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Residents take parking woes to city council By Hank Tritchka Staff Writer As Palomar College parking problems spill over into nearby neighborhoods, residents feel driven to regain their streets. When Mike and Lorie Corica moved into the nearby Paloma Community last year, they didn't give much thought to student's cars parked in front of their house. However, as the crowding doubled this semester they became concerned and decided to do something about it. " With enrollment expected to be 60,000 students by the year 2000, its going to be a nightmare here," said Mr. Corica. They said that a City Council Meeting had been set for Oct. 16 to address the problem, but had to be postponed to an undeclared date. Corica said that there have been several complaints flied by their neighbors against the college and the city. "The city is going to do something," he said, "we dont exactly know what yet." The Coricas said that they did try talking to school authorities about their plight, but nothing much happened. "We kind of got the run around," said Corica, "and we were basically transfered from one person to another." However, Associated Student Government (ASG) Senator, Tom Turk, is interested, and said that he
Senior Staf!Writer Palomar's governing board rejected in a closed session Oct. 9 a claim filed by a former employee who contends that campus officials withheld biological data that would prove that his health problems are, in part, a result of breathing contaminated air while working in the library. Since the library's opening in April 1983, some staffers there have complained about a plethora of illnesses that they contend are a result of breathing in harmful
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plans on being at the city council meeting to give a voice to the students in this dilema. "The residents have to realize that we are not parking there to be hostile towards them," he said, "but because there really is no other place to park." Director of Student Activities, Jim Bowen, said that he thinks the problem will diffuse as students start making use of other Palomar campuses. Still he said "We are willing to go along with a decision made by the city council." Palomar officiales have admitted however, that there is not enough parking space in either the student or staff parking lots. Mike Ellis, Director of Buildings and Grounds has been delegated to find a solution, and is asking for input from all concerned. Eight different projects have been set forward by Ellis to make more room, including development of the hills east of the East Student Entrance. Much of the money for such a project would come from taxes collected from nearby neighbohoods. The Coricas are paying a Melo Roose Tax, which they say costs them about $1,700 a year, and other residents $3,200. This money is put into Palomar College and the community, but the couple said that they are not getting much
(see PARKING -page 8)
Board rejects toxic air claim by former worker By Mark Hopkins
Volume 44, Number 6
vapors that circulate in the building. Dean Wyman, who filed the claim, is a former Palomar audiovisual technician. According to Jane Engleman, director of human resources, Wyman stated in his letter of resignation that, "He could no longer work in the (library) building." Director of Business Services, Lynn Ginsburg, and a number of other high-ranking campus officials, would not comment on the amount of money Wyman was
(see CLAIM- page 3)
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Patrick Burchett of Grounds Maintenance shows off' new chrysanthemums which were planted Oct. 16 on the south side of the photography buildhlg. ROP students helped plantthe flowers. which were donated by Springtime Growers.
Call for more officers prompted by crimes By Todd Anderson Staff Writer Growing concerns for safety on campus have prompted Campus Patrol to draft a proposal to add two supervisors to Campus Patrol and to give the new employees the power to investigate crimes on campus. The proposal by Boyd Mahan, Campus Patrol supervisor, calls for the addition of two patrol su-
pervisors to oversee the training and supervision of existing patrol officers. The estimated cost per year for both supervisors is $40'000. In the month of September there were 17 incidents of car theft and/ or vandalism - a more than an 100 percent increase from September '89. The number of reckless driving citations and hit-and-run incidents have both doubled in the same period of time.
Mahan said compared to other schools, Palomar's security force is understaffed, underpaid and restricted in its powers to protect students and the campus. "We are no longer living in the country," Mahan said. "We need to realize that some day we will have real crime." The Governing Board has only authorized Campus Patrol officers
(see PATROL- page 3)