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STA Forum podium for candidates
The Observer, Thursday- October 23, 1986
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the john. 1l¢ said the tradmoual a tll lnlMlldllU CttlCnt in
implement . pool ol part-tna cr , the 18-24 3ear sent, Nhgharo :utl There
Ragazzl also stressed she a old . are decrea mg. But, he "gro l t n pctente on the pa
s ong supporter of environmental cOUll tled, the nnn ber of enlor is bonle of the
concerns. She said she ould hke mcreasmg, tte ,ud the t, te hould State Representative Angelo
to see something done about clean- be thmkmg about gcttmg sentor l,u co atd he wa ex cmely proud
ing the water m the area The mto the part-tune job market by ol h re 'otd
Federal government hould also giving them mtent e uch a tax m the lar c l tax cut m state
help clean up the ater with money breaks.
om eSupeffunds. she aM. Dorothy X clo key Ive ,l d lleaNopnmu cdtowt rktoex-
Education was another concern he had just turned 60 and tlu pand the ('tmnl' ('I: plan. Ite said
from Ragazz . She would hke the focused a lot of her concern on the t dill llot go l,tr enough but it was a
chil n w th "specml needs" to be elderly. She ,nd three mflhon pilot progr,m
helpS. e specml advanced people m Connect tut ha e reached to et lc cl h r the future.
student with high mtelligence, she the "magic age" of 60. "1 feel hkc lhe pubhc hould not pay for
said, should be helped to get ahead I'm on a ferns wheel" tth the age the nu managcment of co oratfaster.
"We have to push them a ssue, she sa d, expre smg he a on,, Fu to aid. explaming his
high they can go," she said. especmlly concerned about elderly oppt t tm to to reform. "The
"Equitable orth, equal pay for people hawng to take care of con tul cr ha n't been gettmg a fair
equal work," Ragazzi said wa also elderly p entsor relatives, "Th s shake "
important. "I would like to help something s iety must deal with." [.tl t't tatcd he had been work-
. omen. She said there has to st ol tng tm co,cotton ground walercon-
Gerald Creanwasalsoconcem- living adjustments made for people tanm , t on m St uthington since
ed with educauon. "My number on fixed income Some ol the 19ff4 lie ,tM the town ha to get
one isssue is gomg to be cducat- pensmns need rev mg and a ,i 3 11o11 cttmg t ater from
ion." He said he would work to restudymg because the level no thcQtmmGn, cl t cr Fn corecomse
teacher salaries and push for leave only "the b, eq nunm um iucnttcd th u g ,trtc an wells and
irnprc vement n One c cuh , p . _
Fighting drug abuse, Crean A former teacher, Nhclo key Nc llamp re
said is another of h s ssues. concerned about thmgs that affect , I u co tre,sed, durmg h s term
" gs are in every school m the education. An example ts drugs, hc had bccu accessible and awfil
able IO the pnbhc and ould constate
of Conne lcut...People better she said. "It a a well-kept tlnt c o do o
w e up..." to the drug problem, secret., l'm glad t' out m the
Crean said he.wanted mandatory open and now we can deal w' th m" S,, tc Scn,uor Jo',cph Markley,
" a nau e ol Southnl2ton: %rid he
ntencing for pushers. AIDS, she said, " s a kind of gmallx ran, for olfi e bccanse he
Crean sa d he would work for far out topic bnt t n't really " She tl? h Sot thnmton a uot bemg
•e concerns of the elderly and set said there has been ome concern
fo h to develop another elderly expressed about children gomg to l'a rl represented m the 16th dishousing
complex in Southmgton. school w th other children who tr cI" lie ,utl he has "bent over
nnPACE, e e]derlv have 'en exhaled io AIDS. There backx ,i,rtt " not to, n],lke the same
prescription drag plan, d s not g should be more concern about the nuqakt ith , ttrburv ,rod
f enough, Crean said. He wants chdd th AIDS, 'Whal do you do con, , [ t, ,t an ol the l( th
to see the income level raised so w th hnn'v' She a d the h ease tl ,tltl he had "the go
more people can participate in the strikes the immunity system and lo unc" to be t+,ul ol the [,truest tax
proem, the child would be exposed to cut m st+tic ht to t]t£ c ,nd the Dressed for the seaso
ean said e wants to bring many adments from his or her cut d d not go tar Cnt+tlgh ,rod prom- Keleen and Joshua I+emke ich spent a recent autumn a[tern n at their grandparent's home, de+ked out in
e mt st deal x th t. lsetl to push for more their apple s eaters. They are the grandchildren oI James and Mary MeEntee of Milldale.
more state money into Southington classmates. ' " " "
+ M,uklc + t+uld hkc the state to
in order to fight rising property Rcpre,cnt,mve c,,n,- S gt S i g B k rep it i
"Southington has been left out" on mandato sentencmg for drng pare lot cltanges tu the
of the state program to re+prove pushers +e problem ++tth ltc reconamendcd dt+crsd cat onof
roads and bridges, Crean sa d, mandato ' sentencmg s the the c¢onom3 so the stale can m,un- R,tlph G M,mn. t'rcsMent ,rod lot the third quarter of 1985, an hon sh of common st k lOading,
this has to recufied, prisons are overcrowded, Mtgharo tam ts su[+cNor ectmotntc position ('htcf FxecutLve ()flwer ol South mcre,tse of 125 6 . Earmngs per tahng $16.4 lhon on July 3.
" e F eral government has sa d. "We're bustmg at the seams Marklc opptmcnt, Douald region Sa mgs Bank rcpo tcd net share for the qua er totaled 67 1986. Net income for the nmc
failed to take a stand on the re- w th our restitutions." But he stud Rm,dth ot "kV+ tcrburx+ x ,ts a no- tt+,ome for the tturd quartc + ended cent ecuwent qu er nefited months ended September 30, 1986
moval of asbestos in schools and his philosophy s, "tlang 'era lugh, sho " September 30, lt S6, of gS 1 thou Irt+m the mvestment of the pro- totaled gl.8 million.
public buildings, Crean stud. hang 'era d ',]ncludmg pushers." State Sen+trot Stc e ('a ey s,ttd ,tttd. compared to $355 thousand ceeds from the ssuance of 1.2 l-
He also said to refo +s still He said one has to "write off" he had four major sues cducatneeded.
He feels the present bill on the present generauon as far as +on, redu mg the I+tudcn of prop
that topic d s not guarantee educatmg them about drug , tle err3 tax. ('tmnl+A('[ . t +tt the lob
fordable insurance, said the state has to start ++orkmg matkcl
Eugene Millefick, a fo aer +Dn educatmg the r ext generauon ('ascy rc+ommcndcd that the
mem r of the Plainville Bo d of "as well as puttmg them Ithe tatc should tncrc,t e the q,tte ttr-
Education. said the state Education pushers) in jail + here the ctox ns plt s for etluf,ttlon, lie sam tt+x
Enhancement Act is only the- lo g" "
gi ni g. e sal that eve o¢ial eeuril)' benefits should for quahty educalion The
though the bill has been inie ret d be removed from dele lni g shonld be ,in equal p,lrl er
as a means to increase teachers' ehgibililv of lhe elderly for the fund 5()