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PAGE 16 - PLAIN DEALER FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24,1982 PLAINDEALER"> Editorial 4 . Opinion Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) Springfield Report F< airness Standards In recent dayS cartoonist Herblock offered his client newspapers a cartoon showing a small black girl confronting a government offk Reagan Administration official was telling her he might approve some school busing if she would sit in the back of the bus, This was a reference to the old days of segregated busing, arid showed the cartoonist's displeasure with the federal government's present policy of limiting &re£ssive or long-distance busing. This policy, incidentally, is supported by a majority of both races, polls show. The question is whether cartoonists, even with liberal license to exaggerate, are intellectually or politically honest in such distortions. Political and press license do not obviate all standards of fairness or accuracy. No one in the administration, of course, has proposed to resurrect divided seating, and even to suggest this today is to create bitterness based on misinformation. No doubt such a cartoon appeals to many in Washington, D.C., where Herblock works, but it's nevertheless highly misleading. The effects of pictures-as TV has shown-is very great among the less educated. Cartoonists wield, therefore, a considerable power to form public opinion When they constantly delve into politics, in shaping public opinion, they have the same obligation to be fair and accurate as do editors writing editorials. Psychological Science ' A recent book tells how color can be used in healing various diseases. Now comes a psychologist who tells us that when an individual selects a certain color-for instance from a jar of jelly beans-it tells a lot about his or her personality! At a recent meeting of the American Psychology association in Washington, Dr. Elizabeth Bard, of Akron, Ohio, suggested the color (flavor) one chooses (from a jar of jelly beans or something else) indicates certain traits. You are one of great personal charm, supposedly, if you're a woman and pick le involved fell red or a man and pick black.Dr. Bard's testing of 101 people involved fellow psychologists-who mostly picked black first and then re< The other colors? Orange denotes sensuousness in males, a need for security in females. Yellow denotes power-seeking by males, an urge to be charming in females. Etc., etc. . Marvelouslv simple way to analyze persopartity-and to eat jelly beans. Psychological science marches on! Propose Land Use Plan Amendment The Northeastern Illinois Planning commission has released for public review a proposed comprehensive amendment to the Regional Land Use Policy plan originally adopted in 1978. The plan, which is advisory to state and local governments and to private developers, recommends where future development should occur within the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. The 1982 update amendment enlarges the land area considered suitable for suburban development. The amendment recognizes official county and municipal land use plans as among the major determinants of where new development should occur. Commission president, Edgar Vanneman Jr., noted that the new language reinforces local government planning which is consistent with important regional objectives. "The proposed language also supports state and county efforts to preserve prime agricultural land and other important open space," said Vanneman, former mayor of Evanston. The plan retains the policy of preserving older, built up communities and stresses the grtater use of existing public facilities rather than spending for new additions. The updated plan retains the principle of tying newly developing areas to the availability of public water and sewer services. The currently adopted plan recognizes commuter rail and rapid transit stations as important criteria for growth areas. The amendment would recognize existing expressway interchanges as an additional important factor. NIPC Commissioner Ruth Kretschmer, DuPage county board member, chaired the commission's Planning and Policy Development committee which developed the amendment. "We can afford to relax some of our earlier recommendations on suburban expansion because growth rates have slowed, and there is a general scarcity of funds for the kind of highway and sewer extensions that once promoted suburban sprawl," said Kretschmer. "We want to stimulate private investment in appropriate locations, and we believe the amendment will make the plan helpful in that regard." Current NIPC forecasts indicate an additional 700,000 persons living in the six-county area by the Year 2000. Earlier forecasts were more than twice as high. The currently adopted plan includes a map which reflects county and municipal land use plans as of 1978. The