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The Houston Chronicle, August 23, 1992
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said there are no
plans to provide the voters with any details of the tax cut
proposal until after the election. But he denied that it was being
used as a gimmick to win votes.
""The purpose of it is to make the commitment to the American
people
so that when we win the election we know we have a
mandate to cut taxes, Fitzwater said, adding that specific
spending reductions to offset the tax cuts would be spelled out in
the president's budget next year.
He said Bush's tax cut proposal helps the president's
campaign in two ways. ""One, it draws a distinction between us and
Clinton. It tells people he wants to raise taxes, and we want to
cut them. And two, it gives us a mandate to cut taxes when we're
elected. That's the idea behind it.
In his speeches, Bush sought to remind voters about
allegations of Clinton's private life and other character issues,
although he stopped short of making any specific references to
allegations that have dogged Clinton's campaign for the presidency.
But he asked the crowds to remember that the November 3
election represents not only ""a choice between different agendas''
but ""a choice about the character of the man that you want to lead
this great nation for the next four years. 11
The president's comments were mild, however, compared to
Republican House Whip Newt Gingrich, who illustrated just how nasty
the campaign may become this year. In a warm-up speech before Bush
arrived in Woodstock, a suburb of Atlanta, he intensified the
Republican attack on Clinton and the Democrats by claiming that
actor-director Woody Allen and the Democratic Party share the same
kind of ""family values.
Allen, now in the midst of messy, public split from longtime
girlfriend Mia Farrow, has acknowledged having an affair with
Farrow's 21-year-old adopted daughter.
"Watch the Woody Allen case and you measure it, the
Georgia congressman said, suggesting that the Democratic Party's
platform language condones the kind of family situation represented
by the Allen-Farrow fight involving charges of sexual abuse.
""Woody Allen is not having incest with his non-daughter for
who he has been a non-father because they have a non-family,'' said
Gingrich, who also described the Democratic Party as ""increasingly
weird.
His comments, however, surprised the Bush campaign, which
sought to distance the president from the remarks.
""That's Newt's stuff, said one campaign official. ""The
president doesn't agree with that comparison at all. 11
Gingrich's comments also seemed to bewilder the crowd, who
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The Houston Chronicle, August 23, 1992
grew impatient as they listened to Gingrich and other local
speakers while standing in a pouring rain waiting for Bush. After a
while, they'd had enough and began shouting for Bush to take the
stage.
"We want Bush; we want Bush, 11 they yelled. Bush, throwing
off his coat and tie, rolled up his sleeves and launched into his
own critique of Clinton and the Democrats.
Bush's visits here and in Georgia on the second day of a
post-convention swing through the South were aimed at boosting his
chances in the South, where Clinton is threatening to break the
hold the Republicans have had here through the last three elections.
A poll by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed Clinton
still leading in the South by some 18 percent. Clinton, according
to a Los Angeles Times and a Time magazine-CBS News poll, also
leads Bush nationally by 8 to 11 percent.
The latest polls represent a significant narrowing for the
president, who apparently struck a chord with voters when he
promised in his acceptance speech at the Republican convention in
Houston to cut taxes if re-elected.
"We have been contending all along that once the president
entered the political battle fully, which he did starting with his
acceptance speech in Houston, that the dynamic of the race was
going to change,' Bush campaign spokesman Tony Mitchell said.
GRAPHIC: Photo: President Bush waves a doll of first lady Barbara Bush,
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MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
LATEST MICHIGAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and FACT CHANGE
Acknowledgements for Michigan as of 8/25 (11:30 a.m.)
Governor Engler and wife, Michelle
Susie Heinz, Director of Southeast Region for Governor
Engler's office. She will emcee, taking the place of Brooks
Patterson, the Oakland County Executive, who broke his
ankle. Brooks is not expected to come.
Betsy DeVos -- new National Committee Woman
Local Candidates (blanket acknowledgement)
We single out some individual candidates later in the draft.
ADD Nick Smith in that litany of names. (Smith is a
congressional candidate, running unopposed -- so he will be
in.) Joe Knollenberg has cancelled. Charles Vincent will
be a greeter at the airport, but now doesn't think he'll
make it to the event. You probably should mention these
guys anyway, even if they won't be there.
Catholic Central HS Band -- will play as POTUS walks in.
MoTown Band called "22." Will perform before POTUS arrives
and as he leaves.
Canton VFW Color Guard.
Pom pom girls and baton twirlers from local area schools.
FACT CHANGE
Change welfare language to:
"Later today, I will approve welfare waivers (note the "s") --
giving Governor Engler the authority to improve welfare programs
by rewarding work, increasing responsibility and strengthening
families -- historic reforms that change welfare from a handout
to a helping hand."
He is not signing just one waiver. This change is per Engler's
office and Gail Wilensky.
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STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I am pleased that my Administration has approved Michigan's
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request for welfare waivers. This will allow Michigan to put in
initiate place a new system of incentives for welfare recipients that
strengthens families and encourages greater self ^ sufficiency.
Families will be strengthened by encouraging employment and
by allowing two parent families to receive assistance as long as
they meet a financial needs test. Currently, one parent must have
worked but only for a limited time in order for the family to
receive welfare. Additional amounts of earnings will also be
allowed before welfare payments are reduced and the earnings of
children will not be counted in determining whether the family
can receive welfare.
Child support collections will be pursued aggressively.
Non-custodial parents who are not fulfilling their financial
responsibility will be required to participate in an activities
leading to self- sufficiency such as completing high school, being
involved in job training or participating in community service.
Self- sufficiency will also be encouraged by requiring all
welfare recipients to participate in some type of productive
effort for at least 20 hours each week. These efforts can
include working, job training, education or participation in
community service.
Michigan's reforms also create incentives for parents to
make sure their young children attend school. Welfare parents who
fulfill this responsibility will receive higher payments than
those who fail to see to the education of their young children.
implied
These and other reforms will allow Michigan to change their
welfare program from one that tolerated long term dependency to a
program that encourages
all those Americans in need a chance to
a handart to a helping hand, giving
discard long term dependency for a life
of Renewed purpose and dignity.
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Congress won't like it. The editorial writers might call it
a "ginnick." But I think the American people vent the power to
say to Congress -- if you won't out the deficit, you'll do the job
for you.
our economy is in transition -- I know many workers in
Michigan and other places are concerned about whether they will
have a job next year. They want to learn new skills, but they
can't afford the cost of training.
Just yesterday, I unveiled a new program -- called skill
Grants -- which would give workers in certain industries $3,000 -
- to go out and buy training on their own. The philosophy here
isn't to empower bureaucracies -- but empower people - NO they
can stay ahead of economic change.
And speaking of empowering people, we must reform our
velfare system -- to give people a chance in life. Later today I
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will approve walfare waiver -- giving Governor John Engler the
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authority to experiment with welfare programs that will keep
families together -- and reward work, not welfare.
We need to make these reforms -- if we are going to be able
to count on the talents of every American in the new economic
competition.
A balanced budget amendment. A line-item vato. Legal
reform. I have put many of these reforms before the Congress --
and that's exactly where they've stayed. Because the U.S.
Congress has become the "Gridlock Congress." The House of
Representatives has been controlled by the same party for 38
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RE:
Number of welfare waivers which the President is signing
CORRECTION
Later today I will sign 21 welfare waivers - giving Governor John Engler the
authority to improve welfare programs by rewarding work, increasing responsibility
and strengthening families -- historic reforms that change welfare from a handout
to a helping hand.
CLAIRE: Please note the President is signing 21 welfare waivers, not just one as
written in your original text. This may be verified through Gail Wollensky in the
White House, who worked on this issue with us. Thanks for your help.
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Provost
Presidential Remarks
Canton, Michigan
25 August 1992
Thank you and good afternoon everyone.
It's great to be in Canton -- a booming town, a dynamic town
-- a town that has faced challenges and overcome them.
Canton proves what we all know in our hearts -- America's
best days are ahead of us.
Last Thursday at the Republican convention in Houston, I
laid out a central challenge to our nation -- to win the global
economic competition -- to win the peace.
America must be a military superpower -- an economic
superpower -- and an export superpower.
In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do
this. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already
have. Ours is to look forward -- to open new markets, to prepare
our people to compete, to restore our social fabric, to save and
invest as a nation -- so that we can win.//
Look at one issue -- how to balance the demands of our
economy with the demands of our environment? See what both
candidates have to offer.
In Arkansas, Governor Clinton's record on the environment is
-- to be charitable -- a little less than stellar. Listen to his
own Chairman of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology
2
Commission -- who said that the Arkansas laws are so lenient
that: "if California was operating on the laws of Arkansas, you'd
probably have to wear a gas mask."
Is it any wonder -- that Arkansas ranks 50th -- dead last -
- in the nation in environmental policy -- according to a study
by the Institute For Southern Studies?
But in his zeal to capture his party's nomination, Governor
Clinton has gone all the way to the other extreme -- he has
turned green. But if Governor Clinton has his way, green could
soon be the color of many Michigan auto workers.
In a speech at Drexel University on April 22, Governor
Clinton talked about a more ambitious federal regulation he
supports, involving fuel standards for cars. He said: "in my
administration
we'll accelerate our progress toward fuel
efficient cars and seek to raise the average goal for auto-
makers to 40 miles per gallon by the year 2,000, 45 miles by the
year 2020. "
Remember, this is not George Bush paraphrasing. This is
Bill Clinton -- exact quotes.
What will happen if we raise these so-called CAFE standards
this high? Well, a couple things. There will be more highway
fatalities. Foreign car companies will gain a competitive edge
on their U.S. counterparts. And as a result, companies will pull
up stakes, and take their factories and their jobs overseas.
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According to the Auto Manufacturers Association -- in
Michigan alone -- 40,000 workers would go from the assembly line
-- to the unemployment line.//
These workers will have someone to talk to while they wait.
Because they' 11 be joined by the more than two and a half million
Americans put out of work by the Governor's new economic plan,
including 700,000 workers put there by the payroll tax to pay for
his backdoor government takeover of our health care system.
Governor Clinton calls this orgy of new taxes and spending -
- "moderation." I say that if this is moderation -- I'm Daniel
Webster.
The Governor likes to say he "puts people" first. He
doesn't mention that it's first on the unemployment line.
But it's even worse than it sounds. In that same Drexel
speech -- Governor Clinton had effusive praise for a certain book
-- by Senator Al Gore. Since then, of course, Senator Gore has
gone on to take a prominent role in the Clinton campaign.
Now, what does Senator Gore say in his book that Governor
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Clinton loves so much?
Well, on page 325, he makes an interesting comparison -- he
says that the car industry -- and I quote -- "poses a mortal
threat to the security of every nation, that is more deadly than
that of any military enemy we are ever again likely to confront."
Now I'm not making this up. Remember the old Stephen King
novel -- Christine? The one in which a car becomes inhabitated
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by evil spirits -- and devours a town? The Clinton-Gore team
appear to look at every car as a haunted threat to humanity.
This would be funny, if it weren't so serious. If one out
of six jobs in America today weren't in someway tied to the car
industry. If this philosophy -- of tax and spend, regulate and
regulate -- weren't going to make it impossible for us to win the
economic competition.
I've been an environmentalist all my life. As President --
I fought for and won revision of the Clean Air Act -- so that our
children can breathe easier.
I was criticized by big business -- and by
environmentalists. But I believe I found the middle that works.
The Clinton-Gore team may claim they are in the middle of
the road -- but their bus is careening toward the left shoulder.
I'm not going to let this happen to America.
I stand for something different. For a program that begins
with a freeze on all unnecessary federal regulations -- so that
businesses can create jobs and get this economy moving again.
I think the federal government spends too much of your
money. So I'm fighting for a line-item veto -- and a balanced
budget amendment to the Constitution. And I've submitted
proposal after proposals to cut federal spending, only to have
Congress say -- "no."
So last week, I unveiled a new idea -- to give you the right
to check your tax return -- to use up to 10 percent of your
income tax for just one purpose -- to reduce the budget deficit.
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Congress won't like it. The editorial writers might call it
a "gimmick." But I think the American people want the power to
say to Congress -- if you won't cut the deficit, we'll do the job
for you. //
Our economy is in transition -- I know many workers in
Michigan and other places are concerned about whether they will
have a job next year. They want to learn new skills, but they
can't afford the cost of training.
Just yesterday, I unveiled a new program -- called Skill
Grants -- which would give workers in certain industries $3,000 -
- to go out and buy training on their own. The philosophy here
isn't to empower bureaucracies -- but empower people -- so they
can stay ahead of economic change.
And speaking of empowering people, we must reform our
welfare system -- to give people a chance in life. Later today I
will sign a welfare waiver -- giving Governor John Engler the
authority to experiment with welfare programs that will keep
families together -- and reward work, not welfare.
We need to make these reforms -- if we are going to be able
to count on the talents of every American in the new economic
competition.
A balanced budget amendment. A line-item veto. Legal
reform. I have put many of these reforms before the Congress --
and that's exactly where they've stayed. Because the U.S.
Congress has become the "Gridlock Congress." The House of
Representatives has been controlled by the same party for 38
6
years -- and it is blocking the change that can move this country
forward.
Let me give you just one example.
We know our schools have to improve -- if our kids are going
to compete with the Japanese, the Germans and the British.
I believe competition can be a force for good in education,
just as it has been a force for greatness in American industry.
Earlier this year, I sent a proposal to Capitol Hill -- my
GI Bill for Kids -- to encourage states and localities the
flexibility to allow parents, not the government, to choose the
schools their kids attend -- whether public, private or
religious.
A couple weeks ago, this proposal came before Congress, and
they killed it.
Why did this noble idea fail? It failed, according to news
reports, because the Democratic leadership didn't want to give me
credit for a new idea in education.
One of those Democratic leaders represents this District --
his name is Bill Ford.
Bill Ford has stood against school choice -- and just about
every education reform I have put forth.
Bill Ford has been in Congress for 27 years. When Bill Ford
first entered Congress, Gilligan's Island was a new TV show.
Gilligan was just starting out on his "three hour tour." Bill
Ford has been on a 27-year-voyage -- I think it's time he found
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land. It's time to take the whole U.S. Congress: and do what
those brooms say -- Clean The House!
