Battlefield National Park in Virginia from development and to
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John J. Rhodes III (R)
54,984
(100%)
allow an 18-month moratorium on establishing new nuclear waste sites.
1986 general
John J. Rhodes III (R)
127,370
(71%)
($493,182)
Udall has shouldered his responsibilities amid political disappointments and personal trage-
Harry W. Braun III (D)
51,163
(29%)
($31,528)
dies which would crush many others. He ran for President in 1976 and lost to Jimmy Carter,
finishing second in six primaries, but never first. In the late 1970s his proposals for public
campaign financing languished in the House, and his mining law revision got him into deep
trouble-tough challenges in 1978 and 1980-back home. He was stricken with Parkinson's
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disease in 1980 and late in the decade his vigor was perceptibly diminished. Always known for
Not far from the skyscrapers of downtown Phoenix and downtown Tucson, across dry river beds
his jokes and funny stories, he published a book, Too Funny to be President, in 1988. But he
and in the shadow of giant outcroppings of mountains, along the railroad tracks that were for
suffered more tragedy when his wife committed suicide that summer. Yet he remains
decades Arizona's only connection with the rest of the United States, are the dilapidated and
formidable legislatively in the House and politically in the 2d District. There have also been
shabby neighborhoods. This is where the poor people of Phoenix and Tucson live, with the
honors: the westernmost point in Guam was named Udall Point in 1989, a counterpart to the
vacant lots between the small stucco houses and the gaudy roadside establishments that could
Udall Point named for his brother in St. Croix in 1968: they are the westernmost and
easily grow back into small patches of desert. These neighborhoods, plus some better-off
easternmost points in the United States.
adjacent areas, form Arizona's 2d Congressional District. It owes its shape to politics: the
Electorally, Udall has had an easier time of it since he decided in 1982 to run in this 2d
Republican legislature wanted to concentrate as many of the state's Democratic precincts as
District rather than in the much less Democratic 5th that includes the east side of Tucson and
possible in this one district, leaving the others largely Republican. Also included is Yuma, 180
the copper mining country around Bisbee. He has been reelected easily, even in 1986 when he
miles across the desert southwest of Phoenix, an agricultural center on the Colorado River and
was challenged in the primary by Tucson state Senator Luis Gonzalez. There have been rumors
on many days of every year the hottest place in the United States. The few towns connecting
for several years that Udall was about to retire, and if he does he will probably be succeeded by
these three points have mostly been excised from the 2d, leaving a few Indian reservations and a
one of the Hispanic legislators from the area. But so far this most productive member of his
lot of desert. That leaves a district in which 30% of the adults are of Spanish origin, 5% black,
generation is fighting against hard odds to work on, and winning.
and 4% Indian.
Nearly half the district's population is in Phoenix, including the city's downtown and the state
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 581,300, up 7.4% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 543,187, up 21.9% 1970 80.
Households (1980): 71% family, 42% with children, 56% married couples; 39.8% housing units rented:
Capitol, but it also includes most of Tucson, except for the affluent fringe. Overshadowed
median monthly rent: $185; median house value: $40,300. Voting age pop. (1980): 372,734; 30%
demographically by Phoenix, Tucson has always been the more Democratic of the two cities-
Spanish origin, 5% Black, 4% American Indian, 1% Asian origin.
somewhat more blue-collar, more Mexican-American (the 2d's part of Tucson is 42% Hispanic),
less high-tech, not blessed with so many corporate headquarters, with a Democratic Pulitzer
rather than a Republican Pulliam newspaper.
Morris Udall, one of the leading and most productive politicians of his generation, is the
congressman from the 2d District. First elected to Congrèss in 1961, to replace his brother
Stewart Udall who became Secretary of the Interior, Mo Udall has many legislative accomplish-
ments. One is the 1974 campaign finance law, the source of much carping, but a measure which
1988 Presidential Vote:
Dukakis
(D)
77,493
(55%)
has substantially improved the political process. Another is the civil service reform of 1978.
Bush (R)
60,606
(43%)
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Rep. Morris K. Udall (D)
community of Sun City just northwest of Phoenix.
Elected 1961; b. June 15, 1922, St. Johns; home, Tucson; U. of AZ,
This vast influx of people has changed this district from "pinto" (i.e., conservative) Democrat
J.D. 1949; Mormon; married (Norma).
to Republican. Sun City and Lake Havasu City are heavily Republican; these are relatively
Career: Air Force, WWII; Pro basketball player, Denver Nug-
affluent Midwesterners and others who started voting in many cases in the prosperous 1920s and
gets, 1948-49; Practicing atty., 1949-61; Pima Cnty. Atty., 1952-
have not abandoned their party since. The district's part of Phoenix, a strip along the northwest
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side that is affluent, although not fashionable, and the next-door suburb of Glendale, with nearly
Offices: 235 CHOB 20515, 202-225-4065. Also 373 S. Meyer,
100,000 people, are filled mainly by families with children-a reminder of the suburbia that was
Tucson 85701, 602-629-6404; and 522 W. Roosevelt, Phoenix
so common in the 1950s; similar except for climate to the neighborhoods in which Sun City
85003, 602-261-3018.
residents raised their families 30 years ago. Voters here are heavily Republican too. Interest-
Committees: Foreign Affairs (19th of 28 D). Subcommittees:
ingly, about 13% of the residents of these areas are of Spanish origin: it is a mistake to picture
Arms Control, International Security and Science. Interior and
Mexican-Americans in Phoenix as huddled in an impoverished ghetto, for most live in rather
Insular Affairs (Chairman of 26 D). Subcommittees: Energy and
pleasant, and diverse, neighborhoods like this.
the Environment (Chairman); Insular and International Affairs;
The congressman from the 3d District, Bob Stump, has a similar political history: he has gone
Mining and Natural Resources; Water, Power and Offshore Energy
from "pinto" Democrat to Republican himself, literally. He started off as a cotton and grain
Resources. Post Office and Civil Service (14th of 15 D).
farmer, in the rich irrigated lands west of Phoenix. He was elected to the state legislature at 31 in
1958, when Democrats were still the majority party there; he was state Senate president in
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conservative; although his farm benefited from subsidized federal water, he has been a foe of
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In the House, Stump always seemed to belong more with the Republicans than the
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Democrats, and in 1981 he voted for the Reagan budget and tax plans and for administration
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and 63% as a Republican in 1982-one of the smoothest party switches of all time. His only
possible vulnerability before was in the Democratic primary, and now he was safe from that.
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Republicans gave him a seat on the Armed Services Committee, where he is one of the most
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reliable and uncritical supporters of the Pentagon. Generally Stump is a congressman who
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makes few waves, even when he holds a position, which he achieved in 1985, like ranking
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. His fervor seems directed
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mostly at foreign policy issues. He sponsored a successful amendment to remove restrictions on
1988 general
Morris K. Udall (D)
99,895
(73%)
($99,607)
U.S. aid to the UNITA rebels in Angola. He fervently supports the Nicaraguan contras. He
Joseph D. Sweeney (R)
36,309
(27%)
($3,065)
ballyhoos the fight against terrorism and, at home in the national security establishment, he
1988 primary
Morris K. Udall (D)
34,350
(100%)
advocates the use of lie detectors.
1986 general
Morris K. Udall (D)
77,239
(73%)
($447,112)
Stump does not appear to be an original thinker on these matters; his statements are written in
Sheldon Clark (R)
24,522
(23%)
a militarese seldom composed outside five-sided buildings. But he does advance with obvious
sincerity views which are surely shared by the 3d District which is happy to reelect him
overwhelmingly.
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The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 665,600, up 22.1% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 544,870, up 90.8% 1970-80.
You can still find vestiges of the old Arizona in the state's 3d Congressional District, which takes
Households (1980): 78% family, 39% with children, 69% married couples; 24.3% housing units rented:
up most of the western part of the state. Here are old mining towns like Wickenburg, surrounded
median monthly rent: $222; median house value: $58,300. Voting age pop. (1980): 389,150; 9% Spanish
origin, 4% American Indian, 1% Black, 1% Asian origin.
by dude ranches and flanked by gas stations, and pleasant county seat towns like Prescott that,
but for the mountains, look like they were plucked from the Midwest. But in this territory new
towns and retirement villages have suddenly sprung up in the desert; here you will find places
like Lake Havasu City, proud owner of the transplanted London Bridge. More important
demographically, the Phoenix metropolitan area has been moving west and northwest through
the desert, so that today 60% of the 3d District's residents live on its eastern edge, in Phoenix and
1988 Presidential Vote:
Bush (R)
165,706
(64%)
Maricopa County. Here are modest income suburbs like Glendale and the huge retirement
Dukakis (D).
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Pima Road is, metaphorically at least, the spine of Arizona's 4th Congressional District.
Rep. Bob Stump (R)
Elected 1976; b. April 4, 1927, Phoenix; home, Tolleson; AZ St. U.,
which takes in both the affluent neighborhoods in northeast Phoenix and its suburbs and the
B.S. 1951; Seventh Day Adventist; divorced.
Indian reservations over the mountains in the far northeast corner of the state. In Phoenix and
Career: Navy, WWII; Cotton and grain farmer; AZ House of
Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, in the shadow of and behind Camelback Mountain and Squaw
Reps., 1959-67; AZ Senate, 1967-76, Senate Pres., 1975-76.
Peak, the sunlight falls on the desert with a kind of hush; the careful landscaping of houses and
Offices: 211 CHOB 20515, 202-225-4576. Also 230 N. First
condominiums contrasts with the buff stone of the mountains that punctuate Phoenix's plains
and with the brown earth and vagrant cactus plants on the land that has been left undeveloped.
Ave., Rm. 5001, Phoenix 85025, 602-261-6923.
Art galleries in shopping centers are full of Western paintings, but inside the houses you can find
Committees: Armed Services (4th of 21 R). Subcommittees:
furniture of just about any period you want. The planting of such a comfortable and secure
Investigations; Research and Development. Veterans Affairs
civilization in such an inhospitable environment-it seldom rains, but when it does anything near
(Ranking Member of 13 R). Subcommittees: Hospitals and Health
Care; Oversight and Investigations (Ranking Member).
a usually dry creek bed can get washed away-is one of the generally unappreciated triumphs of
American civilization.
The cultural conflict is matched by political differences. The Navajos have their own
turbulent politics, in which Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald, elected in 1978 and 1986 and
defeated by Peterson Zah in 1982, was forced to step down in 1989 because of charges of
kickbacks by contractors to his relatives; they have also been voting in increasing numbers, and
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one of the most heavily Republican parts of the country. In between, the 4th hops northeast over
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with some Democratic patches. But 79% of the votes are on the Phoenix side of the mountains,
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and in most elections the 4th District is heavily Republican. There has been serious competition
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migration matching those of so many constituents-who first won in 1986. He had serious
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competition in the primary from onetime (1973-77) Congressman John Conlan, who evoked
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strong opposition not only for his fundamentalist religious beliefs but for what some thought was
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his untrustworthiness; Kyl, with support from Barry Goldwater and much of the Phoenix
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business establishment, won 60%-28%. In the general election developer Phil Davis might have
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given Conlan a tough race, but Kyl won with 65%.
