Friendswood Journal, The (Newspaper) - April 12, 1973, Friendswood, Texas JOU Texas tones in pril 28 eplay April 1973 48 15 per copy t fever cooled oft a little week but vm start rising by Monday when absentee me for the first runoff local City Council he April 28 runoff puts 2 Incumbent Ralph inn They ran last polling 577 votes to Jones Prince received 152 votes samp forcing the other two Incumbents won Patton beating An chirks 176 to 496 In Position ind Benny defeating n to 543 for Ralph Lowe raised a stlon as to Position 2 Id be declared vacant between Monday nights official canvass the election and the City Ody Jerden said should retain his seal thp of the runoff la worn o voting machines are being sted for the April 28 said he considered two there will be only on the ballot and judging m the fact that people on three machines last nay without any lonf ins In said 10 people wn standing line when the polls opened at M last and that there steady stream of and 105 an step i street job will start relocating IT and IT lines along Drive Tuesday In tor tlie Manager Jim Morgan said ot may Inconvenience residents business along the route m Mary Ann Drive to efforts will be made to notify 1 concerned before service Is may find some Incon he but not as ch as they will experience a nth or so later whin actual pic mi the Mate contract for thp widening will DP let tor the utility imp 00 dayK to get their but said It Is that thoy can do It In less the work can John Phillips a book to library Librarian Patricia happy to cater to hit story on Pagt Is state dodging fourth R Speck attend hearings on school finances By NANCY wags at last said Texas still has Us three but is no longer bothered by the fourth Tlie urgency which had been felt earlier about cor Inequities In public school financing obviously had dissipated after the Supreme Court in the so called case that in Kan Antonio that the present local tax financing wan not John Ward that the Legislature nol paw during session any of the finance bills under He and school board member Speck were crowd of more than mostly heard lie com discuss four pro House Dills 1259 and 12 four all basically similar to the proposal of the senate interim committee on school Atl retain the usP of ad valorem property alw a 11 oc a t P maximum tax rates for to they xtra funding for districts which caniot pay their share of Wealthy net IPM state And they all provide for taxes to be assessed on full market of than by economic to equalize the various as to what constitutes full market value Is Mill in All the bills regulate amount of money districts could use for enrichment but at same tlm thoy propose m that would include enrichment There a few signs of 1 on the com Some members Indicated that thoy to about chancing the finance structure Dan sponsor of 940 commented that The court returned respon t might the opportunity to Texas where It And Marc i law professor at the university of Texas who worked on the brief for the Rodriguez noted to the com You should nol Irresponsibly Just because tho supreme Court has given you that Slate Sen Oscar Mauzy of Dallas noted that the court had that there were In school The only found that system was constitutional It did not find that It was Another feel ing In opposition to the bills was related to the fact that under any of the systems proposed richer school districts would pay most Page 4 opens Sunday H announced rk Hut rn 1 of thr Cham of IR to Hi traditional ribbon In front of store at I IS AM new 00 is located nMr of KM elp wanted og catcher ny for Job doe htr Ity Councilman Dill ration luted that civic clubs for stern of a doff c ontrol mliM provide h It to officer for but K far has had only a In Mory on fM I I This li lias Houston In of Is I in and tor dK Wv do not Barnes In mir ran only I n The nw III bv by birn in thp han 12 I and I MM acS 4 arl to In the t from North SJl In anl has bwn twy Srout and civic pm In III bo by John assistant and Bob nan named Tlir stoir will be from AM to 9 prizes an lurt nf HIP which Is already thp nations tartest food haa an plan in thp Houston and plans to open six more In this by tlw part of 107 Stuth Seek local mail is trying to vt and lucal mall for Its in Hi sm but far efforts have In Bells so called of metropolitan service part of sun and alt of M Dorado and Tower in the third tier option of prefix 515 numbers at the regular price or 331 numbers at a higher with the then can call and n I h e r adjacent rnnis but they have to pay toll to call lor Urn higher rate they Rft the same as s offered to the Including tollfree calls to Houston central and all other first and second tones surrounding The city a letter from stern BP II his week that the fonp and tier boundaries would N ton to Postmaster Glen said he had requested that the newly annexed areas along IM 528 be to tte postal ron but so far hp has no The arpa is now by an Alvin rural Sewer bond talk rises to million A million bond election loomed as a possibility this week as the City Council one ft more through definitions of a concept and tried to guess what the Gulf Co Jit Disposal Authority is going to Ralph thp citys water disposal me to thr plant voters refund to finance in a March 17 bond election would br to expand the present 2 plant to an additional gallons per day capacity and add treatment these as required by new HIP proposal Include closing the 1 plant and running combination gravity and lined to the Ho said ho had calculated In 1071 that such a project would cost but that It might cnst as much as million W may go that Mayor Ralph We could do it bonds and Increased I dont think we could count on any federal I About tlw federal publicly opposed bond If wi can show the Protection we the plant Mr t think wo can get a councilman expressed the that any federal funds whon they become available would in or 1 y go tows rd a the Gulf Coast waste Disposal Authority Is Mlh plans rir a regional plant just across clear from Polly I dont will build a plant unless to Gonzalez Where H their customer base IT not going to a grant to fictional ho favored thr proposal to plant and somers saM that project take care of the Immediate areas until Ton years could build another plant or keep our option to join CC opens bunny contest first Chamber of Commerce here this week when local merchants slatted chances on tho Largest Factor blc 8 firt tall and 25 will be on display the f some lucky win the bunn official drawing at thr bank on April Only merchants members of tlic are to blanks bf nut and in box at the Charles nf of Casuals b Chamber Kd Stuart to project Coupons for the am In all Kach nf HIP participating Is having its spring and pre The also plans a community wide This Is the beginning of an effort nn the part of the chamber lo help merchants of de the Gulf Coast regional plant If they build said Mike of the ecu DA staff hMi told him would support with If In expanding thf 2 plant and would not t Join Its that con because also said oppose any further pursuit of a plant on Its Im In favor of our doing away that Councilman We usM it because we thought It be more salable in getting a but we never intended to spend tax lo provide service Page 4 Tax plan draws ire A in the legislatures f proposal bills could power away from woods city hall district and turn It over to the County School and city authorities ex concern about 900 sponsored by Dan School board president Warron wrote a thr local boards Mayor Rilph said tht posal unfavorable to him because It would remove the gov farther from HIP The would authorize tho county tax collect for all political uub SCP full itf on divisions within each In school and water And It would make HIP county commissioners court tlw only equalization county official mine the actual market value nf all taxable and would be no Kach lax Inc could sit Its own tat an uproar mer a tix appraisal program Jointly by HIP county nnd school Part of their complaints the by outside appraisal but tho traditionally low county In that case there was som by House Dill prop erty owner In the county would rp one tax would list all taxing ailing with the tax rates and the Amount nf doc to The county lax coll PC t all the and then to each political cost of Inp would be amonn the cities and Zoning Tne Planning and t n j Is planning public hearing a on requests for In he areas recently by the city from family to other Any land owner wishes to request re zoning ma apply At city