I never thought I would say this publicly, but America needs
a "geek" in Congress. So send Bob Geake [GEEK] to Washington
and get this country moving again.
will hot
And while we're at it -- let's send Charles Vincent, Dick
Chrysler, Megan O'Neill, and John Gordon, and Frank Beaumont, and
not
don't forget Joe Knollenberg and John Pappageorge [Pappa George].
Nick
Give me some members of Congress who share our faith in progress,
Smith the
not politics.
This election is about choices, but ultimately it is about
future.
The other day -- we were in Alabama -- a crowd of about
20,000 people waiting in the rain. My friend Lee Greenwood was
with us. And as Lee started to sing -- "I'm proud to be an
American" -- I looked out in the crowd -- and saw a little girl -
- couldn't be more than four or five -- perched on her dad's
shoulders, waving a little American flag and singing.
This election is about that little girl, and all the kids in
this crowd, and all the kids across America.
Do we want them to grow up in an America that is stronger,
safer, and more secure. You bet we do. And with my ideas, and a
new Congress, we can make it happen.
God bless Michigan and God bless the United States of
America.
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Environmentalists, FROM:
officials concede
'green report' right
Report
Continued from Page One
BY BOBBI RIDLEHOOVER
Terry Horton, executive di-
low ranking was accurate.
Democrat Staff Writer
4193
rector of the Arkansas Wildlife
"We deserve to be low on
Researchers were justified
Federation, said legislation
the list. It doesn't mean Arkan-
in giving Arkansas poor marks
was passed on solid waste is-
sas has dirtier air than Califor-
for overall environmental
sues, but the restructuring of
nia, but if California was oper-
health and for state policies on
the Arkansas Pollution Control
ating on the laws of Arkansas,
]
the environment, several state
and Ecology Commission was a
you'd probably have to have
a
officials and environmental-
failure.
gas mask." Mason said.
ists agreed Monday.
"Restructuring PC&E is not
State Sen. Nick Wilson of
They were reacting to a new
anything anybody ought to be
Pocahontas and state Rep.
nationwide report that ranks
bragging about," Horton said,
John W. Parkerson of Para-
the state near the bottom on an
especially since Clinton's ap-
gould were among several peo-
environmental report card.
pointments to the commission
ple who said Arkansas' envi-
"I think they are probably
killed any hope conservation-
ronment had been "taken for
right, sad to say," said state
ists had of reform.
granted."
Rep. Pat Flanagin of Forrest
The report, the "1991-92
City,
Green Index: A State-by-State
"Everybody is becoming
"We call ourselves "The Nat-
Guide to the Nation's Environ-
more environmentally con-
ural State,' and it's about time
mental Health," said Arkansas
scious," Wilson said, predict-
we start to live up to the image
has the nation's worst record
ing the next legislative session
in our state policies," Flanagin
for state policies on the envi-
would produce good environ-
said. "It would be kind of hard
ronment.
mental legislation.
for me to say we've been mis-
It also ranked Arkansas 48th
"I think we are beginning to
judged."
in the nation for overall envi-
realize we have to protect our
But Gov. Bill Clinton com-
ronmental health.
environment to keep it the way
plained that the report didn't
"I think it was accurate
it is," Parkerson said.
consider recent reforms.
myself," said Ruby Brown of
Mason noted that Arkansas
"None of this figures in
Jacksonville, an environmen-
had been on the bottom in sev-
what we did during the legisla-
tal activist. "It's a shame, be-
eral such environmental stud-
tive session," Clinton said.
cause we have a governor who
ies.
Bob Hall, director of re-
claims he is an environmental-
"It sends our (PC&E) depart-
search for the Institute for
ist."
ment scurrying trying to prove
Southern Studies, which wrote
State Attorney General Win-
we don't fall in the last two or
the report, said it didn't in-
ston Bryant said he was dis-
three," Mason said. "We ought
clude 1991 data for Arkansas
turbed by the report and
to take it on face value. We fall
- or for any other state.
called Arkansas' ranking "a
where we fall because of the
"Arkansas is doing what
shame."
kind of environmental regula-
other states did five years
"I have asked my staff to ob-
tions and enforcement and the
ago," Hall said.
tain a copy. We intend to study
amount of toxic waste that
"I'm glad they are doing
it with an eye toward making
goes into streams."
something," be said, adding
an effort to correct some of the
Horton said the state still
that because some environ-
problems," Bryant said.
has a good environment, but
mental legislation was passed
Richard Mason of El
Arkansans don't react "until
in 1991, that doesn't mean the
Dorado, chairman of the PC&E
there is a problem, and that is
state will improve in the rank-
Commission, said Arkansas'
sad."
ings.
D
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8/13/91
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Canton, MI
Thank you and good afternoon everyone.
It's great to be back in Canton -- a booming town, a dynamic
town -- a town that has faced challenges and overcome them.
Canton proves what we all know in our hearts -- America's
best days are ahead of us.
Last Thursday at the Republican convention in Houston, I
laid out a central challenge to our nation -- to win the global
economic competition -- to win the peace.
America must be a military superpower -- an economic
superpower -- and an export superpower.
In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do
this. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already
have. Ours is to look forward -- to open new markets, to prepare
our people to compete, to restore our social fabric, to save and
invest as a nation -- so that we can win. //
Look at one issue -- how to balance the demands of our
economy with the demands of our environment? See what both
candidates have to offer.
In Arkansas, Governor Clinton's record on the environment is
-- to be charitable -- a little less than stellar. Listen to his
own Chairman of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
-- who said that the Arkansas laws are so lenient that if
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have to wear have a gas mask.' "
Is it any wonder -- that Arkansas ranks 50th in the nation
in environmental protection policy -- according to the Institute For
Southern Studies?
But in his zeal to capture his party's nomination, Governor
Clinton has turned green - which, if he has his way, green could
soon be the color of many Michigan auto workers.
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In a speech at Drexel University on April 22, Governor
Clinton talked about a new federal regulatory effort, to insure
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accelerate our progress toward fuel efficient cars and seek to
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raise the average goal for auto-makers to 40 miles per gallon by
the year 2,000, 45 miles by the year 2020. "
Remember, this is not George Bush paraphrasing. This is
Bill Clinton -- exact quotes.
What will happen if we raise so-called CAFE standards this
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someone to talk to while they wait. Because they 11 be joined by
the nearly 2.6 3 million people put out of work by the Governor's new
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payroll tax to pay for his backdoor government takeover of our
health care system.
Governor Clinton calls this orgy of new taxes and spending -
- "moderation." I say that if this is moderation -- I'm Daniel
Webster.
The Governor likes to say he "puts people" first. He
doesn't mention that it's first on the unemployment line.
But it's even worse than it sounds. In that same Drexel
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speech -- Governor Clinton had effusive praise for a certain book
-- by then-Senator e Al Gore. Since then, of course, Senator Gore
has gone on to take a rather prominent role in the Clinton
campaign.
Now, what does Senator Gore say in his book that Governor
Clinton loves so much?
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Well, on page 325, he makes an interesting comparison -- he
says that the car industry -- and I quote -- "poses a mortal
threat to the security of every nation, that is more deadly than
that of any military enemy we are ever again likely to confront."
Now I'm not making this up. Remember the old Stephen King
novel -- Christine? The one in which a car becomes inhabitated
by evil spirits -- and devours a town? The Clinton-Gore team
appear to look at every car as a haunted threat to humanity.
This would be funny, if it weren't so serious. If one out
of six jobs in America today weren't in someway tied to the car
industry. If this philosophy -- of tax and spend, regulate and
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regulate -- weren't going to make it impossible for us to win the
economic competition.
I've been an environmentalist all my life. As President
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I fought for revision of the Clean Air Act -- so that our
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children can breathe better.
My effort was criticized by big business -- and by
environmentalists. But I believe I found the middle that works.
The Clinton-Gore team isn't in the middle -- their bus has
left the highway -- and is traveling down the left breakdown
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I'm not going A let this happen to America.
I stand for a program that begins with a freeze on all
unnecessary federal regulations -- so that businesses can create
jobs and get this economy moving again.
I think the federal government spends too much of your
money. So I'm fighting for a line-item veto -- and a balanced wheel of
budget amendment to the Constitution. Last week, I unveiled a
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new idea -- to give you the right to check your tax return -- to
use up to 10 percent of your income tax for one purpose -- to
reduce the budget deficit.
Congress won't like it. The editorial writers might call it
a "gimmick." But I think the American people want the power to
say to Congress -- if you won't cut the deficit, we will./ /
Here's something else I'm fighting for -- reform our legal
system. Take an ax to the system that allows so many crazy
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lawsuits. As a nation, we must sue each other less -- and care
for each other more.
I have many of these reforms up before the Congress -- and
that's exactly where they've stayed. Because the U.S. Congress
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has become the "Gridlock Congress." It been controlled by the
same party for 38 years -- and it is blocking the change that can
move this country forward.
Let me give you just one example.
We know our schools have to improve -- if our kids are going
to compete with the Japanese, the Germans and the British.
I believe competition can be a force for good in education,
just as it has been a force for good in American industry.
Last year, I sent a proposal to Capitol Hill, which would
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give local school districts flexibility in determine whether they
want to allow parents to choose the schools they're kids attend,
A couple weeks ago, this whole issue came before Congress,
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and they killed it.
Why did this noble idea fail? It failed, according to news
reports, because the Democratic leadership didn't want to give me
credit for a new idea in education.
Certain members of Congress put politics ahead of our
students. One of those members happens to represent Michigan in
the U.S. Congress. His name is Bill Ford.
Bill Ford is a pet of the National Education Association.
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He has stood against every education reform I have put forth.
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Again and again -- he has stalled and delayed -- procrastinated
and pontificated.
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long. It's time to grab a broom, and sweep up Congressman Ford
and all the other Gridlockers. It's time to: Clean House.
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This election is about choices, but ultimately it is about
the future.
The other day -- we were in Alabama -- a crowd of about
20,000 people waiting in the rain. My friend Lee Greenwood was
with us. And as Lee started to sing -- "I'm proud to be an
American" -- I looked out in the crowd -- and saw a little girl -
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shoulders, waving a little American flag and singing.
This election is about that little girl, and all the kids in
this crowd, and all the kids across America.
Do we want them to grow up in an America that is stronger,
safe, and more secure. You bet we do? And with my ideas, and a
new Congress, we can make it happen.
God bless Michigan and God bless the United States of
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HEADLINE: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
TO Á NATIONAL AFFAIRS BRIEFING
DALLAS, TEXAS
KEYWORD:
BUS DALLAS
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PRESIDENT BUSH: (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
(Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very, very much. (Applause.) Thank you.
Thank you, Adrian. (Applause.) Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you very much.
Hey, listen, this is a non- political gathering. Thank you. It's simply --
life is not fair. FOr me to get up here after Dr. Adrian Rogers (sp), one of
the great religious leaders of this country, it just doesn't seem fair. Adrian,
thank you, sir, for that introduction. I mean, seven standing ovations in the
(introduction?)? My heavens, what's going on here? (Laughter.) But I'd -- I am
so pleased to be here. I have great respect for the man that did the
introducing and so many here with us tonight.
I'd like to recognize a true fighter for the American family. I heard him when
Barbara and I were standing in the wings, we heard him, and I'm talking about
one of this nation's truly great and I would say spiritual governors, Governor
John Ashcroft of Missouri. (Applause.) He gets it own his own, and also from
his wonderful dad that is 50 well known to, I'm sure, many people here. Thanks
to Denay Varnum (sp) for that singing, and the First Baptist Church Choir and
orchestra for that assist from The Battle Hymn of the Republic. And may I
salute, I think, Congressman Sam Johnson of Dallas and Dick Armey of a
neighboring district are here with us tonight. Both doing a superb job.
(Applause.) And -- (applause) -- of course another old friend for Barbara and me
now doing a superb job for this city, Mayor Steve Bartlett. You're lucky to
have him. You Dallas folks are lucky to have him as your leader.
(Cheers/applause.)
And in my line of work, loyalty and friendship really count and I want to single
out Dr. Jerry Falwell who is with us tonight because he sure fits that
description as far as the Bush family goes. (Applause.) And I'm sorry that I
missed Dr. E.V. Hill (sp), who -- I was with him in his church in South Central
out there in Los Angeles. I understand he just wowed them here tonight, but
here's a real man of the cloth and a man I respect enormously. (Applause.) I
wish he were here now. (Applause.)
And, of course, special thanks to our organizer and wonderfully dedicated
chairman Ed Mackateer (ph), our -- (applause) -- the man I was sitting next to,
he and I go back many, many years out here in Texas, that's -- he was reminding
me of a meeting we had some 36 years ago out in West Texas, Ed Drake (sp),
chairman of the National NAB -- or is he the local chairman? -- which are you?
-- local chairman, all right. And Dr. Jack Graham (sp), he chairman of the
ministerial committee, and let me just say it's a pleasure to be
here. And I've got a very difficult assignment. I plan to fulfill it to the
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letter.
I was told that this is a non-political event. We're just coming off of a
fantastic campaign swing, 50 I'm going to cool it down, though, and talk about
things that I think are near and dear to our hearts. You see, we meet tonight
at a time of great change. It's exciting change. Makes me wish I were about 40
years younger at times. In both the world and our nation, this change is
exciting. And changes are taking place and they literally defy the imagination.
I remember ten years ago, when one of God's great soldiers, a friend to all
here, I'm sure, visited Europe and the Soviet Union and returning to America,
Dr. Billy Graham predicted that freedom would at last tyranny; (he'd sensed?)
something as he traveled across that monolithic communist empire. And the
doubters said he'd been tricked. But Dr. Graham, Billy, knew something they
didn't. He knew the chains of oppression forged by men were no match for the
keys to salvation forged by God. And over the -- (applause) --
And over the past three and a half years, bayonets have been no match for the
righteousness of God. Now, look to Bulgaria, where at last people wish "Merry
Christmas,' not only in the privacy of their homes, but in public, in the
street. Look to Russia, where a cathedral that was called the All -- All Union
Museum of Religion and Atheism now houses God's Apostles. Or the former East
Germany where Bible studies are like blue bonnets in Texas in the spring.
(Applause.) They're busting out all over. (Applause.)