At home Kyl was a lawyer specializing in water law, head of the Phoenix Chamber of
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Bob Stump (R)
174,453
(69%)
($319,690)
Cemmerce, active in many Republican campaigns: a part of the local establishment. In
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Dave Moss (D)
72,417
(29%)
($26,281)
Washington he Is something of a bomb-thrower. On the House Armed Services Committee he
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Bob Stump (R)
58,250
(100%)
emerged in his first term as one of the most active enthusiasts for the Strategic Defense
Bob Stump (R)
146,462
(100%)
($135,636)
Initiative, opposing the committee's efforts to scale it down and drop the space-based intercep-
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At the same time he was one of those congressmen seeking a law to allow the closing down of
unnecessary military bases. He has joined with firebrands like Robert Dornan to denounce Jim
Wright's actions on Nicaragua. At the same time, he has not neglected local affairs. He was the
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first Republican House freshman in the 100th Congress to get a bill passed and signed into law, a
For eight months in 1987 the northbound lane of Pima Road in Scottsdale, Arizona was closed--
measure letting the Payson School Board buy 60 acres of government property for a below-
not for repaving or laying utility pipes, but because of a dispute between local government and
market $425,000. Kyl was reelected without difficulty in 1988 and seems to have a safe seat.
Indians, a late skirmish in the 350-year-old war between settlers and Natives. For Pima Road.
running straight north and south, separates Scottsdale, one of Phoenix's most affluent suburbs.
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 670,400, up 23.3% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 543,493, up 65.9% 1970-80.
from the Salt River-Maricopa-Pima Reservation: on one side are condominiums and subdi-
!buscholds (1980): 76% family, 42% with children, 64% married couples; 27.6% housing units rented:
visions and shopping centers with Western motifs, on the other is vacant land. When the city of
median monthly rent: $267; median house value: $66,200. Voting age pop. (1980): 375,192; 12%
American Indian, 4% Spanish origin, 1% Asian origin, 1% Black.
Scottsdale paved the Indians' side of Pima Road, which they rented for $7,606 a year, without
even asking, the Indians closed their half of the road. Eventually the state came in and raised the
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rent to $435,000; the Indians agreed to allow the Pima Freeway to be built entirely on their land.
167,264
(65%)
Dukakis (D)
88,773
(34%)
if they could build commercial development at interchanges.
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Rep. Jon Kyl (R)
Elected 1986; b. April 25, 1942, Oakland, NE; home, Phoenix; U.
Census was intended by the Republican legislature to be a Republican district. It includes the
of AZ, B.A. 1964, LL.B. 1966; Presbyterian; married (Caryll).
prosperous east side of Tucson and Green Valley to the south, fast-growing Sierra Vista around
the Army's Fort Huachuca to the southeast, and a bunch of towns on the road from Tucson 10
Career: Practicing atty., 1966-86; Chmn., Metro. Phoenix Cham-
Phoenix. In national politics it is Republican, but it was one of the nation's prime marginal
ber of Commerce, 1985-86.
districts in 1982 and 1984; only since 1986 has it been safely Republican.
Offices: 313 CHOB 20515, 202-225-3361. Also 4250 E. Camel-
That is a tribute to Congressman Jim Kolbe, the only Republican ever nominated in the 5th.
back Rd., Phoenix 85018, 602-840-1891.
who lost narrowly to Bisbee Democrat James McNulty in 1982 and then came back and beat
Committees: Armed Services (16th of 21 R). Subcommittees:
him in 1984. Kolbe came to Congress with a reputation as a moderate in the Arizona legislature.
Research and Development; Investigations. Government Opera-
spurring Arizona to finally enter the Medicaid program and moving forward ground-water
tions (8th of 15 R). Subcommittees: Legislation and National
legislation. He won the 5th District with a conservative appeal, campaigning against tax
Security; Employment and Housing.
veto. increases, championing the balanced-budget constitutional amendment, and urging a line-item
He still straddles the lines between different kinds of conservatives. His voting record is
among the most conservative in the House on economic issues, but mixed on cultural and foreign
issues. He is pro-choice on abortion and was one of the Republican Members of Congress to call
for the resignation of Governor Evan Mecham. He spoke out against bashing Mexico for not
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enforcing drug laws, and he thinks cutting the deficit is the nation's number one problem. He
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takes care to champion some local causes, as when he calls for minting a copper dollar. He won a
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seat on the Appropriations Committee in his second term, and has had no problems winning
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The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 604,800, up 11.4% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 542,918, up 55.6% 1970-80.
1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
Households (1980): 75% family, 39% with children, 64% married couples; 30.8% housing units rented:
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Spanish origin, 2% Black, 1% Asian origin, 1% American Indian.
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1988 Presidential Vote:
Bush (R)
137,081
Key Votes
(55%)
Dukakis (D).
FOR
9) SDI Research
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107,920
1) Homeless $
5) Ban Drug Test
(44%)
FOR
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10) Ban Chem Weaps
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AGN
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FOR
11) Aid to Contras
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4) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice FOR
8) Ban D.C. Abort $
FOR
12) Nuclear Testing
AGN
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R)
Elected 1984; b. June 28, 1942, Evanston, IL; home, Tucson:
Election Results
Northwestern U., B.A. 1965, Stanford U., M.B.A. 1967; United
Jon Kyl (R)
206,248
(87%)
($316,476)
Methodist; married (Sarah).
1988 general
Gary Sprunk (L)
30,430
(13%)
51,242
(100%)
Career: Navy, Vietnam; Asst. to IL Bldg. Authority Architect,
1988 primary
Jon Kyl (R)
121,939
(65%)
($1,010,914)
1970-72; Asst. to IL Gov. Ogilvie, 1972-73; Vice Pres., land
1986 general
Jon Kyl (R)
(35%)
($822,030)
planning firm; Real estate consultant; AZ Senate, 1977-82.
Philip R. Davis (D)
66,894
Offices: 410 CHOB 20515, 202-225-2542. Also 1661 N. Swan.
Ste. 112, Tucson 85712, 602-322-355; and 77 Calle Portal, Ste. B-
160, Sierra Vista 85635, 602-459-3115.
FIFTH DISTRICT
Committees: Appropriations (21st of 22 R). Subcommittees:
Arizona's first frontier was in its southeast corner, in the little towns tucked into the valleys just
Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary; Military Construction.
north of the Mexican border. This was the first part of the state to be settled, and for many years
the critical part-the site of most of Arizona's copper mines. Copper prices were in a slump for a
decade until the late 1980s, and Arizona's mines have had to lay off workers because the market
is swamped by lower-cost foreign production. But the pit mines outside Bisbee and Morenci, and
the spirited little towns that grew up alongside them and nearby-Tombstone and Douglas,
Group Ratings
Clifton and even in its early days Tucson-are evidence of the importance of copper to Arizona.
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the whole east side of the city of Tucson and its suburbs. A new district created after the 1980
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1978, has concentrated on trying to upgrade th
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for working teachers, a teacher pay raise, ano
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achievement levels both rose abruptly, but tea
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the sales tax hike did not generate enough IT
4) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice FOR
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legislature twice turned down his tax package
commission to write an ethics and disclosure bi
Election Results
legislators were bought off by business interests.
1988 general
Jim Kolbe (R)
164,462
(68%)
($434,665)
declined to pass Clinton's tax program. As 19
Judith E. Belcher (D)
78,115
(32%)
education program for 1989: teacher raises of {
1988 primary
Jim Kolbe (R)
38,306
(78%)
Arkansas universities, allowing parents to choos
Al Rodriquez (R)
5,094
(10%)
Walt Weber (R)
5,875
(12%)
other programs to increase the number of Arkan
1986 general
Jim Kolbe (R)
119,647
(65%)
($619,296)
commission of businessmen led by Sam Walton
Joel Ireland (D)
64,848
(35%)
($31,166)
standards, higher salaries, and more pre-kinderg
speaking around the state in favor of his package
until just before the legislature met in January 19
will be a kind of verdict on his governorship-
1989, the tax package was soundly defeated by th
ARKANSAS
again tour the state with a restructured package
Clinton wants a higher-skill, higher-wage econ
investment. With Mississippi's Ray Mabus and ]
You can see him in Bentonville, a town of 9,000 in the Ozarks, driving a 10-year-old Ford pickup
Middle South initiative to attract foreign investm
with cages for his bird dogs in the back: Sam Walton, the Arkansan who, in an era of glitzy rich,
side of the river. But much of Arkansas's recent
is America's richest man. The Arkansas Sam Walton started out running dime stores in after
hill country of northern and northwestern Ark: E
World War II was one of the nation's poorest states. The cotton and rice lands of the Mississippi
increased spending and not much interested in th
Delta and the hardscrabble hills west of Little Rock had some of the nation's lowest wages and
Politically, the struggle pits various Democrats
education levels, and so many people were leaving that the state's population declined. But as
made Little Rock internationally infamous by
national growth trickled down to Arkansas, Walton had the intuition that large discount stores in
Republican Winthrop Rockefeller replaced him in
small towns could be immensely profitable, and in 1962 opened his first Wal-Mart 8 miles down
from segregationist demagoguery and opened the
the road in Rogers. In 10 years there were 16 Wal-Marts; by 1988 there were more than 1,000,
governors-Dale Bumpers, David Pryor, and Clin
with $12 billion in sales, and Walton's stock ("it's just paper") hovered between $6 to $8 billion.
cratic of southern states. The Democrats have won
Wal-Mart's success gives a capsule economic history of Arkansas and the rural South and
It was a target state in 1988 general election for M I
Southwest: after years of stagnation and outmigration, they started growing again in the early
party vote-winning about as many votes as Walter
1984 Reagan total.
1960s enough to support a downscale retail chain, and by the late 1980s their stronger economies
and culturally conservative atmosphere were holding enough young people to make Wal-Mart
Governor. Bill Clinton, the nation's youngest gove
prosper. Wal-Mart's secrets include friendliness to customers, tough dealing with vendors, ultra-
is clearly the dominant figure in Arkansas politics, ar
quick distribution, and profit-sharing with its 215,000 employees. At the end of the 1980s the
A graduate of Yale Law, a Rhodes Scholar, with
question before Arkansas is whether it can succeed as a state with that same mixture of high
for national office. Then he was defeated in 1980 a bc
competence and country style.
refugees at Fort Chaffee (which also cost Jimmy Ca
It is a question posed more starkly in Arkansas than in other states. Arkansas begins with
By 1982 he seemed more Arkansas: he sported a sho
fewer resources: in area it's the smallest state between the Mississippi and the Pacific, in
Hillary Clinton instead of using her maiden name, a
population it's the smallest state in the South; it is not blessed with any major industry or great
declining to run for Democratic national chairman.
governorship that year.
resource. It is the land that was left over when Louisiana and Missouri were carved out of the
Louisiana Purchase and what is now Oklahoma was fenced off as Indian Territory. Settled by
Clinton is a good speaker who can rouse Arkansas
poor farmers with large families, few slaves, and little cash, it has no Atlanta or Dallas or even
inspiring rhetoric, and he speaks often around the st
speech when he was named the sole nominator of Mi
Symington Arizona Plan for
Symington
GOVERNOR
'90
Paid for by the Symington '90 Committee
REPUBLICAN
INTRODUCTION
For too long, Arizona has needed strong, competent leadership. We have
suffered under an absentee Governor who was constantly campaigning out
of state; a Governor who avoided recall only by impeachment; and a
Governor who became an interim caretaker.
