-County commissioner candidates
Reindl: private enterprise
handling recycling waste
Ed Reindl does not want Lane
County's government-owned
acreage to increase. The 52-year
old Republican from Florence
who is running for county
commissioner, says that 73 per
cent of the county belongs to
government—city, county, state
and federal —according to his
calculations.
He proposes that for every acre a
government agency acquires, one
acre be released for public
acquisition.
The county's population is in
creasing each year. Reindl fears
that if government agencies
continue to acquire land un
checked, they will deplete the tax
base necessary to support the
growing population.
Moreover, Reindl favors a land
use plan which would "preserve
the valley floor for agriculture"
and save the higher mountain
lands for timber harvesting.
These two industries, he notes,
generate much of the county's
property taxes, and they should
be safeguarded.
He says government agencies
who buy land can sell lots in the
foothills for residential
development. Of his land-use
plans Reindl says, "It's private
enterprise versus bureaucracy."
He does not like the Lane
Council of Governments (L-COG)
with whom he has dealt in land
use matters. "I am very much
opposed to L-COG as it is con
stituted now," he says.
Reindl Teels that the county
commissioners have surrendered
much of their authority to L-COG
and that the council has attained
more than just an advisory role.
Although L-COG has never been
legislative authority, Reindl says it
has become "d'ctitorial."
He wants L-COG's say in county
matters to be advice only.
Nor does Reindl like the
Boundary Commission. The
commission has the authority to
change the boundaries between
fire districts, water districts and
other local districts. A state
agency established in 1969, the
commission also decides on city
annexations within the county.
Most of the decisions made by
the members of the commission,
who are appointed by the
governor, are subject to local
approval.
.Though he disputes no action
taken by the commission, Reindl
feels it has encroached on
authority that should not be taken
from the electorate.
Reindl also wants to establish a
program of widening the roads in
the rural areas of the county,
particularly near Mapleton and
Oakridge. Presently, he says,
these areas are not receiving as
much money back from the
county as they pay in taxes.
With additional revenue sharing
money that comes to the county,
Reindl hopes to set up small
mental health centers throughout
the county.
Ed Reindl
He does not think law en
forcement agencies need more
money. He thinks they need more
cooperation.
The "weakest point" of the
system Reindl says is the courts.
"Criminals are given a pat on the
back and told to go out and do it
again," he says.
And although he favors recycling
waste, Reindl does not feel
recycling is the perogative of
government. "Private enterprise,"
he says, should handle the
problem because only businesses
can afford the expensive
equipment.
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Democrat for Congress
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President John F Kennedy appointed Frank Barry in 1961 to the
Department of Interior as chief legal counsel where he had seven years
experience with forestry, mining, fisheries and energy resources, all
vital interests of the 4th District.
The oil and gas industry knew Frank Barry as a determined opponent of
’ special interests.” Upon his resignation from the Department of In
terior. the Oil and Gas Journal. March 25,1968, stated:
"Oilmen have not seen the last of this dedicated and influential foe!”
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Ferguson:
irrigation
his focus
Joseph Ferguson wants to enact
laws that will reduce taxes.
If elected, says the Democratic
candidate for county com
missioner, he will avoid jumping
into major projects that will do
more to raise taxes than to help
the people.
He is critical of government at
the county, the state and the
national levels. He thinks that
people from the incorporated
cities throughout the county
shouldn't be voting on the county
commissioners, as people from
the unincorporated areas don't
vote on the city officials. He
would like to see the unin
corporated areas divided into five
districts, each of which would
choose a commissioner.
With regard to garbage disposal,
Ferguson points out that the
county commissioners don't
Joseph Fergusen
know what the proposed system
is going to cost. He feels they
ought to contract it in order to
have a specific price estimate.
Ferguson, a retired farmer from
Creswell, believes Salem
shouldn't have anything to do
with regulating farms, except
perhaps zoning. The people up
there, he says, "don't know
anything about farming."
Unemployment is in part a result
of the shutting down of mills
throughout the state, according
to Ferguson, "on account of
these crisis that they're hollering
about". The crisis, he says, come
from messing around across the
ocean — doing such things as
selling our grain and getting our
supply of oil shut off.
Highway taxes, in Ferguson's
opinion, shouldn't be used for a
mass-transit system. For one
thing, he doesn't believe the
county should compete with
Greyhound and Trailways,
although he doesn't believe
everyone is being served by these
bus systems as he says that 75 to
80 per cent of the people have
their own cars anyhow.
There are some places where
Ferguson favors the use of tax
money He says that irrigation is
the most critical problem facing
the county today and he is in
favor of bonds for it as county
needs it.
Schools are one thing he
believes we've got to have and he
is in favor of raising the tax base if
it is necessary to support the
schools.
He also favors a county-wide
library system because he believes
rural people should have access to
a library system.
Ferguson wouldn't give his age,
but said he has been a citizen of
Lane County for 24 years and that
he is "old enough to know right
from wrong "
Gale Rohde
Jim Redden . . .
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"That is no limit at all," asserts
Redden.
Redden suggests that the state
"decentralize" itself, by moving
its offices throughout the state.
"There's no reason why the
whole government has to be
centered in Salem and Portland,"
says Redden.
Redden sees the dispersal of the
population, re forestation and an
embargo on log exportation as the
keys to getting a grip on Oregon's
economic situation.
Redden, a graduate of Boston
College School of Law, has lived
in Oregon since 1955. He served
as a member of the Legislature in
the 1963, '65 and '67 sessions and
served as House Minority Leader
in the 1967 session.
Tom Schilling
Elect a candidate who understands the problems
and needs of higher education.
DAVE FROHAMAYER
will make your voice heard in Salem.
Qualified - A record in service in education, civil rights and
environment at all levels of government,
Integrity - Founding member, Oregon Common Cause.
Constitutional Authority - Dave has twice won national
awards for his writings on Constitutional issues of the day.
REPUBLICAN: DISTRICT *10
(South Eugene and Coshen)
DAVE FROHNMAYER FOR STATE REP COMM
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