In a season of thanksgiving, the world says grace, by God's providence, the Cold
War is over and freedom finished first. (Applause.) And because of the changes
that have been wrought outside our nation, our children and our grandchildren
now sleep in the sweet sunshine of peace. And now, it is our challenge, it is
our sacred challenge to build for them a nation that is as secure from the
inside as it is safe from the outside.
I met not -- (applause) -- I met not long ago with some of the mayors of our
great cities in this country who are the directors or the executive board of the
National League of Cities, and I asked what was the root of the ills with which
they are afflicted in these cities, problems like crime, drug abuse,
unemployment, and the could have complained of the lack of government money but
the didn't. They could have complained of the lack of government programs, but
the didn't. These mayors, including those from the other party, liberal,
conservative, Republican, Democrat, large city, small city, said that all their
problems could be traced to the breakdown of the American family. And I would
add -- (applause) -- and I would simply add to that an erosion of traditional
moral and religious values on which our very nation was founded and some want us
to get away from that -- (applause).
Some want us to get off of that theme, get away from that. I simply cannot do
it. It is too fundamental -- leave out the election -- it is fundamental that
we restore and strengthen the American family. (Applause/cheers.)
This week you saw a very charismatic, dynamic, insightful Bush family member
appear on television and talk to the nation. I'm speaking, of course, of our
First Lady Barbara -- (laughs) -- (applause) -- and by the way -- (applause) -
and -- but by the way, I recall the Book of Proverbs says that "Grandchildren
are the crown of the aged." Well, I wouldn't quite put myself up there with the
aged yet -- some will, but I don't put myself there -- I must tell you I feel
like I was wearing a crown the other night when I listened to one of our
grandkids, George P. speak to this nation. (Applause.)
I -- this is a family night here, and I hope you'll understand how emotional
Barbara and I felt when we saw this little guy get up. I asked him ahead of
time, "Are you scared?" Oh, no, no, no. He wasn't scared at all. And -- but he
carried it off well, and he spoke from the heart and then yesterday we were over
in -- over in Gulfport, Mississippi, and then at this marvelous country music
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town of Branson, Missouri, and we saw signs -- we saw signs, "George P. in
2024. II "Viva Bush." It's wonderful this politics. (Applause.)
But you know, in a tough political year, it's been pretty tough, let's face it.
And all the criticism, it all subsides, it all gets into proper perspective when
you see you own grandkid up there and can take pride in what your family does.
You know, Barbara in her speech said something I remember, she said to us,
family means putting your arms around each other and being there. Now, those
are truly words of insight and wisdom, and when I speak of family values, of
restoring a little moral and religious fiber to our nation's diet, my opponents
accuse me of mouthing slogans. BUt it is no slogan that American remains the
most resolutely religious nation on God's great earth. And it is no slogan to
say that America will always occupy a special place in God's heart. (Applause.)
But that is true only as long as we keep him in a special place in our hearts.
(Applause.) So -- (applause) -- thank you all.
And 50 I believe that now that the world has become more like America, it is
time for America to become more like herself. And that means strengthening the
American family and, yes, it means increasing our faith in God. (Applause.)
Government -- (applause ) -- government policy can make a difference, and that's
why I've fought for changes, some that (we?) were generous enough to talk about
in our welfare laws, to encourage families to stay together, fathers to stick
around, children to be able to save a little money when their mother's on
welfare so they can get themselves educated. We've got to change the way the
old welfare has worked. And when Congress was considering a new law
giving parents help with child care, I fought to make sure that parents would be
able to choose the child care provider of their choice. (Applause.)
And I fought especially hard and we were successful on this one to allow care
provided in religious settings. We had a fight, but we won that fight.
(Applause.)
You see, when it comes to deciding who should care for children when parents are
working, I believe government doesn't know best. Parents know best. Parents
should choose. (Applause.)
The same is true of education. I've spoken often of roots and wings. Wings, of
course, are the subjects our children learn, math, science, English, that allow
them to make their way in our complex world economy. But just as important are
the roots, the moral values taught around the kitchen table or in our churches.
And yes, Dr. Rogers (sp) said, I believe in our schools. For without roots --
(applause) -- for without roots, our children will never fly in a moral and good
direction.
Many parents want their children to attend religious schools, but they simply
can't afford it. And so I'm fighting for a GI bill for children. It will give
federal money to working parents so that they can choose the best school for
their children and the choice should include all schools, public, private, and
religious. (Applause.)
I happen to believe that just as we fix our economy and improve our schools
we've got to strengthen our moral foundation. And if I could make one political
comment, I was struck by the fact that the other party took words to put
together their platform but left our three simple letters: G-O-D. As you may
have heard, Governor Casey of Pennsylvania was also shut out of the convention
because he wanted to talk about the rights of the unborn, and at least he's in
good company. My party's platform is different. We are proud to celebrate our
country's Judeo-Christian heritage, unrivaled in the world. (Applause.)
And -- and while you're still standing, may I say -- as I said, I happen to
believe that all human life is precious, born or unborn. (Applause/cheers.)
And I think it's ridiculous that a 13 year old girl here in Dallas has to get
her mother's permission to get her ears pierced in a mall but can get an
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abortion without telling her mom and dad. (Applause.) That doesn't make sense
to me. And I don't believe it makes sense to most Americans. (Applause.)
And something's wrong when kids can get birth control in school but can't say a
prayer in school. (Applause/cheers.)
And if Congress can debate the merits of Vanna White appearing on the Home
Shopping Network, surely Congress can find enough time
to pass an amendment to allow our kids to thank God. And 50 I call on the
Congress again, and I'll keep calling on them to pass a constitutional amendment
allowing voluntary prayer. (Applause/cheers.) Let us bring the faith of our
fathers back to school.
These are the kinds of issues that I care about, and certainly I know you care
about, and SO I'm not going to be dissuaded by the critics who call family
values a cliche, who say that family values have no place in our national
debate. I will ignore those who would rather not talk about a moral revival in
America, because I believe it is as important as any other challenge that we
face. And Barbara and I have -- (applause) -- Barbara and I have criss-crossed
the country today. Started out in Missouri, went to Georgia, spent our
afternoon in Birmingham, Alabama, where a crowd of 20,000 people were kind
enough to wait in the rain to see us.
And as we came out on the stage, singer Lee Greenwood (sp) was just beginning
that marvelous anthem, you know, a beautiful version of the song "I'm Proud to
Be An American," and as I looked over the crowd -- the rain was pouring down,
falling -- and I saw a little girl with blonde ringlets perched upon her dad's
shoulders. And she had a little ball cap on her head and an American flag in
one hand. And as Lee Greenwood (sp) began to sing, she began to wave the flag
and I looked down and in her other hand she had scrawled a sign. And all the
rain had smudged the ink; I could still make out the words: "I love America;
America loves God." And that little girl -- (applause) -- that little girl will
grow up in a world filled with miracle medicine, a world where all the volumes
of all the books in the Library of Congress will be able to be stored on one
tiny little disk.
And while scientific progress is good, it is my fervent hope that she will also
come of age in a nation where family is always first and where the creator is
worshiped above all else. And that is -- (applause) -- and that is ---
(applause) -- and that is what has made America the greatest nation on God's
earth, and it is our faith which will guarantee that the sun never sets on our
nation.
I'm just delighted to have been with you. Thank you for inviting us. And may
God bless this most wondrous land on the face of the earth, the United States of
America. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. (Applause/cheers.)
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HEADLINE: REMARKS BY GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON (D-AR)
AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT
PHILADELPHIA, PA
KEYWORD:
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BODY:
GOV. CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. President, Professor Hellion (sp),
Professor Spetila (sp). Doctor Spetila (sp), as he already told you, is biased
in my favor because he was educated in Arkansas and his brother went to college
with me, 50 you should probably discount some of what he said - (laughter) --
but not too much, I hope.
Before I get into my remarks, I think it is only appropriate to introduce one
other person to this audience, one of my best supporters and one of the most
distinguished public servants in the United States, your United States Senator
Harris Wofford. Senator Wofford, please stand up. (Applause.)
Twenty-two years ago today, thousands of Americans marched and met and spoke out
across our country to raise a new concern onto the nation's agenda: the
protection of America's environment. That first Earth Day in 1970 awakened our
nation to a ticking of a different sort of biological clock, a clock that
measured the careless degredation of air, our water, our land, our natural
resources. Many of you here in this audience were perhaps not even born on that
Earth Day in 1970. And it's worth recalling the whirlwind of change and
progress that followed that day.
Within just two years, our nation created the Environmental Protection Agency,
passed the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts, and banned DDT.
For my generation, it was a heady and hopeful experience.
Two decades later all those efforts now seem dwarfed by the enormity of old and
new threats to our communities, our resources and our planet. We restricted
open dumping into our rivers, but now we see hypodermic needles washed up on our
beaches. We banished lead from our gas tanks but still find it concentrated
where the children of our cities live and play. We pinpointed the nation's
toxic waste dumps but have still only cleaned up a handful of them. We
confronted the acid rain killing our trees, but not the rush of development
still wiping out the wetlands at home and the rain forests abroad. We stopped
building nuclear power plants, but our addiction to fossil fuels still is
wrapping the earth in a deadly shroud of greenhouse gases. We opened our eyes
to the threat posed by oil-soaked beaches, smoggy skies and burning rivers, yet
still we struggle to comprehend the less apparent dangers, such as the invisible
hole in the distant ozone layer that allows unseen rays to plant the microscopic
seeds of cancer.
The question that falls to your generation is this: Will the march that began 22
years move forward or will WE stand in place? Over the past generation much has
changed in our thinking. I grew up in a small Southern state, as Dr. Spetila
(sp) has said, close to the earth. I still remember as a very small boy
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harvesting corn with one of my great uncles and watermelons with another. I
remember playing in a massive pile of sawdust in an old country sawmill when we
still believed in selective cutting of trees and my grandfather was a night
watchman there. I still can recall cutting my own Christmas tree in the forest
with my stepfather. I still remember when the weather got warm, how even after
we moved to town, WE had to get used to the centipedes and the tarantulas and
the spiders and the snakes being as close as a foot away and learning to figure
out how to make them our friends and not our enemies.
And a few days ago when I lost my voice and my doctor ordered me home, I
remember how grateful I was that my enforced rest came still in the springtime
when I could go home and be among the dogwoods and the redbuds in blood. Most
of the time when I was a child I was never more than 10 minutes from the woods
and I often went there just to walk and be alone. But I also think that, like
most members of my generation, I worried more about the lack of economic
opportunity for our people and I took for too long too much for granted.
But now, children teach their parents to sort their garbage. Children teach
their parents a lot. My daugher made me a card for Easter. It was a beautiful
card and it said, "Dear Mom and Dad, I love you" and it had a lot of drawings.
On the back she had stamped it and it said, "Chelsea Clinton Environmental
Press." Every week when I'm home she's teaching me some new habit that will
permit me to be a more responsible citizen. Colleges like Drexel train young
people in environmental engineering. Even now, at McDonald's a Big Mac. comes in
a recycleable cardboard container in a recycled paper bag.
Yet while most Americans have changed their thinking, the thinking of our recent
leaders has not changed too much, because for more than a decade we've had no
national energy strategy, no national environmental strategy, no real economic
strategy to capture the markets of the future with new technologies that are
energy efficient and environmentally sound.
Within the past decade, climatic changes, ozone depletion, and other global
environmental problems have emerged as threats to our very survival. Dependence
on foreign oil has been the cornerstone of our energy policy, and oil imports
now make up half our trade imbalance. The collapse of communism and the end of
the Cold War have created new markets and a new urgency for environmental
cleanup around the world. We now have an unprecedented opportunity to protect
our earth and to make our economy grow.
Too often, on the environment, as on SO many other issues, the Bush
administration has been reactive, rudderless, and expedient. Under our last two
presidents, presidential leadership on the environment has become an endangered
species. George Bush promised to be the environmental president, but a photo op
at the Grand Canyon is still about all we have to show for it. He made the
Boston Harbor a prop in his exceedingly negative campaign in 1988, but four
years later he's done precious little to help clean it up. He promised no net
loss of America's wetlands, and tried to hand half of them back over to
developers. He invoked Teddy Roosevelt's devotion to preserving our natural
heritage, then called for the opening of the Artic Wilderness to oil drilling.
He talks about the need for an energy policy, then went to Detroit on the eve of
the Michigan primary to promise our automakers that he wouldn't raise the fuel
efficiency standards for American cars. He called for an international summit
on the environment, but now he is single-handedly blocking an historic meeting
in Rio de Janeiro of a hundred nations to control global warming.
Now, just yesterday I read in the paper that he wants to make another one of his
patented attack ads, this time about problems along the White River in Arkansas.
Well, we're trying to clean up the White River, and I welcome the President's
attention. Though I would say, Mr. President, when you return from Rio -- if
you go to Rio I hope you'll make a trip to northwest Arkansas, like Dr.
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Spetila did 50 many years ago. Come to the White River. I'll show you what the
problems are and what progress we've made. I'll show you rivers you can fish
in. I know you like to do that. And streams that your children can swim in.
And if you really want to clean up the problem, I'll make a deal with you.
We'll outline the federal and the state responsibilities and get results in
cleaning up one of the most wonderful rivers in this country. Our people in
Arkansas are tired of the politics of blame. But I will not let this become the
Boston Harbor. So, Mr. President, if you want to place the blame you're going
to have to shoulder some of it, too. (Applause.)
Let me clear: I do not believe President Bush is bent on destroying the
environment. But his views were shaped in another era when the world faced
other threats and economic growth and environmental protection were seen as
mutually exclusive. I spent the last decade and then some as governor of a poor
state, fighting to keep jobs and make up for lost time. I know how much our
people are hurting after the longest recession and slowest economic growth in
the last 50 years.
In the '80s, frankly, I also faced the old short-term tradeoffs between jobs and
the environment, tradeoffs which were made tougher by federal cutbacks in aid to
clean up the environment and a lack of clear national policies in areas which
allowed states to be played off against one another in jobs versus the
environment conflict. And in that context, I made the choice from time to time
for jobs because my state was a poor one without either enough jobs or enough
federal help to clean up the environment.
But over the years, as I have worked in this area I have come to learn something
that George Bush and his advisors still don't understand. I've come to reject
the false choice between economic growth and environmental protection. Today, I
honestly believe you cannot have a healthy economy with long-term prospects
without a healthy environment and that you don't have to sacrifice environmental
protection to promote economic growth.