During these years, our state has drifted into trouble. Today, Arizona's
economy is floundering, and our schools need help. Long-range planning is
inadequate. Arizona cannot afford to continue drifting. We must do better.
The proposals set forth in the Symington Plan have been formulated with the
assistance of many Arizonans. The Symington Plan represents a program
which will effectively tackle the major problems of our day, including
economic development, fiscal planning, schools, environment, drugs, children
and families, and health care. Many of these changes and innovations can
be accomplished without any increase in state spending. Others will be
financed by a creative reallocation of existing resources.
We need to get this state moving again so Arizona can realize its full
potential for all of us as an outstanding place to live and work. As I present
this Plan, I am asking for the support of every Arizonan to help turn these
ideas into reality.
Fife Symington
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Putting Arizona's Fiscal House in Order
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2. Arizona's Environment in the 1990's
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3. Arizona's Schools: Achieving Excellence by the Year 2000
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4. Economic Development: Time for a Turnaround
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5. Drugs and Crime: Time for a New Attitude
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6. Improving Our Health Care Systems
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7. Children and Families
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8. Pride in Arizona
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1. PUTTING ARIZONA'S FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER
Huge tax increases for Arizona's working men and women are the wrong
way out of fiscal trouble and the last thing we should do in a soft economy.
Government does not create wealth. Government will not create future
prosperity in this state. Business does that. Business must survive, grow and
expand. Clearly, the next governor must focus on the expenditure side of the
state budget and force the state to live within its means.
It is time for decisive fiscal executive action. As Governor, in my first State
of the State address -- on January 14, 1991 -- I will call for an immediate cut
of six percent in all state operating and administrative budgets, except K-12,
for the remainder of the fiscal year. I will also propose that state
government live with those cuts for the entire next fiscal year.
I will initiate an in-depth analysis of state program services in an attempt to
find further areas to reduce expenditures. Department heads working in a
Symington Administration will be required to prioritize and produce
monetary cuts in programs where at all possible. Such expenditure reduction
and prioritization are vital if we are to avoid the huge tax increases of recent
years and still provide needed services.
I will push for a budget reform bill, such as that vetoed by Governor
Mofford during the last legislative session. This bill will institute private
sector budgetary practices, like three year strategic planning and annual
agency accountability for results, into state government. It will allow more
time to be focused on the ten largest spending components of state
government (over 90% of total spending) by placing all other agencies on
biennial budgets. It will allow the focus of the budget process to be on the
merits of programs and spending levels rather than on how many file
cabinets an agency needs. This will give us an ongoing mechanism for
identifying and evaluating alternative service deliveries and costs.
I will establish a task force on privatization to seek and evaluate areas where
the private sector rather than state government can more effectively and
efficiently provide services.
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I will provide incentive programs for state workers to identify cost savings
and promote other innovative concepts to control spending.
The potential for cost cutting initiatives in Arizona is considerable. Financial
World, an economic magazine published in New York, recently ranked
Arizona No. 46 among the states in "competence of management." Only
Vermont, Massachusetts (with its budget deficit in excess of one billion
dollars), Louisiana and West Virginia are managed worse than Arizona. If
ever there was a credible indictment of the ability of the current
Administration to manage the state effectively, this is it.
My training and experience in the private sector will enable me to create
budgets that meet our needs while not exceeding our ability to pay. As a
businessman, I am accustomed to having to plan budgets and meet payrolls.
I know how to develop budgets and, when necessary, revise figures in the
face of economic realities. These management skills will enable me to deal
with the state's finances.
A. Fiscal 2000
Creating a balanced budget that is adequate to meet our needs in the second
fastest growing state in the country is made more difficult by what the
Arizona Joint Select Committee on State Revenues and Expenditures calls
our "structural deficit." In its final report -- which has become known as
Fiscal 2000 -- the Committee provides a detailed examination of our state's
fiscal condition.
The report reveals that over the past ten years, state revenues have
increased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent, while expenditures have increased
at an annual rate of 3.8 percent.
Moreover, the report shows that over the next ten years, state revenues are
projected to increase at an annual rate of 4 percent, while annual
expenditures for existing programs are projected to increase at an annual
rate of 5.6 percent.
If these trends continue, by the year 2000 state revenues will have increased
60 percent, while expenditures for existing programs will have increased by
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93 percent. This imbalance would translate into a budget deficit in the order
of one billion dollars by the year 2000.
The findings of the Fiscal 2000 Committee must be taken seriously. They
are based on extensive data as well as input from fiscal policy experts from
both within and outside Arizona.
The Fiscal 2000 Committee has done an excellent job of identifying and
explaining the structural deficit confronting Arizona now and in the years
ahead. Unfortunately, the Committee did not do as good a job in identifying
solutions to the problems. What must we do to bring expenses into line with
revenues each year between now and the turn of the century?
B. Cutting Expenditures
As Governor, I will recruit small teams of top corporate executives who will
meet with the key agencies of government on a monthly basis. With their
expertise and management insight, we will be better able to develop
enhanced operating procedures and find ways to save money. These
"loaned" executives can spur the drive towards efficiencies and innovations
throughout government. By fostering this kind of communication we can
start an incubation process that will result in some very creative strategies to
help our economy.
For example:
- We can save enormous amounts of money by privatizing those
services in the state that can be done more efficiently by the private sector.
- The Department of Economic Security, our largest state agency, had
been functioning for years without a financial manager. This is symptomatic
of the disregard for frugal management of tax dollars.
- The basic budget process needs to be reformed. Although the
Governor has line item veto power, the state has been using lump sum
budgets which don't allow a Governor to get at onerous lines of expenditure.
This "creative accounting" must be transformed into a budget structure that
reveals rather than conceals expenditures.
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Finally, our state has been damaged by a lack of leadership. As Governor,
I will be a full partner in the budget process. The legislature should not
have to do the work of the administration. The Governor must present,
defend and negotiate the state's fiscal policy. With full participation of the
Governor, we can avoid the continual increases in spending that led to this
year's 8.4 percent increase and higher taxes.
C. PALB -- A Bold, New Approach
I do not claim to have all the answers. If elected, like any new governor I
will mobilize the considerable resources available to the state's executive
branch, consult with the finest, most skilled fiscal experts I can find, and get
to work on a budget that works for Arizona.
I have worked on a proposal that, if implemented, would allow us to focus
on the long-term structural deficit. This proposal is unconventional and
bound to be controversial. This should not disqualify it from serious
discussion and consideration. Indeed, if ever there was a time for bold,
innovative approaches to the state's fiscal condition, it is now.
One way for Arizona to reduce its structural deficit in the years to come is
for the state to institute lease-purchase financing involving some or all of its
state owned buildings. By financing those buildings through the use of tax-
free certificates of participation, the state could create a trust fund of
between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars.
I call this the Property Asset Leaseback Initiative (PALB Initiative). It
would diminish the need for any new taxes for two to three years and would
provide a breathing period in which to implement structural reform in
government operations and programs. In addition, through prudent
investment, the trust fund could grow to over 3 billion dollars in a 20 to 30-
year time period. Constitutional safeguards would be imposed to protect the
trust from depletion by the legislature.
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2. ARIZONA'S ENVIRONMENT IN THE 1990'S
The single feature that sets Arizona apart from other states is its unique
environment. We have been truly blessed with environmental beauty that is
a magnet for people from all over the world. Nothing is more important to
determining our future quality of life than what we do to protect our state's
environment. The hard truth is that our environment is being threatened as
never before. A 1988 survey by Zero Population Growth ranked Phoenix as
having the "worst environmental ills" of 192 cities surveyed. Phoenix was the
only city to receive the lowest rating for all four environmental indicators in
the survey: Air quality, hazardous waste, water and sewage.
The environmental problems we face are wide ranging:
- Toxins have been discovered in the Phoenix, Tucson and Scottsdale
water supplies, threatening the drinking water we take for granted.
- Hazardous wastes are dumped not only by Arizona industries, but
by industries coming in from out of state.
- Our landfills are overflowing with waste -- much of which is
recyclable.
- Our precious open spaces need greater protection from the state.
The state should be more aggressive in purchasing open spaces -- and in
protecting them so that future generations can experience what Arizona has
to offer.
A. Solid Waste and Recycling
We live in a throw-away society. For too long we have taken convenience
for granted and ignored the environmental impact of our incredible trash
creation. As a result, Arizona -- like so many states -- has overflowing
landfills that are already reaching capacity. Creating new landfills is almost
universally unpopular: No one wants a dump in their backyard. Because of
this dilemma, we simply must find new and better ways of dealing with our
solid wastes. Arizona needs an effective, enduring policy for reducing solid
waste levels in our state. I believe that we must adopt the environmentalists'
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three R's -- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
This past year, the Arizona legislature finally passed legislation to prescribe
wastepaper recycling procedures throughout the state. The effective
implementation of this bill is vital to our state's well being. It is absolutely
critical that the state government act in partnership with private enterprise
to ensure that this law is effectively implemented, and to ensure that the
demand for recycled paper is as strong as the supply.
But recycling of wastepaper is just a beginning. We also need to incorporate
all recyclable materials in this program, including aluminum, steel, glass,
paper and plastic products. We should, however, create a program that will
give local government some flexibility in determining how our recycling
programs should be implemented in their communities. Such a program
would not only ease the burden on landfills but would also send a strong
signal that, in Arizona, the throw-away mentality is a thing of the past.
The state should establish goals and guidelines to help in this creation and
sustenance of the recycling industry. But we need a partnership between the
public and private sectors -- and a governor who will lead us toward that
partnership. I envision a public/private partnership which can put some true
economic muscle behind the recycling industry in this state. State
government should also create incentives which allow entrepreneurial activity
to flourish in the recycling industry.
Arizonans should have easy access to information about recycling. I will
establish a toll-free number for information on local recycling organizations
and related issues. I want state government to help change the attitudes of
Arizonans whose responsibility for solid waste currently ends at the trash can.
In addition to recycling, solid wastes can be turned into energy. We need
to investigate the modern technology of trash-to-energy plants which decrease
the volume of solid waste by 90 percent and which create electricity in the
process as an alternative to our current old-fashioned method of waste
dumping. I think such plants, if proven to be economically viable, are an
attractive option that should be a component of Arizona's future
environmental policy.
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B. Toxic And Hazardous Waste
The real battleground where we must draw the line is in the areas of illegal
toxic and hazardous waste dumping. Because our laws in Arizona are not
as tough as those in surrounding states, we are seeing the importation of
wastes into this state. Arizona seems in danger of becoming the dumping
ground of the Southwest. We face such situations as these:
- An incinerator at Maricopa County Medical Center has been used
to burn infectious wastes from out-of-state.
- Oil and sludge from the bottom of oil tankers is being imported
from California and sold as cheap fuel in Arizona.
- The Environmental Protection Agency has identified five toxic waste
sites in the Phoenix area as among the worst in the nation.
- The ENSCO facility near Mobile grew from one to three
incinerators over the past eight years. No one was paying attention until the
monster grew out of control.
I find these facts plainly unacceptable. Arizonans expect their political
leaders to solve problems like these and the time has come to give them the
action they deserve.
