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RMDonSble forSh!?!6^8? coun*y treasure*" for nine years, m^iona yew in taxes ' 8 accountin8 of more than $77 DICK CROSBY . mu x, , Republican Z/e4. UC jF Regulatory commission is to oversee the Th^^riSiroi8 "maintenance of hazardous materials sites. The federal government's, financial and regulatory responsibility for the cleanup of hazardous material should be oneofcoojgration with private industry, and one of total responsibility when the cleanup is the result of activity on federal government property or a military installation -• ---vc C0.uiuc.icts in the ability of the "Department of No Energy to develop alternate fuel sources. The department can't even come up with any viable energy policy related to existing fuel supplies. The federal government role in developing an energy plan should be one of less regulation and more incentives toward private industry. Private business will more successfully develop alternate energy sources, once the government allows the incentives. 3. Social Security may go bankrupt under existing actuarial tables. A young girl born in 1980 will have an average life of 82 years, one born in 2010 will have an average life of 102 years. Currently one is eligible for full Social Security benefits at age 62. Forty years of Social Security for all is not feasible. The Candidate: Dick Crosby, Republican, P.O. Box 6102, Rockford. Education: Rockford public schools; graduate of Michigan State university, B.A. Business Administration, 1950; University of Michigan seminar studies. Occupation: Managing owner and partner, Ingrassia- Crosby Realtors, Gallery of Homes, Rockford. Experience: Member of 1976 Winnebago County Finance committee to elect Jim Thompson, governor; Rockford Chamber of Commerce; board of directors, Rockford Board of Realtors. CONN HICKEY Democrat 1. Corporations have an interest in exporting hazardous material)! onto the general public rather than assuming the full cost of disposal. They do this exporting either by dumping them without sufficient care or by getting the government to assume the cost. Given this built-in incentive to not deal conscientiously with their hazardous wastes, the government has little choice but to either regulate them or come up with an alternative approach that makes it in companies' interest to dispose to them with due care. Government clean-up of hazardous waste should be billed back to the companies that produce the waste or are responsible for disposing of it in the first place. 2. The alternate fuel sources that should be promoted by the federal government (and the Department of Energy) are clean renewable energy sources such as solar (in all its forms, including alcohol, wind, etc.), hydroelectric (on a small scale), methane, etc. The energy production systems should also be as decentralized as possible so that people are no longer dependent on energy conglomerates for all their energy needs. 3. It will be in a state of total collapse in 30 years if it is not substantially revised. The first thing we must do is to begin treating our elderly as a resource rather than a burden. We must end mandatory retirement at an arbitrary age. We must make more part-time work with flexible hours available. We must begin giving the elderly an incentive to work. The $5,000 limit on outside income after which you lost $1 of social security for every $2 earned simply prevents people from working more than $5,000 a year worth. We should take SSI and medicare out of the Social Security tax and take both from general fund revenues where the burden of taxation is spread more equitably. The Candidate: Conn Hickey, Democrat, 127 North Church street, Rockford. Education: Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin college in the field erf Government. Awarded the Master of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Claremont Graduate school, is currently a candidate for a Ph. D. degree in International Relations. . Experience: Holds the position of assistant recording secretary in the Winnebago county Democratic party. Served as the assistant group controller for the United Banks in Rockford. DON LYON Republican 1. Before anyone is charged with the financial responsibility of cleaning up hazardous material, it must first be determined where the liability lies, if it is possible to make this determination immediately. If there is no clear liability, then the entity causing the accident and the government should jointly be involved in the clean-up. Certainly in cases involving toxic material, the government should work first to evacuate the people in the area if necessary, then worry about who is to blame, later. Without question, safety regulations must be imposed by the government to protect our quality of life, but these regulations should be fair and restrained to safety matters. Too often when the regulatory bureaucracies get their foot in the door, these regulations become "over-regulations", and impede productivity and hike prices for consumers. 