Sustainable development is more than a slogan. Our competitors know you can't
have one without the other. One of the reasons German factory workers make 25
percent more on average than American workers is that their economy uses half
the energy for the same unit of industrial output. Japanese companies enjoy a 5
percent competitive advantage in the global marketplace because of greater
energy efficiency. Our competitors are rushing to develop new environmental
technologies that will enable them to capture the market of the future. Only
the United States is heading toward the 21st century without a long-term
strategy to achieve sustainable economic growth.
The Bush administration doesn't understand that perpetuating this false choice
between environmental protection and economic growth is bad for the economy and
bad for the environment. Our lakes will be dirtier, our air more dangerous,
because George Bush put Dan Quayle in charge of the Competitiveness Council, a
group which lets major polluters in through the back door at the White House to
kill environmental regulations they don't like.
And what is most disturbing is that they call that competitiveness. That is,
they have given up already before the fight begins on the notion that good
environmental policy can be good for our competitive position in the world. And
I think it is because it requires us to change, something this administration
hates.
Over the long run, the Bush administration isn't doing the American business
community any favors by pretending that energy efficiency and improved
environmental protection are at odds with economic growth. If we're going to
compete and win in the global economy, if we want to improve our quality of life
as well as our standard of living, we need to learn to use environmental
protection as a tool for growth. That's what I've tried to do in recent years
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in our state. As Governor, I've worked hard to pursue both environmental
protection and economic growth. In my first term I took on one of the state's
strongest special interest when I tried to focus our utilities more on
conservation than construction of new power plants. It was a tough fight.
Today they call that approach least-cost planning. And nearly half the states
use it to conserve resources, save rate-payers money and make utilities money.
Back then the name didn't exist and the utilities fought it tooth and nail. But
by the end of the '80s in my state they'd come around, and Arkansas consumers
and businesses will save lots of money in the '90s because of least-cost
planning.
We've done some other things, too. We set up one of the nation's first
state-level recycling paper programs, helped establish nearly 40 new wildlife
preserves and parks to protect our rivers, forests, wetlands and prairies,
created a new state-wide reforestation program that has planted an extra 25
million trees in the last two years. We've also provided Arkansas businesses a
30 percent tax credit for installing waste reduction and recycling facilities, a
measure that is protecting Arkansas' environment and creating Arkansas jobs.
There was a time in this country when environmental protection was viewed as at
best just a necessary burden to bear. Today it's just not true. Technology has
changed, the states have changed and it's time for our thinking to change, too.
In today's economy, there doesn't have to be a tradeoff between growth and
environmental protections, because we have the tools and the need to choose
both.
What we need today is a new covenant for environmental progress. That covenant
that is built on a new commitment to leave our children a better nation, a
nation whose air, water and land are unspoiled, natural beauty undimmed, whose
leadership for sustainable growth is unsurpassed. This new covenant will
challenge Americans and demand responsibility from all of us, from individuals,
families, communities, corporations and government agencies, to do more to
preserve the quality of our environment and our world.
This new covenant should have three priorities: First, exerting American
leadership to protect the global environment; second, preserving the quality of
our environment here at home; and third, finding ways to promote innovative
growth consistent with firm environmental goals.
The first part of the new covenant for environmental progress must be for the
United States to exert international leadership for the health of the whole
planet. The Cold War is over, and we have entered a new era in which threats to
our security are less evident but no less dangerous than ever before. As
Senator Gore has dramatized in his recent and very fine book, "Earth in the
Balance," if we do not find the vision and leadership to defeat the
unprecedented new threats of global climate changes, ozone depletion, and
unsustainable population growth, then those threats may defeat us instead.
Senator Tim Wirth of Colorado told me just yesterday on the phone that in the
aftermath of the Cold War the earth itself was the last remaining superpower,
and we had better stop trying to defeat it, or it would defeat us instead.
(Applause.)
This June, the nations of the world will meet in Rio de Janeiro to negotiate
reductions in their output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses to end
the destruction of the ozone layer and to find rules for sustainable development
to ensure that our species does not outlive its welcome on this planet. Nearly
a hundred heads of state have already firmly committed to attend. But just
yesterday, the President said he simply couldn't decide whether to go or not.
We've seen eight of the hottest years in the history of our planet in the last
decade -- one of them in this room today. (Laughter.) The world's rain forests
are disappearing at the rate of one football field per minute. An ozone hole
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is growing over Kennebunkport. And the leaders of nearly every nation on earth
are waiting while the President of the United States makes up his mind whether
to act. I think this is one foreign trip President Bush can't afford to miss.
(Applause.)
If the President does decide to go, simply showing up is not enough. Unless he
leads the US in fighting against global warming and removing the obstacles that
he himself has put in the way of a climate change treaty, nothing can come of
the Rio meeting.
President Bush should commit the United States to limit carbon dioxide emissions
to 1990 levels by the year 2000 and to join in new efforts to protect the
planet's biodiversity and preserve its forests. Senator Gore says in his book,
"This is now our most important global environmental challenge."
In a Clinton administration, the United States would take the lead in
promoting sustainable development. We'll call on major banks and multilateral
institutions like the IMF and the World Bank to negotiate debt for nature swaps
that allow developing nations to reduce their crippling international debt
burden by setting aside precious lands.
I believe we should explore setting up the international equivalent of the
Nature Conservacy here in America, a fund contributed to by developed nations
and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world to purchase easements in
the rain forests for medical research. These easements and the profits from
them from the new drugs that would come out of the research could make not
developing the forests more profitable than tearing them down.
We can also lead the quest for sustainable development by supporting efforts to
stem global population growth. As Al Gore noted in his book, it took 10,000
generations of mankind, 10,000 generations, to produce two billion people. Yet,
in my lifetime, we will see that number triple. The earth's resources and
delicate ecosystems are straining and breaking under this unsustainable burden.
President Bush himself was once a very strong supporter of global population
growth limits, and I think it's shameful that he has now blocked our
contributions to those efforts simply to appease the anti-choice wing of his own
party. I would restore - (applause) - I would restore United States funding
for the UN population stabilization effort and US foreign aid for Planned
Parenthood.
But we cannot lead the fight for environmental progress abroad unless we also do
more here at home, all of us. The United States constitutes just 5 percent of
our world's population, but we consume over a quarter of its oil. We must
reduce our oil consumption and increase our energy efficiency dramatically if
we're going to lead the fight against global warming, sharpen our competitive
edge in trade, and reduce our vulnerability to cutoffs in foreign oil.
For the past 11 years, we've had no national energy policy. In my
administration, we'll have one beginning the day I take office. We'll
accelerate our progress toward fuel-efficient cars and seek to raise the average
goal for auto makers to 40 miles per gallon by the year 2000, 45 miles per
gallon by the year 2020.
We'll increase our reliance on natural gas, which is inexpensive, clean burning,
and abundant in the United States and which can reduce our carbon dioxide
emissions. I'll start with an executive order, following the lead of Governor
Ann Richards from Texas, to purchase natural gas-powered vehicles for the
federal fleet. (Applause.)
We'll push for revenue-neutral incentives that reward conservation and make
polluters and energy wasters pay more. California, for example, has proposed
giving purchasers of fuel-efficient cars rebates paid for by special fees on
those who buy gas guzzlers. We'll invest more in the development of renewable
energy resources. Federal funding for renewables has dropped from $850
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million to $114 million in the last decade. We need to reduce -- to revitalize,
excuse me, the solar energy research work in Colordo. There is no reason why 60
percent of the Department of Energy's money should still be going to nuclear
research, with nuclear power and fossil fuels getting most of the rest. We'll
encourage the use of new energy resources --- wind and solar -- and new ways to
get results out of the sources we already have. In our administration we'll
designate as wilderness the Arctic National Refuge and stop the crusade for new
drilling off our coast. (Applause.)
As part of the effort to convert some of our old Cold War military spending to
civilian purposes, we will use research and development funds to develop light
rail which can speed travel, save fuel and provide transportation for people
less able to afford it.
And finally, we'll make energy conservation and efficiency central goals in
every field of policy -- in designing offices, planning communities, building
plants, designing transportation systems and regulating utilities. My goal is
to improve our overall energy efficiency by 20 percent by the year 2000.
(Applause.)
We also need a policy to prevent pollution. Since 1970 we've made great strides
in controlling pollution at the (pipe ?), regulating how much could be dumped
and where. Now we need to expand our efforts earlier in the process and move
from control to prevention. One of our most urgent challenges is to reduce the
amount of solid waste WE generate.
A Clinton Administration will find new ways to prevent pollution in the first
place. We'll give credits to companies that recover a portion of their waste
and penalize those who don't. We'll create incentives for firms and governments
to recycle and use federal purchasing power to create markets in recycled
material. We will pass a national bottle bill to encourage recycling by
creating small deposits on all glass and plastic bottles.
To improve the quality of our water, we need to turn greater attention to the
polluting effects of water running off our agricultural fields, city streets and
suburban developments. Let me stop and say here that -- it's not in my text -
that this is a great source of problem in my state and every other agricultural
state. There are no national clean water standards dealing with nonpoint
pollution, so states are often encouraged to be played off against one another.
What we really need are national standards for nonpoint source pollution and
incentives that will unleash the creative and technological potential of our
firms, our farms and our families to reduce and prevent polluted runoff at the
source. That is the next big challenge in clean water. (Applause.)
We also need to strengthen our effort on toxic waste. The Superfund program has
been mismanaged. We spent $13 billion to clean up only 80 of the 1200 worst
dump sites, with much of that money squandered on legal fees and cost overruns
to contractors who bought Rolex watches and art for their wall.
The Superfund program was a historic breakthrough in 1980. In my first term,
our state was the first in the nation to have an EPA-approved hazardous waste
management program. Superfund enabled us to contain the most immediate risks
and provided a powerful deterrent against toxic dumping. Now those of us who
care about the environment must take the lead in exploring every possible
improvement that might get more sites cleaned up sooner for less without letting
responsible parties off the hook. (Applause.)
We also need to improve America's resources by preserving our natural heritage
for future generations. As President, I'll protect our old growth forests and
other vital habitats and make no net loss promise on wetlands a real reality.
I'll rededicate the agencies that manage our national parks and wilderness land
to a true conservation ethic. And I'll expand our efforts to acquire new
parklands and recreational sites with funds already available under the
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Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Every year, millions of Americans vacation in our national parks, from Yosemite
to Yellowstone. They deserve an administration that cares about our parks as
much as they do.
All of our efforts to improve America's resources ultimately depend on
enforcement and public awareness, and our administration will stop shortchanging
the EPA's enforcement effort and ensure that we hold companies and polluters
responsible for their behavior. And when corporate executives deliberately and
willfully violate environmental laws that cause grave damage, they must pay the
price. The third priority I want to mention 15 a need to bring powerful market
forces to bear on America's pollution problem. Many of our environmental
problems in the past were based on command and control approaches to regulation
that told firms how much pollution to produce and what kind of technology to
use. While that approach produced some important successes, it also on occasion
stifled innovation by locking firms into a specific kind of equipment and
increasing regulatory costs and burdens by making such a detailed and inflexible
set of requirements that no options were available.
I think it's time for a new era in environmental protection which uses the
market to help us to get our environment back on track, to recognize that Adam
Smith's invisible hand actually can have a green thumb. While we need to
maintain -- I thought that was a pretty good line. Didn't you? (Laughter,
applause.) While we need to maintain tough guidelines and goals for reducing
pollution, charging companies for their pollution would give them a daily
incentive to find progressively cleaner technologies and manufacturing
processes. In certain settings, this results-oriented approach can cut
compliance costs, shrink regulatory bureaucracies, enlist corporate support,
take environmental policy away from specialists and lobbyists and open it up
more to the general public.
But freeing up our companies to find cost-effective pollution control methods is
not the only step we need to take. It is time we recognize that environmental
technology will be one of the most vital and profitable sectors of the 21st
century economy. The market for environmental technology and services is
already around $200 billion a year. And developing nations will need to install
a trillion dollars' worth of energy technology in the next 15 years alone.
Unfortunately, we're losing the battle for those markets. In 1980, the United
States had three-quarters of the world's sales of solar technology. In 1990,
German and Japanese competition had cut our share from 75 to 30 percent. We
need to recognize that green economics is a booming business. As president,
I'll ensure that the nation that pioneered the environmental movement will be
the world's foremost producer and exporter of environmental technologies and
services by the end of this decade. (Applause.)
As I have travelled across this great country of ours campaigning for president,
I have been struck by the yearning I see among Americans of all backgrounds, all
incomes, all races, to be united again together in common purpose. If there is
one thing that has united Americans across dozens of generations, it is the
feeling that we all have for our rich and expansive land.
Our forebears were passionate about it. They were farmers and pioneers who made
these two billion acres we call America the canvas of their dreams. Their
stubborn and protective love of the land which flows like a mighty underground
current through our national character down to the present day is what burst
into fruition in America on April the 22nd, 1970. And it was the wellspring for
one of the most important marches for progress we have known in our time.
Yet, for over a decade, that progress has been arrested. And for too many of
those years, we have walked backward in too many areas. Too many times, we were
told that trees cause pollution and that sunglasses are the best answer to the
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ozone problem. And far too many times, we were divided against ourselves, told
to choose between quality of life and standard of living.
I believe now it is time to move past those false choices to unite our nation
again, to resume our progress for the land we cherish, the values we share, and
the only earth we have. A generation ago, the conservationist Aldo Leopold
wrote, "History consists of successive excursions from a single starting point
to which man returns again and again to organize yet another search for a
durable set of values. One of the starting points for America will always be
our devotion to our natural heritage, and today I ask all of you to join me in
beginning again an excursion from that starting point. Thank you very much.
(Applause.)
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Canton, Michigan
25 August 1992
Thank you and good afternoon everyone.
It's great to be in Canton -- a booming town, a dynamic town
-- a town that has faced challenges and overcome them.
Canton proves what we all know in our hearts -- America's
best days are ahead of us.
Last Thursday at the Republican convention in Houston, I
laid out a central challenge to our nation -- to win the global
economic competition -- to win the peace.
America must be a military superpower -- an economic
superpower -- and an export superpower.