One of the biggest reasons Arizona is becoming a hazardous waste dumping
ground is that our hazardous waste disposal fees are too low. California, the
West's biggest producer of such waste, has fees many times higher than
Arizona. Accordingly, California looks to Arizona -- with its bargain
basement disposal fees -- to solve its problems. We must raise our fees to
a level comparable to California and other Western states. If fees are equal,
Californians will avoid transport costs and dispose of their wastes elsewhere.
The Western governors should meet and negotiate an "interstate compact"
establishing a system of incentives for safe and legal disposal of hazardous
waste. This should necessarily entail a cradle-to-grave philosophy, whereby
producers and commercial users of hazardous materials must be held
responsible throughout their products' lifecycle, from production to disposal.
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Producers and large-scale users should ante up a direct use fee to finance
the production of facilities to store, recycle or incinerate hazardous waste.
Having already made an investment, there will be a greater incentive to send
wastes to legal facilities rather than dump them illegally.
In addition, hazardous waste disposal facilities should be smaller and more
numerous to reduce the highway miles the waste must travel. Interstate
transport should be minimized, if not eliminated altogether. This can best
be accomplished, again, through coordination and cooperation of the
governors through the Western Governors' Association.
People who knowingly pollute the environment are criminals, just like drug
dealers or investment swindlers. In a Symington Administration, such
criminals will be treated like anyone else who threatens the lives and
property of Arizonans. Fining major toxic polluters is not enough -- they
should serve prison time alongside other felons. And if their sentence is a
fine, it should be a heavy one that takes into account the potential long-term
environmental damage that they have caused. For example, if a polluter
contaminates a water supply, judges should factor in the huge economic costs
of losing an invaluable resource when handing down the appropriate
sentence.
C. CLEAN AIR
Gone are the days when sick people came from the East to Arizona for its
clean air. Today the smog that hangs over our urban areas evokes
comparisons with Los Angeles. We are currently destroying the very air that
sustains us. Again, however, no one has stepped forward to provide the
leadership essential to solving our air quality problems. It is time to
implement some effective, common sense clean air policies.
The EPA has reviewed Maricopa County's air quality plan and has found
it lacking. In addition, federal amendments to the Clean Air Act will make
compliance even more critical. While I find the EPA's threat to prohibit the
use of older, less fuel efficient aircraft at Sky Harbor plainly ludicrous, that
threat underscores the seriousness of the issue.
Mass transit, including the possibility of light rail transit in the Valley and
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between Arizona's major cities, deserves careful consideration in Arizona's
long-range plans. The Federal Interstate Highway system will be officially
completed in 1992, and Arizona must be ready to tap those surplus funds to
put together environmentally progressive transit systems for our communities.
In order to do that, we must start planning now to ensure that our system
will win the support and ridership of Arizona residents.
A small and concrete step I will take as Governor is to mobilize the state
government work force to utilize mass transit on a regular basis. With
interagency coordination, we can automatically get up to 40,000 more people
riding buses, or car pooling to reduce the number of vehicles on the road,
and the amount of smog in the air.
The technology for clean, affordable electric vehicles now exists -- and
Arizonans should take full advantage of it. As Governor, I will make sure
the state government does its part to fight emissions by purchasing electric
vehicles for the state fleet. Municipalities, too, should be given further
incentives to utilize electric vehicles and clean burning fuels in their cars and
buses. Also, through tax incentives I intend to support those in the private
sector who choose alternative-fuel powered vehicles. Arizonans should set
the worthy goal of becoming America's highest per capita user of alternative-
fuel powered vehicles by the year 2000.
In addition, our state universities should be the home of top-flight research
in this area and in the field of solar energy. This past summer, Arizona
State University students participated in a national competition -- a race of
solar powered vehicles designed by the students. ASU's team performed
ably, but its overall finish was disappointing. This is emblematic of our
entire state's disappointing performance in the field of solar energy
utilization. Five years from now, when a similar competition is held, I want
ASU, and Arizona as a whole, to win that race. That's the kind of progress
we need to make.
Finally, I will propose that Arizona sponsor a 1991 Propulsion Symposium.
We will invite the top experts from around the world -- Germany, France,
Japan, and even NASA -- including the advanced technology scientists and
engineers from major automotive companies. The focus will be on the
desert southwest and on its special needs. By drawing on their knowledge
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we will better understand our future options. Perhaps we will be able to
accelerate our transition away from the internal combustion engine and
towards non-polluting technology.
In addition to continuing to work for cleaner engines and cleaner fuels, we
can immediately allow greater citizen input before the Air Pollution Control
Board. At the present time there is no standing for citizens to argue their
concerns before the board when air quality permits are issued.
D. Water Quality
Arizona's future depends on a reliable and clean water supply. In spite of
this fact, persons and industries continue to pollute our precious groundwater
and overdraft our aquifers.
We should punish groundwater polluters more harshly than other polluters.
In an arid state like Arizona, water is a particularly precious commodity --
and those who destroy it should be held accountable. As Governor, I will
support a provision that would set substantial mandatory fines for small
groundwater polluters, and high fines and mandatory prison time for major
polluters. I think someone who knowingly devalues our quality of life
deserves to pay dearly.
While we should severely punish those who poison groundwater, we should
also support those who are dedicated to cleaning it up. Through tax
incentives and Arizona's student assistance programs, I will support statewide
university research into ways we can treat polluted groundwater. Why
shouldn't Arizonans devise the environmental technologies of the 1990's?
The technology exists today to recycle waste water into environmentally safe
water for land irrigation. Arizonans are beginning to use recycled water
throughout the state for irrigation. A Symington Administration would
require all irrigated public lands to use recycled water, and would encourage
all private organizations to do likewise wherever possible.
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E. PROTECTING OUR NATURAL OPEN SPACES
The issue of protecting open spaces is one of particular importance to me.
The fact that I make a living building things does not mean that I will
tolerate reckless development. Ill-planned over-development has already
taken its toll in the major urban counties of this state and we can no longer
afford this type of senseless destruction. A Symington Administration will
never permit the destruction of Arizona's natural beauty under the guise of
economic development or for any other reason.
As Governor I will push for the formation of a public/private partnership
with environmental organizations, sportsmen and ranchers to protect our
desert and wildlife habitats throughout Arizona. I want to see the state
intensify its efforts to protect our special desert ecosystems through
aggressive land acquisition by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and
Arizona State Parks Service. They should be given a mandate to acquire
and protect the state's environmentally sensitive areas. I can think of
nothing more important than preserving our distinctive lands for future
generations.
To attain the funds needed to acquire these lands,-I support the goal of the
Arizona Heritage Fund: To earmark 20 million dollars a year in lottery
proceeds to protect our wildlife.
Contamination of Arizona's unique environment is destroying our state's
identity. Arizona is a wonderful place to live because of its diverse and rare
habitat. Our physical beauty is a treasure which I am committed to
preserving.
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3. ARIZONA'S SCHOOLS:
ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE BY THE YEAR 2000
There is no higher responsibility in our state government than ensuring that
Arizonans have the best educational system possible. The importance of
education permeates virtually every issue confronting our state. Our quality
of life and our ability to compete for jobs depend heavily on the condition
of our schools. Our children are preparing to enter the job market in a
world where education is more important than ever.
Today, Arizona's schools face major problems. Only 64.5 percent of our
children graduate from high school. Only five other states have a higher
drop-out rate than Arizona. I'm not satisfied with this. We must do better.
Voters and teachers are frustrated, and they want to see fundamental change
in our educational system.
As Governor, I will make improving our schools one of the highest priorities
of my Administration. We need a Governor who isn't afraid to take new
approaches and try new ideas.
Arizona spends well below the national average per pupil. In fact, we rank
32nd in educational expenditures among all states. But the ACE initiative,
which adds $100 per student per year without accountability, is not the
answer. We need to spend wisely; not just more. We have been funding
failure. We must fund success. As Governor, I will see that effective
educational programs get the budget priority they deserve, while also aiming
at achieving genuine reform of our education system. It is imperative that
we untangle the web of our education budget and determine how much
money is actually making it into the classroom.
One of my first acts as Governor will be to bring state education leaders,
state officials and leaders from business together to formulate a plan to
improve Arizona schools in every important category over a four-year period
-- and to achieve excellence by the year 2000. I will call it "Project
Education."
As part of Project Education, I will solicit the candid views of those on the
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front lines of the battle in the classrooms -- Arizona's teachers. I will do this
by mailing to teachers a confidential survey asking a number of questions.
What do they think of the present school curriculum? What do they think
about classroom size and the length of the school year? Would they like
more flexibility and control over curriculum? And so forth. The results of
this survey will serve as a "road map" toward a number of specific proposals
that I will make as Governor.
There are several concepts which should guide school reform in Arizona.
Some of these ideas have succeeded in other states, while others are
particularly tailored to Arizona's specific educational needs. I believe that
Project Education should be philosophically founded on these principles.
A. Accountability
An essential factor in providing efficient services is accountability. If those
providing services are accountable to those using and paying for the services,
good performance is recognized and rewarded. This principle is applicable
in education.
The Legislature addressed this issue during the last session by passing its
"Goals for Educational Excellence" program. According to the new law, the
State Board of Education is required to assess proficiency in reading, writing
and mathematics for pupils in grades 3, 8 and 12. The Board must also
publish yearly "report cards" for each school district to measure students'
scores on essential skills tests, standardized tests and dropout rates.
This does not go far enough. We need to compare each school's
performance to others locally and in the state. Also, the report cards should
be more comprehensive: We should show all citizens of this state how our
schools are performing -- not only in statewide testing and SAT scores, but
in student-teacher ratios, truancy rates, operating costs and other quantifiable
criteria. The results of these tests should be made available to the public,
perhaps by printing them in the newspaper as the Los Angeles Times does.
As any successful business is accountable to its management and its
customers, Arizona schools should be accountable to parents.
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B. Parental Choice
Once parents have this information, they should be free to send their
children to the schools of their choice. The better schools would flourish in
such a competitive environment. Those schools which fail to attain a
superior designation would receive assistance from the state in an effort to
rehabilitate what was shown to be a struggling program. Failing these
efforts, a total restructuring of a particular school may be necessary.
In Minnesota, parents have choice and are given a transportation subsidy if
they choose a school outside their district. The results have been
encouraging. Improvements are evident. Minnesota currently has the
highest graduation rate in the country -- almost 91 percent. In addition,
through the use of improved technology, additional state spending, and the
inauguration of parental choice of schools, Minnesota high schools have
doubled foreign language offerings and quadrupled advanced-placement
courses.
C. The Merit Fund
Finally, teachers in a given school may find an exciting and innovative
approach to the educational needs of their students that has previously been
unaddressed. We need to empower our teachers to form new learning
centers by submitting proposals on both the local and state levels.
One of the consequences of the bureaucratization of education is the edifice
complex. A good school is far more than a building. The oldest -- and
some of the best -- schools consisted of a wise person with a handful of
pupils gathered at his or her feet. The two key ingredients of a successful
school are teachers with something to teach and students who are willing to
learn.