new plan would not contain an official map of recommended growth areas but would refer to the latest adopted local plans. Other changes in the plan include: 1) a description of how the Regional Land Use Policy plan is related to the commission's population and employment forecasts; 2) a description of how the plan is related to the region's water quality management plan; and 3) a description of how requested plan amendments will be handled. The Regional Land Use Policy Plan is one of a number of advisory plans maintained by the commission. Others address open space, water supply, water quality, storm drainage, transportation, solid waste, and housing. These plans are used by the commission in its review of local applications for federal funding for capital improvements throughout the region. The public review draft of the comprehensive amendment has been sent to mayors and village presidents, county board chairmen, county planning commissioA chairmen, council erf governments directors, and other interested individuals and organizations. Public hearings will be scheduled in each of the six counties during November. The commission will consider the ainendment at its Dec. 15 meeting. The Northeastern Illinois Planning commission is the comprehensive planning agency for the six-county metropolitan area. In addition to planning, the agency provides technicaland research assistance and reviews federal grant requests for local governments. Washington - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on Major roll call votes during the week ending Sept. 10. HOUSE Hazardous Waste--By a vote of 148 for and 183 against, the House rejected an amendment that would have continued the exemption of most small businesses, hngnitnlg and srhDaklrom tho Inn? ratnilnring dlSpOSS! of hSZSTdCVS WSStSS. The' vote means that, if the Senate goes along with the House, concerns that generate up to 2,200 pounds of waste per month will no longer be permitted to send their waste to town dumps and other landfills where leakage threatens groundwater. These small generators will, like those generating more than rS^2Q0 pounds monthly, be required to use secure, federally-approved disposal sites. J The amendment was proposed to HR 6307, a bill extending and Strengthening the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery act. The bill w&spassed and sent to the Senate. , Supporter Thomas Bliley, R-Va., said it was necessary to continue the exemption to prevent "a bludgeon approach against untold numbers of small businessmen and schools to solve a problem the magnitude of which we are not certain..." Opponent James Florio, D-N.J., said that even though small concerns produce much less waste than large industrial operations, "we are still talking about billions of pounds of hazardous wastes potentially being put into our drinking water supplies." Members voting yea" wanted to continue to exempt laundries, schools and other small generators from stringent federal regulation of their waste disposal, and to have the U.S. EPA further study the problem. ^ Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "yea." _ Rep. Lynn Martin, R-16, voted "nay." Rep. Philip Crane, R-12, did not vote. Common Law--The House rejected, 85 for and 255 against, an amendment to the hazardous waste bill (see preceding vote) that sought to restrict the latitude of federal judges in cases involving hazardous wastes. The amendment attempted to delete language in the bill empowering federal judges to draw upon common law - not just the 1976 Resource Conservation ana Recovery act • - in deciding such cases. Sponsor James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said "it is just not fair" for the 60,000 concerns that dispose of hazardous wastes to have to answer to a federal judge's interpretation of common law in addition to the 1976 federal law. Opponent James Florio, D-N.J., said "the use of federal common law of nuisance is especially essential in interstate pollution cases where state principles probably would not apply." Members voting "nay" wanted federal judges to have the broadest possible authority to decide cases brought iagainst those who pollute by disposing of hazardous wastes. McCloiy and Ms. Martin voted "nay." Philip Crane did not vote. Veto Override--By a vote of 301 for and 117 against, the House overrode President Reagan's veto of a $14.2 billion appropriations bill, marking the first time in the Reagan presidency it has beaten his veto of a spending bill. The issue went to the Senate (see vote below). The bill, covering the few weeks remaining in fiscal 1982, contained more than $1 billion than Reagan wanted for various social programs and $2 billion less than he wanted for defense. Among politically-sensitive domestic programs it would fund are community service jobs for the elderly, college grants for poor students, and education aid for poor and handicapped