—The Daily Collegian Monday, April 11, 1977
Holtzman sees no need for rights bill
By CHUCK SHEARER
Collegian Staff Writer
"Although I am personally against any type of
discrimination," Councilman Ingrid P. Holtzman
said, "I feel I could not be a conscientious legislator
if I voted for a bill such as a human rights ordi
nance."
Holtzman, who is running for a second term on the
State College Municipal Council, said the people
who elected her are against such an ordinance
because they feel that it condones homosexuality,
which they feel is wrong, she said.
"There, is no evidence that the borough even
needs such an ordinance," Holtzman said. There
are other ways that groups, such as those formed by
women, can redress discrimination when they come
across it, she said. • ,
Holtzman said she is receptive to students as long
as students are receptive to the problems of State
College. Since students have gotten the vote, they
have begun to understand the problems of the
community, Holtzman said. Students no longer
blame State College for their problems, she said.
"I feel that the students and the community
should never approach each other with hostility,"
Holtzman said. She said the municipality's in
teraction, with student groups such as the
Organization of Town Independent Students are a
good example of how the town and the students
should act toward each other.
Holtzman said taxes will have to be raised
because of inflation.
"People don't realize that holding the line on
taxes would mean cuts in services," she said. There
are two unions representing municipal employees,
Holtzman said, and any settlement that the
municipality comes to with these unions has to be
honored.
"Since I came to this area 20 years ago, I have
seen fringe benefits for borough employees go sky
high," Holtzman said.
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Ingrid Holtzman
Holtzman said "the people of State College •have
asked for, and expect services. The council never
gets suggestions on where to make cuts in the
budget so as to avoid tax increases and continue the
services the people demand.
"Increases in taxes are tough," Holtzman said,
"but if government is to function, it must be able to
pay its debts."
Holtzman said the municipal council is very
accessible to everyone in the community.
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"Even before the Sunshine Law, all Borough
Council meetings were open and anyone interested
in the political process of the community could
become involved," she said.
All members of Council are available by phone, ,
Holtzman said. "I have even listed my own name
instead of my husband's in the phone directory so it
would be easier for people to get in contact with
me," she said.
Holtzman said she favors the plans' for senior
citizen housing in the State College area.
"It is very forward-looking for a borough of this
size to attempt to provide housing for the small
number of elderly people who desperately need it,"
she said.•
She said the people who complained about the site
for the senior citizen housing project do not realize
that it can be built only at the proposed site. "I
couldn't have voted for spending a large amount of
extra money to buy land in the downtown area for a
project which will serve only a few," she said.
Holtzman said State College has a parking and
traffic congestion problem. She said the council is
waiting for a traffic study report before it acts.
Holtzman said President Carter's scheduled April
20 energy announcement 'might take care of
the congestion problem. "It may soon be that people
won't be able to afford to drive their cars through
the downtown area," Holtzman said.
If* this happens, the bus system will have to grow,
she said.
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In the future, there probably will be a line from
State College to Bellefonte and lines to take
University employees back and forth from work
if they live outside of Centre County, Holtzman said.
Holtzman said she favors an Allen Street Mall but
doubts it, will be constructed in the near future.
There is too much opposition from business;she said.
Holtzman said the fears of the businessmen are
groundless because the .mall concept has proven
successful in other areas.
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Arms control experts
predict talks .
WASHINGTON (UPI)
A number of arms control
experts predict U.S. and
Soviet negotiators won't
make much progress when
they resume strategic
arms talks in May, despite
the conciliatory words now
flowing between
Washington and Moscow.
The consensus among
these specialists is that the
tough new U.S. bargaining
stance is not. likely to
change significantly by
then, and the - Soviets will
not back down from their
rejection of it.
Furthermore, there still
Housing,
WASHINGTON (UPI)
Homeowners and renters
alike are in for a ' major
disappointment if they expect
their annual incomes-to keep
pace with the skyrocketing
cost of housing, a government
survey said yesterday.
The study, released jointly
by the Census Bureau and the
Department of Housing and
is a dispute over just what
was agreed to in the 1974
accord that was supposed
to lay groundwork for a
second-stage SALT pact.
So the prediction is that
the two sides merely will
Clarify their positions at
the Geneva talks in May
and keep on negotiating,
possibly with tacit
agreement to extend the
original "interim" SALT
pact which expires in
October.
Carter offered a cheerier
assessment Friday.
He said Soviet leader
Leonid Brezhnev has been
rent costs soaring
Urban Development, showed
that the median value of
single-family homes jumped
nearly 73 per cent between
1970 and late 1975.
For renters, the situation
was much the same, the
report said.
Median monthly rents,
including
,utilities, increased
from $lOB to $156 during the
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sending "encouraging"
messages even as Russia's
press has been blasting
U.S. proposals. And he
offered Brezhnev some
encouragement:
"We will be reassessing
some of the objections the
Soviets have raised to see if
there is some alternative
that would be fair to both
sides," Carter said.
"If there is any inequity
there, we ' would be very
eager to change it."
The catch? "My own
opinion so far," he said, "is
that our proposal ,was fair
and equitable." •
1970-75 period, a 44 per cent
climb. At the same time,
renters' median'income in
creased 25 per cent, from
$6,300 to $7,900.
The report said the value of
single family homes in 1975
was about twice the income of
their owners, although the
ratiovaried considerably
according to income level.