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IV. SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION'S PROPERTY & CASUALTYINS. PROGRAM. The Association-sponsored property &casualty insurance plan is administered by the Robbins & Weill Agency. The Association receives a portion of the insurance commission that;would otherwise be-paid to.the insurance agent (and if an agent is I involved he or she Will receive a portion'of the commission). 1 These funds help fudd'.the Association's budget. Because -of these commissions, the Association's membership dues are the,same in.1996-97 as they were in 1972! It is important that Association members continue to support the Association's property & casualty insurance dam. Tell your local agent that you want your board insured with USG&G, and for bim or ber to telephone Robins & Weill (1-800- 632-0419) and ask for Meredith Tysor or Sandy Meredith. You can continue to use your local agent, and he or she will repave a cowuf=hxk and the Association will benefit as well. V. KCAL ABC BOARDS ARE QfP! TO PRIVATIZATION. From the Carolinas to Califormb, 'pion' is a popular buzzword that comes op with some regularity in discussions about law to reduce expenditures at the state and local governmental levels. Shrinking rem and slow economic growth have caused some localities. to look with, renewed inttere a at Me possibility of contracting out some governmenal -services to„private eaterpdse_ nm6ntal,, bodies. in a few areas have �Ic:cted with private,enterp`se,to.operate :and water.treatment, plants, to provide custodial a�vices, and to take over fle =gpmnWbsMy,for.garbage collection'and recycling. Results base been mixed. Phoenix cow private garbage collection services in three of its Em..districts in the .late 1970s- fim it has upgraded its public ,collection deft and can now do ft job in aK fin acts less expensively than.it;can contract for the services. Some other go u Un enjoyed somewhat better.results from their efforts to contract for sus. Sanme individuals in Nor& Carolina Um suggested that state's ABC system be prmoatized. Sim their azgun►erds usually rewul a serious Lack of understanding about how the ABC system operates in North Carofina, &is kgwtant that you and the other citizens nf the state 1[now the facts so ttt- everyow rem decide for themselves what kind of ABC sy m beset serves the needs of the c== cad Harth Carolina. .When the. public is aware of dx Casts;,they will,we believe, agree dug Vat&Carolina's current ABC system serves the state wet. The..mvenue stream produced by the.local ABC boards and paid over to the state treasury and local governments is Tibe Ire.fact, during fiscal year;1991-92 the local ABC boards paid over$78 million into t so te`treasary.'In'addition,'-the boards spent almost $9 million for local ABC law enforce and alcohol education and rehabilitation, and contributed, over $30'million to finance`focal governmental ;operations Some individuals have suggested that 'the State 'sell the 395 or" so'ABC stores .'and thereby obtain a one-time windfall of revenue. - In fact, North Carolina does not own a single ABC store. The stores are owned or leased by the ABC boards themselves,'not the State. If the stores are sold, such sales will not generate.one:cent for the State of North Carolina. 3