In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do
this. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already
have. Ours is to look forward -- to open new markets, to prepare
our people to compete, to restore our social fabric, to save and
invest as a nation -- so that we can win. //
Look at one issue -- how to balance the demands of our
economy with the demands of our environment? See what both
candidates have to offer.
In Arkansas, Governor Clinton's record on the environment is
-- to be charitable -- a little less than stellar. Listen to his
own Chairman of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology
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Commission -- who said that the Arkansas laws are so lenient
that: "if California was operating on the laws of Arkansas, you'd
probably have to wear a gas mask."
Is it any wonder -- that Arkansas ranks 50th -- dead last -
- in the nation in environmental policy -- according to a study
by the Institute For Southern Studies?
But in his zeal to capture his party's nomination, Governor
Clinton has gone all the way to the other extreme -- he has
turned green. But if Governor Clinton has his way, green could
soon be the color of many Michigan auto workers.
In a speech at Drexel University on April 22, Governor
Clinton talked about a more ambitious federal regulation he
supports, involving fuel standards for cars. He said: "in my
administration
we'll accelerate our progress toward fuel
efficient cars and seek to raise the average goal for auto-
makers to 40 miles per gallon by the year 2,000, 45 miles by the
year 2020. "
Remember, this is not George Bush paraphrasing. This is
Bill Clinton -- exact quotes.
What will happen if we raise these so-called CAFE standards
this high? Well, a couple things. There will be more highway
fatalities. Foreign car companies will gain a competitive edge
on their U.S. counterparts. And as a result, companies will pull
up stakes, and take their factories and their jobs overseas.
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According to the Auto Manufacturers Association -- in
Michigan alone -- 40,000 workers would go from the assembly line
-- to the unemployment line. //
These workers will have someone to talk to while they wait.
Because they'll be joined by the more than two and a half million
Americans put out of work by the Governor's new economic plan,
including 700,000 workers put there by the payroll tax to pay for
his backdoor government takeover of our health care system.
Governor Clinton calls this orgy of new taxes and spending -
- "moderation." I say that if this is moderation -- I'm Daniel
Webster.
The Governor likes to say he "puts people" first. He
doesn't mention that it's first on the unemployment line.
But it's even worse than it sounds. In that same Drexel
speech -- Governor Clinton had effusive praise for a certain book
-- by Senator Al Gore. Since then, of course, Senator Gore has
gone on to take a prominent role in the Clinton campaign.
Now, what does Senator Gore say in his book that Governor
Clinton loves so much?
Well, on page 325, he makes an interesting comparison -- he
says that the car industry -- and I quote -- "poses a mortal
threat to the security of every nation, that is more deadly than
that of any military enemy we are ever again likely to confront."
Now I'm not making this up. Remember the old Stephen King
novel -- Christine? The one in which a car becomes inhabitated
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by evil spirits -- and devours a town? The Clinton-Gore team
appear to look at every car as a haunted threat to humanity.
This would be funny, if it weren't so serious. If one out
of six jobs in America today weren't in someway tied to the car
industry. If this philosophy -- of tax and spend, regulate and
regulate -- weren't going to make it impossible for us to win the
economic competition.
I've been an environmentalist all my life. As President --
I fought for and won revision of the Clean Air Act -- so that our
children can breathe easier.
I was criticized by big business -- and by
environmentalists. But I believe I found the middle that works.
The Clinton-Gore team may claim they are in the middle of
the road -- but their bus is careening toward the left shoulder.
I'm not going to let this happen to America.
I stand for something different. For a program that begins
with a freeze on all unnecessary federal regulations -- so that
businesses can create jobs and get this economy moving again.
I think the federal government spends too much of your
money. So I'm fighting for a line-item veto -- and a balanced
budget amendment to the Constitution. And I've submitted
proposal after proposals to cut federal spending, only to have
Congress say -- "no."
So last week, I unveiled a new idea -- to give you the right
to check your tax return -- to use up to 10 percent of your
income tax for just one purpose -- to reduce the budget deficit.
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Congress won't like it. The editorial writers might call it
a "gimmick." But I think the American people want the power to
say to Congress -- if you won't cut the deficit, we'll do the job
for you. //
Our economy is in transition -- I know many workers in
Michigan and other places are concerned about whether they will
have a job next year. They want to learn new skills, but they
can't afford the cost of training.
Just yesterday, I unveiled a new program -- called Skill
Grants -- which would give workers in certain industries $3,000 -
- to go out and buy training on their own. The philosophy here
isn't to empower bureaucracies -- but empower people -- so they
can stay ahead of economic change.
And speaking of empowering people, we must reform our
welfare system -- to give people a chance in life. Later today I
will sign a welfare waiver -- giving Governor John Engler the
authority to experiment with welfare programs that will keep
families together -- and reward work, not welfare.
We need to make these reforms -- if we are going to be able
to count on the talents of every American in the new economic
competition.
A balanced budget amendment. A line-item veto. Legal
reform. I have put many of these reforms before the Congress --
and that's exactly where they've stayed. Because the U.S.
Congress has become the "Gridlock Congress." The House of
Representatives has been controlled by the same party for 38
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years -- and it is blocking the change that can move this country
forward.
Let me give you just one example.
We know our schools have to improve -- if our kids are going
to compete with the Japanese, the Germans and the British.
I believe competition can be a force for good in education,
just as it has been a force for greatness in American industry.
Last year, I sent a proposal to Capitol Hill, which would
give local school districts flexibility to allow parents to
choose the schools their kids attend.
A couple weeks ago, this whole issue came before Congress,
and they killed it.
Why did this noble idea fail? It failed, according to news
reports, because the Democratic leadership didn't want to give me
credit for a new idea in education.
One of those Democratic leaders represents this District --
his name is Bill Ford.
Bill Ford has stood against school choice -- and just
about every education reform I have put forth.
Bill Ford has been in Congress for 27 years. When Bill Ford
first entered Congress, Gilligan's Island was a new TV show.
Gilligan was just starting out on his "three hour tour." Bill
Ford has been on a 27-year-voyage -- I think it's time he found
land. It's time to take the whole U.S. Congress: and do what
those brooms say -- Clean The House!
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I never thought I would say this publicly, but America needs
a "geek" in Congress. So send Bob Geake [GEEK] to Washington,
and get this country moving again.
And while we're at it -- let's send Charles Vincent, Dick
Chrysler, Megan O'Neill, and John Gordon, and Frank Beaumont, and
don't forget Joe Knollenberg and John Pappageorge. (Papa George)
Give me some members of Congress who share our faith in progress,
not politics.
This election is about choices, but ultimately it is about
the future.
The other day -- we were in Alabama -- a crowd of about
20,000 people waiting in the rain. My friend Lee Greenwood was
with us. And as Lee started to sing -- "I'm proud to be an
American" -- I looked out in the crowd -- and saw a little girl -
- couldn't be more than four or five -- perched on her dad's
shoulders, waving a little American flag and singing.
This election is about that little girl, and all the kids in
this crowd, and all the kids across America.
Do we want them to grow up in an America that is stronger,
safer, and more secure. You bet we do. And with my ideas, and a
new Congress, we can make it happen.
God bless Michigan and God bless the United States of
America.
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August 24, 1992
Steve --
Brad Blakeman of Advance called me back to give me the lowdown:
The President will be speaking at an amphitheater-type site
-- the Canton Recreation Center at Township Heritage Park.
Governor Engler will introduce POTUS.
The Catholic Central HS Band will play "Stars and Stripes
Forever" as POTUS walks in.
There will be tons 0' pom pom girls from various schools in
the area. Also baton twirlers will perform before POTUS'
arrival. (All performers will remain for POTUS' speech.)
Local candidates will be sitting behind POTUS on the stage.
A banner that says, "Michigan is Bush Country" will be
behind and above the President.
The Canton VFW and Boy Scout Color Guards will participate
in the presentation of colors ceremony (before POTUS
arrives).
Canton Township is the official name of the area -- although
many people do refer to it as "Canton." We might want to
alternate usage.
Township Heritage Park is a relatively new park -- roughly
one year old. It has a public library, town hall and police
department on the park site.
A small pond exists behind the amphitheater -- where Canton
residents often come to race miniature motor boats.
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WELCOME!
Whether your tastes
run to suburban comforts or
open fields, Canton is
guaranteed to win your
approval.
Midway between
Detroit and Ann Arbor,
Canton is one of the fastest
growing communities in
southeast Michigan.
Businesses, industry, and
people seeking a pleasant
place to work, live and play
are choosing Canton in
impressive numbers.
We cordially invite
you to take a few moments to
review the enclosed
information and learn why
Canton is the place to be.
CANTON
A
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THE PEOPLE
POPULATION
57,040
AGE
Median Age
30.1
Under 18
31.1%
19-64
64.1%
Over 65
4.8%
RACE
White
91.8%
Asian
4.5%
African American
2.0%
Other
1.7%
EDUCATION
Years of Schooling
High School Only
37%
College 1-3 Years
23%
College 4+ Years
24%
Median School Years
12.93%
INCOME
Household Income
Median Household Income
47,009
Median Family Income
52,161
Per Capita Income
16,952
HOUSEHOLDS
19,542
FAMILIES
Married Couple Families
65.2%
Non-Family Households
22.4%
Persons per Household
2.92
HOUSING
Housing Units
20,307
Occupied Units
19,544
Owner Occupied
73.1%
Renter Occupied
26.9%
VALUE
Less than $50,000
1%
$50,000 to 99,999
34%
$100,000 to 149,999
58%
$150, to 199,000
5%
$200,000 and up
1%
Median Home Value
$109,300
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THE BUSINESS
Surrounded by industrial and academic
CENSUS: 1940 - 1990
excellence, Canton is ideally located in
southeast Michigan. Detroit, the World's
Date
Population
% Increase
automotive capital, is just minutes by
1940
2,111
-
expressway to the east. Ann Arbor, one of the
1950
3,761
78.1
world's leading centers of research and
1960
5,313
41.2
learning, is only minutes to the west. At the
1970
11,026
107.5
rim of the booming northern suburbs, Canton
1980
48,616
340.9
1990
57.040
17.3
offers a host of development opportunities plus
all the amenities of suburban living.
OCCUPATIONS
Total %
Professional
19
Semi-Professional/Technical
12
LABOR FORCE 1992:
22,975
Manager, Officials, Proprietors
14
Employed:
21,900
Clerical
18
Unemployed
1,100
Sales
9
Craftsmen/Skilled Workers
12
Unemployment rate, June 1992:
4.8%
Operatives
8
Service Workers
7
Laborers
1
100%
LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
American Yazaki Corp.
Auto Electronics
Draw-Tite Inc.
Trailer Hitches
TAXES
Kmart
Retail
Real Property Assessment (1990)
Kroger Co.
Retail
Lindsay & Pavelich Mfg. Co.
Plastics
SEV ($)
% of Total
Meijer, Inc.
Retail
Agricultural
4,144,140
0.49
Meisel-Sysco
Food Service
Commercial
134,217,110
15.96
Moeller Mfg. Co. Inc.
Aircraft Equipment
Industrial
59,137,110
7.03
Steel Fabricator
Residential
643,231,770
76.51
ProCoil
Total ($)
840,767,340
100.00
Toys R Us
Warehouse
FOREIGN FIRMS
PROXIMITY
American Yazaki Corporation
Japan
Ohbayashi Corporation
Japan
Within a 500 mile radius:
ProCoil Corporation
Japan
47% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION
54% OF THE NATION'S BUSINESS PAYROLL
50% OF TOTAL U.S. CONSUMER
SPENDABLE INCOME
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THE LIFESTYLE
The natural setting of the community and the
EDUCATION
energy of its people are Canton's greatest
assets. Canton's pleasant surroundings invite
Canton residents are well-educated. The
a relaxed lifestyle and a "welcome home"
median education level of household heads is
environment.
two years of college. The majority of adults
(56%) have at least some college education,
The vast majority (96%) of household heads
have at least a twelfth grade education. Of
TYPICAL CANTON HOUSEHOLD
homeowners, 80% have some college
education; almost a quarter (23%) have
Three members
graduate school training. Twenty percent have
One child, age 5-17
postgraduate degrees.
Owns a single family home
Lived in Canton 5.5 years
Two primary wage earners who both work
outside the home
RECREATION
Annual household income of $52,161
Two years of college for household heads
The Canton Parks and Recreation Department
is one of the largest in the state, offering than
80 programs for all ages.
HOUSING
The 100-acre Heritage Park, is the core of the
park system. Dedicated in 1992, it offers a full
Canton's housing market continues to boom,
range of outdoor activities including soccer and
with new housing construction leading the
softball fields, an obstacle course, a children's
way. In 1991, building permits were issued for
adventure play area. The park includes 6 acres
384 single family homes and 52 condominium
of ponds; the largest boasts a fishing pier.
units. The fast building pace continues in
Bordering the ponds is the new outdoor
1992: through July there have been 233 new
performing arts amphitheatre, with hillside
home starts and 77 new condominium starts.
seating for 3,000.
As of July, 1992, there are an astounding 31
residential subdivisions proposed or under
construction, which will add a total of 3,070
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
housing units.
There are nearly 20 houses of worship in
In 1990, the median home value for Canton
Canton representing a variety of
was $109,000. There were 20,307 housing
denominations.
units; 14,279 were owner-occupied.
LIBRARY
ENVIRONMENT
The Canton Public Library occupies a new
Canton is 36.1 square miles in area. The
32,000 square. foot facility within the
terrain. is relatively level, although there are
Township administrative complex. It is one of
areas of great diversity in elevation. July is the
the most heavily patronized libraries in the
warmest month, with an average temperature
region. It carries more than 75,000 volumes
of 72.3 degrees Fahrenheit. January is the
and has computer access to more than 60 area
coldest month, with an average temperature of
libraries. The Library maintains several special
24.6 degrees.
collections including video and audio tapes,
records and compact discs, annual reports, and
materials for young readers.
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CANTON EAGLE
March 30, 1992
Township Economic Growth
at All-Time High
"In the midst of a sweeping recession, economic growth is at an
all-time high in Canton Township. All along the industrial corridor
new businesses are moving in, and bringing more jobs with them."
CANTON OBSERVER
March 30, 1992
Canton Grows Despite Recession
"Driving through Canton, it's difficult to believe the dire
economic news you hear on radio reports. Churned-up earth,
bulldozers, sewer pipe and cement trucks are common sights."
