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PENNSYLVANIA. Democrat Pete Flaherty is considered ahead in the Governor's race, partly because he was a penny pincher even before Proposition 13. As mayor of Pittsburgh, he trimmed the city payroll by about 25% and reduced real estate taxes. Even so, neither Flaherty nor his G.O.P. opponent, Richard Thornburgh, is calling for a state tax cut, since Pennsylvania is running a small deficit. Instead, both are proposing constitutional amendments to limit state spending. As U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, Thornburgh sent some 200 gangsters and corrupt public officials to prison. But one of these, Numbers Racketeer Anthony Grosso...
...YORK. The Empire State has the highest taxes in the nation, and both sides favor cuts. But there are personal differences. When a Democratic state senator asked if he could make an appointment with Governor Hugh Carey, he was informed that the Governor did not like to meet people. That attitude seems to typify the current campaign. Carey is markedly ill at ease making small talk with the folks, though he excels at defending his record in office. If he wins reelection, much of the credit will go to Media Consultant David Garth, who has managed to convey a livelier...
TEXAS. Again a personality clash between two conservative candidates. "I think the race is getting to be more fun all the time," says William Clements, the multimillionaire oil-drilling contractor who is running for Governor. Clements' idea of fun is to skewer his Democratic opponent, Texas Attorney General John Hill, whom he derides as a "claims lawyer and a career politician." When Hill accused Clements of resorting to "Nixon-style Watergate tricks," the Republican replied: "Hill seems a little sensitive to me." The main campaign issue is how to spend the state's $3 billion surplus; no matter which candidate...
Should Jerry Brown get married? The California Governor's Republican opponent, Evelle Younger, has suggested that even the shrewdest politician would be educated and improved by the experiences of domesticity. Brown's own father, ex-Governor Pat Brown, chimed in that he would be pleased if his bachelor son would marry Singer Linda Ronstadt, with whom Jerry has been keeping company...
...continues to have a modest housing high in the "affordable" $55,000 to $75,000 price range. But buyers are beginning to resist the three-bedroom tract house squished onto a postage-stamp lot for $122,900 - and a 10% mortgage rate. Ob serves David Shulman, a member of Governor Jerry Brown's housing task force...