State representatives
District 40 candidates
share goals, not methods
By I.ori Steinhauer
v Of the Knwtald
While economic develop
ment. aid for higher education
and tax relief will be top
priorities in the 19 8 5
Legislature, incumbent state
Rep. Carl Hosticka and
Republican Mitch Hammerstad,
candidates for the District 40
state representative seat, differ
in their approaches to attaining
these goals.
'“The major issues of the ses
sion are money and money in
that order, and that involves
both the property tax question
and the state budget,” Hosticka
says.
"Economic development is
one of the first orders of
business in the state of Oregon
as far as I'm concerned. What
we need is jobs,” Hammerstad
Mitch Hammerstad
says. An increase in jobs would
lead to a population boost, and
the result would be a greater tax
base, he says.
Tourism can also provide a
wealth of revenue for the state,
especially if a sales tax is in
itiated, Hammerstad says. He
adds that his campaign was pro
mpted by the Legislature's
failure to refer a sales tax to
voters during the last legislative
session.
Adding a sales tax to current
income taxes and property taxes
in the state would spread the
burden out more equitably,
Hammerstad says.
If the state imposed a 5 per
cent retail tax (excluding drugs
and food), the state could col
lect SB million in additional
revenue.
“That would more than
alleviate for Measure 2 if it pass
ed,” Hammerstad says.
“I’m willing to do what’s
necessary 10 raise me revenues
to fund most of the things that
Carl Hosticka
are listed, HosticKa says.
Hosticka says higher educa
tion, basic education and
municipal services are all part
of the package that affects state
economic development.
“And I say let’s focus on
those, and if we have to raise
the budget to pay for it, let’s pay
for it,” he says. Revenue from a
sales tax should be used to pay
for these services and not for in
come tax relief, he added.
He says those issues are more
important in the long run than
any marginal tax breaks the
state could offer the public or
businesses.
“The major question is going
to be funding the budget. The
other thing is the property tax
issue and how to combine pro
viding property tax relief along
with stable funding for local
government.”
District 39 race is a showdown on taxes, utilities
By Julie Shippen
Of tlws Kmrrald
Hasing the state's property tax
burden and giving small
businesses a chance to grow in
Oregon are just two of the objec
tives that Republican Carl
DiPaolo and Democrat Ron
Hachus say they would try to
meet as state representative of
House District 39.
The methods that these two
candidates would use to solve
the problems surrounding these
and other issues are markedly
different, however, and both
DiPaolo and Hachus are quick to
confirm their differences.
The two-year seat opens with
the departure of Grattan Kerans.
the district's representative for
the past 10 years, who is runn
ing for the state treasurer’s
office.
Hachus, 37, who has been
district representative for U.S.
Rep. Jim Weaver for the past
nine years, strongly endorses
the Citizens Utility Board in
itiative. He believes CUB is vital
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in keeping telephone and utility
rates down by providing better
public representation before the
public utility commissioner.
DiPaolo. 42. enters the race as
a businessman of 12 years and a
state employee for five of those
years. He admits his political
career began in 1970 when he
won a seat on the Santa Clara
Water District Board by phon
ing in numerous votes for
himself.
Although DiPaolo does not
oppose Ballot Measure 3 (CUB)
outright, he also does not sup
port the measure as the area's
utility rates are not
unreasonably high, he says. He
also disfavors CUB because he
says it would not include the
Eugene Water and Electric
Board as it is publicly owned
and not subject to the PUC.
Eachus disagrees with these
statements and points out that
EWEB has a publicly elected
board of directors.
Both oppose Ballot Measure
2. the 1.5 percent property tax
limitation, saying the cut would
be too drastic. Neither can
didate supports a sales tax as an
alternative, but Eachus and
Ron Eachus
DiPaolo wholeheartedly agree
the sales tax referendum should
go before voters.
DiPaolo favors cutting
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government spending, par
ticularly in the state depart
ment of education, which he
says is just a “paper shuffler.”
He says the other way to cut
spending is to limit the growth
of government, which he says is
unproductive, and allow it to
grow only as the income rate
increases.
Eachus plans to bring small
business into the area include
the “Buy Oregon” program,
which keeps capital within the
state by connecting its buyers
and sellers, he says. Eachus also
proposes adopting a graduated
corporate income tax that
would tax businesses according
to size, he says.
Di Paolo criticizes the cor
porate income tax plan and
believes that Eachus is foolish
to make a proposal that DiPaolo
says would scare off incoming
business.
Both candidates support
higher education, but to differ
ing degrees. Both endorse a tui
tion freeze; Dipaolo supports it
because he says “there is no
more fat to cut.” and Eachus
because “we can’t keep pricing
students out of our education,”
he says. Eachus adds that an in
crease in faculty salaries is
necessary, not to draw pro
fessors to the University but to
prevent losing present faculty.
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