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Show Wednesday, January 22. 1992 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Three Partisan politics' decline alienates community, Hinckley official says By Jason Wood Chronicle Staff Writer Associated Press Bringing communities back Former Bush supporters become his harsh critics into partisan politics is one goal the Hinckley Institute of Politics director said Americans need to make. Ted Wilson, who recently completed a teaching fellowship at Harvard, spoke on the Harvard experience and how to improve American politics at the University of Utah Hinckley Institute of Politics Tuesday. NEW YORK As President Bush is preparing to announce tax incentives to get the economy moving, he is taking unusually harsh criticism from some of his old conservative " supporters. They cannot forget that as president he allowed taxes to be raised after promising not to do so. Now they are telling him, in effect, "we told you so." They don't sound forgiving. " " V - Wilson said the erosion of artisan politics in this country E as contributed to people becoming less actively involved in party politics on a community Edwin Feulner Jr., president of the Washington-base- d Heritage Foundation, a conservative force in the Reagan administration, claims Bush is a "president without a purpose," and his policies "a disaster on the domestic front." Russell Redenbaugh, partner in the Philadelphia investment Firm of Cook & Bieler Inc., reminds Bush of his 1988 statement that "tax hikes never gained an American a job or fed a family," but says "Bush forgot this." A report by the Dallas-base- d National Center for Policy another think conservative tank, contrasts Bush's Analysis, economic record negatively with that of John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan who, the authors say, created incentives for investors. level. He said when politicians are n elected in elections, which he called a "joke," it is destructive to the non-partisa- party system and causes a loss of incentive for people working for the good of an entire party. Wilson said he advocated the of the American community," as a way for bringing back the connection of American people with their politics. U.N. council urges Libya to surrender 2 suspects "People need to quit being afraid of becoming involved in politics. Communities need to together to discuss political elements of their communities," he said. He said one aspect of the surrounding. Harvard that Utah could take from was their example programs of churches and communities working together on issues to benefit the whole community. He said he saw the work of many Harvard graduate students and it was very gratifying to see the work compared favorably to U. graduate work. students' Wilson said students at Harvard were very interested in the West and the politics of Utah Ted Wilson "The institute here is one of only six or seven in the country, and it is one of the best. We have only five staff members, yet we felt added to the quality of offer over 200 internships per education the institution could year," he said. One aspect of the Harvard provide. "Harvard has an extreme institute he said would be useful amount of applicants, and it is at the U. would be a student very expensive to attend, but advisory committee, although he minority and underprivileged said the credit for the excellent students who1 are accepted can? work for Hinckley internships', receive as much as the full goes to the students. "We basicallv iust set identify with, much the same as he sees in many U. students. He said the student body at Harvard was diverse, which he ; up the internships, and "People need to quit being afraid of trust the students to do the excellent work they becoming involved in politics. Communities need to come together to always produce," he said. discuss political elements of their Wilson also said part comm unities, " said Ted Wilson, of his assignment as a director of the Hinckley Institute of teaching fellow was to work on a research in particular. The question I was asked most often by the students I came in contact with back there p017Iy.0 was the role of the Mormon church in the state's amount of tuition, room, and board," he explained. politics," Wilson said. He was involved with the "They asked if the church really ran the state, and I said, Institute of Politics at Harvard and he said it was very similar to Well, yes."' Wilson said Harvard students' the Hinckley Institute, with political views were very confused and many of them were looking for an ideology to phones several million dollars more with which to work and about of March. Cooley said the emergency phones idea was introduced because of concern over the number of incidents of rape and assault on campus. He added that, among other campuses of similar size, the U. was virtually alone in not having an emergency system. "We provided the $20,000 as a gesture to help get the project going," he said, adding that without ASUU and give advice on getting internships. "It's something I felt would be very beneficial for the students and I hope to be done by the end of the year," he said. SA-9- 0 8-pa- ck with Memories Saving Special DON'T LOSE brick IT.. .BACK IT OP ON &TDK Just in case... boxes c Special on 312 in. 2in ten-dis- assistance, he feared the project L MF-2H- D $14.95 MF-2D- D3 $7.95 For the best blank tapes, see. 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IT ON Now only $17.95 for 8 tapes $8.95 for The Security Council today unanimously urged Libya to surrender two Libyan agents indicted by the United States and Britain in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Western diplomats said they knew of no other case in which the Security Council has taken sides in a legal dispute among member states. The vote came after Libya told the Security Council the indictments were baseless and the matter should be submitted to international arbitration. "The accusations are based on false premises and assumptions and can only be false because what it is based on is a false argument," former Libyan Foreign Minister Jadullah Azuz Talhi told the council. Libya has refused to turn over the two men under indictment, but has said they could stand trial in Libya. The United States and Britain have said that if Libya defies the Security Council resolution passed today, a resolution imposing sanctions will be taken up within the next two UNITED NATIONS will argue his wrongful Attorneys for Frank Hatton-Wartermination lawsuit against Salt Lake City on Wednesday before the Utah Court of Appeals. Hatton-War- d was fired in October 1989, five months after claims that the Salt Lake Homicide Task Force publicizing free carrying case would take years. One requirement of the legislation that funded the phones was that the administration provide an interim report, which Romney delivered in However, he added, ASUU does not intend to continue using student fee money to fund the phones. Administrative Services has money budgeted for campus securityand that is the proper source of funds for the continued operation of the phones. He said he started to write a student guide to the Hinckley Institute which would tell the history of the institute TDK adjusted accordingly. The bid papers are being finalized, h, topic. D0NTSING IT.. .TAPE final Did, he added, and will be and should be open for bidding in said West, and the be in place by the end should phones 10 more staff members. from page one mid-Marc- mOTOConrai Carpnta OKOWCU come communities World Briefs cy4udio 4866 South Highland Drive 1414 Foothill Blvd. in Foothill Village 272-524- 1 583-781- 8 d ignored leads that he and two crime analysts produced about counties during the 1980s. Hatton-War- d said the trio's leads linked the murders to a Hispanic street gang called "Varrios Chosen Few." One gang member was serving a life sentence for the murder of a woman and Hatton-War- d had urged police to take a look at him in connection with the serial murder. Task force detectives discounted the information, instead using the department's time and money attempting to blame a said in single individual unrelated to the gangs, Hatton-War- d his lawsuit. "This individual operated with a modus operandi far different from those evidenced by the methods of the actual murders," he said. and the crime analysts filed a writ In May 1989, Hatton-War- d of mandamus asking the court to force the police to take their leads seriously. The suit was later dismissed. e A short time afterward, Chief Michael Chabries then-Polic- fired Hatton-War- d, citing insubordination, incompetency, disclosure of confidential information and other resources. Hatton-Ward- 's subsequent wrongful termination suit asked for $6 million in damages under the state's so-call- ed Whistleblower Act. It was dismissed in February 1990 by 3rd District Judge had not exhausted Leonard Russon, who ruled Hatton-War- d administrative remedies before turning to the courts. Hatton-War- d appealed to the higher court, arguing that the remedies and provided under the whistleblower statute rights are provided for only in court cases, not in administrative appeals. Administrative appeals are usually filed only when the plaintiff wants a job back. |