2. The Department of Energy should not be directly involved in developing alternative fuel sources - this should be left up to the private sector. Private businesses know more about this than the federal government, and the government should not compete with free enterprise. If the Department of Energy is concerned about the development of alternative sources of fuel, then it should decrease the level of bureaucratic controls which hinder private businesses in their efforts to discover and develop these sources. 3. Yes, the Social Security system is going bankrupt because the tax revenues have not kept pace with Social Security expenditures. This current shortfall has been brought about by declining Social Security Tax revenues due to high unemployment, a declining birth rate, an increased number of persons drawing Old Age and Disability payments, and an increased benefits schedule voted by Congress in 1972. In 1977, President Carter signed into law a bill which has sharply increased the Social Security taxes on 107 million American workers to keep the huge pension system solvent into the 21st century. It is clear that those who do work should not bear the increases of inordinately high taxes to support a system which is going bankrupt. By increasing the Social Security taxes, President Carter merely offered a band-aid solution. We need for the government to encourage productivity and stimulate it by way of tax cuts and credits, this in turn will make more jobs available to American workers, thus strengthening the Social Security system and our economy. It is also imperative that the President appoint a "Blue Ribbon" panel to come up with ways of making this national pension system actuarially sound. The Candidate: Donald M. Lyon, Republican, Rockford While attending the Open Bible college in DesMoines, Iowa, he married Donna Swaggert of Eugene, Oregon in 1951. Civically active at local and national levels. He currently serves on the national boards of the National Religious Broadcasters and National Association of Evangelicals, and has served as midwest office for both organizations. He was co-founder, president, and vice-president, of Prevention, Inc., a drug rehabilitation center in Chicago, which was responsible for helping 200 drug addicts overcome their addiction. Honored with a "Doctor of Divinity" degree from Florida Beacon college and seminary, and presently serves as pastor of an interdenominational church called Faith center, after having resigned as senior pastor of Open Bible center in 1977, in order to campaign full time for Congress. Faith center, his new church, has pre-school of over 60 children and an academy of 90 pupils ranging from kindergarten through twelfth grade. LYNN MARTIN Republican 1. The federal government should not infringe on state law. For instance, in Illinois we have passed a bill that excludes accepting waste from states which refuse to accept ours. But the overall question of hazardous waste, including nuclear waste, is a federal responsibility. 2. First, the Department of Energy has been a bureaucratic nightmare. A legistimate function would be in grants on the tntversity level for research. Additionallv, help in coal fuification would be a real help. 3. Recently passed legislation has postponed bankruptcy. But the real question concerns the future. As more and more people go on Social Security, fewer will be supporting the » system. Future increased benefits will have to be examined closely for the fiscal impact. People now depend on Social Security and cannot be abandoned, but those costs must be examined. The Candidate: Lynn Martin, Republican, P.O. Box 206, Rockford. Education: Attended Chicago schools. B.A. degree from University of Illinois. Occupation: State senator, 34th district, 1979. Experience: Stst« representative, 24th district, Appropriations executive, cities and villages, commission to rewrite public aid code committees. State senator, 34th district.. Committees: Appropriations, election and reapportionment, local government, joint committee on administrative rules and regulations. WILLIAM E.SISLER • , Republican r* 1. In case of nuclear waste the federal government should shoulder principal responsbility and funding for those wastes. This, because the federal government has exclusive regulatory control over the nuclear industry. The states in partnership with the federal government should share financial responsbility for regulating hazardous "-wastes moving inter-state. The states, however, should reserve primary regulatory control over hazardous control disposal within its own borders. 