European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday March 10,1990critics blast Bush transportation plan by he associated press Many stale and local officials Aren t buying president Bush a proposed National transportation policy which would shift More of the Cost to states. One critic called the proposal a fall Flash and no the critics Are demanding release of billions of dollars from Highway and aviation Trust funds which arc based on taxes on fuel and airline tickets. A the states Are going to have to do their part. But the Federal government has got to do its Pari. It s got to be a partnership Quot said Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis who lost to Bush in the 1988 presidential election. But some hailed the proposal for giving states greater Freedom. A the president s policy offers excellent Promise for future transportation decision making and gives slates More flexibility Over control of federally assisted projects a said Illinois gov. James r. Thompson a Republican. A and it encourages use of innovative financing by the the administration plan. A moving America into the 21st Century Quot Calls for More toll roads local Gas taxes user fees private investments Competition deregulation research into futuristic systems and openness to foreign air carriers As Well As increased attention to safely and environmental Protection. The policy unveiled thursday by Bush and transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner contains no strategy to increase Federal funding beyond what s already in the president s budget. Thompson said he favors user fees. But added Quot it is essential that the users have Confidence that their fees Are going to be used promptly for improvements to the transportation Arnold Oliver Engineer director of Texas department of highways and Public transportation said his Agency is Quot very concerned about shifting the financial a we re already stretched to the limit a Oliver said. Hat Rives commissioner of the Georgia department of transportation said $66 billion is spent on highways across the country each Vear. And the Federal government Only pass 12 billion. Quot we re already paying the larger share. It s time for the Federal government to Back up what they need with Federal Money and they have the he said referring to the Highway and aviation Trust funds. Robert r. Kiley chairman of new York City s metropolitan transportation author or. Antonia Novello standing with her husband or. Joe Novello is sworn in by supreme court associate Justice Sandra Day o Connor As president Bush looks on. Novello becomes first woman to hold surgeon general a Post Washington apr or. Antonia Novello was sworn in Friday As the nations surgeon general and president Bush made it Clear he expects no setup in the antismoking and anti drug abuse crusades of her predecessors. In a Brief White House ceremony Bush saluted both the new appointee and health and human services Secretary Louis Sullivan himself a fervent critic of tobacco use. A my respect and appreciation of my Good Friend Lou Sullivan grows every Day As he fights for the Good health of our people Quot Bush said. A in the few minutes we be been Here 11 people have died from smoking 390,000 people each Novello declared her motto would be Quot Good science and Good sense Quot and thanked Bush for an appointment she said should be an inspiration to women and minorities. Quot the american dream is Well and alive a Novello the first woman and first hispanic to serve As surgeon general said at a White House ceremony Quot once a dream it is now my pledge to be a Good doctor for All who live in this great country. A Novello who succeeds c. Everett Koop is a paediatrician who has specialized in aids and kidney disease in children. The surgeon general officially is the Leader of the 6,500-member Public health service but Koop and others have used the Post As a pulpit to influence government policy on smoking aids and other health related issues. Bush also mentioned drug and alcohol abuse and aids As among the challenges facing Novello. Quot the tasks ahead Are difficult a he said. A because so Many of these problems begin with our children it is Only right that we ask a paediatrician to Novello 44, is a native of puerto Rico. On hand for the ceremony was the governor of puerto Rico. Rafae Hernandez Colon who told Bush a a in a Here representing the Pride of ail the people of puerto Rico at this Ity. Also blasted the proposed reduction of Federal spending on transportation. A Reading this policy you would never know we have serious congestion and infrastructure decay problems that need to be boldly addressed Quot Kiley said. Quot like the National education and National drug policies this is another Case of All Flash and no Washington state officials said the proposal could mean higher taxes to fund transportation improvements in the state last week lawmakers in the state approved a $1.1 billion tax increase Over five years for transportation including a 4-ccni Gas tax increase this year and another Penny in 1991. At 22 cents a gallon Washington s tax will be among the highest in the nation. Tennessee gov. Ned Mcwherter has backed increased taxes for transportation and the state gasoline tax has been raised from 14 to 21 cents per gallon Over the past six years said his spokesman Ken Renner. Teachers strike in West Virginia gathers steam Charleston. . Apr West Virginia s first teachers strike spread to 40 of the 55 counties Friday and the president of the state s largest teachers Union said she was willing to resume talks a any time any the state school superintendent and school Board president said they can do nothing to end the walkout by the nation s second lowest paid teachers even though the strike has been termed illegal by the state attorney general. The education department said 24 counties called off classes Friday five others reported some schools closed and some open. West Virginia education association president Kayetta Meadows said her 16.000-member organization was willing to resume talks but was not ready Quot at this time Quot to return to class. A there Are More teachers on strike today than there were yesterday and 1 can guarantee you there will be More teachers out on monday than there Are today unless there is some agreement reached Over the Meadows said Friday. She left the door open for More talks with legislative leaders and gov. Gaston Caperton but the governor has insisted he won t go Back to the table until teachers end their strike. The strike began wednesday after the governor and legislative leaders withdrew an offer of a 5 percent pay raise to go into effect in june. The Union says the average annual salary of $21,904 for a West Virginia teacher puts the state in 49th place ahead of Only Mississippi. West Virginia teachers received a 5 percent pay raise last month. State school superintendent Hank Marocki and state Board of education president Virgil Cook rebuffed thursday in their Call for a 48-hour Cooling off period by All sides said Friday there was nothing More they could do to end the walkout because Public schoolteachers Are employees of county school boards. Marocki said he had urged county school superintendents to keep classes open during the strike but he said he won t have a definite plan until next this is the states first teachers strike. Marocki said no one knows yet what can be done to end it. A it really does no to do any Good for anyone to do something Only to have the courts overturn what you did. Marocki said a i suspect we ii spend All weekend working on it. By next week Well know what we can do.�?�. More than 1,000 striking teachers most wearing in ghz red swarmed through the Capitol on Friday for the wira straight Day. 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