Tells legislators to ‘cool it’
Atiyeh criticizes Senate vote
Salem (AP) — Republican
Gov Vic Atiyeh soundly
chastised the Democrat-con
trolled Legislature Thursday for
voting down his budget plan as
a partisan "political ploy "
"It’s so bald," Atiyeh told
reporters "It’s absolutely ap
palling what they did last night."
Atiyeh proposed $120 million
in budget cuts plus other ad
justments in state spending and
revenue to prevent a projected
$247 million state deficit As the
Legislature neared the end of its
second week in special session,
the Senate met Wednesday
night and trounced the
governor's $120 million budget
bill in a 20-10 vote
The Senate vote was con
sidered largely symbolic since
Ways and Means subcommit
tees already have said they
cannot support the level of cuts
Atiyeh recommends The sub
committees proposed a $63
million reduction — about half
as much as the governor want
ed
The difference could be made
up by a tax measure, but the
House leadership has been un
able to round up enough votes
to pass an income tax sur
charge or a property tax relief
cut
The House Revenue Commit
tee was considering an attempt
to get the proposed 5-percent
income tax surcharge out of
committee. Some lawmakers
said the measure might be
linked to a proposal to give
Oregonians the same breaks on
state taxes as on federal taxes
for investments in individual re
tirement accounts (IRAs) The
strategy is to entice some
Republicans to support the sur
tax bill
Senate Pres Fred Heard and
House Speaker Hardy Myers
have been asking Atiyeh to give
them a list detailing his differ
ences with the budget subcom
mittee recommendations They
said they hoped the Senate vote
would convince the governor to
respond
"I'm not coming up with a
next plan and that doesn't por
tray to you inflexibility,” Atiyeh
said “They don’t like my plan
Therefore it is up to them to
deliver their plan."
The governor said if the sen
ators were trying to give him a
signal, it “certainly missed the
mark.”
"What kind of message are
they trying to deliver? I can't
fathom the message,” Atiyeh
said
He said he had served in the
Oregon Legislature 20 years
before becoming governor and
had never seen the Senate en
gaging in such obvious partisan
politics or "demeaning itself so
much as it did” Wednesday
night.
Atiyeh told the Senate to
"cool it.”
In response to a question, the
governor said consciously or
subconsciously re-election
hopes have got to be an in
fluence on himself and many
other lawmakers.
However, he said a lid should
be kept on politics.
"I haven’t worked this into a
strategy for the campaign," said
Atiyeh, who hopes to win elec
tion to a second term.
He said he has invested a lot
of personal emotions and time
to deal with the state’s budget
problems during his first term
and hopes to enjoy a second
term in which the state will re
turn to prosperity
“I hate like the devil to think
I’ve gone through all this pain
and torture and some other
governor will be elected and
enjoy the good times,” Atiyeh
said
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changes in tax laws
Salem (AP) — The Legislature
completed action Thursday on
bills to raise interest rates on
past due taxes and to disqualify
some renters from receiving
state property tax relief
Both Senate-passed mea
sures approved Thursday by the
House and sent to Gov Vic
Atiyeh were requested by the
governor as part of his
budget-balancing plan
Together the changes would
save the state an estimated $2
million in the 1982-83 fiscal
year
One bill (SB980) would in
crease the interest charged on
delinquent state taxes, starting
July 1, from 12 to 18 percent a
year The measure also would
authorize the Revenue Depart
ment to annually adjust the in
terest charge based on
prevailing interest rates
The major effect of the other
bill (HB3299) would be to dis
qualify renters from receiving
property tax relief checks if they
move out of state before the end
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The measure would require
renters to be residents on Dec
31 of a year in which they seek
tax relief under a program that
pays relief to households with
annual incomes of less than
$17,500
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the state no longer can afford to ^
pay tax relief to college students q
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tax relief Money given by par
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