2. The Department of Energy's role should be limited to providing research grant, etc., to the developing of alternative fuel sources. 3. Yes. The first step toward placing the Social Security system on sound financial footing should be to remove Medicaid (in the entire Medicare program) should be removed from the Social Security program and should be funded from the general revenues. Further reforms from the funding of remaining Social Security programs must be found. I The Candidate: William E. Sisler, Republican, Freeport. Education: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science, University of Iowa. Law degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign. Experience: State's attorney of Stephenson county since 1973. Selected as one of the "Outstanding Young Men of America" in 1973. Member of the Freeport Kiwanis club, Stephenson County Bar association, the Illinois State Bar association and the National District Attorney's association. MCHENRY COUNTY BOARD DISTRICTS REGISTERED VOTERS IN EACH DISTRICT DISTRICT 1. DISTRICT 2. DISTRICT 3. TOTAL 25,871 26,750 23,943 76.564 1 1 I 1 1 ! CHtMuna . 'una j mum HllliWlftW | ! 1 --I KM'IMjl ___ W ||WQW ! 1 ! ; i _ L L mm mt ! 1 --I KM'IMjl ___ W ||WQW ! 1 ! ; i _ L L b ! 1 ! • IUT ! (MM J 1 MrUCMDV ! • IUT ! (MM J AI9PNOMN fc- • FOR McHENRY COUNTY BOARD District 2 The following questions were asked of McHenry County board candidates by the McHenry County Farm Bureau prior to a candidates' night held earlier in the month. These particular questions were felt to be of special interest to farmers. The following answers were made by those District 2 candidates who met the Farm Bureau deadline. 1. Do you feel there is a real need to preserve farm land? If so, how would you accomplish this? 2. Are there other methods that would be more equitable to finance our local school systems? (Income Tax) (Real Estate DSvciOpci D una lion J. 3. Do you think the township assessors should be elected or appointed by the supervisor of assessments? 4. What issuesrdo you see facing McHenry county in the next few years? , JAMES D.CURRAN Republican 1. There is a definite need to preserve farmland, and I believe there is enough land already zoned residential to handle all development for the next 10 years or more. If you want to preserve land the Farm Bureau should urge all farmers not to fall plow as more good top soil is lost to erosion through this practice than most people will admit. If continued, good land will be rendered useless in years to come. 2. Some relief should be given to the property tax payers. A portion of the cost should be financed by income tax and if the fat was trimmed from all local government tax levies people might once again be willing to support government. 3. Township assessors should be elected but certain qualifications should be required of the candidates. If they do not carry out their duties or do not become qualified and make no effort to obtain the specified qualifications there should be legal means available to remove them from office. This is control by the people which would not be the case if they were hired as the people would have no say as to their ability to do the job. * 4. Important issues that must be dealt with by the county are the improvement of local roads, reduction and prevention of crime, formation of sanitary districts, and controlled residential development. PAULE. FIDLER Republican 1. Yes. As a former active farmer and still farmland owner, food production is of utmost importance to our country. How would I accomplish this? In McHenry county we must first see if the revised 1979 zoning ordinance will be effective. 2. Basically no. However,where developers plan high density housing they should be expected to donate to the local school systems. 3. Elected. 