/.Los Lobos son loco?
David Hildago, inset, wore green
alligator cowboy boots, sported a
goatee and dark sunglasses. Los
Lobos’ drummer had pasted a
cutout of the Virgin Mary to the
front of his bass drum. Cesar Rosas
played the accordian, lap steel
guitar and counted off the start of
bouncing Mexican dance tunes
rivaling hardcore punk in their in
tensity and speed.
In all, Los Lobos provided a ver
satile Saturday night of original
music in the EMU Ballroom. A
loosely-packed audience filled most
of the hall, with many in the crowd
dancing or moving to the music.
Photos by Hank Trotter
Legislative Update
Editor’s note: Here are some
highlights of the Oregon legislature last
week.
Higher Ed
Students and educators told a
legislative committee that students at
Oregon's colleges and universities can't
afford the 3 percent tuition increases that
would take effect in each of the next two
years under Gov. Vic Atiyeh’s proposed
budget.
The Legislature’s Joint Ways and
Means subcommittee on education has
been hearing presentations on the higher
education budget for the past two weeks.
Higher education officials say the in
creases would boost annual in-state
undergraduate tuition by $34 in 1985-86
and by $35 in 1986-87, keeping tuition at
Oregon's schools among the highest of
any public colleges in the West.
The higher education board originally
proposed spending $4.9 million in the
next biennium to maintain a tuition
freeze that has been in effect at Oregon
schools since the 1982-83 school year,
when tuition was increased 21 percent.
That item was cut from the higher educa
tion budget by Atiyeh.
Sales Tax
Atiyeh urged the Senate Revenue
Committee Tuesday not to make any ma
jor changes in the sales tax package pass
ed by the House, but did request some
minor changes.
Sen. Ed Fadeley, D-Eugene, told the
committee the Legislature should refer a
2 percent sales tax to voters, which could
give homeowners and rentiers as much
property tax relief as the 5 percent plan
passed by the House.
Fadeley, who as senate president was
one of the main sales tax opponents in
the 1983 session, said the sales tax vote
should be done in a vote-by-mail elec
tion. He also recommended a provision
blocking the Legislature from changing
the sales tax for 10 years.
Three Oregon mayors, including
Eugene’s Brian Obie, told the committee
they would not support the sales tax
unless it dropped provisions prohibiting
local governments from enacting their
own sales tax measures.
The committee is to begin considering
changes in the package on Tuesday.
Seat Belts
Yielding to public outcry, the House
Human Resources Committee amended a
Senate-passed bill requimg auto seat
belt use so the measure wouldn’t take ef
fect unless approved by the voters. The
bill went to the full House.
Miscellaneous
The House unanimously passed and
sent to the Senate a bill aimed at helping
middle and low-income families buy
homes by making them eligible for
federal income tax credits of up to
$2,000 a year.
House Republican legislators say they
plan to give money to support Rep. Pat
Gillis, R-Portland, in his campaign to
defeat a recall vote March 26. Gillis was
recently indicted by a Marion County
grand jury for providing false informa
tion in his Voters' Pamphlet statement.
Small breweries could sell their beer
directly to the public under a bill (House
Bill 2284) passed unanimously by the
House on Monday. Breweries producing
less than 25,000 barrels of beer a year
would be able to make retail sales on
their premises.The bill now goes to the
Senate.
This Week
The House will vote today on a Senate
passed bill (SB 357) containing a provi
sion that would permit banks in a nine
state region of the West to acquire
Oregon banks under certain conditions.
The provision is supported by most of
the state’s banking industry, but is op
posed by the U.S. National Bank,
Oregon’s largest bank. Supporters of the
measure say it would allow out-of-state
companies to help save ailing Oregon
banks.
The House Environment & Energy
Committee continues work Wednesday
on a measure to prevent state Public
Utility Commissioner Gene Maudlin
from authorizing mandatory measured
rate local phone service for businesses,
probably for one year, while a study is
done.
The Senate Human Resources Com
mittee starts hearings Tuesday on a bill
to restore welfare aid to homes with two
unemployed parents.
The House Revenue Committee begins
hearings Tuesday on bills to revise the
state income tax, including proposals for
a flat tax without deductions.
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