CANTON EAGLE
November 27, 1991
Future Looks Bright for Canton Businesses
"America is currently in a recession, say many economists. But
that might be somewhat difficult to prove if prognosticators
suddenly found themselves in Canton Township."
CANTON OBSERVER
December 30, 1991
Campers Wait for Dibs on Dream Homes
"Recession. You'd never suspect it last week as prospective home
buyers were clammering to walk through the Fox Run Model. Campers
planned to spend the night outside the subdivision model home
to get first dibs on just the right lot. House prices run from
$192,000 to $220,000."
CANTON EAGLE
March 25, 1992
Township Nominated for
Economic Excellence Award
"Canton Township could soon be recognized for economic development
when judges from Eastern Michigan Institute for Community and
RegionalDevelopment (ICARD) tour Canton which has been nominated
for the Community of Economic Excellence Award."
They won!
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Canton. Michigan 48187
TO:
MICHELLE NIX, WHITE HOUSE
Telephone: (313) 453-4040
Fax: (313) 453-4503
FROM: LINDA SHAPONA, CANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RE: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CANTON
HERE ARE A FEW TIDBITS, THAN LOREN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE
YOU. FIRST, OUR NEWSLETTER WILL HOPEFULLY FAXING TO YOU AN ARTICLE
FROM THE CHAMBER NEWSLETTER THIS MONTH ABOUT THE TOWNSHIP BEING
AWARDED THE COMMUNITIES OF ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE BY THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN FOR 1991, ONLY 13 OTHERS RECEIVED SUCH A AWARD.
THE HISTORY OF CANTON MAINLY GOES BACK TO THE EARLY SETTLERS AND
FARMING, IN FACT UNTIL 1970 CANTON WAS KNOWN AS THE SWEET CORN
CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. SINCE 1970 CANTON HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND
BOUNDS RESIDENTIALLY AND COMMERCIALLY. (ENC. ARTICLE)
TODAY CANTON NATIONALLY IS KNOWN FOR TWO THINGS, BESIDES IT'S
REMARKABLE GROWTH: IT'S TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS PLYMOUTH-
CENTENNIAL EDUCATIONAL MARCHING BAND--TWO YEARS IN ROW, 1991 and
1992. ALSO IT IS KNOWN FOR SOCCER, THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE
HELD YEARLY IN THE SPOT WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS SPEAKING ON TUES.
THIS IS ALSO THAT YEAR STATE REPRESENTATIVE KOSTEVA WAS ABLE TO
FINALLY GET CANTON ON THE STATE MAP! WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF 58,000
PEOPLE AND GROWING AT RECORD SPEEDS, AND WE WERE NOT ON THE MAP
UNTIL THIS MONTH! WITH THE PRESIDENT COMING-WE ARE REALLY ON THE
MAP!
CANTON'S FAMOUS SAYING IS "IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER IN
MICHIGAN, STICK AROUND IT WILL CHANGE!" (REFERRING TO IT'S RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN ONE DAY! THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY IS
RAIN, BY THE WAY, HE IS SPEAKING OUTSIDE ON OUR OUTDOOR AMPITHEATER
AT HERITAGE PARK. THIS IS THE PARK I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, THAT
HAS DRAWN OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
I HAVE ENCLOSED SOME ARTICLES ABOUT OUR RECENT FESTIVAL.
ALSO, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS GROWN IN MEMBERSHIP BY 25% IN THE
LAST YEAR, SIGNIFYING THE INCREASE IN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. WE HAVE
HAD PLANT OPENINGS GALORE, EXPANSIONS OF PRO-COIL AND DRAW-TITE,
AND GROUND BREAKINGS AS WELL. FOUR NEW RESTAURANTS HAVE OPENED
IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS ALONE! WE HAVE HAD NO PLANT CLOSINGS THAT
I CAN REMEMBER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN FACT QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ALMOST 300 MEMBERS, AND IS VERY ACTIVE.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN TELL ABOUT OUR FANTASTIC COMMUNITY JUST
GIVE ME A CALL.
THANKS,
LINDA SHAPONA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Unique Community
two Outing
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Newsletter
Monthly Newsletter for the Business People of Canton
August 1992
Liberty Fest Scores Big!
Chamber Proceeds exceed $2,000!
The place to be in Canton during the weekend of June 26-28th was the
new Heritage Park for the township's first Liberty Fest '92.
The 3 day festival marked the Grand Opening of the new recreational
complex and amphitheater behind Township Hall. Among ponds and wide
expanses of lawn, it drew more than 30,000 people who enjoyed lots of
entertainment, art shows, crafts, fireworks and fun for kids of all ages.
The Canton Chamber was proud to be a sponsor of this fantastic event,
and congratulates the Township for a job well done. With the financial
support of the business community, the fest events were presented free of
charge to our area residents.
The Chamber Liberty Fest Raffle Committee for a Cruise and 25 other
prizes worked diligently, and their efforts paid off! What a crowd we had,
gathered around the Chambers' booth all weekend. The winners were
announced Saturday night before the fireworks, and last minute ticket
buyers were abound. The first place winner of a Cruise for two is Marianne
Stewart, and her husband Canton Police Lieutenant Stewart. Many other
participants won more donated prizes.
(Top left) Vickie Hiller, Mas-
ter Lighting, creative ticket
seller; (bottom right) NBD's
Penny Klei displays cham-
ber pennants for 'Canton
Wide Sale'. Many malls
and stores displayed our
pennants in our first ever
Chamber organized Can-
ton Sale!
cational system and work for true TO-
record
In general, in formula districts have
Flood
said.
"He's
valid
trying
to
form. But what Kosteva fails to men-
sneak around his record.
effort in making the existing system
tion is that he voted for the tax base
smaller tax bases and therefore less
work a little better. Tax base sharing
sharing plan in September of 1991.
money to spend on students than out-
of formula districts, 80 in-formula dis
Flood added that the MRSC is "going
could also lead to a uniform property
Kosteva responded to the criticism by
tricts get more state aid.
to watch every piece ofmail that we get
tax rate for business that would stimu
our hands on" and bring Democratic
late economic development and end the
abatement blackmail game."
1st Liberty Fest rings success bell
Several months of planning on the
part of the parks and recreation depart
ment apparently paid off big last week
end as Canton's first annual Liberty
Fest drew sizable crowds and ran al-
most flawlessly
Every was beyond our expecta
tions, said Liberty Fest committee
chairman Bob Dates.
RATINGS
The classic car show, for instance,
drew more cars than expected. "We al-
most circled three quarters of the pond
back there (with cars) Dates said.
(The car owners) liked the setting
1 hat 9 one of the best sites they go to!!
Dates estimated that 10,000 people
visited Heritage Park on Saturday, the
Liberty Fest B second day, and between
10,000 and 15,000 took in that evening's
fireworks.
Even the paddle boats for rent on the
pond were in demand. "They were one
of the biggest hits of both days," Dates
said.
Township Supervisor Tom Yack, who
spent all but one hour Saturday at the
park, was also impressed. "I think we
which Liberty Fest Stan Cole of Cantongets'a closer look underneath this 196 Ford Thunderbird
BUZB) (STATE PHOTOGRAPHER
learned a lot he said And we got a
was among about 100 classic cars on display at last weekend Liberty Fest
lot of positive comments regarding the
park
Yack doesn't recall seeing a mess any
And
what
where.
about
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thing
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at
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was
Dates agree that unlike this the
hereb
will
be
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Apparently, there were also enough
there was very little trash on the
changes?
Dates
trash cans at the Liberty Fest, because
ground, he said.
festival siname won't be changed and
said
Wewant
to
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most of the major events will be back.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1992 CANTON, MICHIGAN 76 PAGES
FIFTY
DLUME 17 NUMBER 97
@1992 Suburban Communication
Township sales into future with Liberty Fest
The Chamber is selling 100-foot, red, white and
BY RALPH R. ECHTINAW
Also, the Chamber is staging a
blue banners to businesses for $9 each to aid the effort
STAFF WRITER
raffle in which the main winner
to fancy up the stores for the extravaganza. Meijer
Give me Liberty Fest sales or give me death.
gets a sea cruise from Harvard
alone, Shapona said, bought 20 banners.
That seems to be the theme of Canton's chamber of
Square Travel. Other prizes In-
Although sales come and go all the time, Canton
coinmerce this month as director Linda Shapona and
businesses have never before simultaneously layed on
her troops prepare for the American Revolution of dis-
clude stays at area hotels, golfing
a barrage of discounts designed to extract federal re-
at Fellows Creek, dinner at Bob
serve notes from billions of people.
count retailing.
Evans and the Outback. Align-
In connection with the Liberty Fest, a summer fes-
"It's really something that's never happened be-
tival scheduled to start on June 26, Chamber mem-
ments from March Tire, a gift cer-
fore," Shapona said.
bers plan to have a megaton-size sale of goods and
tificate from the Rusty Nail
Also, the Chamber is staging a raffle whereby the
services from that date to the Fourth of July.
Lounge, pies from Baker's Square
main winner gets a sea cruise from Harvard Square
Travel. Other prizes include stays at area hotels, golf-
Shapona is trying to get all 700 businesses in Can-
and a birthday party for eight at
ing at Fellows Creek, dinner at Bob Evans and the
ton to participate - certainly the 280 Chamber mem-
the Skating Station.
Outback. Alignments from March Tire, a gift certifi-
bers - and sounds as optimistic as a candidate with-
cate from the Rusty Nail Lounge, pies from Baker's
out opposition.
Square and a birthday party for eight at the Skating
Station.
"The big guys are all in on this," she said, meaning
lan .ords rent some of those vacant stores you see 80
that gargantuan stores like Target and Meijer are in
much of these days. "This is going to help the vacant
You can buy the tickets at many local businesses.
up to their eyeballs.
stores too because people are going to say, 'Hey, you
For more information, call Shapona at 453-4040 or
Shapona even expects the sale to help strip mall
know, this town is working together!' " Shapona said.
Mary Spano at 454-1133.
Cen. us chor IS 7-25-91
population growth
By DOUG CHURCH
However, the population
ANP Staff Writer
boom that has characterized
Canton demographics for
All right Canton Township
several years is steadily slow-
residents, how much do you
ing down as housing density
really know about your com-
spreads over the western part
munity? Let's try a true/false
of the township.
pop quiz:
"We're not going to have as
1.) There are more females
densely developed single fami-
living in the township than
ly housing as before because
males.
there will be more acre lots
2.) The median price for a
with one and two houses on
home is just under $110,000.
them than those with four and
3.) The under-18 age group
five houses," Calabrese said.
represents the largest percen-
Still, he added, not many
tage of the population.
Wayne County communities
If you answered true, true
are increasing.
and false, you can consider
As for housing, the median
yourself an authority on Can-
price for a home rose to
ton demographics. Incidental-
$109,300. Two years ago, the
ly, the under-18 age group com-
price was $95,000 and Calab-
prises 31.1 percent of the
rese said the increase is fairly
population, second to the 25-44
modest.
age range which represents 39
percent. The over-65 group tot-
He noted the increase in de-
als only 4.8 percent and the me-
velopment of higher priced
dian age is 30.1 years
homes will continue to drive up
These and other numbers are
the median. The Fox Run sub-
included in a report released by
division, for example, includes
the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
homes in the $200,000 range.
It is true that there are more
More developments similar to
females (28,880) than males
that are planned, including an
(28,160). They combine to form
area near Warren and Beck
a population of 57,040, a num-
that will feature $300,000
ber that came as a bit of a sur-
homes.
prise to township officials.
There are 14,279 owner-
"We had expected it to be
occupied housing units in Can-
over 60,000,' said Township
ton and 5,263 renter occupied
Administrative Assistant Dan
units. The number of condomi-
Calabrese. "We were a little
nium units is estimated to be
surprised but it wasn't some-
near 3,000.
thing that we made a big deal
Those numbers are impor-
about. We're satisfied."
tant to note because of the find-
The population increased by
ings of a recent study com-
9,000 during the last decade.
pleted by the accounting firm
Calabrese said estimations are
of Coopers and Lybrand for the
that the number will rise to
township downtown develop-
nearly 75,000 by 2010.
ment district.
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Michelle Nix
From
WELCOME!
Co.
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White House
Co.
Dept.
Canton Township
Staff
Phone #
Fax #
Fax #
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313-397-5455
Whether your tastes
run to suburban comforts or
open fields, Canton is
guaranteed to win your
approval.
Midway between
Detroit and Ann Arbor,
Canton is one of the fastest
growing communities in
southeast Michigan.
Businesses and individuals
seeking a pleasant place to
work, live and play are
choosing Canton in
impressive numbers.
We cordially invite
you to take a few moments to
review the enclosed
information and learn why
Canton is the place to be.
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THE LIFESTYLE
The natural setting of the community and the
EDUCATION
energy of its people are Canton's greatest
assets. Canton's pleasant surroundings Invite
Canton residents are well-educated. The
a relaxed lifestyle and a "welcome home"
median education level of household heads is
environment.
two years of college. The majority of adults
(56%) have at least some college education.
The vast majority (96%) of household heads
have at least a twelfth grade education. Of
TYPICAL CANTON HOUSEHOLD
homeowners, 80% have some college
education: almost a quarter (23%) have
Three members
graduate school training. Twenty percent have
One child, age 5-17
postgraduate degrees.
Owns a single family home
Lived in Canton 5.5 years
Two primary wage earners who both work
outside the home
RECREATION
Annual household income of $52,161
Two years of college for household heads
The Canton Parks and Recreation Division is
one of the largest in the state, offering more
than 80 programs for all ages. A ten million
dollar community center will be constructed in
HOUSING
1993-1994.
Canton's housing market continues to boom,
The 100-acre Heritage Park is the core of the
with new housing construction leading the
park system. Dedicated in 1992, it offers a full
way. In 1991, building permits were issued for
range of outdoor activities including soccer and
384 single family homes and 52 condominium
softball fields, an obstacle course, and a
units. The fast building pace continues in
children's adventure play area. The park
1992: through July there have been 233 new
includes 6 acres of ponds; the largest boasts a
home starts and 77 new condominium starts.
fishing pier. Bordering the ponds is the new
outdoor performing arts amphitheatre, with
As of July, 1992, there are an impressive 31
hillside seating for 3,000.
residential subdivisions proposed or under
construction, which will add a total of 3,070
housing units.
