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• JJ»y Wilion s. Johnson ^

Ever since the 1960s. when the growth in the numberbf federal regulatory agencies began to mushroom^ there have been suggestions that a fourth branch of government has emerged in the United States The impact of the thousands of new regulations issued in the past ten years has had a i>articularly severe impact bn small businesses. Small business people don't have large staffs to assist with record keeping, nor do they have attorneys on the

costs and attoYneys’ fees tor small-business owners who successfully defend themselves against the government in civil suits. „ . The National Federation of Independent Business fought long and hard for such a law. because surveys by NFIB have shown that one in twenty-five small firms are fined each year. Needless to say. the government was not always correct in its findings in those cases, but more often than not. the small-business response to a citation is to pay the fine rather than challenge the agency bringing

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by June Spielman

In the edition of Sept. 23. in the column on the editorial page entitled “British Sea Gull 387-Birdbrain Economics" by Ima Byrd are some big biases plus at

least one inaccuracy.

Jt implies that President Reagan “gave millions of dollars to bail out the Chrysler Corporation". That was

done under Jimmy Carter’s administration.

For many years economists have warned that the federal govemment was getting too big. Common sense * told us that government was getting into far too many facets of our lives-“1984“ with its "Big Brother" was

fast approaching. /•

At last, we have a presideht who is trying to cut down the monstrous size of the federal behemoth. He is not v cutting out all the programs tha( benefit the poor and disadvantaged; he is just cutting back a little, trying to

rein in on waste, fraud, and extravagance President Reagan deserves our support. June Spielmari is a reildent of Ayalon. Are Taxpayers

Getting Business?

by Mrs. Linda Merrily

^ Everyone has a relative or friend who owns or manages a business and,can get us a produqt or service cheaper than anydne else. Not so in Lower Township. Instead of having bids for different garage and gas station owners, so they can have their fair share of the township's towing business, we have the Mayor s family getting richer, andgiving us. the taxpayers the business. ' , u Instead of having written bids for a product, such as gravel, we have telephone bids^Somehow Mayor

Clydesdale’s relatives come out on top.

TOWING SERVING-CONTRACTS should go to dif ferent station owners around the township. If a tow

truck is needed, thb station closest should be calle^ We all want to see everyone’s business flourish. This is what keeps our economy going. With Mr. Clydesdale signing vouchers for things that have nothing to do with

his department, he is setting our townshipup a^a monarchy with a monopoly. Could the head o this monopoly be Clydesdale Enterprises Inc.?

Linda Merrill is a Villas resident.

Time For Leaders

wim revuru nrcpiiig, iiui w .w.v ....... - y ,, . ~.. - . - - payroll to advise them of the Implications of every new the charge — because the cost of the challenge is pre-

mie coming out of Washington. They do not subscribe to' hibitive the Federal Register, the voluminous document where all "”’ r ' ’

new rules and proposed rules are published

KURTHERWOhF. WHEN SMALL-BUSINESS people are citwTfor violation of a government regulation, they frequently pay the fine because they cannot afford to fight

the govemmenf in court

A small-business man in New Jersey thought he was right and OSHA wak wrong, and he did challenge the agency in court He won the case, but it cost him more than $9,000 to do so A small manufacturer in Wisconsin, also • charged with safety violations, and also convinced that he was right and the inspectors were wrong, nevertheless opted for a reduction of the fines assessed against him, because he could not afford the cost of a prolonged legal

battle

But as of October l. small businesses have a fighting chance in their disputes with government regulatory bodies The Equal Access to Justice Act.^passed-by the 96th Congress last year, requfres reimbursement of court

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THE NEW LAW ALLOWS A corporation with les?-than $5 million net worth and individuals with net worth of less than $1 fRilliot> to recover from the federal government. the direct court costs (filing fees, expenses of witnesses, reports or studies necessary to the case) as well as

"reasonable attorneys’ fees."

Most small-business people wjll never need to irivoke the provisions of the Equal Access to Justice, but for those who believe that they have been wrongly cited for violating a government regulation, the law puts them on’a somewhat more even footing with their adversary. Moreover, the law serves notice to all government regulators that their performance will be monitored and Lbeir fairness tested. And those whose budgetSTeflect excessive payments of court costs will be ident^cd as hav-

ing regularly overstepped their authority.

Wilson S. Johnson is president of the Natiomll Fedcralion of Independent Business, representing more than Half

jp million imipif-business men and women.

To Get Tough by Ellsworth Armacost As a mayor I am taking a strong stand in support of the action taken by President Reagan with the striking air traffic controllers, and I urge my fellow officials to do the same. It is a welcome change to have the highest elected official in our land be someone who will not be intimidated. when workers are breaking the law. No official wants to takd such drastic action which affects the lives of ^large group of people, but it is time we think of the wWvbeing of all the people in such situations. We have been pressured, almost to the point of Blackmail ih many instances, by special interest groups, whether they be unions or community groups. M4NY PEOPLE FEEL the president is taking too strong ^ stand, but one cannot be a leader of the strongest nation in the world and have a wishy-washy attitude. If more of our leaders at all levels of government would follbw this lead, we would be a much greater country. I am not speaking Of all officials or all workers, but a few weak ones can harm the American^ay. We have some of the finest workers in the world, but we also have some that believe because they work for the gbverofnent they only have to do enough work to get by. This attitude hurts our total work force image. As ^ the saying goes, "one rotten apple can spoil the barrel”.* Therefore, I urge every local official to support President Reagan’s strong stand. Such a position would not mean you agree with every policy but that you respect him for upholding the law. If all levels of government would follow this example, we would bring integrity and respect back to government. Tlfc American people want strong but fair government at all levels. If we are leaders we should be leaders in restoring respect to ourselves and our nation. Ellsworth Armacost I* Mayor of Avalon.