children. Nearly half of the outlay - $6.2 billion - would pay salaries of federal workers. Speaker Thomas O'Neill, D-Mass., who supported the override, called Reagan a "man with a heart of stone" and he said "this bill is not, as the president claims, a budget buster." Reagan, in his veto message, said the bill typified Congress' "old, Spendthrift habits" and that "it will undermine the confidence crucial to continued reductions in deficits and interest rates which we must achieve for sustained economic. growth." Members voting "yea" favored overriding the presidential veto and passing the $14.2 billion spending bill. Philip, McClory, and Ms. Martin voted "nay". SENATE Enterprise Zone Plans Falling Into Place Can private enterprise he enticed into investing in and rebuilding poor city neighborhoods? That's the goal of enterprise zones, which seek to lure business into un­ desirable areas through tax cuts and other incentives. Although enterprise zones are a cornerstone of the Reagan Administration program for urban development, they have yet to be tested in the United States. But, that may change soon. In the coming months the various elements needed to implement enterprise zones should begin to fall into place. Illinois legislators joined their colleagues in Connecticut, Maryland, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Louisiana and the District of Columbia by approving a state Enterprise Zone Act last spring. It was the second year in a row that the General Assembly approved an Enterprise Zone act. A similar bill passed in 1981, but was vetoed by Gov. Thompson, who said he supported the concept but not the specific provisions of that bill. Most of the governor's objections have been resolved by the new bill and it is expected to be signed into law. Spending Veto--By a vote of 60 for and 30 against, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Reagan's veto of a $14.2 billion appropriations bill (HR 6863) for 1982 (see House vote). The vote provided exactly the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto and enact the bill into law. Senators voting "yea" opposed the president's claim that the bill was too expensive. Sen. Alan Dixon, D, voted "yea." Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "nay." 11 Um If Illinois gets an Enterprise Zone act on the books, it will clear the way for state participation in any federal program, since the federal legislation is expected to carry a stipulation that staites must first designate an area an enterprise zone before the neigh­ borhood can receive federal benefits. As passed by the General Assembly, the state act would offer tax in­ centives and lighten the existing burden of regulations, but important protections have been retained. Rather than a pure laissez faire policy, which some critics fear could turn "enterprise" zones into economic "combat" zones, the Illinois plan retains important environmental, human rights and minimum wage protections. Under the Illinois plan, the state Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) will be largely responsible for establishing guidelines that aiTal^a must meet before it can qualify as an enterprise zone. The DCCA rules will be drawn around the general guideline that areas must suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment and economic distress. Before the state can declare any area to be an enterprise zone, it must first be so designated by the county or By State Rep. Dick Klemm municipality in which iFis located. And, before it can be declared a local enterprise zone, there must be at least one public hearing in the designated area. Each year, the DCCA will be limited to naming eight zones. Most of the benefits available within c«eu of wwc eight zones will involve fa* incentives. For each new worker hired by companies located in the wine, the business can receive a $1,000 tax credit. In addition, state utility taxes can be abated for five years and a special investment tax credit would be offered to companies that Invest in property located within the hm. Another interesting aspect of the bill allows the state or local govern­ ment to establish an urban homestead program to dispose of government owned property within the zone. This is a key component of the bill, since a major criticism of old urban renewal programs was their tendency to shift the poor from one neigh­ borhood to another without ever lif­ ting anyone out of poverty. When a / crumbling brownstone is replaced with a costly new apartment building, the previous residents can end up homeless. They can't afford the new rents and must move on to another poor neighborhood. But, through urban homesteading, the residents can obtain title to the property while it is virtually wor­ thless. As the neighborhood' is redeveloped, the land value rises creating tangible assets for the homesteaders. Since the act permits local government to