Atiyeh’s time comes for governor’s post
Evidently, it is time for Atiyeh in
Oregon.
State Sen. Victor Atiyeh pulled
another upset Tuesday, beating
out incumbent Democrat Gov.
Bob Straub 56 percent to 44 per
cent or 368,440 votes to 293,201
votes.
The victory is Atiyeh's second
this year, after he won a surprise
victory over former Oregon Gov.
Tom McCall to win the Republican
primary last spring.
In Lane County, however,
Straub garnered more votes than
Atiyeh with 57 percent favoring
Straub and 43 percent voting for
Atiyeh. Straub launched his politi
cal career in Lane County 24
years ago by winning a county
commissioner’s seat.
Had Straub won, he would have
been the first Democratic gover
nor to serve more than one term in
Oregon's history.
Atiyeh, a 55-year-old carpet
dealer who served as state Se
nate minority leader last session,
rolled up early leads in the heavily
Democratic Multnomah and Coos
Counties, nbc called tne
governor’s race at 8:30 p.m., pro
jecting an Atiyeh win.
The Atiyeh-Straub contest cen
tered around the taxpayers’ relief
measures with Atiyeh pulling for a
"cleaned-up" version of Measure
6, which would have frozen prop
erty taxes at 1.5 percent of their
1975 assessed values. Straub
pushed Measure 11, the
Legislature’s answer to Measure
6 which would cut property taxes
by 50 percent. Both measures
were defeated.
As governor, Atiyeh must now
deal with forming legislation to aid
the 'taxpayers' revolt.”
Atiyeh, who ran unsuccessfully
against Straub in 1974, has said a
' wave of conservatism” is sweep
ing Oregon. Atiyeh favors return of
the death penalty to Oregon and
opposes state funding for abor
tions. Although he favors alterna
tive forms of energy, he still sup
ports nuclear power.
Atiyeh also favors creation of a
legislative advisory board of stu
dents to provide input on student
and higher education issues.
Oregon Governor-elect Vic Atiyeh
Both property tax measures go down
331,711 no votes to 309,299
yes votes while Measure 11
lost by a margin of 320,232 no •
votes to 260,040 yes.
Lane County voters, how
ever, passed 11 54,228 yes to
33,969 no. Measure 6 was de
feated in the county also,
57,161 no to 30,814 yes.
The defeat of the two meas
ures means Oregon’s current
property tax system will remain
intact, subject to revision by the
Legislature or future initiatives.
Measure 6, the initial meas
ure on the ballot, was closely
modeled after California's
Proposition 13. If passed the
measure would have reduced
property taxes in the state to
1.5 percent of the 1975 asses
sed value of the property. It
would have reduced property
taxes by an estimated 40 per
cent.
Measure 6 also would have
allowed for a 2 percent in
crease in property taxes for in
flationary adjustment. How
ever, if a property changed
ownership or had new con
struction performed on it, its
property tax rate would in
crease to the current market
value.
Measure 11, the Legislative
alternative to 6, required the
state to pay half an individuars
property tax, up to a maximum
of $1,500.
Despite the defeat of the two
measures. U.S. Rep. Jim
Weaver said state officials
have gotten the message.
"The people have told us
they want us to get in there and
cut property taxes and gov
ernment spending,” Weaver
said shortly after his re-election
Tuesday. "That's the first thing
the Legislature wiB do."
Property taxes make up 25
percent of the funding for state
and local programs in the state
Measure 6 would have cost
local governments an esti
mated $860 million while
Measure 11 would have cost
the state about $525 million.
The localities around the state
wouldn't have lost any funds
directly from the passage of
Measure 6. _
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