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
In 1990, the median home value for Canton
was $109,000. There were 20,307 housing
There are nearly 20 houses of worship in
units; 14,279 were owner-occupied.
Canton representing a variety of
denominations.
ENVIRONMENT
LIBRARY
Canton is a Charter Township with legal
powers and authority similar to those of a city.
The Canton Public Library occupies a new
Canton is 36 square miles in area. The terrain
32,000 square foot facility within the
is relatively level, although there are areas of
Township administrative complex. It is one of
great diversity in elevation. July is the
the most heavily patronized libraries in the
warmest month, with an average temperature
region. It carries more than 75,000 volumes
of 72 degrees. January is the coldest month,
and has computer access to more than 60 area
with an average temperature of 24 degrees.
libraries.
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THE PEOPLE
POPULATION
57,040
AGE
Median Age
30.1
Under 18
31.1%
19-64
64.1%
Over 65
4.8%
EDUCATION
Years of Schooling
High School Only
37%
College 1-3 Years
23%
College 4 + Years
24%
Median School Years
12.93%
INCOME
Household Income
Median Household Income
47,009
Median Family Income
52,161
Per Capital Income
16,952
HOUSEHOLDS
19,542
FAMILIES
Family Households
77.6%
Non-Family Households
22.4%
Persons per Household
2.92
HOUSING
Housing Units
20,307
Occupied Units
19,544
Owner Occupied
73.1%
Renter Occupied
26.9%
VALUE
Less than $50,000
1%
$50,000 to 99,999
34%
$100,000 to 149,999
58%
$150, to 199,000
5%
$200,000 and up
1%
Median Home Value
$109,300
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THE ECONOMY
Surrounded by industrial and academic
CENSUS: 1940 - 1990
excellence, Canton is ideally located in
southeast Michigan. Detroit, the world's
Date
Population
% Increase
automotive capital, is just minutes by
expressway to the east. Ann Arbor, one of the
1940
2,111
---
world's leading centers of research and
1950
3,761
78.1
learning, is only minutes to the west. At the
1960
5,313
41.2
rim of the booming northern suburbs, Canton
1970
11,026
107.5
offers a host of development opportunities plus
1980
48,616
340.9
all the amenities of suburban living.
1990
57,040
17.3
OCCUPATIONS
Total %
LABOR FORCE: 1992
Professional
19
22,975
Semi-Professional/Technical
12
Employed:
21,900
Managers, Officials, Proprietors
14
Unemployed
1,100
Clerical
18
Sales
9
Unemployment Rate, June 1992:
4.8%
Craftsmen/Skilled Workers
12
Operatives
8
Service Workers
7
Laborers
1
LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
100
American Yazaki Corp.
Auto Electronics
Draw-Tite Inc.
Trailer Hitches
Kmart
Retail
TAXES: 1990
Kroger Co.
Retail
Lindsay & Pavelich Mfg. Co.
Plastics
SEV ($)
Total %
Meijer, Inc.
Retail
Agricultural
4,144,140
0.49
Meisel-Sysco
Food Service
Commercial
134,217,110
15.96
Moeller Mfg. Co. Inc.
Aircraft Equipment
Industrial
59,137,110
7.03
ProCoil
Steel Fabricator
Residential
643,231,770
76.51
Toys R Us
Warehouse/Distribution
Total ($)
840,767,340
100.00
FOREIGN FIRMS
PROXIMITY
American Yazaki Corporation
Japan
Within a 500 mile radius:
Ohbayashi Corporation
Japan
47% of the American population
ProCoil Corporation
Japan
54% of the nation's business payroll
50% of total U.S. consumer spendable income
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ICARD
Institute for Community and Regional Development
Eastern Michigan University
May 14, 1992
Thomas J. Yack
RECEIVED
Supervisor
Charter Township of Canton
MAY 1 8 1992
1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188-1699
Charter Township of Canton
Supervisor's Office
Dear Mr. Yack:
It is my pleasure to inform you that the Charter Township of
Canton will receive the Communities of Economic Excellence Award.
Economic development experts have evaluated your community and
determined that your economic development efforts are innovative
and the result of a community-wide effort to create an environment
that encourages residents and stimulates businesses to remain or to
locate in your area.
The Seventh Annual Awards Banquet and Reception will be held
on Monday, June 22, 1992 at the Holiday Inn-South/Convention Center
in Lansing. We trust that many members of your community will be
able to participate in the celebration. As a winning community,
two complimentary tickets have been reserved for you.
The evening will begin at 5:00 PM with a reception, followed
by an awards presentation program and dinner. You will receive
details regarding specific arrangements in the very near future.
Marge Byington, Chief Deputy Director of the Michigan
Department of Commerce, will be present at the reception to extend
congratulations from the Department of Commerce and on behalf of
Governor John Engler.
Again, congratulations to all the members of the Canton
community who have worked together to earn this designation as one
of Michigan's Communities of Economic Excellence. I look forward
to seeing you and others from Canton at the banquet.
Sincerely,
Charles Mr Monson
Charles M. Monsma
Director
34 N. Washington Ypsilanti. Michigan 48197
(313) 487-0243 Fax (313) 481-0509
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Tom Yack
June 8, 1992
397-5380
The Charter Township of Canton was recently notified by
The Communities of Economic Excellence Program that
Canton was selected to receive a Economic Excellence
Award.
CEEP was created by the Michigan Department of Commerce
in 1983 to award communities with exemplary economic
development programs. The Institute for Community and
Regional Development of Eastern Michigan University has
been administering the program since October 1, 1990.
This award is presented to communities who have
demonstrated through a written application and an on-site
visit exemplary efforts to retain and attract industrial
and commercial development.
Communities of economic excellence have:
* developed economic development strategies that are
innovative and meet the needs of current businesses
and industries;
*
cultivated a partnership between the public and
private sectors that encourages businesses to
locate and stay in these communities;
*
identified and fostered potential entrepreneurs and
attracted new ventures;
*
retained or increased jobs in the community;
*
developed economic development programs that make
optimal use of the resources available to the area.
Canton, along with two other Michigan communities will
receive their award at the Seventh Annual Awards Banquet
and Inn. Reception to be held June 22 at the Lansing Holiday
Canton has distinguished itself, over the last three
years, in the area of economic development by embarking
on a process of self appraisal, goal setting and
community involvement.
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Page 2
A sincere effort has been made, beginning with the Michigan Bell
Retention and Expansion Survey, continuing through the development
and implementation of Canton's Strategic Plan, to involve
individuals representing all elements of the community.
Canton is pleased to be the recipient of the Communities of
Excellence Award and is appreciative of the role and efforts played
by the Institute for Community and Regional Development, Eastern
Michigan University in administering this important program.
PAGE 09
Township economic
growth at all-time high
In the midst of a sweeping
ing financially hard times, ac-
recession, economic growth is
1991 included the completion
cording to Calabreses.
at an all- time high in Canton
of the Steel Technologies and
"Companies have sought to
CANTON TOWNSHIP
Township. All along the indus-
Business Resources facilities,
do business in Canton because
trial corridor, new businesses
expansions of Draw- Tite and
we have tried to meet their
are moving in, and bringing
Procoil, the construction of a
needs and respond to their
more jobs with them.
second building for American
concerns," Calabrese said.
"There is no recession in
Yazaki and the arrival of sev-
Statistics obtained from the
CANTON EAGLE
March 30, 1992
Canton, so it's no wonder peo-
eral comanies to occupy previ-
supervisors office indicate
ple want to set up shop here,"
that the commericial tax base
ously vacant buildings,
Dan Calabrese, assistant to
including Rudolph-Libbe, Dai-
increased from 16.9 percent in
Township Supervisor Tom
1990 to 18 percent in 1991. The
kin Cluch and Johnson Stamp-
Yack, said.
ing.
industrial tax base rose from
The non-residential share
Calabrese said the commer-
6.7 percent to 7.2 percent.
of the tax base increased last
cial growth is more difficult to
Those statistics indicate that
year from 23.6 percent to 25.15
account for, but may have been
the tax base coming from pri-
percent, according to Cal-
affected by the opening of Can-
vate individuals is shrinking,
abrese. He said this growth in-
ton Ford Crossing office center
dropping from 74.8 percent in
dicates the efforts of members
and the revitalization of Grand
1990 to 71.9 percent in 1991.
Central Station.
of the board of trustees to en-
The percentage of the tax
Calabrese estimated that
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courage economic growth have
base coming from the indus-
been successful. The township
Canton netted 350 new manu-
trial sector is still lower than
has built relationships with
facturing jobs in 1991. "The
other communities, but it is
brokers and developers who
new jobs that came into Can-
getting closer to the desirable
have been able to produce
ton last year are very impor-
level of 12 percent, Calabrese
quality development even dur-
tant in helping to sustain our
Major industrial growth in
population growth."
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despite economy
By M.B. Dillen
staff writer
want," said Dan Calabrese, Canton
Township administrative ascistant.
Driving through Canton, it's diffi-
"I think we have been able to do
calt to believe the dire economic
that. People see a lot of things they
like; a lot of open space, parks and
CANTON OBSERVER
news you hear on radio reports.
Churned-up earth, bulldowers, setter
good schools. If you have what peo-
March 30, 1992
ple want, they will buy, received or
pipe and cement trucks are common
not."
sights.
"I don't really think you have to
While there's been plenty of new
activity, "probably the most from
participate in recession, If you're in
trating thing is trying to deal with
a community where you create the
CANTON TOWNSHIP
market and the amenities people
Please turn to Page 2
Canton grows despite recession
Continued from Page 1
could do it. They did it and they are
Square, said hard economic times
the industrial end of things. We find
selling."
for and malely the do-it-yourselfer."
seem to translate to good times for
people want to do business here, but
Commercial growth hasn't falles
Builders Square, which has 156
they've had trouble getting financ-
off because, in Shefferly's opinion,
CANTON SUPERVISOR Tem
stores nationwide.
lag. Banks were nervous. We've got
"no one really feels this is going to
Yack has been delighted by Canton's
"From my observation, it's been
our share of projects, nonetheless,"
last too long. I think business will
economic health throughout the re-
he said.
economic hard times for people that
cession.
pick up. I haven't heard too many
cause ONE business to flourish, be-
complaints in Canton, except with
"Tm really surprised, but I don't
cause of the nature of our business,"
CANTON PLANNING commis-
the fast food people." Canton could
understand it," he said. "Tm shocked
she said. "We cater to BO many dif-
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sioner Robert Shelferly says home-
use a few more restaurants, be add-
and surprised there is as much com-
ferent types, the individual contrac-
owners continua to be are attracted
ed.
mercial.".
to Canton.
Mark Henry is the store manager
at the newly operied Builders Square
"One of the things we have going
on Ford Road at Lilley.
for M lo the landfill on Michigan Av-
Business activity has been what
ense, where we are getting quite a
bit of money, enough to pay for our
everyone has expected at corporate,
There've been no negatives. We have
trash. I think that helps the citizens
a lot of traffic; a lot of peole looking,
08/22/1992 10:38
when they can come in and get more
of a home here than in other areas,
and a lot of people spending money,'
said Henry. "We're the new kid on
especially in the northern subarbs.
the block, and people want to check
Builders seem to like Caston, too,
us out. It seems to be going rather
Shefferly said. "I know for a while,
well."
they were wondering about upscel-
Kathy Bowles, regional loss pre-
ing the homes and whether they
vention manager for Builders
Campers wait for dibs on dream homes
PAGE 12
By Diane Gale
Real estate people say Canton of-
staff writer
observer -30.91
fers more house. And when you go
" thought I told them
to west Canton tack on an upscale
CANTON OBSERVER
December 30, 1991
The term tent people took on a
image.
the wrong day. 1
new meaning last week in Canton's
"There's always been a stigna
knocked on one of the
exclusive Fox Run subdivision, un-
(about) living in Canton," said For
der construction on Beck between
Run sales manager Sean Degen.
windows (of a car) and
Warren and Ford roads.
"Actually we're getting people
said: 'We're opening
Campers, mostly people staying
switching from Plymouth to Can-
in their cars, planned to spend the,
ton, because of the price and the
tomorrow.' And they
night outside the subdivision model
amount of home you're getting."
said: "I know.'
home to get first dibs on just the
Recession. You'd never suspect
Sean Degen
right lots. House prices ran from
it last week as prospective home
$192,000 to $220,000.
buyers were clammering to walk
Fox Run sales manager
The subdivision, like others on
through the Fox Run model.
Canton's west side, give other com-
When Degen showed up for work
Sean Degen
outside the model waiting for Fri-
munities a run for their money.
Thursday he found six cars parked
day morning when sales would
CANTON TOWNSHIP
start on phase two of the project.
"I thought I told them the wrong
day," Degen said. "I knocked on
Township nominated for
one of the windows (of a car) and
said: "We're opening tomorrow.
And they said: I know.'
Degen based the popularity of
ecomonic excellence award
the houses on the floor plans, side
entry garages and lots backing up
to park lands and trees.
By DENNIS MANSFIELD
"It's very important," said
THE $4 lots in phase one went on
ANP Staff Writer
it's very important. it
Linda Shapona, executive di-
the market in February and there
would put Canton
rector of the Canton Township
are five lots unsold. The second
Canton Township could
Chamber of Commerce. "It
phase of construction has 110 lots.
soon be recognized for eco-
on the map.
would put Canton on the map.
"They're very popular and ex-
CANTON EAGLE
March 25, 1992
nomic development when
It would help draw businesses
citement was created in phase
judges from Eastern Michigan
Linda Shapona
to the area and that's what we
one," Degen said.
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University Institute for Com-
want."
