The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1983 Page: 2 of 12
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JUNE 30,1983
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STATE CAPITAL
Ht6HUGHTS
By Lyndatl Wiliam*
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
various committees.
whip Manges in court and
was glad it was settled out-
side
Clinton Manges
Manges has been contro-
versial for some time be- Gib Lewis
cause of his generous contri- Speaker Gib Lewis, criti-
butions to politicians and his ci/cd for spending money to
turn the House Speaker's
AUSTIN Some lawmak-
ers were asking the puzzling
question last week: once the
Governor has vetoed your
bill, how do you undo his
veto? The answer: you can't
As he raced towards the
veto deadline last week. Gov.
Mark White stamped "NO"
on about 40 bills, caught
some heat from legislators
who were upset when their
hard work went lor naught,
then lined out one item from
the S.tl billion budget bill
before signing it
For an enedte, he pimped
the gun on lawmakers by
calling 'hem back to Austin
last Wednesday lor a special
session t> extend the,life of
the Tes.is I mployment Com-
mission ami iti enact a bru-
cellosis program for Texas
ranchers
White, who wobbled polit-
ically near the end of the
regular session just three
weeks ago, was moving like
a boxer who has cleared his
head between rounds.
He danced wisely, too.
staving clear of public legis-
lative battles and letting the
I cgislature set its own
course * *
And while White obvious-
ly again enjoyed being gov-
ernor, a few other state of-
Ik i.i' - amt piinhc ligures had
a bad w ek
With lawmakers gone
l. ’i i hi.Ml Wednesday, re-
I nriers mined their magnify-
ing glasses to other areas of
sciutmx, and writing of their
discoveries of real or seem-
ingly misdoings
Among the targets:
Jim Mattox
Attorney General Jim
Mattox, the "Peoples' Law-
yer," personally lent his 1982
election campaign SI25,000
only a lew days alter his
brother and sister borrowed
the same amount at low in-
tetest from a Seattle bank
Texas law requites state
wide candidates to disclose
tla name and address of an- ■
one who lends them money
or assists them in obtaining
loans for use in their cam-
paigns
His campaign records
show that Mattox borrowed
from his siblings within five
days alter their initial trails
action He told reporters that
his lanuly owed him a sub-
stantial amount of money,
and that after they paid him.
he put it into his campaign
el fort
However, the records also
show (hat following fund-
raising alter his victory, his
campaign repaid himself the
$ 12'.000 plus interest total
ing $133,75? 57 Bruik rec
cuds show Ins sister repaid
the bank the very rust day
the same amount to the
penny.
I he Seattle loan was ap-
proved by the same loan of
fieer who once loaned $40
million to South Texas
rancher Clinton Manges,
who also gave $50,000 to
Mattox campaign through
involvement in several oil-
and land-related lawsuits.
Last week he drexv fire
again alter he won a Texas
’Supreme Court lawsuit
which his opponents in court
claim will cost them $2 mil-
lion which Manges will
make.
The losers petitioned that
two high court justices he
removed Irom the case be-
cause Manges had given
them large contributions, di-
rectly or indirectly
The petition alleges that
Justice led Robertson re-
ceived $ 100,000 trorn a |>o-
litical action committee
landed largely by Manges i
and that Justice William Kil- ,
garlin received $17,652 from
Manges' attorney, San An-
tonian Pat Maloney.
Repays State
I asl week Manges wrote
a letter to I and Commission-
er Garry Mauro agreeing to
repay the state some $385,-
<>00 tor bonuses he collected
on five leases ol state-owned
mineral leases.
Mauro had told Manges
the Mate was entitled to half
ol ihi horns money and
thiciitencd 'o lake Manges
into com t l« coiiikt
later Mauio said h„
wasn't “ire ii the state could
offices back into a personal
apartment during a tight
money session, last week re-
vealed the renovation cost
double wtiat was budgeted.
The nearly $115,000 to
refurnish his quarters, in-
cluding almost $1,000 spent
for two towel hart, two towel
rings, two tissue holders and
one tank lever, put Gib in
hot water with his critics
again
I ewis couniered by saying
he would seek private dona-
tions to fund ihe renovation,
adding it might not cost the
slate anything
Jim Hightower
I ven populist Agriculture
Commissioner Jim High-
lower took a hit from one
story which criticised him
for using stale funds to mail
ou' quasi campaign material.
