Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

•nitlmtU.Jmaij'17. 1986, ftp 7
POLITICS
Supervisor talks about the political scene
By Dean Pnukkl&ts
Wendy Ndder omot be aotpmrcd
as just • member of 'he San Fran*
ciio Hoard of Supervisor*. At otu
of the Bay Area's most promineitt
n$ur». Nclder his most definitely
* -roed her reputation. Wttti A great
deal of cnthusiaun, *hc tus played a
hmpc4tKn con. In:
computer has beo wch *n aiv-t to
the police department in r^ch^ne
vrimUfU in S*n Francisco "
After • v=ry busy term in 1982.
Nelder wu up for city wide reelection.
Her support had obviously
grown a great deal, bo-sose she
received the most votes in the election
a.4 became presided of the
Board.
One of *c many challenges Ndder
took up early in her second term wu
the problem of the flouridc content in
San Francisco's w*er. Nelder suted.
"It (fluoride) b highly loiic. and no
X~A iui proven that it is safe for man
to consume." FJ-rride wat Tint put
into San Francisco WMCT in 1950 with
the intention of ftghtiug tooth decay.
When it was put into the water, there
was no evidence of iu harms, but
now i: hat been proven to be
dangerous. One out uf every 200 people
has an adverse affect to (louiidc.
and cities with fluoride in lhc : r water
have an auronomically high cancer
N'eldcr says that she is not one ui
criifcize without having rescind *
itptc thoroughly and until she know*
her view is correct. She uul. "I have
a librvy on iluoriJc thai it vcor.-* to
none, and 1 know f am ri^'K.*
Although Nelder has provided the
board with an enormous amount of
;mx>f pointing to the danger of
fluoride and even ih jugh nuny cor>
tries like Japan. Germany. Sweden
and Canada and cities like CatifornV*
own LJI Angela have taken
iluoride out of their drinking wa\rt.
San Franciico city official* continue
to ignore the flw .it proMcai.
"Our »a*cr is laced »ith a medication
that we should have the choice
of whether or not to consume."
observed Nelder. Her strong belief in
the matter is evident M she «-in allow
t her family to the nothing but bottled
water.
One of Ncldcr't more rrcrnt pn>-
DOUIS is that of insuilin- pofuWc
toilets in certain ^-M of San Fr*ncisco.
She says th.it these lo*ki» - JI
be primarily UA the ten tn fifteen
tnousand hontctcM in San Francisco's
downtown Tenderloin «r
Mupcndcd tTrtcncc. ami u« hjntJirtl
friwi the t'.S f..« liM-s.-.r Me
willm4 be *1lo»n*:o tint UK VS.
v iititiui r a tc^-ti in the
Hinumjn fiMNhilU the Btupvun
claimed. ' ; never wjm Io return "
Without his gl'iding tight, the commune
ha> been Unnioncd by most of
the disciples. Several member*.
however, have remained to auction
off die commune's poiscuioro indialing
93 5V«' ) .!L RO>CCS to pay for
debts and taxes which amount to
roughly $35 millkm.
the f4ir i if the Utkl im *hkh the
commune rc^tdo tu\ n>n been
; «lf-pnvlaiined gum
of ihcrkh w-hneipou'O "free Imc
and tnc poxl life." UwndoJ the commune
in June IVM1 uhen he entered
the U.S. under tA** r*cten.*c« ft*r
hc^tiih rciuHik.
At tSc time, the pita u» engaged
in a in dispute with the gitvcrnmcm
oi hi* native lra*ta.
Fn«n 'J*c iUrt, the cwmmunc »a\
*>.: cvMc.* of conttmeny. By sheer
tf«rce ol numbers, the guru's dhciptcs
loot oser the town or Amclopc'v
ynvcrnmrpt and changed the mr.e ipc
aticr Pajnech left the ctmiitry.
Although 4(1 ol 4|tnr.i\inutcly 5()
AnlclcTans (ell wren 'be jwru rraweil
i.i. it i> not Vmmn whether tl
will return (it ihci* ft inner homrs.
Tr.cs 1 left in comptatm ot I. ilur
chanc* in their lo*n\ name. 2. the
ttungc in MTcet rumc\ for run*-*
h*Kk>r.ng "Mewed",liwiplev 3. ihc
2-t hour p-itml hj the iown\ ncwl>furmetl
"PCJCC fnice" and 4. tire
commune\ fljmNnjim lilnlvlc.
At the pnrwnt. the Bhagwan i*
rcpnitcJIy citnsidcring huyir; ore of
the Fijun ivlandv since the Indian
gmcrnmem lefused tit renew tourist
viwu for nine nf his lop jidcv
FijUn government official* exprcv«cd
afprchemion mer the idea of
jrxuhcr jniru in the islands; "free
*c\" jjuru Da FrccJu*. * •"'WIIKII*- of
San Mateo. moscd to the islands with
his Mlowrn. after buyirg an tvUnd
from actor Raymond Du«n a former
follower of Da Fnx Joh:. has accused
him and some oThn (Wlowcru of
scvual avsault jnd jivolumary servitude
among nther crimes.
Despite the cuntmscrsy uimMi^tllng
Rajneoh. John, and the People's
BIANCA-S
BEAUTY SALON
'•obl'A MiMion Si
San Franriico. Cttil
•p-m-M T». IVnrt «' cannot fnaj w ith tftctr
bhilogicjl families or in the general
pub!i~."
Xrusnrt* noted lh/1 3.0CH amii.iunc*.
nuy ha\c c«istid tn 1**7**.
Conimune* range Inwt rural io ur-
San. cc»m>mw- to rd'piouv. aitj
membcri \rurc all pmvt\«,ier» ^nl
ropunsihililics
/VcconJif.p toAWiMTfi. nk>vt fail
within t'ou' or five )car\ Juc .
ccomimic rcawtns, bti of n^w
recru'U, or the Un.\ **( a chjrunutic
leader >uch a
BEAT
T H E
SAT
K unteuorkbblQ SAT icor M itond
be*w«M vc-j und ">A cdege of
yew choke, we con gro you n.i
doa Upoti.
Our newwr«okin9 notSod OOM
S*»rond cooontiCftOl rtxbol ond
tnolhcnotics driSs to thow you
how ina tetl h octuafy put tootthcr.
We teoch you to idanltlv
wrong choicei. so you con zero in
on thu t\rH attwen. ofisn before
reod*no. the quttikjn inelll
We teve iroined thsuionOt oi
itudent i to beat the SAT ot in own
OQflO. No other service comet
dove to ou- rotufti ond we ore so
coWxieiJ oi ihii thoJ w« pyjrontee
you complete totitfoctKA.
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