abate property taxes within the zone, urban homesteaders will not be forced to give up their homes because they cannot pay rising taxes. To further encourage redevelop­ ment, the new act permits a sales tax refund for building materials used in remodeling, rehabilitation and new construction in the zone. Finally, the state Enterprise Zone act earmarks $100 million in Illinois Industrial Development Authority bonds for zooe businesses. Enterprise zones are a new concept without a demonstrated record of success. They are not a cure-all for every social ill and they cannot be expected to replace existing federal, state and local programs. But, they do offer some interesting new ideas and may, under the right conditions, provide powerful in­ centives for bringing some neigh­ borhoods back to economic health. PLAINDEALER~> Letter to the Editor Public Pulse (Tha Plaindaalar invito* the public ta Ht »hl» column at an ••prauion of thair triawi an tubiactt ol ganaral in- taratt in out community. Our only raquatt ii that tha writer* fi*» tignatura. hill addrati and phana numbar. Wa oik too. that ona individual not writ* on tha una iub|act mora than anca a month. Wa ratarva tha rlfht te dalata any malarial which wa contidar Iibaiaui or in abjactianabla tasta.) Mickey Mouse was created in 1928. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were recently issued by the McHenry County Department of Building and Zoning to: Charles Herdrich and Sons, 1014 N. River road, McHenry, to construct a storage garage. McHenry township. from HISTORY'S SCR&BOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS September 23, 1952--Nixon delivered "Checkers" speech. September 24, 1906--Devil's Tower, Wyoming, made 1st National Monument. September 25, 1956--Transatlantic telephone system began operation. September 26, 1946-- Russians denounced Sherlock Holmes on grounds he protected private property. September 27, 1937--First Santa Claus school opened, For You r I n fo rma t i on NOISE POLLUTION "Editorr "First prize must go to the gallant volunteers on the Rescue squad who run the loud sirens nearly 100 percent of their travel regardless of the vacant roads and the «arly, dark hours they travel. t "Hugh Kirk" CITIZEN RIGHTS "Editor: "According to the Constitution of the United States, it is the right of every citizen of legal age to have a voice and a vote in their governing body (with the exception of those convicted of a felony or acts of treason). "At the meeting of the Wonder Lake Master Property Owners' association on Sept 12, one of the by-laws was used to revoke the vote of several of the subdivisions which could not or would not pay the required dues. Some of the subdivisions penalize property owners for not paying the Master association dues by not paying the amount assessed against the subdivision association. The property owners who have paid are thus deprived of a voice along w.ith those who have not paid. This practice is greatly magnified at the Master association level which penalizes the majority instead of the few. "The newly elected second vice- president of the Master association stated that a study was to be made about changing certain by-laws. Surely changing of the voting by-laws should have first consideration. "Wonder Lake residents who have an opinion in this matter should contact the president of their par­ ticular property associations and make their opinions known. "Frank De Costa" GAS PUMP © ' Bad Habit Never race the engine when starting the car or rev up the engine before you turn it off. This is a waste of fuel and the raw gas that remains in the pistons washes away the coating of oil on the pis­ tons. MhriilJak -- Nautical archaeologists say a nearly 1,000-year-old ship­ wreck they are studying off the Turkish coast is a miss­ ing link between the ancient Greek and Roman vessels and the kinds of ships that centuries later allowed Euro­ pean powers to colonize half the known world. Dear friends, «* "Sorrow shared is sorrow diminished" is an old adage. Upon this principle, funerals are made public events. Not only does the family grieve, but fellow workers and friends in the community have suffered a loss as well. Thru the funeral service, they too can express their grief and provide needed social support for the bereaved family. Respectfully, .Pay- PETERM.JIJSTEN fL V)NJ FUNERAL HOME ARE YOU NEW IN The McHenry Area? Do You Know Someone New? We Would Like To ^xiend A Royal Welcome To Every Newcomer To Our Area! I! 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NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION Post Offico Box 17400 Washington, D.C., 20041 Phone (703) 471-0404 McHENRY COUNTY CETA OUTREACH CENTER 544 Russel Ct Woodstock.il. 50090 (015)330-7100 JOB TRAINING OFFERtD McHENRY COUNTY ASSOCATION FOR THE RETARDED Robert G. Lambourn, Executive Director Phone: 344-1230 , ^^ALCOHOUCSANONYMOyj^^jjj^Wjgj^l^^^^^