Hightowci’s agency News
Clip Sheet, which is written,
edited, printed and mailed at
state expense, included a
siorv in which Hightower’s
Democratic Party ties and
activities arc featured He
even took swipes at Repub-
lican V
S’.ite oHicials usually send
such mail w ith disclaimers of
public expense printed on
them.
V-
Fireworks ^
ARE FOR PEOPLE. NOT PETS
###
Comptroller aide here July 21
State Comptroller
Bob Bullock will have a
representative from his
San Angelo office in
Big Lake on July 21,
1983 to assist local tax-
payers and answer ques-
tions about state taxes.
Bullock said Enforce-
ment Officer Steve
Mercer will meet with
local taxpayers in the
Commissioner's Court-
room at the County
Courthouse from 9:30
a.m. to 10:30a.m.
“If Big Lake area mer-
chants, or anyone else
for that matter, have any
questions about state
taxes or need help in
preparing state tax
forms, Mr. Mercer will
be there to assist them,”
Bullock said.
“We’re trying to cut
the red tape in this of-
fice, and we believe
these face to face ses-
sions with taxpayers
help do just that,"
Bullock added.
The San Angelo of-
fice, headed by Ron
Parish, serves San
Angelo and surrounding
counties.
Your right to representation in Social Security claims
Sbc Bis £akr M&cat
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The Big Lake Wildcat, P.O. Box 946, Big Lake,
Texas 76932.
David Werst ....................................... Editor
J. L. Werst, Jr........:..................... Publisher
Ph. 915/884-2215
Publisher is not responsible for copy omissions,
typographical errors or any other unintentional er-
rors that may occur further than to make correction
in next issue after it is brought to his attention.
Many people some-
times feel a need to have
someone represent them
in their business with
Social Security. Usually
this is when they appeal
a claim or have some dif-
ficulty in prosecuting a
claim.
You have the right to
be represented by the
person of your choice in
your dealings with the
Social Security Office.
However, there are a
number of rules that
have evolved governing
the use of such repre-
sentatives. Essentially,
these rules are designed
to protect your interests
and your social security
benefits. And, in any
case, you should know
what your representa-
tive can and cannot do.
Your representative
may or may not be an
attorney. You cannot
appoint as your repre-
sentative a person who
has been suspended by
us from representing
social security claim-
ants. You cannot name
a corporation or organi-
zation to represent you.
The appointment of
your representative
must be in writing.
If the person is not an
attorney, he or she must
state in writing his or
her name and indicate
that he or she is accept-
ing the appointment.
In most cases, your
representative cannot
sign an application for
you. Your representa-
tive cannot charge or
collect any fee from you
without first getting
written permission from
social security to do so.
The fee may be request-
ed and authorized even
though your claim is de-
nied. If the representa-
tive is an attorney, we
can pay him or her from
money in back benefits
due you. If your claim is
denied and the repre-
sentative is not an at-
torney or the claim is for
Supplemental Security
Income (SSI), you must
pay him or her directly,
but only after we have
approved the fee in writ-
ing.
Only the Social Se-
curity Administration or
a court of law can decide
the fee your representa-
tive can charge. Any
contract you may have
signed is not binding on
you. Both you and your
representative will get
a notice of our decision
on the fee. If the fee is
decided by a Court, the
law provides that it can-
not exceed 25 percent
of past due benefits.
We will treat your rep-
resentative as we would
you; he or she will re-
ceive the fullest coopera-
tion in representing your
interests at every stage
of the prosecution of
your claim.
If you have any ques-
tions about how to get
adequate representa-
tion, call the San Angelo
Social Security Office
at 949-4608. They are
located at 2214 Sher-
wood Way. In addition,
we have a booklet that
you may wish to receive
entitled Social Security
and Your Right to Rep-
resentation. We'll be
glad to send it to you.
Employee theft U esti-
mated at $40 billion per
year and climbing,
approximately 1% of this
nstion’s Gross National
Product.
MEMBER 1983
5b* Bio Cvkr {Qilfcal
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1983, newspaper, June 30, 1983; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658256/m1/2/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.