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Groups debate utility board
By Alfred Gross
Of the Emerald
A citizens’ utility board would help keep
rates down and give consumers expert represen
tation at hearings on utility rates, say supporters
of an initiative to create such a board.
But an executive of Pacific Northwest Bell
Telephone Co. is not convinced that a citizens’
utility board will provide any more protection for
consumers than they already have.
Oregon Students Public Interest Research
Group has been working in conjunction with
other groups to collect enough signatures to get
the CUB initiative on the ballot in November.
“The basic idea is to give utility rate payers
representation when privately owned utilities,
such as the phone company, PP&L (Pacific Power
& Light Co.) and PG&E (Portland General Electric
Co.) go in for rate hikes,” says Daniel Malarkey,
OSPIRG’s canvass director for the initiative.
But CUB would not affect Eugene Water and
Electric Board customers directly because they
elect the EWEB board of commissioners, he adds.
“The situation right now is that when, say,
the phone company goes in for an increase, they
go with an army of experts — lawyers,
economists, accountants — to argue why they
need a rate increase,” Malarkey says. “At those
hearings, there’s really no one representing the
consumer point of view.”
Ironically, consumers pay for this army of ex
perts when they pay their bills, Malarkey says.
“The state-appointed public commissioner
then has to make a decision about a just rate in
crease after having heard only one side of the
story,” Malarkey explains.
Not everyone is as pleased as Malarkey with
the initiative, however.
“We feel that CUB proponents are attacking a
Graphic by Karen Mobley
problem that doesn’t exist,” says Dennis Tooley,
manager of public affairs for PNB in Oregon.
‘‘We feel that the rate increases are justified.
We feel that there are adequate means for con
sumer recourse,” Tooley says. For example, the
Public Utility Commissioner is a consumer ad
vocate, he says.
On the other hand, if the CUB initiative is as
important as its proponents say it is, Tooley says
it should be fairly easy to get on the ballot.
OSPIRG representatives already have col
lected over 70,000 signatures for the initiative,
according to Malarkev. Though only 62.500
signatures are needed to get the initiative on the
ballot, OSPIRG workers plan to continue collect
ing signatures right up to the July 6 deadline, he
says.
‘‘OSPIRG brought CUB up in the Legislature.
At that time the utilities spent over $400,000 lob
bying against CUB, so we anticipate a very tough
fight,” Malarkey says. ‘‘That’s why it’s so impor
tant for us to maintain the grass-roots effort door
to-door this summer.”
IFC supports ongoing lawsuit
By Julie Shippen
Of the Emerald
The Incidental Fee Commit
tee voted unanimously to offer
financial support to an outstan
ding lawsuit and to an upcom
ing community program at an
IFC subcommittee meeting held
Thursday.
The subcommittee voted 3-0
to allocate an additional $1,400
in legal expenses to the firm of
Goldstein & Campbell for their
continued handling of the
South African divestiture suit,
as requested by ASUO Pres.
Julie Davis.
As set forth in a June 11 letter
to Davis from the Eugene-based
firm, the attorneys have deter
mined the suit will require at
least 500 more hours to see it
through the November 29 trial
date.
Last year the IFC allocated a
total of $0,000 to the suit, which
paid for various legal expenses
such as the initial discovery
process and 24 later depositions
taken nationwide, according to
an ASUO background memo
presented to the IFC earlier this
year.
In the past, much of the at
torneys’ time has been donated,
with funds paying for the firm’s
out-of-pocket expenses only,
the memo stated. At this time,
however, the firm requires addi
tional funding if they are to han
dle the suit and remain in
business, the letter stated.
“Basically, the firm no longer
can donate their services
without compensation,” said
Mary Kay Menard, IFC subcom
mittee member. However, the
attorneys have agreed to offer
their services at rates under half
of the usual $65 per hour
charge, Menard said.
The new $1,400 allotment
was drawn from unallocated
reserve account balances,
which would otherwise wash
back into incidental tee enroll
ment reserves if gone unused,
said John Dreeszen, ASUO pro
gram administration and
finance coordinator.
According to the firm’s letter,
the case may require up to
$13,000 in the future. Though
much of that amount will come
through other avenues, Davis
said she will appear before the
IFC in August and ask for addi
tional funds at that time.
The IFC subcommittee also
granted a $300 loan to Bill
Snyder, director of the new
Food Center.
According to Snyder, who
also is the coordinator of ASUO
student affairs, the money will
be used to make equipment
repairs at the facility that are
necessary before its scheduled
opening in late July.
The IFC has asked that the
loan be repaid by the beginning
of next year.
Supporters of sanctuary
to greet refugee caravan
Eugene will be a whistle-stop for an
underground railroad of Central American
refugees when the West Coast Sanctuary Caravan
passes through town on its way to Seattle tonight.
Local supporters of the sanctuary movement
will greet caravan members with a rally and fiesta
in University Hark at the corner of 24th Avenue
and University Street beginning at 5 p.m.
The U.S. government does not grant political
asylum to refugees from Guatemala and El
Salvador, but sanctuary supporters say they are
willing to risk federal prosecution to keep these
people from being returned to their homes.
Refugees who are returned to these countries
often have been tortured, murdered or “made to
disappear,” supporters contend. Giving sanc
tuary also is a way of protesting U.S. policy in
Central America, they say.
The caravan is organized by the National
Sanctuary Movement, composed of several chur
ches and other organizations. In Eugene, sanc
tuary is being given to nine Salvadorans by
Eugene Friends Meeting with the support of In
terfaith Sanctuary Network.
Music i nd *'ntertainment will accompany a
benefit dinnet, lolloweu by statements by caravan
supporters. The dinner costs $5 for adults, $2.50
for children ages 5 to 11, and is free for children
under 5 years.
Artists’ points of view
represented in benefit
The Maude Kerns Art Center will hold a
benefit and opening reception Friday for
“Points of View,” a show of national,
regional and locally known representa
tional artists.
The show will include works by Philip
Behymer, Michael Harris, Andrew
Johnston, Medelaine Liepe, Judith Nantker,
Terry Olson, Walt Stevens, and the Plat
form Gallery of Realist Painters.
Ceramics by Karen Perkins and
photographs by David Simone will appear
concurrently in the Platform Gallery. The
Mezzanine Gallery will feature drawings by
Tom Blodgett and Mike Kelly.
Entertainment will feature Jivin’ Johnny
Etheredge, from radio stations KASH and
KM, who will be spinning “the true stuff
for the true believers,” 1950s rock’n’roll,
plus the live sounds of John Averill and his
Blue Grass Special.
The opening reception begins at 7 p.m.
and the show will run through July 30 at the
center, located at 1910 E. 15th Ave. Admis
sion is free. For more information, call
345-1571.
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