Inside the model, sitting at the
munity and Regional Develop-
kitchen table Pamela Dean, played
ment (ICARD) tour Canton
The award is granted in CO-
cards with her daughter and chil-
which has been nominated for
operation by ICARD and the
dren of friends. They planned to
the Community of Economic Ex-
Michigan Department of Com-
spend the night.
cellence Award.
for excellent economic devel-
merce and has been awarded
"We want the house very badly
opment," Calabrese said. "If
to 27 different communities
and we want to get the right lot,"
Judges from ICARD will
Dean said.
we are selected, it's obviously
since the program began in
tour Canton Monday. The
Four families were there togeth-
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going to be all over any promo-
1987. Recognition, if granted,
award is based upon aggres-
er. Two families want to be near
tional material we send to
would be for a two-year pe-
sive, quality economic strate-
the court and the other two fami-
businesses."
riod, at the end of which Can-
gies, according to Dan
lies want to be near one another.
ton could apply for re-
Calabrese, administrative as-
Dean and her friends weren't
Canton Township super-
certification.
alone.
sistant for tht township. Can-
visor Tom Yack said the award
Calabrese said he did not
Before the houses even went on
ton was nominated for the
is important because the rec-
know of when the judges
award by Consolidated Rail
sale, Degen said, be had a waiting
ognition would help promote
would make their decision on
list of about 60 families.
Corp.
Canton and help attract new
whether Canton would receive
"It recognizes a community
businesses to the area.
the award.
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EMU '92 Will
The National Seniors Softball Tournament is coming to
Benefit War
Canton, and with comes an opportunity for you to promote
your business to 3,000 athletes and their families, who will
be attending this event. The tournament is being held at
Memorial Project
Canton Center Softball Center on September 21-27th, and
Fall is in the air, whether we believe it or not, and now's the
thousands of tourists will be staying in your community.
time to plan for a fun day at the EMU football garrie on
Be business smart and provide us with your flyers, specialty
October 3.
advertising, coupons or whatever enticements you can gather
for the Chamber's Goodie Bags we will be stuffing for our
The Canton Chamber of Commerce, the Canton Community
community's guests. Drop off your materials no later than
Foundation and the Township, together with EMU, are
Monday, September 14th, at the Chamber office. CALL
sponsoring a fellowship and fundraising project to benefit
THE CHAMBER NOW TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT IN
the Canton War Memorial Project.
THE GOODIE BAGS!
Our community goal is to sell 500 game tickets in the
community, and the Canton Chamber has committed to sell
Canton Township Receives
100 reserved seat tickets for the game with Miami. Here's
how it works. The Chamber has purchased $10 reserved seat
Economic Excellence Award!
tickets for $5.00, and we will re-sell them to our members
for $10.
Canton Township was recently awarded a Economic Excel-
What do you get for your $10? Besides the reserved seat
lence Award by The Communities of Economic Excellence
game tickets, you get a tailgate party with plenty of subs,
Program created by the Michigan Department of Com-
snacks and beverages and an opportunity to socialize with
merce. The award was presented to Township Clerk Loren
your fellow business and professional people and their
Bennett by Lieutenant Governor Connie Binsfleld on June
families, as well as helping the Canton War Memorial
22, at the Lansing Holiday Inn. There were thirteen
Project. Just tear off the enclosed form for your group of
communities selected from the state to be so honored at this
tickets and join us for a great time!
seventh annual awards banquet.
The Institute for Community and Regional Development of
Eastern Michigan University has been administering the
Chamber Sponsors
program since 1990. Communities must demonstrate
through written application and on-site inspection, exem-
plary efforts to retain and attract industrial and commercial
Academic
development. Canton has distinguished itself through a
strategic plan of economic development by embarking on a
Excellence in P-C Schools
process of self appraisal, goal setting and community involve-
ment. The Canton Chamber congratulates the Township on
receiving this award, and joins with them in continuing to
work to meet the needs of current and future businesses in
One of this month's enclosures is an opportunity for your
business to obtain new customers, increase your business
our ever growing community.
exposure, and help our students excel in school. It's the
Academic Success Card program that the Plymouth Canton
schools are introducing to the Canton and Plymouth Com-
munity Chambers of Commerce.
The ACADEMIC SUCCESS Card is 2 student incentive
#5
program that offers incentives to students to recognize
academic achievement and improvement. Local merchants
provide the Incentives in the form of discounts on merchan-
dise, buy-one set one free purchases, and similar types of
promotional offers. Please read the enclosed brochure to see
if this type of opportunity will allow you to help students do
their best in school. If so, fill out the participation agreement
included in your packet.
Provost
Presidential Remarks
Canton, Michigan
25 August 1992
Thank you and good afternoon everyone.
It's great to be in Canton -- a booming town, a dynamic town
-- a town that has faced challenges and overcome them.
Canton proves what we all know in our hearts -- America's
best days are ahead of us.
Last Thursday at the Republican convention in Houston, I
laid out a central challenge to our nation -- to win the global
economic competition -- to win the peace.
America must be a military superpower -- an economic
superpower -- and an export superpower.
In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do
this. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already
have. Ours is to look forward -- to open new markets, to prepare
our people to compete, to restore our social fabric, to save and
invest as a nation -- so that we can win. //
Look at one issue -- how to balance the demands of our
economy with the demands of our environment? See what both
candidates have to offer.
In Arkansas, Governor Clinton's record on the environment is
-- to be charitable -- a little less than stellar. Listen to his
own Chairman of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology
2
Commission -- who said that the Arkansas laws are so lenient
that: "if California was operating on the laws of Arkansas, you'd
probably have to wear a gas mask."
Is it any wonder -- that Arkansas ranks 50th -- dead last -
- in the nation in environmental policy -- according to a study
by the Institute For Southern Studies?
But in his zeal to capture his party's nomination, Governor
Clinton has gone all the way to the other extreme -- he has
turned green. But if Governor Clinton has his way, green could
soon be the color of many Michigan auto workers.
In a speech at Drexel University on April 22, Governor
Clinton talked about a more ambitious federal regulation he
David
supports, involving fuel standards for cars. He said: "in my
Tel
administration
we'll accelerate our progress toward fuel
efficient cars and seek to raise the average goal for auto-
makers to 40 miles per gallon by the year 2,000, 45 miles by the
year 2020.'
Remember, this is not George Bush paraphrasing. This is
Bill Clinton -- exact quotes.
What will happen if we raise these so-called CAFE standards
this high? Well, a couple things. There will be more highway
fatalities. Foreign car companies will gain a competitive edge
on their U.S. counterparts. And as a result, companies will pull
up stakes, and take their factories and their jobs overseas.
3
According to the Auto Manufacturers Association -- in
Michigan alone -- 40,000 workers would go from the assembly line
-- to the unemployment line.//
These workers will have someone to talk to while they wait.
Because they' 11 be joined by the more than two and a half million
Americans put out of work by the Governor's new economic plan,
including 700,000 workers put there by the payroll tax to pay for
his backdoor government takeover of our health care system.
Governor Clinton calls this orgy of new taxes and spending -
- "moderation." I say that if this is moderation -- I'm Daniel
Webster.
The Governor likes to say he "puts people" first. He
doesn't mention that it's first on the unemployment line.
But it's even worse than it sounds. In that same Drexel
speech -- Governor Clinton had effusive praise for a certain book
-- by Senator Al Gore. Since then, of course, Senator Gore has
gone on to take a prominent role in the Clinton campaign.
Now, what does Senator Gore say in his book that Governor
Clinton loves so much?
Well, on page 325, he makes an interesting comparison -- he
says that the car industry -- and I quote -- "poses a mortal
threat to the security of every nation, that is more deadly than
that of any military enemy we are ever again likely to confront."
Now I'm not making this up. Remember the old Stephen King
novel -- Christine? The one in which a car becomes inhabitated
4
by evil spirits -- and devours a town? The Clinton-Gore team
appear to look at every car as a haunted threat to humanity.
This would be funny, if it weren't so serious. If one out
of six jobs in America today weren't in someway tied to the car
industry. If this philosophy -- of tax and spend, regulate and
regulate -- weren't going to make it impossible for us to win the
economic competition.
I've been an environmentalist all my life. As President --
I fought for and won revision of the Clean Air Act -- so that our
children can breathe easier.
I was criticized by big business -- and by
environmentalists. But I believe I found the middle that works.
The Clinton-Gore team may claim they are in the middle of
the road -- but their bus is careening toward the left shoulder.
I'm not going to let this happen to America.
I stand for something different. For a program that begins
with a freeze on all unnecessary federal regulations -- so that
businesses can create jobs and get this economy moving again.
I think the federal government spends too much of your
money. So I'm fighting for a line-item veto -- and a balanced
budget amendment to the Constitution. And I've submitted
proposal after proposals to cut federal spending, only to have
Congress say -- "no."
So last week, I unveiled a new idea -- to give you the right
to check your tax return -- to use up to 10 percent of your
income tax for just one purpose -- to reduce the budget deficit.
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Congress won't like it. The editorial writers might call it
a "gimmick." But I think the American people want the power to
say to Congress -- if you won't cut the deficit, we'll do the job
for you. / /
Our economy is in transition -- I know many workers in
Michigan and other places are concerned about their job is
stable. They want to learn new skills but they can't afford.
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Just yesterday, I unveiled a new program -- called Skill
Fraining.
Grants -- which would give workers in certain industries $3,000 -
- to go out and buy training on their own. The philosophy here
isn't to empower bureaucracies -- but empower people -- so they
can stay ahead of economic change.
And speaking of empowering people, we must reform our
welfare system -- to give people a chance in life. Later today I
will sign a welfare waiver -- giving Governor John Engler the
authority to experiment with welfare programs that will keep
families together -- and reward work, not welfare.
We need to make these reforms -- if we are going to be able
to count on the talents of every American in the new economic
competition.
A balanced budget amendment. A line-item veto. Legal
reform. I have put many of these reforms before the Congress --
and that's exactly where they've stayed. Because the U.S.
Congress has become the "Gridlock Congress." The House of
Representatives has been controlled by the same party for 38
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years -- and it is blocking the change that can move this country
forward.
Let me give you just one example.
We know our schools have to improve -- if our kids are going
to compete with the Japanese, the Germans and the British.
I believe competition can be a force for good in education,
just as it has been a force for greatness in American industry.
Last year, I sent a proposal to Capitol Hill, which would
give local school districts flexibility to allow parents to
choose the schools their kids attend.
A couple weeks ago, this whole issue came before Congress,
and they killed it.
Why did this noble idea fail? It failed, according to news
reports, because the Democratic leadership didn't want to give me
credit for a new idea in education.
One of those Democratic leaders represents this District --
his name is Bill Ford.
Bill Ford has stood against school choice -- and just
about every education reform I have put forth.
Bill Ford has been in Congress for 27 years. When Bill Ford
first entered Congress, Gilligan's Island was a new TV show.
Gilligan was just starting out on his "three hour tour." Bill
Ford has been on a 27-year-voyage -- I think it's time he found
land. It's time to take the whole U.S. Congress: and do what
those brooms say -- Clean The House!
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I never thought I would say this publicly, but America needs
a "geek" in Congress. So send Bob Geake [GEEK] to Washington,
and get this country moving again.
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And while we're at it -- let's send Charles Vincent, Dick
Chrysler, Megan O'Neill, and John Gordon, and Frank Beaumont, and
don't forget Joe Knollenberg and John Pappageorge. (Papa George)
Give me some members of Congress who share our faith in progress,
not politics.
This election is about choices, but ultimately it is about
the future.
The other day -- we were in Alabama -- a crowd of about
20,000 people waiting in the rain. My friend Lee Greenwood was
with us. And as Lee started to sing -- "I'm proud to be an
American" -- I looked out in the crowd -- and saw a little girl -
- couldn't be more than four or five -- perched on her dad's
shoulders, waving a little American flag and singing.
This election is about that little girl, and all the kids in
this crowd, and all the kids across America.
Do we want them to grow up in an America that is stronger,
safer, and more secure. You bet we do. And with my ideas, and a
new Congress, we can make it happen.
God bless Michigan and God bless the United States of
America.
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Presidential Remarks
Canton, Michigan
25 August 1992
Thank you and good afternoon everyone.
It's great to be in Canton -- a booming town, a dynamic town
-- a town that has faced challenges and overcome them.
Canton proves what we all know in our hearts -- America's
best days are ahead of us.
Last Thursday at the Republican convention in Houston, I
laid out a central challenge to our nation -- to win the global
economic competition -- to win the peace.
America must be a military superpower -- an economic
superpower -- and an export superpower.
In this election, you'll hear two versions of how to do
this. Theirs is to look inward, and protect what we already
have. Ours is to look forward -- to open new markets, to prepare
our people to compete, to restore our social fabric, to save and
invest as a nation -- so that we can win. //
Look at one issue -- how to balance the demands of our
economy with the demands of our environment? See what both
candidates have to offer.
In Arkansas, Governor Clinton's record on the environment is
-- to be charitable -- a little less than stellar. Listen to his
own Chairman of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
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-- who said that the Arkansas laws are so lenient that "if
California was operating on the laws of Arkansas, you'd probably
have to wear a gas mask.' "
Is it any wonder -- that Arkansas ranks 50th in the nation
in environmental policy -- according to the Institute For
Southern Studies?
But in his zeal to capture his party's nomination, Governor
Clinton has turned green - which, if he has his way, green could
soon be the color of many Michigan auto workers.
In a speech at Drexel University on April 22, Governor
Clinton talked about a new federal regulatory effort, to insure
fuel standards for cars. He said: "in my administration
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we'll accelerate our progress toward fuel efficient cars and seek
to raise the average goal for auto-makers to 40 miles per gallon
by the year 2,000, 45 miles by the year 2020.
Remember, this is not George Bush paraphrasing. This is
Bill Clinton -- exact quotes.
What will happen if we raise so-called CAFE standards this
high? Well, you know what will happen. Car companies will pull
up stakes, and take their factories overseas.
According to the Auto Manufacturers Association -- in
Michigan alone -- 40,000 workers would go from the assembly line
-- to the unemployment line. //
The only consolation -- is that these workers will have
someone to talk to while they wait. Because they'll be joined by
2.6 million people put out of work by the Governor's new economic
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVE PROVOST
SUBJECT:
CANTON, MICHIGAN RALLY
I. Summary
On Tuesday, August 25, at 3:10 p.m., you will deliver
remarks before a crowd of approximately 500 Canton residents at
Township Heritage Park. You will be introduced by Governor
Engler.
II. Discussion
Your remarks (12 minutes, on cards) follow the themes of
your acceptance speech. Additionally, you outline your
opposition to raising CAFE standards, noting that Governor
Clinton's position on CAFE would mean the loss of an estimated
30,000 jobs in Michigan alone.