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  • Hooper, Ferguson discuss ideologies Candidates crack on airport OCTOBER 26, 1978/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/PAGE 5 •From Page 1 "But the main thing is to get federal money to take it out and put it back according to the original plans." Hooper said his main concern will be to take care of the persons living in the area where the water runoff and soil erosions have been taking place "When the countv citizens voted in the $100,000 bond ten or eleven years ago thev were under the impression that they were going to have a landing strip and a hangar. Ihey didn't reali/e it was going to be a multi-million dollar project. "But if we abandon the airport now the county would have to repay the state and federal grants that built it. There's no way we can put the mountains back like they were. But if we can stabilize the area with a proper drainage system and correct the surface water runoff and erosion problems, I think it could be an asset to the county." Hooper said he was sure that grants from the FAA and the State Department of Transportation total over $2 million. "And I've heard that the total project now exceeds $4 million." He said the biggest erosion problem now seems to be on the side toward Gribble Gap, or facing Little Savannah. "Something has to be done further down the mountain or near the base of that slide. It just can't keep working out from the bottom and the top keep settling down. "It probably needs some drainage pipes drilled and put in there or some sort of footing to hold the base and keep the top from continued working out." Both candidates have no idea of the repair costs, but agree that it needs to be taken care of immediately. Ferguson has never held a political office before. He said his campaign platform is on cutting property taxes, reducing the number of county employees and saving taxpayers more money by operating the county on a smaller budget. He is running for board chairman because he feels he can be of benefit to the county because of his experiences as a businessman. He owns the Ray Ferguson Trucking Company in Cherokee and specializes in contracting, trucking and landscaping. "I also feel that we need a little better leadership than we've had in the past— including primarily the last four years of Chairman Wike's term," he said. He said he believes there can be a cutback on employees in all areas of the county government. "We need to get good, qualified, working people in those positions." He said he would reduce the staffs only after he has been on the job and seen for himself where cutbacks would and would not work. "I'm not for operating the county welfare system. I think when you hire somebody they should be qualified to do the job or you don't need them. 1 wouldn't make any jobs for people; I'd make sure there was a job before I hired them instead of hiring them and then creating a job." He said he felt this has been done with the incumbent administration, and more so in the first half of Wike's term than in the latter. He said he knows of numerous places where persons with the same type land and homes pay more taxes than others with the same possessions and usually in the same economic status. "Regardless of politics, I think taxes need to be equalized. It's not a political problem; it's on both sides of Democrats and Republicans where some are taxed more than others." He said the county's plans for the installation of water and sewer lines are insufficient and need to be worked out in the future according to what the county can afford. "We do need them, but it could be left at a standstill until we find different places to get the money to complete it, such as federal or state grants. If we couldn't get grants we would just have to wait until the county can afford it and before we did anything there would have to be an audit to determine how much money the county has." Concerning the incorporation of Cullowhee, Ferguson said he has not worked that close with that issue. "But I am opposed to a few people wanting to incorporate to vote on the sale of beer. "I don't feel the commissioners should have put up the money to pay the legal expenses for the pro-incorporation group. The people in Cullowhee themselves should have solicited it from private sources." Hooper, who lives on Tilley Creek Road in the Speedwell community, said he would not be affected any way by the incorporation issues. "If properly handled it could be an asset, as far as streets, lights and other improvements to the community. "But if they're looking at it as a base for election taxes or just to be able to sell beer, it wouldn't be of any benefit to the residents." Hooper agreed with FergUSOB that the county taxpayers should not pay the legal expenses tor incorporation, but Hooper feels it "would be a close election" it the incorporation issues were to be on the ballots at the polls. Hooper has only held on previous political office— that of a school board member which ends in December. He is a 1458 graduate of WCU with a BS degree in industrial technology. He has taught in tin- Atlanta. Ga. school svsirm and was postmaster at Friday, chancellor ol the university system in Chapel Hill, to extend the lease for a vear and not to exceed two years. Hooper wants to relocate the firehouse oil campus so it will be more accessible to the community as well, and also extend the fire district's boundaries. When asked about tin- present state of the county. Hooper said "as far as financial conditions, not verv good." ''...with our small population and the tax base we now have, we donh have a lot of money . We have undertaken too many projects too fast and gotten ourselves into some financial difficulties." w, J JJ Wayne Hooper Cullowhee from 1960-72. He built the Speedwell General Store, then sold it several years ago and started building houses. Hooper's campaign platform is for a more open and honest government, county meetings, the county being responsive to its citizens, and a sense of cooperation between the county government and the university and between the city and county governments. He said one of his first goals will be in the direction of the county meeting its legal obligations with the university and the fire department. The university leased the firehouse for one year, but the lease runs out December 31. Hooper said he asked the chancellor and he (Robinson) received permission from Dr. William He said that "with our small population and the tax base we now have, we don't have a lot of money. We may have undertaken too many projects too fast and gotten ourselves into some financial difficulties." He said the sewer lines are very worthwhile and need to be completed, but the water lines are rather expensive. He said he thinks that "with proper management and a strict type of money control the county would be all right." Both candidates were interviewed Monday; Hooper came by the Western Carolinian office Monday morning and Ferguson was interviewed by telephone in Cherokee Mondav afternoon. SCHEDULE FOR FALL SEMESTER 1978 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AM 6-9 Easy Top 40...Dave McElvein 9-11 Easy Top Forty ...B.J.Shields 11-12 Best of the Classics...David Gaddy PM 12-2 Top 40...Stan Carman 2-4 Top 40...Jim Roberts 4-6 Top 40...Brian Shride 6-8 Top 40...Mike Wix 8-9 Hot Llne-WWCU's telephone talk show with Stan Carman as host. 9-1 Album Oriented Rock SATURDAY AM 9-12 Easy Top 40 PM 12-3 Best of the Classics 3-9 Album Rock 9-2 The Stan and Dave [get wild| Show SUNDAY AM 11-1 Religious Programming PM 1-4 His Music with Ken McDonald 4-8 Album Rock 8-9 WWCU Public Affairs Programming 9-1 Jazz...John Davlin WWCU-THE RADIO VOICE OF THE STUDENTS
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