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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1978)
Candidate Pack claims trust violated By JANE LEHMAN Of the Emerald The state legislative costs are overload ing taxpayers and bringing the body one step closer to a full-time legislature, accord ing to Jim Pack, a Republican legislative candidate Pack addressed the Republican Round table Friday. The Republican is challenging Democratic incumbent Ted Kulongoski for his senate seat, which represents much of ane County. “I accuse the poStiaans of violating the public trust,” said Pack. “The state financial system is out of hand.” Pack is fearful that Oregon may adopt a full-time legislative system, similar to California's. Pointing to confusion and log jamming’ in the California system, Pack said, “that’s not healthy, that’s not efficient government or planning and it’s not in our best interests." Pack’s solution to excessive legislative costs, which he said are up 325 percent over the last 10 years, would be to imple ment a spending limit returning any surp luses to the taxpayers. He does not advo cate cutting programs or income taxes. Alarmed at a state income tax law that resulted in overpayments by 93,000 Oregonians, Pack is calling for a special session of the legislature to clear up the matter. “I’m not in favor of special sessions, but the benefits outweigh the detriments, maintained Pack. According to Pack over $9 million dollars was overpaid to the state in 1977 because taxpayers could not itemize deductions on their tax returns. Pack fears a repeat of the situation this year and possibly next year if the legislature doesn’t take immediate ac tion to amend the law responsible for the foul-up. In response to a question auuui mo ^ ference in the governor’s race. Pack said, “I’m glad that Tom McCall is in the race, although I disagree with some of his stands.” He declined to endorse anyone, saying he does not know enough about Vic Atiyeh and Roger Martin, the other two GOP contenders. On the topic of education, Pack believes student motivation is the responsibility of the parents, not the teachers. “We should teach parents how to moti vate,” he said. “We cannot hold teachers accountable for learning, but we can hold them accountable for teaching.” KBDF purchased by new Oregon company Eugene’s top-rated AM radio station, KBDF, has been sold to a newly formed Oregon company, the station’s general manager an nounced Friday. Michael Cole, KBDF station manager, said the sale of the sta tion came after nearly three months of negotiations with Jayar Communications, Inc., an Oregon corporation which has also been negotiating to buy another Eu gene radio station. A preliminary agreement to purchase KBDF has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission, which is expected to act on the sale within the next few months, Cole said. The 5,000-watt radio station was sold to Jayar for more than $700,000, Cole said. The Jayar Communications Company, part of a California firm whose principles include Rob Skinner, Peter Townsend and un named executives of the Dan Reeves Trust fund, is also negotiating to buy the progressive rock music station KZEL-FM. Ac cording to KZEL station manager Jay West, the negotiations are continuing for the sale. Cole, who started KBDF four years ago, explained that the new owners haven’t expressed any plans for changes in the station’s format or personnel as yet. “They purchased one of the top stations in town, so there's no We're the Coast Guard. We may be small (about 37,000 strong) but our jobs are some of the most important ones in the country. As you probably know, we re in the business of saving lives and property. But we're also charged with protecting our coastlines, our Great Lakes, our waterways. Regulating the new 200-mile fishery conservation zone. Intercepting narcotics trafficking. Monitor ing the vessels that come and go at all of our major ports. 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