4. McHenry county is the fastest population growing county in Northern Illinois and with that growth we are faced with all its problems; transportation, police protection, city expansion and sewage, to mention a few. WILLIAM J. FITZGERALD Republican 1. There is without question, a need to preserve farmland. This problem is being looked at, not only at the county level, but at the state and national. Incentives should be given to the land owner that will induce him to keep the land in crop production. One law that could be changed is the inheritance tax that taxes the property at its development value, instead of its crop-production value. This change may reduce the need of the heirs having to sell off part of the land to pay inheritance taxes. I am opposed to any law that takes away from the private citizen his right to own, use, rent, lease, profit, transmit or transfer private property at the owner's choice. This is a fundamental privilege of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2.72 percent of real estate taxes in McHenry county now go to the schools. I would resist any attempts at the county level to impose any additional taxes for schools. We should be working to induce industry and business to locate in this county, thus adding tax dollars, but not increasing the number of children in the school system. This could also help reduce the tax burden on our crop-producing land. Part of the sales PAGE 19 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, MARCH 14,196* tax and other taxes are already being collected by the state and paid to the schools in the form of grants and assistance. 3. Township assessors should be elected to office. Government officials should be accountable to the public. Having to be elected is the best way I know of to be accountable. 4. The two major issues facing McHenry county in the future will be growth and a need to encourage new industry and business to the area. The new zoning ordinance will allow for controlled growth. However, it should be reviewed with an eye to its effect on industry and business. KOSU1. L1LLEGARD Republican 1. Yes, by making fanning as rewarding as land development. "" 2. A higher state aid formula must be established but only to the point that local schools do not lose local control or that we would end up with one school district for the whole state of Illinois. State mandated programs must be supported by the state and as such lessen the burden on local taic payers. 3. Township assessors should be elected as they are the closest to the people. Elected versus appointed. Elected officials are accountable to the people and can be removed. How do you remove an appointed official? Who are they accountable to? 4. Regionalization, unemployment, transportation, zoning and land usage, balanced budget, duplication of services, and adequate services for all of McHenry county residents. JOHN P. O'HAGEN Republican 1. Yes. First. We cannot afford to squander good farmland. It is the primary resource our country has to help feed the world. Agricultural exports will play an increasingly critical role in helping our country achieve a favorable international trade balance. , Second. Agriculture has a double positive effect on our local economy. It is one of McHenry county's major industries. Agricultural open space boosts the attractiveness and value to non-agricultural residential property within the county. 2. The "equity" of a tax depends upon who is paying it. The only difference to me between the real estate tax and the sales and income tax is which pocket I pay it out of. The real issue with schools is to bring educational spending under control, i.e. back into line with overall cost of living and economic growth trends. When was the last time the local voter was able to block changes in the state sales and income taxes? The nice thing about the real estate tax is that the local voter can say, "no", and make it stick, as we are starting to do regularly in this county. 3. Under our present system of government, we can vote an incompetent or unfair assessor out of office. If we change to a system of assessors appointed by a supervisor of assessments, who is himself an appointed official, then we are turning local control over to the bureaucracy again. If we don't like the results, we have to convince a majority of 24 County Board members to fire the Supervisor of Assessments. This may be very difficult to achieve. Two-thirds of the Board is made up of people from Districts where you and I have no vote. The issue is: Do we want local control of government operations affecting our pocketbooks? At this time, I favor retaining the system of elected township assessors. 