The Paisaivo
Volume 1, Number 6
March 25, 1981
Sail Antonio, Texas 78213
Dora Hanaer eacorta Icgialatora on tour.
State Legislators Tour UTSA
Approximately sixty state legislators and several ottier assorted dignitaries toured Ttie UTSA campus Friday, March 13th. This was part of a pro¬ -am for all state legislators sponsored by San Antonto businesses. While all legislators were invited and expected, most ctiose not to attend.
The group was greeted by President James Wagener, other UTSA administrative staff and faculty personnel. Coffee and rolls were served in
ttie main foyer of the MS Building, then ttie group was given a short slide presentatton and talk by Dr. Wagener. Following this, ttie legislators were taken, in small groups, on a tour of ttie campus.
Most of the lawmakers were favorably impressed with The UTSA physical plant and ap¬ peared sympathetic to its finan¬ cial needs. However, there were some compients conceming ttie inconvenient locatton and lack of access to minority students.
Mayoral Candidates Take Stand on Issues
by Yolanda Saldana
Tlie race for mayor of San Antonto has gained momentum and tie tempo tias tieen steadily increasing. The un- ctiaracteristfc: attack on Henry Cisneros t>y Jolm Steen may tiave l)rougtit adverse pul)hcity to steen's campaign while casting some dout)t in ttie minds of San Antonto voters on Cisneros' sincerity. Only ttie outcome of ttie election will pertiaps decide wtiose cam¬ paign was ttie most effective.
Henry Cisneros, known na- ttonally in political circles, tias served on San Anotnto's City Council for ttie past six years.
He tias ttie experience from city government tliat enables tiim to outline five nu^or issues ttiat plague San Antonto's future. Cisneros, wtio served as a White hkxise FeUow in ttie Department of Health, Educa¬ tton and Welfare, tias also serv¬ ed on tlie Board of Directors for the Nattonal League of Cities. Economk: growth is not foreign to Cisneros; in fact, it rates as one of his primary concems.
With San Antonto ranked as 68th out of 70 nu^or cities in tlie area of per capita income, Cisneros plans to coml)at ttiis l)y attracting industry to San Antonto. Ttie kind of industry Cisneros is  interested in in-
chides computers, electrantos, energy-related companies and tiealth-related manufacturers. Cisneros states, Ttie city stiouki take an active role in at¬ tracting industry to keep our college graduates from leaving San Antonto to take lietter- paying jobs elsewtiere."
The projected $18.5 miUton deftoit is viewed hy Cisneros as San Antonto's nu^or problem in the future. The deficit," admits Cisneros, Is ttie result of San Antonto's inadequate economk: l)ase and its failure to support all ttie things ttiat we want for our city." Cisneros concludes "(the deficit) is due, in part, to a reluctance  to  raise property
Henry Cianeroa
taxes. Ttie Council is trying very tiard to keep ttie cost of govemment down and tlie price we pay for ttiat is, that as infla- tton continues to take its toll on essential servtoes, ttie cost of l)uying tires and gasoline for our poltoe and fire departments goes up." Cisneros, tiowever, believes he can balance ttie ci¬ ty's budget witliout increasing taxes.
Cisneros also addresses ttie issues of price escalation for energy; ttie quality of San An¬ tonto neighbortioods and ttie poor cahlier of many of ttie ci¬ ty's streets and dratoage sites. He will strive to tiave city work crews meet deadlines on street improvements in order to minimize ttie toss of l)usiness to many of ttie small businessmen affected by rerouting ttie city streets.
According to Cisneros, until industry is estat>lislied to San Antonto and ttie economk: l)ase
is thus Ixioadened, ttie im¬ balance of tfie quality of educa¬ tion that ejiists lietween ttie northskle and souttiside of San Antonto will not be altered. Cisneros goes on to say, 'As we try to attract industry to develop ttie city's economy, wc stiouki try to make sure that it develops in a balanced way. Ttie problem on tlie southskle is ttiat ttiey don't have any resources. Ttiey don't have anyttiing to tax."
Cisneros believes in an en- thusiastto, aggressive approach to attracting industry to San Antonto. He takes tiastoally ttie same approach toward ttie South Teicas Nuclear Prc^t expressing ttie desire to exer¬ cise more control over ttie pro¬ ject Houston, not San An¬ tonto, is ttie managing firm over ttie South Texas Nuclear Pro¬ ject l)ut Cisneros feels that the San Antonto city govemment should keep a watch over ttie cost of construction.
Prince
Tony Prince, a member of ttie Socialist Woriter's party, feels that San Antonto's worst problems are tlie result of big l)usiness. Prince's positkin is tiased on the assumptton ttiat, regardless of what name is us¬ ed. United San Antonto or ttie Good Govemment League, "tng l)usiness intends to dirve its profits up, keep untons out, and tiokl wages at ttie poverty levd, especially for Blacks and Latinos. Thaf s ttie program of Henry Cisneros and Jolm steen, because ttiey are both owned by ttie same class of bankers and l)usinessmen." Prince stron^y supports a latjor movement and the establish¬ ment of a lalx)r party with a labor mayor. Taking ttie posi¬ tton of Communities Organized for PuWfc Servtoe (COPS), Prince also believes that Cisneros' plan to attract new in¬ dustry is based on promises of low wages, weak unions and racist discrimination.
Prints tielieves the city stiould cut interest payments made hy t)anks on muntoipal l)onds to pec^le with money. "Ttie system," Prince asserts, "of making money on money is unfair to ttie working people of
San Antonto."
"Ttie labor force of San Aiv tonto is only 12% untonlzed." states Prince, tie upliolds ttie belief tfiat the people of San Antonto will have to fi^t for any improvements in ttieir stan¬ dard of living. Prince affirms ttiat ttiere is no way the in terests of ttie working people and ttiose of t)ig business can he reconciled. "Ttie interests of one are contradtotory to ttie in terests of ttie ottier," states Prince.
An example of ttie support, gamered hy both Steen and Cisneros from t)ig l)usiness is cited by Prince. "Steen received a large campaign contriliution from a former president of ttie Chamber of Commerce. Cisneros received a contril>u- tion, of equal size, from this man's wife," remarks Prince.
Prince tjelieves in withdraw¬ ing San Antonto's investment in the South Tejcas Nuclear Pro¬ ject (STNP). As far as tosing any money with this move, ttie loss would l)ek)ng to big t)usiness and would not con¬ cem Prince. "Ttie unsafe nature of nuclear power," says Prince, "is the most important issue."
"Working people, in their numt)ers, have ttie power to change things," advocates Prince. He feels ttiat working- class people stiould not pay for ttieir own oppression.
In an attempt to baioDce ttie education opportunities liet ween ttie nortfi and south skies of town, PriiKe contends ttiat school districts should be equally funded and schools in San Antonio should be desegregated. "Bilingual educa¬ tton," adds Prince, "shoukl be expanded." Prince continues, "English is not the only lan^iage in this country and people tiave a ri^t to their own lieritage. It is very culturally narrow-minded of Reagan to t)elieve that knowing two languages could somehow he degrading."
San Martin
Dr. Jose San Martin m, pertiaps the most "unpohttoal" of the four major mayoral can¬ didates, entered tlie race amidst much controveiysy. Cliarges of
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