INCORPORATION: Irvinian Birth Pangs
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bMjty^^^y m VOL. 4/NO. 7/FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1971 INCORPORATION: irvinian birth pangs by mark northcross tion campaign might take. Many prospective pate in the election. Obviously the first step to- registration of Irvine (('( 'I) councilmen stuck to low key issues such asschools wardseffective participation is of all TheCouncil of the Communities "I nearly two years ago. group of simply talked about their various qualifier eligible students and the mounting an absentee was formed This or de- Irvine homeowners and industrialists directed tions. Others, claimed that the issue of Irvine ballot campaign, Beyond lliis. students must energies question of incur Company domination of the new city was the cen- cide whether to vote yes or no on incorporation their political to the city city Another candidate fell that alienation .mil make a choice to select live councilmen. poration of a on the Irvine Ranch asa means tral issue. ol base integrity biggest problem. Several can- Thereis a possibility that slates Candidates will to protect their tax and the of the was Irvine's One may be Irvine Company's master plan for the develop- didates voiced their support lorlow incomehQUS developover the next two months. political ing, open space, slow development, and ques- made up of former ('('I people and homeowners. ment of the ranch. After numerous ('('Is support Orange County government Irvine Company's master plan with views similar to wholehearted battles with the tioned the plan. Another city of Santa Ana, CCI succeeded in Several members of the UCI community are of the Irvine Company's master and the waryof development achieving an incorporation referendum for the running for office. Arnold Hinder, director of the may consist of homeowners .people of Irvine. program of Social Ecology, is running. Binder and possibly one or more students anil members 21 this spoke at the aforementioned meeting about his of the university community. This election is scheduled for December government plans to course, hardship stu- concerns for transportation, police and housing The ASUC1 student in year. Thisdateof works a on through registra- they problems in the new city. Wayne Clark, UCI volve itself in the election voter dents livingin Mesa Court as must be out of campaign, "Meet However, appearsthat publicist, is also a candidate for office in Irvine, tion, a mass absentee ballot a thedorms by that date. it Night.' and general informa- selection of the date was for the most part un- Clark's majorconcerns lie in the field oi Irvine's the Candidates the services lor students on the election intentional as the California ElectionCode states schools, which are in dandger of being over tional the elections "the election crowded by the rapid influx of people into new issues. in reference to special inquired ol this writer 90days after it iscalled Irvine Ranchdevelopments. Clark isheadofUhl Several candidates have shallbe held not later than campus what the student by supervisors." As thesupervisors versityPark's l'TA. Hob Totter, aUCIgraduate and others on the as to the board of about the election, and what they would like did not call for the election untilSeptember 29 and student living in Verano while he works on his think history, is filed to run. Potter has had to see a first Irvine city council implement to the Code also statesthat filingforcandidacymust Ph.D. in regis- days election, experiencein variousphases of local government serve student needs. IIASUCI's mass voter occur between 89 to 68 before the registeringa thousand there were few alternatives for scheduling the and administration in Northern California, lie tration drive succeeds in expressedat the IrvineTomorrow meetinghis de or morestudents, UCI residents would represent election. voting population. political over the sirethat Irvine be abalanced city when- all socio at least one fifth of Irvine's The biggest issue in Irvine is that if students or- past several monthshas been incorporation. CCI economic groups can live and participate in the What this all means political process. Potter is also concerned over ganized themselves and fully participate in the has delugedthe residents of Irvine with study re- development Irvine the lack of low-income housing,a mass transpor- election they could channel the of ports, articles in the Irvine Company's that not only News, leaflets, programson tation system, and environmental destruction in the city of Irvine into mod's would World and television but community asa Company's to Irvine. Ken Holden,anothergradstudent livingin benefit themselves the entire the Irvine Cable television the ef- whole fect that incorporation would be very good for Verano, is a prospective councilman. Holden implemented lor New University Intends 10 interview (he the Irvine area. Besides the aforementioned wants tosee low-income housing The He would like to seegasoline,sales,and candidates for City council and provide useful aims of protecting Irvine's industrial tax base students. pagesof its Company's master plan, like taxes replace property taxes in Irvine. Pa- Information on the election within the and the Irvine CCI For legal reasons we cannot en- people have held that the city could offer tricia Gorak, another UCI student residing future issues. also dorseany one in thiselectionanddonot one of the lowest tax rates among California in Verano is running tor the city council as well. candidate cities, homeowners from There has been some discussion among stu- intend to. and deliver Irvine effectively the supposed "bad" influence of the county dents on campus as to how to partici- government and the city of Santa Ana. The op- ponents of incorporation have countered that immediate incorporation will in no way im- prove the quality or level of service offered by the county and, in fact, result in a possible $100 per year increase in the taxes of the aver- age homeowner in Irvine. Furthermore, many of these people feel that although incorporation may "liberate" Irvine from the county and San- ta Ana, it may also effectively deliver the fledg- ing city into the hands of the Irvine Company. The Orange County governmenthas currently been taking a cautious attitude towards new de- velopmentin the county, apolicy has led tomuch conflict with the Irvine Company. Many oppo- nents of incorporation feel the creation of an Irvinecity government maylead to amuch more rapid development of the Irvirvine Ranch than that which would have occured under the county government. What these people really seem to be saying is that they fear the IrvineCompany will dominate any Irvine city government and that this domi- nation would lead to rapid development, high taxes,etc. This isa very interestingquestion and it may very well turn out tobe thecentral issue of the election campaign for the five councilman seats. Voters in the December 21st election will also select fivecity councilmen whether they voteyes or no on incorporation election. Theyrange from former CCI incorporation activities, former incorporation opponents, a UCI administrator, and professor three UCI students, and various other local homeowners. Last week,twenty of these candidates showed up for a "Meet the Candidates Night" held in the clubhouse of an Irvine Ranch tract by IrvineTo- morrow, a homeowner's group that questioned incorporation and has reservations about the master plan. Strangely enough, none of the cur- rentCCIactivists whoare running for thecouncil came to the meeting.The ones whodid come and speak gave some idea as tothedirection the etec- 22, 1971 Page 2 NEW UNIVERSITY Friday, October weak, changing the vertically signal. wire Imm (earing Sec the diagram try directionof the radiated A double sljghtly to sec the oy qreg maxwell Zepp antenna is ideal for picking up if this doesn't seem clear antenna ii signal a improves any. If this doesn't help. horozontally radiated signal The antenna can bo mounted nnj supported with nails, wrap a six inch square ol aluminum For those ol you that alreadj know Constructinbg the antenna is quite where and simple. 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