4. Rate of population growth, and problems related to growth, such as schools, garbage disposal, sewage treatment, roads, public buildings, and crime, and the expense of these items are the three major issues that I see facing the county over the next 10 years. JOHN D. SEXTON Republican No reply. DELEGATE CHOICE Republicans in the primary election may learn who delegates support by calling a toll free number - 800-942- 2821. There is no indication on the Republican ballot as to the commitment of any delegate. The Democrats will either have the choice stated or will be marked "uncommitted." We the Citizens of McHenry County Support JUDGE CONRADF FLOETER ---- for -- JUDGE OF THE CI RCUIT COURT TO RLL THE VACANCY OF HON. JAMES H. COONEY Vote #184 on the Ballot CHARLES S. PARKER Retired Judge 19th Judicial Circuit Rev. Thomas L. Johnson, Crystal Lake William J. Carroll, Jr., Woodstock Richard Oleszczak, McHenry Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sturk, Crystal Lake Charles T. Riley, Harvard James & Joan Franz, Crystal Lake Mr. & Mrs. Marvin RadoVich. Woodstock Michael Rowe, Marengo James & Merlynn Boback, Barrington Hills Iver R. Johnson, Crystal Lake Mr. & Mrs. Robert Otis, Woodstock Clayton & Helen Hirsch, Prairie Grove Roxanne Moran, Woodstock Sandra Kerrick, Crystal Lake Ed & Joanne Slomski, Woodstock ' Louis & Jean Bianchi. Crystal Lake Debra Steinwehe, Woodstock Tom & Gretchen Burroughs, Crystal Lake Robert A. Wilbrandt, Woodstock Ray & Nancy Visk, Crystal Lake Ward Swenson, Crystal Lake James & Peg Began, Crystal Lake Bill & Beckie McDillon, Cary Wally & Kathy Wika, Cary Thomas & Joanne Daly. Crystal Lake Ray Reynolds, Crystal Lake Stan & Sherry Anderson, Woodstock Dr. & Mrs. Brian Koukol, Crystal Lake Jim Rathbun, Harvard Alvin L. Knutter, Crystal Lake Lyle & Maggie Sprenger. Crystal Lake Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Vorisek. Fox River Grove Kay Shackelford. Cary Harry Pichl, Algonquin JOHN C. CARROLL Former Sheriff McHenry County Eugene R. Kraus, Algonquin William Gairall Jr.. Woodstock R.F. Kloepfer, Crystal Lake Dick & Lolly Kloepfer. Crystal Lake Derek Egerstaffer. McCullom Lake Bonny Egerstaffer. McHenrv Bill Faellaci, Crystal Lake •Betty Andrew. Woodstock Mary H. Johnson. Crystal Lake Irma E. Gunther. McHenry Geneva L. Pringels. Crystal Lake Wanda.Burruss, McHenry Annabelle Rosenthal, Woodstock LeRoy J. Welter. McHenry Jim and Rosemary Kurtz. Crystal Lake Angela Boe, Woodstock John & Twila Garret. Crystal Lake Maruis Schipper. Crystal Lake Eunice L. Kurtz. Woodstock Donna Gadow, Woodstock Shirley Wajrowski. Crystal Lake „ Janet K. Streib. Crystal Lake Edward J. Jablowski. Lake in the Hills Thomas W. Jenkins, Crystal Lake Carla J. Potter, Crystal Lake Rosalee H. Thomson. Crystal Lake Alice M. Willes, Crystal Lake Bernard Grass. Crystal Lake Joanne Wiejcek. Crystal Lake Patricia P. Kelly. Crystal Lake Susan E. Scherer, Crystal Lake C.V. Bolin. Crystal Lake Gayle G. Hirsch. Cary M. Luthy, Cary MaryR. Sigrist. Huntley A copy of out report fi led u.-th the State Board o: available for purchase from the State Board of 1020 South Spnny Street. Springfield Ill inois'-h ANTHONY I. WUJCIK Former Mayor City of Crystal Lake John Nies, Crystal Lake Lyle Powell. Crystal Lake Pat Ceithaml, McHenry Jerome Ceithaml, McHenrv Marge Powell. Crystal Lake Marvlin J. Hirsch. Cary Paul Smith, Carv Beverly Amoroso, Crystal Lake Eileen L. Wasson, Crystal Lake Lyle Grewger. Crystal Lake J. Gallagher, Crystal Lake Patricia J. Smith, Cary - Pamela J. Began, Crystal Lake Lucille A. Bicicchi, Cary Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hegner. Harvard Donna Piehl. Algonquin Matt Ruin. Fox River Grove Marianne Schunk. Crystal Lake Gertrude Piehl, Algonquin William Piehl, Algonquin JoAnne Wujcik. Crystal Lake Pat Church, Crystal Lake Craig Klemme. Woodstock Julia Newman, Crystal Lake Ken Thelander. Cary Sandra Deneseus. Crystal Lake Carol Hoi I. Crystal Lake Terrv Bahry, Crystal Lake Alvin F. Maier. Crystal Lake Virginia Shriver, Crystal Lake Robert Tagatz, Crystal Lake Dorothy Tagatz. Crystal Lake Mark Tagatz, Crystal Lake Marlene Kopala. Crystal Lake Stanley A. Kopala. Cry stal Lake ' „ P a i d ' i t . - - Citizens tor .Judye O or id f : , f lections at' 82S Williams S; r tv<. -'•"'1 Crystal Lake l!i;n, n q.: ALTA RUSH TITUS Crystal Lake Jerry Ac Linda Terry, Crystal Lake Beverly Yokas. Crystal Lake Karen A. Witt. Crystal Lake Linda Andrew, Crystal Lake E. Garnet Fay. Woodstock Michael F. Lanigan. Woodstock Ernest L. Wojcik, Woodstock Mark F. Cyr. Woodstock Gary R. Weber. Crystal Lake Lisa Hanenberger, Crystal Lake Paul Cobb. McHenrv The Carzolli Family, Crystal Lake The Batistini Family, Crystal Lake The Siciliano Family. Crystal Lake Ed Fowler, McHenrv Joseph Ac Rosemary Williams. Prairie Grove Bev Stovall, Crystal Lake Walter "Red"- Ac Jane Kamholtz, Crystal Lake Bob & Mary Werdel, Crystal Lake Terry Schoenherr. Algonquin The McCann Family, Crystal Lake Dick & Pat Travis. Crystal Lake Bill & Fran Johnson, Crystal Lake Greg A: Sandy Barcus. McHenrv Bob Schindler. Spring Grove John Licastro. McHenrv Frank Ac Ann Montone. Crystal Lake Kathy Gardiner, Algonquin Tom Ac Peg Thorne. Wonder Lake Jack Spurr, Crystal Lake Jim & Delores Kelley. Crvsta' Late Bill Nye, McHenrv Dick Schwebke. Crystal Lake Will ii Lynn Hadlock. Carv Robert Ac Svdna Becker c