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m ti-sales tax fight begins SALEM (AP) — Several Democratic Party leader* formally launched a campaign Wednesday to defeat a sales tax measure that goes to the voters at a Sept. 17 election. State Democratic Chair Judy Carnahan of Klamath Falls told a news conference the party has formed the No Sales Tax Committee to fight the plan, which is supported by some key Democrats in the Legislature — including Senate President John KHzhaber of Rosuburg and House Speaker Vera Katz of Portland. Carnahan, a former state senator, said Oregon Democrats have been opposed to the sale* tax for 50 years and that the party's posi tion against the latest plan is an expression of grassroots opposition. But Kitzhaber and Katz said the develop ment only points out that Democrats are divid ed on the issue Lawmakers of both major par ties supported the tax plan, they noted. Katz said the sates tax isn't a partisan issue and that it's "unfortunate the party did not wait for an open debate on the matter" as the election c ampaign develops further Party loaders supporting the 5 percent tax plan, which will go before voters Sept. 17. believe U’s the method to stabilize school fun ding, a goal which al! Oregon Democrats sup port, Carnahan said. The disagreement over the sales tax within the party reflects the same disagree ment among voters, she added. Gilbert Campbell, an Albany attorney who will head the anti-sales tax committee, said the tax “represents a major shift from those most able to pay to those least able to pay." He added that the sales tax wilt hurt school districts, which it is aimed at helping, by reducing the growth rate in a school district's property tax base and limiting the number of local elections at which school districts can raise money. The Democrats' alternative to the sales tax will include their “homestead exemption" plan, which calls for exempting the first $25,000 of a home's value from property taxes, said Sen. jan Wyers, D-Port land. VVyers said revenue to make up the drop in property taxes would have to come from "a mix" of other sources, including the income tax Atiyeh quiet about business trip S A LEM (AP) — Gov. Vic Atiyeh left Wednes day for a 1 Vi-day trip to an undisclosed part of the ’ country to try to woo a hew business client to' ptogon. • ^ . Before departing, Atiyeh was tight-lipped about the nature oftHe trip, saying that the com pany involved had asked him not to reveal any details..' • . ..... •At his regular .weekly news conference earlier In the day,, the governor declined to say • even'in-generalterms what part of the country he was headed for. However. Atiyeh said that "more capital in vestment, more jobs"-for Oregonians will be at • stake in the negotiations. * .. ■ "It will be a substantial number bf jobs" if" •.Oregon-is chosen, the governor said. **• United refuses to renew talks CHICAGO , (AP) — ■ Unfted / Airlines' on ■ Wednesday rejected a call to resume talks with its t striking pilots, dashing hopes far a quick;setih? ment in a walkout that has crippled the nation's largest air carrier for nearly three weeks. ° United.said in a statement that it had inform ed the National Mediation Doajd it would not at tend a proposed Thursday meeting with mediators and the Air Line Pjlots Association in Washington D.C. Representatives of the 5.000 striking pilots already had agreed to the meeting; .The board's call to resume talks, .under-federal law. wap a re quest .rather than .an order. The board had made the request on Tuesday, i ' ' , . . : United said in a mailgram to the board that its position on .a backtorwork agreement, the re maining sticking point in the strike.- had not changed:... . * '< . . •' ' •' .- The company said it “will not bargain" with . the pilots' union concerning the status of three employee, groups honoring picket lines. United said those groups — flight attendants, management pilots and 500 newly-trained United, pilot# who have not started working — are out tif “the pilot union's jurisdiction. Goldschmidt urges tax revision PENDLETON (AP) — Former U.5. Transpor tation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt, expressing hopes that tax revision would help attract in dustry to Oregon, said Wednesday he will vote for the sales tax next fall. Goldschmidt made the comment during a question-and-answer session with members of the Pendloton Downtown Association. He visited Eastern Oregon on a week-long tour that he says will help him decide whether to run for governor on the Democratic ticket next year. Goldschmidt, a Nike Inc. executive and former Portland mayor, says he will announce his decision by July 4. The sales tax vote, Goldschmidt said, will be the nrst chance tor Oregonians to change the tax structure since 1974. If it is defeated, he said, it will send negative signals to business. If the measure is defeated, the next governor and legislature will have to "come right back" with another tax revision plan,, he said. Goldschmidt said education is the largest in dustry in Oregon, and while that speaks well for the state's emphasis on education, "it doesn’t say much for our economy." Oregon still doesn't have an agenda for at tacking its economic problems. Goldschmidt said. He said the state needs to concentrate on a short agenda and "do the things that are critical very well.’ Two plead guilty in waste case (AP) — Two employees of a Springfield railcar repair company have been fined $2,500 each in a case involving the disposal of hazardous wastes. U.S. Magistrate Michael Hogan imposed the fines Tuesday against Richard Taggart, 33. of Spr ingfield and Keith Egan, 36, of Pleasant Hill. The men, employees of Evans Railcar Divi sion, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a state Department of Environmental Quality inspector. Taggart said May 7 he lied when he told a DEQ investigator last June that no hazardous waste material had been stored at the business other than what the investigator could see in his inspection. Egan. Taggart’s supervisor, pleaded guilty April 30 to aiding and abetting Taggart by failing to tell the DEQ investigator that “certain waste solvents" had been moved off the premises. 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