Candidates for governor
Redden:
campaign
based on
'Oregon
attitude'
State Treasurer James Redden is
basing his campaign for the
Democratic gubernatorial
nomination on a theme he calls
"The Oregon Attitude."
The 45-year-old former attorney
from Medford has built around
this theme platforms on en
vironmental protection, govern
ment reform and citizen par
ticipation in government —all
themes he feels are unique to
Oregon.
Along with a growing number of
Oregonians, Redden places the
environment and its protection
high on his list of priorities.
Redden has a two-pronged mass
transit plan: subsidizing AMTRAK
where possible and building light
rail transit systems where tracks
are inadequate. Redden
vigorously agrees that the state
should enter into "a voluntary
agreement" with AMTRAK.
But Redden is opposed to
subsidizing any AMTRAK lines
south of Eugene as the track
facilities are inadequate. He would
rather see a light-rail system, such
as monorail, built along Interstate
Five.
Redden is also concerned that
agricultural land be protected
from development. "We are
losing 8,000 acres of farmland a
year," claims Redden. "We are
facing a possible food shortage in
the very near future and it is
essential that we protect our
food-producing lands."
Redden is in favor of either
strengthening the present
legislation protecting farmland or
proposing new legislation. He also
is a firm believer in land-use
James Redden
planning, on both the local and
state levels.
In the area of energy, Redden is
opposed to the construction of
nuclear power generators,
especially in light of research
indicating great potential in
geothermal, wind and solar
power.
"I understand that there will be a
shortage of uranium in about
twenty years anyway,” says
Redden, "so development of
nuclear power would be an
exercise in planned obsolescence,
anyway.
"There is just tremendous
potential in the energy field,"
asserts Redden. "I think that, in
Oregon, wind should be
developed before geothermal—
there is our greatest potential."
Redden wants an annual
legislative session and September
primaries as well as ethic codes
and controls on campaign
spending.
A firm plank in Redden's plat
form is one calling for a Sep
tember primary.
"People are just not interested in
politics in May, and they forget a
lot by November that happened in
the primary," claims Redden.
Another aspect Redden dislikes
about the May primary is the
extension of the campaign by
about three to five months, which
increases campaign-spending.
C am pai gn -s pe n di ng is
something which Redden would
like to see limited to five cents per
voter, although he is willing to
negotiate up to ten cents per
voter.
He thinks this limitation of
$100,000 for an entire campaign is
more reasonable than the present
one limiting each candidate to 15
cents per voter in both the
primary and general elections, or
$185,000 in each election.
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DEMOCRAT FOR REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT 41
As State Representative ot the
University ot Oregon, I would:
- Keep students informed about
pending legislation,
- Help students to have a voice at
the Legislature,
- Welcome input from students
about their needs and concerns.
I will work hard to represent you
in the Oregon Legislature. I seek
your support in the Democratic
primary.
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MAES MILHAUPT
Mary Milhaupt for State Representative Comm., Charley Leistner, Treas., 1500 Norkenzie Rd. No.
47. Eugene, Ore 97401 5 21 74.
Freeman: running
as a public service
John Freeman is running for
governor as a public service. He is
gravely concerned with the future
of Oregon, and has innovative
ideas about how to direct that
future in a positive direction.
He sees nuclear power as the
only technology capable of
polluting the earth forever. He is
concerned that people become
informed of the danger of nuclear
currently serving time in
Maximum Security Prisons, the
Oregon State Legislature, and
people who have been in prison in
Oregon and are now on parole or
have been discharged. The board
of review, according to Freeman,
would be the method for this state
to arrive at prison reform and
would insure that those reforms
were relevant to the needs and
John Freeman
reactors and be given the chance,
through voting, to decide whether
or not they are built in Oregon. As
governor, he would ask the
Legislature to require a two-thirds
majority vote of approval in a
state wide election before each
reactor is built.
He would also put into effect
sweeping tax reform.
He would introduce a con
stitutional amendment that would
alter the tax structure of the
federal government and give the
citizens of the states the
responsibility of deciding how
large a portion of their tax moneys
would be spent. The amendment
would provide that the taxes,
state and federal, be collected on
the state level and a decision
made that level on how to use
them.
Prisons are another area that
Freeman would change. As
governor he would create within
the Department of Human
Resources a board of review for
the Corrections Division, with the
responsibility to continually
examine, evaluate and propose
changes in the methods, goals,
facilities, and personnel of the
Corrections Division. The per
sonnel making up the board
would be representatives of the
Division of Corrections, inmates
institutions of the stae.
Freeman would also work to
enforce the 50-mile territorial
water limit off the coast of Oregon
to insure that the state maintains
its resources. "...I don't mean
guns; we'll just make it impossible
for other nations to fish Oregon
waters. There will be fish for all,
including the Indians with long
standing fishing rights...If we
protect what we've got, we'll
have it forever." said Freeman.
Freeman has never run for a
political office before. He believes
his inexperience will not hinder
him though. He comes across as
an honest man, sincerely con
cerned with the people's welfare,
and the welfare of the state of
Oregon, whose values are strong,
who is not afraid, either to express
them, or to work as hard as he
knows how in order to make
those goals viable.
Lee Stevens