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G The BG News Tuesday, March 1G, 1993 The BG News Volume 75, Issue 120 Fisher visits ff to talk about new program by Eileen McNamara "This is actually a very inex- city editor pensive way to reach out to people," he said. "And we think it's worth every penny." Ohio Attorney General Lee He also said the program is Fisher arrived in Bowling not any kind of "pre- Green Monday for a two-day campaigning" to boost his visit as part of his Outreach media visibility in case he Ohio program to educate and should run for governor in the inform Ohioans about state next race, a decision he said he government. has not yet made. "This is what government "My feeling is that that kind should be about," Fisher said. of criticism would not be "It's very important to me that legitimate," he said. "That's the people in our office are not like saying 'Lee Fisher is doing bureaucrats ... where all you do his job, so he's being political." day in and day out is sit in your I could sit back and do nothing office and never see the people ... but I guess I could be ac- you serve." cused of not doing my job." Outreach Ohio is a program Fisher, attorney general in which Fisher and about SO since 1991, said his office has members of the attorney gen- five main priorities that he eral's staff who specialize in wishes to educate the public everything from law enforce- about - the protection of chil- ment to the environment travel dren, law enforcement, con- to two to three medium-sized sumer protection, the envi- cities a year. ronment and crime victims's This is the second trip the rights and entitlements. representatives have made; the The attorney general said he first was to Athens. has implemented many state Fisher said the program's programs to improve these cost is being trimmed where problems, such as the Rapid ever possible. Representatives Response Team to handle alle- use personal rather than state gations of child abuse or ne- vehicles, and they obtain eco- glect and unsafe child care fa- nomical accomodations, "dou- cilities. The BG Ncwi/Tcrcia Thomai bling up" in rooms when "It's sort of like a legal necessary. Each trip is esti- After meeting with The News and Undergraduate Student addressed the Bowling Green City Council In the city's Adminis- mated to cost about $1,500. See Fisher, page three. Government Monday evening, Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher trative Services Building about his Outreach Ohio program. Groups unhappy with funding States share the Some short-changed in ACGFA allocations, may request more burden of military March 6 and notified the groups' The Progressive Student Or- for other expenses. The catalog by Julie Tagllalerro describes the various University administration reporter representatives of the allocation ganization requested $4,350 for base shutdowns Friday, according to Lynn Ho- next year - $1,150 more than it political organizations including gan, chairman of the allocation was allocated for the current PSO and Peace Coalition, she by Donna Cassata Although the Advisory Com- process. year. However, the committee said. The Associated Press mittee on General Fee Alloca- The majority of the 58 groups only allocated $1,800 to the or- Jackson said the committee ganization. decided the PSO could save a lot tions tried to be fair when allo- requesting funding did not WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Les Aspin claimed Monday cating funding to the various receive the amount they re- According to Nicole Martin, of money if they did not distrib- president of PSO, the organiza- ute the catalog. that his proposed military base closings were tailored to share the campus organizations for the quested. However, because the pain of losing 81,000 jobs rather than to protect political allies. 1993-94 academic year, commit- total amount requested by organ- tion has always been granted at Jackson said PSO does not need least the amount it received the to produce the catalog because "We believe they are fair, and that no particular state was singled tee members acknowledged that izations exceeds the amount out," Aspin told the independent Base Closure and Realignment not all organization representa- available to allocate, it is normal year before. Student Affairs already has a "We were very surprised and booklet available to students de- Commission. tives would be pleased with the that not all groups receive what The Pentagon chief recommended on Friday closing 31 installa- outcome, as several organiza- they requested, Hogan said. disappointed at the outcome," scribing the various organiza- Martin said. "We plan to appeal tions. tions and realigning or scaling back 134 others. Coastal states such as tions received less funding than Four organizations received Florida, California and South Carolina were hard hit by the Navy's they requested. less money from ACGFA than and hopefully will receive the Martin said the additional same amount we had last year." money would have been used to efforts to reduce its force. ACGFA, a student committee they did last year because of low "We were all taken aback about how aggressive the Navy was," which allocates a portion of the membership and excessive car- Martin said ACGFA recom- have more programs as well as to mended PSO stop distributing produce the catalog. If the appeal said Gen. Colin Powell, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. The Navy general fee each year to the or- ryover of funds, according to Ja- is reducing its forces to well below 400 ships, Powell said. ganizations, voted on the organi- son Jackson, student committee the Alternative Organization Catalog in order to save money See ACGFA, page three. The list spells bad economic news for thousands of local communi- zations' requested amounts member. ties that will lose a total of 24,000 military jobs and 57,000 civilian jobs. Some 140,000 workers will be moved. "The 1993 round of base closures represents shared pain, but it is pain shared as the result of the rigorous application of sensible criteria in an objective, analytical process," Aspin said. Fire division lacking in staff Republicans noted that the services had recommended closing McClellan Air Force Base in the Sacramento, Calif., an area repre- ■yChrliHawley sented by Democratic Reps. Vic Fazio and Robert Matsui, and the so impaired the safety levels of He cited a study that said the shift. However, Mauk said local government reporter staff levels could still be low Presidio in the Monterey region once represented by President Clin- both the citizens and the fire- residents-to-fireflghter ratio in during emergencies because ton's Budget Director Leon Panetta. fighters of this city that we can Bowling Green was the highest in Ohio and was almost twice firefighters In Bowling Green Aspin devoted part of his prepared testimony to justify the removal The Bowling Green Fire Di- no longer sit back and let busi- of the two facilities from his final list. McClellan survived because ness proceed as usual," Tom as high as the state average. also serve as emergency medi- vision is dangerously under- cal personnel for the city's am- the Sacramento area suffered economically in the last two rounds of Mauk, president of the Bowling A proposed .0888 percent In- staffed, overworked, and bulance service. closures in 1988 and 1991, Aspin said. underfinanced, and even the Green Firefighter's Associa- come tax to go toward the hir- ing of more firefighters would The intelligence community expressed reservations about closing passage of a new income tax tion, told the counciL the Presidio and moving its Defense Language Institute, he said. "not even come close" to meet- "We cant go on strike, we levy will not help the situation, Mauk said the division's cur- "Frankly, this was piling on," Aspin said. rent policy of maintaining five ing the division's staffing don't want to be rabble- according to firefighters who rousing, and we dont want to A commission member, Robert D. Stuart Jr., questioned whether took their grievances to City firefighters on duty per shift needs, according to Mauk. the economic effect on northern California was the same as the hard- violates National Fire Protec- The revenue generated by be asking for more overtime Council Monday night. because our guys . ship for South Carolina, which will lose the Charleston Naval shi- "We firmly believe that the tion Association guidelines and the tax would allow for the hir- pyard, hospital and station along with 8,332 military jobs and 9,111 ing of two new firefighters per getting worn out," he said. reduction in staffing levels has puts firefighters at risk. civilian jobs. The BG News March 16,1983 The BG News -An Independent Student Voice- Editorial Board CHRISTINA WISE Editor-in-Chief KIMBERLY LARSON EILEEN MCNAMARA Campus Editor City Editor CONNELL BARRETT J.J.