Some reasons for starting a new learning center might be:
- To offer a curriculum beyond the core with special emphasis on a
particular discipline or field (such as a science or the performing arts);
- To offer a particular method of teaching or type of learning
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environment, from McGuffey to Montessori, Back to Basics or the whole
language;
- To establish a location more convenient for parents, such as at, or
near, places of work;
- To provide more discipline, more homework and a more serious
attitude toward the eradication of drug use.
The basic idea is to provide an avenue for the educational flexibility and
innovation necessary to raise Arizona's level of academic achievement. But
how do we realize this concept?
Educational Merit Fund - One percent of the state's portion of the
budget for K-12 schools, which this year would total approximately 15 million
dollars, would be placed each year in a special merit fund to encourage
innovation and excellence in education. Groups of teachers who want to
form new learning centers would be able to compete for part of this merit
money. Each proposal would state the goals of the new learning center and
explain the intended curriculum. The State Board of Education would select
an appropriate number of superior applications. Monies from the merit
fund would go toward learning center start-up costs, including an extra week
of pay for teachers and administrators at each school selected for planning
purposes. The rest of the fund would be invested in an interest-bearing
account.
Over three years, a bonus equal to a month of pay would be awarded to
teachers and administrators who achieved their stated goals. The same
bonus would be paid to teachers and administrators of the top ten percent
of Arizona schools whose students make the greatest improvement over the
same period.
This plan provides the opportunity to reform, the incentive to reform, and
a mechanism to measure the effectiveness of reform. The time has come for
Arizona to shake up its education system and make some fundamental
changes.
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D. Local School Policy-Making
The more decisions we make at the local level, the more responsive and
effective our schools will be. Each of our over 4,000 schools, within the
constraints of its budget, should be able to decide for itself how it will
operate -- at what hour classes begin; at what hour they conclude; how long
class periods will be; class size; whether or not evening or weekend classes
will be offered; and so forth.
Administrators and teachers should be the primary judges of performance
and qualifications of their peers. Input from parents should also be included
in the process. In addition, the role of local school boards is absolutely
critical to the future health of our local schools. They need to keep current
on the many developments occurring in the educational arena, such as
"distance learning." But most important, they must constantly answer one
critical question: "How well are the children learning?"
E. Encouragement for Teachers
Greater emphasis must be placed on teachers, for they are the backbone of
the system. One of the most pressing problems is our diminished ability to
attract and retain top quality teachers. Several studies have revealed that
fewer talented college students are interested in careers in teaching, while
more good teachers are leaving the profession because they can earn far
more in another line of work. This trend will continue until we upgrade the
pay, the working conditions, and the overall job satisfaction of our teachers.
- Alternative Certification -- One thing we can do to open the doors
for more teaching talent is to certify teachers who have undergraduate
degrees in an area other than education. Such an alternative teacher
certification program would offer students an instructional point of view
other than the traditional education-degree teacher. Arizona has many
talented and experienced persons who would make excellent teachers if we
would simply make it possible for them to contribute.
- Career Ladders -- I support the recently established career ladders
pilot program, which enables teachers to progress in salary and professional
stature as their performance in the classroom improves. I will push for this
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program to be expanded on a statewide level.
- Curriculum Control -- We need to provide teachers and on-site
administrators with greater involvement in the academic policies and
decision-making of our schools. Teachers and on-site administrators should
be given more control over what goes on in the classroom. The State Board
of Education and the local school boards should set clear, realistic goals for
student achievement. This could include a core curriculum. Teachers,
however, need to be allowed to work with the local school boards and
parents to determine how the goals will be met. Teachers should have a
greater say in the way their classes are conducted by allowing them to devise
the curriculum and select the appropriate teaching materials. Higher levels
should suggest a range of suitable materials. But the final decision should
be made at the local level by the teachers and local administrators.
F. Financial Aid for Higher Education
Our goal must be to ensure that no Arizona high school graduate who is
qualified to attend college will be denied that opportunity due to a lack of
financial assistance. Providing more money for student aid is one of the best
investments Arizona can make.
First, the state will be repaid with interest once the college graduate has
entered the work force. Second, when we let students from families of
limited means know that they will be given the opportunity to pursue an
education and land a well-paying, interesting job, we redirect many who
might otherwise turn to a life of crime, drugs or mediocrity. Make no
mistake: student aid is a winner for Arizona.
- Division of Higher Education Student Financial
Assistance -- I want to start a department that will coordinate all financial
assistance programs offered in Arizona. The Division of Higher Education
Student Financial Assistance will have a broader mandate than simply
administering the program for good students who are financially needy. It
would coordinate all financial assistance programs in addition to providing
outreach and counseling services for students and their families. It will
provide "one-stop shopping" for all college-bound students seeking financial
assistance of any kind.
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- Tuition and Books Scholarships at State Universities --
Qualified students should not be denied higher education because of
economic factors. I will, therefore, support legislation that provides free
tuition and books for any Arizonan who graduates in the top 5 percent of
his or her class and/or scores 25 or above on the ACT exam, provided he or
she comes from a family with less than $30,000 annual income. To maintain
the scholarship, the student must maintain a "B" average in college.
Arizona's future depends on an educational system that is flexible,
responsive, and internally competitive. We need a system which treats
teachers like professionals and encourages them to innovate and create new
educational possibilities. We need a system which provides resources for
financially limited students. We need a system that is singularly equipped to
rigorously prepare Arizona's future leaders. Finally, we need a system which
is passionately dedicated to educational excellence. We must make Arizona's
education system the very best in the nation.
G. Special Help for At-Risk Children
Efforts to provide our children with a quality education will fail if those
children arrive at school unable to take advantage of the educational
opportunities available to them. Arizona's children may be disadvantaged for
a variety of reasons. Some parents are indifferent to their children's
educational needs or are ill equipped for parenting. The children may have
learning disabilities, emotional problems, or physical handicaps; they may
come from non-English speaking homes and have language problems or be
the victims of racial or ethnic prejudice.
The principal goal of the National Governor's Association, which has been
endorsed by President Bush, is to have all children in America start school
ready to learn by the year 2000. I would like to see Arizona do its part in
accomplishing this goal. We should commit to providing preschool education
for thousands of disadvantaged 3- and 4-year olds who are left out of the
federal Head Start program. Currently, the federally and county-funded
Head Start serves only 17 percent of the 30,000 Arizona children who are
eligible.
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Educators have repeatedly shown that the best way to cut welfare and prison
costs and to create productive citizens, is to work with preschool children,
particularly from low-income and unstable homes. Although this kind of
preschool program will require state funds, the business community has
demonstrated its commitment to education by pledging $500,000 in private
funds for the program if the legislature agrees to fund it.
As a border state, we have a large population of children for whom English
is a second language. It is imperative that bilingual classes are available to
these children so they are not hindered by language difficulties and can enter
the educational mainstream. It is also essential that our public schools are
attentive to the health of their students. I advocate having an appropriately
trained nurse in each of our schools.
Preschoolers are not our only children in need. Only four states have a
higher drop-out rate than Arizona's 36 percent. Laws passed in other states
aimed at keeping students in high school by revoking their driver's license if
they drop out, have been successful. One state, West Virginia, has seen 900
dropouts return to school after implementing this law. Similar legislation has
been introduced in Arizona and I support it.
Thirteen Arizona teenagers under the age of 18 become pregnant every day
and teenagers are now taking their own lives at a higher rate than ever. In
fact, Arizona ranks second in the nation for adolescent suicides and is 86
percent higher than the national rate. These figures present an enormous
challenge to our schools, communities, churches and to all who deal with
adolescents. Several attempts to fund programs to deal with these problems
have not survived the legislative process. The need for solutions, however,
is pressing. I will improve the coordination of existing resources, improve
our behavioral health system and institute a statewide prevention effort as
a first step in addressing these problems.
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4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
TIME FOR A TURNAROUND
Arizona has virtually unlimited economic potential. I was first attracted to
this state not only because of its beauty, but because of its potential for
growth. Arizona is filled with people who have the vision, creativity and
energy to fuel a vibrant, expanding economy.
Because of the lack of strong leadership and a clear sense of direction,
however, Arizona's economic potential has not been realized. Today Arizona
is in a slump. In a 1989 report card given by the Washington-based
Corporation for Enterprise Development, Arizona was one of only four
states given an "F" for economic development policy. We were ranked 49th
in business support, 49th in development finance, and 49th in economic
development policy. The state's bungled efforts to attract business to
Arizona have repeatedly made front page news. Arizona's economic future
demands much better.
As a businessman, I understand the challenges and realities of doing business
in Arizona. I know that the goal of the state is to help business, not get in
the way. I want to bring back economic prosperity and stability to both
urban and rural Arizona. I want to help existing businesses and open doors
for those who have problems getting a start.
We must first focus our attention on fundamental changes. We must hold
the line on taxation so that businesses as well as individuals can prosper.
We must improve our educational system to provide a skilled and attractive
labor force for business. We must generate incentives for better employee
health care benefits; provide funds for effective marketing of this state's
potential; and greater input from the rural counties. We need a thoughtful,
long-range plan to get this state's economy back on the track.
A. Supporting Existing Businesses
I believe deeply in the economic power of creative, hard-working men and
women. As Governor, I intend to make the fostering and support of small
and mid-sized businesses a top priority. Since the late 1970's, extensive
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research has shown that the vast majority of new jobs in the U.S. are created
by small and young firms. The stronger and the more diverse Arizona's
businesses are, the more jobs they will create.
But instead of supporting Arizona's existing businesses, recent administrations
have focused on out-of-state recruitment prospects, trying to buy jobs by
offering million-dollar, non-repayable cash grants, and offering tax abatement
deals and other incentives that are not available to the state's existing
businesses.
The recruitment of new business investment is a critical element of any
economic development program. Even the most brilliantly conceived
recruitment campaign will be a waste of time and money, however, if while
we are chasing all over the country to recruit new businesses, companies that
are already here close their doors and leave.
Capital Creation
This past legislative session, the Arizona Capital Company Bill was
introduced. This bill would have created an effective mechanism for
encouraging capital formation. Without executive leadership to support this
legislation, the bill died in committee.
We can have all the dreams and strategic plans in the world to boost
economic growth but without capital we will accomplish little. With the
demise of the savings and loan industry and significant problems in the
banking sector, Arizona is faced with a liquidity crisis. The state should
evaluate using the concept of "linked deposits" to mitigate the problem.
Basically, the state would deposit funds in qualified financial institutions at
low interest rates. These institutions would then be required to write low
interest loans to Arizona businesses in targeted areas. Privatization efforts
like this can make a significant difference to our local economies. The state
maintains millions of dollars in interest bearing accounts. We should
consider using a small portion of these funds to assist the economy. As
Governor, I will push for legislation that will provide the seed capital which
is critical to help Arizona businesses grow and prosper.
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Regulation Relief
One of the problems thwarting business in this state is over-regulation.
Working with business organizations across the state, I will direct a
"regulation inventory" to find out where the state is putting up unnecessary
barriers that punish good businesses. Then I will work with the agencies and
the legislature to reduce the red tape.
Taxes
When tax structures are created, legislators know they must be concerned
about the reaction of individual constituents and they are made aware of the
wishes of large business by professional lobbyists. Unfortunately, the small
businesses don't have as large a voice and they are bearing the brunt of
taxes. As Governor, I will be sensitive to the need to avoid over-burdening
small business with taxes. I believe in private solutions instead of public
solutions. I believe we must do everything we can to nurture small business.
