House chase sends politicians scrambling
By Deborah Janes
Of the Emerald
U S. Hup Jim Weaver's inten
tion to bump Republican Sen.
Bob Pack wood from his Senate
seat has sent Oregon's top
politicians scrambling to fill
Weaver’s vacant congressional
position. Three Democrats and
two Republicans are playing
this game of musical chairs, ail
vying to represent Oregon's 4th
district, which includes the
University area. The music will
stop after the May 20 primary.
The democratic candidates
are the first to admit their plat
forms sing very similiar tunes.
Peter DeFazio — After five
years as an aide for Weaver in
both Eugeni; and Washington
D.C., the 38-year-old DeFazio
tries to distance himself from
his former boss while hoping to
fill Weaver’s shoes. Criticized
hy his opponents as being a
Weaver clone, he argues that he
is a team player, whereas
Weaver is a "lone wolf .” 1 le has
been chairman for the board of
county commissioners for the
past two years.
With a budget half the size of
his democratic competitors, he
has adopted the underdog posi
tion. calling his campaign
"classic grassroots."
"Margie (llendriksen) had a
fundraiser in Washington
where she raised $10,000 and I
had a garage sale that raised
$1,200." This follows suit with
his record as a fiscal conser
vative while being a liberal on
social issues.
DeFazio says the federal stu
dent loan system results in more
dividends to banks than
students by providing banks
with zero-risk premiums. More
National Direct Student Loans,
which do not involve the banks,
are necessary, he says. A
34-percerit cutback in the
education budget since 1080 in
dicates that “we have neglected
the needs of our younger
people."
A shift in the federal budget's
priorities is essential, he said.
"The public is not willing to
fund a wartime economy during
peacetime."
As a first step, he advocates
boosting the amount of federal
taxes large corporations an! re
quired to pay. "Congress is get
ting a backbone and won’t
allow $ 7 0 0 toilet seats
anymore.”
Margie Hendriksen — As a
state senator for the past four
years. 42-year-old Hendriksen
has been seen as one of
Oregon’s most ardent cham
pions of women and labor
rights. This support is now pay
ing off in hefty campaign con
tributions and endorsements.
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She relishes the reputation as
a representative for normally
unrepresented groups: "When
we’re talking poor people,
we’re talking women and
children expected to shoulder
the burden of the deficit that
they didn’t create.”
As head of the education
committee, she helped secure
S12 million of the lottery fund
for higher education, worked
for a tuition freeze and got
faculty salary increases for the
University. However, she did
not receive the influential
Oregon Education Association’s
endorsement because, accor
ding to Hendriksen, she oppos
ed the sales tax.
She sees herself as a mediator
between labor and environmen
talists. helping to strike a
balance for the protection of the
wilderness without jeopardiz
ing timber jobs. She is the only
candidate who calls for
legislated restrictions on Cana
dian timber imports that she
says have glutted the market
and ruined Oregon’s economy.
Hill Bradbury Elected as a
state representative in 1‘iHl and
as a state senator in 1‘IH4, the
36-year-old Bandon resident
has quickly advanced up the
political ladder.
The amount of money
available for student loans must
be increased and the federal
government has an obligation to
provide financial aid. Rradbury
says. However, protection of
student aid is impossible
without a healthy economy, he
says.
He advocates Oregon pro
moting its key assets, namely
the timber, fishing and tourist
industries. He has received the
endorsement from the League of
Conservation Voters, an en
vironmentalist group. "The
federal forests aren't just there
for the timber companies." he
says.
His competitors have criticiz
ed his focus on local issues, a
claim for which he makes no
apologies. "I want to take care
of our store at home." he says.
But he believes the federal
government needs to take an
180-degree turn, and reduce the
"bloated military budget." He
said balancing the federal
budget should l>e top priority to
help reduce the overvalued
dollar that has stifled our inter
national trade.
Hr* is spending $60,000 on his
campaign to familiarize Orego
nians with his name, which up
to now has been fairly
unknown.
Mary Burrows With 14
years of experience behind her
as a state House representative.
Burrows is launching her first
attempt outside of the Oregon
political realm. Burrows, 53,
wishes to participate in the
decision-making process sur
rounding the national revenue.
Burrows admits she is not the
typical Republican. She ad
vocates reduction of the
military budget and
acknowledges taxes may need
to he raised in order to protect
some human service programs
that "have short-term costs and
a long- term impact.” such as
youth job-training programs.
Higher education is one such
program that deserves protec
tion. she believes. "It's getting
difficult for students to hold
their own. It's the small in
dependent colleges that are go
ing to go under."
She believes environmen
talists often are blamed for the
plight of tin; timber industry,
when the problem lies with the
competition from Canada.
However. Congress should not
opt for placing quotas on Cana
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continue with negotiations
These rather unorthodox
views for a Republican may cost
her votes in the primary, she
says, but will gamer cross-over
votes from more conservative
Democrats in the general
election.
Bruce long — While he
resents being typecast as an
unbending conservative, the
42 year-old Long admits his
philosophy leans the farthest
right of any of the candidates.
The Douglas County commis
sioner also admits his and the
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