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Gonzalez said minorities will not at
tain freedom easily. Quoting King’s
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,”
Gonzalez said, “Freedom must be
demanded by the oppressed.”
Summers and other speakers also
said war with Iraq would go against
King’s beliefs of peace and non
aggression, and that a nation that
increases military spending and
cuts funding for education is head
ed toward disaster.
The event was preceded by a one
song performance by the University
Gospel Choir. Three members of
MEChA also performed some tradi
tional “black Mexican music,” and
other speakers read poetry and per
formed spoken word.
Afterward, students lit candles
and marched to the EMU Amphithe
ater, singing “We Shall Overcome.”
They held a vigil to voice everyone’s
views of King and to bring attention
to the civil rights movement, which
they said is still in progress.
The MLK Celebration will
conclude Wednesday with a pres
entation and performance by soul
singer Ron Paris in 180 PLC
at 6:30 p.m.
Contact the reporter
atromangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
Council
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prices by at least three cents per
gallon to maintain similar
revenues prior to the surcharge.
While City Councilors generally
supported the overall proposal,
amendments were introduced and
passed before the ordinance itself
was approved.
Ward 4 City Councilor George
Poling proposed an amendment to
decrease the tax from four cents
— which was the originally pro
posed amount— to three cents,
saying it would give the county
the ability to opt-in later at the
same level.
“I think by bringing this down by
one penny ... is not a significant
amount,” he said.
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Ward 1 City Councilor Bonny
Bettman spoke against the amend
ment, saying the legislative intent
of the gas tax was to reduce the
burden that citizens will bear with
the transportation system mainte
nance fee, and thus decreasing the
tax would be counter-productive.
The amendment narrowly
passed 4 to 3.
Earlier in the hearing, Ward 3
City Councilor David Kelly pro
posed an amendment to the ordi
nance’s language clarifying that the
funds generated would strictly be
used for repair, maintenance, oper
ation and preservation of the trans
portation system — not for building
new roads or funding capacity en
hancement projects.
Ward 2 City Councilor Betty Tay
lor agreed.
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“I would not support a gas tax to
build new roads,” she said.
The amendment passed 6 to 1.
City Councilors already ap
proved the first part of the funding
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maintenance fee — that will charge
a monthly fee based on the average
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homes and businesses. The city
had hoped EWEB — which already
collects a handful of charges for the
city — would gather the TSMF. Of
ficials from the energy company
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for the TSMF will begin in July, and
implementation of the gas tax will
take at least three to six months.
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