B. Supporting Minority Efforts
Success in business is frequently a measure of who you know as well as what
you do. Unfortunately, many of Arizona's minorities have been unable to
break into the established business culture because they lack information and
don't know where to get it. We can't afford to let ambitious and talented
people fail because they never had the chance to get in the door. As
Governor, I will continue the policies of inclusiveness I have always followed
in private business. I will make sure there is an organized effort to help
minorities start their own businesses and create business opportunities for
minority firms. I support the establishment of a procurement committee to
make sure minority owned firms get their share state business.
Minority groups will see role models in my appointments to state positions.
Special minority representatives will work with each economic development
program to ensure dissemination of information and give whatever help is
needed so that all Arizonans can reach their full potential.
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C. Women in the Workplace
In the past decade we have seen a revolution in the workplace. Women
hold positions at all levels of the public and private sector. Arizona's
economic future in the 1990's will depend in large part on the status of
women in both the workplace and society at large. As Governor, I intend
to ensure that the women of Arizona have equal access to all opportunities
that our state has to offer.
I strongly believe that a growing, dynamic economy is the single most
important factor to the future of all Arizonans -- especially women. An
expanding economy provides employment opportunity at all levels. It
provides both entry-level jobs for women entering the work force, and
advancement opportunities for those already employed. Still, there are
certain areas where I think we can do better.
Equal Pay for All Arizonans
I have always believed that a person should be paid relative to performance.
Sex, race, religion or disability have no bearing on the ability to get a job
done. In my business, I have always compensated employees based solely
on their job performance. I believe that this personal practice is simply right
and as Governor, I intend to guarantee that all Arizonans have protection
from discrimination in the workplace.
- Tougher Enforcement -- I will instruct the Attorney General to
vigorously prosecute any employer who pays female employees a lower wage
than their male counterparts for identical labor.
- State Pay Review -- As Governor, I will review state employee pay
policies to ensure that equal pay guidelines are strictly followed.
D. The RTC and the Real Estate Collapse
Every day, it seems, the cost of paying for the failure of the savings and loan
industry grows. We face the biggest disaster in public finance since the
Depression. Arizona has been particularly hard hit, having lost virtually all
of its savings and loan institutions to federal control. The RTC is faced with
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trying to sell billions of dollars worth of Arizona real estate owned by the
failed thrifts.
To emerge from this troubled situation, we need to pursue policies that will
lead to quick disposal of troubled real estate. We need to advocate seller
financing from the RTC since financing for real estate transactions in
Arizona has all but vanished. We need to encourage the reinstatement of
tax incentives at the federal level for the owning of RTC or repossessed real
estate. This will bring back the private syndication market and add price
support for a declining market. Finally, we must challenge federal regulatory
policies which are causing artificial declines in equity values and loan
portfolios in our financial institutions.
E. Restructuring Arizona's Economic Development Bureaucracy
Arizona's economic development has been stifled by too little leadership and
too much bureaucracy. Presently, there is little coordination between the
various entities entrusted with fostering economic growth. The Department
of Commerce must be made leaner and more focused.
In a Symington Administration, the Commerce Department will focus on
supporting existing businesses. The Department will give priority toward
helping new and smaller businesses, encouraging the formation of
development capital, providing rural areas of the state with economic
development and support, and identifying and correcting weaknesses in
Arizona's business climate. And through enhanced communications with
other departments, we can ensure that all departments of government focus
on common problems.
F. Tourism
Arizona's tourism industry pumps 5.5 billion dollars into the economy.
Imagine running a huge corporation that generated that much revenue and
only spending 5 million dollars promoting it! This is what we do in Arizona
and it makes no sense. As Governor, I will seek to triple this budget to 15
million dollars. It's important for us as a state to remember to always lead
with our strengths. Aggressive expansion of tourism is in order!
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A simple approach to promoting tourism is to establish welcoming centers
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to greet visitors and inform them of cultural and sightseeing opportunities.
We need to utilize our agricultural inspection stations for this purpose and
become more hospitable to tourists.
G. Transportation for the Future
Air and rail linkages are vital to any successful economy. With a view to the
future, Arizona can become a global player in the world of commerce. We
are already a major exporting state and also benefit from significant foreign
investment.
In order to capitalize on these opportunities, we must move forward with a
regional jetport. Whether we like it or not, we are in a world-wide
competition for commerce and we will need a 21st century jetport to keep
an edge.
Often overlooked is the economic potential of high speed rail linkages
between Tucson-Phoenix, Phoenix-Los Angeles, Phoenix-Las Vegas.
Magnetic levitation trains, called MAGLEV's, which operate at speeds in
excess of 250 miles per hour are the wave of the future. As Governor, I will
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Arizona.
H. Business Recruitment
The Governor is the chief economic development spokesman for the state.
The Governor's office is an essential force in enunciating economic
development policy and programs to both the appropriate governmental
agencies and the private sector. I plan to personally provide the leadership
necessary to encourage new businesses to relocate in Arizona.
With the Commerce Department focusing on in-state economic issues, the
responsibility for business recruitment will shift. The entity best equipped to
attract new, out-of-state business is the Arizona Economic Council.
Recruitment of new business is best accomplished by the private sector. The
best way to entice businesses to relocate to Arizona is to make existing
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businesses happy to be here. Businesses thriving in a sympathetic, low-tax,
pro-business environment will become the best salesmen for this state.
I. Establishing Advisory Boards from the Private Sector
Arizona is blessed with large numbers of competent businesspeople. We
should put this talent to work for us all. I will create advisory boards
comprised of individuals from small, mid-sized and large companies from
both rural and urban Arizona, we can utilize their knowledge and experience
to formulate sound economic policies. These individuals will advise my
Administration on policies that will encourage the establishment of new
businesses, stimulate the growth and expansion of existing businesses,
enhance the development of capital formation policies, and address the
special needs of businesses owned by women and minorities.
J. Local Economic Development Groups
More of the responsibility for economic development should be shifted to the
local level to increase responsiveness and effectiveness. Local communities
are best able to determine what needs to be done to enhance their economic
growth, and improve prospects for new job creation and investment.
Accordingly, a Symington Administration will channel more resources and
attention to these entities.
K. Rural Economic Development Advisory Council
What's good for Phoenix, is not necessarily good for the rest of the cities and
towns in Maricopa County or in greater Arizona. The Symington
Administration's Commerce Department will, therefore, include people who
come from all parts of the state and all segments of society. Policy must be
set by people who reflect the wide diversity of our state.
As Governor, I will form a council to advise my Administration on matters
related to the revitalization of rural Arizona's economy. This council will
include representatives from Arizona's rural counties, leaders from businesses
in these counties, and representatives from the state's rural economic
development entities and interests.
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L. A New Commitment to Communication
Arizona has a vast array of economic resources. We have talented business
professionals, a highly skilled work force and great universities and colleges.
I believe that it is important for these sectors to be in close communication.
These sectors have for too long had only informal means to communicate
and confer. The Department of Education, the Board of Regents and the
community colleges can work together with business leaders to offer courses
which meet our business needs. It is a governor's job to provide a formal
mechanism that will facilitate direct communication between those entities
and interests. By fostering this kind of communication, we can start an
incubation process that will result in some very creative strategies to help our
economy.
M. An Arizona Economic Roundtable
As Governor, I plan to invite leaders from small, large and minority-owned
businesses, labor leaders, as well as leaders from our academic community,
to a yearly roundtable on Arizona's economy. Such a roundtable will identify
key economic issues and concerns of the state. Such a forum will encourage
the communication necessary to enhance strong, continuing economic
development.
N. Arizona in a Global Economy
Arizona Department of Commerce figures indicate that over 30 percent of
all products manufactured in Arizona are exported. In addition, almost 90
percent of all Arizona cotton is exported as well as 25 percent of our citrus
production. These figures underscore the reality of the ever growing
interdependence of our state's economy with that of the global marketplace.
Foreign trade and investment play a major role in our state's economy. A
very significant share of our state's employment -- over 100,000
manufacturing jobs alone -- is directly dependent upon international markets.
We also profit from an estimated $1.5 billion in foreign investment in
Arizona.
We have, however, just begun to realize the enormous potential of
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international trade. There are huge economic benefits for existing business
to find markets outside Arizona's borders. We need to develop an
aggressive strategy to tap these markets and to attract foreign investment to
create new jobs in Arizona. This process is usually begun by opening trade
offices in the countries with whom we hope to do business. To date,
Arizona has established only one trade office -- in Taiwan. It is essential
that Arizona establish additional trade offices for us to do our part in
correcting our country's trade balance. Before doing so, we must first
organize our efforts. Our strategy should include:
- Coordination of the state's efforts with the private sector prior to
making any decision on future offices overseas.
- The City of Phoenix, Arizona Department of Commerce, City of
Tucson and City of Glendale have all sent trade missions to Japan. As
Governor, I will propose an annual trade mission for the entire state,
coordinating all such efforts.
- Maintenance of a joint legislative study committee on international
trade which would oversee the long-range strategic planning efforts for
international trade, investment and tourism for the State of Arizona.
Having done preliminary, organizational work, I will focus next on
establishing trade offices in the following countries:
1. Mexico -- Obviously a top priority as our largest export market
and because natural economic linkage.
2. Europe -- With the decline of the Soviet military threat, the
startling and dramatic changes in eastern Europe and the emergence of the
European Economic Community, this is probably the most exciting arena of
economic activity in the world.
3. Canada -- Our second best trading partner and tourism market
after Mexico, it is an important market for job creating investment for
Arizona as well.
4. Japan -- Without a trade office we cannot effectively trade with
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Japan and keep up with the 38 states who have established offices there.
In addition to trade offices, I will promote trade missions as an effective
means of generating export sales of Arizona products and services. Arizona
firms who produce complimentary products would schedule meetings with
potential buyers or distributors of the products. Because of the targeted
nature of the event it is easier to attract the interest of high ranking decision
makers in the foreign country where research has indicated that a market
exists for the Arizona firms.
Special attention should be paid to Mexico, a country whose importance to
our economy is growing. As a result of our proximity and our long-time ties
to the state of Sonora, we are in an ideal position to take advantage of the
proposed Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico.
Shoppers, investors and tourists bring large sums of money into our state.
The maquiladora businesses have proved a boon to border communities in
Mexico and the United States. As Mexico's economy strengthens and as its
policies encourage privatization and capitalism, we will have an economic
partner of increasing importance. As Governor, I will increase
communications with the Governor of Sonora and make sure the Arizona-
Sonora Commission is adequately funded and has a strong economic agenda.
Arizona's economic resources are first-rate. Our climate is ideal. Our
natural beauty is a magnet to people throughout the world. With these
advantages, plus sound economic policies, strong leadership, and a clear
sense of direction, we will provide economic opportunity, prosperity, and
security for all Arizonans throughout the 1990's.
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5. DRUGS AND CRIME: TIME FOR A NEW ATTITUDE
The drug problem is one of the most important challenges facing Arizona.
This problem threatens our future. Drugs are stealing the soul of our state
and nation. When Florida, with the help of the federal government, cracked
down on drug smuggling the drug lords looked for an easier point of entry -
- that place is Arizona. Thirty percent of the nation's drug supply comes
through Arizona. We have become the trampoline for drugs bounced out
of Mexico into the rest of the country. Unfortunately, not all the drugs leave
our state; they find their way into our schools and neighborhoods. These are
the shameful facts which we must change. They will change when I am
Governor of Arizona.
A. New Attitudes, New Tactics
There is no one solution to the drug problem. Rather, the situation requires
a variety of tactics.
- Fighting drugs requires a defiant attitude -- an attitude based on the
conviction that if we are courageous, resolute, and diligent in a strategy of
scoring small victories, we will achieve something significant over time.
- The war on drugs requires a coordinated law enforcement effort
dedicated to strict enforcement of current laws and the achievement of goals
shared at the state, county, and municipal levels. Arizona has been
designated as one of five national high-intensity drug trafficking areas. We
must take advantage of this dubious distinction and the 19 million dollars of
federal support it brings us. As Governor, I will establish a cabinet level
position to bring together the efforts of the National Guard, the Department
of Public Safety, the Department of Health Services, the Department of
Economic Security, and the Department of Education to focus on how
money and programs should be allocated. Together we must launch a
coordinated and directed effort to eliminate illegal drugs in our state.
- The fight demands a coordinated community effort as well. Parents,
educators, social workers, medical professionals, students and the rest of us
must commit ourselves to changes in attitudes and behavior at the family and
community level. We must be tenacious in our efforts to rid schools of drugs
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and alcohol.
- Our fight requires compassion. I intend to ensure that all drug-
addicted Arizonans who seek treatment have access to the best care possible.
While we must punish those people who use drugs, we must also show mercy
to the victims of drug abuse who want to quit. If we are willing to use a
number of new tactics to fight hard for even small victories, we can stem the
flow of drugs into Arizona.
I will use the Governor's office as a focal point for Arizona's drug war effort.
There are many organizations and groups working on the drug problem at
the federal, state and local levels. I will coordinate these efforts so that we
achieve maximum benefit.
We need a three pronged attack, consisting of prevention, enforcement, and
treatment. This will be my P.E.T. project.
Prevention
- Drug Free Rallies: As Governor, I will visit as many schools as I
can to lead well-organized, hard-hitting rallies aimed at helping children
make smart choices and convincing them that drugs are truly a dead end.
- Drug Education: Every school should have an effective drug
education program. Our universities should include drug education in their
teacher education curriculum.
- Jobs for Youth, Providing Hope: As Governor, I will propose the
creation of a program aimed at providing jobs for teenagers. Employers will
be asked to join in this program to provide young people with a positive
substitute for drug-related activities.
- Arizona Media Against Drugs: Why not enlist the resources of
Arizona's media in the fight against drugs? There is probably no more
powerful tool for influencing public attitudes. In Dallas, broadcasters
recently joined together in an innovative gesture of concern for their
community. They devoted an hour of prime time to broadcast a special
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program about Texas' war on drugs. The stations received an audience
share of over 70%! As Governor, I will meet with representatives from the
media and marketing community who are willing to devote their energy and
expertise to attacking the drug problem. Together we can deploy a powerful
new weapon in our war on drugs.
- Drug-Free Workplace: As Governor, I will insist that all state
departments have in place drug-free policies that mean business. Businesses
which receive state contracts or grants will be required to implement drug-
free workplace policies.
Enforcement
The drug lords have shown us no mercy. I will show none to them! I will
pursue drug dealers criminally, civilly and administratively. There will be no
sanctuaries in Arizona for drug dealers. I do not believe the drug laws can
be too tough. Punishment for serious drug offenses should include the
option of the death penalty.
- Law Enforcement Coordination: I will convene an executive level
conference of law enforcement agencies from the state, county, municipal
and federal levels. We will set common goals designed for a coordinated
assault to close the drug supply line into Arizona and prosecute those who
operate it at all levels.
- Drug-Free School Zones: Selling drugs anywhere is a serious crime,
but selling drugs to our school children is a tragedy that must be stopped.
The legislature has approved drug-free zones of one thousand feet around
our schools. I suggest anyone caught selling drugs or providing alcohol to
students inside this zone should receive double the maximum sentence. No
parole. No exceptions.
Distinctive Drug Free School signs would be placed around each school,
serving as a visible reminder of the defiant attitude every Arizonan needs to
exhibit against the menacing problem of drugs. These signs would emit a
positive signal, that this is where Arizona draws the line on drug traffic, and
they would send out a clear message -- stay away from our children!
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- Post Arrest Review: People arrested for drug offenses would have
all state benefits reviewed, including state licenses, scholarships, welfare and
health benefits. We will increase asset identification and forfeiture of drug
dealers' property.
- Drug Disaster Areas: The Governor should have the ability to
designate certain neighborhoods as drug disaster areas. This would provide
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a vehicle for increased prevention and education efforts, increased
enforcement, increased street and park clean up, and additional help in
identifying treatment, health and welfare options. Access to certain streets
could be controlled to deter drive-by shootings and limit traffic routes for
drug dealers. We need to support the efforts of citizens who are trying to
take back their neighborhoods from gangs and drug dealers.
Treatment
This state is filled with caring, compassionate people who help those in
distress. While we can and must fight the drug war mercilessly, we must also
treat its victims -- the drug addicted who are crying for help. They are not
walking away from treatment but often walk away from long waiting lists.
As Governor, I will work toward providing treatment for all who seek it.
The state will seek out and support drug rehabilitation and counseling
programs that are already at work in our state.
- Coordination: Just as I will work with law enforcement and
education leaders, I will work with public and private leaders in the drug
treatment community to map out a coordinated state-wide treatment strategy.
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- Corrections: Most hard core addicts come in contact with the
criminal justice system at some point in time. I will see that the Department
of Corrections provides substance abuse rehabilitation programs.
- Programs: We will identify a full range of treatment options and do
a better job of matching patient and program.
B. Crime
According to the U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Arizona now has the
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fourth highest rate of violent crime in America. Only Texas, Florida and
Washington, D.C., have higher per capita rates of murder, rape, assault and
armed robbery. This is completely unacceptable.
It is no secret that the drug problem accounts for the greater part of these
statistics. All crime, however, is not drug-related. As Governor, I will be
committed to reducing crime in all its forms, for Arizona must be a safe
place to live,
First, crime is frequently a response to economic hardships. A sound,
growing economy will provide hope and opportunity to those who might turn
to crime. Second, criminals are persons who have largely failed in our
educational system. My plan to reform Arizona's educational system will
keep students in school and enhance the self-worth of each student.
These reforms will reduce the number of teenagers who turn to crime
because the educational system has failed to interest and include them. Last,
we must realize that the current correctional system creates repeat offenders.
We must, therefore, create a prison environment which is truly "correctional."
New Approach to Arizona's Prisons
Prisons must do as much to reduce future crimes as they do to keep convicts
off the streets. While some convicts should never re-enter society, many can
do so, and Arizona's prisons should prepare them for a law-abiding life. I
do not believe that the current system is doing this well enough.
- Increase Inmate Labor -- Prisoners should be put to work. As Governor,
I will encourage private businesses to employ prisoners to work on tasks that
can be done within the confines of prison. Prisoners should be paid a wage
which will be used to help defray the cost of their incarceration and pay
restitution to the victim. The remainder can be deposited in a savings
account to be drawn upon after release. I also believe the state can increase
the already effective prison labor program on state projects. Non-violent
criminals can work on public land maintenance, and there are many other
possibilities to expand Arizona's existing prison labor program.
- Explore Prison Privatization -- As is the case in many prisons across the
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country, Arizona's prisons are over-crowded. New prisons must be built. I
believe that the private sector can build and operate prisons more efficiently
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than the state. Such private prisons would provide incarceration without the
burden of additional state expenditures, with the state merely paying a fee
for prison services. Such facilities have worked in other states. A Symington
Administration would explore this very workable option.
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Bringing Victims Back into the Judicial Process
For too long, the civil rights of criminals have been doggedly insured at the
expense of the victim of a crime. While our judicial system must protect the
rights of the accused, it should not consider those rights superior to those of
the victim.
- The Victim's Bill of Rights -- As Governor, I would support the adoption
of a Victim's Bill of Rights. Such a measure would provide a clear list of
rights that victims of crime would be entitled to in any judicial procedure.
I think it is time that Arizona made it clear to victims of crime that their
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rights are respected and guarded by our state judicial system.
Encouraging Careers in Law Enforcement
A career in law enforcement is one of the highest forms of public service
available in this country. We should encourage young people to explore a
career in Arizona's law enforcement forces.
- State Criminology Scholarship -- I will propose a limited number of full
tuition scholarships to state universities for outstanding students who wish to
study criminology.
- Greater Law Enforcement/School Cooperation -- I believe that officials
from the law enforcement community should play a greater role in Arizona's
schools. Officers should give presentations on topics like drugs and safety
in every grade, so the seeds of respect and mutual understanding are planted
early and nurtured continuously.
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6. IMPROVING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The Norman Rockwell version of the doctor-patient relationship is, for most
of us, long gone. The 1980's have seen a revolution in the financing and
structure of our system of medical care. Fundamental changes have taken
place in the way health care providers get paid. Dramatic changes have also
occurred in the way medical practices are organized. The growth in prepaid
group practices, "surgicenters" and the "unbundling" of hospital services are
indicative of the magnitude of the recent changes in the delivery system. As
consumers, we have been forced to swim in a health care alphabet soup in
which doctors' groups are called IPA's, medical diagnoses are called DRG's
and health insurance companies are referred to as PPO's or HMO's. Even
Arizona's health care program for the poor, which is known as Medicaid in
all other states, is called AHCCCS here.
The problems on the health scene are enormous and well-known to all of us.
The solutions are far less obvious.
While every Arizonan should have access to basic health care, we must first
decide what basic health care should include and then we must determine
how that care will be provided and funded. The next step is to develop a
long-range strategic plan for health care which not only sets forth what
services should be provided but also includes a realistic projection of the cost
of those services. All the participants must join in the process: The public
and private sectors; the state and federal government; small and large
employers; insurance carriers and health care providers. Finally, health care
consumers must also be part of this dialogue and must realize that their
willingness to participate will determine what kind of system we ultimately
have. The question of funding any program must always be addressed in
light of the budget deficit we face. Before considering any increase in
spending, I will make sure we are taking full advantage of all available
federal funds and expand on cooperative efforts between the public and
private sector.
The Legislature will, once again, wrestle with these issues during its next
session and I will strongly support and encourage their efforts. Further, I
will work closely with policy makers in the executive and legislative branches
of the federal government to ensure that Arizona's concerns are addressed
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in any solutions that are proposed on the national level. Several subjects
require particular attention.
A. The Uninsured
Access to care for the uninsured and under-insured is the biggest problem
facing health care today. The numbers of uninsured are growing and the
ranks are being swelled not just with the poor or the unemployed, but more
and more by the middle class. I believe the AHCCCS pilot program for
small employers is a promising start in the right direction. I strongly oppose
mandatory employer coverage; however, risk pools, waivers for coverage of
mandated benefits and coverage for people considered uninsurable due to
prior illnesses all need to be considered. The implementation of any of
these options must be accomplished with regard to their effect on the state,
its employers and its citizens.
B. Prenatal Care
Statistics showing that three dollars are saved for every dollar spent on early,
comprehensive prenatal care is a persuasive argument for expanding this
program in Arizona. We rank 45th in the nation in getting women into early
prenatal care and fourth worst in the nation for the number of women
receiving late care in pregnancy or none at all. These distressing statistics
translate into correspondingly high rates of infant mortality and low birth
weight babies who are at far greater risk of death or life-long problems. It
makes sense for both ethical and financial reasons to provide prenatal care.
The first stay in a hospital intensive care nursery costs an average of $29,000.
We must include, as part of prenatal care, special services directed at helping
drug addicted women. In 1989, 152 "crack" babies were born at Phoenix
Memorial Hospital. That number should double this year. This is an
expensive tragedy, the cost to the social service system is over $55,000 per
baby.
Prenatal care is an ideal area for public/private partnerships. In fact,
additional assistance from the state's businesses, private charities, health
organizations and related interest groups will be required if our maternity
services are to be improved. Several praise-worthy private sector initiatives
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are already underway. These programs point up the significant role the
private sector can play in improving prenatal care in Arizona. The state,
however, should not shirk its responsibility. It must underwrite prenatal care
for those who need it and are unable to pay for it.
C. Rural Communities
With respect to health care, rural counties must not be neglected. Clearly,
however, the rural areas are currently under-served. There are positive steps
being taken, such as the recent creation of the Maricopa Area Health
Education Center. This private agency will work to establish clinical
education sites in rural and under-served areas of Maricopa County for
students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, dentistry, radiology
and a host of related fields. This program will be funded initially by the
federal government and will look to state and local support for its
continuation. This kind of program should be expanded as needed
throughout the state.
We should also consider providing forgivable loans to students in the health
profession who are willing to practice in rural or under-served areas. I
would promote the training and greater use of mid-level practitioners to
serve these areas as well.
D. AIDS
Education is the key component to preventing AIDS. Many outstanding
educational programs could be implemented at little additional cost to the
state. Education should begin in schools, at appropriate developmental
levels, as part of standard health education. A combined effort on the part
of the state, private employers and families should be made to combat the
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spread of AIDS.
E. Mental and Behavioral Health
Arizona is in the process of adding substance abuse and behavioral health
services for AHCCCS-eligible children up to age 18. This is an important
first step in covering behavioral health services. Arizona must move forward
to expand this coverage to adults as well so that we can erase our shameful
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record as the worst state in the nation in funding for behavioral health.
Arizona needs to develop a comprehensive mental health system. It needs
to be a cost-effective, unified system which coordinates programs and
funding. I support the concept of a Department of Mental Health which
would report directly to the governor. This department would be responsible
for the delivery and coordination of all mental and behavioral health services,
including alcohol and substance abuse, for all age groups. This department
would also coordinate as many as possible of the state, county, municipal and
private sector behavioral health organizations, agencies, consumers and
families.
F. Individual Responsibility
The term "health care" is a misnomer to describe our system. What we have
is a disjointed payment model which determines how to pay for people's
medical expenses. We don't have a system which focuses on keeping people
healthy. Obviously, a humane government needs to provide for those unable
to care for themselves, but I think it is time to stress the individual's
responsibility for his or her own health. We need a state-wide program
supporting the holistic approach to health, emphasizing education about diet,
exercise and lifestyle. Greater emphasis on health education will certainly
save this state money over the long run.
G. Tort Reform
Skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance premiums are contributing greatly
to increased health care costs. I do not favor a limit on actual damages in
personal injury lawsuits, but some limits on damages for pain and suffering
and lawyer's fees are appropriate.
I favor a change in the Arizona constitution which would allow for tort
reform. Of course, a vote of the people would be necessary for this
constitutional change.
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7. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
The crisis of Arizona children and families is a denial of the values we as a
people profess to have. Investing in children and families will come first on
my list for concern and action.
A. Helping Arizona's Homeless
Families with children make up over one-third of Arizona's homeless
population, and are the fastest growing segment. A major cause of
homelessness is the lack of affordable housing. To deal with this problem,
I will support the creation of a housing authority to ensure the development
of low-income housing programs and oversee the Housing Trust Fund. This
fund, established from unclaimed bank accounts and utility deposits, would
be used to finance low-income housing projects. In addition, public-private
partnerships should be encouraged to create affordable housing. I would
propose that the state help finance builders who will agree to reserve 20%
of any residential project for low-income housing. I would also work to
reinstate federal subsidies to low-income housing which have been severely
cut over the last decade. The glut of real estate owned by the RTC have
created opportunities for churches and charitable organizations to help the
homeless. Programs have been initiated to purchase homes at reduced
prices and allow them to be used as transition homes for homeless families.
I support these efforts and envision the state's role as assisting with funding
and cutting the "red tape" to allow the private sector to be responsive to this
pressing need.
The 39th Legislature authorized the creation of an office within the
Department of Economic Security to address the issue of homelessness,
including coordination and assistance to public and private organizations that
serve the homeless. This office will submit an annual report to the
Governor. My goal would be to ensure that homelessness becomes and
remains a top priority. The Office for the Homeless can and should
maximize the federal and private funding available to us, and should provide
state-level policy direction and promote joint efforts by state agencies to
address the problem.
Many in our homeless population are employable individuals, but when they
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are without telephones, mailboxes, child care, or appropriate clothing, getting
a job can seem impossible. Existing job training and employment
opportunities must be made accessible to them. Programs offered by the
Arizona Department of Economic Security should have outreach components
and well coordinated resources such as transitional housing and child care.
Our community colleges are an excellent resource for providing job training
for the homeless and should be more fully utilized.
In addition, we should adopt programs shown to have been effective in other
states, which determine what services families need to hang on to fragile
living arrangements and avoid becoming homeless.
B. Child Care
One of the most significant trends in our labor force has been the increase
in the number of working mothers. This influx of women into the work
place and resulting changes in family structure has created a need for good,
affordable child care. Many Arizona employers have initiated child care
assistance programs and have benefited from a happier, more productive
work force with less absenteeism, tardiness and turnover. Legislation has
been passed which provides for a state income tax credit for employers who
provide day care facilities or assist their employees in obtaining day care.
I support this law and will urge expansion of the tax credit.
C. Legal Protection for Women
We should take steps to ensure that women are fully protected by Arizona's
legal system.
- Stiffer Penalties for Domestic Violence -- I believe that the present
system is too lenient toward men who abuse their wives. I will urge
legislation toughening existing domestic violence laws.
- Stricter Collection of Child Support Payments -- Divorce is difficult
enough on families without the added financial burden of uncollected child
support. When a husband is legally required to pay child support and
doesn't, the legal system should move quickly and firmly to compel payment.
As Governor, I will push for stricter enforcement of existing child support
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laws and, if necessary, propose more stringent guidelines.
D. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
In Arizona, Child Protective Services, a section of the Department of
Economic Security, is responsible for services designed to serve children and
families who are at risk of or who are victims of abuse and neglect.
Last year, Child Protective Services received 32,000 reports of abuse and
neglect. They are able to investigate only 1,450 cases per month. While the
numbers of child abuse reports are increasing, funding for Child Protective
Services and the broader child welfare system has lagged behind, leaving us
without the resources and services to do the job of protecting and caring
for those of our children who have no one else.
We must intervene with adequate funding and service, otherwise those who
are not helped at this juncture may become statistics in our behavioral health
or correctional system.
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8. PRIDE IN ARIZONA
Arizona has suffered through a period of intense political turmoil, followed
by a lack of focus and an inability to set priorities and deal effectively with
a number of problems. We can change this as we head into the new decade.
One of the most important tasks facing the next administration will be to re-
establish Arizona's image around the nation and the world as a place of
opportunity and a state where things are done right. Throughout most of its
history, Arizona has enjoyed a positive reputation. But in recent years our
state's image has suffered. Arizona's economic performance, drug problem
and political climate have all been discussed by the national news media. As
recently as last January, nationally syndicated columnist, George Will, wrote
an article about Arizona entitled, "Flat Earth Politics." Noting that "most of
the 3.5 million Arizonans are perfectly normal, walking-around Americans,"
Will observed, "They have had to get used to turmoil." In April, Time
Magazine ran an article about Arizona politics, and noted of our state, "It
is not a place for the politically faint of heart." This is hardly the image we
want to project.
A. Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr., Holiday
Arizona should celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr., the
way that 47 other states do. Dr. King is a great symbol for civil rights who
stood for equal opportunity and brotherhood. I am convinced that his
personal insistence on a course of non-violent protest spared this nation a
major bloodbath at a critical point in our history. He was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize. By refusing to celebrate the King birthday, a holiday
established by the U.S. Congress, Arizona sends an incorrect and harmful
signal that its citizens are insensitive to the civil rights of minorities. We
must establish an appropriate celebration of Dr. King's birthday.
B. Volunteer Services Project
We cannot expect others to feel good about Arizona until Arizonans feel
good about themselves. We need to rekindle state pride in our past, and
generate renewed optimism about our future.
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I propose to create a Volunteer Services Project within the Administration
to promote volunteerism in Arizona. There are limits to what government
can do for people, but there are no limits to what people can do for
themselves. Given a government that creates a climate where people are
encouraged to use their talents to their fullest, we in Arizona will make the
most of our opportunities.
The first program to be implemented by the Volunteer Services Project will
be a four-year Arizona Pride effort to encourage communities to research
their past, plan for their futures, complete community projects and invite
everyone who has ever lived in the community to return for an Arizona Pride
celebration in 1994. From Bisbee to Show Low and beyond, Arizona towns
are rich in history and tradition. We need to find ways to reach back and
find what it was that made Arizona such an interesting and promising
frontier land. The television stations could play an important role by
agreeing to air, as public service announcements, commercials in which
prominent Arizonans, as well as Arizonans in positions of responsibility and
authority, tell about some interesting aspect of Arizona's past.
In the 1970's, as America began preparations to celebrate its bicentennial,
television spots featured Americans from all walks of life and dealt with
aspects of our nation's past. We can start a similar program in Arizona.
History teachers throughout the state could provide scripts to the Volunteer
Services Project. The Arizona Historical Society could provide photographs
and other reference material.
As Governor, I will search for ways to restore pride in our state. It is
important that we re-establish Arizona's once positive image -- not just
because it helps our economic circumstances, but because we all have the
need to feel and believe that Arizona is a very special place in which to live,
work, and raise a family.
C. Cultural Diversity
The strength of Arizona is in its people. Arizona is a place where diverse
cultures meet. The descendants of ancient Native American inhabitants, the
Hispanic offspring of the Conquistadors, the great-grandchildren of sturdy
Mormon pioneers as well as recent arrivals from the Midwest all have the
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opportunity to work and live together in this the youngest of the 48
contiguous states.
In our diversity, in our commitment to an open society, affording equal
opportunity to everyone, without reference to race, religion, sex, or ethnic
background, lies our strength. No one's talents and abilities should go
wasted or undeveloped because of prejudice or bigotry. We must celebrate
our diversity and be proud of it.
In recognition of this legacy, I have supported the Martin Luther King
holiday and will continue to do so as Governor. I ask the support of all
Arizonans as we renew our dedication to the cause of brotherhood.
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